Fri.Aug 09, 2019

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The Best Ways To Resolve Conflicts During A Negotiation

The Accidental Negotiator

When managing conflict, you’ll need to have some conflict resolution strategies. Image Credit: JD Hancock. Let’s face it: conflict happens in every negotiation. The very process of negotiating using our negotiation styles and negotiating techniques with someone seems to open the door to allowing conflict to come in. How do we deal with conflict when it shows up?

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Time Management: How Will You Use Your Day?

The Sales Hunter

We all say we have too much to do. Even my 84 year-old in-laws claim they’re too busy to get everything done in a day. I think the question is: do we have too much to do, or are we mismanaging our time? You have customers and prospects that need to hear from you today; yet, the majority of you reading this will not reach out to everyone you said you would by the end of the day.

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How AI Enhances Sales Intelligence

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Anoop Bhatia 2.5 billion gigabytes of data is created daily. As a result, 90% of sales leaders cite information overload for missing quotas. So much so that 57% of sales representatives surveyed in 2018 missed their sales quotas the prior year, according to Forbes. To make matters worse, nearly half of a sales representative’s time is spent on administrative tasks.

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10 Keys to Hiring Better Salespeople

Anthony Cole Training

Recruiting new sales talent is complicated and time consuming. Especially, when you're not prepared to fill a vacancy, don't have a pipeline of candidates or have an idea of what "better" means for your business. In this article, Tony Cole discusses what to start doing and what to stop doing to upgrade your sales force today!

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Brick & Mortar Retail Relevance: How to Stay Ahead of the Curve

Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an

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The Power of Thinking BIG

Mr. Inside Sales

“Ask yourself this question: ‘How big can I dream?’”. Conrad Hilton. “Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, ‘The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.’ Emerson was a keenly gifted philosopher, but he spoke like a seasoned sales manager: He understood the power of big thoughts. “All of us are surrounded by a swirl of great opportunities, but we’re usually too busy to notice.

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What Is Business Development? (And Why It’s Vital to Sales Success)

Sales Hacker

A few weeks ago, I had a conversation with the head of business development for a French logistics company. He was over the moon because in only 5 months he reached his goal of getting 10 qualified opportunities. And, even better, he managed to go beyond the target by closing a €350K deal. The results were shocking. And even more impressive, he got those results in a brand new industry. .

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ERP vs. CRM: To Integrate or Not to Integrate

Hubspot Sales

The global Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software market is expected to earn $47 billion in revenue by 2022. And ERP and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) are still important levers for businesses, with 53% naming the two as priority investments in 2018. You’re probably on a first name basis with your CRM , but you may be less familiar with ERPs.

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We Need Evangelists Again!

Pipeliner

Today, salespeople have become increasingly detached from the products they sell and the companies they stand for. That is why they change jobs so frequently—an average of once every 2 years. Go back 50 years, and a salesperson actually identified with and believed in their products and company, along with what the product stood for and the company philosophy.

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What is Gamification?

LevelEleven

Gamification is the implementation of games or activities to encourage certain behaviors through competition and fun. Simply put, gamification is the application of typical elements of game playing (e.g. point scoring, competition with others, rules of play) to other areas of activity. This can be useful for many facets of the business world, such as inside sales, call centers, and marketing teams.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

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Weekly Roundup: Helping Buyers Overcome Information Fatigue + More

The Center for Sales Strategy

- MOTIVATION -. "OUR GREATEST WEAKNESS LIES IN GIVING UP. THE MOST CERTAIN WAY TO SUCCEED IS TO TRY JUST ONE MORE TIME". -THOMAS EDISON. - AROUND THE WEB -. > Helping Buyers Overcome Information Fatigue — LinkedIn. Information overload is real. And for today’s B2B buyers, it’s a real problem. There was a time when it was difficult to find enough quality information while researching solutions and weighing options.

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Proactively Managing Your Team’s Talent | Sales Strategies

Engage Selling

????????????????????????????Far too many sales teams underperform because they have underperforming sales reps in the team. These sales reps need to be replaced.

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The Advantage Of Non-Commissioned Sales People w/Mitch Little @Microchip

InsideSales.com

Learn the significant competitive advantage of having non-commissioned salespeople from Mitch Little of Microchip Technology. Read on to find out more. RELATED: How to Pay Your Sales Development Reps In this article: The Shift from Having Commissioned to Non-Commissioned Sales People How Salespeople Affected the Shift in the Commission Structure Implementing the Non-Commissioned Sales Approach […].

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Weekly Sales Enablement News Roundup – August 9, 2019

Showpad

Summer might be winding down, but we’ve still got hot Sales and Marketing tips, tricks, and news! 5 Biggest Sales Pitching Mistakes. Are you confident in your Sales pitching capabilities? You could be making one of these five mistakes that may result in losing a prospective sale. . Account-Based Marketing For More Sales And Bigger Deals. Account-based marketing (ABM) is a force that is driving results.

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Redefining the CDP: 8 Data-Driven Designs for Successful Customer Journeys

In this guide, discover 8 use cases for how a customer data platform can tackle common challenges faced by marketing, commerce, service, and sales teams. With helpful diagrams and simple explanations in each use case, see how Salesforce’s CDP, Data Cloud for Marketing, powers personalized, real-time experiences across marketing, with capabilities that include: Optimizing ad spend Powering dynamic website content Increasing upselling and cross-selling Resolving service cases with marketing data B

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How to Become a 1-to-1 Video Prospecting Pro

Sales Hacker

If you aren’t building sequences to provide your reps some structure in their outreach, you’re missing out. Sequences are workflows that use a series of touchpoints to connect with prospects. The combinations of steps—calls, emails, social actions, direct mail, and videos—are practically endless, so it’s critical to test combinations and find a strategy that best fits your needs.

