Corporate Visions

OCTOBER 13, 2018

Make your 2019 sales meeting kickoff theme about maximizing profitability throughout the entire customer relationship, not just during the initial deal. The 3 Moments Of Truth To Address At Your 2019 Sales Kickoff Meeting. That’s ultimately why you’re making big investments to bring your sales team together this year.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 9, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Communication , EDGE Sales Process , Interactive Selling , Proactivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Process , Video , Zone Selling , execution. Demand Generation. EDGE Sales Process. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle. Sales eXchange.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Flaunt Your Next Steps – Sales eXchange – 137. Having that will give prepare you to not only help the buyer get involved and engaged, but also move the meeting in the direction of the logical next step, as demonstrated by market experience. Demand Generation. Sales Cycle.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Recently I have seen a trend that has warmed my heart a wee bit, companies who are actually creating sales libraries for their sales teams. In some ways this is not new, I used to buy books for some of the reps that worked for me, and many companies will buy a specific title for their entire team. Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

If you are in sales and your mandate is to sell to companies within your geographical territory, you have probably faced a scenario similar to the one that follows. Your company’s products and related services are utilized by companies of all types and sizes, Fortune 50 to mom and pop basement operations.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 13, 2012

Wednesday I posted a piece about the importance of working your sales cycle, not the calendar. I had a call from Bob, a director of sales with software company. Demand Generation. EDGE Sales Process. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle. Sales eXchange.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 22, 2011

Too many reps feel the need to say a whole bunch of things not related to the key issue for the recipient of the call, dealing mostly with who they are, who their company is, and a bunch of other that lead to one of three things from the potential prospect: Rejection. Demand Generation. EDGE Sales Process. Sales Cycle.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

I knew one company that had a desperate sales process. And they always needed to, because clients had figured out that if they wait to the last week of the month, the company would cave in a sell at a discount. Many saw the desperation of the company and their reps the last week of the month, and just waited for it.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 12, 2011

If you were to sell at a price that represented full value for you, your company, and the buyer then there wouldn’t be that much talk about the whole thing would there? Let’s be clear, this does not exclude new sellers, experience includes leveraging the collective experience of your company and fellow sales people. Sales Cycle.

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Debbie Qaqish is Principal Partner and Chief Revenue Marketing Officer for demand generation agency, The Pedowitz Group. A nationally recognized thought leader and innovator in revenue generation, Qaqish has over 30 years of experience helping organizations connect marketing to revenue. Who doesn’t want this?

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

By preparing and developing a plan for each meeting, you can change the meeting from presenting an endless menu of choices, where the client has to find their space, to a mutual discovery process focused on the requirement as the foundation for value. Demand Generation. EDGE Sales Process. Sales Bloggers Union.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Not having the answer is also an opportunity to introduce other resources from your company, and it is always a good thing to highlight your companies “deep bench” Some time ago I read that purchasers prefer to deal with sales people who are able to marshal the full resources of their company. Sales Cycle.

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The Pipeline

JULY 18, 2011

Through the mid and late 1990’s I sold an information solution, delivering live content directly into companies LANs, allowing them to create alerts. The leaders of the company used to carry out a strange annual ritual that demonstrated their desperation and lack of sound business thinking. Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 16, 2012

Friday I posted a piece on taking control of your selling, in which I mentioned a VP of sales who felt his circumstance was “different” I get that a lot, and I am sure most sellers hear that all the time; companies or individuals who feel they are different, but with all due deference they most often are not. Sales Cycle.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Communication , Customer Care , Proactive , Sales eXchange , execution. With so many opportunities to ensure customer satisfaction, it is a wonder how some companies keep blowing it. Demand Generation. EDGE Sales Process. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation.

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The Pipeline

JULY 19, 2011

While we are all impressed with Watson’s success, that is a long way from creating demand, generating leads, dealing with all the variables that human interactions involve when it come to risk, money and emotion. Dealing with a buyer afraid to pull the trigger on a change that is good for the company. Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 2, 2012

To at least nine people, they could be a great source for referrals in and beyond their current companies. Demand Generation. EDGE Sales Process. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle. Sales eXchange. Sales Force Alignment. Sales Leadership. Sales Management.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

One for Top Sales & Marketing Blog , where I share the company of last year’s winner S. Demand Generation. EDGE Sales Process. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle. Sales eXchange. Sales Force Alignment. Sales Leadership. Sales Management.

