Veloxy

JUNE 6, 2022

Almost half of the field sales pros we surveyed say they’re most optimistic about the ability to improve customer experience in-person in 2022 and 2023. In 2020, COVID-19 had a negative impact on field sales. Field reps pivoted to remote or inside selling. Would you like to know the other field sales challenges?

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AUGUST 18, 2015

They'll have you believing that salespeople are no longer needed, selling is dead, and a consultative approach is dead too. They are basically ready to proclaim that anything selling related, that they don't really understand or find it necessary to do, is not needed and dead. They support and enhance selling.

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

That’s why we went back to the Score More Sales blog vault and put together our top tips from the popular “Inside Sales Tips” series we ran this past year. Get a commitment to talk again before the year is up. Revisit that stalled sales opportunity and BRING IT TO CLOSURE! Increase Opportunities.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2014

To make this a practical and valuable day, I thought I’d send a message to those in an inside sales career – sellers and sales managers alike. A Valentine for Inside Sales. You work in a position in an industry that is ever growing – be it individual contributor or sales leader -.

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APRIL 11, 2014

The state of the profession known as Inside Sales – or Remote Professional Selling – is thriving. While outside sales positions are on the decline, Inside Sales positions are growing at a phenomenal rate. Smart companies in nearly every industry are building out strong inside sales teams now.

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MARCH 21, 2014

For whatever reason, you don’t follow-up like you should. You want to follow-up, but some time elapses, and then in the back of your mind you fear that it won’t be a positive interaction so you get busy and forget. We were not crazy about it and ended up modifying the final project we paid them to do. Time passes.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Chad Burmeister , who is well known throughout the inside sales community, was one of the attendees. At one of the lunch breaks, he was talking about the customers his company, Connect and Sell , helps. He commented that most of them are inside sales organizations. No names, no emails, no follow up.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

At the end of January, B2B Sales and Marketing Influencer Craig Rosenberg posted a first ever, annual ranking of Inside Sales Influencers for 2013 on the Radius Intelligence blog. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling.

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APRIL 5, 2014

There are several reasons why e-mail alone is not the best strategy for you in connecting with potential buyers and following up with clients. Lori Richardson is recognized on Forbes as one of the “Top 30 Social Sales Influencers” worldwide. Complex topics or services don’t do well as email dialogue. Close More Deals.

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APRIL 4, 2014

Isn’t solving puzzles what selling is all about? Good sellers are humble and talk up others. Lori Richardson is recognized on Forbes as one of the “Top 30 Social Sales Influencers” worldwide. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies.

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APRIL 14, 2014

One of my favorite slogans in selling is: Never confuse activity with accomplishment. When it comes to selling, you must have these things in place: Understanding of exactly who your target market is – where you and your company do their best work. Inside Sales Power Tip 122 was about Keeping Your Focus.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 13, 2017

In our last article, we did a tactical tear down of when to hire sales trainer or sales consultant. In this post, we’ll explain how to find and hire the right sales consultant or sales trainer for your business. What Do You Look For In A Sales Consultant or Trainer?

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Pointclear

MARCH 13, 2014

Nick Stein, Vision Critical, Youth Meets Experience in Sales Force. Click to start video at this point —The young people entering the sales force are changing the dynamic between managers and their reps. Young people have grown up in an era of instantaneous, real time feedback, Nick said, so they expect to get answers immediately.

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JUNE 10, 2013

That’s why I love the profession of selling. Join me on the largest virtual sales event ever on June 20th. Attend the Inside Sales Virtual Summit with sessions by over 30 sales experts and authors. Ken Krogue , President of Inside Sales. Jill Konrath , best-selling author of SNAP Selling.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Those of us in remote, professional selling (also known as Inside Sales) need to be more aware of the massive, incredible power of appreciation. I submit that there is more power in this idea than in most any other aspect of selling, and have written about its power before. What social selling tool can do that for you?

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

In sales it is all about execution – the art of making things happen. Instead of rewriting your pitch or re-organizing your list of who to contact, pick up the phone and reach out to have conversations. Pick up the phone. I know inside sales professionals who go a day or two not connecting to anyone by phone.

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MAY 15, 2013

Remote professional selling requires a certain level of energy and enthusiasm that conveys confidence in yourself, your company, and your services or products. Too much is when someone sounds hyped up on more caffeine than a human should be allowed. Energy is follow-up. It is a fine line between enough and not too much.

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OCTOBER 14, 2013

Quick Wins are small, simple goals you can set up for yourself or have your leadership team help you with that are easy to accomplish and give you that great sense of victory so that you can be energized enough to make it to the bigger wins. In selling you need to be focused on doing activities that lead to sales.

