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

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. I love to brag about companies that are passionate about giving great service. customer service.

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Motivation Real Estate Training Hiring 147

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

Babette Ten Haken

MAY 2, 2018

Now, Voice of the Customer (VoC) research methodology involves more than just “sticking close to customers” and asking them how things are going on a quarterly basis. Then again, VoC techniques produce very different conversations than the type of information uncovered in a typical sales discovery conversation.

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Customer Survey SME Social Media 59

The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 30, 2012

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. Related posts: Sales Prospecting: Office Phone or Cell Phone? customer service.

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Motivation Real Estate Hiring Construction 155

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 7, 2023

However, it is more likely that a hiring manager will ask questions specifically related to the account manager position. 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. Elaborate on your experience.

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Hiring Account Retention Report 80

Babette Ten Haken

JANUARY 7, 2019

While it is a nice story, on the surface, does the story’s context really relate to that particular client’s context? Mismatched stories create disbelief, instead of confidence, in your products, services and outcomes. The ones that reflect each customer’s reality and your role in their success? From your client’s perspective.

Ideal Customer Profile 79

Ideal Customer Profile Outsourcing Services Customer Retention 79

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. In fact, 84% of surveyed professional buyers reported that they “Always” or “Frequently” do not receive responses to their questions related to a purchase.

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Buyer B2B B2C Survey 79

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

We don’t want to be called sales professionals, but rather relationship managers, account managers, customer service managers (as opposed to real customer service people), business development managers, partners, and the list of creative names that avoid the “S” word is really astounding.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Account Customer Service 97

Nutshell

DECEMBER 5, 2019

There’s something special about attending a sales conference. Whatever it is that excites you the most about attending sales conferences, you’ll find it at the various events listed below. Keep reading for our list of the 14 must-attend sales conferences of 2020! BOUNDLESS 2020.

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Babette Ten Haken

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

To showcase the real value we bring when serving customers, focus on the customer experience value of collaborative storytelling. And I have never found a person, a client, who could not relate to client stories: emotionally and intellectually. I will be honored to customize my keynotes and workshops to your next event.

Ideal Customer Profile 89

Ideal Customer Profile Retention SME Compensation 89

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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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. Do take time to see some of the “main tent” and workshops sessions. To be honest, if you stay on one track, e.g. sales, marketing, customer service, you start hearing too much of the same thing over and over.

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Maximizer Meeting Relationals Customer Service 48

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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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 9, 2012

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. Related posts: Great Presentation? Sales Presentations: The Art of the Great Sales Call.

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Motivation Ideal Customer Profile Negotiation Hiring 167

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. As the CEO of Smooth Sale, after her near-death experience, Stutz adapted the motto, “Believe, Become, Empower.” Related Blog Stories: Do You Look Forward To The Best For Last? Training and Studying.

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Hiring Promotion Policies Study 78

Babette Ten Haken

AUGUST 13, 2018

We are “consciously” prompted to act, instead of intuitively pondering what is best in relation to each customer. Consider one of my professional speaking programs and workshops to determine the professional value of finding your professional Zen. Your customers will totally appreciate the change in your approach.

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Customer SME Retention Quota 53

Babette Ten Haken

MAY 21, 2018

When employees are more focused on meeting their own KPIs, than in best serving their customers in a proactive and anticipatory manner, things can go south in a hurry. Either the sales force in dedicated to ensuring they, themselves, have jobs next quarter by meeting quota. Click To Tweet. Never miss another insightful post.

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Customer Pivotal Retention How To 51

Jeffrey Gitomer

APRIL 21, 2011

Tweet Share Sales Truth: Salespeople become known by the questions they ask. This is a 100% price driven sale. Find out a little bit about the prospect’s business so you can go into the sales call with answers and ideas that may get the prospect excited enough to buy. See Jeffrey Live! Hire Jeffrey. Who is Jeffrey?

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Hiring Social Media Loyalty Commission 335

Babette Ten Haken

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Starting in 2012, I realized that while my Sales Aerobics for Engineers® Blog continues to win awards, the blog focuses on far more than topics which are exclusively sales-related. However, that little word, “sales” in the blog title, skews expectations about the Business Purpose behind the blog. And, more than that.

Ideal Customer Profile 70

Ideal Customer Profile SME Retention Pivotal 70

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

in 2013 on hiring sales training companies, one of the top five outsourced training expenditures, according to Training Industry. Clearly, if your team needs sales training, there's a lot of options out there. Best Sales Videos. Sales Videos by Well-Known Selling Experts. Companies spent approximately $2.2B

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Channels Video Training Hiring 111

LeadFuze

JULY 4, 2023

We will also discuss how providing value-added support like administrative assistance and sales enabling tools such as AI technology can boost agents’ earnings while differentiating your agency in the competitive real estate industry. One way to get ahead of the pack is by utilizing sales-enabling tools that give you an edge.

