Sell Or Die

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Jeffrey goes one-on-one with Mr. Inside Sales, Mike Brooks, to drop the knowledge on succeeding during cold calls. He and Jeffrey discuss best practices to take the "cold" out of prospecting, gatekeeper best practices, handling initial resistance, and how to set an actual meeting that will make you money!

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Sales Hacker

JULY 25, 2019

As a sales trainer, there’s always a balance between research and just picking up the phone and dialing out. Too little, and you sound like a cold call , and you’ll get disconnected. What you need is a quick and easy way to do some pre-call planning — so you have a successful call without having to invest too much prep time.

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Sales Gravy

DECEMBER 18, 2020

On this inspiring episode of the Sales Gravy podcast, Jeb Blount (Virtual Selling) talks to Brian Knox, owner and founder of B Knox Photography. This young entrepreneur leveraged Fanatical Prospecting to quickly ramp up his successful and fast-growing photography business that he started this year.

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Veloxy

APRIL 25, 2022

Cold emailing has never been more effective. 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. Most B2B emails that reach your inbox every day are cold emails.

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Hubspot

APRIL 5, 2023

Inside sales reps are tasked with nurturing leads and converting them into customers. Glassdoor estimates that inside sales reps often have a take-home pay of $70,000, including commission and bonuses. Outside sales representative positions include some travel time to meet with buyers and pitch products.

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Gong.io

JUNE 25, 2021

Here are the 30 most eye-popping, jaw-dropping, mind-melting sales stats we’ve ever uncovered. Sales Stats for Prospecting. Sales Stat #1: DON’T use ROI in cold emails. Sharing ROI stats in cold emails is often shared as a “best practice.” Annoyed prospect. Annoyed prospect.

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SalesHandy

JULY 5, 2021

Which is where social selling comes in. Social selling isn’t a completely new concept in B2B sales – it’s been around since social platforms like LinkedIn and Twitter exist. Throughout this blog, we’ll learn all about it – how to make social selling part of your process, along with bonus tips.

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VanillaSoft

JULY 14, 2021

Prospects can tell when you use a sales call script. When it sounds like narration rather than a conversation, you make your prospects feel like mere names on a list. Not good news for the cold callers! Table of Content Should You Ditch Call Scripts? So why should the prospect listen to you?

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VanillaSoft

JUNE 7, 2021

If you’re placing sales calls with any frequency, you’ll probably get voicemail about 70% of the time, says veteran sales trainer Art Sobczak , who literally wrote the book (“ Smart Calling ”) on best practices for using the phone to sell. ?? Voicemail can be a powerful tool for sales if you use it wisely. .

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Score More Sales

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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Veloxy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Getting and keeping your prospect’s attention on a cold call can be done in four ways. You can either: Make the call about them. The cold call opening lines below all help you do one or all of those things. ( Only 69% of buyers taking one or more cold calls each year. Respect their time.

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Score More Sales

AUGUST 12, 2013

If you spend part of your day calling prospective buyers, you must find a way to connect with them on some level in order to earn ten or fifteen more minutes of their time. The three other customers in the aviation space using the tools your company sells and why they won’t ever give them up. Building trust takes time.

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SaaStr

JULY 31, 2020

The NLP (Natural Language Processing) technology has even provided guidance on how to handle COVID-19 discussions with customers and prospects. . Here are just some of the metrics: Cold calls have dropped 20% overall. Leadership has gotten more involved on both the buying and selling side for several reasons,” said Benton. “On

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Heinz Marketing

JULY 21, 2018

Four Inside Sales Rules That Beg to Be Broken. Some common inside sales rules that may need to be reconsidered when looking at the evidence. Sales Pipeline Data Shows That Most Late Stage Opportunities Just Aren’t. Unexpectedly Connected: 7 Steps to Surprising Prospects. Great article, Dave Kurlan.

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SalesLoft

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Speaker : Kevin Dorsey, VP of Inside Sales at PatientPop. Objections come with the territory when making cold calls. Attend to hear Kevin Dorsey, VP of Inside Sales at PatientPop, share how to handle objections and bounce back from rejection. . Moderator: Ralph Barsi, VP Global Inside Sales at Tray.io.

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Lead Fuze

JUNE 28, 2023

Last but not least, we’ll highlight the importance of professional certification programs for enhancing credibility along with ways to achieve personal goals through effective selling techniques learned via job experiences or formal education programs. How hard is it to be a sales rep? Plus, they get to travel.

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Veloxy

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

There are sections of this guide that presumes you’re using Veloxy Sales AI Software for Salesforce, which easily and automatically accelerates sales by predictably optimizing customer engagement. What is Sales Acceleration? Let’s start by sharing what Sales Acceleration isn’t. How to Accelerate Sales: 7 Best Tactics.

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Veloxy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Whether you’re a beginner, intermediate or inside sales expert, we can all agree on a few things. One; sales is no longer just about high pressure, ‘won’t take no for an answer’ pitches. And two, sales tactics are not just learned in the classroom – it’s a never ending journey of ‘sales-education’. No problem.

