February, 2020

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10 Things to Start & 3 Things to Stop When Hiring Better Salespeople

Anthony Cole Training

Recruiting new sales talent and hiring better salespeople are complicated and time-consuming processes. Especially, when you're not prepared to fill a vacancy, don't have a pipeline of candidates, or have an idea of what "better" means for your business.

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Developing Master Sales Coaches

STAR Results

Developing Master Sales Coaches. Do you have a team of master sales coaches? Are your sales managers ready to crush it in 2020 or will it be another frustrating, mediocre 12-months? Most sales managers lack the skills, tools and methodology to effectively coach their team so the reps just try to ‘wing it’ as best they can. Unfortunately, as you know, this won’t maximize your sales nor improve the competencies of your sales team.

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From Sales Process to Buying Journey

Membrain

The idea of a “sales process” has been around since long before I was offered my first sales role. The concept has been heavily promoted by the mainstream sales methodology vendors and adopted with varying degrees of effectiveness by many sales organisations.

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Beware of Busy Buyers: Make Your Solution Easy to Buy

SalesProInsider

“Never underestimate the laziness of buyers.”. That was the advice a mentor gave me. He was someone I trusted, respected, and would take all of his suggestions and put them into play. Yet this advice was very offending to me because I’ve never considered my buyers or my clients as lazy people. No, they’re hardworking, they’re really smart, and they care about what they’re doing.

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How to Improve Email Deliverability and Optimize Each Send

Learn how to optimize email deliverability and drive greater email ROI. What lands your email in the customer’s inbox? Understanding those factors, otherwise known as email deliverability, is critical to getting the most return on your campaign investments. But the “rules” around which factors land you in the spam folder aren’t always easy to keep up with.

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Sandler sales methodology: 7 steps to sales success

Salesmate

It’s a no-brainer that sales methodologies help businesses sell better and choose better customers for life. In our past articles, we have talked about some of the best sales methodologies in depth. This would be the last article in that series, and we’re talking about Sandler Sales Methodology. But first, if you haven’t checked our detailed article on sales methodology, please check that out from here.

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Additional Health & Safety Rules for 2020 SaaStr Annual

SaaStr

We’ve added a series of additional Health & Safety rules to the 2020 SaaStr Annual. You can review them in more detail here. Note they are more substantially restrictive than other events , perhaps in some cases too restrictive. So please review them. And if you are sick, have been sick, or have been to China in the past 60 days, do not come to SaaStr Annual 2020.

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How Companies Choose Sales Training Companies is Backwards

Understanding the Sales Force

Do you partake of dessert prior to eating your appetizer? Do you eat your dinner in the morning and have breakfast at night? Would you prefer to have the builder complete the finish work on your new house prior to framing it and installing the roof? Would you back your car out of the garage before opening the garage door? (I've actually done that by accident - twice!).

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How to make sales investments add up to more

Membrain

Dear Company Leader, I see you. You’re frustrated by your sales organization. By its lack of growth. The missed forecasts. Failing to meet targets. Your sales leaders send people to training, and nothing gets better. They invest in new tools, but the problems remain. You pour tons of investment into strategic consulting and big, fancy new initiatives, only to have them peter out and yield nothing or less than nothing.

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Objections or Opportunities? Your Mindset Matters

SalesProInsider

Last summer I visited Yellowstone National Park with my family. We looked forward to hiking, seeing cool geysers, and were hopeful we’d have the opportunity to see a real grizzly bear in the wild. Little did we know that on Day 3 as we rounded the bend during a hike, 150 ft away would be a mama grizzly and two cubs. Within moments, three out of the five of us hightailed it and ran.

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Using N.E.A.T. selling™ methodology in your sales process

Salesmate

Business owners always employ sales playbooks, frameworks, and various strategies. The reason: they want to profit and scale. Sales methodologies have played a significant role in helping businesses realize the revenue goals. Sales have gone through many changes in the past decade. There have been experiments on the way businesses can grow their revenue cycle.

