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What Salespeople Can Learn from Sandcastles

No More Cold Calling

And no one enjoys seeing carefully constructed business deals ebb away before their very eyes. He sets up the story of two architects—a child constructing a sandcastle and an adult building his business. Associations Enterprise Sales Management Salespeople Small Business' But it happens to all of us sometimes.

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9 Ways to Get the Most from Sales Video Coaching

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Lauren Boutwell As the field of sales enablement has evolved and matured, so, too, have its supporting technologies. Accordingly, video coaching has become a popular tool for driving readiness in sales organizations of all sizes and across industries. Sales reps are often most receptive to learning from each other.

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Manage Like the Godfather

No More Cold Calling

Sales managers can take a few lessons from Don Corleone’s leadership style. What if we could use some of his insights to manage our sales teams? So how do you encourage constructive conflict among your sales team? ” Read the rest of this article for more contrarian management strategies.

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[Missed Connections]: November Referral Selling Insights

No More Cold Calling

Referral selling is by far the most effective sales strategy out there. Sale s has always been social. Or you can make the connections you already have stronger—a strategy that’s much more likely to grow your referral network and fill your sales pipeline with hot leads. Learn more.) But their needs have changed. Read more.)

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Being Interesting Or Interested?

Partners in Excellence

We spend endless hours constructing subject lines and first sentences in emails, all in the hopes of being interesting. Yet, too often, we execute these mindlessly, going through the motions, making sure we hit our activity metrics, trying to keep our managers off our backs—and largely because we aren’t interested.

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In-House or Outsourced Sales Training?

Janek Performance Group

When considering in-house or outsourced sales training, the question is not, “which method is better?” This question requires leadership to determine which sales problem they are trying to solve. Not every company is a good fit for partnering with a sales training organization. The In-House Sales Training Model.

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Team Selling and Team Planning

Pipeliner

As all sales managers know, there are tons of reasons why sales reps tend to avoid it like the plague. “I Of course, this isn’t true of all sales reps but even with the availability of electronic tools and apps to streamline the process, many still view planning as a waste of time. Pre-call planning. I’m good!”.