The Pipeline

JANUARY 13, 2012

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Buying Process , EDGE Sales Process , Forecast , Funnel management , Interactive Selling , Metrics , Proactive , Productivity , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Time Allocation , execution. Wednesday I posted a piece about the importance of working your sales cycle, not the calendar.

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Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Sales training is the process of developing and fine-tuning the skills of sales professionals and managers by increasing their understanding of their buyers, modernizing their approach to the sales process, and equipping them with strategies, techniques, and technology that top performers use to achieve sales success.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2011

One profession that stands to benefit most from these apps is sales. We at Software Advice typically focus on sales force automation software , but we decided to broaden our focuse and see what is available on mobile devices to match the needs of a mobile sales force. Customer Care. EDGE Sales Process.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Key takeaways AI can enhance sales processes in many ways, from providing customer insights to automating tasks. Sales professionals must direct AI tools, validate outputs, provide context, and maintain ethical standards. Sales enablement software remains vital for managing sales activities efficiently.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

What makes it more complicated is that 90% of buyers don’t follow a linear sales funnel path , leaving sales reps little to no room for mistakes. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. The B2B sales process is a structured yet flexible journey tailored to meet the unique needs of customers.

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Costello

APRIL 16, 2019

In our latest research done in partnership with Databox , marketers and sales managers agree that playbooks improve the effectiveness and efficiency of calls, help train new salespeople and ensure product and services are correctly positioned. Perhaps most importantly, they also agree that sales playbooks creates a better customer experience!

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Showpad

DECEMBER 11, 2020

If these segments of the company factor into sales as a whole, it naturally follows that a high-performing sales training platform should be integrated with software used by those other departments. It must support your sales training program. It must feature a vast content library.

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Customer Centric Selling

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Upon hearing about this concept years ago in one of my workshops, a student approached me at a break and realized in trying to sell software to a heating oil distributor, he had lost a software sale to a delivery truck! Listen to Social Selling evangelist, Jill Rowley, in Episode 20 of Sales Rehab!

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Customer Centric Selling

APRIL 2, 2014

Now would be a good time to attend a sales training workshop to learn how you can save the year and make your number. In order to be less reactive and more proactive I suggest projecting a sales cycle ahead on an ongoing basis. Need some help with your sales performance? Miss your Q1 target?

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LeadBoxer

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

So, what are B2B sales, and how are they different from B2C sales? In this article, you’ll learn how businesses use varying strategies to sell to each other and what type of software they can use. Use the links below to navigate each section: What are B2B sales? How are B2B sales different from B2C sales?

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Customer Centric Selling

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

A Sales Benchmark Index (SBI) study showed over 50% of sales cycles that end with sellers involved, result in buyers making “no decision.” When trying to justify expenditures, a seller’s challenge in complex sales is to provide an enterprise view of value. Need some help to increase sales?

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HeavyHitter Sales

JULY 1, 2011

Closing Techniques Using Sales Linguistics. Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors. Sales Career Advice.

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Customer Centric Selling

MARCH 4, 2016

Decades ago, while selling clients their first business computer systems, I learned a valuable lesson: Software is only as good as the data that’s entered. Implementing software within sales organizations such as a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system is a significant undertaking ( What is CRM?

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The Pipeline

MAY 12, 2011

He is internationally known for his ground breaking work in evaluating sales people, he is the developer of a tool for evaluating sales forces, and the co-developer of several software and web applications that help sales managers coach and hold their salespeople accountable. Customer Care. EDGE Sales Process.

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Customer Centric Selling

AUGUST 30, 2013

Sales Training Article: Why A Rising Win Rate Could be a Bad Sign. By Drew Zarges, Sales Benchmark Index The software company''s VP of Sales boasted about his win rate. Their shortlist could be created without even interacting with sales representatives. The software company was among them.

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LeadFuze

APRIL 2, 2019

Sales enablement is the set of practices, processes, and platform that helps the sales organizations improve the performance of sales teams to increase revenue through new customer acquisition. Here are the top 7 sales enablement best practices that can help you succeed: 1 Adopt new selling techniques.

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Customer Centric Selling

AUGUST 3, 2016

Sales Tips: Do Your Buyers Have a Sense of Urgency? When trying to get to the end of sales cycles, sellers always seem to be in a hurry. I’m consulting with a client and recently was discussing a $500,000 software opportunity in a seller’s pipeline that he hopes to close by year-end. Need some help to increase sales?

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Customer Centric Selling

MAY 18, 2016

It prompted me to wonder if companies have modified their sales process milestones developed in the 90’s and imbedded them into their CRM software? I was surprised to realize it’s probably okay but vendors should consider incorporating steps from customer buying processes into their sales processes.

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Chorus.ai

JULY 28, 2020

The first step to handling objections is to really understand what drives customers to object in the first place. Often, there’s a motive lurking beneath a customer’s objection, and by being proactive, you can mitigate the true concern. We’ll get to individual sales objections in time. How do you then sell them SaaS software?

