Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 20, 2018

To consistently perform, sales leaders need to master the science of sales productivity. What is Sales Productivity? Sales productivity is all about maximizing time spent on the most critical sales rep activities (prospecting, client meetings, networking) and minimizing the resources needed to accomplish them (i.e.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 26, 2018

In an ideal world, sales reps would spend all day sending emails, taking calls, and ultimately, doing what they do best—selling. There’s a lot more to sales than meets the eye. Other selling tasks include prospecting, administrative work, data entry, market research, etc. Thursday is the best day to prospect.

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DocSend

MAY 17, 2022

Essentially, sales enablement tools serve as a teaching aid or a repository for critical information that sales reps need to do their job. A lot of what a sales enablement tool does is teach reps how to sell or store information they need to sell. When do you need sales enablement?

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Solutions that help sellers focus on the best prospects, engage more effectively, communicate value, close, and renew have led to more effective (and efficient) sales teams. You can’t expect to derive value from apps that your salespeople or sales managers don’t actually use. Sales Enablement.

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Highspot

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Improved conversion rates: Structured sales tactics often result in better conversion rates as teams are more equipped to lead prospective customers through the buying process. Improved employee satisfaction: A straightforward sales process simplifies the sales rep’s job, reducing confusion and stress.

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 12, 2013

You’ve worked hard to produce new value-focused tools, empowering your sales team to meet the growing challenges of today’s more empowered, skeptical and frugal buyer. And you are not alone, as SiriusDecisions reports that the average company now spends a whopping $43K on marketing content and sales tools per salesperson per year.

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Pipeline

MAY 30, 2023

Sales support: support is a broad category that includes training, workflows, escalation, feedback, and tactical support (e.g., your customer wants to modify the terms and conditions of your deal, and you need management guidance/approval). set the budget early to disqualify poor candidates), set general and specific sales goals (i.e.,

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 5, 2022

As a sales manager, you’re like a general marshaling your troops (or sales reps) into battle. That’s why having a strategic sales plan is vital. What is a strategic sales plan? A strategic sales plan is a detailed strategy that outlines how you’ll target and sell to high-value prospective clients.

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Fill the Funnel

MARCH 6, 2014

My focus in this post is on Business-to-Business sales, though many of these apply to the consumer sales arena as well. Consider some of the changes that have occurred as a result of technology and tools: Prospect Research. New Tools: Instant availability of everything imaginable about each prospect.

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BrainShark

AUGUST 31, 2023

Example: Assessing sales readiness. The sales enablement team here at Brainshark/Bigtincan works to ensure each rep is certified as being competent in fundamental selling activities, such as prospecting and leading discovery, before they call on buyers. Imagine what that means for sellers. Would you like to be in their role?

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 1, 2021

For the purposes of this article, I†ll be talking about tools that are popular in sales environments. Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process? A good way to improve your sales process is by laying out an overview of what you do. How do we make the sales process more engaging for prospects?

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Your job title hasn’t changed -- you’re still a salesperson, sales manager, sales director, etc. -- but of course, everything else has. Sales tools are different; they’re basically the phone book and your business card. Your prospect will think, ‘Wow, they hated museums, but kept an open mind.’”. The result?

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Janek Performance Group

MAY 17, 2022

Some people are using LinkedIn as an entertainment break, daily distraction, and a way to pass time at the office disguised as work, research, or prospecting. These LinkedIn practitioners recognize the platform as a sales tool (a very powerful tool), just like the phone, email, or CRM. We all have 24 hours a day.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 12, 2024

This may end up contributing to a lack of direction and belonging many sales professionals experience, and ultimately may negatively impact performance. Simulations help fill in the knowledge gap for the hiring manager. You can make the process even more granular by setting up a practice sales call.

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Vengreso

JUNE 16, 2020

One of our core promises at Vengreso is to empower sellers to grow their sales pipeline by leveraging digital tools like LinkedIn ® to create more sales conversations online, building trust with prospects and then taking those conversations offline to build their pipeline. What Is a Sales Pipeline?

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Gong.io

OCTOBER 19, 2022

How are your sales reps using their time? Are they spending most of their days hitting the phones, cold emailing prospects, and hosting product demos? Or are they losing the bulk of their time on non-sales tasks? If you’re like most sales organizations, the latter scenario probably rings a bell. Sales pipeline.

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Paul Cherry's Top Sales Techniques

JANUARY 2, 2010

→ On-Site Sales Training. → One-on-One Sales Coaching. Sales Management Training. Overview Training Options for Managers. → Management Training On-Site. → Sales Management Coaching. → Management Web Seminars. Pharmaceutical Sales Training. Prospecting (9).

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SBI

JULY 24, 2018

They love spending hours entering information about the email activity they’ve had with customers, meetings held, proposals delivered, and especially updating their forecast. In fact, who doesn’t love a good forecast session with their sales manager? Sales reps do not love their CRM and see little value in it.

