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The Importance Of Follow Up

Partners in Excellence

” They stared at me blankly, it turns out they had never followed up on the action plans established in the account plans. Most of the time, I sit in reviews, whether account, pipeline, deal, call, or other business reviews. No one follows up to see, “What happened?” then to follow up on them.

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There’s Real and Then There’s Pipeline Real

The Pipeline

Some people hide from prospecting in their pipelines; pretending the opportunities, individually or collectively, are more real than they are. When it comes to prospecting, there’s real, then there’s pipeline real. While many salespeople will call anyone that breaths a prospect, others want proof. By Tibor Shanto.

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Sales prospecting made easier

Sales 2.0

This post describes a framework that I have found over the last two decades can really change the math on prospecting. Before you can go setting up meetings, you need to figure out who you need to meet. Avoid banging your head up against the same wall over and over again. Humans, aka your prospects, don’t care about?your?problems

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FU Is For Follow Up

The Pipeline

If you follow this blog, you may have seen that several times I have suggested that those people who are not cut out for a career in sales, should seriously consider transitioning to a career in hospitality. Here we are more than month later, no proposal – no follow up. By Tibor Shanto - tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca .

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Does Your Pipeline Get a Paid Vacation?

The Pipeline

For example, when I ask some reps why they are not prospecting, I’ll get different excuse based on time of year and state of their pipeline. As though every potential prospect picks up and leaves town. That may be true in France in the weeks following Bastille Day , the anomaly that proves the rule.

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7 Tips for writing the perfect follow-up sales email (according to science)

Gong.io

Subscribe here and follow me to read upcoming research. Three days ago, I sent a flawless cold prospecting email. . Or maybe just a quick “bubbling this up” email. ( That’s why the Gong data team analyzed 304,174 emails to learn which prospecting follow-up email leads to more booked meetings. .

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How to Easily Motivate and Incentivize Sales Pipeline Building

Understanding the Sales Force

Last week, I wrote about how the criteria you use to choose your all-time favorite songs is essentially the same as the criteria your prospects use to choose between you and a competitor. Today, I am continuing the music analogy, but this time, as it relates to motivational tools. Let me explain and then I’ll pivot to selling.