Sales Hacker

MARCH 16, 2020

There’s been a shift in how B2B organizations communicate through follow-ups and outreach. In this article, we’ll look at five sales follow-up tactics that will help you do just that. We’ll look at how your SDRs and AEs can provide buyers with more personalized interactions in any meeting during the follow-up.

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Adaptive Business Services

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Then there was the time that I totally screwed up the location of a brick-based monument sign in Denver and, in the middle of winter, the President and I drove out there and fixed it … after it had been completely installed. We had to use propane heat turbines under the truck to keep it from freezing up. Many more branches followed.

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Smooth Sale

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Attract the Right Job or Clientele: As I struck out hearing three no’s, I began viewing sales as a sport. But as my mindset started to change to a discovery of the next best strategy, I considered the sports familiar to me. My Story About Sales As A Sport. Giving up on an account was rarely the answer. Hire a coach.

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CloserIQ

OCTOBER 17, 2018

With a follow up system in place, you’ll know exactly when and how to ask your clients for referrals and actually get them. Businesses using referrals bump their conversion rate up to 70% and have a 66% faster close time because referrals build immediate trust with customers. Keep asking and following up for that referral.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 16, 2020

What if I told you there was a reliable way to minimize these showstoppers from coming up ever again? Problem solving is a team sport. Sat down at your keyboard filled with excitement while you fire off a follow up, only to see a reply from your prospect that reads, "Thank you for your presentation today.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 31, 2024

The problem that people have with sales process is with the stages and milestones that make up the sales process. In some respects, professional selling is akin to professional sports where everyone who plays must play by the rules. Let’s use baseball, my favorite analogy, for this example.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

In this article I’m going to explain how to PROPERLY execute an effective trade show follow up campaign without being a blood sucking lead vulture. 10 Steps for Effectively Following Up with Leads After a Trade Show or Event. Send a short & sweet thank you follow up email. Tier your gifts.

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Alice Heiman

APRIL 23, 2024

” Watch the full Sales Talk for CEOs Podcast: For a deeper dive into how Clate Mask has steered Keap through the ups and downs of tech entrepreneurship and how these lessons can apply to your business strategy, tune into the full episode of “Sales Talk for CEOs.”

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Even better, you can do this bodyweight exercise wherever there’s a floor, making it an easy way to break up a sedentary workday. Some sports enthusiasts would even take their pups to wilder adventures (safely). With any fitness trend, you can usually count on fashion to follow suit. From shedding to shredding.

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SalesLoft

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Mitch Albom will be the closing keynote for Rainmaker on Wednesday, March 7th at 2:30 pm following the final breakout sessions, wrapping up the premier sales engagement conference of 2018 with insightful wisdom that attendees will find themselves reflecting upon for days, months, and years to come. Best-selling author. Playwright.

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Marc Wayshak

APRIL 17, 2024

When prospects act up, it’s just part of the game, and you allowed it to happen. Recognizing sales as a game or a sport shifts your perspective from a life-or-death scenario to a more enjoyable activity. Winning and closing naturally follow when you focus on the foundational elements that make up this sales mindset.

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SalesProInsider

JANUARY 24, 2024

Following are starter questions to get your prospect talking and you listening and learning. Then ask the powerful follow-up questions that show you seek to understand. or season or specific player) Yes, I went “there” – chatting about the weather or sports. Sports, world news, the geography you are in, etc.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Author: Charles Brennan One of the fastest-growing sports in America is pickleball. However, many people are not familiar with the sport. Pickleball is a paddle sport that combines elements of tennis, badminton and table tennis. He was up for the task. You can pick up on individual’s tendencies. Tendencies.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 23, 2022

It feels good when we are up to date on our emails. The stress behaviour occurs when we have all our reports in on time, and we have followed up on all our messages. If great sales coaching can directly impact up to 19% more sales, why is coaching not the #1 priority? Coaching is a one-to-one sport.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2021

In sales the go to is often sports, and one can understand why. With nearly half of B2B reps missing quota , it follows that they are failing to deliver value to their prospects. I read a scary stat, the average CRM has between 100 – 300 unfollowed up on tasks. By Tibor Shanto. You can visualize it this way: Share Your Value.

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Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Athletes and sports teams often talk about reviewing the game tape. This is a process in which they revisit a game to see why they either won or lost. In sales, this is called a win-loss analysis. And it’s one of the most important evaluations an organization can conduct.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

As a strong relationship builder, Matt did the following ten things: He was selfless – it wasn’t about him. When Matt’s kids were younger, he NEVER missed a sporting or academic event. If you were to look up what it meant to act Presidentially, you would see a picture of Matt.

