Sales Hacker

APRIL 5, 2018

How to Sell Over the Phone: Rookie Mistakes to Avoid. 1) Not picking up on pain or interest signals. 2) Failing to recognize and overcome objections. 3) Losing control of the call. Do you get excited when you receive a cold call ? What about when you have to call into your cable, internet or phone provider?

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Cold Call Objection handling Technique Sales 74

Salesforce

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Benefits of a playbook Sales plays to include in your playbook How to write an effective playbook How to keep your playbook up to date 7 sales playbook types and examples Make your enablement about results, not effort Close your revenue gaps and get more out of every rep — with Sales Programs delivered in your CRM. What are sales plays?

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Objectives and Key Results Technique CRM Follow-up 59

Gong.io

JULY 11, 2022

Inside sales (sometimes called remote sales or remote selling) is often the primary sales model for B2B, SaaS, tech, and certain high-ticket B2C sales teams. Let’s say you’re looking to implement a new email marketing campaign , and you need an email automation platform to set it up. Outbound cold calling or emailing.

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Inside sales Commission Outside Sales Quota 62

Gong.io

JULY 6, 2018

Afternoon calls have fewer no-shows and prospects stay on the call longer: Mornings? Your prospect is 30% more likely to show up for a call at 4 PM than one at 8 AM. Instead, spend a few minutes warming up the tone of the call. Cold calling , for example, is a major outlier. Now switch !

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Cold Call Objection handling Pitch Sales 103

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

They end up having little respect for us towards the end, which is why they either keep asking for things (discounts) or they just flat out disappear on us and don’t even give us the courtesy of a callback. Often, sales reps jump to discounting to speed up negotiations. Just have a BIG FAT PIPELINE. Just do it.

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Negotiate Objection handling Pipeline Cold Call 86

Hubspot

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Having a feel for what to expect, what can go wrong, and what you need to do better makes literally any situation run more smoothly — and sales calls are no exception. As a salesperson, you don't want to go into a call blindly — especially if you're newer to the game. Run-of-the-Mill Cold Call.

Cold Call 85

Cold Call Objectives and Key Results Objection handling Construction 85

Gong.io

JUNE 19, 2018

In fact, an ideal talk-to-listen ratio is almost the opposite of what you’d want on a discovery call: Prospecting calls aren’t about discovery. They are about selling your value to pique their interest enough for a meeting. We analyzed cold call opening lines to see which ones led to the most meetings held , not just booked.

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Process Objectives and Key Results Cold Call Objection handling 48

Salesforce

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

As celebrated entrepreneur Siva Devaki noted, “Sales is not about selling, but about building trust and educating.” ” To ensure you lead a successful sales call, we’ve curated expert tips and techniques below, including guidance on how to prepare. What you’ll learn: What is a sales call?

Objectives and Key Results 69

Objectives and Key Results Pitch X-functional Sales 69

Gong.io

JULY 6, 2018

Afternoon calls have fewer no-shows and prospects stay on the call longer: Mornings? Your prospect is 30% more likely to show up for a call at 4 PM than one at 8 AM. Instead, spend a few minutes warming up the tone of the call. Cold calling , for example, is a major outlier. Now switch !

Cold Call 54

Cold Call Objection handling Pitch Sales 54

Gong.io

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

In practice, it looks something like this: For this particular article, we reviewed millions upon millions of web conference meetings, phone calls, and emails to understand what separates the average sales rep from the pros. Cold calling is not for the faint of heart. Here’s why: Cold calling isn’t about discovery.

Cold Call 118

Cold Call Objectives and Key Results Negotiate Cross-sell 118

Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Sales analytics to improve booked meetings from cold calls. Watch these metrics to understand whether your approach to booking meetings using cold calls works: Calls made. Measure the number of calls your reps make per hour, week, and month. Calls longer than one minute. on cold calls.

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Cold Call Objectives and Key Results Price Sales 132

Gong.io

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

In practice, it looks something like this: For this particular article, we reviewed millions upon millions of web conference meetings, phone calls, and emails to understand what separates the average sales rep from the pros. Cold calling is not for the faint of heart. Here’s why: Cold calling isn’t about discovery.

Cold Call 71

Cold Call Objectives and Key Results Negotiate Cross-sell 71

Gong.io

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

Objection Handling 6. They’re split into sections from discovery call tips , to product demos , to objection handling , and more. There seems to be a ‘ cold calling is dead’ trend floating around these days. There seems to be a ‘ cold calling is dead’ trend floating around these days.

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Technique Cold Call Objectives and Key Results Objection handling 133

Outreach

APRIL 9, 2019

If your business sells products or services to other businesses, you have a B2B sales process. A single sale of this type typically involves high price points and multiple decision makers, making the process lengthier and more complex compared to engaging individual consumers (B2C). The B2B Sales Process: A Brief Introduction.

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B2B Process Objection handling Negotiate 65

Gong.io

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

It depends on what you’re selling, how you’re selling it, and who you sell it to. . New sales reps can get up and running faster when there is a proven and repeatable process they can follow. There are plenty of ways to do so, including cold calling , emailing, and sending LinkedIn messages. Qualify buyers.

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Pitch Cold Call Sales Referrals 62

Sales Hacker

APRIL 3, 2020

” I threw another objection at her. ” To which she said, “You know, it’s hard to put a price on healthy skin. ” And then I pretended to get a call, and I said, “Yeah sorry, I have to take this call. The Objection Handling Mindset (04:09). It’s called mirroring.

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Objection handling Sales Commission Prospecting 70

Outreach

MARCH 25, 2019

Determining the right sales pipeline stages enable salespeople to sell more, faster. Common B2B sales pipeline stages: Prospecting Qualification Needs Analysis Value Proposition Identification of Decision Makers Perception Analysis Proposal/Price Quote Negotiation/Objection Handling Closing/Deal Signing Referrals/Upselling.

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Pipeline A/B testing Non-Profits Sales 65

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

We’re often encouraged to hide, toughen up, and bury our emotions. Your sales career project has ups and downs. You can rise within a company selling your ideas, or you can go off on your own and be your first salesperson. Anita Nielsen is a best-selling author and sales performance coach. Anything less is failure.

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Sales Start-ups Up-sell Cross-sell 130

Heinz Marketing

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

This time we hear from Jeb Blount in an episode we call “Sales Objection Handling from the Master: Insights from Best Seller Jeb Blount” Jeb is a best selling author of nine books and the CEO at Sales Gravy. Every single person that sells is going to face objections. It doesn’t matter.

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Pipeline Cold Call Sales Prospecting 73

SaaStr

MARCH 12, 2019

What are you doing up so early? What’s the failure rate for a Series A start up? What’s the failure rate of a Series C start up? We are screwing up the scale. You actually have to slow stuff down to speed it up, so why not just start there? The game has changed but we haven’t caught up.

Growth 84

Growth Cross-sell Contract X-functional 84

Highspot

JULY 18, 2023

When you’re planning how you’ll build a successful sales strategy, it’s important to know where you’re starting from and where you want to end up. pricing sheets, sales templates, assessments, refined sales pitches) is crucial for them to start selling immediately.

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Objection handling Objectives and Key Results Cold Call Sales 52