The Pipeline

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Slow to Close or Slow to Die? If you are stuck in a stage or a sale too long, it is less likely to close. Some think, “If I have plenty to work on in my pipeline I have an excuse not to prospect” If something is past it “best before date”, you need to replace it, which is what most are trying to avoid.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 17, 2013

I remember when I first started working for a company back in the early 1990’s (before we had web mail), the company had two main product lines, and had the usual territories across the continent, primarily driven by geography. What’s in Your Pipeline? Tibor Shanto.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Metrics , Productivity , Sales Success , Territory Alignment , execution. By shrinking your territories, strategically where it make sense. logically shrink territories. logically shrink territories. Not all sales people have the same skills.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 3, 2011

5 Ways to Boost Your Email Prospecting Response Rate. Prospecting via email can be wildly rewarding, or incredibly frustrating. In fact, we’ve coached clients through a number of simple steps that have helped them double or triple their prospecting email response rates virtually overnight. April 2008. March 2008. February 2008.

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The Pipeline

MAY 27, 2011

10 Fail-proof Tasks to Help Turn Your Prospects into Buyers. Prospecting is a term that’s been around for a long time. Your business strategies are the same as the gold-miners, except instead of digging for ore, you’re digging for customers, with your mind focused on this: you want to find the right prospects—the serious buyers.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 8, 2011

One that permeates many aspects of sales, starting at planning and territory alignment, right down to day-to-day tactical aspects of sales. Yet many of those same people will sit and comb through their reps’ pipelines looking for instant gratification, taking their team to task for not closing one deal or another. Demand Generation.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

This information may be found using a combination of prospect websites, social profiles, public financial documents, and press releases. Sales often uses Location data for territory planning, but Marketers love Location data because it has so many use cases: be more targeted with event promotion (like the Dreamforce happy hour example above).

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 27, 2014

Bluebirds are parts of what happens with every sales person and in every territory. As sales professionals it is our responsibility to maximize our revenue, share, and growth within the territory. We establish account and territory plans to help us do this. Execution Professional Sales Prospecting Results Sales Strategies'

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Stored in Business Acumen , Coaching , Demand Generation , Hiring Sales Talent , Planning , Sales Force Alignment , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales eXchange , execution. Demand Generation. Prospecting. Territory Alignment. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Stored in Appointments , Attitude , Business Acumen , Cold calling , Guest Post , Planning , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sell Better , Video , Voice mail , execution. For me the question of whether you do or do not leave voice mails when prospecting is so Sales -1.0, Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Funnel management , Impact Questions , Interactive Selling , Planning , Prospecting , Sales Leadership , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sell Better , Video , execution , qualifying. Demand Generation. Prospecting. Territory Alignment. Tibor Shanto.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 6, 2012

In High-Profit Selling , my friend, Mark Hunter shows you how to close deals that truly make a profit. Demand Generation. Prospecting. Territory Alignment. Stored in Attitude , Book Notice , Price , Proactive , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , Sales Technique , execution. All sales aren’t created equal.

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Mereo

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

1) TRANSITIONING FROM A FOCUS ON THE DEAL TO REVENUE If your organization is in the midst of pivoting from a focus on closing the deal (transaction) to ongoing revenue for the full client lifecycle, your go-to-market organizational approach will need to pivot too. Do they align to a market program or a selling territory?

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Stored in Appointments , Contest , Proactive , Proactivity , Prospecting , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales Training , Workshops , execution. PROACTIVE PROSPECTING! As you may have noticed over to the right, we are presenting the Proactive Prospecting Workshop in Toronto/Markham, scheduled for April 13. Prospecting.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Demand Generation. Prospecting. Territory Alignment. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Sales Success , Tibor Shanto. Add a Comment. Name (required). Mail (will not be published) (required). Click here to cancel reply. Add video comment. Categories "Did You Just Say…?"

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Stored in Appointments , EDGE Sales Process , Funnel management , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , execution. What he used to do as part of his pipeline reviews, and in conversations with reps in general, that is, ask an uncommon question, one that complemented the obvious question all reviews have. Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Demand Generation. Prospecting. Territory Alignment. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Sales Success , Tibor Shanto , Value , Video. Add a Comment. Name (required). Mail (will not be published) (required). Click here to cancel reply. Add video comment. " A Christmas Song.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 18, 2012

Demand Generation. Prospecting. Territory Alignment. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Sales Success , Tibor Shanto. Add a Comment. Name (required). Mail (will not be published) (required). Click here to cancel reply. Add video comment. Categories "Did You Just Say…?"

