The Pipeline

JANUARY 13, 2012

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Buying Process , EDGE Sales Process , Forecast , Funnel management , Interactive Selling , Metrics , Proactive , Productivity , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Time Allocation , execution. Wednesday I posted a piece about the importance of working your sales cycle, not the calendar.

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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. Duration: 15 to 30 Days.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2011

One profession that stands to benefit most from these apps is sales. We at Software Advice typically focus on sales force automation software , but we decided to broaden our focuse and see what is available on mobile devices to match the needs of a mobile sales force. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Cycle.

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Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Here are a few you might recognize: B2B or business-to-business sales : Designed for B2B-style businesses that target their sales pitch toward key business decision makers (typically C-suite level leadership or managers) who are responsible for purchasing products, services, and software for their company. The Brooks Group.

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The Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

The length of your sales cycle will vary, and so will the number of touchpoints necessary to close a deal. But sometimes the process is dragged out longer than necessary simply because your salesperson lacks the confidence to ask for the sale. Sales Performance Improvement Time Management Sense of urgency.

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Openview

MAY 22, 2018

For any sales organization, ramp-up time for new team hires is always a big concern. The length of the ramp-up period is influenced by building up the pipeline, average sales cycle, but onboarding and access to the right knowledge is another huge contributing factor. 5 Tips to Successfully Capture Your Sales Knowledge.

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Showpad

DECEMBER 11, 2020

If these segments of the company factor into sales as a whole, it naturally follows that a high-performing sales training platform should be integrated with software used by those other departments. It must support your sales training program. It should place a focus on individual, trackable coaching.

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Customer Centric Selling

APRIL 2, 2014

Now would be a good time to attend a sales training workshop to learn how you can save the year and make your number. In order to be less reactive and more proactive I suggest projecting a sales cycle ahead on an ongoing basis. Need some help with your sales performance? Miss your Q1 target?

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Customer Centric Selling

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Upon hearing about this concept years ago in one of my workshops, a student approached me at a break and realized in trying to sell software to a heating oil distributor, he had lost a software sale to a delivery truck! Listen to Social Selling evangelist, Jill Rowley, in Episode 20 of Sales Rehab!

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Sales professionals must direct AI tools, validate outputs, provide context, and maintain ethical standards. Sales enablement software remains vital for managing sales activities efficiently. AI tools complement such software through data-driven insights. Start by conducting a thorough audit of your sales process.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 3, 2011

A variation on the familiar “oh no, it is not the hardware, it’s a software issue” ya right. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle. Sales eXchange. Sales Force Alignment. Sales Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Meetings. Sales Process.

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Costello

APRIL 16, 2019

Sales playbooks let us spell out best practices and give reps codified playbooks to follow so that they know what they are supposed to be doing no matter where an account is in the sales cycle.”. This is also true when you’re helping clients land sales for themselves. The team won industry awards and made record sales.”.

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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. It starts with prospecting for potential leads, then moves through to negotiation and closing the deal.

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The Pipeline

MAY 12, 2011

He is internationally known for his ground breaking work in evaluating sales people, he is the developer of a tool for evaluating sales forces, and the co-developer of several software and web applications that help sales managers coach and hold their salespeople accountable. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Cycle.

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Customer Centric Selling

MARCH 4, 2016

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. Implementing software within sales organizations such as a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system is a significant undertaking ( What is CRM?

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Customer Centric Selling

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

A Sales Benchmark Index (SBI) study showed over 50% of sales cycles that end with sellers involved, result in buyers making “no decision.” When trying to justify expenditures, a seller’s challenge in complex sales is to provide an enterprise view of value. Need some help to increase sales?

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Customer Centric Selling

AUGUST 3, 2016

Sales Tips: Do Your Buyers Have a Sense of Urgency? When trying to get to the end of sales cycles, sellers always seem to be in a hurry. I’m consulting with a client and recently was discussing a $500,000 software opportunity in a seller’s pipeline that he hopes to close by year-end. Need some help to increase sales?

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HeavyHitter Sales

JULY 1, 2011

Closing Techniques Using Sales Linguistics. Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors. Sales Career Advice.

