Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 27, 2020

We are in week 6 of lockdown, week 8 of voluntary work-from-home, while adapting, guiding and directing companies who still need to sell their products and services to generate revenue. At this point sales is about so much more than generating revenue for profit or to keep employees working. For most companies, sales is now about generating revenue to survive, as we stare down a whole new way of doing business.

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Membrain

APRIL 8, 2020

Sales managers can be a major multiplier for sales performance, but too often this critical role is overlooked when it comes to training. Not so at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 12, 2020

There’s a certain feeling of helplessness we each feel as we look at the current global health crisis, things happening in our companies, in our communities, even with our families. We are all facing things few of us, individually or organizationally, have ever faced. We each are struggling to find answers and to make sense of what’s happening.

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The 5% Institute

APRIL 8, 2020

The sales pitch is a crucial part of the sales process , and one that you need to get right! Making a mistake while delivering your sales pitch can mean the difference between closing the sale – and breaking rapport and starting all over again. In this article, we’ll explore why so many Sales Professionals and Business Owners make mistakes when delivering their sales pitch, and what steps you need to include prior to delivering yours.

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A Sales Guy

APRIL 28, 2020

Due to the Coronavirus and the shelter in place, we made a quick pivot at A Sales Guy. We created a virtual Gap Selling training course for salespeople. With a price point of $99.00, it was designed to make it easy and affordable for salespeople to access the same training we provide to large sales organizations around the world. It’s been a wild success and its been a blast, but all good things must come to an end.

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Engage Selling

APRIL 10, 2020

A client once reported to me that the work we did with them last year is creating 35% more revenue to the company than it did in previous years.

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Membrain

APRIL 15, 2020

It’s no secret that I believe that many sales organizations are overspending on technology. Right now, while many organizations are cutting payroll and looking for other ways to grow lean during a challenging time, I want to encourage you to take a good, hard look at your tech spend.

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SalesProInsider

APRIL 2, 2020

Have you heard the saying, “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care?”. Now is the time that we should be keeping that mantra in mind as we proactively use these next weeks to reach out to people and set the stage for helping them, strengthening our relationship with them, building trust, and earning the right for business in the future, whether that’s short term or long term.

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Heinz Marketing

APRIL 12, 2020

By Brenna Lofquist , Senior Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, finances have been tight for lots of people and families around the country. I am thankful to still be working but, finances and budgeting have still been top of mind. For the past few months I’ve been using an app on my phone called NerdWallet and I love it.

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SaaStr

APRIL 12, 2020

Q: What sales tactics that are taught to new salespeople bother you enough that you refuse to use them? A few that I think really do you a disservice in SaaS, especially before you have a huge brand: “Be careful of prospects that waste your time.” Yes, your time is precious in sales. But this is backwards. Almost no one wants to waste a salesperson’s time.

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Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Engage Selling

APRIL 9, 2020

As you almost certainly, in some format, have adjusted your day-to-day schedules and routines, be sure to keep track of what’s working.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 6, 2020

What a month it's been! Not only how the Covid-19 virus has changed our lives and sent us to work from home, but how we are conducting our businesses from home. Green screens, virtual backgrounds, video calls and meetings, team chats, video team huddles, a blur between days, working hours and relaxing hours, and more. In today's article I'm going off topic so that I can share how we converted Objective Management Group's (OMG) 4-day Boston International Sales Experts Conference for OMG Partners,

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Membrain

APRIL 1, 2020

Most of Europe and the United States has been in a state of response to the novel Coronavirus pandemic for a few weeks now, and most of us are settling into a new sense of “normal.”.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 8, 2020

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve had friends, colleagues, clients calling and to talk about the trials and tribulations of working from home. We’ve shared funny stories, frustrations, and swapped hints and tricks. Some people have been asking me for hints/tricks about working from home, knowing that I have had a home office for the past 20+ years.

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Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Sales & Devyn Blume, Sr. Account Executive

Are you curious about how artificial intelligence is reshaping sales coaching, learning, and development? Join Brendan Sweeney and Devyn Blume of Allego for an engaging new webinar exploring AI's transformative role in sales coaching and performance improvement! Brendan and Devyn will share actionable insights and strategies for integrating AI into coaching and development - ensuring personalized, effective, and scalable training!

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Heinz Marketing

APRIL 13, 2020

By Matt Heinz , Founder and President of Heinz Marketing. For three weeks, the idea of “selling with empathy” dominated discussions in sales management circles. That may have shifted late last week, as some sales executives in our new Sales Leader Cocktail Talks series started encouraging their prospects to organize, decide and act to save (even grow) their businesses amidst the current economic shutdown.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 13, 2020

The cancellation of industry events from the COVID-19 crisis poses a real problem to salespeople who rely on events-based marketing. Conferences and workshops are obviously being canceled, and the associated costs are significant. In the tech sector alone, the direct losses from the cancellation of just 10 events are more than $1.1 billion. Many companies are canceling events or postponing them until after the crisis is over.

