Veloxy

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Did you know that asking questions makes it more likely for customers to approve of you? Research conducted at Harvard University suggests asking questions improves liking and learning. Open ended sales questions are a crucial aspect of the sales process. What are open ended sales questions?

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Iannarino

JULY 22, 2021

When it results in a negative number, it is often because the formula for revenue growth requires a meta formula: Revenue Growth = Growth of Sales Effectiveness. The most common belief in sales is that more is better than better. Those who have accomplished some end state we might call “better” are right to scale up their activity.

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Iannarino

JULY 14, 2021

The Gist: A new sales conversation is replacing the traditional sales call. Clients increasingly find traditional sales approaches to be inadequate—and it’s causing them to avoid salespeople. There is a new sales conversation , and it shares little with legacy sales techniques of 10, 25, or even 50 years ago.

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Salesmate

JUNE 9, 2020

Well, everyone wants the applause and incentives that are given when the sales quotas are achieved. Salespeople do not give enough attention to the initial stages of the sales process and suffer in the end with a poor conversion rate. 79% of marketing leads don’t convert into sales. What is a discovery call?

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The best reps ask the best questions. Asking questions is good for your brand and your career, according to this Forbes article. The research shows that asking more questions builds emotional intelligence.”. It turns out, asking (more, better) questions also translates well to the most successful reps. often plays well.

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Salesforce

OCTOBER 10, 2023

It’s no different in sales — only instead of game rules, you use a sales cycle to make sure you’re following the right steps at the right time. Let’s take a look at the stages of a sales cycle, and how you can use it to secure regular deal wins. What you’ll learn: What is a sales cycle?

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

For decades, sales people have been taught about the importance of “Discovery.” ” It’s a series of questions we inflict on the customer. With due respect to Neil Rackham, we’ve learned questioning techniques to support our discovery process. One problem, it’s all about us.

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Veloxy

APRIL 25, 2022

Thanks in part to the popularity of inside sales and remote work, and the improvement in sales engagement and sales analytics software, cold email metrics have been skyrocketing like never before. We’re writing this blog post to help you simplify the process of choosing between short emails and long emails.

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Gong.io

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Chris Orlob, John Barrows, and Mark Roberge know a thing or two about how to create this unfair advantage and dominate sales. Chris was an early Gong guy (Nov ‘16 start date) where he’s served as the Senior Director of Product Marketing followed by the Head of Sales for Existing Accounts. Cold calling to SEO.

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Gong.io

JULY 5, 2022

It‘s no secret that B2B sales (especially at the enterprise level) take a significant amount of time and effort to nurture and eventually close. The B2B sales funnel is a popular method for modeling this journey. What is a B2B sales funnel? . Now, there are a few naysayers who proclaim that “SaLeS fUnNeLs ArE dEaD.” .

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Iannarino

JUNE 19, 2021

The Gist: In a transactional sale, the salesperson has too little power to lead the client. In the legacy solution approach, the salesperson must negotiate a linear sales process. From Legacy to Modern Sales Approaches Parts 1-6: Part 1 | Approaches. Part 2 | The Starting Question. Part 4 | Discovery.

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Iannarino

JUNE 15, 2021

The idea of what makes up value in B2B sales has changed dramatically over time. But because our sales approaches fall into three different generations, each different in some meaningful way, some salespeople still haven’t recognized what buyers value. From Legacy to Modern Sales Approaches Parts 1-2: Part 1 | Approaches.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Recently, I was doing a workshop with a really great sales team. Some of them tried to convert those features to discovery questions. ” The team struggled for a few minutes, they kept asking questions that were product focused. Suddenly, one sales person got frustrated with my goading.

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Iannarino

JUNE 18, 2021

The Gist: The legacy approaches to sales are designed to overcome objections. The legacy solution approach to B2B sales added a level of proof, to provide clients with the confidence necessary to adopt their solution. From Legacy to Modern Sales Approaches Parts 1-5: Part 1 | Approaches. Part 2 | The Starting Question.

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Gong.io

MAY 20, 2021

You’re not there to ask questions. You’re there to prompt them to ask questions. . Wins begin in discovery. A common feature we saw across winning demos is that they were backed by good discovery calls. . A common feature we saw across winning demos is that they were backed by good discovery calls. .

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Iannarino

JUNE 20, 2021

The legacy laggard approach to sales views the product as the main source of value for prospective clients. The legacy solution approach to sales finds value in the solution the salesperson provides. From Legacy to Modern Sales Approaches Parts 1-7: Part 1 | Approaches. Part 2 | The Starting Question. Part 4 | Discovery.

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Gong.io

JUNE 25, 2021

Hard-hitting sales stats. ” Our product gives sales leaders data-backed insights into their sales team. And our Gong Labs team pores through stats from millions of sales interactions to uncover actionable sales tips. Sales Stats for Prospecting. Sales Stat #1: DON’T use ROI in cold emails.

