Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Technical selling of SaaS, on-premise software, and hardware solutions has relied on sales proofs of concept (POCs) that require pre-sales professionals to lead, manage, and drive to a ‘technical win” outcome so that account executives can close the deal. Sales Profile: SMB to Commercial. Seller’s Cost: Low.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. A variation on the familiar “oh no, it is not the hardware, it’s a software issue” ya right. A couple days later, I gave it another go – slightly more aggressively to the point: Tweeted: Why is it I pay for a month’s worth of internet but your services are not up all month?

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Openview

MAY 22, 2018

Sales Knowledge Management gives your sales team productivity superpowers by enabling them to focus on selling instead of hunting for information. Time Management for Sales study conducted by InsideSales.com Labs shows that sales reps spend 63% of their time on non-revenue generating tasks.

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The Pipeline

MAY 12, 2011

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. The two reasons were: 1) The current test environment is all physical and is taking up too much space in the datacenter. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. EDGE Sales Process. EDGE Selling. Gap Selling. Hiring Sales Talent. Interactive Selling. Sales Cycle.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Do you feel like your selling job is becoming harder and harder over time? Don’t worry — you are not alone: 69% of your colleagues feel the exact same way, according to Salesforce’s State of Sales 5th edition. As the same State of Sales 5th edition claims, salespeople, on average, sell only 28% of their working hours.

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Customer Centric Selling

APRIL 2, 2014

Sales Training Article: 2014 - So Far, So Good? By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Now would be a good time to attend a sales training workshop to learn how you can save the year and make your number. Need some help with your sales performance?

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Showpad

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Marketing and production, in particular, provide significant support: The product development team, of course, makes sure there’s something to sell. Even IT plays a role, keeping your e-commerce page and mobile applications up and running. It must support your sales training program.

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LeadBoxer

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

We all know that making a sale is the act of exchanging a product or service in return for cash, but there is far more to selling than what meets the eye. With B2B e-commerce sales predicted to exceed B2C e-commerce sales by 2020, B2B selling is constantly growing. How are B2B sales different from B2C sales?

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Costello

APRIL 16, 2019

At Carolinas IT , says Jennifer Noto, “new sales reps are required to use the read our playbook to familiarize themselves with our sales process and services.”. Our sales playbook is a guide for our reps to help them sell our services. This is also true when you’re helping clients land sales for themselves.

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Customer Centric Selling

MARCH 4, 2016

By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling®. Decades ago, while selling clients their first business computer systems, I learned a valuable lesson: Software is only as good as the data that’s entered. There was a phrase used in our office -- "With bad data, technology just speeds up the mess.".

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The Pipeline

APRIL 15, 2011

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. The integration with CRM will help salespeople choose when to interact as well as provide them with fodder for relevant follow-up conversations. Marketing automation software generates the data marketers need to provide new levels of support to sales. Home About The Pipeline. Not really.

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The Pipeline

JULY 29, 2011

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. Ask what their timeline is and schedule action items and follow-ups in conjunction with them. Ask them when they want their next follow-up, and follow up. And the larger your company (it’s reach, sales force, brand offerings, partner layout), the more robust your tools need to be.

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Customer Centric Selling

AUGUST 3, 2016

Sales Tips: Do Your Buyers Have a Sense of Urgency? By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling®. When trying to get to the end of sales cycles, sellers always seem to be in a hurry. He said the payback on his software had not been fully itemized but that it would be a “no brainer” financial decision.

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Chorus.ai

JULY 28, 2020

You may be selling to someone who does not have the authority to make buying decisions. Sales professionals need to work hard early on to ensure that the prospect understands how to navigate internal processes. The reps need to be able to sell your solution internally and make processes fall in place. Do you have any concerns?”

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Chorus.ai

DECEMBER 1, 2020

You may be selling to someone who does not have the authority to make buying decisions. Sales professionals need to work hard early on to ensure that the prospect understands how to navigate internal processes. The reps need to be able to sell your solution internally and make processes fall in place. Do you have any concerns?”

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Objections Case Study ROI Lead Rank 73

Chorus.ai

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Developing your sales strategy first requires that you diligently build up a conception of your target audience — otherwise known as your ideal customer profile (ICP) — before setting goals and constructing your sales funnel. Are there any customer types who are particularly receptive to what you’re selling?

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Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 3, 2012

The End of Solution Sales. The Role of Sales Leadership & Management. I put it in my to read file and as I fly to Hong Kong (16 hours) to lead a clients sales leadership workshop I pulled it out to read and contemplate. At 35,000 feet it woke me up. Now what does that title mean to you?

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PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

All of those elements and several others are influenced by your company’s sales culture. The role of congruence in sales. What is the definition of sales culture? Sales culture is essentially the sum of your team’s attitudes, values, and behaviors; it can usually be summed up in ten or so terms.

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Customer Centric Selling

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Sales Tips: How to Turn a "No Decision" into a WIN. When a software client grew frustrated with their dismal results from efforts to improve sales, they knew they needed to find out exactly what their buyers wanted. This software client’s win rate significantly improved with buyer feedback. Find buyers’ pain points.

