Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 14, 2024

Perhaps you thought I was going to write about the inflatables locations called Pump it Up, where young children go to birthday parties. This is not an analogy about inflatable trampolines, but it is about the analogy between pumps and sales and for variety, it will be two separate stories instead of one culminating in pumping up sales.

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Sales Pop!

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

As we cruise towards the end of Q3 in our 2023 selling year, many of us are staring at a Dec. 31 number that will end up south of 100%. But we came up short on all of them. It’s our selling human nature at play. Our competitive yearning to make up an average-at-best year is understandable. Proceed with caution.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 21, 2019

What do Uber drivers and SDRs have in common? Even though Uber tries very hard to create a great customer experience, the majority of it is influenced by the drivers. Drivers are important to Uber’s plan to eliminate (or minimize) them. Without drivers, Uber’s business model never would have been tested.

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Tibor Shanto

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The Driver. Having worked with many sellers, I find the driver is less for efficiency, and more about avoidance. Prospecting is a core element of sales success, so anything done to avoid is counterproductive. If avoidance is the driver, the first thing one must do is develop the habit before refining it. Start Here.

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criteria for success

AUGUST 5, 2020

Are you a sales leader with an unmotivated sales team? Are you struggling to find sales meeting ideas that will inspire and motivate your team to get moving and just sell already? Sales “ headtrash ” has a way of getting to the best of us—everyone needs a little pick-me-up every now and then.

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Veloxy

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Looking for the best sales podcasts to boost your numbers and master the art of the deal? Whether you’re a rookie learning the ropes or a vet hunting innovative tactics, our curated guide to essential sales podcasts is your ticket to leveling up your sales game.

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Salesforce

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Veteran reps will tell you that sales isn’t as simple as prospect, pitch, and close. And it’s become more challenging: Two-thirds of sales professionals say sales is harder now than it was in previous years. One way to overcome the slog: finding inspiration in tactical and insightful sales motivational quotes.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 8, 2024

I’ve been getting a variety of people telling their stories on, “ Why I Am So Interested In Selling.” What was fascinating was the sharp contrast with the dozens of responses from outstanding sales practitioners I’ve been sharing. ” to lots of sales people.

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criteria for success

JANUARY 27, 2021

Do you find yourself struggling with motivation, or are unable to motivate your team? All pandemic stress aside, we are at the point in the year when momentum slows down; the inspiration of the New Year wears off, the feeling of burn out creeps back up, and winter weather starts to get serious (at least in NYC where I'm writing from!).

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Veloxy

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Imagine the impact of having a well-coordinated, highly skilled, and motivated field sales team driving your business growth. Mastering field sales management is essential to achieving this vision, and it all begins with understanding the role, building a high-performing team, and implementing effective sales processes.

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Veloxy

MARCH 23, 2023

We’re living in an era where sales has the richest technology stack and set of professional capabilities than ever before. Yet, the sales organization is failing to crush their quota, let alone hit it. This blog post is your comprehensive guide on how to hit and crush sales quotas in 2023 and beyond. What is sales quota?

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Cerebral Selling

MARCH 4, 2024

The Massive Impact of Great Sales Leadership I started my career as a research scientist before spending nearly two decades in sales leadership roles across four high-growth tech startups and five years as a Vice President at Salesforce. I’ve spent a lot of time studying the patterns and research around what makes great sales leaders.

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Cerebral Selling

JANUARY 14, 2023

This guest post was written by Alex Cook , Manager, Enterprise Sales at Klue. Year-end can be the most exciting time in sales. You could also be well behind your quota, struggling to stay motivated and worried about job security. That means that across your team, the levels of individual motivation and satisfaction is variable.

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Veloxy

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

While it checks a lot of boxes for Sales Managers, there’s still a lot of work that needs to be done to unlock Salesforce’s potential to accelerate sales at your company. Start here: Speed up your selling activities in a few clicks If you’re using another sales acceleration software, most of the principles will still apply.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 11, 2019

Do all the research you want… Implement all the bright-shiny strategies you can think of to get sales reps excited about their roles and success…. Clearly, new strategies alone aren’t enough to motivate a sales team. According to behavioral intelligence (BQ), it’s all about how you motivate your team. Extrinsically.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 22, 2021

The world of sales motivation has been flipped upside down, especially when it comes to President’s Club. It’s a tried and true method for motivating and incentivizing your sales reps, but there are a lot of question marks surrounding it as we progress through 2021. Director of Sales Development at Brex.

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Martech

JANUARY 23, 2023

Using psychological approaches in your email campaigns can motivate customers to act instead of making do with hastily written copy and a “Buy now” mindset. Using psychology to address your ecommerce customers’ motivational drivers will be one of those approaches. It’s a cognitive bias many of us share.

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Salesforce

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Channel sales — or selling through partners — represents 75% of the world’s commerce, according to Forrester. This approach helps companies accelerate sales and grow revenue without adding to their headcount, a move that’s increasingly important during economic uncertainty. What you’ll learn: What is channel sales?

