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MARCH 18, 2014

Today, I''m pleased to share the amazing topper donated by Jonathan Farrington of Top Sales World. Sellers and sales organizations, like most everyone, often see change as hard. What’s in it for you, if you are a seller or sales leader is MORE revenues, and some great satisfaction in learning new strategies for building business.

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APRIL 1, 2024

Establishing a continuous flow of quality leads is a common challenge faced by small- and large-scale logistics companies. In fact, most sales teams rely on long-term accounts and word-of-mouth to maintain revenue, which is not a sustainable approach. Lead evaluation: not every lead is worth pursuing.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Nearly every day I get asked about good blogs, books, and resources for the sales reps on the front lines – those with quotas who have to come up with new ideas and think outside of the box for success. Top Sales World recently published their list of the Top 50 Sales & Marketing Blogs. Think outside of the box?

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DECEMBER 10, 2012

Lori Richardson is recognized as one of the “Top 25 Sales Influencers for 2012″ and one of “20 Women to Watch in Sales Lead Management” Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside and outbound sellers in technology and services companies.

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MAY 2, 2012

Even so, I was thrilled to receive this funnel in the mail from one of the attendees at my talk on productivity for inside sales professionals at the AA-ISP Leadership Summit a couple weeks ago. Rachel is in marketing and often posts on the BuyerZone blog About Leads , in addition to being a loyal Score More Sales blog reader.

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MAY 2, 2012

Even so, I was thrilled to receive this funnel in the mail from one of the attendees at my talk on productivity for inside sales professionals at the AA-ISP Leadership Summit a couple weeks ago. Rachel is in marketing and often posts on the BuyerZone blog About Leads , in addition to being a loyal Score More Sales blog reader.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

What tools are you using to grow sales? Lori Richardson is recognized as one of the “Top 25 Sales Influencers for 2012″ and one of “20 Women to Watch in Sales Lead Management” Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside and outbound sellers in technology and services companies.

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JULY 29, 2013

You know that guy or woman on your sales team who is relentless? How is it that they always seem upbeat and ready for another day of sales calls, e-mailing and researching seemingly impossible to reach prospects? The post Inside Sales Power Tip 125 – Grit appeared first on Score More Sales. Increase Opportunities.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Recently a panel discussed 9 of the top sales myths in business-to-business selling. I had the honor and pleasure of being a panelist, along with two of my favorite sales and marketing experts, Nancy Nardin of Smart Selling Tools and Matt Heinz of Heinz Marketing. It will keep me looking to bust some more sales myths.

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JANUARY 27, 2014

Need some sales inspiration? A new twist on an old sales idea you’d like to do again? A quick sales jump-start this week? Here are the first 50 of a list of 101 ways to “snap out of it” and score more sales: read a recommended sales book. bookmark a sales blog and read regularly.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

At the end of January, B2B Sales and Marketing Influencer Craig Rosenberg posted a first ever, annual ranking of Inside Sales Influencers for 2013 on the Radius Intelligence blog. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Looking for great sales talent? A panel of sales hiring and retention experts spoke yesterday at the AA-ISP Boston Chapter event. (If If you are not aware, the AA-ISP stands for American Association of Inside Sales Professionals). Devon McDonald, Director Sales & Marketing Support, OpenView Venture Partners.

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AUGUST 16, 2013

You want more inspiration to help you ease out of summer (soon) and into business building, sales-growing September. Follow some of my colleagues through their Twitter handles or via their blogs and you’ll be near some of the best B2B sales advice you can get. Here’s a list of resources designed to help you do that.

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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. With many in sales, follow-up effort is focused less about them and more about you, your products, and services. How many times you follow-up.

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MAY 6, 2013

Do you know there is an online program where you can gain sales skills from some of the top sales experts in the world? Then join me for the Internal (Inside) Sales Series. After that, Outside (External) Sales courses begin on August 27th. After that, Outside (External) Sales courses begin on August 27th.

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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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JANUARY 15, 2013

B2B content kings Openview Labs first came out with a list of Top Sales Influencers for 2012, which was an honor to be listed on. At the end of last year, they asked us all what we thought would be the trends for sellers and sales leaders in 2013. Sales Team Shake-Ups: Fewer Field Reps, More Inside Sales.

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OCTOBER 4, 2013

Sales enablement is much talked about and often misunderstood or misrepresented. Just what is sales enablement and how does it affect the organization as a whole? This week at DemandCon I saw one of the best presentations about Sales Enablement I’ve seen given by Jerry Rackley of DemandMetric. So what is sales enablement?

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APRIL 3, 2013

This is basic information and, unfortunately, our team runs into these issues nearly every day as we coach and train front line sales professionals. The difference I am finding now is that some sales reps are oblivious to the importance of correct spelling, good grammar, and the right words when communicating by email.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

One of my weaknesses, as a “student of sales” and as a “student of life” is in buying business books. They are top sales books, marketing / branding books, training, team building, and a couple of wild cards thrown in too. Real, hard bound and soft cover old school books.

