Lead Fuze

JUNE 28, 2023

In this blog post, we will explore the role of sales representatives – from negotiating contracts and identifying leads effectively, to building relationships with potential clients. They conduct business operations, negotiate contracts, identify leads, contact prospects, and close deals.

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Hubspot

APRIL 27, 2023

While it is important for account executives to have great communication skills — verbal and written — they also need to know how to negotiate new contracts and renew existing contracts. The average annual salary for an Account Executive is $59,630 , and it can get as high as $110,000. Ask tech salespeople questions.

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Search Engine Land

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Hollywood writers negotiated new contracts to continue earning a living when genAI could use their ideas to create new plot twists. These early applications demonstrated the immense potential for ChatGPT in PPC account management and campaign optimization. Image from author’s presentation at SMX Next.

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Gong.io

JULY 11, 2022

Depending on their role within the team, inside sales reps engage in research, prospecting, email and social media outreach, cold calling, lead nurturing, qualification, demonstration, and negotiation conversations. Managing referrals from existing customers. Negotiating and closing contracts. AEs (Account Executives).

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Hubspot

JUNE 28, 2016

Rarely do client-side decision makers report to their fellow C-suiters the value your agency provides. Either way, it's a problem when clients are more focused on your invoices than your services. If you reduce a client's cost per lead and neither your client nor her C-suite knows it -- has it really happened?

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Salesforce

APRIL 18, 2023

Atef Ghori, Territory Account Manager, Hitachi Vantara Dear Atef: Most reps I know are motivated by building relationships and bringing real-life solutions to customers, not crunching numbers or drafting emails. Get answers to your burning questions about the best ways to sell, learn, and grow in this ever-changing field. Ask it here.

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Veloxy

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Closing deals : Field sales reps negotiate pricing and terms, and ultimately close deals with clients. Account management : After closing deals, reps may manage ongoing customer relationships, ensuring client satisfaction and identifying opportunities for additional sales.

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Engage Selling

AUGUST 12, 2017

Yet, despite having the ability to customize products and include clients in the sales process, there was often a barrier that made buyers feel … Read More » Strong partnerships between sellers and buyers were once considered the key to success in the marketplace.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 22, 2017

While we have some generalized notion of “selling,” contemporary sales organizations have grown in complexity and have evolved into a roster of functions — such as business development, closing, account management, and customer success — that require different specialized skill sets for their respective teams. Client Engagement.

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Lead Fuze

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Managed the client portfolio. Managed both the supply team and sales representative to find a more flowing rhythm for the supply chain. Contacted a list of high profile clients via email and phone to schedule sales negotiation. Client base. Management. Marketing manager. Account manager.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 24, 2023

A human sales rep can empathize with their concerns, share success stories from other clients who faced similar reservations, and offer reassurance based on their own expertise. Nailing Complex Problem-Solving and Negotiations When it comes to fancy-schmancy sales scenarios, humans have the upper hand.

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Lead Fuze

DECEMBER 1, 2021

For example: SMB customers might need monthly payment terms or “pay per transaction” costs; Enterprise clients may prefer long-term contracts with less administrative overhead. I’m good at negotiating deals for clients with plenty of cash available. Managing accounts after the sale is made.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 11, 2019

She loves winning new clients for the pure enjoyment and self-satisfaction of winning. When interviewing extrinsics, they may ask about compensation early and negotiate heavily to ensure the compensation matches their expensive lifestyle. RELATED: 12 Expert Tips For Managing a Successful Sales Team. Listen to them.

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Hubspot

JUNE 22, 2018

If you’re flexible on your time, you can write something like, “Our company hopes to finish the project within six months, but we’re open to negotiation for the right candidate.”. We provide our clients with web design services including coding, development, and branding. General account management. Elements of Proposal.

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VanillaSoft

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Mike shares insights about what tasks are best suited to each sales team role, how to best execute the handoff –– and why consistency is what matters most for your clients. They make sure to enter that data in their CRM to ensure consistency in client communications across the team. Your funnel is your friend. Strategy over script.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 26, 2021

They may have to put together an implementation plan and negotiate the resources needed to support the implementation. Some years ago, I was working with a client–they won a very large deal, the top executive of the business unit supported the decision and had funded the project. They may have to put together a risk analysis.

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Hubspot

APRIL 2, 2021

Nowadays, media buying is done in one of two ways: Direct buy – Media buyers forge relationships with publishers to negotiate ad inventory, e.g., working with a newspaper to have an ad placed in the upcoming issue. The negotiation still technically happens but it's done at a much quicker rate through open and private marketplaces.

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Lead Fuze

DECEMBER 1, 2021

For example: SMB customers might need monthly payment terms or “pay per transaction” costs; Enterprise clients may prefer long-term contracts with less administrative overhead. I’m good at negotiating deals for clients with plenty of cash available. Managing accounts after the sale is made.

