SBI Growth

JULY 21, 2013

The sales field is suffering. Sales forces lack buyer-centered tools for success. When will Sales catch up with Marketing? Sales field alignment with the modern day buyer requires more than lip service. This blog is focused on the transformation of Sales to incorporate buyer-centered tools.

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SBI

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Think about the most recent communication you sent to a prospect. Picture who the prospect was, what you wrote, and what your objective was. The reason I’m using this absurdly outdated example is to make a point about the drivers behind the evolution of tools and the importance of investing in new tools.

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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2012

A few things happened to me this week that remind me how long It can take for new sales techniques to be adopted – and become a habit with sales people. I was discussing a situation with one of my sales consultant friends where they are seeing a sales force where solution selling is still only a skill of the minority.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Believe it or not, most people still believe that sales success boils down to getting a lot of people to agree to watch a demo. Dave Kurlan Inbound Marketing sales methodology closing sales performance sales selelction' I''m sure I''ve missed a few but you get the gist.

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SBI

MAY 28, 2013

You stand before your prospects fully armored, battle-ready, and poised for a stunning and mind-numbing display of the vast and all-embracing array of your knowledge. Meeting after sales meeting, you’re able to spark the prospect’s imagination and excitement and your opportunity momentum takes off.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 22, 2018

Prospecting is hard for most salespeople. In fact, getting a response from prospects was identified as the hardest part of the sales process in the 2018 State of Inbound Sales Report. These 45 tips from three remarkably insightful sales experts should make it much easier for you. Plan your prospecting approach.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

What makes it more complicated is that 90% of buyers don’t follow a linear sales funnel path , leaving sales reps little to no room for mistakes. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. What Does the B2B Sales Process Look Like? What Is B2B Sales Training? What is B2B Sales Training?

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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 Growth

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Sales Leaders have experienced a lot change in the past 10 years. Download the tool to learn how to implement each and enable your sales team. Top 10 Sales Innovations. Are you capturing cell phone numbers for leads, prospects and customers? CRM: Did you spend a lot of money on what amounts to a forecasting tool?

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SBI

APRIL 23, 2013

At Smart Selling Tools , our goal is to make it easy to find tools that will improve sales productivity. Plain and simple – except we know that for most sales leaders and business owners it’s in fact, very complex. Ease any inferiority complex you may be feeling about sales tools and cut through the hype.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

What's the difference between sales and marketing? Marketing informs and attracts leads and prospects to your company and product or service. Sales, on the other hand, works directly with prospects to reinforce the value of the company's solution to convert prospects into customers. Sales and Marketing.

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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. Use experiential selling to create Aha! moments with statements.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 15, 2018

These days, almost every new hire in sales is told to read " The Challenger Sale.". It's a great book based off one of the largest studies ever done in sales. Problem is, when you're learning how to sell on the job with a giant quota hovering over your head. Download more free summaries of top sales books here.

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Sales Evangelist

MAY 10, 2020

Why Giving Your Prospects An Out Upfront Will Help You Win In The End Sometimes we need to lose a customer before they become a client. The company is often known for its top-selling book, Selling Zebra , seeing the Zebra as the perfect prospect. We are approaching every sales situation with a simple out.

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LeadFuze

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

What are Sales Methodologies? Sales methodologies are guidelines that govern how your goods or services are sold to consumers. It is a selling strategy that is frequently founded on a particular understanding of client psychology. 15 Sales Methodologies Examples Necessary For Every Business. 1 Sandler Selling System.

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SBI

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Prospecting Attention Deficit Disorder: How to Avoid the Shiny Object Syndrome. 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.

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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. Naturally, prospects shy away from this. Of course not.

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Gong.io

JULY 18, 2022

Too often, sales reps jump straight into their pitch without even considering their prospects’ needs or asking what they’re looking for. And in most cases, that’s a losing sales strategy. So how can you build rapport with your prospects? How can you position your solution and boost your win rates?

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Mindtickle

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

All too often, sales reps accidentally adopt a “one size fits all” approach to selling. Increasingly, top sellers are adopting a more effective approach: solution selling. Increasingly, top sellers are adopting a more effective approach: solution selling. What is solution selling? The result?

