Pointclear

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

While all of these scenarios have potential, none could be called a lead. Just try to pass them on to your field sales team and you’ll see. Because the chances are pretty low—probably 3% to 4% at best—that any of these names are bonafide opportunities if you are a B2B company with a complex sales process.

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SBI

MAY 14, 2013

That post, along with the one you’re reading now, is aimed at complex sales. The characteristics of a complex sale are typically wider and deeper business challenges that require longer sales-cycles and result in larger average deal sizes. Author, Nancy Nardin is the foremost expert in sales productivity tools.

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SBI

MARCH 12, 2013

Marketers prove their allegiance to the new ruler because of its power as a market-awareness and lead generation tool. Content marketing, as the practice is called, is a semi-automated mechanism that gives organizations the ability to extend their sales-reach—to keep in touch (i.e. Content-marketing is lead development.

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SBI

MARCH 26, 2013

The subjects of both books are decidedly applicable to the field of Sales and Marketing. No one understands this better than a Sales Professional. Asking a prospect to trial your software is much like asking for a decision to buy. Selling in today’s world involves more than relaying value to your buyer.

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SBI

JANUARY 22, 2013

Sales Energy Audits: How to Increase Revenue by Shifting Your Sales-Energy Use. Twenty years ago, the connection between energy efficiency and environmental benefits was poorly understood by the general population. In this case, I’m referring to its use of Sales Energy. Preparing post sales-call follow-up.

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SBI

MARCH 19, 2013

So it’s not surprising that each time I talk with my friends on the sales training front, they tell me that the path to increasing sales is to improve selling skills. Of course, my retort is that you won’t increase sales if you don’t have the right tools to compete more efficiently and effectively.

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SBI

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

If it does, you’ll want to know how to generate the most leads , how to capture the most leads , how to best score and qualify leads , how to track which leads convert to prospects, and the list goes on. The Sales Lead Management Association (SLMA) is an online resource for answering these questions and more.

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SBI

OCTOBER 23, 2012

I recently read 52 Sales Management Tips – The Sales Manager’s Success Guide by Steven Rosen. Written for sales managers and small business owners, this is a guide every sales leader will benefit from. It’s packed with excellent tips and ideas to help you take your sales force to the next level. The Take-Away.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

mobile tools can ignite productivity, shorten sales cycles, and provide. It costs a small fortune to print sales materials and it’s a hassle to lug them around town. With all that speed, it’s no longer acceptable to reps (or their prospects) to have to download software each time they want to conduct a presentation.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

You can network across a growing array of social and business platforms and talk to your fellow sales leaders. It is all too clear that there are specific, fundamental elements of sales leadership that seem forever unresolved, no matter which ‘linkage’ attracts the greatest number of ‘followers’. . Marketing is Selling.

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SBI

DECEMBER 4, 2012

In the dynamic and high-demand world of selling, the evolution of tools has had a significant impact on our ability to perform our jobs, present our ever-expanding array of solutions, service our customers, and generate revenue—the life-blood of our companies. It was indeed possible. The Efficiency Paradox.

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SBI

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Experiential selling is the application of experiential learning to the sales profession. This certainly explains why even when you have laid out decisive arguments for why a prospect would benefit from your solution, they don’t buy in the end. So how do you create the emotional engagement so vital in a B2B sales environment?

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SBI

AUGUST 21, 2012

One enticing benefit of the sales profession is the freedom and independence it offers. Great performance invariably leads to corresponding degrees of support and enthusiasm. I can’t tell you how many times in my sales career I heard, “just keep hitting your numbers and no one will bug you.”

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SBI

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Social Selling and Big Data at the Upcoming Sales & Marketing 2.0 Next week, Sales Dot Two Inc., will host the Sales & Marketing 2.0 The focus is purported to be on the benefits of big data for B2B sales organizations with an emphasis on social technologies. The Sales 2.0 Conference.

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SBI

JUNE 26, 2012

Tweet In this month’s issue of Top Sales Associates Magazine , I had the great pleasure of being interviewed by Linda Richardson. You may recognize her name as the Founder and Chairwoman of Richardson , the global sales performance company. The first sales tool I used (other than a rolodex) was the GRiD Systems laptop.

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SBI

AUGUST 14, 2012

I recently wrote about the 3 fundamentals of sales that, if ignored, will keep your business from growing at a sustainable level, especially in terms of revenue. Those fundamentals are lead progression , prospect progression , and opportunity progression. Today I will expand on lead progression. Lead Progression.

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SBI

AUGUST 28, 2012

In sales, we battle two voices. And while timing has always been important in sales (think monthly and quarterly objectives) the most important thing is to beat the revenue objective before the final buzzer goes off. .” People:Staffing decisions, sales skill development, training, territory assignments, coaching, 2.

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SBI

DECEMBER 11, 2012

There are lots of sales tools to help you. There are lots of sales tools! Join me on December 13 th , for a live webinar hosted by Social Selling University. We’ll each be recommending 6 sales tools for B2B sellers. Shorten the sales cycle. Prepare for the most effective sales calls. Here’s the good news.

