SalesProInsider

AUGUST 18, 2023

That’s what I covered in the last tip. This tip is about what we should do instead, which I call the Stop, Drop, and Roll. Drop – Drop our assumptions, our agenda, our emotion, and our ego as we listen. Don’t add anything that undermines what they shared. Here’s how a Stop, Drop, and Roll sounds. Then pause.

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Cerebral Selling

JANUARY 23, 2023

What is Inoculation? In practice, the theory works in precisely the same way as vaccines do to protect us against the ill effects of certain diseases. In practice, the theory works in precisely the same way as vaccines do to protect us against the ill effects of certain diseases. It’s called inoculation. McGuire in 1961.

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Objection handling Cross-sell Price Up-sell 201

Partners in Excellence

APRIL 8, 2024

And other data showing 1000-1400 touches per opportunity (Thank goodness we can solve this with AI, easily hitting 1000s of touches a day…… tongue firmly planted in cheek.) ” But, we shouldn’t be shocked or surprised. We’ve created the majority of circumstances surrounding this.

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Quota Trust Pitch Up-sell 123

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Collaborative conversations are at the core of about everything we achieve in business. We, me included, tend to be very glib about these. We tend to talk about them, assuming everyone immediately knows what what we mean and how we execute them. In reality, we are pretty bad.

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Conversion Construction High impact Trust 81

SalesProInsider

AUGUST 11, 2022

And the words we choose to use during our sales conversations can make or break the opportunity to close that sale and help that person. Our words allow us to educate, excite, remove fear, and gain commitment as well as provide clarity, comfort, and hope. Here’s the most common wimpy, or passive, words I hear.

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Veloxy

JUNE 21, 2021

Cold call scripts are not one-size-fits-all, so what works for one team may not work for the next. You can use these scripts, tips, and tricks to up your cold call game. If you know the name of the person you’re calling, use it! The second thing it does is tell the customer you value their time. Introduction.

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Cold Call Objectives and Key Results Pitch Follow-up 298

Spiro Technologies

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

We make amazing AI software for companies in the supply chain, but not talking about that today. Instead, today, we’re talking to Achyut Dhakal, the Senior Vice President of Information Systems of Luxury Brand Partners. A lot of the people like us, we manufacture this widget and we go sell it.

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Technology Technology Manufacturing Retail 105

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 7, 2024

Sometimes, “we” have mis-conceived notions about selling, thinking that only those in some sort of formal sales role sells. ” But he also goes further, talking about selling forces us to be students–constantly learning about our customers and our own organizations. .” Preface : Surprise!! Marketers sell!

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Sell Tradeshows Pitch Up-sell 126

Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

We talked about some fascinating concepts: Mis-diagnosis and Missed-diagnosis. What is a Mis-diagnosis? For instance, as sellers, we are looking for customers that have the problems we solve. We ask the questions to identify “the problem.” In this article, I’ll focus on Mis-diagnosis.

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Manufacturing Clients Contract Presentation 77

Martech

MARCH 25, 2024

Suddenly, I’m 11 years younger, my hairline is half an inch lower and I’m telling marketers who ask me for advice or joined my recent two-day SMX Master Class why they shouldn’t freak out when their email campaigns go to the Promotions tab. But what did I hear? “Don’t put me in the Promotions tab!

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Promote Campaign Retail Conversion 89

Hubspot

MARCH 4, 2024

We recently reached out to some of the winners for their insight on what sales leaders should prioritize, some principles they should live by, and how they should work with their teams in 2024. We‘ve compiled their answers in this post — so without further ado, we present five pieces of advice all sales leaders need for 2024.

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Construction Sales B2C B2B 77

Spiro Technologies

JANUARY 23, 2024

Transcript Eddie Russnow: We did all the electrification for the overhead on the Green Line Extension to Somerville. We’re going to bring it into the 20th century. Adam Honig: That’s great to hear. We make amazing AI software for companies in the supply chain, but we’re not talking about that today.