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Klozers

JUNE 10, 2014

Qualifying Sales Prospects in B2B Sales has never been more important, given the longer sales cycles and the ever increasing cost of sales. Three months later despite the completion of the $25,000 of non-chargeable pre-sales work, the project has been shelved by the client.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 21, 2019

A way to avoid sales pitfalls and stalls. A handy reference for sales tools at the correct stage. Before we go any further, let’s get on the same page by defining a Sales Process. A sales process is a step by step approach to selling designed for salespeople. Pre-call planning with the team for prospect meetings.

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Your Sales Management Guru

DECEMBER 6, 2017

During the session I lead a panel discussion on “ Killer Strategies for Prospecting ” and I spoke separately on “ Leveraging Your Business by Partnering”. Others believed it was to increase the relationship position as prospects today more knowledgeable because of web site and internet access. Some thought that it was a 4:1 ratio.

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

open ended sales questions (11). performance management (3). practice management (9). Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). Sale Process (2). Sales (34). sales accountability (10). sales activities (25). Sales Activity (1).

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Finally, there is no upside to keeping the next step a secret, especially as you are moving through the sales versus a first call. In advance of going to a meeting with a buyer, send in an agenda in advance , and include your proposed next step as part of that agenda. Prospecting. Random Walk Down Sales Street.

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Cincom Smart Selling

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

In fact, the whole notion of sales performance management software has a long and not always positive history. Some sales tools promise to boost sales team motivation while others measure sales productivity and provide a selection of sales enablement tools to deliver individualized sales team support.

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Cincom Smart Selling

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

In fact, the whole notion of sales performance management software has a long and not always positive history. Some sales tools promise to boost sales team motivation while others measure sales productivity and provide a selection of sales enablement tools to deliver individualized sales team support.

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Sales Hacker Training

MAY 27, 2019

Most sales teams depend on 5 key activities to succeed: Intelligence : Sales intelligence refers to technologies, applications, and practices for the collection, integration, analysis, and presentation of information to help salespeople find, monitor and understand data that provides insights into prospects’ and existing clients’ daily business.

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Close.io

JANUARY 29, 2020

With a CRM spreadsheet, you’re lacking vital information such as: Recent communication between your sales team and prospects. CRM spreadsheets lack a timeline of interactions with your prospects. When was the last time your sales reps sent an email to this prospect? Proposals created. Emails sent.

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The Pipeline

MAY 12, 2011

I see this over and over again in the early stages of sales development at every company we help. Ideally in your line of questioning during uncovering these you should try and get the prospect to attach a monetary value to the compelling reasons. Prospecting. Random Walk Down Sales Street. Sales Bloggers Union.

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SBI

APRIL 8, 2015

For salespeople, the best use of time is to spend it talking with quality prospects. However, several research studies have all shown that the average B2B salesperson spends less tha n 35% of her time selling (defined as interacting with a prospect). Converting leads to prospects. Preparing post sales-call follow-up.

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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 14, 2011

open ended sales questions (11). performance management (3). practice management (9). Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). Sale Process (2). Sales (34). sales accountability (10). sales activities (25). Sales Activity (1).

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 13, 2012

Wednesday I posted a piece about the importance of working your sales cycle, not the calendar. I had a call from Bob, a director of sales with software company. Sales Success , Tibor Shanto , Time Allocation. Prospecting. Random Walk Down Sales Street. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation.

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SBI

DECEMBER 12, 2018

We’re finally entering an age in which machines will actually take away a lot of the manual labor involved in sales meetings (like note-taking), deal management (like remembering to follow up with an email or send a proposal), and sales coaching (technology can now provide personalized skill-improvement suggestions and exercises).

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Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 17, 2011

open ended sales questions (11). performance management (3). practice management (9). Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). Sale Process (2). Sales (34). sales accountability (10). sales activities (25). Sales Activity (1).

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 27, 2012

So there you are cruising down the freeway, armed with the factors above, and hot breakfast in your belly, you are ready to present your proposal. In the end you still have the choice of re-establishing the value or moving on to the next prospect. Prospecting. Random Walk Down Sales Street. Sales Bloggers Union.

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Pipeline

JUNE 7, 2023

Not only are buyers a tough audience by nature ( 60% of customers say ‘no’ four times before saying ‘yes’ to a pitch), they are now getting more sensitive to a sales approach. They won’t be reluctant to ignore cold calls, marketing emails, or business proposals if their criteria aren’t met.

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 19, 2012

open ended sales questions (11). performance management (3). practice management (9). Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). Sale Process (2). Sales (34). sales accountability (10). sales activities (25). Sales Activity (1).

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SBI

APRIL 1, 2015

The perfect sales tool is finally here. It marks the first major shift in sales solutions since SFA (Sales Force Automation) was first introduced in the mid-80’s. The solution continuously updates your organization’s prospect database so no contact information is ever out-of-date. This is huge folks!

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