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Adaptive Business Services

MARCH 23, 2022

But if one out of ten becomes a solid business prospect, or better yet a client, the process is working well. Could you please share with us a few of your favorite social selling tools? . It’s probably not what you’re looking for, but my primary tools are simply LinkedIn, ContactOut, and Excel. And maybe Twitter.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Nothing comes easy in sales -- it’s always earned. But I’ve noticed a strange phenomenon: even the most seasoned and confident account executives can flinch when it comes to securing budget from their head of sales. However, with 850+ sales tools and 5000+ marketing technologies, it’s easy to get distracted by the new and shiny.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 11, 2019

The sales methodology is like a set of rules for how you sell your products or services to customers. You need to define your methodology before anything else, including the sales process. Otherwise, your sales process will be applied differently by each rep on the team. What is a Sales Methodology? NEAT Selling.

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Corporate Visions

MAY 22, 2019

The post Sales Strategy: What’s Most Effective? When you think about it, an effective sales strategy is all about making sure that your reps hit their quota, right? A Forrester Research study revealed that only 15 percent of sales calls add enough value, according to executives surveyed. A Great Message!

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Highspot

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Learn how this sales method builds trust and loyalty while emphasizing value. Plus, explore the future of value selling using advanced tech. What is Value Selling? Key Value Selling Strategies Sales Methodology for Value Selling Benefits of Value Selling How Does Value Selling Compare to Other Methodologies?

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

It’s hard to become a sales manager without first being a good sales rep. After all, when the majority of your own quota is based on your team’s sales performance, you need to know how to sell. . But that doesn’t mean the best closer is guaranteed to make the best sales manager. Creating sales plans and processes.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

I recently had the opportunity to interview Dario Prolio from leading sales training and performance management firm Richardson. Here is an abstract from that webcast interview session ( click here to access the recording ): #1 Issue – Inability for Sales to communicate value messaging? So how have prospects changed?

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SBI

JANUARY 22, 2013

Sales Energy Audits: How to Increase Revenue by Shifting Your Sales-Energy Use. In this case, I’m referring to its use of Sales Energy. Each salesperson has a limited amount of sales energy (or sales capacity) to use throughout the year. Converting Prospects. Preparing post sales-call follow-up.

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SBI

APRIL 30, 2013

Obviously, if you had more time you could talk with more prospects or better prepare for your calls or presentations. Time flying by gives rise to many potential deal-killing events: Prospects’ priorities change. Prospects lose focus (on your products or solutions and the value they bring). Time vs momentum.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 12, 2012

Are you dependent on the top 20% of your sales force to ensure that you hit quota? 78% of the Sales VPs we speak with are worried about the disparity of their team’s talent. At SBI, we often see Sales Talent disparaged as the result of an ineffective Sales Training program. Sales Skills Overview/Best Practices.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 19, 2019

I’m always impressed by the degree of ingenuity that leading sales teams put into their selling strategy. But every time someone from sales says they’re taking an omnichannel route to drive sales without incorporating live chat or messaging in their sales funnel, I think, “ Huh? ”. Transactional selling.

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SBI

MAY 7, 2013

In February, I posted the first of a 2-part Sales Leaders’ pledge. It’s not sales goals or quotas I’m referring to (although a CSO study revealed that 37% of reps did not hit their plan last year — so we are falling short on those as well.) Author, Nancy Nardin is the foremost expert in sales productivity tools.

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InsightSquared

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Guest blog by Zahra Bukhari, sales operations manager at Localytics. An effective sales methodology is arguably the backbone of a successful sales team. Choosing the methodology that’s right for your organization is only one small step in the entire process, and the decision may not always be in the hands of the sales ops team.

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SBI

JULY 16, 2013

We rely on quotas as a method for measuring sales rep performance. The real magic to driving radical revenue growth resides in understanding sales productivity and how our reps spend their limited sales capacity. These are sales productivity issues. Salespeople have 215 selling days or 1720 hours a year to sell.

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SBI

MARCH 26, 2013

The subjects of both books are decidedly applicable to the field of Sales and Marketing. As I read both books, I asked myself what they tell us about how and what our prospects go through when they make decisions (either to believe in an idea, or to make a change). No one understands this better than a Sales Professional.

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Crunchbase

AUGUST 12, 2022

With solid earnings and endless opportunities for growth on offer, there’s never been a better time to consider starting a career in tech sales. In this article, we’ll discuss what a career in tech sales looks like and tips to succeed in the role. What is tech sales really about? What is a tech sales job like?

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Everyday, I have conversations with a wide variety of people, whether senior corporate executives, sales/marketing leaders, sales enablement/sales ops, front line sales managers, sellers, marketers. Prospecting is broken, even very good prospecting outreaches are no longer as impactful as in the past.

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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. No doubt, we use content to acquire, grow, and maintain the prospect’s attention for the purpose of populating and perpetuating the pipeline. They need content they can use to communicate with prospects through email.

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