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ClickFunnels

JANUARY 31, 2022

It’s important to understand that your lead magnet is the foundation of your entire sales funnel. It can either be displayed immediately or shown after they click the call-to-action button. A call-to-action button that encourages the potential customer to get the lead magnet. A company blog. within the US, $19.95

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

I’ve written more than 2,000 articles on my Understanding the Sales Force Blog and there are hundreds of other sales blogs. Some are written by sales experts. I am concerned about the subjects being curated for sales and sales leadership professionals. One or two are sales enablement topics.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Questions are probably one of the most critical tools for sales people and all leaders. It’s through questions and questioning, we think about change, doing things differently. But sometimes, our questions are less effective or actually weaponize our intent. So we ask questions, but with an agenda.

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 29, 2023

By Sheena McKinney , Sales Pipeline Radio Producer If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m Pacific on LinkedIn (also on demand) you can find the transcription and recording here on the blog every Monday morning. I’m your host, Matt Heinz.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 2, 2023

This is why sales qualification is so important — it helps you identify and prioritize prospects more likely to become buyers. How do you know whether to move prospects through your sales funnel or disqualify them? We’ll explain what sales qualification is and why it’s important. What is sales qualification?

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ClickFunnels

AUGUST 3, 2021

The post 10 Prospecting Tips To Explode Your Sales appeared first on ClickFunnels. Prospecting is a crucial part of the sales process. You need to identify prospects, reach out to them, and persuade them to take the next step in your sales funnel. Table of Contents: What Is Sales Prospecting? #1 Attend sales conferences.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 7, 2020

I had a fascinating call with a young sales person. He’d been reading a lot of my blogs, particularly on the “ customer’s why.” “Dave,” he asked, “I tried everything you suggested in your blogs. ” “What did you do, how did you end the call?”

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 22, 2022

To be honest, I may respond to less than 5% of the sales outreaches I get. ” By that, I mean, some sales person has taken the trouble to find me and reach out to me, and I’m interested enough to say, “tell me more… ” But they disappear. .” I trash or spam most. However, a response is a response.

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 19, 2019

There’s no shortage of sales tips online. In fact, Google returns 1,370,000,000 results when you search “sales tips”. Some of those results are Gong’s articles, and what sets them apart is our focus on data-backed sales tips. So when we share an article that includes the “7 best data-backed sales tips,” we mean business.

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criteria for success

MAY 4, 2022

Many senior executives in sales and marketing don’t know who their buyers are, and don’t know how to position a selling conversation. Using a buyer persona template will allow your sales and marketing teams to be more effective by understanding more about your buyers. We implemented the CFS Sales Growth Program. Download Now.

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Adaptive Business Services

MARCH 23, 2022

Events, social media activity (primarily Twitter and LinkedIn), calls, coffee, Zoom meetings…they’re all part of the process. Something like 95% of all blogs are abandoned. I started my first marketing blog in 2005, then sold it in 2010 and started the Webbiquity blog. How do you manage to stand out from the noise?

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Sales Hacker

JULY 26, 2023

Love it or hate it, artificial intelligence is massively changing the game in sales — and has huge potential for account executives. The future of AI in sales What AI can do for account executives The Harvard Business Review found sales teams using AI increased leads by more than 50% and reduced costs by up to 60%.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 5, 2019

The best sales methodology for your situation will change; it’s not static. Your company needs different sales methodologies at different stages of its maturity. The sales methodology that works in one stage of your company’s growth may actually harm it at a different stage. The Top 10 Sales Methodologies.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

I want to cover a bunch of meeting types–mostly sales meetings or sales calls, but also meetings we have internally, management meetings, and so forth. We make 1000s of sales calls, we sit in 100s of meetings… why are you wasting our time?” We have a long sales cycle.

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Jeff Shore

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Mindset is everything in sales. Sales technique is important, but mindset will always guide technique. Here are the top five beliefs that dramatically limit many sales professional’s success: 1. Buyers don’t like discovery questions. ?Every By Amy O’Connor . Buyers won’t buy without a discount or incentive. ?. ???Not

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Gong.io

AUGUST 22, 2018

“I’m running out of sales training ideas ,” the director of sales told me, a bit embarrassed. “My My job is to upskill the sales team ,” he said. But keeping a calendar of sales training topics has been tough to juggle with everything else I have to do.”. This story is more common than many sales managers care to admit.

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Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 31, 2020

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m. Pacific you can find the transcription and recording here on the blog every Monday morning. We cover a wide range of topics, with a focus on sales development and inside sales priorities. This and a LOT MORE!

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 29, 2023

By Sheena McKinney , Sales Pipeline Radio Producer If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m Pacific on LinkedIn (also on demand) you can find the transcription and recording here on the blog every Monday morning. I’m your host, Matt Heinz.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

If you have questions, it slows the line down. They answer questions you might have about the dishes. They do discovery, they make recommendations, they may help you reconsider some of your choices. Finally you reach the desserts, select one, then move to the cashier where they ask for your money. They provide the menus.

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 29, 2023

By Sheena McKinney , Sales Pipeline Radio Producer If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m Pacific on LinkedIn (also on demand) you can find the transcription and recording here on the blog every Monday morning. I’m your host, Matt Heinz.

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