Sat.Aug 25, 2018

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Social prospecting cheat sheet #1

Sales 2.0

If you’ve read any of my previous posts on this blog you will know that I think relationships determine if you will get a meeting with your prospect. In this post I’m going to give you a few templates you can copy to help you get referrals to the likely 22,500 people you have available to help you save (and maybe prosper) in your new sales gig. Typical success rates in getting intros using this approach is approximately 1 in 2, vs 1 in 100 or 1 in 330 for cold calling.

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The Biggest Threat to Sales Teams in 2018 Isn't Losing Clients

Hubspot Sales

A quick Google search or skim through your favorite sales blogs will show article upon article about how to hire the perfect reps, increase customer retention, and write the perfect sales job description -- for good reason. Even right here, on the HubSpot Sales Blog, I know an article on "How to Hire the Perfect SDR" will almost always be a hit. In fact, two of our top-performing posts of all time are " 40 Sales Interview Questions to Recruit the Best Reps " and " 10 Common Sales Job Interview Q

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How to Avoid the Failures of Quota Setting

SBI Growth

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The Art Of The Sales Spiel

Pipeliner

Two Techniques to Master the Art of the Sales Spiel. Typically, we talk too much, we listen too little, and we tend to overwhelm others with our vast array of knowledge. That’s neither persuasive nor pleasant. It’s not a secret that I’m not a fan of product pitches. We’re led to believe that, by mastering our ability to pitch ideas, we are somehow more persuasive.

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The New GTM Playbook: 18 Ways to Future-Proof Your Sales Team

Longer sales cycles. Increasingly discerning buyers. More meetings. Intensifying competition. Economic uncertainty. Go-to-market teams of every size, in every industry, are grappling with these challenges firsthand. Thankfully, there’s an answer. We’ve developed an entirely new way for GTM leaders to identify and execute proven, data-driven strategies that drive revenue.

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False Familiarity or Valid Value?

Anne Miller

If it is true that attention spans are short and time is at a premium in face-to-face meetings, that rings doubly true when you present on the phone.

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Why Sales People Lie to their Clients

Engage Selling

It’s said we are living in a post-truth world. While politicians today may be the single most untrusted profession, sales people are not far behind.

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