SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Top sales reps share a common trait. Why Top Sales Reps Will Be Unemployed in 2 Years set an SBI record for most views in one day. The post offered advice for top sales reps to avoid becoming obsolete. What can sales and HR leaders learn from this massive response? What separates top sales reps from the rest?

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Alice Heiman

MAY 11, 2023

This episode dives into how large organizations scale their sales teams. But do these approaches work for smaller organizations? Radhika Shukla has worked in a sales leadership role at some of the largest tech giants including Microsoft and IBM. She takes us through the entire gamut of building high performance sales teams.

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Alice Heiman

MAY 12, 2023

This episode dives into how large organizations scale their sales teams. But do these approaches work for smaller organizations? Radhika Shukla has worked in a sales leadership role at some of the largest tech giants including Microsoft and IBM. She takes us through the entire gamut of building high performance sales teams.

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Smooth Sale

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Do You Use All Your Senses for Business Growth? For these common issues, our blog offers insights into the question, ‘Do you use all your senses for business growth? My Story To do well in any endeavor, realize everyone operates differently. Celebrate Success!

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Allego

DECEMBER 9, 2021

At Allego, our product strategy is informed by market insights, customer feedback, technology innovations, and tons of research. We observed the evolving role of sales learning from formal, instructor-led training to becoming part of the essential enablement experiences that reps count on day-to-day to help themselves.

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Top of Funnel Sales Enablement Trends Coaching 125

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 6, 2022

Sales reps run into trouble when they try to go into a call totally cold. The modern buyer doesn't have the patience to address basic questions with answers that anyone can find through a cursory search — nor do they have the time to fill you in on their challenges. The 18 Best Places to Research Buyers Before Sales Conversations.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 21, 2014

This question comes up a lot when I’m talking with both sales leaders and salespeople. My conclusions are not based on statistical research or someone’s doctoral thesis. I’m merely sharing what I’ve observed. Also, women are very open to learning, and one way they do this is by listening to others.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 29, 2018

You said you’ve built a lot of sales incentive programs as a manager, and, not to toot your own horn, but they have worked pretty darn well. With 20-plus years and more than 1,500 sales incentive programs under my belt, I’ve got some experience to share. What do you want to achieve: Boost your quarterly numbers?

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

In our recent white paper The Ultimate Guide to Sales Negotiations , we discuss how negotiations improve with consultative selling. By stressing long-term relationships over short-term sales, sellers should form partnerships and work with buyers to achieve the best outcomes. It’s All in the Eyes Do not be a passive participant.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

In B2B sales environments, it’s easy to become a commodity. From a B2B Sales point-of-view, Social Sharing is beneficial for 4 reasons: 1. Clive Thompson points to several research studies that demonstrate this effect. One research study focused on college students. How Do I Social Share? Thought Leadership.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Here are the 5 sales metrics CEOs nominated for Sales Metric of the Year. 41 CEO in-person interviews were used to capture 36 sales metrics that CEOs feel “reveal the truth”. These CEOs were asked to vote for Sales Metric of the Year. And the winner is…. What is the Look-to-Book sales metric?

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SendBuzz

APRIL 22, 2023

Rejection is an everyday reality, and the pressure to meet sales targets is looming over like a threatening beast. At the same time, a motivated sales team is a crucial ingredient for any successful business. At the same time, a motivated sales team is a crucial ingredient for any successful business.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 22, 2018

What can I do to get ahead?”. What are buyers really looking for in a seller?”. Do these questions run through your mind on a regular basis? Below are the 10 essential selling skills you need to succeed in sales today -- all extracted from the study's findings. Top 10 Sales Representative Skills.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

New research highlights that winning sales reps do things quite differently, especially when it comes to discovery, financial justification and collaboration. This, according to a new survey of over 700 B2B purchases by The Rain Group analyzing what distinguished the winning sales reps from the runner-ups.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Top Sales & Marketing Awards 2011. Stored in Attitude , Awards , Business Acumen , Communication , Compete , Marketing , Sales Success , execution , qualifying. One for Top Sales & Marketing Blog , where I share the company of last year’s winner S. December 2007.

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Mereo

MARCH 24, 2022

What can your business development team do with that stark reality? A glimmer of opportunity comes from that same CSO Insights research: 90% of buyers are willing to engage salespeople earlier in the process if a selling organization can deliver more value by means of: Sharing new insights and information.

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HeavyHitter Sales

JANUARY 14, 2013

.   There's a natural tendency to assume that the losing salespeople lacked sales prowess that the winner possessed or their product was far inferior in some way. This suggests that there are other factors that separate the winner from the losers with some being completely out of the salesperson's control.

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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Here, let’s examine five sales stereotypes, where they come from, and how to overcome them. Before this, we must first understand how a changing sales environment affected sellers. Transactional Selling In many ways, the rise of sales stereotypes can be attributed to transactional selling. Today, sellers not only sell products.