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JUNE 3, 2013

A common issue among newer remote (inside) sales pros is that we tend to latch on to one person within a company to call on. This is one of the TOP issues I see when meeting with an inside sales team or with individual sellers. The post Inside Sales Power Tip 116 – Call Deep appeared first on Score More Sales.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Some of the newest people to become inside sales reps are those who have left the field for now – perhaps forever. Many outside sales positions with fat travel accounts and face-to-face client meetings are slowly being switched over to inside positions. Thousands of outside rep jobs have even been eliminated.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

This was a tip I learned from one of the most favorite of my 21 sales managers over my selling career – a former IBM top sales rep and leader who would say this so regularly that it was ingrained in my 20-something brain and has been there ever since. Prospects and buyers are so busy. Increase Opportunities.

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JANUARY 13, 2014

It is challenging and stressful to get a new sales position – even if you already work for the company in another position, or if you already have been in sales elsewhere and consider yourself a pretty good seller. The post Inside Sales Power Tip 148 – Be a Sponge appeared first on Score More Sales.

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APRIL 18, 2014

I had the pleasure to interview international business expert Dan Waldschmidt about his new book and about the idea of being edgy as opposed to what I was told to be growing up. ” Having people like Dan in my life help counteract that little voice that pops up for me regularly. Just go with the flow.”

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APRIL 1, 2013

When you have a true inside sales job you are either working with a quota to get a certain number of quality tasks accomplished each day. number of meetings or demos set up with qualified buyers. They get hit, fall down, and get back up. Isn’t that like your sales job? OR , you have dollar quotas to hit.

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JULY 8, 2013

Those who follow the blog may have seen mention that I have worked with and for 21 sales managers during my corporate selling career – at a number of technology, distribution, and financial services companies as an inside sales rep or outside rep. I have also managed sales teams. Ways to keep your focus -.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2013

From a calendar view, it can destroy days of your selling time. It creeps in when a sales rep goes to look up one thing online, sees something else, goes there, sees something else, and eventually you don’t get done what you originally set out to do. The wedding is much more interesting than selling right now.

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OCTOBER 28, 2013

It is a tricky thing in sales careers when it comes to confidence. Even for those successful and accomplished individuals, when you have a new job selling products or services new to you, confidence seems to often come off as shaky. The idea of teaming a rep up to help support another rep can be the next best thing.

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APRIL 23, 2013

Last week, the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP) met for their annual Leadership Conference, which was held this year in Chicago. Remote Professional Selling – Can We Start Using that Phrase?

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JANUARY 7, 2014

” Note that I’m not just repeating everything they say – that is parroting – and it can sound patronizing – so mix it up. Look through some of the sales opportunities you are working on. Also check out: Powerful Questions Help Qualify Sales Opportunities. Inside Sales Power Tip – Listen.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

I was at a conference last week for inside sales professionals and more than a few people recommended Three Sentences – the idea of sending just three sentences (or less) in all your email correspondence. . Have you noticed that when one strong personality has a crutch word that others around them pick it up?

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JULY 1, 2013

It seems like most of the time, we’re so wrapped up in our own company and how great we are, we forget that others outside of our company have no interest in hearing much from us until there is context and until we are adding value. Look up any word you don’t know and create a list for yourself. Choose wisely.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2013

doesn’t follow-up more than a couple of times (actually he’s glad, because they won’t waste his time). He regularly receives 200-300 emails in a day and cannot be bothered with most sales “pitches” Like other C-level executives I speak with, he says that sales people can seem lazy and are not persistent.

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APRIL 10, 2013

It was a full day at Day 1 of the AA-ISP (American Association of Inside Sales Professionals) 5th Annual Leadership Summit in Chicago. I’m here with 450 others who live in the world of professional sales, and I feel like a kid in a candy store. Bob shared research from their 2013 Inside Sales study.

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DECEMBER 9, 2013

Do you know how important understanding the word NO is in the profession of selling? A NO is wonderful in how it can free you up to focus on other possible yes buyers who are ready and interested in talking with you. The post Inside Sales Power Tip 144 – Know NO appeared first on Score More Sales. Close More Deals.

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OCTOBER 7, 2013

Soak it up for a minute – then MOVE FORWARD. You can take longer to get up to speed and be the biggest success in the office. At some point you do have to take a few steps back, grab a deep breath, and go back into building your sales pipeline and your business. You can fail and then succeed. It just doesn’t happen.

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MAY 27, 2013

It doesn’t happen without the up front effort of building out your social profile in all the right places. Not During Prime Selling Time. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. Gain Insight. Increase Opportunities.

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AUGUST 12, 2013

The three other customers in the aviation space using the tools your company sells and why they won’t ever give them up. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. Increase Opportunities. Expand Your Pipeline.

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