Sat.Oct 18, 2014 - Fri.Oct 24, 2014

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5 ideas that will impact your sales career

Sales 2.0

'This post is going to be biased. Sorry. I’m a big fan boy of David Meerman Scott dating back to his (in my opinion) classic book The New Rules of Marketing and PR. I read that book in 2008 and it rocked my world. Now he’s got a new book focused on sales , The New Rules of Sales and Service. David pretty much defined content marketing about the same time Hubspot were thinking that way and now Hubspot is a newly-minted public company.

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Why You Need Full-Circle Sales at Every Stage in the Buy Cycle

The Pipeline

'The Pipeline Guest Post - Megan Totka. You’ve just earned your company a big contract and you’re about to look amazing in front of the boss. You worked hard for that sale, but what if it didn’t have to be so difficult? What if you could earn more sales from customers that already know, like, and trust your brand? You can, by using every stage in the buy cycle to your advantage.

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Tread Carefully, A Q4 Sales Crunch Can Create Repercussions

Sales and Marketing Management

'Issue Date: 2014-10-23. Author: Frank Visgatis, President and COO, CustomerCentric Selling®. Teaser: Emptying pipelines in a fourth-quarter rush usually creates future repercussions, so tread carefully. Emptying pipelines in a fourth-quarter rush usually creates future repercussions, so tread carefully.

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Your Network Is Your Net Worth

No More Cold Calling

'Relationships are the key to sales effectiveness. If you’re not taking time to build relationships, then you’re making the biggest sales mistake there is. Whether a business is ultrahigh tech or low tech, personal relationships have always been what seal the deal in B2B sales. There is significant research about why customers make buying decisions.

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Sales & Marketing Alignment: How to Synergize for Success

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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5 Essential Steps To Eliminate Fear When Selling

MTD Sales Training

'Fear is one of the most debilitating emotions a human being can experience. It can stop you emotionally and physically from carrying out even mundane tasks, depending on the level of fear. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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The Biggest Secret of Salespeople that Rock

Understanding the Sales Force

'In the old days, after speaking at a conference, I would frequently be told that I was the top-rated speaker at the event. More recently, people have told me that I "Rocked!" One time, as I was being introduced, an audience member came up to me and said, "Don''t Suck!" We can''t always be rock stars. I apologize if it sounded like I was bragging. I didn''t mean to.

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Say ‘No’ to ‘No’

Sales and Marketing Management

'Issue Date: 2014-10-24. Author: Marty Jacknis, President, Opportunity Maximizers, Inc. Teaser: Considering the amount of time, effort and money invested throughout most sales processes and endeavors, making a second or even multiple attempts to reverse a “no” decision makes good business sense, especially when a negative response rarely tells the whole truth.

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The 5 Stages Of The Customer’s Decision Making Process

MTD Sales Training

'When people make decisions, they have a shift of perspective. That is, they stop wondering about the choices they can make and now start to live with the consequences of that decision. The word comes. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Happy Birthday, Gitomer Certified Advisor Program!

Jeffrey Gitomer

'We''ve Moved! Update your Reader Now. This feed has moved to: [link] Update your reader now with this changed subscription address to get your latest updates from us.

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Streamlining Salesforce for Maximum Impact: A People-Focused Pocket Guide

Step inside the world of Salesforce consulting, stripped of fluff and jargon. Our guide provides a detailed exploration of five key success criteria, complete with actionable steps for immediate implementation. Elevate your Salesforce investment with insights on goal setting, system design, core object utilization, user adoption, and crafting a system tailored to your needs.

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Top B2B Marketing Blogs: Key Ingredients

Pointclear

'What makes up the perfect B2B marketing blog? First let’s establish that there are marketing blogs—and then there are B2B marketing blogs. Why make the distinction? Consider the all American apple pie. Such an iconic dessert, yet, it’s rare that you’ll ever come across two identical family recipes. Sure, most start off with the same standard ingredients: butter, sugar, flour, apples—just to name a few.

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VIDEO SALES TIP: Grab the Attention of a Prospect This Way

The Sales Hunter

'We all have those prospects and customers who are tough to reach. A great tool I use is emailing the prospect a link to an article they may find of interest. I have used this technique successfully to open up dialogue with many people who otherwise hadn’t been responding to me. Check out this video to see […].

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Would You Employ Any Of Lord Sugar’s Apprentices?

MTD Sales Training

'Yes, it’s excruciating, painful and hilarious. But it’s also a great study programme for those of us interested in the psychology of the fame-seeker. And the interest is shaken, stirred and served up. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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3 Ways IBM Watson Will Solve World Business Issues

Score More Sales

'Click here to view the embedded video. There is no question I have a bit of a love affair with IBM’s Watson – the smartest computer on the planet. Last month, IBM announced IBM ® Watson™ Analytics , a natural language-based cognitive service that can provide instant access to powerful predictive and visual analytic tools for businesses. According to analysts, only a small fraction of business people use powerful analytics tools as part of their decision-making today – due to the many barriers

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How to Improve Email Deliverability and Optimize Each Send

Learn how to optimize email deliverability and drive greater email ROI. What lands your email in the customer’s inbox? Understanding those factors, otherwise known as email deliverability, is critical to getting the most return on your campaign investments. But the “rules” around which factors land you in the spam folder aren’t always easy to keep up with.

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Social selling infographic

Sales 2.0

'Here’s a nice infographic from Linkedin Sales Solutions about social selling. What do you think about the data that shows that social sellers will make more money (by hitting quota) and get promoted faster? The original post that featured this infographic is here. Thanks to Linkedin for letting me use this infographic.

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Sales Motivation Video: Who Should You Really Spend Time With Right Now?