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Salesforce

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

About 69% of sales professionals say selling is more difficult now than in previous years, according to Salesforce’s State of Sales report. Even though it’s harder to sell, reps still need to hit their numbers. That’s where sales commission comes into play. Learn more What is sales commission?

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A Sales Guy

AUGUST 23, 2017

Change is at the center of selling — period! No change, no sale. There will be no sale without a motivation to change. Therefore to understand selling and to sell better you have to understand your buyer’s motivation to change. Money is the primary motivator for change.

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Martech

MAY 2, 2024

However, with B2B buying journeys now occurring primarily online before sales’ involvement, marketers are turning to new data-driven technologies to pinpoint potential buying group members earlier in the process. Each role will have an agenda, meaning what it cares about and what motivates it.

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Lead Fuze

DECEMBER 31, 2021

I am a motivator of people, but my goal is to motivate you and share how self sales motivation can help you in your everyday hustle. How to self motivate yourself? All reps are not motivated by the same things. How to be self motivated person? Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process?

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 17, 2019

How do you ensure you’re maximizing your sales team’s potential? According to the first-ever State of Sales Performance Survey , in partnership with Sales Hacker, Ambition, Gong, AA-ISP, Vidyard, and Factor 8, the key is modern sales performance management. First, A Deeper Look at Sales Performance. Recognition.

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Martech

APRIL 10, 2024

The spark before the flame: Building martech with a heart It all begins with a spark — a yearning to help businesses not merely sell but connect. Marketing this then becomes a conversation, not a sales pitch. Understanding your customers What keeps your customers up at night? Move beyond traditional sales tactics.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

And creepy as it might be, it would probably be incredibly practical — particularly in sales. If you could know exactly why a prospect was looking to buy, you'd have no problem tailoring an effective sales strategy to suit their interests and inclinations. Need might be the most immediate buyer motive. Acceptance.

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Lead Fuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

How do you know if your sales team is doing the best they can? Our first-ever State of Sales Performance Survey, done with companies like Ambition, Gong and Vidyard†s AA-ISP group for sales managers. This survey for sales team has the data you need to make changes, so start using it! What else would motivate them?â€.

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 7, 2019

Look at last week’s success as well as your upcoming goals and up your game. You need to aggressively prospect and sell now through October so that November and December are bigger than ever. People are still buying and selling. Copyright 2019, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” Sales Motivation Blog.

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Salesforce

OCTOBER 5, 2021

We pulled some great comedic lines from our interviews with sales experts, plus a few favorites from around the web, for this worth-sharing-around-the-office article. If you have a funny sales quote that belongs on this list, tweet it to us. 14 funny sales quotes to make you laugh and smile. Tung “My favorite sales book?

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criteria for success

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Here at CFS, we are always looking for ways to inspire our clients to set big goals, hit their targets, and stay motivated. That's why we're re-sharing a story from 2019 about building a Sales PlayBook with one of our clients. Read on learn about how we first made contact, began our partnership, and together developed a Sales PlayBook.

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SalesProInsider

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

It’s the missing ingredient for many sales conversations and conversions. Because without discussing impact, we’re missing the key motivator and the sense of urgency that will help that person make a confident decision and/or make a change. The Change Cost of Selling Your Service Think about it. Why is impact important?

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The 5% Institute

AUGUST 25, 2021

Although there are so many publicized sales tactics out there; in this article, we’ll discuss five proven and effective sales tactics that still stand the test of time. Sales tactics can dramatically increase your revenue when you practice them consistently. Sales Tactics – 5 x That Still Work Effectively.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 25, 2024

I first met him years ago as he was moving from sales leadership roles into establishing his own training and consulting company. With Keenan and his team, selling success is all about the customer, not what we sell. Keenan sums it up well! So sales lines up nicely with who I am and what I like to do on a regular basis.”

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Salesmate

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The key to attracting and retaining top-performing sales reps is sales commission. A skilled sales rep needs recognition for his performance to stay motivated. Therefore, if you don’t want to lose your best sales reps, you need a strong sales commission structure. What is sales commission?

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 8, 2022

It’s just fascinating to watch, learn about the teams, drivers, cars. The ability to provide data to the drivers to help them understand their own performance and how they might improve was a critical aspect of what they sought to discover. No driver is favored. No driver was “unprepared.”

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Closing Bigger

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This sales podcast episode is focused on shifting our sales performance management from tactical to strategic. Although there are dozens of strategic shifts we can make, today we are focused on three key levers that can impact your personal and organizational sales performance. Strategy can also be influenced by tactics.

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 31, 2023

One key strategy that can significantly impact B2B success in such times is sales enablement. In this blog, we will delve into the importance of sales enablement during challenging periods, exploring its benefits and providing actionable insights to help businesses thrive.

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Selling a Price Increase. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. Top 5 Sales Motivation Tips. Top 5 sales motivational tips: 1.

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