No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 10, 2019

Asking for referrals might be hard, but it pays off big! Ask most anybody for the secret to how to get referrals, and they’ll probably tell you the first step is to simply ask. That might be true, but it’s far easier said than done. Whether you’re a sales newbie or a veteran rainmaker, asking is hard. Apparently, it’s even harder for many men. Two guys in their early 50s recently told me they felt uncomfortable asking.

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MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 10, 2019

Years ago, when I was on holiday in Disneyland, my family and I were enjoying a drink and some snacks when we were approached by one of the sales staff from the resort we were staying at. He recognised us and got us into conversation about our holiday. Of course, I recognised immediately that he was trying to up-sell us on some tickets for the resort, and I braced myself for a sales pitch.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 10, 2019

By Tibor Shanto. The great thing about living in Toronto, is the great diversity we enjoy in all aspects of our lives. As a Sales professional, I have had the opportunity to work with a great group of sellers who have challenged and been challenged by their chosen profession, their customers and employers. And while there are many similarities among and between consistently high performers, you quickly learn that Sales is not a monolithic experience, and the most successful take in as many div

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 10, 2019

“To increase the value of our business by 2-3.5x all we need to do is convert to a SaaS based pricing model? Let’s do it!” I hope your CFO does not believe it is that simple. Unfortunately, we hear from.

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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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Vengreso

JANUARY 10, 2019

Subscribe to Selling With Social. Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Google Play | Google Podcasts. Sales leadership is a key piece of organizational success – it can determine the outcomes of a sales team more powerfully than anything else. My guest on this episode of #SellingWithSocial knows that as well as anyone. Kyle Porter is the co-founder and CEO of Salesloft – a global business that serves the sales industry with amazing personalization and email delivery systems and assessment.

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Babette Ten Haken

JANUARY 10, 2019

These 6 Professional Development targets are more than the six “things” you need to accomplish or “do” in order to meet your employer’s KPIs. Or, your sales manager’s quota. Creating your very own professional development targets gives you ownership of you. Perhaps for the first time? At the end of the day, what exactly is it, about you specifically , that inspires current and future customers, and association members, to continue doing business with your organization?

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Predictable Revenue

JANUARY 10, 2019

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Jeff Davis, Founder, Keynote Speaker, and Coach at the JD2 Consulting Group. The post How to align marketing and sales to increase revenue with expert coach and consultant Jeff Davis appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Topline Leadership

JANUARY 10, 2019

This article provides five sales coaching tips that are easy to implement for achieving the sales growth you need in 2019. The post 5 Sales Coaching Tips that Are Easy to Implement appeared first on TopLine Leadership.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 10, 2019

My friend, Tim Ohai, made an interesting statement, “Sadly many sales people have no idea how to identify when no customer problem exists.” I think there is a lot of truth to the statement. Perhaps the reality is that too many sales people aren’t even identifying the customer problem–the customer is. There’s some evidence to support this, increasingly, sales people are getting involved later in the customer buying process.

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Chorus.ai

JANUARY 10, 2019

Interested in this topic? Check out Consistency Selling 101: A Sales Enablement Playbook here for tips on how to “clone your closers” and crush quota in 2019. 2019 is the year of consistency selling. That’s because many sales leaders are struggling to help their teams stand out in crowded markets and sell complex new products to prospects who only listen to organizations that provide value through things like compelling content.

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Zendesk Sell

JANUARY 10, 2019

When you make content for the bottom of your sales funnel, you need to focus on quality rather than quantity. Your potential customer knows who you are, they know you can help solve their problem, and all you need to do is get them over the finish line. With the right content in hand, your sales team can do just that. To help you produce personalized content for prospects, let’s take a look at the purpose of the bottom of the funnel, ways to accurately measure this type of content, and con

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The Center for Sales Strategy

JANUARY 10, 2019

Editor's Note: This post was originally published on Liveplan.com. The longer a sales proposal sits, the less likely it is to convert to an actual sale. The trouble with these stalled proposals is that you could have 100 potential sales stuck in limbo, but you can’t use those possible sales to pay your real bills. A bloated sales pipeline can start to have a real impact on your company’s cash flow if you’re not careful.

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Pipeliner

JANUARY 10, 2019

Today’s sales leaders are thinking about the future. Top of mind for them is identifying the specific skill set necessary for seller success this year, next year and five years out. Recognizing the new or enhanced requirements of top performing salespeople affects hiring decisions, seller retention, customer satisfaction, and ultimately, sales results.

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Even in today’s data-driven sales world, cold calling remains a fact of life for many go-to-market professionals. Fortunately, today’s sales leaders have a crucial advantage over their predecessors: market intelligence and outreach platforms that can warm up virtually any introduction.