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Brick & Mortar Retail Relevance: How to Stay Ahead of the Curve

Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an

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A Simple Strategy to Better Manage Your Time

Engage Selling

I often get bombarded with questions from overwhelmed salespeople and sales managers on how to manage their time effectively given everything they have to do in a day.

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On Door Knockin’ and Donuts

Adaptive Business Services

I have spent a lot of time recently contemplating the state of outbound prospecting. To be fair, most of what I am about to discuss is based on my experience as a buyer vs. as a seller. As a salesperson, I see this as a very serious concern. I also need to make it very clear that, as we discuss these methodologies, we are looking at them for use in cold prospecting.

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How Question-Selling Can Triple the Value of Your Service

Predictable Revenue

In sales, the common misconception is that by saying the right thing you’ll win the deal. But what we started to realize after introducing Question-Based Selling (QBS) to our sales organization is that it’s impossible to know what to say without understanding the person and/or organization we were selling to. The post How Question-Selling Can Triple the Value of Your Service appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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What Problem Is The Customer Trying To Solve?

Membrain

Pause for a moment. Look at your qualified pipeline. Start at the bottom. Can you identify the problem the customer is trying to solve? Or the opportunity they are trying to address?

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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The Best Catchy Email Subject Lines For Sales [2020 UPDATE]

Outreach

First impressions are key. Would you show up to a black tie event in your favorite Netflix binge-watching sweats? Of course not. Your sales email subject lines are the first impressions you project to your prospects with every email you send. Are you putting on your best suit every time you hit send? We've learned a lot about what works by analyzing the data from tens of thousands of our own emails.

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Automate your follow ups with Text (SMS) sequences

Salesmate

In this article, you will learn about creating your own sets of automated text messages with text (SMS) sequences and merge them with your email drip campaigns for successful follow ups. We already have shown how sequences can be used as drip campaigns for putting your email follow-ups on autopilot. We know email campaigns have to be well-planned. Their lengthy and repetitive loop makes it difficult for users to keep a manual track on the execution and deliverance.

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How Good Are “Best Practices?”

Partners in Excellence

Thousands of blogs, books, articles, video’s, and podcasts talk about “best practices.” They cover every topic imaginable. Every nuance of marketing, sales, customer experience, business, dating (oops) talk about best practices. As consumers of information about how to improve, we devour best practices. The thought is, “If I know what’s best practice, and apply it in my organization, we will be doing the very best things we can be doing and should see huge performan

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7 Powerful Sales Questions for Winning More Deals

Topline Leadership

This article provides seven powerful sales questions along with the reasons why you should ask them. These questions can help you expand customer needs, shift your prospect’s focus from price to value and improve your understanding of the buyer’s thinking. The questions you ask your prospects are more important than anything you say. Here are [.]. The post 7 Powerful Sales Questions for Winning More Deals appeared first on TopLine Leadership.

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1st, 2nd, and 3rd Party Intent Data: Which Is Right for You?

How do 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party intent data compare? 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party data each have specific advantages and disadvantages. It comes down to four factors: accuracy, cost, control and quantity. This infographic explains the pros and cons of each and helps you understand which one is best for meeting your business objectives. Intent data can be a great way to fill your pipeline and close more deals.

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Why 97% of Sales Leaders Want a Playbook

Women Sales Pros

What is a Sales Leader Playbook? Is a Sales Leader Playbook the same as a Sales Playbook? The short answer is ‘No!’ A sales leader playbook is a book of ‘Plays’ for sales leaders – Sales VP’s, Directors and Managers. A reference guide mapping out the best practices associated with all the aspects of their challenging jobs. Sales Playbook vs. Sales Leader Playbook: At a high level, your Sales Leader Playbook might include: Sales Leadership and associated plays Sales Methodology (the management

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How to stop failing at account management

Membrain

The words we use affect the way we think. Positive, uplifting words can induce a positive, uplifting mood and an optimistic approach to tasks. Negative, depressing words can have the opposite effect.

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Customer Service and Insider Sales: Different for a Reason

Engage Selling

Imagine you’re preparing a delicious meal and you’re short on olive oil. Would you add vinegar to make that oil go further? Of course not! Those are complementary ingredients, not interchangeable ones.

