A Sales Guy

AUGUST 16, 2013

It’s a follow up to my post which, in a nutshell, I said sales people suck. ——————– “I agree sales people’s performance is not what it should be. If management can’t be bothered to get their act together, can we really fault sales people/team? Look at Blackberry.

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Lead Rank Hiring Sales Management Lead Scoring 121

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Many B2B manufacturers still deploy a “catalog approach” to sales, with inside reps relying on frequent touches with prospects and customers to close deals. Even in the pandemic, many B2B companies tried to adapt that approach to the new world order by simply shifting in-person sales presentations to video calls.

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Marketing B2C Account Based Marketing B2B 120

Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Dear Social Seller of 2015, Now that I've got your attention I must warn you. It is dangerous to implement basic social selling techniques. I wanted to take a moment to express a word of caution in applying a cure-all or over-simplified approach to strategic selling within social mediums. The folly of Sales 2.0

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Social Selling Call-back Up-Sell Ideal Customer Profile 66

Customer Centric Selling

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Sales Training Article: 5 Proven Steps to Sell Smarter. By Dan Bernoske, Sales Benchmark Index (SBI) Of the 365 days in a year, you can spend 232 of them selling (See Exhibit A). A field Sales Rep should be spending around 64% of those available hours selling. They want to sell more and hit their number.

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Vengreso

JUNE 27, 2022

Gone are the days when B2B sales were about making a hundred cold calls a day or visiting clients in person. Also gone are the days when ideal customers from your target companies are knocking at your sales team’s doors in droves. We’re going to help you also understand the B2B sales processes, strategies, and more.

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B2B Top of Funnel Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile 134

Artesian Solutions

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Sometimes you need to go beyond even sales, and seek inspiration from teams such as product. Having conversations with the sales team, account managers and even the customers will be far more effective in understanding who you’re targeting with each piece of ABM collateral. Then group those objectives together. I don’t think so.

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Account Based Marketing Scale Automotive Segment 40

Chorus.ai

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Cold calling is one of the most critical parts of your sales process. When done right, it can reduce your sales cycle length, help you identify more opportunities, and efficiently grow revenue. We looked at cold calls that progressed through the sales cycle. To learn more about how to handle warm leads, check out this video.

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Zendesk Sell

OCTOBER 17, 2019

In construction, it’s impossible to erect a building if you don’t have one critical document — a blueprint. Like a blueprint is essential for constructing buildings, you need a strategy as a manager to build a successful sales department — a step-by-step plan to help you and your team drive company revenue.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women in sales often have a polarizing experience. Bring your feelings, gut instinct, experience, and constructive emotion into the boardroom and sit at the table. If you do something constructive with your doubt, and use it to advance yourself, it can be an asset. What is one a-ha moment you’ve had in your sales career?

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Lead Rank 130

Cience

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Email wins over social because it can deliver a personalized message, which helps increase customer engagement and therefore bring you a larger profit. If you’ve ever been a receiver of a poorly-constructed and low-personalized cold email, then you have witnessed a sender lose an opportunity to work with you. Here is an answer for you.

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Campaigns Ideal Customer Profile B2B Top of Funnel 79

Increase Sales

DECEMBER 11, 2013

There are millions of business and sales blogs to be discovered every day. In fact, I support some of my professional colleagues who are sales consultants, sales trainers and sales coaches by broadcasting their blogs. So what makes this business and sales blog any different than theirs? With 97.7%

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Small Business Small Business Face-to-face Construction 144

Vengreso

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Ever felt like you’re on a treadmill, running after sales targets but never quite catching up? Sales training : two words that hold the potential to change your game entirely. This post is your metaphorical guide through different types of sales training programs available and their benefits.

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