The Sales Hunter

'We are moving toward the end of the year. This begs the question, “Who should you really spend time with right now?” You need to concentrate on the people who can help you make your numbers. You must budget your time wisely to focus upon the customers and prospects who have the greatest potential […].

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Personas Risk Leading Your Messaging Astray

Sales and Marketing Management

'Issue Date: 2014-09-01. Author: Tim Riesterer. Teaser: Marketing departments are increasingly using personas — fictional characters that embody all the traits of their prospects - to guide the creation of relevant sales messages. But a number of a personas are not addressing the real decision-making triggers and are leading messaging astray.

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Money Monday – Keep it Simple

Score More Sales

'Those of us in a professional selling career – especially a B2B (business-to-business) sales career tend to over think much of what we do. If we keep things simple, we sell more. This has been proven time and time again. Just think for a minute – remember the last time you were a consumer and were trying to buy something with lots of versions or options or styles?

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Drive GTM Efficiency with Tech Stack Consolidation

Consolidating your tech stack is an effective cost-saving measure that drives GTM efficiency and adds value to your enterprise. With a cohesive, integrated tech stack, your revenue teams can deliver an excellent customer experience that sets you up to win faster than your competitors.

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How Would These Sports Celebrities Perform in Sales?

Understanding the Sales Force

'I wrote a very serious post earlier this week where I had the nerve to bring God into the conversation. I thought it was appropriate because the biggest and most important take away from that article was about being inspired and inspiring others. If you didn''t get a chance to read it, I think The Biggest Secrets of Sales Rock Stars is worth your time.

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5 Great Sales Questions Every Person Should Use

The Sales Hunter

'I talk so much about the role questions play in the selling process and the need for every salesperson to have at least 5 questions they can feel comfortable using. I think it’s appropriate to share what I believe are 5 great questions: What are the outcomes you’re expecting? I like asking this question […].

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Sales for Startup Slideshare from Matt Heinz

Sales 2.0

'If you work in a startup, or are planning one, definitely check out this Slideshare from Matt Heinz. There are some great points in here. I’ve added a few ideas to my plans from this deck. For more of Matt’s great ideas go visit his blog. I’ve been reading Matt’s stuff for a while now and he’s got some of the best thoughts out there on sales and marketing in today’s world.

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THE Secret – Just One Secret To Getting Sales People To Sell More

Anthony Cole Training

'I’ve been in the sales and sales management consulting business for 21 years. Prior to that, I was an insurance wholesaler, an insurance agent, a Nautilus Regional Sales Manager, a Nautilus Regional Sales Rep and collegiate athletic coach. During my 30 year professional career, I’ve read a lot of books, met with lots of keynote speakers and listened to hours of audio recordings.

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Supercharge Your Sales: 5 Steps to Effortless Selling

Sales teams often lose precious time hunting for updated sales materials, while marketing struggles to keep these assets accessible and current. It's not just about managing; it's about seamlessly finding, presenting, and sharing critical sales content. All of this takes place within an intuitive, unified platform. Dive into Showell's groundbreaking content management realm.

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There Is a Time for Giving

Increase Sales

'Life is busy, in fat crazy busy for most people. Between jobs, children, parents, relationships, housework and all those other to do items one can be busy every day of the week and the thought of scheduling a time for giving goes right out the window. Yesterday I gave a couple of hours of my time on a Saturday to pick up roadside trash along a portion of a state highway in Porter County,IN.

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“Business is Good” Syndrome and How it Destroys Business

The Sales Hunter

'It’s amazing how far a number of companies and sales teams have come in the last couple of years. I’m having many more conversations with sales leaders, CEOs and others who are telling me business is outstanding and life is good. When I hear comments like this, I get scared for one simple reason. […].

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Not the 3 Most Important Sales Hiring Attributes

Understanding the Sales Force

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The ONE Secret to Selling More

Anthony Cole Training

'I’ve been in the sales and sales management consulting business for 21 years. Prior to that, I was an insurance wholesaler, an insurance agent, a Nautilus Regional Sales Manager, a Nautilus Regional Sales Rep and collegiate athletic coach. During my 30 year professional career, I’ve read a lot of books, met with many keynote speakers and listened to hours of audio recordings.

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2 Retail Sectors That Are Completely Changing the Game: FMCG & Q-Commerce

Speaker: Joe Heather, Deliverect GM (UK&I) & Noah Hayes, Deliverect GM (US&CA)

Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and Quick Commerce (Q-commerce) are two vibrant sectors that have undergone significant transformations with the advancements in digital technology. With growing internet penetration and the proliferation of smartphones, consumers' purchasing habits have unsurprisingly evolved. They now demand quick, convenient, and seamless shopping experiences, which both FMCG and Q-commerce sectors strive to provide.

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If You Cannot Say Anything Nice, Then…

Increase Sales

'Many of us have heard the expression “If you cannot say anything nice, then say nothing at all.” Yesterday I had the privilege of observing on the LinkedIn Pulse publishing platform how someone turned around an unwarranted professional attack. He did follow this old truism with exceptional emotional intelligence, grace and dignity. The responses by others on LinkedIn were equally impressive.

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Price is All About You (It’s Not About Your Product)

The Sales Hunter

'What I’m about to say is going to be seen as controversial by many of you, but I’m going to say it because I believe it. It starts with the conversation I’ve had with far too many salespeople who tell me they have to cut their price to be successful. They think if they […].

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What To Do When A Prospect Goes Dark

A Sales Guy

'There is nothing more frustrating to a sales person than when a client goes dark. Your last conversation was killer, you both agreed that your solution made sense. The prospect said they needed to; share it with their team, run the numbers, look at another solution, run it past IT, work with H.R., make a recommendation or any other “next step.” ( great video on how to sell the “next step” within a sales cycle).