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Product Account management Contract Price 40

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

It's very easy to find yourself putting together a beautiful project scope or proposal that painstakingly details every requirement the client has mentioned during your sales calls. The problem is, once the project kicks off, you're going to find yourself dealing with many, many things the client did not explicitly state.

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Miller Heiman Group

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Widening the net to search for new customers, or nurturing their long-term clients? This includes: Sales skills (surfacing explicit and implicit needs, social selling, negotiating, resolving concerns). Sales methodology (how the organization sells via call management, opportunity management and account management).

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 18, 2019

Trade shows provide great ways to gain new customers and strengthen relationships with existing clients. You have finagled and negotiated pricing with vendors and fought upper management for more budget; however, you and your marketing team have not defined what success actually looks like. The Holy Grail Metric.

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Miller Heiman Group

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

When assessing sellers, sales leaders instinctively want to give them a big goal to work toward, such as becoming a global account manager, a mentor for new hires, the first one to sell new products or the first to break a record. they convince clients to attend company events.

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Hubspot

MARCH 6, 2018

And you can prospect by asking current clients or colleagues for referrals of individuals who might be interested in your product/service. It varies widely from company to company, and may include things like delivering a quote or proposal, negotiation, achieving the buy-in of decision makers, and other actions.

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SaaStr

MAY 25, 2020

The amount of time companies waste negotiating and forcing people to buy unneeded licenses to “get the best price” is without question the least favored part of the buying process for the customer. “Set up expectations through out the sales process with your clients and be up front of what they should expect from you.”

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SBI

APRIL 1, 2020

For organizations that are time- or resource-constrained, or looking to enhance sales learning programs with pre-packaged and broader training, GO1 provides an extensive and highly vetted selection – spanning negotiation tactics, account management, “soft skills” and much more. About Brainshark.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

I was having a fascinating conversation with a good friend and client. Classically, customer procurement processes looked at, negotiated, and ordered products individually. We were talking about the challenges his people had in articulating value and differentiation. The products they sell had become highly commoditized.

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PandaDoc

AUGUST 9, 2023

A job title like Marketing Manager or Copywriter is a good place to start. You also list hard skills like “Account Management” or “B2B Software Sales” in your header. They’re likely to be your colleagues, superiors, subordinates, clients, prospects, industry peers, etc.

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Lead Fuze

AUGUST 12, 2021

Best 3 Episodes: Episode 34: How Ultra-High Performers Use Time Management – with Jeb Blount. Episode 50: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It: How to Apply FBI Tactics in Sales – with Chris Voss. Episode 31: Mastering Account Management as a Sales Professional. The Right Mindset to Attract Clients .

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 31, 2012

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. managing sales (4). managing sales teams (18). Negotiating (2). performance management (3). practice management (9). retaining clients (2). CLIENT RESULTS. |.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 31, 2012

I’d been invited by a client to participate and help analyze the loss. During the review, one of the product management executives was really puzzled as the sales team explained the loss. ” He was frustrated and didn’t understand. The solution is being developed, commitments are being negotiated.

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Hubspot

APRIL 2, 2018

It might be because another rep is handing off the deal, there’s been a territory change, or the deal has closed and an account manager is taking over. Negotiations. Checking in on new clients. You want them to feel just as valuable (if not more) as a client as they did as a prospect.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 3, 2020

So I had started by managing a book as an account manager and I found the job to be pretty reactive. Stephanie Blair: Well, my friends would say that I negotiate everything and that I was born a salesperson. I also have the client do a 360 Assessment. Sam Jacobs: How did you find your way into sales?

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

They seem to be completely at odds, with one focused on clients with a high acquisition cost and high ACV (annual account value), the other focused on a high sales velocity. SBMI ran a survey of one of their clients and found that only “27.9% Account management. Account sales. Close Rate.

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Search Engine Land

JUNE 26, 2023

Overcoming resistance to change Leadership support communicates the importance and benefits of SEO tools to the organization, encouraging a positive attitude towards embracing innovation, facilitating change management, and navigating resistance or skepticism. Share the NDA with the vendor and negotiate any necessary changes.

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Engage Selling

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

You’re having a hectic week of client meetings or at a tradeshow and things begin to slide in the self-care department. You know how it goes. Eat a greasy meal here, pull a late night there, and then load up … Read More »

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SaaStr

MARCH 17, 2020

Learn from Talkdesk SVP of Client Services how to build a Customer Reference Program. Gillian Heltai | SVP, Client Services @ Talkdesk. I’m the senior vice president of client services at Talkdesk. Another way that customers become advocates is a personal relationship with the account team. FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW.

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Engage Selling

JULY 1, 2017

It means having a reliable system to accurately forecast when clients are going to leave, so you can take steps either to … Read More » You can’t grow your business unless you are first able to predict losses. That’s not done with guesswork.

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