Sales and Marketing Management
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
Issue Date: 2015-09-01. Author: Douglas Karr. Teaser: Marketers often exchange the terms demand generation (demand gen) for lead generation (lead gen), but they’re not the same strategies. Marketers often exchange the terms demand generation (demand gen) for lead generation (lead gen), but they’re not the same strategies.
MTD Sales Training
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
Imagine the scenario – you’ve invested heavily in time and effort into something you wanted badly and were counting on succeeding, like closing a big deal. In spite of all your great efforts, [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
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Understanding the Sales Force
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
During the course of a baseball season, both hitters and pitchers fall into slumps. In baseketball players slump with their outside shots and from the foul line. Football Quarterbacks go into passing slumps. Golf and Tennis pros have swing slumps. Tiger has been in a slump since Thanksgiving of 2009! (I'm sure there must be some kind of a slump that Soccer players can fall victim to but I don't know enough about soccer to weigh in) With slumps being so common, it shouldn't come as a surprise tha
The Pipeline
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca . Sales people are always looking for “the pain” or “pain point”, I get it, not sure it’s always the right thing, but it is what it is. One I am often given for the search for pain is the response they anticipate. Many tell me, supported by a string of pundits, is that people will do more to avoid pain, than the steps or actions they will take to achieve pleasure.
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No More Cold Calling
SEPTEMBER 24, 2015
Women in sales don’t need to cold call. Our relationships help us seal the deal. “Dear optimist, pessimist, and realist: While you guys were busy arguing about the glass of wine, I drank it! Sincerely, the opportunist!” —Lori Greiner You’re in a meeting and make a great suggestion, but the group pretty much ignores you. A few minutes later, a man proffers almost the same idea, and heads start nodding enthusiastically.
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Sales and Marketing Management
SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
Issue Date: 2015-09-30. Teaser: Everyone is looking for ways to boost productivity and make the most of their time. The New York Times even reported that some young workers are abusing stimulants normally used to treat A.D.H.D. Before you resort to popping pills, try these four steps to plug productivity leaks. Everyone is looking for ways to boost productivity and make the most of their time.
MTD Sales Training
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
John Adair tells a story about Conrad Hilton, the Hotel magnate, who was once trying to buy a Chicago Hotel. The deadline was looming for the sealed bids to be placed and Hilton submitted a bid for. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
Understanding the Sales Force
SEPTEMBER 24, 2015
Would you put steaks and burgers on the grill before it was hot? Would a pitcher throw as hard as he could without first throwing some long-toss and then pitching 20-30 slower pitches? Would a runner sprint without stretching? If you were in a cold climate in the middle of winter and your car was parked outside overnight, would you shift into drive without letting the engine warm first?
The Pipeline
SEPTEMBER 24, 2015
By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca . I was recently invited to sit in on a presentation by a world famous ( in Toronto anyways ) sales speaker. After the big intro by the host, building anticipation just to the right boil, the keynote started off with a profound statement. I know it was profound, because the speaker told us he was going to share some profound observations with us, in fact he started by saying “here is what you need to understand”, I’m ready; “thin
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No More Cold Calling
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
Leadership today requires a feminine touch. Tell your kids to do something? Forget it. They’ll either ignore you or do the opposite. Find a way to influence their thinking so they learn to make wise decisions? Well, that’s a different story. This is as true in business as it is in parenting. You can’t just tell people to perform. Effective leadership today means influencing and collaborating with others, including people over whom you have no authority.
Mr. Inside Sales
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
We’ve all been there – you call your prospect back at the appointed time for your presentation and they tell you any of the following: This isn’t a good time, OR. They only have a few minutes, OR. They ask you in an exasperated tone, “How long will this take?” OR. They tell you they have a meeting in 10 minutes, can you give them the information anyway?
Sales and Marketing Management
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
Issue Date: 2015-09-01. Author: Paul Nolan. Teaser: Find me a team that is having trouble with marketing and it’s a safe bet they are struggling with who their customers are and why those people should do business with them, says Jim Gray, an insightful if minimalistic blogger on all things marketing. The biggest mistake marketers make is failing to target a specific customer.
MTD Sales Training
SEPTEMBER 23, 2015
We’re often taught as salespeople that we have the best solution for prospect’s businesses and that we should be able to sell to everyone. If they don’t buy, then our sales managers think you haven’t. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
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Anthony Cole Training
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
I’m reading Fast Company magazine this morning and realize I don’t get out of it what I used to. It’s probably a combination of how I’ve changed, how our company has changed and how the magazine has changed. This got me thinking about articles I’ve ready about how selling has changed and the ‘keys’ to selling in today’s market.
Steven Rosen
SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
That could crush your sales organization. Let’s face it, being a sales executive has become increasingly more difficult. Chances are next year’s sales objective is going up and your budget is being reduced. You are facing challenges of do more with less, increased competition, pricing pressures, staff turnover, and increased expectations from customers.
