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APRIL 4, 2014

Isn’t solving puzzles what selling is all about? Good sellers are humble and talk up others. Lori Richardson is recognized on Forbes as one of the “Top 30 Social Sales Influencers” worldwide. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies.

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APRIL 14, 2014

One of my favorite slogans in selling is: Never confuse activity with accomplishment. When it comes to selling, you must have these things in place: Understanding of exactly who your target market is – where you and your company do their best work. Inside Sales Power Tip 122 was about Keeping Your Focus.

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MAY 15, 2013

Remote professional selling requires a certain level of energy and enthusiasm that conveys confidence in yourself, your company, and your services or products. Too much is when someone sounds hyped up on more caffeine than a human should be allowed. Energy is follow-up. Expand Your Pipeline. Energy is consistency.

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

And, since many sales reps don’t qualify thoroughly enough, most of the leads they stuff into their pipeline are made up of 6’s and 7’s. This is the approach to use if you hear in their tone that they have completely lost interest—or won’t set a follow up call with you.]. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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JUNE 10, 2013

That’s why I love the profession of selling. Join me on the largest virtual sales event ever on June 20th. Attend the Inside Sales Virtual Summit with sessions by over 30 sales experts and authors. Ken Krogue , President of Inside Sales. Jill Konrath , best-selling author of SNAP Selling.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Those of us in remote, professional selling (also known as Inside Sales) need to be more aware of the massive, incredible power of appreciation. I submit that there is more power in this idea than in most any other aspect of selling, and have written about its power before. What social selling tool can do that for you?

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Some of the newest people to become inside sales reps are those who have left the field for now – perhaps forever. Many outside sales positions with fat travel accounts and face-to-face client meetings are slowly being switched over to inside positions. Expand Your Pipeline. Increase Opportunities.

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JANUARY 13, 2014

It is challenging and stressful to get a new sales position – even if you already work for the company in another position, or if you already have been in sales elsewhere and consider yourself a pretty good seller. We see this in training sessions quite often – people come in with their arms crossed tight.

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

In sales it is all about execution – the art of making things happen. Instead of rewriting your pitch or re-organizing your list of who to contact, pick up the phone and reach out to have conversations. Pick up the phone. I know inside sales professionals who go a day or two not connecting to anyone by phone.

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OCTOBER 14, 2013

Quick Wins are small, simple goals you can set up for yourself or have your leadership team help you with that are easy to accomplish and give you that great sense of victory so that you can be energized enough to make it to the bigger wins. In selling you need to be focused on doing activities that lead to sales.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

If you’re like many sales reps, you accept it and become a willing participant in the follow up chase that ensues. Let me know when it pops up, and I’ll show you a couple of links you’ll want to explore later. “In Allow you to set a definite follow up appointment. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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OCTOBER 7, 2013

Soak it up for a minute – then MOVE FORWARD. You can take longer to get up to speed and be the biggest success in the office. At some point you do have to take a few steps back, grab a deep breath, and go back into building your sales pipeline and your business. Expand Your Pipeline. Increase Opportunities.

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JUNE 3, 2013

A common issue among newer remote (inside) sales pros is that we tend to latch on to one person within a company to call on. This is one of the TOP issues I see when meeting with an inside sales team or with individual sellers. Expand Your Pipeline. That’s “your” guy. Increase Opportunities.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

This was a tip I learned from one of the most favorite of my 21 sales managers over my selling career – a former IBM top sales rep and leader who would say this so regularly that it was ingrained in my 20-something brain and has been there ever since. Expand Your Pipeline. Prospects and buyers are so busy.

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OCTOBER 28, 2013

It is a tricky thing in sales careers when it comes to confidence. Even for those successful and accomplished individuals, when you have a new job selling products or services new to you, confidence seems to often come off as shaky. The idea of teaming a rep up to help support another rep can be the next best thing.

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JULY 8, 2013

Those who follow the blog may have seen mention that I have worked with and for 21 sales managers during my corporate selling career – at a number of technology, distribution, and financial services companies as an inside sales rep or outside rep. I have also managed sales teams. Expand Your Pipeline.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2013

From a calendar view, it can destroy days of your selling time. It creeps in when a sales rep goes to look up one thing online, sees something else, goes there, sees something else, and eventually you don’t get done what you originally set out to do. The wedding is much more interesting than selling right now.