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The Most Important Coaching Moment

Xvoyant

4-minute read. When I was 14 years old, I played guitar in a band. I decided that I wanted to play the piano, too, so I began taking lessons from a lady in our neighborhood. She was an excellent teacher, and I was motivated to learn, so I advanced quickly. I practiced when I was supposed to practice, learned my scales, worked my way through all the beginner material, and picked some songs that the band wanted to play.

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Sales Tracking: An Overview (+Software You Should Use)

G2Crowd - Sales Blog

Are you using data to drive your sales strategy?

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No One Can Sprinkle Sugar on Bulls and Call it Candy

Sales Lead Management Association

For most companies adding a CRM and Marketing Automation System to the sales process is like sprinkling sugar on the problem. They know they need to do something, and heck, everyone else is doing it, but managing sales leads crosses so many department barriers that it resists change. Even the best CRM and Marketing Automation Systems can only do so much.

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Solving the Biggest Tech Challenges in RevOps

In this eBook, we’ll run through real-world examples that show how RevOps teams can benefit from modern solutions for the access, management, and activation of their GTM data. Whether you need to improve lead response times, boost adoption of core tools, improve lead qualification, or target and automate your GTM motions, you’ll find examples of how revenue teams are solving some of the toughest problems in modern business.

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How to Succeed at Prospecting Your Own Clients [PODCAST]

Sandler Training

David Mattson, President and CEO of Sandler Training and 6-Time Best-Selling Author, talks about his fifth book, Sandler Rules for Sales Leaders. Listen Time: 10 Minutes.

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What Is Conversation Intelligence? (+Why It Matters for Maximum Sales)

G2Crowd - Sales Blog

Your phone calls with customers are your business’s greatest untapped resource.

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How to Get the Right Kind of Self-Belief

Pipeliner

The more you believe in something; the better chance that it going to come true in the upcoming future if you work hard enough at it. Gary J. Bergenske on Shriners Dairy: Currently serving his 12th year as a member of the Boards of Directors for Shriners International and Shriners Hospitals for Children, Gary J. Bergenske of Florida is a motivational speaker and has written three books.

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Grab Your Glass of Water

Selling Energy

One of the questions that you probably ask yourself when you're trying to understand what it will take to get an organization to say "yes" is, “How do I know I’m talking to the real decision-maker?” There are lots of ways to ask that question; however, I think many of them are fraught with peril. You don't ask a blatant question like, “So, who is the decision-maker around here?

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Customizing for Every Customer: How 1:1 Personalization Drives ROI

Personalization has moved beyond segmentation. It’s now a proven strategy to transform customer relationships, drive business growth, and increase marketing ROI. In this eBook, Salesforce explores why it’s important to communicate with your customer as an individual and how you can: Create personalized experiences across channels with data, AI, and machine learning Increase the ROI of every site visit Build customer loyalty with trust By submitting this form, you agree to have your contact infor

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Xactly C.A.R.E. Week: Who CAREs?

Xactly

Xactly's second-annual C.A.R.E. Week was a huge success! Here's a recap of why our CARE values shape Xactly's culture and all the excitement from the week.

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How to Drive Adoption of Sales Technology

Highspot

You finally signed the contract on the new sales tool you’ve championed for months. Weeks of research, stakeholder meetings, and contract negotiations are behind you, so the hard part is over, right? Not quite. Now you need to drive adoption across your sales team. After all, a tool that no one uses is just a waste of money. But sales reps are inundated with more tools than ever , requiring that new solutions overcome skepticism and ingrained habits to achieve high adoption.

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Let’s Talk Sales! Inspirational Quote by Harvey Robbins – Episode 176

criteria for success

Today's quote from Harvey Robbins is all about perspective! Read on to learn more about this week's Let's Talk Sales! inspiration! Harvey Robbins Quote This month's theme is handling objections. And today's quote comes from Harvey Robbins, a world class speaker, author, and educator. He said: “Place a higher priority on discovering what a win [ ] The post Let’s Talk Sales!

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Quantifying and Selling Value for Services Q&A

LeveragePoint

For our July Webinar, Todd Snelgrove shared strategies that helped viewers rethink how to price, present, and negotiate based on your value of their Services. To conclude the webinar, he answered some questions from the audience. Here are his live answers: What are the system and process requirements for an organization beginning outcome or performance-based contracts?

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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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Training Talks—Outsourcing Success: A Chat with Thomas Siebert

Lessonly

At Lessonly, we’ve helped hundreds of teams across the globe learn, practice, and Do Better Work. We found that the best teams examine their training efforts through six key phases: Assess, Plan, Build, Learn, Practice, and Perform. That’s why we decided to create Lessonly’s Better Work Guide to Customer Service Training. In the process of putting together The Better Work Guide, Lessonly’s VP of Marketing, Kyle Lacy talked with Thomas Siebert, Consulting Director at TBS Inc.

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5 Quick Tips from My Best-Selling Audiobooks

Grant Cardone

Some people say you should never blow your own horn. I say, why have a horn if you can’t blow it? I’ve got several best-selling books , some of which have been at the top of the charts for literally over 7 years—and today I want to give you the most vital part of each of them. I know that not everyone loves to read, that’s why I personally recorded each book on mp3 for you to consume the material easier.

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Winning Deals: How to Make Nonlinearity Your Competitive Advantage

Anthony Iannarino

Despite our best efforts to see both the sales process and buyer’s journey as linear, reality provides a truth that is at odds with what might better serve us—and our clients. In complex, B2B sales, it is more often that deals take a circuitous path, doubling back over ground you have already covered, and full of fits and starts. Because reality doesn’t care about your feelings, you are better off working to make nonlinearity a competitive advantage.