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Customer Centric Selling

JUNE 17, 2013

They require longer, 6-12 month sales cycles. When a big deal is lost, it’s very difficult to make up for it. 11,000 companies, 315 metrics, 14 key sales drivers, 12 years of hard data). If you are a Sales Rep and behind in revenue, you risk your job. Last week we caught up over lunch.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Monday, January 17, 2011 Value Selling Tools and the Buying Lifecycle With two economic downturns in the past ten years, buyers are more frugal than ever, demanding that each investment help them do-more-with-less, provide a bottom-line impact, and deliver superior value. But up-front purchase price isn’t everything.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Nancy Cooper, finance chief of software developer CA Technologies, based in Islandia, N.Y., CFO Control Drives Frugalnomics Further This centralization of power to financial chiefs has important implications for the way the buying cycle is managed, and how B2B sales and marketing groups must navigate these more complex waters.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 23, 2024

Each stage in a pipeline utilizes specific tools, such as CRM systems, business directories, as well as proposal generation and document management software. Integration of CRM software with sales automation and document management tools is fundamental to enhance overall operational efficiency in sales.

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MEDDIC

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Steve is an experienced leader in CRM and Sales Force Automation with a strong sales background obviously. Our chat gave me the opportunity to share publicly, for the first time, some of the nuggets I usually only share in my private workshops. Steve : This is Outside Sales Talk, the best podcast for Outside Salespeople.

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Chorus.ai

JANUARY 29, 2020

Sales being the hyper-competitive place that it is, a business can potentially live or die by its ability to bring sales professionals up to speed. As a result, coaching and the steady production of fresh, new sales training ideas can be major stressors for sales managers, particularly on SaaS sales teams.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

In a recent survey by IDC, 24% of buyers indicated that the sales reps are not prepared for presentations at all, 30% indicate that they are somewhat prepared , and only 29% indicate that they are well prepared.

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Gong.io

JULY 18, 2022

That’s where Solution Selling comes in. In this article, we’ll explain what Solution Selling is, what sets it apart, and how to tell if it’s right for your team. We’ll also cover the steps of the Solution Selling methodology so you can adopt it in your organization. What is Solution Selling? Then they’d offer a solution.

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Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

“The global spread of the coronavirus is the tipping point for virtual selling, which represents the commercial model of the future.”. A couple of sectors were all set to adopt the remote work culture, but then there are a few niches such as sales where remote work came with its own set of challenges! No, not at all!

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SBI

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Highspot organizes sales content using its proprietary Spot technology, which is a more intuitive way for sellers to discover relevant content compared to other solutions that use a rigid folder architecture. Create a personalized experience that gives prospects a single URL for engaging throughout the sales cycle.

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Showpad

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

This and numerous other inefficiencies can be solved with Sales enablement technology , which can drive performance through analytics and insights. Let’s take a closer look at what Sales enablement marketing is all about and what benefits enablement software can generate for a Sales organization.

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SalesLoft

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

As a start to our sales coaching journey, let’s begin by understanding why effective sales coaching is so important. . Selling is a constantly evolving practice. Every potential client is unique and no rep, manager, or sales leader can predict every outcome for every deal. Take ownership of their deals .

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

And for leveling up your sales skills, nothing beats a good sales book. So what are the best sales books for helping you reach peak performance? There are only about 10–15 books in each discipline, so you can easily read up on the books you’re likely to need or want. Sales Models and Fundamentals.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 21, 2023

This invaluable resource will equip you with the knowledge and confidence to navigate sales conversations with ease, impress prospects, and elevate your selling game. B2B activities can include selling goods to other businesses, providing services, forming partnerships, or collaborating on projects.

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Product Management University

MAY 24, 2017

Product demo objections are a staple of the sales process in the B2B software business. Don’t get too worked up over it. By asking the right questions early in the sales cycle. In reality, many objections raised during the sales cycle are not that important relative to the big picture.

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Close.io

JUNE 24, 2019

Marketing was responsible for building interest and generating leads and then sales would pick up the baton and close revenue. With marketing asking why sales wasn’t following up on their leads and sales wondering if marketing even knew what a decent lead was, it became apparent that something needed to fill the gap.

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Outsourcing Services Lead Rank Hiring Sales Qualified Lead 91

Sales Hacker Training

APRIL 30, 2018

To see what selling on steroids looks like, check out companies with the best sales enablement strategies. You’ll discover a lively place, with a lot of things — like revenue, productivity, and win rate s — going up, and a lot of things — like speed to revenue, sale cycle period, customer churn, and staff attrition rate — going down.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 7, 2022

And establishing synergy among teams is really essential if you’re hoping to optimize sales outcomes and meet or exceed all of your sales targets. On the most recent episode of Ready, Set, Sell , our guest Reid Oliver shared his tips on finding cross-functional alignment to achieve excellence in enterprise sales.

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