No More Cold Calling

JULY 20, 2018

Don’t assume your team knows how to ask for referrals. Tim told me his team was “doing referrals.” He figured they knew how to get referrals because he told them to do it. I asked how that approach was working for him. Dead silence. And therein lies the problem. A big problem. It’s the misguided belief that “telling” translates to “doing.”. The web is replete with articles and webcasts that tell people to just go ask for referrals, like it’s common sense or something.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 20, 2018

The most passive aggressive phrase in all the business land? It might just be “ As per our conversation. ” You’ve sent it. You’ve received it. And we all know it generally means, “ Hey, we’ve already talked about this, ” or “ We agreed on this and you haven’t held up your end of the bargain. ”. Even if you don’t mean to imbue this phrase with the frustration of one hundred unanswered prospect emails, there are better, more effectiv e ways to refer to previous conversations and agreements, and I’

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Engage Selling

JULY 20, 2018

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SBI Growth

JULY 20, 2018

Our guest on today’s episode of hbspt.cta.load(23541, '39dd4f48-b0ca-486a-9fa5-4e1fb27489aa', {}); Mike McCalley, Vice President of Strategy & Marketing for CECO Environmental Corporation, a globally diversified and energy technology company. Mike has been a Customer Experience (CX) pioneer. He embraced.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 20, 2018

Five Hidden Secrets behind the Price Objection. By Mike Brooks, [link]. Learn the top secrets of closing the sale with proven training, techniques, rebuttals, responses and tips of effectively handling and overcoming the most common price objections. Of all the objections sales reps get, the price objection is still number one on the list. And it makes sense, doesn’t it?

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Smooth Sale

JULY 20, 2018

Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Note: Max Chekalov is today’s guest contributor. Social media and Max is a match made in heaven. Prolific digital marketer with considerable skill in graphic design and writing, his endless thirst for knowledge and communication can be sated only by the dynamically changing world of social media. Always on top of the latest trends and development in social media marketing, Max’s curiosity and vision bring invaluable insight and value to any proj

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Women Sales Pros

JULY 20, 2018

Ever since CEB/Gartner published The Challenger Sale in 2011, the book has attracted much publicity. It provides five different profiles based on research of 6,000 individuals. Challenger. Lone Wolf. Hard Worker. Problem Solver. Relationship Builder. This research indicates that individuals with a Challenger profile will outperform all other profile types.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 20, 2018

Starting a company can be a lonely process for the first-time entrepreneur. There’s a lot of hard work, self-discipline , limited feedback on priorities, and process fraught with potholes -- some critical to the success of the enterprise itself. Over the last decade, founders and startups have turned to business incubators and accelerators to scale their business.

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Predictable Revenue

JULY 20, 2018

How Cirrus Insights Co-Founder Brandon Bruce Still Finds Ways to Support His Sales Team After 7 Years. “I think that leadership should always be involved in sales. So, part of my role is sharing the good news of Cirrus Insight on blog posts and podcasts,” says Brandon Bruce, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Cirrus Insight. Read more on Weekly Newsletter July 20th, 2018… The post Weekly Newsletter July 20th, 2018 appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Speaker: Jake Miller, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Allego

Buyers are savvier, buying teams are larger, and new research shows that buyers' attention spans have dropped to just 8 seconds. This means that the old approach of blasting buyers with email-heavy, generic communications no longer works. Instead, buyers need to be surrounded with relevant communications and personalized, self-service content throughout their journey.

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Janek Performance Group

JULY 20, 2018

One of the conundrums facing sales reps is whether to contact prospects and customers via the phone or email. While the obvious answer is to use both, what isn’t so apparent is that the correct answer isn’t necessarily tied to buyer preference – rather, there’s strong evidence that suggests timing and communication purpose are far better indicators for which method to use.

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Pipeliner

JULY 20, 2018

Technology has drastically changed the landscape of sales. Door to door selling is almost non-existent. Buyers are more educated on products than ever before. Even odder, B2B clients are refusing to take face to face meetings. I have been in situations where a client has invested over $225,000 and I had to beg them to drive 30 minutes to meet them face to face.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

JULY 20, 2018

- WHAT'S MOTIVATING US THIS WEEK -. "Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.". -WARREN BUFFETT. - WHAT WE'VE BEEN READING THIS WEEK -. > Is Cold Calling Dead? 17 New Prospecting Strategies Salespeople Should Use — Hubspot. Is cold calling dead? Let's be honest. That answer is "No." Cold calling used to be one of the best -- and only -- prospecting strategies salespeople could use.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 20, 2018

The post How To Increase Customer Contacts By 200% With Relationship Analytics appeared first on Sales Hacker.

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Speaker: Andrew Regan, Managing Partner at BlueSeed Retail Ltd.

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BrainShark

JULY 20, 2018

AI is helping organizations establish a much higher level of sales readiness, which means reps are closing more and bigger deals.

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Nyden on Negotiation

JULY 20, 2018

Are you worried about closing a commercially significant deal? Then my coaching and mentoring programs might be the right fit to support your organization. If closing that deal and getting greater value is important to your organization, watch this video.

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criteria for success

JULY 20, 2018

Are you managing a remote sales team? This quote from Robin Sharma will tell you all about the key parts of effective leadership. Read on to learn more about this week's Let's Talk Sales inspiration. Robin Sharma Quote In this episode of Let's Talk Sales, it's all about this month's theme: leading and managing remote [ ] The post Let’s Talk Sales!

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Selling Energy

JULY 20, 2018

I’ve had several students approach me about how to tell whether a prospect is legitimately interested in their offerings or just fishing for quotes. There are a few ways to figure this out, with an emphasis on asking the right questions and carefully weighing their answers.

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Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.

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Nyden on Negotiation

JULY 20, 2018

Are you worried about closing a commercially significant deal? Then my coaching and mentoring programs might be the right fit to support your organization. If closing that deal and getting greater value is important to your organization, watch this video.

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Selling Energy

JULY 20, 2018

I’ve had several students approach me about how to tell whether a prospect is legitimately interested in their offerings or just fishing for quotes. There are a few ways to figure this out, with an emphasis on asking the right questions and carefully weighing their answers.

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SugarCRM

JULY 20, 2018

Whether you are one month, one year, or several years into a CRM deployment, it is always important to perform “health checks” to insure the project is going smoothly. Just because the software is in place, does not always mean it is being used at optimal levels or driving the best return. These five tips can help your business keep the CRM initiative on track and continue bringing positive returns… Tip 1: Remember, CRM is a Journey.

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Selling Fearlessly

JULY 20, 2018

A mother, wishing to encourage her son’s progress at the piano, bought tickets to a performance by the great Polish pianist Ignace Jan Paderewski (1860-1941). When the evening arrived, they found their seats near the front of the concert hall and eyed the majestic Steinway waiting on the stage. Soon the mother found a friend […].

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Costello

JULY 20, 2018

Bill Caskey, Sales Trainer. If you’re a loyal reader of the Costello blog , then you already know how much we value sharing varying thoughts, opinions, and methodologies. In the world of sales, there is, of course, no silver bullet—no one single way that sales professionals can or should create value for prospective customers. Bill Caskey is a sales trainer, leadership development author, speaker, and sales coach—and he brings nearly 3 decades of experience to our blog.

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