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SaaStr

APRIL 6, 2020

I wrote an early SaaStr post way back in 2013 on my “Year of Hell” as a SaaS CEO in 2008. In 2013, we were just 2 years removed from the real recovery from ’08-’09. And the one thing that was clear to me was that as hard as it was to see at the time, once we got out of our Year from Hell at Adobe Sign / EchoSign … things roared back.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 9, 2020

Forget Consultative Selling, Value Selling and Sales Process - the things I talk about most often. The inability to sell that way is nothing - and I mean nothing compared with what I'm going to explain today! For most salespeople and companies, the last three weeks has been an absolute roller coaster. Most companies expect their sales teams to be not only active, but proactive; to replace face-to-face meetings with virtual meetings; and to continue pipeline building so that there is business to

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Speaker: Laura Noonan, Chief Revenue Officer at CallFinder + Angie Kronlage, Director of Program Success at Working Solutions + April Wiita, Vice President of Program Success at Working Solutions

Are you still manually reviewing calls? 🤔 It's time for a change! The traditional method of manual call monitoring is no longer cutting it in today's fast-paced call center environment. Industry experts Angie Kronlage and April Wiita from Working Solutions are here to explore the power of innovative automation to revolutionize outdated call review processes!

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Membrain

APRIL 22, 2020

The gig economy, improved technology, and cultural shifts have led to more and more employees working from home over the past decade. But nothing has driven that change as fast as the current coronavirus pandemic.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 2, 2020

One of my sources for blog topics is my friend, Brent Adamson. The other evening, Brent and I were trying to solve the problems of the sales world. I actually think he was trying to escape the “shelter in place” lifestyle we have adopted. One of his daughters was downstairs exercising, the rest of the family was some place else in the house.

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Heinz Marketing

APRIL 8, 2020

By Brenna Lofquist , Senior Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing. Taking a break from COVID-19 content to share with you what I’ve recently learned about campaign hierarchies in Salesforce. I’m not sure how I didn’t know about this before but at least I know now! I am by no means a Salesforce expert but, I’ve spent my fair share of time in the platform.

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Jill Konrath

APRIL 28, 2020

Keeping a positive mindset during these challenging times can be really hard. Especially when top prospects start ghosting you, big opportunities get stalled out, and finding someone new to talk to feels like an impossibility.

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Salesmate

APRIL 7, 2020

So, you too gave a nod to the work from home policy! I mean yes, under the circumstances of the Covid-19 outbreak, a lockdown is in place and you as a business owner want to ensure a safe working culture for your workforce. To showcase a noble gesture in such trying times, you need to show complete trust in your employees that they won’t misuse this facility.

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Miller Heiman Group

APRIL 14, 2020

Online shopping makes it easier for consumers to shop more often, and throughout the day. According to research from the IBM Institute for Business Value and the National Retail Federation , 71% of consumers shop in “micromoments”—whenever the impulse strikes—and often while they are doing something else, such as taking a break from a work project, eating lunch or even running on a treadmill.

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SaaStr

APRIL 3, 2020

Things are so crazy right now, and beyond that, the pace of change is almost incomprehensible. Zoom has grown 20x in usage in a little more than a month. But at the same time, we added 6,000,000 new to the unemployment rolls. SaaS for some industries is being decimated in just a week or two. In other cases, unexpected upgrades and leads seem to come out of nowhere.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 14, 2020

Events are out the window — for now. Here are two other ways to organically connect with leads using LinkedIn Sales Navigator. We’ve all seen talk of the “new normal” floating around rapid-fire tweets, deep-dive B2B podcasts, and earnest LinkedIn posts. If you know what this new normal is already, by all means, send me a connection request and fill me in.

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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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Membrain

APRIL 29, 2020

Everybody loves to hold others accountable, but very few of us enjoy being held accountable ourselves. It’s natural. We’re human, and very often “accountability” is a code word for “perform or else” where “or else” is a threat.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 20, 2020

They will begin reopening the economy in three phases, but with some restrictions. Sounds exciting, doesn't it? It's sure as heck much better than what we have today, but will it work? In this article, I'll explain why it won't work like they hope, and what must occur for the economy to thrive again.

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Salesmate

APRIL 13, 2020

Real estate pipeline management is as important as for other businesses. Lest, there is one small yet crucial difference; real estate business is a single-deal model where you have to keep looking for new prospects. For a real estate agent, this is a challenge. You are always hunting the market for leads making the process a bit competitive. But we are not here to tell you the obvious, right?

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 24, 2020

I don’t mean to be insensitive to the challenges we all face in dealing with the COVID 19 pandemic. We all are struggling, individually, community-wise, and organizationally to stay healthy, to cope, and understand how to move forward. As we look at our own companies, every organization has had to reset their plans to adjust to the new realities presented by this global health and economic crisis.

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