Sales Hacker

APRIL 19, 2022

In this article, I’ll outline the principles of compensation design , how to build sales compensation plans , and include resources to set OTEs and quotas that keep your reps happy and hungry for more. Why Sales Comp Planning is Key to Rep Retention. Related: How to Build Effective Sales Compensation Plans for Any Customer Facing Role.

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SalesLoft

MARCH 31, 2022

These changes are positive, but now sales leaders have new challenges that are keeping them up at night – myself included. Three top sales leaders in EMEA recently joined me to chat about these topics. Don’t just take my word for it – watch the webinar on-demand: What Are World Class Sales Leaders Focused on for 2022?

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Highspot

JANUARY 29, 2024

There are certain strategies that many successful salespeople use to move the sales process forward and close more deals. Jump to whichever section fits your needs: What Is Sales Negotiation Why Is Sales Negotiation Important? Why is Sales Negotiation Important? You’ll have to read on.

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Carew International

APRIL 1, 2021

How Top-Management Involvement Impacts the Sales Process. One of the most interesting and conflicting circumstances sales managers, leaders and executives find themselves in is whether to get involved in the sales process with one of their sales professional’s customers. The impact could literally make or break the deal.

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Carew International

AUGUST 29, 2019

If you’re familiar with Carew’s Dimensions of Professional Selling ® program, you know that the Exploratory Process is the most important part of the sales cycle. Knowing what your customer wants is a good first step, but knowing why your customer wants it is significantly more critical to closing a sale.

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Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Sales training programs are often like that — but they don’t have to be. When done right, they can improve your team’s performance and help you move closer to your sales goals. Why sales training is important. The different types of sales training programs. The 15 best sales training programs.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

If you are in sales and your mandate is to sell to companies within your geographical territory, you have probably faced a scenario similar to the one that follows. Your company’s products and related services are utilized by companies of all types and sizes, Fortune 50 to mom and pop basement operations.

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Showpad

JUNE 29, 2021

Sales readiness is the enablement domain that connects the dots to engage and empower your sales force. This domain covers impactful knowledge transfer and effective skill development, and is supported by targeted coaching across the entire sales cycle. This domain should also be closely connected to sales effectiveness.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Earlier this week, I posted on two related or intersecting topics sales leaders need to manage and improve. First, their view of, and approach to sales training ; second the alignment of their sales assets with clearly identifiable market segments. I have written in the past that there needs to be no democracy in sales training.

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The Pipeline

JULY 25, 2011

Long drive, I started thinking further as to how many B2B sales people and sales organization also make it unnecessarily difficult to buy from them. Long drive, I started thinking further as to how many B2B sales people and sales organization also make it unnecessarily difficult to buy from them. What’s in Your Pipeline?

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Women Sales Pros

MARCH 22, 2019

One of the biggest challenges you face in a shifting economy is fear. As business owners and sales professionals, you get so focused on what is happening inside your business, that you forget to focus external. Yes it’s coming, whether you like or not, at some point this economy is going to shift. That is just the way it is.

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Customer Centric Selling

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

My concern is that terms used internally by sales management and sellers may be used externally with prospects and customers. The second is the phrase “sales cycle.” ” My suggested substitute is “buying cycle.” Need some help to increase sales? The first is the word “deal.”

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Groove.co

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Apologies to Greek philosopher Heraclitus, but this butchered quote makes the point that B2B sales is constantly changing - and that change is being accelerated by the rise of digital transformation as a result of COVID-19. Backlit faces and 16 other virtual selling mistakes brought to light. INDUSTRY NEWS Behold the future….of

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Customer Centric Selling

JULY 2, 2014

Sales Tips: How to Boost the Remainder of Your 2014. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Early in my sales management career, I was astounded by how hopeful salespeople were that had achieved 35% of their annual quota going into the fourth quarter.

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MEDDIC

JULY 8, 2021

In the early 2000s, within just a few years, we (tech sales people) somehow magically started switching from the full cycle sales models to the now over-popular SDR/AE model. Many sales teams should now reconsider the model and maybe return to full cycle sale when justified. The trend is exaggerated.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 12, 2011

The fact that they may be seeking a solution, suggests that they are facing some challenges, obstacles and gaps in their ability to attain those objectives, or what I call opportunity. Let’s be clear, this does not exclude new sellers, experience includes leveraging the collective experience of your company and fellow sales people.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 5, 2019

Why does this behaviour seem to happen at key stages of the sales process? And are you destined to experience ghosting for the rest of your sales career, or is there something you can do about it? The lack of a compelling buying need, business pain or opportunity to justify a sale closely correlates to instances of ghosting.

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Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Sellers striving to achieve quota in December face similar challenges. A seller’s usual sales techniques can be compromised and sales can be lost. Register for one of our 2014 sales training workshops and get a jump on making your new number. Need some help with your sales performance?

