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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Sales Pop!

APRIL 24, 2023

A gaming website is a great online business to run, as people will always be on the lookout for interactive entertainment. But you won’t automatically generate traffic just because you create a gaming website. So, compare the below list with your website to see where you went wrong, and your revenue will begin to climb up.

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The 5% Institute

JULY 5, 2022

These sales hacks for closing easily are centred around consultative selling. This means that you’ll take a question based, and solution approach rather than purely presenting an option up front. Sales Hacks – 8 x For Lifting Your Game. Further reading: Positioning In Sales – How To Sell Effectively.

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

It also prohibits the buying and selling of followers and views on social media. By strengthening the FTC’s toolkit to fight deceptive advertising, the final rule will protect Americans from getting cheated, put businesses that unlawfully game the system on notice, and promote markets that are fair, honest, and competitive.”

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Iannarino

JULY 15, 2021

In a zero-sum game, you need to create a competitive advantage. How you sell—not what you sell or who you work for—is your most important competitive advantage. The more unfair advantages you can stack up, the greater the odds that your prospective client will decide to buy from you. Greater Mindshare.

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Veloxy

OCTOBER 22, 2024

At Veloxy, we believe AI is the game-changer every sales leader needs. Data-Driven Precision to the Sales Process AI completely changes the game. AI algorithms predict: Which leads are the hottest What they’re looking for The best way to approach them No more guessing games or following cold trails.

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Sales Gravy

APRIL 10, 2025

The Fancy Stuff Is Failing You We see it all the timesalespeople hiding behind automation tools, social selling gimmicks, and relationship-building fluff. They talk a big game on Zoom, but when its time to dial the phone or ask for the sale, they freeze like a deer in headlights. Follow-up calls. Phone Calls Cold calls.

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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. ” The reality is, few of our solutions, when we are honest, are game changing at the corporate level, particularly when we are looking at larger organizations. But how do we do this?

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 16, 2023

We leave it up to them to figure out what they should be thinking about, who should be involved, and how they build consensus and support around a decision. When I started selling, I was fortunate to work for an organization that did not discount, period! The post Games Sellers Play, Pricing/Discounting!

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Sales Gravy

JANUARY 14, 2025

Consider: Conversion Rates from Inbound Leads Speed to Lead (How fast are you following up?) Maybe you need to tighten up your proposals so more of them convert. Choose a CRM that matches your current size and selling process. Maybe you need to tighten up your proposals so more of them convert. The rule of thumb?

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

I’m imagining the end game of all the productivity and efficiency hacks I see filling my feeds. 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!

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Martech

JUNE 14, 2024

A bit like a supermarket not selling eggs. If AI is to be a true game changer for enterprises it will be through some other application of AI. What I do think I know is that text and image generation, once everyone is doing it (which won’t be long), will seem less of a game changer than it does today.

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Veloxy

JANUARY 7, 2025

Presenting: Showing the value of what you sell. Overcoming Objections: A game plan for addressing concerns. How to Remove Salesforce CRM Friction Learn how to remove friction points tied to Salesforce, helping your sales team sell easier and faster. This preparation can allow them to cut down selling time.

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Iannarino

AUGUST 1, 2021

But in more cases than not, you’ll still need to sell. Much of my sales career took place in a highly commoditized industry , where you could expect a new lead about as often as a Halley’s Comet sighting or perhaps a new Game of Thrones novel. Occasionally, this is true. Compelled to Change, or Not So Much.

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Tibor Shanto

OCTOBER 12, 2021

When you look to other professions, especially those that practice between games, they don’t love every aspect of their game. But when you turn to find a better time, you are really giving up. Refining your prospecting is a career long journey, until you accept that, it will always be a struggle. It will take practice.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

So much of it begins to look like a game of pint pong. If you look at many of the popular selling methodologies, they are all focused on conversations–SPIN, Consultative Selling, Value Based Selling, GAP, MEDDIC, Challenger and others. Can you hold up your end of the conversation?

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Veloxy

JANUARY 19, 2022

When a B2B buyer picks up a cold call, they instantly think you got their name and number from a list. I’ve worked with dozens of regional sales managers at telecom companies T-Mobile and Comcast, multiplying revenue by eliminating non-selling activities that bog down field sales reps. Demonstrate that you know their business.

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Martech

JULY 16, 2024

A well-designed and carefully calculated loyalty program can be a game changer for brands looking to maximize their return on investment through customer engagement. Cross-selling and upselling Loyalty programs serve as powerful tools for enhancing upsell and cross-sell initiatives through the invaluable data they collect from members.

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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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Veloxy

AUGUST 29, 2023

This can be the thing that ends up making or breaking your business. You would be amazed at how many salesmen give up after just one attempt at trying to call a client. That is because about 90% of them give up after the fourth phone call attempt. Do yourself a favor and do not give up so easily. Field sales.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 18, 2024

You can talk about the roadmap or sales strategy until you’re blue in the face, but if you don’t have the team to do it at scale, there’s no point in talking a ‘big game.’ ” For example, when you hit a $100M, you just can’t sell enough to drive 40 points of new growth.

