Sat.Oct 06, 2018 - Fri.Oct 12, 2018

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How the Sales Negotiation Skills You Were Taught Are Tanking Your Sales

Connect2Sell

It’s the dreaded price question, and this is only your first meeting … the buyer is asking for price information before the needs assessment, before the solution has been crafted, and before value has been established. So, what’s a seller to do? Use these sales negotiation skills. if you want to torpedo your chances of success.

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5 Selling Lessons From the Saddle

SBI

On the 8th September 2018 I sat on the start line for a totally awesome, yet challenging, adventure. Riding the length of the UK from Lands End in Cornwall to John O’Groats in Scotland. I was with another 700 people, ready to cover 980 miles, a lot of hills (like cycling up Everest twice), and camping every night for 9 days. I was confident that I was ready.

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The Race for AI-Driven Sales Success Starts Now

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Anil Kaul Co-Founder and CEO of Absolutdata Artificial intelligence — AI for short — is already changing the world in countless ways. Millions of people use devices like Amazon Echo and Google Home to find out more about products and services they need or to control their home environment. Virtually all automakers are exploring self-driving car technology.

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Dancing with the Competition? Watch your Step.

Jeffrey Gitomer

How do you feel about your competitors? You say, "I have a great relationship with my competitors." Right, if you needed $50,000 or your business would fold, I guarantee your friend, the competitor, would send you a bon voyage note. Get real, man. They may talk to you, they may be civil to you, they may even appear to help you – but ask them if they wish you were dead or alive, I'm betting on the funeral home.

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5 Inspiring B2B Marketing Campaigns to Take Yours to the Next Level

Your next big B2B marketing idea starts here. Get inspired with these five successful B2B marketing campaigns. Ready to generate more leads, interest, and revenue with your B2B marketing? In this comprehensive eBook, you’ll get: In-depth studies of five successful B2B marketing campaigns spanning a wide range of industries Key takeaways and lessons from each story to implement in your own strategy Resources to help your own B2B marketing thrive By submitting this form, you agree to have your con

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Get Out Of Yourself!

The Pipeline

By Tibor Shanto. We all would agree, I hope, that actions speak louder than just talk; that success in sales comes from action or execution. So when what one says is in direct contrast to their action, how they execute, it is a concern, but also an explanation as to why despite all the advice available, many in sales are stuck in a rut, sustained only by a healthy market.

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The No. 1 Skill Top Salespeople Must Master

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Lee B. Salz At a young age, I was told that I should pursue a career in sales. I heard it in high school, again in college and, yet again, post-graduation. Perhaps, people told you that you have what it takes to be a great salesperson. Why did people tell us that we should pursue a sales career? There was one reason. We were great talkers. People not in the sales profession think that “talking” is the key to sales success.

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Which 4 Sales Competencies Best Differentiate Top from Bottom Salespeople?

Understanding the Sales Force

The difference between great salespeople and weak salespeople has been debated for years. The articles in my Blog typically address these differences with science and data to support to my position.

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Post-it Note your way to achievement.

Jeffrey Gitomer

People are not afraid of achieving success, they just don't know how. Here's one element that will put you on the path. You have several goals you want to achieve, but they are not written down. They just pop up in your head every once in a while, only to be buried in a black hole of procrastination, excuses and guilt. Take heart – I found a way to beat the system.

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A Guide to B2B Blogging Success [Infographic]

Zoominfo

In a world where content is still king, B2B businesses who blog are seeing the most success. Here’s why—consistent B2B blogging has a huge impact on lead generation, web presence, brand awareness, customer relationships, and ultimately revenue. If you’re not prioritizing your B2B blog, there’s a good chance you’re not reaching important prospects, driving traffic to your website, or communicating with your customers effectively.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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How To Nail The Slow Sale, Fast!

Bernadette McClelland

‘Will you slow down – you’re like bloody bull in a china shop’ he would yell at me as I sped through the hallway, flew past him on his favourite chair in the lounge and skidded around into the kitchen. If I heard it once, I heard it a hundred times – ‘Does that girl have to rush everywhere?’. And there it was again on the tattered pages of my school report, ‘If Bernadette slowed down she might just….’.

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5 Reasons Why Pre-Call Research Is A Must

MTD Sales Training

Here’s a question to start your day. ‘If you’re going to make some contacts with prospects today, why should they bother talking to you?’. Now, if you answered with something like ‘because my products are better than the competition’ or ‘I know what people in their position need’ then maybe you need to take a step back first. We’ve all heard that pre-call research is important, so it doesn’t sound like a scripted pitch you’ve made 146 times before.

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There are 100 billion Customer Types. Go Figure.

Jeffrey Gitomer

Selling is not about defining the type of buyer you're facing. There are a millions of types of buyers. Ever see those "four types" of buyer things? The Driver. The Amiable. The Idiot. The Big Idiot. The Big Idiot is someone who thinks there are four types of people, and you can somehow pigeon–hole them into characteristic categories that will make them buy.

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Necessary Evil: B2B Digital Planning

SBI Growth

Look across your digital tactics and channels…do your buyers go there? Is their engagement worth the challenges involved in creating these? How do you know? Let’s first define Digital Planning (or Digital Marketing) – Leveraging digital channels to reach customers and.

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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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How Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Can Use Salesforce to Keep Up with Large Enterprises

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Jon Robinson Some of the biggest companies in the world use Salesforce to meet their business needs. Adidas, ADP and T-Mobile all utilize the customer relationship management (CRM) platform to streamline and optimize their sales processes, but many of Salesforce’s customers are also startups and small-medium businesses (SMBs). While other CRMs can be easily outgrown as a company gets larger, Salesforce offers solutions that can be scaled and upgraded to meet the needs of any business – f

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Whiteboard Wednesday: 5 Steps to a Killer Sales Demo

DiscoverOrg Sales

Hey, everyone! I’m Monica Stewart from Skaled : A modern sales-consulting firm that helps increase the efficiency and effectiveness of sales organizations through the use of sales technology. Welcome to another Whiteboard Wednesday! How many times have you run an awesome demo that didn’t close? They loved the product, everybody was super excited!