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APRIL 4, 2012

With the amazing discussion we had on the first virtual roundtable on Sales Influencers, I’ll be moderating a second roundtable on Thursday, April 12 at 1PM Pacific / 4PM Eastern. Lori Richardson is recognized as one of the “Top 25 Sales Influencers for 2012? and one of “20 Women to Watch in Sales Lead Management”.

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JULY 31, 2013

As a sales leader I used to have to hire sales people. As a younger sales manager, I was wrong 75% of the time when hiring who I thought would be a stellar sales producer using my gut. We were WRONG half of the time, and we were all very successful as former sales reps ourselves. Increase Opportunities.

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DECEMBER 3, 2012

Many sales leaders and smaller company CEOs are discussing sales tam planning for next year. This is something we work on routinely with technology and distribution companies for inside and outside sales teams – don’t hesitate to ask us if you have a question or two. Some have completed theirs.

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MARCH 20, 2012

Do you work at the front end of the sales cycle generating hundreds or thousands of leads over time for your company (or companies)? There is a search going on for the Top 20 Women to Watch in Sales Lead Management. See Sales Expert Jill Konrath’s video message about it.

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LeadFuze

JUNE 29, 2021

However, much like warfare, if you charge into battle without a proper sales strategy, you’re running blind. What is a sales strategy. A sales strategy is plan that outlines how a business is going to sell its products or services. A sales strategy enables a company to position itself and its offering in a meaningful way.

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

It is particularly rampant after product training or annual sales off-sites. If you’d like more on this to help yourself as a seller or your sales team to be more effective, send us a message and we’ll talk. The post Sales Prescription Without Diagnosis is Malpractice appeared first on Score More Sales.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2013

I had the pleasure to sit down with Emotional Intelligence (Ei) Sales Expert Colleen Stanley recently and we talked about how sales training – sales skills – can fail because our reps were not aware of their emotional awareness. LR: What made you write a book about Emotional Intelligence and Sales Results?

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MAY 20, 2013

After being in sales for many years, I had an “Aha” moment. I don’t remember ever hearing about this idea in sales training (I’ve been through so many programs over my sales career) but I immediately knew it to be true when it registered in my head. I don’t even know where it came from.

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JANUARY 4, 2013

For those of us who have been in the sales profession for any length of time, you know that your sales leader or head of the company has revenue goals for you to hit. In my sales career I had new revenue goals that seemed attainable, others that seemed like a healthy stretch – doable if everything worked together.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2013

One of the most talked-about sales books in the last couple years is The Challenger Sale. The complete title is: The Challenger Sale – Taking Control of the Customer Conversation. You may think you drive all of your sales opportunities, and that you take control – until the opportunity goes dark, right?

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JULY 11, 2013

He was my sales colleague. We both were account managers selling millions of dollars worth of technology to a major aircraft company. It can take weeks or months for some in sales to truly qualify a sales opportunity. If you would like more on this, visit our recent Inside Sales Power Tip on Listening.

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JULY 22, 2013

In addition to control, there are other things you can manage about yourself. As a sales professional, you cannot rely on others managing you – you need to self manage. This means that even when you have a poorly suited manager and are getting little direction from leadership – you can work to direct yourself.

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JANUARY 29, 2013

Mike, who is a B2B sales guy asked me a great question: “WHY DON’T MORE SALES REPS PRACTICE ASKING FOR REFERRALS AFTER THE SALE…. Just like most humans, many sales professionals fear rejection. Asking for referrals as a regular part of a company’s sales activities requires organization, process, and a plan.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Since many of you felt indifferent to the particular game that just happened, I want to tie in some important sales lessons from the winning quarterback and the losing quarterback, plus some thoughts from others. How can you use that in your day-to-day sales world? It works the same way in a sales career. Get Inspired, Underdog.

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MEDDIC

MAY 5, 2020

Inside Sales, B2B, any US city. There is nothing more fulfilling than succeeding the Sales Job at a Sales School! In just 2 years of existence, MEDDIC Academy has trained thousands of Sales Executives, and is expanding now with a 3 digits growth rate. We sell SALES TRAINING; online courses and in-person sessions.

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MARCH 10, 2014

If you are a sales leader or sales executive, you do not want to miss the Sales Acceleration Summit 2014 on Thursday, March 13th. My presentation is about the Sales Pipeline Success Puzzle. Our takeaway handouts from the session, drilling down into how the Sales Pipeline works are worthy, we think, of a paid webinar.

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

As a seller and someone who trains and coaching sellers, I’ve always liked LinkedIn and was an early adopter. If you are a seller wanting to grow your sales, visit the blog over the next few weeks as we have extra LinkedIn conversations, interviews, and links to research which will help you grow as a seller. You can do that too.

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