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

To put a database with this kind of power in the front-office, in front of marketers, and to do so in a way that puts corks on their forks so they don’t poke themselves in the eye… I feel this is early innings in this game.” ” A unified view of B2B buying and selling. . Processing.

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Iannarino

JULY 20, 2021

As a result, they refuse follow-up meetings, they rely more on their own research, and they end more deals with a “no decision.” How you sell—including what you believe your client needs from you—is a greater variable to your success than what you sell.

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Sales Gravy

MARCH 27, 2025

Weve pulled together five of the biggest game-changing sales tips from the Sales Gravy Podcast so far this year. But you can practice your way to excellence and thenone dayreach elite levels of selling. In other words, be ready to roll up your sleeves and get in the trenches. Dont give up before you see results.

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Search Engine Land

JULY 16, 2024

So much regurgitated material has been created to game the search algorithm that Google had to launch the core and spam updates to clean the web of useless information. They still make money by selling courses and books to the naïve public on “how to make easy money by mass-producing content with AI.”

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Martech

AUGUST 19, 2024

I’m not bringing it up to judge Robinson on his turn at this unfortunate ritual. The cost-conscious decision-maker As with many other types of selling, some areas of tech appear to be a race to the bottom. The reps here need to be on their game, being proactive and seeking active feedback from the customer along the way.

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Iannarino

JULY 8, 2021

Identifying a prospective client’s problem is a tried and true approach, the core of legacy solution selling. Once you know the problem, the traditional approach would have you compete by putting your solution up against your competitor’s solution. By moving the conversation up a level or two, you change the nature of the contest.

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Veloxy

DECEMBER 21, 2021

One of the most popular sales resolutions for 2022 will be a commitment to reduce non-selling activity. Did you know that most salespeople spend over 60% of their time not selling. How much more could one of your reps sell with an additional 300+ selling hours a year? How Does Salesforce Automation Development Work?

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Veloxy

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Back in 2018, Salesforce discovered that sales reps were only spending 34% of their time selling (707 hours a year). Salesforce just found that salespeople are only spending 28% of their time selling. That’s a stunning 125 hours of less selling time than in 2018 ! You’ll add another 300+ selling hours to each rep’s year.

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Salesforce

AUGUST 8, 2024

So marketers end up stuck in a cycle of sending out generic blast emails that do little to engage their audience. Set up automated email triggers based on customer actions, such as abandoned cart reminders, post-purchase follow-ups, or personalized birthday messages. EXAMPLE: Your company sells outdoor adventure gear online.

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Veloxy

MAY 25, 2021

Product or service confidence means that the salesperson honestly believes that what they are selling can make life better somehow…even if just in a small way. A personable salesperson is respectful, patient, easy to talk to, and picks up on social queues (just to name a few). Here are 9 sales statistics just on following up: .

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ClickFunnels

AUGUST 2, 2021

Say, if you are selling a book about bootstrapping a SaaS business, then Indie Hackers is where your dream customers hang out. For example, if you sell portfolio website templates for freelance writers, then you may want to invest in a Freelance Writers Den membership. Show up there yourself. Paid online forums. Marketing Sales.

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Veloxy

JUNE 23, 2021

For most companies, selling virtually has become the new norm. And although some have taken to virtual selling like a fish to water, more and more businesses are struggling to adjust. So, how can we work on fixing a lot of these virtual selling challenges? 10 Steps to Building a Virtual Selling Team. Stop waiting.

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Search Engine Land

AUGUST 14, 2024

If you haven’t been keeping up with the role of automation and AI in lead gen advertising, this article includes advice and experiences on: Managing your ad strategy. AI tools to help you level up fast. As you implement or level up your comfort with AI, remember that ad accounts are not always your biggest lever for improvement.

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Sales Pop!

JUNE 5, 2024

However, one vital element for effective selling was omitted: understanding the ‘why’ behind each prospect’s willingness to engage. Over time, clients begin selling on our behalf by telling those they know about our unique service and reliability. A common phrase is, ‘The numbers don’t add up.’

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ClickFunnels

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Imagine that I sell guitars and my ideal customers are beginner guitarists. And at the end of their quiz, this is the page that pops up — as you can see, they’re explicitly honest about what’s going to happen when the person enters their email address. They’re an ecommerce brand that sells glasses. Maybe it’ll be a game-changer.

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SaaStr

APRIL 11, 2025

What keeps them up at night? If you cant explain how your product solves those problems in a clear, compelling way, youre not ready to sell. No Dumb Games or Generic Copy : Be honest? This isnt something you can fakeits about showing up every day ready to grind, learn, and improve. Understand your target personas deeply.

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