The Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2021

In sales the go to is often sports, and one can understand why. No issue with that, but I prefer to use investment and the financial markets, primarily because of the focus on value. The challenge for many sellers is defining Objectives. Not product related, but objective, outcome and impact based. Productivity.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 31, 2024

In some respects, professional selling is akin to professional sports where everyone who plays must play by the rules. If you want to put the finishing touch on your custom sales process, it should include a sales-specific (not marketing) scorecard that objectively scores every opportunity for the likelihood that it will be won.

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Product Management University

JANUARY 19, 2023

When product management teams adopt a portfolio strategy approach to managing products, they’re focused on making their organization better in market segments where they can best succeed. That means each product becomes a lever to forming solutions that are the highest value in those chosen market segments.

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Mereo

DECEMBER 13, 2023

.” — Coach John Wooden, UCLA Basketball These famous words work for sports, but how can they apply to revenue targets with Wall Street or your board of directors? Let’s be serious: Revenue is objective. And with uncertain markets, the majority of SaaS companies struggle to sustain growth rates and keep winning.

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Pipeliner

AUGUST 18, 2021

How to successfully set your anti-aging objectives. Personal Objectives. Like with any other endeavor, the first thing a person on an anti-aging journey needs to do is set the objective. A globally acknowledged Sales & Marketing thought leader, speaker, and strategist. Anti-Aging and Modern Medicine.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 18, 2018

When you are in the middle of it, the heat of the experience, be that a sport game or sales or selling, it is easy to assume that the others involved are prepared and as ready as you are, or they should be; especially in a sales, where the buyers seem to be willing participants. Home Team Disadvantage.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 1, 2022

BrassRing was in a hot market during the late ‘90s tech bubble,” Wolf says. Free Trial This would not be the last time Wolf found himself selling to reluctant buyers in a difficult market. The job market’s strong right now, which is different,” Wolf says. Overcoming hesitancy and objections is a fundamental part of sales.

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Hiring Face-to-face Lead Rank Lead Scoring 130

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Avoid bringing in an objective third-party interviewer. We all know competitiveness goes a long way in sales, and probing at an interest in sports, general competitions, and awards for academia, sports, or skill can be a way to assess this trait. Sales is a sport where your competitors are always working on their craft.

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Hiring Sports Decision Maker Face-to-face 139

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

In some sports and other skills based endeavours, for example figure skating, you can score points for artistic merit, and you also get scored on execution. While I have always been a proponent of a good sales process, and having a playbook to assist and improve execution, let’s not lose sight of the overall objective: Revenue!

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Guidelines Sports 219

Shari Levitin

MARCH 9, 2023

I’m not a sports nut, so I don’t know if this is true, but I do believe in a similar philosophy: everything you need to know in life can be learned from immersing yourself in nature. Identify Your Target Market. Savvy sellers know their target markets: the size, persona and type of accounts that will feed them for days and often years.

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Bernadette McClelland

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Just as kids we learnt our times tables, understood currency, sang our alphabet and represented our School House in some kind of sports, it was preparing us for our future. . · The adult – someone who asks rational questions, who listens, gives the benefit of the doubt, holds people accountable and demonstrates patience and respect.

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Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

And we have distilled this knowledge into six pillars: Strategy and Go-to-Market : Establishes the goals, objectives, target markets, and delivery methods for your sales reps. Like sports cars, high-performing sales organizations are made of many interconnected moving parts working together.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Sales is very much a team sport at ZoomInfo. Acknowledge Industry Challenges Many organizations are struggling with the current recruitment landscape, which is very much a candidate-driven market. Individuals are still recognized for their contributions — especially closing long-term deals after months or even years of work.

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Pipeliner

APRIL 20, 2023

And if you want to remain relevant, you’ve got to keep an eye on the latest marketing trends. With that in mind, we’ll dive into eight important marketing trends that you absolutely can’t afford to ignore in 2023. Don’t just rely on abstract brand values or clever but ambiguous marketing messages.

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

With highly sophisticated marketing processes, companies tend to do an excellent job building brand plans and marketing strategies. If you do a better job executing than your competitor, then you should take market share from them. Execution is a team sport. The objective of these meetings is to review the scorecard.

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Smooth Sale

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Some ways to relax on the weekends include going out for a favorite activity or hobby, meeting up with friends, traveling, playing sports, and gaming. Whether going to a sporting event, playing games at the arcade, or having drinks with friends, you should always do something that makes you happy. Biking Is An Excellent Escape!

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How To Sports Travel Hiring 78

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 13, 2020

I like to say, “Make problem solving a team sport. Specifically, what is the aim, objective and destination of your direction. Larry Prince is the CEO of PrinceLeadership , a New Jersey-based business consultancy that works with middle-market companies to create growth and sustainability. Yes, it can be that simple.

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Banking Top of Funnel Face-to-face Fashion 177

Jeffrey Gitomer

JANUARY 15, 2019

Here are some elements that you can incorporate into a memorable marketing campaign: Hand delivery. Favorite sports teams. The objectives. The objections – scripted responses. She was talked about in this office for weeks. We have developed a business relationship that will last – because she dared to be memorable.

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Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 30, 2016

I personally don’t subscribe to the premise that business is either good or bad, but my friend felt strongly that big business was the object of scorn. I’ve been in marketing doing just that for most of my professional career. Doesn’t he know what marketing is? Maybe we marketing geniuses are not getting the job done.