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Women Sales Pros

MARCH 1, 2019

Total sales, either revenue or margin based on how you compensate sales reps Net new clients Current account revenue Sales growth Client retention Sales Activity Metrics Set these metrics based on daily, weekly and monthly performance based on the sales role.

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Score More Sales

APRIL 2, 2012

We are adamant that if you are in inside sales (or outbound sales) you must STOP these practices immediately. If your sales leader thinks they are OK or that they work, please send them our way. Stop calling people without a quick scan of their website. Lying is never appropriate – it’s just wrong.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 25, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Sales Articles. Selling a Price Increase. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Debunking the Myth of “Inside Sales” Jan 26, 2012.

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SBI

APRIL 24, 2012

Tweet AA-ISP Inside Sales Summit. Four hundred Inside Sales leaders attended the 2-day American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP) Summit last week in Dallas. The Summit is the only conference dedicated exclusively to Inside Sales Leadership. of leads will close. Anneke Seley).

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SBI

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Inside sales reps who engage prospects with a personalized pitch see better open rates, have longer conversations, and book more meetings. But migrating from a traditional cold calling model to one that requires a high-level of customization can be challenging, even for the most sophisticated inside sales environments.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 31, 2018

I’ve been selling for over 30 years, and it’s been a blast. I’ve seen some incredible changes, and I can say without a doubt that right now is the best time to invest in a sales career. Sales is fun, critically important to scaling businesses, financially lucrative, and intellectually stimulating. Cold calling.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 11, 2021

On this episode of the Sales Hacker podcast, we talk to Joe Venuti, VP of Inside Sales at Sendoso, on how to maintain a healthy work culture in a remote environment and why direct mail is effective in the digital world. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Who sales development should report to [22:16].

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 8, 2019

Regardless of where the challenge is, whether it’s our close rates, our average deal value, our sales cycle, our ability to create value, our pipeline volumes; the dominant solution is to focus on the top of the pipeline, prospecting. And the dominant approach is to just do more prospecting! What limits more is time.

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Highspot

DECEMBER 19, 2023

To amplify its impact, many companies integrate the playbook into a collaborative sales training platform that allows SDRs to easily access the playbook’s resources, engage in interactive learning modules, and apply the acquired knowledge in practical scenarios. This may involve conducting A/B testing and monitoring response times.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 22, 2018

Reasons to outsource include: Lack of expertise and experience in some sales functions (e.g. Account Executives doing cold calling). What sales outsourcing should NOT be: Indirect sales channels like resellers, solution partners, etc. Opportunistic side bets by signing up some commission-only sales agents.

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Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Sales training is the process of developing and fine-tuning the skills of sales professionals and managers by increasing their understanding of their buyers, modernizing their approach to the sales process, and equipping them with strategies, techniques, and technology that top performers use to achieve sales success.

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SalesHandy

JULY 15, 2018

Steli Efti is mainly known for his selling skills and his attitude of never giving up on a prospect. which is a platform that helps you track all your sales activity & the communication between your salesperson & the prospect. President, Heinz Marketing Inc, Keynote speaker, Author, Host of Sales Pipeline Radio.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Without further ado, here are some of the female movers-and-shakers who are creating powerful ripple effects and paving the path for the next generation of women sales leaders. Amy Appleyard – SVP Global Inside Sales at Carbon Black, Inc. by The American Association of Inside Sales Professionals 2013-2018.

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Outreach

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

A good value prop goes beyond a high-level description of your product or service and a list of features - it shows you understand your prospect and leaves them wanting more. If you’re seeing your sales KPIs plateau, or having trouble retaining sales reps, it’s probably time to try something new in the sales room.

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Lead Fuze

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Just like listening to an old friend share wisdom over coffee, tuning into quality podcasts can give you insider tips on lead generation and help build a robust pipeline. What is the longest running sales podcast? How do I become a successful sales podcaster?

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SalesHandy

JULY 15, 2018

Steli Efti is mainly known for his selling skills and his attitude of never giving up on a prospect. which is a platform that helps you track all your sales activity & the communication between your salesperson & the prospect. President, Heinz Marketing Inc, Keynote speaker, Author, Host of Sales Pipeline Radio.

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A Sales Guy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

A lot has changed in the sales world in the last 13 years. Inside sales, inbound, outbound, Account Based Marketing, lead generation, buyers journey, etc. are just a few of the new terms that have penetrated our sales vernacular. 2) Fanatical Prospecting – Jeb Blount. Prospecting is where everything happens.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Top 10 Best Sales Books to Kickstart Your Selling Skills. To Sell Is Human by Daniel H. Sales Blazers by Mark Cook. Fanatical Prospecting: The Ultimate Guide to Opening Sales Conversations and Filling the Pipeline by Leveraging Social Selling, Telephone, Email, Text, and Cold Calling by Jeb Blount.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 17, 2020

This task isn’t easy, but if you truly believe the candidate’s selling skills are a fit for your organization , you’re already doing better than most hiring organizations. 6 Key Fit Factors When Hiring for Sales. Is the role primarily an outbound or cold-calling role? What about inside vs. outside sales ?

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