MTD Sales Training

AUGUST 30, 2012

Always keep in mind that a price objection is not about price; it is about value. So, Steve, we are looking at £200 per territory for three territories or £600 per month. Prospect. “I I could really use a reference in this area. I’ll give you 25% for three territory sales that I know I will make.

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Territories Discount Referrals Negotiation 279

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Without question, the functionality within CRMs, particularly Salesforce, can create a 360 degree view of the prospects and customers alike. So, let’s dive into how Salesforce Sync helps enable sales reps by supporting the foundation of any sales process: Territory Management. Let’s start with a reminder: CRMs have a purpose.

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SalesForce Territories Intent Signal Buyer Persona 100

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 5, 2017

In this growing sales landscape, we’ll outline the various processes and key strategies for prospecting -- the phase of selling that often consumes the most time and energy (and is the most crucial to get right). What Is Prospecting? What's the difference between leads and prospects? Sales Prospecting Techniques.

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BrainShark

AUGUST 24, 2022

Prospecting. Objection Handling. Territory Management. Prospecting. Unfortunately, we’ve all experienced poor sales prospecting. To be effective, salespeople need to develop a strategic approach to prospecting and work on it daily to identify new business opportunities better. Communication.

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Social Media Territories Face-to-face Negotiation 62

Pipeliner

JULY 18, 2019

What to look for while setting up a sales office in a new territory. Firstly, the market dynamics in the new territory can be dramatically different from what you are used to in your role. Before you get started on your assignment, it is important to look at the long term objectives for your organization.

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Pipeliner

JUNE 10, 2022

Lack of preparation adds more stress to an already high-pressure task, but it also turns prospects off. They can tell when you’ve wandered into unknown territory. This could be when a prospect starts asking you personal questions or tries to pursue you romantically. It could also be when a prospect starts cursing at you.

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Sales Qualified Lead Objections Follow-up Decision Maker 97

The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

You know I have never read an article or a post that was written by an advocate of cold calling, suggesting that social selling is bad, ridiculing people who use the practice to engage with prospects, suggest that it is inadequate, or about to die. I am not here to argue the stats, but I do want to point out that both stats refer to BUYERS.

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Cold Calling Social Media Decision Maker Lead Rank 292

Sales Hacker

APRIL 6, 2020

The result: we win more deals because the bulk of our sales efforts are laser focused on prospects who are ready to engage. Objective: Sales Development Representative : Book more qualified enterprise opportunities for your account executives… and promptly crush quota! Leveraging the Freemium Model to Book More Enterprise Meetings.

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Zoominfo

MAY 13, 2018

Think about this way, if you don’t make prospecting a daily habit and only focus on the deals at hand, how will you meet your goals next month or the month after that? If prospecting becomes part of your day-to-day routine, each call becomes less stressful and the stakes are lowered. Look into prospecting tools. Hire new talent.

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Hiring Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 258

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Those reps were covering an extensive territory and large customer base. A majority of reps focused on margin, and gave up prospecting for new accounts. Consider the metrics that will drive your top 3 sales objectives for the year. Call references and past employers. Resource Allocation.

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Margin Face-to-face 293

PandaDoc

APRIL 25, 2023

Sales objectives In this example of a sales plan, the sales objectives could be to simultaneously increase sales by 25% and to acquire 10 new customers in the first year of operation. This can include training on product features and benefits, sales techniques, objection handling, and customer relationship management.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 9, 2018

A sales plan lays out your objectives, high-level tactics, target audience, and potential obstacles. Make sure your objective is realistic, otherwise your entire sales plan will be largely useless. If you have territories, assign a sub-goal to each. Here are a few examples: Objective: Increase referral rates by 30% this quarter.

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Buyer Persona Referrals How To Commission 145

The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

. “But we’re not IBM” Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Communication , Communication Strategy , Guest Post , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Social Selling. Copiers as an example, you may refer to document management at one end, and sell copiers to the other end. Objection Handling.

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Pipeline Social Media Face-to-face Ideal Customer Profile 226

Chorus.ai

APRIL 11, 2022

Go-to-market teams have less control over when prospects are entering the sales cycle and how much information they bring to the process, and marketing attribution has gotten increasingly harder as the digital universe expands and privacy concerns multiply. In the digital world, buyers have more knowledge and options than ever before.

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Mindtickle

JULY 31, 2023

Less time in front of prospects & customers [post-COVID] he COVID-19 pandemic drastically reduced the amount of face-to-face time sales representatives have with prospects and clients. Sales representatives must be trained to ensure they adhere to these requirements in their interactions with prospects and clients.

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LeadFuze

OCTOBER 20, 2023

You’re about to discover how an effective script can transform icy reception into warm leads; how asking open-ended questions keeps prospects engaged longer; and why something as simple as tone could change the game entirely. But successful cold calling requires more than just dialing random phone numbers hoping for good fit prospects.

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Cold Calling Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring 52

Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 30, 2014

When a great salesperson is recommended by Objective Management Group''s (OMG) Sales Candidate Assessment, and this star has a great track record, and great references, should we expect this person to succeed? Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan. Most executives do.

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Sales Cycle Distribution Territories Up-Sell 217

Jonathan Farrington

OCTOBER 5, 2012

And you competently juggle your frenetic schedule, apportioning just the right amount of time for office work, prospecting, sales calls, follow-up, travel, and communication. It is aptly referred to as the Shiny Object Syndrome. Can you tell where the Shiny Objects are in the following? The arrival of an RFP.

