The Brooks Group

AUGUST 1, 2018

It comes every year, and still it always seems to sneak up on us: the National Sales Meeting. From creating the meeting agenda, booking the convention center, deciding on a meeting theme, and identifying a keynote speaker –there’s a lot to be done. Tip #1: Pick a Meeting Theme that Inspires. Absolutely not.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 4, 2017

Author: Matt Brown, Senior Vice President of Sales, Lawson Products Salespeople are often described as extroverted with good social and communication skills. This means sales teams need more than a website to gather product and pricing information. Here are some tips for communicating effectively with sales teams. Create a plan.

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Face-to-face Automotive Webinar Metrics Conference 197

Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Sales training programs are often like that — but they don’t have to be. When done right, they can improve your team’s performance and help you move closer to your sales goals. Why sales training is important. The different types of sales training programs. The 15 best sales training programs.

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Training Lead Rank Hiring Course 92

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 8, 2020

Field sales has been dying for years. And when they do gear up and venture forth, their efforts on that front are increasingly erring towards customer service activities. It’s time to face this new reality and reengineer our sales environments to exploit the spoils of it! Why Inside Sales is Outpacing Field Sales.

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Inside Sales Hiring Scale Face-to-face 114

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

After training is complete, you should be able to hold your own during meetings across the organization. This can be especially helpful in sales. While prospects should be able to find information on your website and other resources, your sales team needs to take a consultative approach. Start with your sales team.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Train AI in sales, and you’ll join 81% of salespeople surveyed who agree that AI significantly reduces their manual tasks and data entry workload. Plus, insights from sales experts who are knowledgeable and passionate about using AI in sales ethically. Sales professionals can ask ChatSpot for a desired outcome.

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Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Want to know some of the top time hacks that sales reps can use to get more done? I recently did a webinar on being more productive in sales with Velocify. The recording , geared toward sales leaders but helpful for anyone in selling will give you even more ideas than what I’m listing here. I learned from the best.

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Webinar Metrics Ideal Customer Profile Intent Twitter 120

Babette Ten Haken

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

How are your best value added customer experience efforts sabotaged, both pre- and post-sale? What you do, when you are not actively selling, engineering, coding and serving, adds value to each customer’s experience of how it is to work with you. Start moving one millimeter forward beyond what is comfortable, today.

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Customer SME Retention Engineering 109

PandaDoc

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Don’t worry — you are not alone: 69% of your colleagues feel the exact same way, according to Salesforce’s State of Sales 5th edition. As the same State of Sales 5th edition claims, salespeople, on average, sell only 28% of their working hours. As AI evolves, sales processes will become more predictive and proactive.

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Lead Rank Sales Process Lead Scoring Outsourcing Services 52

The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. We had fewer meetings than our competitors. Customer Service: Is Low Price Really Best?

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Babette Ten Haken

MARCH 6, 2019

Post sale execution experience makes or breaks customer experiences. Why jeopardize customer loyalty, success and retention by making assumptions about what happens next? First, when introducing new products and services to existing customers, details and nuances get lost in transition. Here’s why. Well, do they?

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Babette Ten Haken

JANUARY 10, 2019

These 6 Professional Development targets are more than the six “things” you need to accomplish or “do” in order to meet your employer’s KPIs. Or, your sales manager’s quota. Creating your very own professional development targets gives you ownership of you. Perhaps for the first time?

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Ideal Customer Profile SME Retention Quota 96

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 13, 2022

From the outside looking in, sales can seem like a stroke of luck rather than a skill that's practiced over time. Take a moment away from the phones, your quota, and your team to reflect on why you chose sales as a career path, why you chose the company you work for, and why you believe in the product you're selling. Not exactly.

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Babette Ten Haken

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

However, often existing infrastructure is not able to support your customer retention strategy. Let alone meeting customer and member expectations. Is it built to scale to meet growing and changing customer needs? I will be honored to customize my keynotes and workshops to your next event.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 7, 2023

If you have previously worked in sales, customer service, or managed a team, be sure to mention that, too. An account manager is customer service focused. Demonstrating your experience in sales or customer service will be a plus. Describe your experience generating sales reports.

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Hiring Account Retention Report 82

Nutshell

DECEMBER 5, 2019

There’s something special about attending a sales conference. Perhaps it’s the rush of meeting new and interesting people during networking sessions , or the opportunity to learn actionable tips during the breakout sessions that will help you level up your game. BOUNDLESS 2020.

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Babette Ten Haken

DECEMBER 19, 2018

These 18 ways create a more effective customer retention strategy. However, they are contrary to everything you have learned as a sales professional. Or a sales engineering professional, a customer service professional, or any other professional engaged in acquiring and retaining customers.

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Babette Ten Haken

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

How can chapters continuously attract the right pro-bono leadership committed to developing a relevant mix of programming and benefits to keep members excited about and committed to attending monthly chapter meetings? Yet, chapter meeting attendance is voluntary; there is no paycheck involved. Take the next steps, here.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 28, 2018

Related: 5 Painful Mistakes That Are Crippling Your Customer’s Buying Experience. In the world of B2B sales, the conventional thinking has become especially stark. Post-sale, the numbers were equally stark. How much are companies leaving on the table when these pre-sale questions go unanswered? The case for live meetings.

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Babette Ten Haken

JUNE 21, 2018

We sit in meetings and look around the table, not sure just who everyone is and “what they do.” I have a great Workshop and Speaking Program called Overcoming Professional Intimidation and Us versus Them Mindset. Tailored to meet the needs of your next internal program, event or Association meeting.