The Pipeline
SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca . A recurring and ongoing discussion is sales revolves around the role of numbers in sales. You have the soft, relationship, Quality crown chanting their sacred mantra: “Sales Is Not Numbers Game!” “Quality over Quantity” or is it “Quality über alles”. So it came as some surprise when I was talking to a Ms.
Mr. Inside Sales
SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
How are you at organizing your day? Do you find that the “small things” like organizing your office, organizing your laptop, checking in with old customers just to see how they’re doing, distract you from what you know you need to be doing to make more money – i.e., cold call, follow up on leads, call prospects back who are on the fence, etc.? If you’re like most inside sales reps, then there are many distractions which seem to scream out for your time and attention.
Speaker: Andrew Regan, Managing Partner at BlueSeed Retail Ltd.
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Sales and Marketing Management
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
Issue Date: 2015-09-01. Author: Paul Nolan. Teaser: It's the one business tool that never goes out of style, primarily because it drives results. It's the one business tool that never goes out of style, primarily because it drives results.
MTD Sales Training
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
Entrepreneurs are by their very nature independent and flexible in their approach to their company and the way it works. Every decision they make could have a big effect on their future operations, [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
Anthony Cole Training
SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
What you cannot see can kill you. If you don't see the car to your right about to run a stop sign you might be in trouble. If you cannot see a clogged artery you might be in trouble. If you cannot see that your sales team is failing to execute the fundamentals of an effective sales approach then surely this will kill your changes for consistent sales growth.
No More Cold Calling
SEPTEMBER 17, 2015
Women in sales have everything they need to succeed. Sue wasn’t the most technical person in the world, but now she’s selling technology in a male-dominated industry. At first, she struggled to embrace the technology at a deeper level. Then she realized she didn’t need to get into the weeds. She had access to technical experts if a client required more details.
Speaker: Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, The Money Coach®
Niche markets represent a huge opportunity for the financial services industry in America. From college students and women to communities of color and low-to-moderate-income households, niche populations have specialized financial needs – but they often underutilize many valuable financial products and services. How can you better connect with these consumers?
Understanding the Sales Force
SEPTEMBER 17, 2015
I live in the Boston area and there are some things that I know will always be true about the seasons. School buses start rolling in September, fall foliage peaks in October, the first freezing cold days arrive in late November, snow storms are routine by mid-December, the coldest, driest days are in January, the snowiest month is in February, the days begin to get longer in March, the snow has melted so that baseball can be played in April, flowers blossom and leaves appear on the trees in May,
The Pipeline
SEPTEMBER 17, 2015
By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca . I love reading articles, books, and all things sales. Some I read to learn, others for pleasure – some people just write well; and then there are those that I read just to see how badly I disagree with the writer and their views. Among these my favourite by far, the ones I read for a laugh, a good deep belly laugh, are the articles that usually have headlines such as “The Secret to…”, where the author wants readers to believe t
Sales and Marketing Management
SEPTEMBER 24, 2015
Issue Date: 2015-09-25. Author: Ben Newman. Teaser: There’s a deep psychology to sales, and your success depends on your ability to understand the “how”and “why” of your clients’ decisions. Activating the following psychological sales triggers will send you down the right path and enable you to quickly build deeper, more effective rapport with your current and prospective clients: There’s a deep psychology to sales, and your success depends on your abili
MTD Sales Training
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
If you want to be great at sales then you have to be great at asking questions. Lots of questions! To help you with this, I’ve gathered a list of the top 450 sales questions that I’ve. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
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Mr. Inside Sales
SEPTEMBER 14, 2015
I received an email from a reader who said that he sometimes gets the objection from the gatekeeper of, “I am sorry but he/she does not take outside calls, he/she only responds to emails.” He asked if there is a way to get around this, and my answer is: sometimes. Let’s start at the beginning: First of all, my question to the sales rep who sent me this email would be, “How did the gatekeeper know you were an “outside” call,” rather than a client, prospect or friend?
No More Cold Calling
SEPTEMBER 15, 2015
Guest blogger Carol Frohlinger explains how to corral your colleagues and make the sale together. Most salespeople would pass Negotiating 101, but negotiating in teams? I think I’d flunk. My sense is that most salespeople, especially women in sales, would jump at the opportunity to learn how to win at team negotiations. That’s why I invited Carol Frohlinger, president of Negotiating Women, Inc., to guest blog this month.
Understanding the Sales Force
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
Almost two weeks ago I weighed 188 pounds, gained 5 pounds over the 4-day Labor Day weekend and last Tuesday was up to 193. I ate well, lost 3 pounds over the next 3 days, went into the following weekend at 190, gained 5 pounds again and was at 195 at the beginning of this week. In other words, the good eating I manage during the week is all for nothing as my bad eating over the weekends cancels it out.
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