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The Pipeline

MAY 15, 2014

To use a sport analogy, your pipeline is your core, no matter what sport you are in hockey, tennis, or running, a strong core, a well exercised and maintained core adds to athletic performance and lifts one competitor to victory over a comparably talented athlete with a less conditioned core.

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Read Tonys article.recently published in Bank Insurance & Securities Marketing Magazine! dealing with objections (7). When I played sports, having sales success was the furthest thing from my mind. Ive participated in sports since I was 9 years old. Listen to Tonys Live Interview with Business Expert Radio!

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Hiring Sports Ideal Customer Profile Webinar Metrics 168

Mindtickle

JUNE 29, 2021

They’re a proven way to boost a seller’s confidence in new material, familiarize themselves with messaging and learn how to handle objections in a risk-free environment. . That being said, role-play is traditionally considered a team sport. Objection handling. The value of sales role-play.

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Negotiation Exercises Objections Coaching 105

Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 14, 2014

When I was coaching at Iowa State University, I was interviewed by a local TV sports reporter about my role as the strength and conditioning coordinator for the varsity athletics. Is the sales cycle reasonable to the industry segments we market to? How is our go-to-market message – is it consistent?

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

We have a fascination with that which appears new and different, we are attracted to bright shiny objects. Every season, every sports team and athlete always starts with the basics. Instead, we spend a lot of time focusing on the “bright shiny objects.” The comment got me reflecting. Soccer is the same.

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Fashion Face-to-face Sports Consultative Selling 109

Allego

MARCH 30, 2021

Chester: “I think about it from a sports metaphor, where you have to give coaching during a practice session, as well as give feedback after the big game. ” What are the most important goals and objectives of a coaching program? For example, they might get a tough objection. This model is a four-step pyramid.

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SalesforLife

JUNE 27, 2019

These events could be localized events, sporting events, experiential events, conferences, trade shows, or user conferences. Build a Total Addressable Market (TAM) for the event. This also applies to an event, where you’ll have a defined, set criteria, times, size of the room, set number of attendees, and geographic markets.

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Campaigns Ideal Customer Profile Strategy Trade Show 95

Women Sales Pros

MARCH 29, 2019

Use a predictive assessment to get an objective read of the candidate. At Braveheart Sales Performance , we use the Objective Management Group battery of assessments because they are the only assessments on the market that are predictive and valid for salespeople. Do you believe some sales force turnover is a good thing?

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Igniting Sales Transformation

DECEMBER 1, 2019

As sales teams mount their final push to finish 2019 strong, someone in a sales enablement, marketing or sales support role is planning what has become status quo in sales. They certainly don’t care if you make redesign your marketing materials. Sports teams don’t show up on the field once a week expecting to win the game.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

While it is true the professionals who are known to be consistent top performers, be they in sales, sports or finance, that top 10%, the ones in the rest of pack aspire to be, are often said to have a winning attitude.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 19, 2019

We adopt different pricing strategies, base on how we want to be positioned and perceived in the market. They are targeting different markets and different buyer needs. So our pricing strategies are critical to our overall go to market strategies and positioning. In reality they are different and have differing goals/objectives.

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Chorus.ai

JANUARY 10, 2020

“The number-one thing I loved to do was fundraising for the sports programs I was involved in,” says Becc. I’d sell poinsettias, oranges and fruit baskets door-to-door, and I absolutely loved it — even as much as the sports! To prepare for her sales career, Becc earned a marketing degree at Texas A&M University. “I

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Scale Webinar Metrics Hiring Demand Generation Agencies 114

Jeff Davis

JANUARY 18, 2017

We know that company culture effects alignment between sales and marketing. I discovered Jeff’s writings by reading about the terrible effect that misalignment between sales and marketing could have on a business development - “ World War B2B: The misalignment of sales and marketing ”. and I cannot agree more with him.

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Women Sales Pros

AUGUST 10, 2018

They’re merely marketing tools, often professionally created and filled with hype or outright lies. And, when the market is tight, be proactive about going after the type of candidates with experience selling the way you need them to sell to be successful. Complete an objective assessment tool before reviewing resumes.

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Hiring Case Study Lead Rank Lead Scoring 90

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 23, 2018

Just like sports, the use of science to develop elite performers also applies in sales. In sports, much of the science focuses on the athlete: genetics, biomechanics (movement techniques, training regimen), nutrition, and psychology (for mental toughness, behavioral modifications, and positive visualizations). Make it About You Too.

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Call-back Ideal Customer Profile Sports Social Media 145

Gong.io

MARCH 17, 2020

We’ve all heard that buying is a team sport. Now that we’ve established that buying is a team sport, we wanted to see if the same is true for selling. So here’s what successful go-to-market teams do to tip the scales in their favor: they use internal experts whenever they sense buyer uncertainty. Enter, multi-threading. .

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Scale Sports Forecasting Influencer 79

Mindtickle

JUNE 29, 2021

They’re a proven way to boost a seller’s confidence in new material, familiarize themselves with messaging and learn how to handle objections in a risk-free environment. That being said, role-play is traditionally considered a team sport. Objection handling. The value of sales role-play.

Negotiation 72

Negotiation Exercises Objections Coaching 72

Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 14, 2014

When I was coaching at Iowa State University, I was interviewed by a local TV sports reporter about my role as the strength and conditioning coordinator for the varsity athletics. Is the sales cycle reasonable to the industry segments to whom you market? How is your go-to-market message – is it consistent?

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