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Your Numbers Suck

The Pipeline

Let’s look at prospecting. When someone has a lull in their pipeline, managers will tell them to prospect more. Sage advice, but not something new to the recipient. We have shown over and over, that if you change the focus of coach to something different, deal size, for example. Less prospecting.

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Conversational Intelligence

Partners in Excellence

This week, following their sage advice, my script on prospecting calls is: “Hi, my name’s Dave, what’s yours? According to their advice, I’ve ticked all the boxes for an intelligent, high impact conversation with this prospect. How the hell are you doing?

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Buyer Personas and Perception

Janek Performance Group

You know, that ideal customer profile of your best potential prospect? Now imagine a sales rep, rolling into a Monday morning meeting with a new prospect who just shelled out over $100 to fill up his tank. Does last year’s persona prepared by marketing still apply to this prospect? Let’s explore.

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Success Is The Road Ahead

The Pipeline

” It not only highlights how previous predictions of the demise of salespeople were a bit premature, but it also gives examples of why they got things so wrong. Buyers vs Prospects. On March 31, 2016, the Harvard Business Review published “ Dire Predictions, Salespeople Aren’t Going Away.”

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The Ultimate Guide to TikTok for B2B Sales

Sales Hacker

In this guide, I’ll take you through the top 5 strategies for leveraging TikTok for B2B sales — backed by research-based stats and live examples. I love this example from ClickUp: a TikTok video showcasing how bringing your pets to work can improve productivity. But TikTok has proven a powerful channel for B2B messages.

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Partner Hiring and Training

Your Sales Management Guru

Partner Hiring and Training Lessons from Sage Summit. If you’re attending the Sage Summit look to utilize your time to refine these points for your firm. The power of being at the Sage Summit is also the opportunity for ongoing development — both personal and organizational. Don’t make that mistake.

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18 Sales Podcasts Every Rep Should Check Out

Hubspot Sales

Get in the Door: Sales Prospecting Strategies & Tactics. Learn about sales team management, creative business development strategies, time-saving sales tools, B2B strategic partnerships, aligning sales with marketing, effective prospecting, negotiation techniques, and more. Linking Into Sales Podcast. In the Arena. Accelerate!

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