Partners in Excellence

MARCH 4, 2024

I first met Pete when he was running North American Sales at a small technology/professional services company. A decent salesperson is really just a consultant…a consultant who shows up before the paid consultants arrive. Preface: Pete Tapley has been a friend and client for about 12 years. Here’s Pete’s story. Fine idea.

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PandaDoc

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Written contracts are a great way of setting boundaries for a business relationship between two parties. Even though the original contract may seem like carved in stone agreement, unexpected situations may occur and oblige the parties to come up with a contract amendment. What is a contract amendment?

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SaaStr

MARCH 21, 2022

Q: Dear SaaStr: When should a SaaS Company allow Month-to-Month contracts vs requiring 12-month commitments? Annual contracts combined with prepaid cash are a huge benefit. You get all the cash up-front (this is how I went cash-flow positive in fact), and your churn almost by definition goes down. Get them whenever possible.

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Salesforce

JANUARY 31, 2023

Prioritizing proactive field service can help you not only reduce operating costs but also keep your customers happier — and coming back. That’s a lot of pressure — especially when you’re trying to do more with less, deliver great service, and scale your business. First, let’s define our terms.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 16, 2024

But in a purchase model, I get a purchase order, I get the revenue flow in a single payment, and revenue flows for maintenance/service, but those are included in the PO. Some have ups and downs, usually not precipitous, but we see the same in SaaS models. We get it every month for the contract period, so it is RECURRING!”

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Martech

MAY 6, 2024

While the focus of lead scoring is typically on identifying and prioritizing new leads, it can also be applied to existing customers to determine their level of engagement, satisfaction, and potential for upselling or cross-selling opportunities. Context) You head lead generation for a national B2B financial services firm.

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Veloxy

DECEMBER 21, 2021

One of the most popular sales resolutions for 2022 will be a commitment to reduce non-selling activity. Did you know that most salespeople spend over 60% of their time not selling. How much more could one of your reps sell with an additional 300+ selling hours a year? How Does Salesforce Automation Development Work?

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Introduction: Several weeks ago, I wrote, “ Sellers, Are You Really Interested In Selling? ” My good friend, Christian Mauer , challenged me, “Dave, why are you so interested in selling?” ” It was a great question and he caused me to reflect, I wrote, “ Why I Am Obsessed With Selling.

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Veloxy

DECEMBER 28, 2023

However, if you’re considering a transition to outside sales or simply want to elevate your field selling game, you’re in the right place. and embark on this journey to master the art of field selling together! Get Your Free Ebook Key Takeaways Outside sales is the practice of selling through direct, in-person interactions.

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Salesforce

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Here’s the hard truth: “You don’t know if they’re ready to buy until they tell you they’re ready to buy, and you can’t believe it until you get a signed contract,” said Richard Harris , sales coach and founder of The Harris Consulting Group. But how do you know if they are interested in what you’re selling?

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Sales Hacker

MAY 8, 2023

If you haven’t already learned how to sell to millennial buyers, it’s past time to get caught up. Millennials are the first generation to grow up with computers and internet access, and their habits are shaped accordingly. If they can’t find product or service information quickly, they will go to someone else.

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Iannarino

MARCH 2, 2023

But by rushing the deal to get to the pain points, you break B2B selling and buying. The good news is, by helping your buyer with problems related to making a purchase decision and implementing change, you increase your chances of solving the other problems that cause a prospective client to buy your product or service.

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Highspot

JANUARY 14, 2024

In turn, businesses have to adapt and innovate in virtual selling. What Is Virtual Selling? What Does Virtual Selling Look Like? Ways Virtual Selling Can Benefit Your Business Virtual Selling Best Practices and Tips Virtual Selling Tools Virtual Selling Challenges What Is Virtual Selling?

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 14, 2022

It’s time to talk about target account selling, or TAS. Target account selling is a highly personalized, targeted approach to sales that sees your sales reps focus only on the very best accounts. With that in mind, let’s examine what exactly target account selling is and how you can start executing it in your sales strategy today.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 14, 2021

In this guide, you’ll learn how to differentiate your business and attract your ideal customers by creating a unique selling proposition. How a unique selling proposition (USP) attracts better customers and builds your brand (and where marketers get it wrong). But there are other ways to stand out. Take ConvertKit , for example.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 29, 2024

From the moment a request for a quote is received and all the way to shaking hands over a contract and getting paid, QTC dictates how intermediate sales goals are achieved. Q2C starts exactly when a potential customer requests a quote for a product or service and ends when payment (full or partial) for said service or product is received.

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Salesforce

JULY 19, 2023

Table of contents What is AI in customer service? What are the benefits of AI in customer service? ” With budgets in flux and customers expecting more, service teams are constantly figuring out how to answer an important question: how do you actually do more with less? The answer is AI in customer service.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Scott pulled the research from Chorus, which reported that over five weeks (~May-June 2020), 88% more directors have been joining calls and 72% more executives are joining sales calls on the sell side. After all, why make someone forcibly talk through budget and pricing if they clam up whenever the topic surfaces?