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Customer Centric Selling

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Sales Tips: How to Turn a "No Decision" into a WIN. When a software client grew frustrated with their dismal results from efforts to improve sales, they knew they needed to find out exactly what their buyers wanted. This software client’s win rate significantly improved with buyer feedback. Find buyers’ pain points.

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Customer Centric Selling

JUNE 17, 2013

They require longer, 6-12 month sales cycles. 11,000 companies, 315 metrics, 14 key sales drivers, 12 years of hard data). He is currently the #1 producing Rep at a Fortune 50 software company. He was at the end of a 9 month sales cycle when he took corrective action. These opportunities are more complex.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 15, 2011

The above are only three suggestions for how marketing automation can help companies establish a seamless end-to-end buying process, facilitated by sharing the insights to prospect behavior that sales reps can act upon to expedite the purchase decision. Customer Care. EDGE Sales Process. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Cycle.

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Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 3, 2012

The End of Solution Sales. The Role of Sales Leadership & Management. I put it in my to read file and as I fly to Hong Kong (16 hours) to lead a clients sales leadership workshop I pulled it out to read and contemplate. Can the customer act quickly and decisively? Now what does that title mean to you?

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Chorus.ai

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

A sales strategy is an actionable plan for the growth of existing accounts and the acquisition of new accounts for your business. It’s fundamental to driving revenue, and giving sales reps information that’s key to targeting the right customers and closing deals. There are two common types of sales strategies.

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Chorus.ai

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The first step to handling objections is to really understand what drives customers to object in the first place. Often, there’s a motive lurking beneath a customer’s objection, and by being proactive, you can mitigate the true concern. We’ll get to individual sales objections in time. How do you then sell them SaaS software?

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Babette Ten Haken

MARCH 27, 2019

When stories engage customers and members, it’s because they hear their own, familiar voices in the story. Traditionally, storytelling is a marketing, sales or PR function. Put yourself in your customers’ shoes. First, the purpose of business cases is to drive customer acquisition. Me neither.

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The Pipeline

JULY 29, 2011

As you grow your inbound strategies, follow one of the leading software and content providers in this small and medium business space, Hubspot. And the larger your company (it’s reach, sales force, brand offerings, partner layout), the more robust your tools need to be. And the easier and more comprehensive your software, the better.

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PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

However, make sure you don’t repeat the same sales contests — not only will the same people keep winning (causing everyone else to give up ultimately), but you’ll also turn the winners into natural targets. Then, the next day, reward the person who has the shortest average sales cycle. Have a common goal in mind. .”

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PandaDoc

APRIL 23, 2024

In the world of sales, understanding how to implement an effective pipeline management strategy is paramount. From the initial stages of customer contacts to the final closure of a sales deal, we’ll elaborate on every step to help you and your salespeople stay more productive in handling the ebb and flow of the sales process.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

As today’s buyers are empowered by the Internet to do their own research and drive their own purchasing due diligence – engaging sales later than ever, or not at all – easy to use versions of these diagnostic tools need to be on-line, readily available, interactive and personalized to empower self-service research.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Over the past 18 months, the survey results indicate that CFOs have assumed significant additional responsibilities for several key groups, including: information technology (43%), human resources (39%), production (38%), customer service (37%), and even marketing / sales (33%). now finds herself at marketing meetings.

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MEDDIC

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Steve is an experienced leader in CRM and Sales Force Automation with a strong sales background obviously. Our chat gave me the opportunity to share publicly, for the first time, some of the nuggets I usually only share in my private workshops. It helps us even when we are driving to the customer. And what am I missing?

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Chorus.ai

JANUARY 29, 2020

One of sales training’s primary uses is to show your reps how they can best use their time, resources, and attributes. New approaches and tools emerge frequently, from time-tracking software to new CRMs, and your team must be up-to-date. New approaches to sales conversations can improve outcomes in every phase of the sales cycle.

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Gong.io

JULY 18, 2022

Solution Selling is a customer-centric sales methodology. Sales professionals following the Solution Selling methodology would start by asking a potential customer a series of open-ended questions to understand what they’re looking for. Do your customers require a custom solution? What is Solution Selling?

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SBI

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Jake: With Highspot, sales reps can: Find the right content whenever and wherever it’s needed, whether from email, the web, within CRM, or on any mobile device. Create a personalized experience that gives prospects a single URL for engaging throughout the sales cycle. Jake: Highspot customers measure ROI in three areas.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Internet Fueled Buying Cycles on the Rise – In the B2C space, the Internet has fundamentally changed how books, apparel, electronics, music, cars and other goods are bought and sold. IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales E. Accelerate Slow Sales Cycles with More Sales Enabl.

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Showpad

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

This and numerous other inefficiencies can be solved with Sales enablement technology , which can drive performance through analytics and insights. Let’s take a closer look at what Sales enablement marketing is all about and what benefits enablement software can generate for a Sales organization.

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