Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

This year, much like when I was growing up, the leaves turned in mid-October and had mostly fallen from the trees by the end of October. A lot of sales leaders and their salespeople believe that sales cycles are determined by their industry, or are specific to the industries they sell to. Long Foliage Cycle. Short Foliage Cycle.

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Objectives and Key Results Consult Sales Government 143

Veloxy

JANUARY 7, 2025

Presenting: Showing the value of what you sell. How to Remove Salesforce CRM Friction Learn how to remove friction points tied to Salesforce, helping your sales team sell easier and faster. Automation is key, the right tools will ensure that nothing gets missed with proper follow-ups. There's more, read today!

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Sales Pop!

MARCH 30, 2025

We all know about team selling, dont we? But in engaging your selling team as effectively as possible, never neglect to focus on one of enterprise sellings top challenges team buying! As a result, the selling team absolutely must know and strategize for the buying team composition in every major pursuit. Really hurt you.

Legal 146

Legal Finance Territory Up-sell 146

Sales Pop!

JUNE 13, 2025

As we wind down 2025’s second selling quarter, we can check our performance versus our YTD quota to see exactly where we stand. That’s the beauty of selling and the pay-for-performance lifestyle, isn’t it? Time to maximize strengths, shore up weaknesses, take advantage of opportunities and minimize threats.

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Sales Pop!

JUNE 17, 2025

That’s where they start building trust, checking if you understand their problems, and sizing up your product against others. It’s doing real sales work, whether you’ve set it up that way or not. Show Your Entire Process Up Front One of the biggest reasons prospects hesitate is uncertainty. They do that on your website.

B2C 185

B2C Objectives and Key Results Manufacturing Real Estate 185

Martech

AUGUST 26, 2024

And smooth our selling process — their buying process — to its digital best. But B2B companies have been experimenting for decades with lower cost methods to reduce selling expense. For example, data analytics around past purchase patterns can identify “next-best-product” suggestions for optimized upsell and cross sell.

B2B 135

B2B X-functional Cross-sell B2C 135

Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 9, 2024

In selling, you should have various rules of engagement when it comes to cultivating a prospect. When they do that, they commit one of the cardinal sins of selling. They wind up wasting their time. Across the country, most salespeople just chase prospects. They do not follow any rules of engagement.

Prospecting 341

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Martech

JULY 25, 2024

Each member may have up to 15 interactions with each vendor under evaluation. Many tools aren’t set up to target multiple buyers simultaneously, but that doesn’t mean you can’t set up some of this process manually. Does your selling team understand the value of inputting those additional buyers into your CRM?

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B2B Legal CRM Lead generation 132

SaaStr

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Salesforce, Nov 2024: We're hiring 1,000 new sales execs to sell AI! in sales to sell AI. It doesn’t sell itself. They know they can sell it, and they need to sell it now. Well that must have gone well as Salesforce is now hiring 2,000 (!) But we all know enterprise software. Not really. SaaS is Back.

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Martech

JULY 19, 2024

It is often easier to sell something when no one has it but many people need it. The bad news is that growth in a mature market becomes more focused on a few strategies, including cross-sell, upsell and competitive displacement. When you change the apps at the center of the stack, you end up making changes throughout the stack.

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Cross-sell Growth CRM Up-sell 116

Salesforce

AUGUST 6, 2024

Sell more, and faster, with AI With interested buyers lined up, now it’s up to the sales team to close deals. Generative AI for sales , when integrated into CRM, can speed up and personalize the sales process for Sandstone in a number of ways. For example, service reps might be empowered to sell ancillary products.

Real Estate 128

Real Estate Non-Profits Click Through Rate CRM 128

Martech

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

ecommerce sales were up 9.6% Here’s the breakdown for top-selling and high-growth categories ahead of Black Friday. 1-24, up 11.4% billion, up 13.4% billion, up 16.8% billion, up 7.2% billion, up 10.1% The numbers back this up. For the first 24 days of November, U.S. year-over-year. Processing.

Sports 125

Sports Retail Start-ups Up-sell 125

Sales Pop!

JULY 8, 2025

The See-Saw of Life Life is a series of ups and downs, both personally and professionally. Our best way forward after experiencing a downward movement is to first remind oneself of one’s purpose, which helps conjure up the necessary motivation to find an appropriate solution to the matter. Don’t give up – find a better way!’

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Selling to developers and technical audiences requires a different approach than traditional B2B SaaS sales. In a recent SaaStr Workshop Wednesday , Komodor CRO Jim Hunnewell who also previously led sales at companies like GitHub, shared his first-hand experience and insights for successfully selling to engineering teams.

Engineering 113

Engineering Sell Technical Sales B2B 113

Sales Gravy

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In this episode of The Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount sits down with Andy Matheou from RHM Staffing to dive deep into the challenges and triumphs of selling in the staffing industry. In many cases, individuals who start as contributors in sales work their way up to leadership roles by consistently showing dedication to their work.

Cold Call 101

Cold Call Clients Trust Drivers/motivators 101

Partners in Excellence

JUNE 6, 2025

” This, and similar data points, are showing up in my feeds, with various experts commenting on what it means, then offering insights and solutions to address. In selling, we seem to have similar laws of nature. ” This is yet one more distinguished addition to the selling laws of nature. Why is it happening?

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Up-sell Start-ups Sell Growth 126

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

If selling reduction in admin time/tasks represents a few percent of their overall expenses, they may have bigger fish to fry. That doesn’t mean our solutions aren’t important or that we should give up, we have to focus on the people the solution impacts the most, getting their support to invest in those solutions.

