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Something in Common: The Key to Connecting with Your Sales Prospects

No More Cold Calling

This automatically opens up conversations about where we were born, what years we were born (not telling mine), and how we got from our birthplaces to where we are now. Think about people you know, with whom you share the same cultural background or who grew up in the same area. Personal connections couldn’t be more important in sales.

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Sales Reps Love Their CRM!

SBI

In fact, who doesn’t love a good forecast session with their sales manager? Not only that, sales reps see tremendous value in the information reported back to them from the CRM. Sales reps do not love their CRM and see little value in it. IT HASN’T AUTOMATED THE SALES PROCESS, SO WHAT? A HISTORY LESSON.

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The Sales Leader's Guide to Performance Management

Hubspot Sales

When your sales reps are building the skills they need to feel prepared and successful in their roles, they are more likely to report job satisfaction and feeling valued by their employer — factors that make them less likely to jump ship. Looking to set your sales team up for this kind of success? 2 — Needs improvement.

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Accelerating Revenue: The ONE Measurement That Matters Most

SBI

For salespeople, the best use of time is to spend it talking with quality prospects. However, several research studies have all shown that the average B2B salesperson spends less tha n 35% of her time selling (defined as interacting with a prospect). It’s also the frequent task-jumping distractions that sap focus and momentum.

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Moving to Enterprise Sales {Part 2}: 5 Go-to-Market Prerequisites You Need to Succeed

Sales Hacker Training

From a collateral perspective, you may only have a core deck, which doubles as a leave-behind for prospects. Your marketing needs to be dialed in to your new prospect’s needs, which includes a lot of internal selling that happens after your rep has left the meeting. 3) Hiring: Do you have the right sales people in place?

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The Biggest Sales Excuses You Need to Stop Making in 2018

Sales Hacker

In sales, sellers who cite convoluted reasons to explain poor performance, rather than proactively doing something about it often remain — unsurprisingly — at the bottom of the success ladder. There certainly are a lot of things in sales that make life a tad more difficult. Yes, prospects can be frustratingly unresponsive.

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B2B Marketing & Sales Insights from Lori Wizdo of Forrester Research

Pointclear

The number came up quite a bit, but it’s still pretty low. People will still do their four-step campaigns, but they might hold on to leads from marketing more while tightening up their lead scoring. Even though the sales reps think they’re empty calories, they’re still drinking the soda. I see people moving beyond campaigns.

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