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Real Estate Compensation Commission Hiring 52

Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 9, 2011

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. Tony Cole can tailor a workshop or keynote that will help your team discover the spark of extraordinary motivation and success. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success?

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Babette Ten Haken

OCTOBER 24, 2018

When our organization’s storytelling culture (if indeed we have one) is the responsibility of, say, the marketing or public relations department, we can miss the best stories of all. Due to a solid mix of our products and services. Hire me to speak or conduct a workshop at your next corporate or association event. Contact me.

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Ideal Customer Profile SME Hiring Call-back 74

The Brooks Group

MARCH 30, 2017

Are you keeping a customer focus in today’s digitized world? Technology is quickly shifting the industrial distribution sales landscape, specifically in the ways your customers interact with you. Go where you customers are going (blogs, LinkedIn groups, YouTube, etc) to keep up to date with their preferences.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Customer Loyalty 49

Leading Results Rambings

OCTOBER 15, 2013

I do a lot of work with a mid-sized software company, and their marketing director is always commenting about how hard it is to get the sales team to give her good customers to talk to for reference stories and quotes. If the wrong expectations are set in the sales process, you’ll have a dissatisfied customer.

Ideal Customer Profile 68

Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring Lead Generation 68

Sales Hacker Training

AUGUST 10, 2021

In this episode of the Sales Hacker podcast, we have Keith Daw , VP of GSD and Trainer at McDonell Consulting Group , where he ‘Gets Stuff Done’ and teaches the Sandler Training methodology. Create a personal, customized learning path. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Sam Jacobs: Welcome to the Sales Hacker podcast.

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Training Scale Webinar Metrics Face-to-face 119

Sales Evangelist

MAY 21, 2020

In addition to facilitating thousands of workshops across the country, he personally made more than 25,000 sales and prospecting calls, listened to and analyzed more than 25,000 sales calls, and facilitated over 6,000 one-on-one coaching sessions. He has clearly earned the title expert!

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Prospecting Social Media Twitter Call-back 52

Lessonly

JULY 8, 2019

Training should be relational and continuous, and with a TMS, that’s possible. It plays a major role in how we learn, relate to, and train one another. If you had to block off time for a three-hour workshop that will walk through 174 slides, you likely wouldn’t look forward to that meeting. Miniaturization.

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System Training Software Software 20

Babette Ten Haken

JULY 8, 2019

Do you simply throw various business scenarios over the wall, at marketing and public relations professionals? Next, as the leader of your business, you consider website content and marketing and sales messaging as decorative elements of your business. The purpose storytelling serves is more than business garnish.

Ideal Customer Profile 73

Ideal Customer Profile Outsourcing Services SME Hiring 73

Sales Evangelist

MARCH 12, 2019

Sales differentiation helps salespeople win more deals at the price point they want, and today Lee Salz talks about building a framework that will allow you to personalize your sales. Sales reps in every industry must differentiate themselves in today's market. It's crucial for sellers to have room to "color" the sales process.

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Trade Show B2C Face-to-face Buyer 40

Smooth Sale

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Hosting events can grow your business as it can help create a community around your brand and create lasting customer memories. For example, you can host cocktail parties, workshops, and music events. They encourage socialization and allow you to forge new relationships with your customers. Authentic Relationships Are Essential.

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Customer Hotels Hiring Loyalty 78

Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

A couple of sectors were all set to adopt the remote work culture, but then there are a few niches such as sales where remote work came with its own set of challenges! Create a remote-first sales infrastructure to facilitate seamless virtual selling at scale. Are There Any Perks Of Retaining A Remote Sales Team? No, not at all!

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Strategy Top of Funnel Face-to-face Hiring 98

Product Management University

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A solution in the simplest terms eliminates key obstacles that keep customers from achieving a highly valuable outcome. Done right, a solution should drive higher sales volume and also command a higher price. Nordstrom has always been known for outstanding customer service. Related Articles. Submit Your Question.

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Retail Discount Intent Analysis 40

Showpad

JANUARY 5, 2021

The employment life cycle of every sales rep always starts in the same place — with a set of strong training and onboarding processes that establish a blueprint for these rookies to find success in their time with the company. In this post, we’ll look at key features of an ideal sales coaching solution.

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Sales Coaching Coaching Scale Lead Rank 52

Babette Ten Haken

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Because the function of storytelling is perceived as a “necessary and nice to have” element of sales and marketing. But not an element which truly reflects how employees communicate with each other and with customers. To learn more about my storytelling workshops, click on this link. Never miss another insightful post.

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Ideal Customer Profile Outsourcing Services Customer Guidelines 12

LeadFuze

AUGUST 5, 2021

We have prepared the roundup of the best sales blogs just for you! These are the best sales blogs you need to be following to keep your sales blade sharp. Here are the best sales blogs in Slideshare form, or below the presentation are all the individual sales blogs with a little more detail. Sales Hacker.

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Top of Funnel Hiring Lead Rank Retail 98