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Taking sales to the next level

Sales 2.0

Prospecting : Companies routinely run cold calling prospecting processes that fail 99% of the time, with 1 in 100 calls getting a meeting. Smarter approaches to prospecting are needed. One of the main reasons for this low close rate is that sales people miss decisionmakers in the prospect company. Where does this time go?

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9 Places Salespeople Can Find New Prospects Fast

Hubspot Sales

How to Find Prospects. Prospecting can be tedious and time-consuming, but it’s something that has to be done to keep pipelines healthy. However, while sales reps can’t avoid prospecting, they can certainly make it easier for themselves. Where Do Salespeople Find Prospects? Job Boards. Twitter Searches. Business Journals.

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3 Ways for Better Follow Up in Sales

Score More Sales

If you know that you have a “more probable” prospective customer – a potential buyer who is in the market niche where your company does its best work, and there are industry peers of your prospect company already working with you – it’s upon you to follow up and make connections in this company. Create a Targeted List.

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Data Visualization: Putting the Design in Comp Plan Design

The Spiff Blog

The psychology behind compensation plan design usually focuses on behaviors to encourage or discourage. At the same time, alternative means of representing and distributing information— like data visualization— is often reserved for analysts or decision makers, not the reps themselves. This is a huge missed opportunity.

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9 Steps to Boost Sales in 2014 Part 3 Execution

Score More Sales

If it is a new plan, or new territory – find the upside to it and see how you can make it work for you. or their prospecting conversion rates (how many decision makers do I need to talk to in order to set up a next meeting / demo / conversation)? Then, and only then, can you break it down into smaller pieces.

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3 Ways for Better Follow Up in Sales

Score More Sales

If you know that you have a “more probable” prospective customer – a potential buyer who is in the market niche where your company does its best work, and there are industry peers of your prospect company already working with you – it’s upon you to follow up and make connections in this company. Create a Targeted List.

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Sales Operations and Company Growth: An Extensive Guide

Crunchbase

The idea of sales operations—founded on the premise that good information combined with sound analysis will drive sales teams to better prospecting and higher closing rates—has been around since at least the 1970s. Parsing out territories. What is sales operations? Sales rep support. Sales team structure. Enhance communications.