The Sales Heretic

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Planes, trains, and automobiles—and boats too, now that I think about it—all have something in common: The more stuff they’re loaded down with, the harder it is for them to get going, the slower they move, and the shorter the distance they can go. You are exactly the same. The more stuff you’re loaded down [.].

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The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The greatest satisfaction I’ve ever had in my sales career is when I’ve been selling solely due to the “why” I sell. At the same time, the most difficult time I’ve had is when I’ve been focused on my own personal objectives at the expense of the customers to whom I was selling. Early in […].

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Tenfold

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

When discussing digital transformation, it’s impossible not to discuss social selling and its impact on the sales cycle. Marketing and sales automation tools have made it possible to reach hundreds, if not thousands, of potential buyers instantly. This however has caused a decline in the effectiveness of email and cold calling techniques. As a result, now more than ever, personalized outreaches and pitches have become imperative for a successful sale.

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Openview

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The buying environment is becoming increasingly complex. A few reasons are likely top of mind including the emergence of new competitors, frequency of touchpoints, ever-shortening buyer attention span, and so on. But have you considered how a generational shift in your prospects’ demographics might impact the buying environment as well? Today’s B2B buying committees are growing more diverse as Millennials take their seats alongside Generation X and Baby Boomers.

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Speaker: Carlos Hidalgo, Co-Founder & CEO of Digital Exhaust, Author, International Keynote & TEDx Speaker

Recent research shows that only 50% of B2B organizations state that they have good alignment between their marketing and sales teams. This lack of alignment tremendously impacts the ability to meet business goals, and is a limiting factor for building and maintaining customer relationships. While many B2B organizations continue to struggle with aligning their marketing and sales teams, they can take practical steps to unify both teams and simplify their overall approach.

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Tenfold

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

These days, it is no longer enough to argue that enterprise companies are too big to bother with social media. Remember this Sales 101 basic: be where your market is. Right now, they are online. The numbers are daunting. Of the 7.3 billion global population as of July 2015, more than 3 billion use the internet. Of these, more than two thirds are on social media.

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Your Sales Management Guru

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Folks: IT is all about Execution. During the past 12+ days we explored parts of the Western U.S. and drove nearly 1800 miles, we saw marvelous topography from the Grand Tetons, Yellowstone National Park, several cities in Montana and Wyoming plus we visited Mount Rushmore and the Badlands in South Dakota-it was a great trip. That much time also gave me time to reflect, observe and think about our world of sales leadership.

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Customer Centric Selling

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Sales Tips: 5 Ways to Survive the Frenetic Fourth Quarter. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling®.

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EyesOnSales

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Don’t Answer Objections, Isolate Them. by Mike Brooks, Mr. Inside Sales. Most sales reps hate getting objections. Their hearts sink into their stomachs, their palms start to sweat, and they start wondering how they're going to pay the rent. Sound familiar? When sales reps ask me how they should handle objections, they are often surprised by my answer.

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OpenSymmetry

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Quota setting can be described as one part numbers, one part experience, and one part intuition. So how do you concoct the most accurate quota setting methodology in an ever-changing market, industry, and sales organization? Three major areas we find to be effective are accurate top-down modeling, managing by exception, and padding quotas. Top-down modeling.

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The Bridge Group

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

A few weeks ago, I shared my research on the failure rate of SDR-to-AE promotions. ( Executive Summar y : 26% of SDRs who take on an AE role fail. The shorter the SDR tenure, the higher the failure rate. The post-promotion failure rate for SDRs with 11 or fewer months experience was 55%. The failure rate for SDRs with 16+ months experience was just 6%.).

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Atlatl Software

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Nothing good in life happens with a negative attitude.

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SalesFolk

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

There’s a lot of buzz right now about the possible death of the sales development representative (SDR). I even hear some claim the role is already dead or will be completely outdated within three years. As more and more companies continue to build out their sales/business development programs, this theory could have a significant impact on the future development of sales.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Most of us think it would be an insane (and dangerous) plan to try to run a marathon before we’ve ever run a 5k. But, how many of us are trying to run an ABM marathon without running an ABM 5k? Here’s the simple approach to get your ABM program up and running, taken from an interview with our friends at LeadMD. Many sales and marketing team today are trying to implement account-based marketing – but not at the expense of their current marketing efforts, and without hiring a new, ABM-focuse

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Are you training and coaching your people “principle based selling?” No I’m not announcing a new sales methodology or trying to infringe on a few companies calling their methods “Principle Based Selling.” We often use the word principle to describe values we hold, for example integrity, honesty, respect for others. Those are important, but not the subject of this post.

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