SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

Here are five big questions to ask: Is my sales team structured appropriately to handle The Challenger Sale? Many sales organizations have a Hunter-Farmer/Geographic structure. Hunters assume a generalist role in a territory. The challenger sale requires reps to build advocacy by messaging to each unique role.

Sales Methodology 308

Sales Methodology Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Face-to-face 308

The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

If you are in sales and your mandate is to sell to companies within your geographical territory, you have probably faced a scenario similar to the one that follows. Copiers as an example, you may refer to document management at one end, and sell copiers to the other end. Demand Generation. Funnel management.

Pipeline 226

Pipeline Social Media Face-to-face Ideal Customer Profile 226

The Pipeline

APRIL 30, 2011

A friend of mine affectionately refers to Starbuck as Fivebucks, as he never seems to leave the place spending less than that, but hey it’s coffee, so I get it. Five buck is not that much, but a bunch of five buck can add up, and that’s exactly what Jonathan Farrington and other members of Top Sales World are setting out to prove.

Pipeline 223

Pipeline Conference Webinar Metrics Cold Calling 223

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 31, 2011

While this is often skewed to product knowledge, it does allow for sales improvement. They usually refer to this a “soft skills”, which is the first clue they have not sold). Why not adopt that within sales organizations. Demand Generation. EDGE Sales Process. Funnel management. Sales Leadership.

Pipeline 253

Pipeline Top of Funnel Hiring Real Estate 253

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Even more so when you consider that the average manager waits much too long to take corrective action. One of the reasons for this is the difference in role expectation between HR and the frontline sales manager. What a sales manager see as desired assertiveness, an HR manager could easily see as aggressive.

Pipeline 220

Pipeline Hiring Exercises Twitter 220

The Pipeline

APRIL 29, 2011

Of course, activity is still important, but what really matters is that you feed the right people into the funnel in the first place and nurture those prospects who have been referred to you. Then hasten their passage through the sales funnel. This decreases the amount of time it takes to you close your sale. Demand Generation.

Lead Generation 257

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel Pipeline 257

The Pipeline

AUGUST 16, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Buying Process , EDGE Sales Process , Gap Selling , Impact Questions , Interactive Selling , Proactive , Productivity , Questions , Sales 2.0 , Sales Process , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sell Better , Selling to Executives , execution. Demand Generation.

Pipeline 267

Pipeline Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 267