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 2, 2012

Fire everyone in your pipeline that you thought definitely close by year end 2011. There is no reason why some can’t be revisited, but that should been done based on merit rather than emotion; if it stands up to scrutiny, it may close next time you execute the sale. Demand Generation. Prospecting. Add a Comment.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Use the demo to “Close” not to open. Demand Generation. Prospecting. Territory Alignment. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. Next Steps.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 11, 2012

Stored in Attitude , Buying Process , EDGE Sales Process , Forecast , Funnel management , Interactive Selling , Planning , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Cycle , Sales Process , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Time Allocation , execution. Demand Generation. Prospecting. Territory Alignment. Add a Comment.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Prospecting , Sales Technique , Video , Voice mail , execution. Two weeks ago I in a post title Prospecting and the “Last Inch” , looking at key thing to consider at that final moment when you have to reach out and engage directly with your prospect. Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 10, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Interview , Lead Management , Proactive , Proactivity , Prospecting , Sales Process , Sales Strategy , Success , Video , execution. Demand Generation. Prospecting. Territory Alignment. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Add a Comment. Book Notice.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 13, 2012

I had a friend who was a VP of sales, who cancelled a lunch during the last week of their quarter, telling me “you know how it is, last day of the quarter, we’re closing” When we did meet I had to ask what they do, the rest of the quarter if they spend the last week closing, he told me they are busy selling.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 7, 2012

Demand Generation. Prospecting. Territory Alignment. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Sales Success , Tibor Shanto , Video. Add a Comment. Name (required). Mail (will not be published) (required). Click here to cancel reply. Add video comment. " A Christmas Song. Next Steps.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Demand Generation. Prospecting. Territory Alignment. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Sales Success , Sales Technique , Tibor Shanto , Video. Add a Comment. Name (required). Mail (will not be published) (required). Click here to cancel reply. Add video comment. Appointments.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

. “But we’re not IBM” Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Communication , Communication Strategy , Guest Post , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Social Selling. In the process of prospecting a small business, you bring up a recognizable Fortune 50 company as a point of reference.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 22, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Cold calling , EDGE Sales Process , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales eXchange , execution. The other day I was talking with a couple of sales managers trying to help their people be more effective in prospecting. Demand Generation. Prospecting.

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The Pipeline

JULY 1, 2011

Stored in General , Tongue in cheek , Video. Demand Generation. Prospecting. Territory Alignment. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Add a Comment. Name (required). Mail (will not be published) (required). Click here to cancel reply. Add video comment. Appointments.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 17, 2012

Demand Generation. Prospecting. Territory Alignment. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Sales Success , Tibor Shanto. Add a Comment. Name (required). Mail (will not be published) (required). Click here to cancel reply. Add video comment. Categories "Did You Just Say…?"

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The Pipeline

JULY 25, 2011

Sometimes these are simple things like talking when they should be listening, closing with every other sentence, asking silly questions like “what keeps you up at night, or not reading at least one sales book in a given year. Demand Generation. Prospecting. Territory Alignment. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 16, 2011

Demand Generation. Prospecting. Territory Alignment. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Tags: Accountability , Attitude , Coaching , Commitment , execution , how to sell better , Proactivity , Prospecting , Renbor Sales Solutions Inc. Tibor Shanto. Add a Comment. Next Steps.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 28, 2012

Demand Generation. Prospecting. Territory Alignment. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Sales 2.0 , Social Buying , Social Selling , Tibor Shanto. Add a Comment. Name (required). Mail (will not be published) (required). Click here to cancel reply. Add video comment. Appointments.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The sales person armed with a wheel full of “synergies”, “efficiencies”, and “value propositions”, all they are missing is a prospect to drop into the right slot, just like the ball at the casino. Demand Generation. Prospecting. Territory Alignment. Sales Skills , Sales Success , Tibor Shanto.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 15, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Interactive Selling , Proactive , Productivity , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sell Better , Success , Value , execution. Demand Generation. Prospecting. Territory Alignment. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 28, 2019

As you'll read below, sales operations includes everything from lead management, sales strategy, and territory structuring and alignment to process optimization, compensation plans, sales automation, training, and data analytics and reporting. Territory Definition. Download Our Free Sales Conversion Rate Calculator and Guide.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 28, 2011

Most common of these is prospecting, but there are other things including keeping the information in their CRM up-to-date. Fearing that if they “lost” the rep they would somehow be behind, the vacant territory syndrome. There is a remedy, the logical one is fire them, but I know that’s not fashionable these days.

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