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Veloxy

JUNE 21, 2021

If you sell telecommunications, your cold calls could and should be different than a salesperson selling software. If you sell IT services, your cold calls could and should be different than a financial services consultant. You can use these scripts, tips, and tricks to up your cold call game.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 8, 2024

A deal desk identifies upsell and cross-sell opportunities for existing customers by analyzing past deals and current contracts, and tracking renewal dates. A deal desk is a team within a company responsible for managing and negotiating deals, contracts, quotes, and other sales documents. This includes several action items.

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Salesforce

JUNE 7, 2022

Are your sales reps spending their time selling? The majority of their days get bogged down by housekeeping duties, such as logging customer information and manually building quotes and contracts. Sales operations can help automate those extra to-dos, getting your reps back to doing what they do best: selling. Sign up now.

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Veloxy

AUGUST 6, 2021

These are calls where the deal gets moved across the line, contracts get signed and reps earn their commissions. Unfortunately, closing calls depend on who you’re selling to and could take you tens of hours. So you’ll either come out on top by establishing an authoritative relationship, or you’re stuck playing catch up the entire time.

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PandaDoc

MARCH 26, 2024

In the world of sales, salespeople are engaging with potential clients to guide them from the top of the sales pipeline, when they first discover a product or a service (level 1) to the bottom of it, the post-purchase stage (the final level). Negotiation The next stage of the sales cycle is negotiating contracts with decision-makers.

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Gong.io

AUGUST 10, 2022

A product-focused, target-oriented mindset may have worked 30 years ago, but today’s buyers are much better informed and far less willing to put up with an unsatisfactory sales experience. . Adopting a consultative selling approach that takes a genuine interest in your customers will blow your competitors out of the water. .

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Spiro Technologies

AUGUST 12, 2022

On this podcast, I talk with company leaders about how they’re monetizing the business of making, moving and selling products, and of course having fun along the way. Sometime back in the past, the car dealer said we don’t wanna sell our cars directly to customers. And in actuality, they offer all these different services.

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PandaDoc

MAY 8, 2023

Customer support is an essential aspect of any customer experience, and research bares this out: 68% of customers will pay more for products and services from companies with a strong record of good customer service. Zendesk ) 78% of customers will forgive a company for a mistake if they receive excellent service.

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Salesmate

AUGUST 4, 2020

Suddenly everything changed; death rate surged, sales plummet, and the global economy plunged into severe contraction. However, many businesses survived by combating a myriad of challenges without giving up. . Tips for selling successfully during a crisis. Here are a few tips for selling successfully in times of crisis.

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PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Probably the most popular approach to complex B2B sales, solution selling has been around for decades. Read this article to discover how the solution-selling methodology fares now, how top performers adapt it to modern times, and where to learn more about this approach. Solution selling methodology in a nutshell. Close the deal.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Founder Josh James had one of the earliest $1B+ exits in SaaS when Adobe bought his first start-up, Omniture, for $1.8 They Don’t Lose Money on Professional Services. It’s always an interesting challenge on how to monetize professional services in enterprise SaaS companies. Billion way back in 2008. And others.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 13, 2023

You'll provide a brief overview of your product or service and try to gain their interest. You’ll ask open-ended questions to understand their pain points and determine if your product or service is a good fit. Are there any specific features, services, or terms that are of particular importance to you?

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criteria for success

APRIL 1, 2020

You may be finding it difficult to work from home, or you might have seen your pipeline dry up. Here’s a summary of the challenges we’re hearing from salespeople and some best practices for selling through uncertainty. Selling Through Uncertainty. For example, let’s say you sell analytics software. Social Selling.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Salespeople make critical prospect connections, communicate the value of your product or service, and directly impact your bottom line. This is where personal selling comes into play. Personal selling is the key to a well-balanced sales organization, and, in this guide, we’re going to explain why that’s the case. Prospecting.

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Search Engine Land

MARCH 21, 2024

Whether it’s your first time or tenth, streamlining the ramp-up period when onboarding a new SEO agency will save you effort in the long run and lay the path to a productive partnership. Value proposition What sets you apart from others in your industry selling a similar product or service? What is the timeline for deliverables?

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PandaDoc

MAY 8, 2024

million small businesses , which constitutes up to 99.9% Selling to small and medium businesses is different from B2C deals, where people are ready to make a purchase without extra persuading. Thousands of small and midsize businesses (SMBs) are joining the market every week. In the U.S. alone there are about 33.2

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Search Engine Land

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Microsoft claims its attempts to sell Bing to Apple were blocked by Google. The tech giant’s CEO of Advertising and Web Services, Mikhail Parakhin, said he offered Apple more than 100% of the revenue or gross profit to make Bing its default search engine – but the proposal was rejected because of the company’s deal with Google.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Ever since I started selling–you know back in the old days when phones were still attached to cords–I’ve been taught, “Buyers have a structured buying process.” On the selling side we would have perfectly structured steps like Qualification, Needs Identification, Solution Presentation, Closing.

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PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

To keep up, you need a powerful tool to manage real-time data. Companies focusing on the whole customer journey rather than individual touchpoints see customer satisfaction shoot up by up to 117%, and customers are up to 104% more willing to recommend the business to others. Ready to level up with CRM?

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