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"I have to talk this over with my." Uh oh.

Jeffrey Gitomer

You didn't qualify the prospect very well, did you? OK, what do you do now? When others need to approve the deal, besides qualifying the buyer better, you must take four action steps: Get the prospect's approval. Get on the prospect's team. Arrange a meeting with all deciders. Make your entire presentation again. If you think you can get around these steps, think again.

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Is Margin Based Compensation Right for Your Organization?

SBI Growth

It is almost that time of year again for companies both big and small, the dreaded compensation season. Numbers are crunched, budgets are realigned, and a firms overall compensation strategy is brought into the spotlight once again. As your company.

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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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How Smaller and Businesses Can Use Salesforce to Keep Up with Large Enterprises

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Jon Robinson Some of the biggest companies in the world use Salesforce to meet their business needs. Adidas, ADP and T-Mobile all utilize the customer relationship management (CRM) platform to streamline and optimize their sales processes, but many of Salesforce’s customers are also startups and small-medium businesses (SMBs). While other CRMs can be easily outgrown as a company gets larger, Salesforce offers solutions that can be scaled and upgraded to meet the needs of any business – f

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Why ‘Saying’ And ‘Being Believed’ Are Two Different Things

MTD Sales Training

When I was growing up, my uncle had some ideas that, in this modern world, would seem laughable. Yet, in those days, we had no social media and a mobile phone was a brick attached to a 16lb battery! Yes, things were a little different then. One of my uncle’s ideas was that ‘if it’s in the paper, it’s true’. Journalists were lauded for having all the background knowledge and wisdom so that everything that came out of their mouths was deemed to be correct and wise.

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The Elusive Hot Button - How do You Find it?

Jeffrey Gitomer

All sales training includes this line: "If you want to make the sale, be sure to push his hot button." Great, where's that? It's within plain sight, it's within asking distance, it's within listening distance. All you have to do is be alert. Pushing the hot button only works if you can find it. Here are some ways to discover/uncover the hot button in a conversation: Ask questions about status and situation – Where he vacationed, where his kid goes to college.

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6 Pricing KPI’s for Your Growth Strategy

SBI Growth

If you opened this blog post looking for the perfect answer to setting pricing KPIs… I hate to tell you that the perfect answer is: There is no answer. However, I do have some guidance for you. Let’s think of pricing.

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Redefining the CDP: 8 Data-Driven Designs for Successful Customer Journeys

In this guide, discover 8 use cases for how a customer data platform can tackle common challenges faced by marketing, commerce, service, and sales teams. With helpful diagrams and simple explanations in each use case, see how Salesforce’s CDP, Data Cloud for Marketing, powers personalized, real-time experiences across marketing, with capabilities that include: Optimizing ad spend Powering dynamic website content Increasing upselling and cross-selling Resolving service cases with marketing data B

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How to get past the velvet rope

Sales 2.0

Back in the day when I was selling technology to banks I used my social selling approaches to get a meeting with a super-senior executive in a super-large bank (you know it, but I can’t tell you which one on a blog post.). It turned out this super-senior executive was a very nice bloke and I stayed in touch for many years. What actually happened when I called though is a I spoke to his assistant.

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The Definitive Guide to Performance Based Hiring

Zoominfo

Performance based hiring is exactly what it sounds like— a process used by recruiters to find and hire top talent. This four-step approach streamlines the standard recruiting processes of sourcing, screening, and interviewing candidates. In today’s post, we provide you with a step-by-step guide to an effective performance based hiring strategy. Develop a Performance Profile.

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Got sales goals for next year? Here's how to achieve them.

Jeffrey Gitomer

Where will you be one year from today? Where will your sales be? How will you get there? Are your goals established for next year? Are they written down? If not, next year you'll likely be where you are today. Wishing you were someplace else, without the direction or drive to get there. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline. The three main reasons people don't achieve their goals are: They fail to write them down and post them in plain view.

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Transforming a Cloud Solution Provider by Being a Sales-Driven CEO

SBI Growth

Joining us on  is Ryan Tognazzini, Chief Executive Officer for iGrafx, an enterprise class business operations and modeling software that allow it’s users to capture, communicate, improve and optimize every aspect of their business processes. Ryan represents one of the new breed.

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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 to get past the velvet rope

Sales 2.0

Back in the day when I was selling technology to banks I used my social selling approaches to get a meeting with a super-senior executive in a super-large bank (you know it, but I can’t tell you which one on a blog post.). It turned out this super-senior executive was a very nice bloke and I stayed in touch for many years. What actually happened when I called though is a I spoke to his assistant.

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How to deal with objections

MTD Sales Training

Episode 24: To my sales professional connections (and trainers). This podcast includes: How to deal with objections (before they even arise). How to get prospects to follow you on social media. A quote from Jim Rohn. Take a look at this episode on [link]. The post How to deal with objections appeared first on MTD Sales Training. Episode 24: To my sales professional connections (and trainers) This podcast includes: How to deal with objections (before they even arise) How to get prospects to foll

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Are you Committed to be a Sales Crusader?

Jeffrey Gitomer

Is your sales income what it should be? Want to double it? Take 30 minutes and read something about The Crusades. They were much more than a religious war. The Crusades were about people going after what they believed in.passionately. They did it regardless of the hardship and risk. Do you? Are you a Sales Crusader? Sales is not a religion, but it is a way of life.

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