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Corporate Visions

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Most of the information in buyer personas has very little to do with whether there’s actually an opportunity to create a sale. For example: You’re responsible for selling marketing automation software to help manage a company’s marketing campaigns, social media presence, and demand generation efforts.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 26, 2011

If your customer doesn’t know his company’s mission, vision for the future and strategic goals, help that person understand. It’s important to read the CEO’s Letter to the Shareholders or internal memos that illustrate the CEOs plans for the company. Demand Generation. EDGE Sales Process. Sales Bloggers Union.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 7, 2011

So now I spend most of my time “out there” I have also noticed that one of my fellow recruits is in the office every time I happen to stop by, he has stories, he has friends, and good company on the bottom of the board. Demand Generation. EDGE Sales Process. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation.

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The Pipeline

MAY 12, 2011

I see this over and over again in the early stages of sales development at every company we help. He possesses 30 plus years of experience in all facets of sales development, including consulting, training, coaching, recruiting, systems, processes, and metrics. Demand Generation. EDGE Sales Process.

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Green Lead's B2B

MARCH 14, 2020

Amid the day to day progression of the coronavirus, companies are seeing one of their major lead generation programs dry up – event marketing. Add to that the fact that many prospects are cancelling face-to-face sales meetings as companies mandate social distancing. Companies obviously have to prepare.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 15, 2011

How Marketing Can Help Sales After the Handoff. As companies work to establish processes that embrace and support the buying journey from contact to close, an interesting result occurs. Marketing and Sales become unified around one process, instead of each focusing only on their respective ends of the revenue pipeline.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 28, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Proactivity , Productivity , Sales eXchange , execution. there is still a condition that plagues sales, causing grief and lost revenues to companies across the planet. Demand Generation. EDGE Sales Process. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation.

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The Pipeline

MAY 6, 2011

In addition to the marketing strategies outlined above, list out the 10-12 ideal customers your company would like to win. But there is one problem – American Express has never heard of your company. Case in point, the CEO of American Express presented his company at. Or they buy a company. Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Gary Hart’s career as an advertising, marketing, and sales executive began in 1971. As VP of Sales & Marketing; Gary led an 800% sales increase for a high-tech equipment company to $20 million per year over a 5-year span. Demand Generation. EDGE Sales Process. Sales Bloggers Union.

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Customer Centric Selling

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Sales leaders want to start strong in the first quarter. Yet most companies actually ''issue'' their sales quota sometime in the first quarter. Do you have to increase your demand generation efforts to get new leads? Do you have enough sales people to cover the new quota? Actions that generate revenue.

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The Pipeline

JULY 4, 2011

2. Be specific, speak their language – Building on the above, know what they do, not just in terms of the company, but what they, their role, and department contribute to the success of their company. Sales eXchange , Tibor Shanto. Great article – simple bit so many things mentioned should be revisited by companies.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 3, 2011

This could be a change in their industry, new legislation, or even just a common challenge for companies like theirs. Specializing in the IT industry, KLA Group works with companies to break in and exceed revenue objectives in the Small and Midmarket Business (SMB) segment. Demand Generation. EDGE Sales Process.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The point here is that there is far too little planning, assessing and objective setting – it is much easier to abdicate responsibility to the training company… The downside to this approach is, of course, so much money is wasted! Demand Generation. EDGE Sales Process. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Cycle.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 2, 2012

But it doesn’t have to be that way, and that is not just me trying to be enthusiastic and up beat, it is a fact, unfortunately a fact that sales people don’t use to its maximum impact. Given that, I ask why sales people choose to focus on price, when there are clearly other factors buyers rank higher than price. Demand Generation.

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Mereo

JULY 14, 2022

This is a problem for so many reasons but namely because high-level executives making the calls have much different priorities than others within the company. Then use this information to create marketing campaigns and related sales enablement tools. For example, empower your sales force with a Power Profile target buyer sheet.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 17, 2011

One of the reasons for this is the difference in role expectation between HR and the frontline sales manager. Ask any manager in a company with more than one layer between frontline sales rep and the VP of Sales, about their hiring process, most of the time the initial step is handled by HR. Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 17, 2011

I am totally aghast at companies that think that their social media campaign is going to be the answer to ALL of their sales issues. Forget about the fact that they have no sales process in place, that their sales reps do not really have the basic competencies and, oh well, I could go on and on. Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

JULY 29, 2011

Sales and marketing are merging for small businesses and require strong collaboration for larger companies. Sales and marketing lead generation tools follow this suit. But the smaller a company is, the more their internal people need to do and the less tools they will have to help them. Need for the product.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 29, 2011

It’s is a waste of your valuable sales time. It is downright misrepresentation when companies position themselves as lead-generation machines. Our sales funnel clogs with trash instead of attracting Ideal Clients through referrals. It’s easy to be lured by business which clogs our sales funnel. Demand Generation.

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