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KLA Group

JULY 21, 2021

By Kendra Lee Sales as sport – the comparisons abound. However, there is one connection to sports that often gets overlooked – COACHING. Sales TEAMS look to WIN business. Top salespeople are often recognized with TROPHIES. The list goes on.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 5, 2016

If you follow sports - even a little - then you know about special sports achievements. On yesterday's huddle, we achieved the equivalent of one of those great sports moments when we had a Quadruple Ditto. Yes, I know I left out Soccer - again - but I just don't know enough.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 2, 2017

As a result what follows are ideas I think people in sales should be thinking about, but rather than waiting to polish them up, I am putting them out their in their raw state, and set them free to grow and evolve with you. Seems the marketing cooks in Salesland are whipping up something “new” for 2017. and the Sales 2.0

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Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

This is the time of year to talk about America’s sport and the love of football. If you are not a sports enthusiast, please read on, because even if you know nothing about football you could benefit from this post, and learn more about how sports conversations can help you in business. . Know nothing about sports but want to?

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 8, 2024

In high school I worked at a sporting goods retailer, managing bicycle parts and accessory buying. After several years working in retail, I ended up as the senior buyer at a retail chain. I pulled up a chair, chatted with him and got out a pad of paper. This was my first exposure to sales reps.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 2, 2014

Those of you who have followed this blog for a while are more than familiar with Dan Waldschmidt , we have done webinars and other events, and his guest post a couple of years back Retarded Sales Behavior and The Reasons We Under-Perform , had one of the biggest responses I have had to a guest post.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan In the past decade Boston's sports teams have won a number of championships. As always, t his got me thinking about sales and whether the same reactions to wins and losses in sports held true for wins and losses in selling. So which is better? I believe it depends on the individual.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

” OK I made that up, but you get my point. Then I get the following email: Hi Dave, Field sales has been dying for years, but COVID-19 put the nail in the coffin. These conversations seldom happen in a Michelin rated restaurant or at a sporting event. Find out what a customer is interested in and talk to them about that.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 28, 2013

In the sports world, we often hear this from athletes. Did the applause and cheering pump you up? Step it up! Take a read through some attributes of the top 10: “Sports contests”. day of sports, mental challenges and laughs. Follow @RyanTognazzini. Follow Sales Benchmark Index @MakingTheNumber.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

According to Insightsquared, recruiting should take up to 20% of time for a C-level executive. In order to be as proficient as possible in your hiring process, the first step in the process is to have a structured framework to follow. Sales is a sport where your competitors are always working on their craft. Coachability.

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Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In a sport, we want to know if someone is cheating. Simply having a written strategy for something won’t cut it—someone actively must lead the way, and that’s the only way people will follow. In America, where the middle class depends on midsize businesses, larger businesses are grabbing up the smaller ones and becoming monopolies.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Many organizations will usually take clients to sports games, dinners, or happy hours to build rapport. While the topic of conversation is key when working with clients, half of all successful communication is in the follow up. We recommend adopting a three-week follow-up process.

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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In sales and sports, the difference between victory and defeat often depends on leadership. Deion recognized that persistent underperformance creates a culture of accepting mediocracy for teams, both sports and sales. This includes upset wins over powerhouse teams like TCU, last year’s national runner-up, and Nebraska.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Dialers will load a list of people that you want to contact, automatically dial their phone number for you, and move on to the next name on the list as soon as you hang up. Before you click out of this tab, consider the following. Everyone knows that sales is a contact sport, and ZoomInfo Engage makes contact easier.

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Smooth Sale

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Sporting games can be a great time, especially if you separate into teams and consider using merchandise crafted through hat embroidery near me to serve as a memento. It’s great when everyone can enjoy a hobby to pick up in their personal lives, too. Pass a box around the table for each member to submit their suggestion.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 12, 2023

It cut into my time socializing, drinking beer, partying and sports. It freed up time for me to focus on my education–partying with friends. Keeping the Conversation Going: Follow-up Topics: End the conversation with a lead into the next. It saved me hours of agony struggling through Shakespeare’s writing.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 23, 2022

It feels good when we are up to date on our emails. The stress behaviour occurs when we have all our reports in on time, and we have followed up on all our messages. If great sales coaching can directly impact up to 19% more sales, why is coaching not the #1 priority? Coaching is a one-to-one sport.

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SalesProInsider

JUNE 19, 2019

Imagine my surprise then when Mark showed up at my office, sat at my table, opened his portfolio and said, “Well, I typically like to just get right into it.” I don’t want to talk about the weather or sports. Ends up with one of us “pitching” to the other. Sports, world news, the geography you are in, etc.

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

I often tie sports stories, analogies and themes to sales and sales management, and I generally have at least one in the crowd that doesn’t/cannot relate because they have not played sports or are just simply not into sports. I love to cook (and eat) and I love selling and coaching sales management. They all fall off the wagon.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Don’t be afraid to ask for support from the executive team Invite them to an event (not just any event) Nobody needs more time booked up on their calendar – inviting prospects to an event must add value to them. Invite the prospect to a game for a sport they enjoy watching (bonus points if it’s the team they support).

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