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Customer Centric Selling

JANUARY 4, 2015

Sales Tips: How to Get Your 2015 Started Right. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Sellers face a new year that likely includes higher quotas. A Sales Benchmark Index study found 52% of sales cycles end in “no decision”. I hope 2014 was a good year.

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The Pipeline

MAY 23, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Sales 2.0 , Sales Leadership , Sales eXchange , Social Selling , Social media , execution. For sales, this has been a much more fruitful coexistence, at least on the surface. First, it gave us Sales 2.0, Let’s face it that Sales 1.5 was just so last year.

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Chorus.ai

JULY 28, 2020

Sales objections come in many forms, and it takes experience and quick wit to get used to them. It’s not just reps fielding sales objections who think so, either. As many as 35% of sales leaders believe objection handling is the biggest challenge their reps face. We’ll get to individual sales objections in time.

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Customer Centric Selling

JUNE 12, 2013

By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company One of the major differences of sellers that will deliver their quota and those that can''t is having an understanding of the difference between activity and progress in opportunities. Organizations face the same challenge.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Unfortunately there are also many sales and marketing reasons. Face Your Weaknesses. Failure to face up to your weaknesses and a lack of effort to take advantage of your strengths can keep your business in a no-growth mode. Take two pieces of paper and list your company’s strengths on one page and its weaknesses on the other.

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Customer Centric Selling

MAY 4, 2016

Often times after a painful loss (large transaction/long sales cycle), sellers will be asked to find out why they lost in hopes of getting smarter about things to do or avoid. Some sellers take this at face value and blame price for the loss. Need some help to increase sales? You deserve better.”

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Don’t worry — you are not alone: 69% of your colleagues feel the exact same way, according to Salesforce’s State of Sales 5th edition. As the same State of Sales 5th edition claims, salespeople, on average, sell only 28% of their working hours. Manage your sales activities twice as fast Increase your close rate by 36% wuth PandaDoc.

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Chorus.ai

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Sales objections come in many forms, and it takes experience and a quick wit to get used to them. It’s not just reps fielding sales objections who think so, either. As many as 35% of sales leaders believe objection handling is the biggest challenge their reps face. We’ll get to individual sales objections in time.

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Sales Hacker Training

AUGUST 10, 2021

Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. You can see how they run account-based plays, manage reps, and so much more using their own sales engagement platform. And finally, Blueboard – “Cash rewards feel like a slap in the face.” Blueboard is the world’s leading experiential sales recognition platform that offers.

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Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Sales Training Article: A Time for Honesty and Reflection By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company As another year comes to a close, many take the opportunity to review the events of the last 12 months before trying to anticipate what 2013 will bring.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 3, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Guest Post , Proactivity , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales Tip , e-mail , execution. August 2008. April 2008. March 2008. February 2008. January 2008. December 2007. Here are a few of the highlights.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 13, 2013

If this is the case, Gartner’s latest research indicates that many IT Sales and Marketing leaders may end up on the “endangered species” list, unless some serious realizations and changes occur sooner versus later. Although most of the sales and marketing executives may recognize the issue, change will not be easy.

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Vengreso

JUNE 16, 2022

Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Adobe, SalesLoft, Outreach, and every other sales organization of companies globally have as a result of Covid-19 been forced to pivot. A virtual sales training program can and will help remote selling teams and sales management grow sales opportunities and close more sales pipeline.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 12, 2011

” Sarah, a sales representative who worked for me, plopped down in my office to relate a frustrating phone call she had just concluded with one of our customers, Darren. As I listened to the retelling, I wondered how the customer kept up his griping gyrations in the face of such calm and respectful treatment.

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Customer Centric Selling

APRIL 3, 2013

Sales Training Article: "It's Deja Vu All Over Again" By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company Yogi Berra's quote brings to mind the obligatory pipeline review managers do with their salespeople toward the end of the month. It will just fill and waste air time.

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Customer Centric Selling

JULY 3, 2013

By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company As sales organizations enter the third quarter, the economy is slowly improving, the stock market is at or near record highs but customers/prospects remain reluctant to hire new staff or spend on new initiatives. 2013 has been a struggle.

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Customer Centric Selling

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Sales Tips: 3 Mistakes to Avoid with Sequence of Events. By Gary Walker, EVP of Channel Sales & Operations, CustomerCentric Selling®. Despite the fact that every sale appears to be unique, there are many commons steps in the buying process that have a high probability of recurring. What is a Sequence of Events (SOE)?

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Cience

AUGUST 31, 2020

face masks, hand sanitizer, and latex gloves), socially distancing themselves from the rest of the world, it sure feels like it. Now there’s a word that conjures up an all too common misconception, suggesting that the only (real) reason companies contract work out is to save money. People have never been more isolated.

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Customer Centric Selling

MARCH 20, 2013

Sales Training Article: Electronic Starts to Buying Cycles By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company This article is a continuation from last week's article , as part of the IIWII ("It Is What It Is") series. It is likely many do before vendors are contacted.

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