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Ideal Customer Profile Objections Prospecting Sales Qualified Lead 34

Pipeliner

APRIL 24, 2019

Describe your ideal prospect – Profile them. How do you need to position yourself in the market place – your territory or your accounts? The objective behind your personal marketing plan is to position you as an expert in your field. What are their likes and dislikes? How do you market to them? How do you meet them?

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Marketing Networking Territories Consultative Selling 72

The Pipeline

AUGUST 16, 2011

A couple of months ago in the Pipeline, I published a piece called Long Live The Status Quo , which challenged the way most people look at buyers commonly referred to as being in Status Quo Zone. Selling be to understand which of the potential prospects “at rest”, could be Engaged with and thereby set in motion. Next Steps.

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Pipeline Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 267

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Think about this way, if you don’t make prospecting a daily habit and only focus on the deals at hand, how will you meet your goals next month or the month after that? If prospecting becomes part of your day-to-day routine, each call becomes less stressful and the stakes are lowered. Look into prospecting tools. Hire new talent.

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Hiring Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 100

Showpad

JANUARY 8, 2021

The onboarding phase that begins when a new employee in their first 30 days should focus on essential aspects of sales — identifying prospective customers’ needs, communicating effectively, understanding and overcoming objections and so on — through the lens of your unique organization. Establish clear goals and KPIs.

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Hiring Training Sales Enablement Case Study 52

The Pipeline

APRIL 29, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Communication , Funnel management , Guest Post , Lead Management , Prospecting , Referrlas , Sales 2.0 , Sales Technique , execution. Our job as salespeople is to move as many qualified prospects through the sales funnel as quickly as possible—leading to more sales, better clients, and more income. Myth #2 Sales 2.0

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel Pipeline 257

The Pipeline

JULY 4, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Cold calling , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales eXchange , execution. This means using their jargon, their reference points, their metrics, in the scenery that they live in. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s 3 Ways To Reduce Friction In A Cold Call – Sales eXchange – 104. What’s in Your Pipeline?

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Cold Calling Pipeline Hiring Twitter 256

Jonathan Farrington

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The Creation of an Objection. Before attempting to handle any type of objection I believe that it is important to begin by looking at the beliefs that sales people are holding in their minds. If they are focusing on what objections they believe they will encounter, they will unconsciously transmit these thoughts to their prospects.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 30, 2011

A friend of mine affectionately refers to Starbuck as Fivebucks, as he never seems to leave the place spending less than that, but hey it’s coffee, so I get it. Objection Handling. Prospecting. Territory Alignment. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. Interactive Selling. Lead Management. Negotiations.

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Pipeline Conference Webinar Metrics Cold Calling 223

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 27, 2020

I’m not referring to anything illegal. I’m talking about things like over-promising resources to clients to get them to sign, or working clients outside of one’s territory. What are the core processes you want your team to follow (prospecting, deal execution, rules of engagement, etc.)

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Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring Margin 84

Cincom Smart Selling

MAY 24, 2018

Prospects and opportunities are not going to be found cruising around country looking for big buildings with smoke stacks. Use CPQ to Identify Prospects. A few simple queries within the CPQ software can provide prospecting lists ripe with opportunity. List customers in territory with revenue in excess of $100 million per year.

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BrainShark

MAY 31, 2023

Competency refers to the skills, knowledge, or processes that sales reps need to master to meet the expectations of their job” (source). Using a more holistic or arbitrary metric such as time to competency naturally compensates for variables across organizations such as territory, products, and customer base (enterprise vs. mid-market,etc.).

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Hiring Sales Talent Scale Sales Enablement 62

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 31, 2011

They usually refer to this a “soft skills”, which is the first clue they have not sold). Objection Handling. Prospecting. Territory Alignment. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. While this is often skewed to product knowledge, it does allow for sales improvement. Why not adopt that within sales organizations.

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Pipeline Top of Funnel Hiring Real Estate 253

LeadFuze

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Let’s get started… Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process? Objective: The Sales Development Representative is responsible for booking qualified leads so that the account executives can reach their quotas. Segment Accounts.

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Sales Evangelist

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Great salespeople who know they are guides for prospects and clients make great B2B sales reps. In his time, he was referred to as Jesus of Nazareth, the common way people were referred to. During his time, Romans had the power and ruled over many territories. Today is Christmas, a day where people celebrate Jesus’ birth.

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Face-to-face Ideal Customer Profile Margin Lead Rank 95

Highspot

AUGUST 31, 2021

A sales model refers to a business’ overall approach to selling. Outbound sales: This model relies on salespeople to generate leaders, typically through prospecting techniques like cold calling or social selling. Whichever sales model you choose, it’s essential to ensure that your pick meets your business objectives.

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Lead Rank Top of Funnel Buyer Persona Hiring 94

Crunchbase

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Grow your revenue with Crunchbase, the all-in-one prospecting solution. Sales teams are tasked with creating and maintaining relationships with potential customers (prospects) and eventually pitching those prospects to close a sale. Curious about how salespeople determine if a lead or prospect is qualified?

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Closer's Coffee

APRIL 23, 2020

” Outside sales refers to the sale of products or services by sales personnel who go out into the field to meet with prospective customers. In most cases they don’t meet with prospects face-to-face. Other ways to define inside sales are “remote sales” or “virtual sales.”

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Because of their points of reference, their view of specific attribute are different, after all there is a reason why these two individuals followed different paths. Objection Handling. Prospecting. Territory Alignment. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. By extension it impacts the choices one makes. Negotiations.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Current customers will not only support your product, they will advocate for it, whether directly by referring their associates, or indirectly by participating in the case studies demonstrating the effectiveness of your products. You’ll learn plenty about your prospect accounts throughout the process. Meeting in person at conferences.

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