The Pipeline

MARCH 12, 2019

By Tibor Shanto. “What-ifs, Maybes And Might-have-beens” is no tag line for your pipeline, (probably why Gerald never looked at sales as a vocational option). However, it does describe many conversations I have with people up and down the food chain. Regrets about doing things, not doing things, left wondering. Questions are a specific example; salespeople will say “I should have asked,” or worse, “I wanted to ask, but”; that last one breaks my heart, every time.

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The Sales Heretic

MARCH 12, 2019

How would you like a prospecting opportunity that’s not only free, but includes a meal in the bargain? They’re occurring all around you, five days a week. Local service clubs (Lions, Rotary, Moose, Optimist, Kiwanis, Knights of Columbus, etc.) are constantly in need of speakers for their regular breakfast and lunch meetings. As a professional [.].

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MTD Sales Training

MARCH 12, 2019

When you think of a salesperson, what immediately springs to mind? Is it the old ‘snake-oil’ salesperson of old who put their foot in the door, or never stops talking, or puts undue pressure on you to ‘sign today’? Hopefully, that age-old metaphor is long dead. But there are still people for whom the very notion of being ‘sold-to’ strikes the fear of God into them, and they would run away from such an encounter.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

MARCH 12, 2019

Netflix claims over 45 million people have watched the movie Bird Box ! Wow, 45 million people! This post-apocalyptic thriller follows the story of a woman who must find a way to guide herself and her children to safety despite the potential threat from an unseen adversary. The story is partially told via flashbacks and takes place during three time periods.

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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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Selling Energy

MARCH 12, 2019

I’ve often talked about the “ why ” behind selling energy, because in the end that’s what drives the bus.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 12, 2019

It’s late February. The company’s sales producers returned to the office from the high energy (and super expensive) 2019 Sales Kick Off over 3 weeks ago. Confidence was through the roof and opportunity appeared to be within reach. However, a.

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The Brooks Group

MARCH 12, 2019

Rejection in sales is a fact of life, but can feel demoralizing for reps. Fear of rejection is a major cause of sales call reluctance, and frequent rejection is one of the biggest reasons otherwise promising sales professionals abandon the career altogether. Sales leaders can help their salespeople overcome a fear of rejection and build confidence in their ability to succeed despite it.

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InsideSales.com

MARCH 12, 2019

Having an agenda is essential in ensuring a sales meeting is efficient and productive. Learn from the seven tips in this post to help you have successful meetings every time. RELATED: Forbes.com – The Most Important Thing I Learned in a Business Meeting… Ever 7 Tips to Make Every Sales Meeting a Success Click here to […]. The post 7 Tips For More Effective Sales Meetings [INFOGRAPHIC] appeared first on The Sales Insider.

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Nimble - Sales

MARCH 12, 2019

The information technology has flourished within the last 20 years. Relatively recently, people could hardly imagine affordable internet technologies. These days we consider it a common thing. Most data is stored and processed online nowadays. We call it cloud technologies. The concept of cloud technologies is rather simple. Instead of keeping all the data and […].

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 12, 2019

Today’s question is, do you occasionally take the time to realize how far you have come? An occasional announcement will stop me in my tracks and have me reflecting on how I got to where I am today. My Story. Thirteen years ago, in 2006, Sourcebooks published my manuscript and entitled it “Nice Girls DO Get the Sale: Relationship Building That Gets Results.

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Leading Results Rambings

MARCH 12, 2019

In the graphic design world, having a portfolio of your work is a must – no if, ands, or buts about it. A portfolio is a representation of your creative mind coming together in various works. Whether you are applying for a new job or trying to acquire a new client, they simply will not even consider you as an employee if you don't have a portfolio. Therefore, you need to know what it takes to build a successful portfolio to earn a new job or new clients.

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Miller Heiman Group

MARCH 12, 2019

Elevate 2019 North America : Framing the Future, Miller Heiman Group’s premier event for sales and services professionals takes place May 8-10, 2019, in Scottsdale, Arizona at the Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa Gainey Ranch. At Elevate 2019 North America, you’ll network and learn with experts from across the industry and discover ways your business can get ahead of the curve by empowering sellers through research, training, technology and consulting.

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Tenbound

MARCH 12, 2019

Click image for high res PDF –> Tenbound_SalesDevMap_Version3_FINAL The ecosystem of tools and services aimed at helping your Sales Development efforts continues to expand. After releasing the Tenbound Market Map V2 a few months ago, we were inundated with inbound responses of new vendors asking to be identified on the map. Several new developments have taken place since V2: Source.