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JULY 1, 2013

It seems like most of the time, we’re so wrapped up in our own company and how great we are, we forget that others outside of our company have no interest in hearing much from us until there is context and until we are adding value. Look up any word you don’t know and create a list for yourself. Expand Your Pipeline.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2013

doesn’t follow-up more than a couple of times (actually he’s glad, because they won’t waste his time). He regularly receives 200-300 emails in a day and cannot be bothered with most sales “pitches” Like other C-level executives I speak with, he says that sales people can seem lazy and are not persistent.

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JANUARY 7, 2014

” Note that I’m not just repeating everything they say – that is parroting – and it can sound patronizing – so mix it up. Look through some of the sales opportunities you are working on. Also check out: Powerful Questions Help Qualify Sales Opportunities. Inside Sales Power Tip – Listen.

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Close.io

OCTOBER 9, 2019

In this post, we’re sharing three inside sales job descriptions that you can steal and personalize for your business in order to attract the right sales talent in 2020! Job description template: junior inside sales professional. ? Job description template: inside sales leader. ? Let’s get going.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

I was at a conference last week for inside sales professionals and more than a few people recommended Three Sentences – the idea of sending just three sentences (or less) in all your email correspondence. . Have you noticed that when one strong personality has a crutch word that others around them pick it up?

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DECEMBER 9, 2013

Do you know how important understanding the word NO is in the profession of selling? A NO is wonderful in how it can free you up to focus on other possible yes buyers who are ready and interested in talking with you. Expand Your Pipeline. The post Inside Sales Power Tip 144 – Know NO appeared first on Score More Sales.

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AUGUST 12, 2013

The three other customers in the aviation space using the tools your company sells and why they won’t ever give them up. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. Expand Your Pipeline. Increase Opportunities.

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DECEMBER 2, 2013

If you are in an open environment, jot down (or record with their permission) what the most successful peers you work with say on the phones that opens up dialogue and even creates sales opportunities. Expand Your Pipeline. The post Inside Sales Power Tip 143 – Sales Message Makeover appeared first on Score More Sales.

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MAY 27, 2013

It doesn’t happen without the up front effort of building out your social profile in all the right places. Not During Prime Selling Time. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. Expand Your Pipeline.

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OCTOBER 21, 2013

For example, if I sell cloud computing services worldwide, or throughout North America, chances are it is not a good use of my time to go to a local business networking event. It could be an annual event that comes to my city, or I may go once a year to a big event where all of my buyers’ industry counterparts meet up.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

One way you can be more successful in remote selling – that is, selling when you are not in front of your prospective buyer in person, is to have more impact with your messaging. If you have gone on with several sentences about you and your company as you start out a message, change that up. Expand Your Pipeline.

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JUNE 24, 2013

If you are really good, they won’t want to refer you to their competition, but everyone in business has peers in other companies, former work colleagues, and people they meet up with at professional events. . Example: You sell business intelligence to executives in SMB and mid-sized companies. Expand Your Pipeline.

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AUGUST 26, 2013

Last week at Inbound 2013 I had the pleasure to meet up with Kyle Porter, CEO and Founder of SalesLoft. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. Expand Your Pipeline. Increase Opportunities. Close More Deals.

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JULY 15, 2013

It is always exciting to hear about new sales tools to help shorten the sales cycle, qualify better, grow social connections, and sell more. Instead of the same old email follow-up, choose more probable prospective customers during the course of your week and send a quick note, thanking them for a good conversation.

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APRIL 29, 2013

One big contributing factor to your sales success is in your follow-up. There are three points to consider when thinking about following up with prospects, buyers, and with leads: A. Most sellers do not follow-up enough. So why all the problems with follow-up? Most sellers just don’t follow-up enough.

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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. The trick is knowing what training program and techniques to use. Why sales training is important. or a 353% ROI.

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SBI

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Inside sales reps who engage prospects with a personalized pitch see better open rates, have longer conversations, and book more meetings. But migrating from a traditional cold calling model to one that requires a high-level of customization can be challenging, even for the most sophisticated inside sales environments.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

A variety of industries use inside sales as a popular high-growth sales model. According to Harvard Business Review , 46 percent of high-growth tech companies are expanding through inside sales, as compared to 21 percent growing through outside sales teams. Growth Carries Challenges.

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MARCH 21, 2019

If you’re like many sales reps, you accept this stall and become a willing participant in the follow up drama that ensues. Let me know when it pops up, and I’ll show you a couple of links you’ll want to explore later. This is actually great because it tells you that you won’t need to follow up on the email—they aren’t buying!)

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APRIL 15, 2019

Instead of improving their skills, improving and practicing better techniques, many sales reps either keep using poor techniques, or they constantly ad-lib and make up new, poor, techniques and responses over and over again. Just make more calls, stuff more leads into the pipeline!” And guess what they make perfect?

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