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SME Margin Retention Travel 53

Pipeliner

AUGUST 28, 2019

Leadership must translate in detail what people in various functions — sales, marketing, customer service, finance — need to continue doing and what they must do differently. We held one-day Servant Leadership workshops with all supervisors to reinforce the expected behaviors. Don’t assume they will get it.

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Face-to-face Social Media Policies Lead Rank 72

SBI

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

I’ll be at the Sales Enablement Soiree at the Four Season’s hotel on Thursday the 27th all day. To help you with that mission, we’re naming our top 20 Sales Tech Twitter handles to follow during this epic Dreamforce 2018. Go beyond sales enablement to create a sophisticated selling experience that buyers value.

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Vendor InsideView Hotels Hiring 106

Factor 8

AUGUST 3, 2017

Factor 8 is hiring bad-ass sales coaches! If helping reps improve is your favorite part of the job, you love to train and call coach, and you agree that inside sales is harder than field sales…read on! Our current team of Advisors are Inside Sales experts with backgrounds of 15 or more years at the Director or VP level.

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Hiring Inside Sales Ideal Customer Profile Energy 39

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

While Dreamforce is the draw, a lot of other companies have seminars/workshops/discussions in the proximity of Moscone Center. 3. Set meetings with people you want to see. Check out if the people you are interested in meeting will be attending. Arrange meetings well in advance. 7. Go with an open mindset.

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Maximizer Meeting Relationals Customer Service 48

Babette Ten Haken

JULY 2, 2018

Often, we are so caught up meeting our organization’s KPIs, that we do not have the time to concentrate on ourselves. Engage me to speak or conduct an interactive workshop at your next corporate or association event. As a Professional of Worth, continuous professional development is an essential element of our strategy. Contact me.

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SME Retention Motivation Meeting 53

Babette Ten Haken

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

When our organizations continuously have a roller-coaster ride meeting quarterly numbers and/or retaining customers, their revenue glass remains half full, at best. I will be honored to customize my keynotes and workshops to your next event. Numbers do not sustain organizations and associations as much as clients do.

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Ideal Customer Profile Retention SME Compensation 89

Babette Ten Haken

AUGUST 21, 2019

Once a sale is consummated, and a contract comes in-house for execution, the client’s story keeps changing. Planning your next team, corporate or association meeting? Engage me to present one of my Storytelling for STEM Professionals and Left Brain Thinkers speaking programs, workshops or moderated facilitation services.

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Ideal Customer Profile SME Industry Exact 92

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 3, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Customer Hot Potato – Sales eXchange – 117. 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.

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Pipeline Customer Demand Generation Agencies Hiring 227

Babette Ten Haken

JUNE 4, 2018

Often, our behavior sabotages our efforts to move sales, engineering, service, IT and Quality initiatives forward. More often, our sense of urgency is heightened to a sense of panic when, in fact, we fall behind in meeting or exceeding our employer’s quarterly expectations. Consider the factors impacting professional urgency.

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SME Churn Face-to-face Engineering 58

Smooth Sale

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Deb Calvert, The Sales Experts Channel provides today’s Blog Story and her Proven Resource! Why I Created the Sales Experts Channel to Be A Proven Resource: I launched The Sales Experts Channel in 2017 with this stated Mission: “ _.”. I was serious about that mission! Is the Channel for You?

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Channels Resources Webinar Metrics Commission 74

Babette Ten Haken

APRIL 8, 2019

Planning your next corporate or association meeting? Discover how one of my Storytelling for STEM Professionals and Left Brain Thinkers keynotes and workshops can solidify, rather than segment, your organization. It doesn’t have to be that way, anymore. Then contact me right here. Once they stop turning off and tuning out one another.

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Decision Maker SME Ideal Customer Profile Engineering 101

Babette Ten Haken

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Customer retention is a business growth, expansion and sustainability strategy. Yes, sales people usually get all the glory. However, in reality, customer retention is firmly in the hands of everyone else in the organization who usually is not part of the customer acquisition process. and read these posts.

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Retention Ideal Customer Profile Customer SME 61

Smooth Sale

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Between us, we designed a workshop, sold two clients, and put in place everything we needed for entrepreneurial business. But one day a brochure came into my office advertising a workshop that was then called: The Winging-IT Logic System, to be delivered by Dr. Keith Spicer, a prominent Canadian public figure. Sales Tales. .

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Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Employees who have access to courses, workshops, and programs are more likely to gain new skills and expand their knowledge base. Take the time to arrange meetings to discuss aims and objectives with your employees. As the CEO of Smooth Sale, after her near-death experience, Stutz adapted the motto, “Believe, Become, Empower.”

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Hiring Promotion Policies Study 78

Babette Ten Haken

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Regardless of whether you are an inside or outside sales professional, the care and feeding of potential and current clients is critical. Your organization’s and your clients’ A customer acquisition and retention ecosystem exists. Well, the sales rep was OK. After all, how many sales reps tur n over each year?

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Ideal Customer Profile Retention SME Referrals 64

The Pipeline

APRIL 3, 2012

From my perspective, I felt I was bending over backwards to meet all her needs yet it never seemed to be enough. My mother can be difficult, from her daughter’s perspective, at the best of times and while I was trying to do everything to assist her, it was very stressful for both of us. My emotions were being taxed.

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Face-to-face Study Research Analysis 233

Babette Ten Haken

AUGUST 16, 2018

Which, in turn, is thrown out there like a jump ball at meetings and social gatherings. Who hasn’t met a sleezy and cheesy sales person? Aren’t all sales people the “same”? How many functional roles exist within sales? And besides, does everyone in sales sell used cars (apologies to the folks in automotive sales )?

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Engineering Automotive SME Retention 55