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Hit your sales target using MEDDIC sales methodology

Salesmate

I know your time is precious, and so I wouldn’t like to waste it. But before we get to the popular “MEDDIC sales methodology” lets mull over a hypothetical situation (Don’t worry, I am not going off track). You enter a store, and a lovely pair of shoes captures your attention. But unfortunately, your size isn’t available. So, you decide to go for a size smaller thinking that you’ll manage.However, after a few days, the blisters and discomfort remind you of the mistake you’ve made by investing in

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.

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If Cold Calling Is Dead, Why Is The Topic So Hot?

Partners in Excellence

Someone tried to suck me into a LinkedIn discussion on cold calling today. The article declaring cold calling dead was written by a colleague I deeply respect, and I have no disagreement with the points in her article. By the time another friend tried to bait me into diving into the discussion, it had been live for 18 hours, there were over 75 reactions and over 52 comments, with many very smart and dull people weighing in.

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Neuromarketing Ethics: How Far Is Too Far?

ConversionXL

As the marketing industry developed, researchers dove deeper into buying behavior and buyers’ minds. One early researcher was Edward Bernays—Sigmund Freud’s nephew—who coined the term “public relations.”. Bernays believed that people could be influenced via crowd psychology and psychoanalysis. His “Torches of Freedom” campaign in the 1920s promoted smoking among women as a symbol of liberation, opening a new market to cigarette companies.

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Customer Meetings: How the Best Sales Reps Approach Them

Sales Hacker

In Sales, there are many areas where sales reps truly have control over the impact they make on a prospect to maximize their chances of winning the deal. One of these facets is being ultra prepared for customer meetings. . “Don’t worry about what you can’t control. Our focus and energy needs to be on the things we CAN control. Attitude, effort, focus – these are the things we can control.” — Tim Tebow.

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Stop your churn and grow faster with a customer success mindset

Membrain

Every year, businesses lose billions of dollars in sales due to bad customer service. In 2016, a survey from NewVoiceMedia quantified the amount of money lost that year by US businesses at roughly $62 billion.

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How to Leverage Intent Data for Better Outcomes

Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.

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My Simple Approach for Implementing New Sales Skills | Sales Strategies

Engage Selling

Over the last 12 to 16 months, I have been working with clients to help them implement a new sales methodology. And I’m telling you we have come up with a magic formula for implementation accountability and producing great results.

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Sales Managers: The Key to Getting Your Sellers to Love Your Tech Stack

Miller Heiman Group

Our 2019 World-Class Sales Practices Study linked technology adoption to sales success. Yet, although most organizations have deployed at least 10 sales technology tools—with four more on the way , seller efficiency and effectiveness have not improved. Where’s the disconnect? Lack of seller adoption of the sales technology stack. Even if your organization has all the latest and greatest sales tools, technology that isn’t used effectively can’t help move deals forward.

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The Courage To Be A Great Sales Leader

Partners in Excellence

It takes great courage, self confidence, and conviction to be a great sales leader. Think of the job for a moment. It’s a job where there are no “right answers.” There are a variety of methods, strategies, and approaches to achieving the organization’s goals. Each has it’s pros/cons, none is guaranteed to work. But you have to do something.

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The Future of Work is Not so Distant Anymore

SaaStr

By Karen Rubin, Owl Labs Chief Revenue Officer. 5G, the Internet of Things, AI and Machine Learning, Wearables, Virtual Reality…these buzzwords are dominating the world of tech as the technologies they represent drive global cultural and business trends. One of those trends is the movement towards remote work and distributed teams, which is significantly changing how we communicate and collaborate in the modern workplace. .

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5 Inspiring B2B Marketing Campaigns to Take Yours to the Next Level

Your next big B2B marketing idea starts here. Get inspired with these five successful B2B marketing campaigns. Ready to generate more leads, interest, and revenue with your B2B marketing? In this comprehensive eBook, you’ll get: In-depth studies of five successful B2B marketing campaigns spanning a wide range of industries Key takeaways and lessons from each story to implement in your own strategy Resources to help your own B2B marketing thrive By submitting this form, you agree to have your con