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Xactly

JANUARY 10, 2019

Sales planning can be complicated, really complicated—and “three easy steps” may sound too good to be true. When it comes to hitting sales targets, sales leaders must balance their overall pipeline opportunities with their team’s actual bandwidth. Effective sales capacity planning determines how you set, pursue, and achieve your sales goals. In order to hit your targets, motivate team performance, and get some sleep at night, you’ll need an accurate sales capacity plan to pave the way.

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SalesLatitude

JANUARY 10, 2019

Today marks a milestone for my sales consulting business, SalesLatitude: we hit the 10-year mark. I find myself contemplating how and why it all started, what I’ve learned and what the future holds. I’m pleased to share some of the challenges, rewards, changes and successes over my last 10 years working with many friends, clients and peers as the sales world evolves.

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Allego

JANUARY 10, 2019

The investment required to turn a “B player” into a top sales performer is a terrible thing to waste. Yet that’s exactly what many sales organizations do: they let a big chunk of their sales training investment fall by the wayside. The average tenure of a salesperson is just two years. At many companies, it can take 10 months or more for a new sales rep to become fully productive, which makes high turnover even more costly.

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Bigtincan

JANUARY 10, 2019

How do you know if your organization is successful? How do you gauge if your customers are happy? How do you evaluate performance? You pull data, you ask questions, and you set goals. This process happens often throughout the year to make sure your business stays on track and your customers are engaged. So, why […].

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 10, 2019

With demand on the rise for measurable sales skills training that keeps reps in the field, companies are turning to virtual classroom experiences as a replacement for in-person events. But should they be? Or do the same flaws of the traditional classroom-only approach get exacerbated in a virtual classroom environment? The issue? Changes in the modern seller profile are creating challenges as teams move towards being desk-less, digital, and distant.

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Engage Selling

JANUARY 10, 2019

Are you a sales road warrior? Every week I’m asked about travel tips, recommended hotels, airlines, and locations.

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Pipeliner

JANUARY 10, 2019

Sales Trends That You Need To Know About In 2019. So what are the prevailing winds in 2019 that can power you to sales success? Andy Paul joins host John Golden to discuss the hottest sales trends for the year ahead. Find out what the biggest opportunities are for growth and what obstacles to watch out for. Plus Andy will outline any new phenomena that you may not already be aware of.

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Guru

JANUARY 10, 2019

Support has gone through a noticeable evolution in recent years. While traditionally viewed as a department that racks up costs, industry-leading organizations have begun recognizing opportunities for their support teams to actually generate revenue. We at Guru have had some great conversations recently with thought leaders in the customer experience space and beyond, and the same theme kept coming up: support is an underutilized means to drive revenue.

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Longer sales cycles. Larger buying committees. Slow-moving compliance reviews. Every go-to-market team knows the frustrations that come from a drawn-out sales process. How can you speed it up? By building a modern GTM motion that uses data, automation, and proven best practices to unlock insights, engage customers, and win faster.

Sales Process

Chorus.ai

JANUARY 10, 2019

2019 is the year of consistency selling. That’s because many sales leaders are struggling to help their teams stand out in crowded markets and sell complex new products to prospects who only listen to organizations that provide value through things like compelling content. At the same time, goals are getting steeper and roles harder to fill in a hot economy so every rep must “do more faster” while working as efficiently as possible.

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Smart Calling

JANUARY 10, 2019

Many sales reps “data dump.” That is backing up the truck and dumping out everything they know about their product or service on the prospect or customer. Of course, just as if someone had the load from a real dump truck poured on them, that is not a good thing. It actually creates objections. In this episode of The Art of Sales, hear what to avoid, and what to do instead to engage and be persuasive.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 10, 2019

With demand on the rise for measurable sales skills training that keeps reps in the field, companies are turning to virtual classroom experiences as a replacement for in-person events. But should they be? Or do the same flaws of the traditional classroom-only approach get exacerbated in a virtual classroom environment? The issue? Changes in the modern seller profile are creating challenges as teams move towards being deskless , digital , and distant.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 10, 2019

The post What Will You Do When Prospects Raise Objections? appeared first on Sales Hacker.

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Leading Results Rambings

JANUARY 10, 2019

If you read my previous article , you might be trembling with fear and wondering how you can fix this mess and make your website not suck.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 10, 2019

The post What it Takes to Create a Successful Coaching Culture appeared first on Sales Hacker.

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criteria for success

JANUARY 10, 2019

It’s the new year and that means new beginnings. Are you looking to sell more by getting organized? I get it, not everyone is a neat freak. And being considered “organized” may seem like the farthest thing from one of your capabilities. But believe it or not, being organized doesn’t require as much discipline as [ ] The post Sell More by Getting Organized: 3 FoolProof Tactics appeared first on Criteria for Success.

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