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LeadBoxer

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

So, what are B2B sales, and how are they different from B2C sales? In this article, you’ll learn how businesses use varying strategies to sell to each other and what type of software they can use. Use the links below to navigate each section: What are B2B sales? How are B2B sales different from B2C sales?

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Customer Centric Selling

AUGUST 30, 2013

Sales Training Article: Why A Rising Win Rate Could be a Bad Sign. By Drew Zarges, Sales Benchmark Index The software company''s VP of Sales boasted about his win rate. Their shortlist could be created without even interacting with sales representatives. The software company was among them.

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LeadFuze

APRIL 2, 2019

The accurate and relevant content allows the sales teams to make the best possible sales strategy for inducing of the client to buy the product from your organization. It is good to create a general map of your sales cycle that can provide a general idea of types of content that can be best for each stage of the sales cycle.

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Customer Centric Selling

MAY 18, 2016

It prompted me to wonder if companies have modified their sales process milestones developed in the 90’s and imbedded them into their CRM software? I was surprised to realize it’s probably okay but vendors should consider incorporating steps from customer buying processes into their sales processes.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 15, 2011

The above are only three suggestions for how marketing automation can help companies establish a seamless end-to-end buying process, facilitated by sharing the insights to prospect behavior that sales reps can act upon to expedite the purchase decision. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle.

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The Pipeline

JULY 29, 2011

As you grow your inbound strategies, follow one of the leading software and content providers in this small and medium business space, Hubspot. And the larger your company (it’s reach, sales force, brand offerings, partner layout), the more robust your tools need to be. And the easier and more comprehensive your software, the better.

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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. 11,000 companies, 315 metrics, 14 key sales drivers, 12 years of hard data). He is currently the #1 producing Rep at a Fortune 50 software company. He was at the end of a 9 month sales cycle when he took corrective action. These opportunities are more complex.

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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. Is your sales training program designed to enhance the professionalism of your team?

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Babette Ten Haken

MARCH 27, 2019

Then, these technical and engineering stakeholders update, upgrade and maintain software infrastructure and intelligent machine interfaces. In my Storytelling for STEM Professionals and Left Brain Thinkers workshops, we break down communication barriers between functional silos. Do you know who they are?

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Chorus.ai

JULY 28, 2020

How do you then sell them SaaS software? Early on in the sales cycle, ask your prospect for feedback by saying, “Does our solution meet all of the requirements you have? Rather than tell you “this isn’t a priority” or “my team is not understanding how we’ll drive ROI/value,” the prospect hedges and the sales cycle drags on.

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Chorus.ai

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Be clear about any changes you’re making to the tech stack , offering how-to-use workshops if necessary, and demonstrate how your reps’ performance will be assessed. There’s a battle within the war here to find out what motivates your individual sales reps. Start with your customer relationship management (CRM) software.

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Chorus.ai

DECEMBER 1, 2020

How do you then sell them SaaS software? Early on in the sales cycle, ask your prospect for feedback by saying, “Does our solution meet all of the requirements you have? Rather than tell you “this isn’t a priority” or “my team is not understanding how we’ll drive ROI/value,” the prospect hedges and the sales cycle drags on.

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PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

However, make sure you don’t repeat the same sales contests — not only will the same people keep winning (causing everyone else to give up ultimately), but you’ll also turn the winners into natural targets. Then, the next day, reward the person who has the shortest average sales cycle. Have a common goal in mind.

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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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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Nancy Cooper, finance chief of software developer CA Technologies, based in Islandia, N.Y., The Buying Lifecycle according to SiriusDecisions, highlighting how CFOs and other executives are involved early in the decision making, helping to drive change, and then again later in the sales cycle when the purchase must be financially justified.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

As today’s buyers are empowered by the Internet to do their own research and drive their own purchasing due diligence – engaging sales later than ever, or not at all – easy to use versions of these diagnostic tools need to be on-line, readily available, interactive and personalized to empower self-service research.

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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. Of course, the sales rep needs to be good at execution, being able to ask questions).

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Chorus.ai

JANUARY 29, 2020

One of sales training’s primary uses is to show your reps how they can best use their time, resources, and attributes. New approaches and tools emerge frequently, from time-tracking software to new CRMs, and your team must be up-to-date. New approaches to sales conversations can improve outcomes in every phase of the sales cycle.

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