The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Losses aren’t shared with the entire company and teams don’t rally in Slack channels to react to losses with flame emojis. Conversion rate benchmarks confirm this. Although sales leaders have long since accepted loss as part of the sales process, not every company is capitalizing on their losses or reacting to them in productive ways.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 4, 2019

A unique tension exists in the transition from individual salesperson to sales manager that can lead to ineffective coaching. I often work with new sales managers who think, "If these tactics and scripts worked for me, they'll work for my team." A few decades ago, salespeople were gatekeepers of information.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

In an outstanding post, Why Sales People Need To Create Value, Not Just Communicate, Bob Apollo cites a data point from Forrester: “Prospects say only 1 in 8 conversations with sales people are useful!” of the conversations customers are having with sales people are a waste of time!

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Cience

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Conduct a multi-channel outreach campaign prior to the event, offering to meet (e.g. Pick the channels to use in outreach (email, phone, social, web, or offline) and define the sequence. KPIs for the sales team: appointments held, conversions to sales opportunities. Explain what channels you’re using and why.

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

This means cold calls are still a powerful sales channel that shouldn’t be overlooked. At the same time, the average conversion rate for cold calls is just about 2.5% , and today’s visitors need 10 or more touchpoints to turn into customers. These staff members are usually called gatekeepers. My name is …. My name is ….

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Tony Hughes

MARCH 13, 2018

Just reading Jonathan Farrington's statistic that, 'the average quota attainment in B2B sales is below 60%,' prompts me to lay out a blueprint on how to fix it. Build out a YouTube channel of customer testimonials. There's never been more data on your customers readily available in social channels.

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SBI

OCTOBER 30, 2018

So Sales Enablement/Content Management and then skills development and reinforcement are just two of those. Now granted we have a couple other categories in the skills development like video, role play conversation intelligence and recording that sort of thing. Brian Williams: Welcome back to Sales Enablement Radio.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

And how can you help your reps hit their sales targets? Traditional outreach channels are overused. These two channels have been used for decades, but that means prospects have developed strategies to avoid being disturbed by pushy salespeople. Use creative and diversified outreach channels. Let’s dive in.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

You’ll have three variables to test: the channel you advertise on, the audience you target, and the message you share. Possible paid digital ad channels might be LinkedIn, Google Ads, Facebook, and Twitter. Test the various channels and continue advertising on those showing high conversions. Next, optimize your audience.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Gatekeeper: Blocker in getting a product implemented or approved. You’ll have three variables to test: the channel you advertise on, the audience you target, and the message you share. Possible paid digital ad channels might be LinkedIn, Google Ads, Facebook, and Twitter. The Field Sales Business Model.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

This practical sales glossary is meant for anyone in sales who needs to refresh their memory on the most commonly used sales terms – especially new reps who are still learning the playing field. We’d also recommend this guide for any sales managers or business development leaders who are on-boarding new reps.

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OnePageCRM

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

The Bridge Group report on high performing sales teams , found that sales development reps make on average 46 calls a day but only have 5.8 quality conversations with prospects. Interview questions: “Tell me about a recent sale you lost. Asking questions gets the prospect engaged in the conversation.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

So what are the best sales books for helping you reach peak performance? I’ve pulled together the top 97 books from a range of sales disciplines to give you the information you need to stay relevant, lead conversations, understand the trends — and of course, improve your game. Have been recommended by sales professionals.

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