Sales Gravy

APRIL 6, 2025

We are coming off of a week that can only be described as a stock market bloodbathamping up uncertainty and making selling even harder. Starting today, selling just got even harder. You Must Sell Better During Times of Uncertainty To win consistently, during times of uncertainty you must sell better. No mistakes.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 7, 2025

One of my questions right away was just, you made this transition, at least at Aircall, from APAC and running that to now overseeing you know global what are some of the differences between selling in apac and selling in in north america hmm. If I look at one thing, we all think about consultative selling, about active listening.

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Sales Pop!

JUNE 19, 2024

Mindful Selling No one knows what a prospective client may want unless we ask, and the asking evolves into a growing Q&A session upfront. Ask Yourself Questions Compare and contrast the company conversations where you were invited in for an appointment, but only a few said, ‘Yes,’ while the rest said, ‘No.’

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Tibor Shanto

AUGUST 10, 2021

Questions are the weapon of choice for consistently successful salespeople, so listen up the half that aren’t making quota. Questions come in many styles, each suited to different pieces of the puzzle that make up the entire picture. As I have probably mentioned a million times, prospecting is different than selling.

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Sales Gravy

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Our conversation ranged from the impact of AI to the growing importance of a consultative selling mindset in modern selling. Below, youll discover practical insights you can leverage to sharpen your competitive edgeregardless of what industry or region you sell intoand take advantage of these emerging trends.

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Salesmate

AUGUST 19, 2021

The end goal of every sales call is to get an appointment. Before you schedule a meeting with your prospect and dazzle them with a strong value proposition, you need to persuade the prospect with an appointment call. . No one likes cold calling hundreds of prospects just to end up with one or two appointments.

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Sales Gravy

JANUARY 26, 2025

Its the fear of rejection that makes selling so difficult for most peopleand why most people will never do your job. You might steer clear of the pain of rejection for a while, but sooner or later itll catch up with you when you find yourself unable to provide for your family, missing your mortgage payment, or stuck in a dead-end job.

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Sales Gravy

APRIL 2, 2025

Dennis from Chesterfield, Missouri, wants to know if sales coaching truly moves the performance needle, especially when shifting from transactional approaches to more consultative selling. Research shows that simply sending people to training without one-on-one follow-up leads to a big dip in retention and performance.

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Salesmate

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Here you are selling to a business, so the level of difficulty and risks are too high. Before even thinking about closing, you need to get over the hurdle of B2B appointment setting, which is surely quite challenging here. Scheduling a B2B appointment requires a lot of effort. B2B sales is undoubtedly a tough nut to crack.

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In order to sell someone, you first have to get them to book a meeting with you. Reps make countless calls each day, hoping and praying that one of their prospects will pick up the phone. How to Set an Appointment. With this in mind, Scher said that reps with the highest connection rates acknowledge this fact up front.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

to book an appointment. You’re going up against companies like Gusto who already handle payroll extremely well. How to Make Onboarding Work for SMBs While in some cases, selling to SMBs is easier than Enterprise in many ways, one way in which it’s fundamentally harder is onboarding. They don’t want to call at 9 a.m.

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Sales Pop!

MAY 20, 2023

The book was by Daniel Pink and was entitled To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth about Moving Others. In To Sell Is Human , the author quotes playwright Arthur Miller from his famous play Death of a Salesman. This was certainly true at the time To Sell Is Human was published in 2012. Pink cited the U.S.

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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. Prospect: Yes!

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Sometimes, while we think what we sell is important, it may not be on the radar of the executives we are trying to reach—nor should it be. ” Bill and I show up on “executive row” at the appointed time. “Dave, thanks for setting this up. We were shown into Mike’s office.

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ClickFunnels

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Send emails, create and sell courses, build an eCommerce store, brand and customize your website, start a membership program, take payments, buy domains, and tons more. In case you want more specifics, we’ve compiled tons of charts and feature explanations below to show you how ClickFunnels stacks up against other popular tools.

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The company’s unique selling proposition — its commitment to delivering premium coffee experiences in a welcoming environment — is undermined by trying to cater to everyone. The appointment of a new leader who is seen as highly competent pushed Starbucks stock up 25%. Processing.

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Sales Pop!

APRIL 30, 2022

It’s really as easy and user-friendly as opening up a smartphone and connecting to your service provider. Like the navigation system in your car, with these templates, you’re saving yourself all kinds of time, and freeing up your attention for other essential tasks. Appointment scheduler. Email follow up. Extra Cost.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 17, 2019

Saturday morning, I was waiting for my appointment to get my haircut. Regina and the customer thanked each other, scheduled the next appointment, the customer left the shop. As Regina and I walked back to her station, I said, “Great job of up-selling and objection handling!” Who Should We Be Talking To?

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

At least that was the case in 1983 when I was selling Nautilus exercise equipment, and it still is today even as president of Anthony Cole Training Group. I grew up in a sales world where, if you called yourself a sales person, you prospected for leads. Sales people have to prospect! Honestly, I have to say I''m confused by this.

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Sales Pop!

