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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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The Value of Cross Referrals – Sales eXchange 158

The Pipeline

Last week I was working with a group, we were looking at more effective prospecting, when we got around to discussing referrals, I got back some familiar comments. The specific comment was that the rep was reluctant to ask prospects/clients for referrals “because what if the person or company they refer are out of my territory?”

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“Fixing The Compensation Problem….”

Partners in Excellence

I always worry when a conversation with a sales executive starts with, “We need to fix our compensation problem.” ” The ensuing discussion usually focuses on, “We aren’t meeting our numbers, we need to fix the compensation/commission system in order to make our numbers.”

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Why Your Sales Ops Plan for Next Year May Already Be Obsolete

SBI Growth

Setting Quotas, territory structures, headcounts and total compensation budgets are examples. Click here for an example of building a referral program maintained in your CRM. Your compensation plan must align to your strategy. Are your territories designed to maximize time with customers and prospects?

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The Pipeline ? 3 Lead Generation Myths That Will Clog Your Sales.

The Pipeline

Stored in Attitude , Communication , Funnel management , Guest Post , Lead Management , Prospecting , Referrlas , Sales 2.0 , Sales Technique , execution. Our job as salespeople is to move as many qualified prospects through the sales funnel as quickly as possible—leading to more sales, better clients, and more income. Myth #2 Sales 2.0

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The Pipeline ? 10 Fail-proof Tasks to Help Turn Your Prospects into.

The Pipeline

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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How to Motivate a Sales Team to Improve Each Rep’s Performance (3 “Types” and 12 Tips)

Sales Hacker

Her close rate and average revenue per sale are high, but she doesn’t prospect enough. She admitted she didn’t enjoy prospecting and had a hard time sitting down to do it. To solve this problem, we removed prospecting from her role and gave it to someone who loves it. They like “having something to show for their hard work.”