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SBI

JULY 17, 2012

It is not uncommon today for decision makers to avoid talking with a salesperson early in the sales cycle thinking, somewhat erroneously, that they are able to diagnose their own needs and to then seek and find the best solutions through their own investigation. Rule #2 Don’t inadvertently sabotage the sale.

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SBI

APRIL 2, 2013

Converting leads to prospects. Preparing post sales-call follow-up. Scheduling sales calls. You can increase your sales by 28.5% The tasks outlined above, are essential to selling. The first step is to understand how time is used across the various sales tasks. Deciding who to call. Making Contact Attempts.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

One of the most frustrating problems for any sales rep is when a prospect’s interest switches from hot to cold. Enthusiasm begins its descent almost the moment you end your sales conversation. Yours involve longer sales cycles and multiple interactions over a period of time. It’s a powerful force.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

This Thursday , I’ll be co-presenting on DocuSign ’s Webinar: 10 Ways to Utilize Social Selling in 2013 where you’ll learn 10 ways you can leverage social selling across your team. You’ll walk away with 10 different ideas that can help your sales team be more effective, save time and close more deals.

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SBI

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

The first revenue-numbing fact is that 65% of a sales rep’s time is spent NOT doing what they are ultimately paid for—selling [1]. According to studies, the ratio of time spent on non-selling tasks to time spent on selling tasks is 65/35. The good news is that you can be the hero that drives sales through the roof.

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SBI

OCTOBER 2, 2012

If you don’t have either option available to you, then make sure your reps know that they are to pre-qualify leads and that you don’t expect nor do you want them to call leads that are not suitable for your products or services. Author, Nancy Nardin is the foremost expert in sales productivity tools.

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SBI

JANUARY 8, 2013

As my friend Jim Banks of Shadetree Technology likes to say, “Conversations are the ball-bearings that move deals through the sales process.” If customer-centric selling is about authentic, value-add sales conversations, how on earth could it be considered ‘dead’. Well said Jim! The answer is—not yet.

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SBI

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Up-selling or cross-selling, i.e. selling more to your current clients. In his hot-off-the press book , “New Sales. Mike contends that because many of today’s sales reps began their career during times of economic prosperity. And that’s where “New Sales. In “New Sales. Simplified.” Simplified.”

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SBI

JULY 24, 2012

The Internet and social media have changed the world of business and sales forever. Author, Nancy Nardin is the foremost expert in sales productivity tools. As President of Smart Selling Tools , she consults with many of the top sales productivity software vendors as well as end-user organizations looking to select the right tools.

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SBI

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

It’s not that you can actually execute hundreds of tasks in a day’s agenda, but if sales is your passion and profession, you are undeniably an expert at managing the precise allocation of time and resources across that number of tasks. In sales, it happens all the time, and always with less-than-favorable consequences.

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SBI

JULY 10, 2012

And the sales profession, given its awakening and immense potential, exploded, and we, as a global force to be reckoned with, have never looked back. Author, Nancy Nardin is the foremost expert in sales productivity tools. One critical action was all it took, and the rest, was pure fireworks.

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SBI

AUGUST 21, 2012

One enticing benefit (or incentive) of the sales profession is the freedom and independence it offers. Great performance invariably leads to corresponding degrees of support and enthusiasm.I can’t tell you how many times in my sales career I heard, “just keep hitting your numbers and no one will bug you.”

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

With the rise of AI, new sales technology and automation at the forefront of the sales echo chamber these days, we thought we’d take a moment to bring it back to BASICS – that’s why we’ve rounded up this complete glossary of sales terms and definitions to help you remember where it all started.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

Even if you hire the best sales reps , this doesn’t guarantee success. You need to train them and equip them with the right strategies and tools to succeed, such as the right CRM system , and a sales playbook. In this article, we’ll be concentrating on the latter: the sales playbook and its role in the sales cycle.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

And for leveling up your sales skills, nothing beats a good sales book. So what are the best sales books for helping you reach peak performance? Have been recommended by sales professionals. Here’s how you can find the sales books that are most relevant to you. Here they are… The 97 Best Sales Books in 2020.

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InsideSales.com

MARCH 31, 2020

Doing sales process mapping can be fast and easy with these seven sales process steps. RELATED: 7 Most Common Mistakes In Sales Process Mapping And How To Avoid Them. In this article: A Business Needs to Have a Sales Process Map. What Is a Sales Process? Sales Process vs Sales Methodology.

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LeadFuze

MAY 30, 2021

The Cons of Not Following Sales Process Steps. Consistently acquiring clients yourself can be challenging when you are focused on client work, not to mention you don’t have your sales process steps defined. What is a Sales Process. A sales process is a set of steps that a sales rep takes to convert a prospect.

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SBI

JUNE 4, 2013

Colleen is the SVP of Sales and Service for OneSource. Her blog was entitled, “ Are you selling or searching.”. It has to be done because they can’t be effective in their sales conversations unless they’ve done the research. First off, if you have a sales team, your revenue is derived from the prospects they interact with.

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SBI

JUNE 12, 2012

Tweet Sales calls are conversational journeys. Your primary task is to lead the conversation from its point of origin, to a concise, coherent and contemplative location. If you are to achieve your sales objective, you’ll need to guide each and every conversational journey with precision. Preliminary Conversation Maps.

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