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Seven Sales Leaders on the Challenges They Overcame in 2020 & Their 2021 Predictions

Hubspot Sales

The second layer is encouraging reps to balance empathy with prospects. “[To Instead, focus on the value, so your sales process is rooted in what's good for [the prospect].”. For those in similar sectors, Phil encourages companies to identify and communicate those opportunities and begin acting on them. Mintis questioned.

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21 Salespeople Reveal the Worst Sales Advice They Ever Got

Hubspot Sales

Not only did this hurt my credibility as a salesperson and my company's credibility as a business, but it ingrained prospecting habits that are ultimately unsuccessful in the long term as buyers get smarter about what solutions exist. Smart companies always want to keep good people. Never give up.”.

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Need to Fill Your Pipeline? It’s Time to Reconsider Your Partner Ecosystem

Sales Hacker

Smart companies, and sales professionals, are leveraging their integration ecosystems to create more sales deals and attract higher valuations. RELATED: Moving to Enterprise Sales (Part 2): 5 Go-to-Market Prerequisites You Need to Succeed. At most companies, huge chunks of the sales pipeline simply went cold and quiet.

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The Future of AI for Sales (And How to Prepare for It)

Sales Hacker

The Salesforce State of Sales report notes that only 46% of sellers have access to client and prospect data insights (something that 85% of salespeople say helps them produce). Salespeople, especially on the enterprise level, need to understand their company, their product, their market, and their buyer exceptionally well.

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B2B is Dead – Long Live B2P

DiscoverOrg Sales

Bigger B2C companies have been trying break down corporate stereotypes in recent years by forming more grass-roots style messaging with personalized branding, social media, and connection to the consumer, compared to the pre-2000s. B2B, on the other hand, is generally dictated by a misguided understanding of prospective customers.

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