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Manufacturing Product Electricity Start-ups 59

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

We’re taught how to pitch our solutions. We’re given scripts outlining what we should say to our customers. As managers, we too often get into “tell” mode. Even when we ask questions, they are carefully constructed to elicit the answers we want. Duuggghhhh!

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Construction Pitch Technique Conversion 152

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

It’s too much time to find that 5% who want to talk, and if they really do, they’ll reach out to you anyway, inbound is so much easier. Technology has saved us a lot of time, it does much of the work for us. Technology has saved us a lot of time, it does much of the work for us. What were the results?

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Prospecting Referrals Follow-up Product 105

Martech

JUNE 28, 2023

Even though Google has been telling marketers for months to make the switch “ as soon as possible “, most websites around the world ignored the warnings and were still using UA as of June 21. The one that I’m seeing with a lot of healthcare clients is that Google has said blatantly we are not HIPAA compliant. Be bluntly honest.

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Healthcare Start-ups Follow-up Clients 102

Search Engine Land

JUNE 28, 2023

Even though Google has been telling marketers for months to make the switch “ as soon as possible “, most websites around the world ignored the warnings and were still using UA as of June 21. The one that I’m seeing with a lot of healthcare clients is that Google has said blatantly we are not HIPAA compliant.

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Healthcare Engineering Start-ups Follow-up 101

SalesProInsider

AUGUST 16, 2023

I hate to use this example of the pitfalls of “but why?” — though it’s a powerful and relevant example — because it’s such a stereotype. Until it wasn’t… The problem started when they took us to the finance room. We reviewed that my role was to only join in if she signaled me. I was shopping for a car with my daughter.

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Finance Sales Pitch Prospecting 71

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 29, 2023

What better way to cap off the year 2023 than with some. Just like last week, we’ve got something special for you: a compilation of perspectives from some of the best go-to-market (GTM) leaders out there. ” For what? What problem are you trying to solve? This week, however, is full of hot takes.

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GTM Cold Call UX Price 71

SaaStr

DECEMBER 13, 2020

We know this. But let me tell you it’s a terrible idea. We expect it. What people don’t expect is not getting a heads-up on the unexpected. And tell us what you are doing to mitigate it. But there’s no reason to not hear about it when it happens. Three have become unicorns.

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Start-ups Strategize Meeting Gaming 142

criteria for success

OCTOBER 20, 2022

If you want to make a real difference in sales performance, the key for many salespeople is coaching. Improving your team’s ability to ask great questions starts with knowing what the questions are. For example, if your widget reduces waste by 15%, a great question would be, “Tell me about the impact of excess waste on your business.”

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Consult Sell Commission Up-sell 96

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 8, 2023

He elaborates that it should include who it’s aimed at, what it is, what it does / what the benefit is, and how it’s different or superior. As Ted Smith (VP Product Marketing at Zendesk ) expresses, “features sound cool, but customers want solutions to problems.” Show, don’t tell. Let’s get into it. It’s showtime.

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Launch Product GTM Technology 101

Heinz Marketing

MAY 29, 2023

We cover a wide range of topics, with a focus on sales development and inside sales priorities. Tune in to hear more about: Why is there still a gap between buyers and sellers in terms of understanding and communication? How has the temperament of sellers shifted in recent years and what factors may be contributing to this shift?

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Pipeline Angle Sales Trust 102

SalesPop

JULY 2, 2021

This Expert Insight Interview discusses: The difference between questioning vs. telling, selling, and allowing. Telling, Selling, and Allowing. We all think we’re great at asking questions, but it often works out that people aren’t as good as they think. The other thing we tend to do without even realizing is selling.

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Up-sell CRM Pipeline Drivers/motivators 98

SalesProInsider

JUNE 9, 2022

What’s the net or result of this? Those are two questions you might hear from the Achiever Tribal Type during your sales conversations. Why do we need to understand the buyer Tribal Types? Why do we need to understand the buyer Tribal Types? Want to get things going very quickly. Action oriented. Word choice.

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Meeting Customers Referrals Pitch 133

Search Engine Land

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

No matter what you sell, you probably have customers who: Truly care about your company, products or services and content. So let’s take a look at what fan-driven marketing actually is, how it returns such an outsized ROI on marketing spend and why you should incorporate it into your marketing work. What is fan-driven marketing?