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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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Bigtincan

MARCH 12, 2019

With the general pressure to lower healthcare costs, and with increased competition from new market entrants, generic providers, and from head-to-head competitors, life sciences firms are having their operating and profit margins squeezed. In addition, their customers’ requirements and preferences are changing rapidly. Buyers are more connected than ever, using mobile devices to gather information […].

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criteria for success

MARCH 12, 2019

Are you totally honest with yourself? Are you able to take a good look at who you are now and recognize where you could improve? Unfortunately, not everyone is that lucky! But, there's hope in learning how one can improve their self-awareness. And, even if we’re self-aware, our pride might still get in the way [ ] The post What is Self-Awareness?

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Mobile Locker

MARCH 12, 2019

Sales enablement: How do your priorities compare? The 2018 Sales Enablement Report from CSO Insights includes a list of the top sales enablement goals organizations want to achieve in the year ahead. Take some time to review them, along with our perspective on why they’re important. It will help you understand ALL the ways sales […]. The post Sales Enablement: How Do Your Priorities Compare?

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Carew International

MARCH 12, 2019

It’s simple. Our goal in sales is to close deals. Closing is how we make our living and often how we measure our success. Yet, even after closing a sale, it is possible to feel underwhelmed or lacking the celebratory lift typically associated with a new sale. Maybe we weren’t able to provide the best solution to the customer or feel we failed to advance the client relationship.

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Sandler Training

MARCH 12, 2019

Learn how the Sandler Enterprise Selling program addresses the idea of cross-functional sales teams with Brian Sullivan, Vice President of Sandler Enterprise Selling. Watch Time: 4 Minutes.

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Mindtickle

MARCH 12, 2019

Milaap is India’s largest online crowdfunding platform. Founded in 2010 by a team of young and passionate entrepreneurs, Milaap has pioneered the vision to enable people to directly assist individuals in need. They have changed the scenario of person to person giving in India and how Indians support a cause. Over the past eight years, it has emerged as a preferred platform to fund medical emergencies.

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Showpad

MARCH 12, 2019

Sales managing, training, coaching: These three words are often used interchangeably, but they are actually quite different in the world of sales enablement. While there is some overlap, all sales managing, training, and coaching should work in conjunction with one another to maximize the performance of your sales team. But what are the distinctions between them?

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Highspot

MARCH 12, 2019

For our first Highspot Market Pulse survey, we chose to explore the state of sales and marketing alignment within the rapidly growing life sciences industry. According to KPMG , global annual sales for the medical device industry alone will reach nearly $800 billion by 2030. Our research found that there is a clear opportunity in life sciences for process improvement between sales and marketing teams.

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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.

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Showpad

MARCH 12, 2019

Sales managing, training, coaching: These three words are often used interchangeably, but they are actually quite different in the world of sales enablement. While there is some overlap, all sales managing, training, and coaching should work in conjunction with one another to maximize the performance of your sales team. But what are the distinctions between them?

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Mindtickle

MARCH 12, 2019

Milaap is India’s largest online crowdfunding platform. Founded in 2010 by a team of young and passionate entrepreneurs, Milaap has pioneered the vision to enable people to directly assist individuals in need. They have changed the scenario of person to person giving in India and how Indians support a cause. Over the past eight years, it has emerged as a preferred platform to fund medical emergencies.

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Showpad

MARCH 12, 2019

Sales managing, training, coaching: These three words are often used interchangeably, but they are actually quite different in the world of sales enablement. While there is some overlap, all sales managing, training, and coaching should work in conjunction with one another to maximize the performance of your sales team. But what are the distinctions between them?

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Pipeliner

MARCH 12, 2019

It has often been said that eventually, the world will become a lot more automated than it is now, with robots on standby to take on a variety of tasks across different industries and sectors. Well, the robots have begun to invade and this time in the form of chatbots. Chatbots offer the perfect solution for several industries when it comes to resolving situations and there’s the potential that many businesses could be revolutionized by their introduction.

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SugarCRM

MARCH 12, 2019

I recently wrote about 5 Steps You Can Take for Better Conversion Rate Optimization. In this post, I’ll detail a few interesting takeaways we’ve learned from applying this methodology to our landing page form testing. Some of you may be familiar with progressive profiling, a feature that allows you to dynamically show questions on your forms based on what you already know about a particular lead.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 12, 2019

With the latest release of Pipeliner CRM, we have a new tagline: Exceptional Engagement. The Better CRM. I want to take a moment and explain exactly what we mean. Anyone could say their CRM is “better”—but in our case, this statement is made after careful consideration. Why Better? Jim Collins wrote an excellent book, Good to Great, which I refer to quite often.

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LeadBoxer

MARCH 12, 2019

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