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Anthony Iannarino

JULY 29, 2019

In a contest measured by the value the salesperson creates, there is a winner and a loser. The victory often goes to the salesperson and sales organization who can solve the client’s problem, the best of whom solve the problem before it’s a problem. This is how to be more competitive in sales now. Competition to Displace.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 15, 2021

What is an RFP response? Sellers must then submit a compelling RFP response to be selected as the winner. According to new data in Loopio’s 2021 RFP Response Benchmarks & Trends Report , which surveyed 650+ teams across North America, RFPs account for a whopping average of 35% of an organization’s annual sales revenue.

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 20, 2012

I was traveling south on Montgomery Road today and NOT thinking about sales, sales management or coaching sales. What I do know is this. I dont' know if they were doing research or just marketing a new bottled water. What I do know is that NO ONE accepted the free offer.

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Corporate Visions

MAY 30, 2019

The post What Kind of B2B Marketing Personalization Gets Results? Our research backs this up. Our research backs this up. This means marketers are spending countless hours researching every detail about their prospects—everything from industry trends to company challenges to what they ate for lunch.

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BrainShark

JUNE 28, 2023

Why sales coaching matters — a few key points Knowledge retention Sales coaching activities add an interactive element to learning and are an excellent way to ensure knowledge retention and evaluate whether reps can “play back” what they learned in their training. Revenue At the end of the day sales coaching delivers ROI.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Here’s what you might have missed from No More Cold Calling this month. But before we move on, let’s take the time to think about what we’ve learned this year. Which broken sales strategies should we leave in the past (ah-hem, cold calling )? So what’s the fastest way to gain entrance into the C-suite? Goodbye, 2014.

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Allego

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Another sales kickoff season is upon us, and for the first time since 2019, these annual sales events are like kickoffs from pre-pandemic days. The virus hasn’t gone away, sales teams are dispersed around the globe, and remote work is here to stay. I know—not what you want to hear. But not quite.

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Salesmate

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

What do you do when a manager provides negative feedback about your sales performance? Do you give excuses, stay mum, and ignore their feedback or promise to work harder? Well, if you decide to work harder, how do you do it. Do you try to change your approach or just work a little extra?

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Smooth Sale

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Doing so would work on the owner’s behalf by drawing attention to the business and attracting a more robust audience to become clients. Consider which you find annoying, what to avoid, and how you may further improve your effort. Do your research upfront to avoid potential difficulties. Contests And Giveaways.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 10, 2019

12 months ago, Sales Hacker was acquired by Outreach. It was a huge moment for me personally and the Sales Hacker team. It was also the beginning of a new chapter for the entire Sales Hacker community. Outreach sales reps will never have access to the Sales Hacker database. Think LinkedIn and Microsoft.

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Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

MAY 10, 2022

There are lots of differences between winners and losers, but perhaps the most significant is the way the former talk to themselves after a setback. The big difference between the successful and the unsuccessful is what a landmark psychological study calls “explanatory styles.” What makes an optimist.

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Salesmate

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

80% of all sales are made by 20% of salespeople. The winners sell to prospects that losers gave up on. . You surely would want to prove your sales manager or seniors in the new company that you are amongst the 20% who have the potential to win. The experience can be deadly if you do not know what you are doing.

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Keith Rosen

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

If everyone claims to be an expert in lead generation, SEO, social media, branding, book marketing and closing sales, how do you choose? I certainly don’t have the time to research every company. Prove what you can do. HOW TO WIN: The first person/company to generate a SALE for Profit Builders wins!

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Miller Heiman Group

MAY 23, 2019

Despite what many believe, he didn’t discover continental North America or even set foot there.). Too many sellers approach deals like Columbus: they have a clear goal—closing the deal—but they bumble through the sales process without ever charting a course to reach that goal. percent attainment—a gain of 13.6

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Author: Tim Houlihan Why we don’t know what motivates us best. Sales manager: I’d like to know what rewards the reps would like for our next incentive. Sales rep: Cash! Sales manager: Sounds good. You may be a seasoned sales manager, fatigued by trying to come up with innovative ways to motivate your reps.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan “What happens when new and fast-improving technologies create opportunities to unleash untapped sources of revenue, some of them long trapped by market inefficiencies?”. There’s no reason it can’t have equally powerful impacts on B2B sales and marketing, but it’s in its infancy, experts say. “AI

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Eliot Burdett, CEO of Peak Sales Recruiting, explains why in this month’s guest post. Have B2B sales reps gone the way of CD players, the Rolodex, and analog radio—replaced by technology that gets the job done faster and better? They’ve also researched what our competitors have to offer. needs us more than ever.

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Smooth Sale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: What Does Winning Mean to You? Customers receive what they desire, and the salesperson typically earns a sizable commission. Once we each answer the question, ‘What does winning mean to you?’ A current example is that of one lucky winner forthcoming in the Powerball contest.

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Showpad

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Showpad just hosted the world’s largest sales enablement conference. This post will recap TRANSFORM 2020 keynotes, breakouts and sessions and give you some new ideas about sales enablement you can put into practice right now. Customer knowledge lives in your CRM systems, surveys, meeting notes, market research and excel sheets.

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