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Niche Intrinsic Campaign B2B 143

Salesforce

OCTOBER 18, 2022

If you want to fly, give up everything that weighs you down. During this year’s Dreamforce , our annual event that brings together the Salesforce community, a common topic across sessions was the concept of control — and how giving up some of it might be exactly what you need to become a better leader and build trust with your teams.

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Trust Strategize Meeting Start-ups 98

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

No one knows what it’s like to work in sales better than those in the trenches of the day-to-day — salespeople trying to hit their numbers while battling the ups and downs of the job. If you’re thinking about a career in sales, you probably want to hear the cold, hard truths about sales and what it entails.

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Real Estate Negotiate Price Territory 73

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 29, 2022

Leveraging data to maximize growth is what we get into in this episode of Revenue Innovators with Neil Hoyne. His passion is to help companies grow by using their data. The reality is most of us understand how to properly collect data. But we have lots of room for improvement when it comes to leveraging its full power.

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Growth Legal Start-ups Follow-up 89

Salesforce

JULY 6, 2021

So we’re creating a platform and a community where people can tap in and help.”. Much of what Jones does helps people find their voice and gain confidence in their work. The beauty of us as humans is our differences,” Jones said. Especially in the space that I work in, which is helping people tell their stories.

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Start-ups Conversion Meeting Presentation 98

Martech

JULY 26, 2023

In this new series, we dig deeper into the stories of our expert contributors. When we say contributor Alan K’necht is a long-time web analytics expert, we really mean a long time. We sat down with Alan and asked him about his career. Q : So what’s this I hear about you and the dotcom bubble?

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Cross-sell Start-ups Up-sell Price 98

Martech

JANUARY 19, 2023

AI is changing our world even if we can’t see it. It’s helping us navigate to places faster, get products into our hands and even diagnose diseases. In this article, though, I want to explore the role AI can have in marketing. Here’s what I got back. This is a timely article, especially since ChatGPT went viral.

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Follow-up Gaming B2B Contact 138

Martech

JUNE 26, 2023

We live in a digital marketing world. The average US citizen spends almost seven hours a day looking at a screen, so their chances of seeing your brand’s digital ads are very high. This means that the more people you want to attend your event, the more thought you must put into your marketing strategy. Learn who’s in the room.

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Objectives and Key Results Represent Technology Technology 109

Partners in Excellence

MAY 8, 2022

How we’ve saved them millions, how they’ve been able to achieve their goals because of the what we’ve provided them. Usually we see them sprinkled through web sites, a picture of a customer or a company logo, with a pithy comment about how wonderful our company is, or how great our solutions are.

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Customers Represent Meeting Prospecting 99

Salesforce

AUGUST 31, 2021

Thurston has the ability to integrate and synthesize themes of race, culture, politics, and technology to explain where our nation is and where we can take it. Thurston shares more on the importance of our words and how we can all drive change. The news doesn’t seem set up to tell those stories.

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Construction Education Technology Technology 98

SaaStr

JUNE 20, 2023

Dear SaaStr: What remarks have a salesperson said to you that lost them the sale? If I’m buying a product I haven’t used before, the AE is my guide. If he/she tells me things that aren’t true to close the deal, I’m out. Not only does that make the company look insecure — it makes me want to go test the competitor instead.

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Contract Legal Sales Price 78

Search Engine Land

AUGUST 31, 2023

While most agencies will say that trust is important, we often encounter things that may inherently lead to a lack of trust, even if they feel like they could be good for business. For example, we’ll hear of other agencies: Locking clients into long contracts with no out clauses. Reliability : Do you do things when you say you will?

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Trust Clients Referrals Contract 141

Salesforce

JANUARY 24, 2023

When I was a freshman in college, one of my professors had us write a letter to future selves. We wouldn’t see the letter again until senior year, right around the time we graduated. He wanted us to write words of encouragement and map out what we wanted to achieve over the four years.

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Follow-up Up-sell Start-ups Product 98