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

It’s essential to stay relevant, provide the most up-to-date service, and ensure effective management of customer databases to establish higher customer retention. A CRM system reminds you of appointments and follow-up emails creating a loyal customer base and ensuring the sustenance of your business.

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ClickFunnels

JULY 21, 2021

How do you sell someone something in 90 seconds or less? You can’t sell a solution that you don’t fully understand… even if you understand the person’s problem very well. According to Optinmonster , adding social proof to a sales page can immediately boost conversions by up to 15%. Are you ready to sign up? We understand.

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Learning about sales and selling is one of the things I enjoy most about what I do. I thought that was selling. In 1987, when I entered the life insurance business with David Zimmerman at National Life of Vermont, I learned that selling life insurance was truly "selling" and my experience with Nautilus had been merely "order-taking".

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Anthony Cole Training

JULY 18, 2014

Here is the list of things you need to improve: EFFORT: 10% more effort will result in 10 more appointments - even if you DON’T improve your skills. PHONE SKILLS: Improve your phone skills by 10% and convert just 10% more contacts to appointments. You still have to pick up the phone and call them. Did you like today’s post?

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

I began debunking sales articles when the first ones predicting the death of selling appeared circa 2008. Later, articles predicting the end of selling became both more prolific and more specific including the certain death of: Solution Selling Cold Calling Consultative Selling Sales Process SPIN Selling and more.

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ClickFunnels

JUNE 23, 2021

What will you sell your dream customers that they’ll want to purchase? Meanwhile, if we only focused on selling our products, people would soon stop opening our emails because no one wants to be bombarded with endless sales pitches. Create a simple 6-email follow-up sequence. What is your dream customer struggling with?

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Sales Pop!

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Sometimes, multiple sides pop up upon examining an initial and seemingly straightforward question. They expect a ‘yes, we will buy from you,’ only to feel disappointment upon hearing ‘no,’ and then get up to exit and never return. Sales are generally far more complex than a simple yes or no answer.

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ClickFunnels

JANUARY 27, 2023

How to Build a Sales Funnel For Your Medical Practice How to Create a Winning 6-Email “Indoctrination” Sequence How To Use Email Segmentation To Sell Products and Services How To Start a Weekly Email Newsletter Build A Sales Funnel For Your Medical Practice with ClickFunnels 2.0! But how should it look like? Why would you ask?”

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Hubspot

JULY 10, 2024

Not to mention how much tap-to-pay transactions have sped up my coffee runs. These processors make it easy for businesses of all sizes to accept payments from customers globally and in person, making them a critical component for anyone who sells goods or services. PayPal is easy to set up, but a potential downside is its fees.

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Veloxy

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

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. Sales acceleration isn’t merely selling faster to sell more. Keep your salespeople selling efficiently with automation and AI for sales.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 30, 2021

They’ve built a new process of guided selling, which Neil discusses during the show. How Revenue Grid enables smarter selling. Guided selling and engagement. Scaling Up During The Pandemic [11:40]. All that’s lit up based on the integration that we have with the email server and calendar. powered by Sounder.

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Sales Pop!

MAY 8, 2022

Is something holding it up? Several leading CRM developers have spent millions of dollars attempting to create AI that will literally replace salespeople so that they don’t have to actually sell. While this might work in lower-priced B2C sales, AI cannot possibly succeed in B2B selling. No Follow-up. Tasks overdue.

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Veloxy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Salesforce Adoption Pain Point #1 : Sales representatives report spending 66% of their day performing tedious, non-selling activity in Salesforce. This is a conundrum for most sales managers, as sales productivity is one of the common selling points of the Salesforce CRM platform. The key is Salesforce automation. Table of Contents.

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Veloxy

JANUARY 18, 2023

Offering in-person meetings, performing product demos in front of prospects, attending professional events, and engaging in door-to-door selling can help your sales team stand out in this increasingly digital environment. Field sales refer to selling outside of a traditional office setting. Schedule your free consultation NOW!

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Sales Pop!

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

However, the sales process can be bogged down by repetitive tasks like lead generation, email follow-up, and appointment scheduling. Streamlining the process and freeing up valuable time for sales teams to focus on selling. More important activities, such as selling and closing deals. Which Tool is Best for Sales?

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Sales Pop!

AUGUST 13, 2021

In our last article, we took up the fact that one type of CRM administrator acts as an architect of the CRM for the company. We’re going to now go into detail with the concepts this person needs to deal with in properly setting up CRM. Working Out Company Structure. We have a clear structure at Pipeliner. Users and Roles.

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Veloxy

AUGUST 17, 2022

Some tools out there are foundational — things like appointment scheduling, data automation, and document generation. When you can access Salesforce from anywhere on any device, you can automate and eliminate up to 95%, or 1,200 hours, of non-selling activity. The Top 7 Best Salesforce Automation Tools. source of image.

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Veloxy

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Just be sure you print and bookmark this blog post so you can take it with you wherever you go, wherever you sell. In its simplest form, cold calling is the act of calling someone whom you’ve never had contact with before, with the ultimate intention of selling them your product or service. They’ll thank you for it.

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