Represent 122

Represent Up-sell High impact Gaming 122

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

The other day someone who used to be an A+ sales leader emailed me about a position I’d introduced to him as a super hot start-up. Maybe not epic, but really a sales leader I looked up to. He’s done selling, and probably, being curious. The email to me was: “What do they do again?” And the talk.

Sell 113

Sell Up-sell Sales Start-ups 113

ClickFunnels

MAY 6, 2025

Whether launching a new course, selling physical products, or building a membership community, the funnel is your path to sustainable growth. A video sales letter funnel (VSL) uses long-form video to sell products or services. Sell smarter. Incorporating obnoxious pop-ups or forms on your homepage can distract consumers.

Growth 130

Growth Strategize Sales Contact 130

ClickFunnels

JUNE 10, 2025

Then, nurture that relationship through follow-ups, emails, and personalized content. Myth 3: You Need Fancy Software to Build a Funnel It’s easy to get caught up in shiny tech tools that promise drag-and-drop builders, automation, and advanced analytics. Let’s say you sell a fitness program.

E-commerce 130

E-commerce Real Estate Sales Trust 130

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 23, 2025

Anyone entering into selling immediately sees the obsession we have with numbers. They create revenue models, bow ties, and related models reducing selling to a math equation. Despite ramping up the numbers, increasingly we are not achieving our goals. What if we started thinking of selling as a human game?

Gaming 118

Gaming Up-sell Quota Pitch 118

Cerebral Selling

JULY 1, 2025

But when used with nuance, in moments where a buyer is unsure, disengaged, or avoiding risk, it can become a powerful way to lower defenses and open up the conversation. Disarming Follow-Up After Disengagement “Would it be crazy to revisit this in Q3?” The best salespeople don’t just sell the way they buy. Engage them.

Prospecting 130

Prospecting Intrinsic Technique Pitch 130

ClickFunnels

JUNE 3, 2025

You must understand your buyers and what motivates them before you can sell to them. Try follow-up emails, retargeting ads, phone calls, or personalized messages based on what they’ve already interacted with. Your sales won’t increase unless you connect with the people you’re attempting to sell to.

Trust 130

Trust Follow-up Campaign Sales 130

Salesforce

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Some retailers may be missing out on opportunities to rev up sales through the end of October. It can be difficult to predict which merchandise will sell well and which could flop. If your forecast is off, you could end up with lots of inventory to discount on November 1st, eating into your margins. Back to top.

Retail 105

Retail Promote Sales Follow-up 105

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

How we reduce our selling cycle. And AI has amped it up to another level. We are even seeing AI Agents conducting the meetings for us, so we don’t even have to show up. It’s stunning how much time we free up! Are you selling more?” Our people should be able to sell more.

Objection handling 125

Objection handling Up-sell Technology Technology 125

SaaStr

OCTOBER 25, 2024

For the subsequent ten years in software, we’ve optimized every little bit of how we sell it. But today, it’s different because the kinds of software we sell aren’t the same. In 2020, we transitioned from a physical selling universe to a virtual selling universe. It isn’t predictable.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 11, 2025

When I was in the hospital for a week in February, my discharge was delayed by two days because each time they asked me to walk up a flight of stairs, my blood pressure crashed. What have you personally had to give up? Have you thought about selling your business? The same thing can happen to salespeople. Request a call.

Hospitality 126

Hospitality Sales Prospecting Up-sell 126

Martech

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Calculate total costs: Add up all the expenses gathered in Step 1 to get the total cost of sales and marketing. Also, please list up to three martech tools needed to measure marketing and sales costs, as well as other costs relevant to CAC. Email: Business email address Sign me up! How do you calculate the company’s CAC?

Customers 111

Customers Commission Customer Relationship Management Retail 111

Sales Pop!

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Regular trips to the supermarket can quickly add up, no matter how carefully you plan. Sign up for your favorite store’s loyalty program or download their app, and you can unlock discounts that aren’t available to the general public. 3) Stock Up on Non-Perishables When non-perishable goods go on sale, it’s the perfect time to stock up.

Price 130

Price Sales Promote Up-sell 130

ClickFunnels

JUNE 19, 2025

If your Customer Acquisition Cost, or CAC, is creeping up, it’s time to get serious about optimizing your sales funnel. Follow Up Automatically to Stop Losing Sales 7. ” For example, if you sell fitness gear, don’t say, “Quality sportswear available.” Hook Smarter With Clear Messaging 2.

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SaaStr

JUNE 15, 2025

It’s not just about finding someone who can sell—it’s about finding someone who can sell your product in the messy, unstructured environment of an early-stage company. "Never, Selling a product without a big brand or established credibility is tough. If you wouldn’t trust them to sell to you, they’re not the right fit.

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Quota Up-sell Sales Closing 92

Martech

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

It also prohibits the buying and selling of followers and views on social media. Misuse of fake social media indicators The rule bans anyone from selling or buying fake indicators of social media influence, such as followers or views generated by a bot or hijacked accounts. Email: Business email address Sign me up! Processing.

Commission 120

Commission Legal Gaming Represent 120

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

So Salesforce is hiring 1,000 more salespeople to sell AI software … that is supposed to reduce the need for humans and replace them with agents pic.twitter.com/hsjlrz3mqS — Jason ✨????SaaStr Push them up the value stack? So will AI replace humans, make them more effective, or create a need for even more knowledge works?

Up-sell 113

Up-sell Sales Sell Product 113

Martech

AUGUST 6, 2024

One possible solution for that would be to have the company sell off Chrome and perhaps prevent Google from being a default search choice for some time. Breaking up may be good to do “One of Google’s biggest advantages in the AI market is its ability to integrate the technology across its various services seamlessly,” said Hollerbach.

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Non-Profits Engineering Price Market share 134