September, 2015

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5 Steps To Pick Yourself Up After A Lost Sale

MTD Sales Training

Imagine the scenario – you’ve invested heavily in time and effort into something you wanted badly and were counting on succeeding, like closing a big deal. In spite of all your great efforts, [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Spigit Webinar: Embedding Innovation into Company DNA, Featuring Cambia Health

Planview

It goes without saying that the healthcare industry has a thing or two to do with people. Because of that, it should go without saying that the primary focus of this industry is, then, people — their experiences as doctors, patients, and other healthcare stakeholders — and innovation efforts should support that. But the team at Cambia Health Solutions isn’t convinced that’s the case, which is why they embarked on a collective mission to disrupt and transform the healthcare industry a

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Don’t Close Sales!

Engage Selling

Did you just do a double take? Stop trying to close sales…isn’t that counter-productive to our sales success? You heard me right. Salespeople should not be attempting to “close” sales with clients. It’s all in the definition. Closing is something you do to a person. While it may just be a term, the language is completely […].

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Following Up with Prospects: 90 Percent Never Do

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Would you believe that over 90% of these people NEVER followed up on their quotes? I am absolutely amazed by that!

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AI Strategies for Sales Managers: How to Cut Down on Tedious Admin Work

What if you could help your sellers stop wasting 72% of their day on non-selling activities and focus on bringing in revenue? Incorporating AI in your enablement workflows can help you cut down on busy work, get projects done faster, and let your team (and you!) focus on making a bigger impact. We put together this guide to show you how to use AI to cut time and costs for projects, including collateral creation, development of training videos, and automating tedious processes.

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Here’s 450 Sales Questions That You Can Use

MTD Sales Training

If you want to be great at sales then you have to be great at asking questions. Lots of questions! To help you with this, I’ve gathered a list of the top 450 sales questions that I’ve. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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6 Steps That Help Your Prospect Know They’ve Made The Right Decision

MTD Sales Training

We’re often taught as salespeople that we have the best solution for prospect’s businesses and that we should be able to sell to everyone. If they don’t buy, then our sales managers think you haven’t. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Is This Problem Causing Your Team to Struggle?

Engage Selling

We can discuss sales strategies, ideas, tips and methods to no end. However, at times even the best salesperson struggles to achieve results not because of a weak strategy, but because of little to no focus on their productivity. Let’s cut to the chase. The best way to get your team to achieve true productivity […].

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What You Need to Know About Insourcing

Planview

Company leaders do a lot of different things to operate lean; it’s the one business goal that never disappears from the agenda. And for the past few decades, outsourcing has been the method of choice for getting things done without blowing the annual budget on a single project. As of 2014, the global outsourcing market amounted to $104.6 billion. Web design, creatives, manufacturing needs — almost anything can be outsourced.

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The King of Sales Skills | Sales Tips

Engage Selling

What’s the best sales skill to master? I’m revealing the answer in this week’s video sales tip! Get your copy of Nonstop Sales Boom for other vital sales skills and strategies to get your team to the top!

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Why Aligning Your Crowd and Goals = Innovation Success

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People are busy. Organizations are busy. There simply isn’t time for activities that waste time. Everything that a company focuses on must have a purpose, and innovation initiatives are no different — they have to drive value or they’re nothing but pleasant distractions. And these days, most pleasant distractions are very hard for organizations to justify and support.

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2024, The Year of the Customer

2023's struggles fueled a shift: companies are ditching wasteful strategies in favor of data and AI-powered growth. Enter 2024, the year GTC takes center stage. Discover 5 ways a customer-centric approach unlocks new revenue and delivers lasting success.

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Sales Tips: Break Down the Silos in Your Team

Engage Selling

Do not underestimate the power of bringing your team together and sharing successes. Get your copy of Nonstop Sales Boom and outline sales boosting strategies at your next team meeting!

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Your Sales Team Needs These Skills!

Engage Selling

Is your team easy to work with? Let’s face it. Even if you provide an excellent product or service, but your team is simply a pain to work with, you will have a hard time creating repeat customers…or any customers at all! There are certain skills that I believe need to be outlined by every CEO […].

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Are You Selling To Entrepreneurs Correctly?

MTD Sales Training

Entrepreneurs are by their very nature independent and flexible in their approach to their company and the way it works. Every decision they make could have a big effect on their future operations, [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Mastering the Art of Inside Referrals

Engage Selling

Today I’ll share the four steps to finding the best inside or internal referrals. Today I’ll share the four steps to finding the best inside or internal referrals.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Is Your Market Too Competitive?

Engage Selling

In today’s connected world, it’s easier than ever to learn about your competition. As a business owner, it can feel intimidating typing in a keyword from your industry into Google and coming across pages and pages filled with websites from others offering the same or similar solutions that you do. It can even feel as […].

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Is Variety the Spice of Sales?

Engage Selling

You’ve heard the saying variety is the spice of life before. So, just like many other things in life, keep the word variety in mind when it comes to your sales if you want see greater results. If you’re only using one or two pipeline streams to create more success with your prospecting, you are likely […].

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High, Wide and Deep

Engage Selling

A high quantity plus a high quality of contacts are required for growing your accounts. Today I’ll discuss how to create a Nonstop Sales Boom using the High, Wide and deep strategy of customer relationship management. A high quantity plus a high quality of contacts are required for growing your accounts. Today I’ll discuss how to create a Nonstop Sales Boom using the High, Wide and deep strategy of customer relationship management.

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Are You Selling to The Wrong Person?

Engage Selling

You’ve spent hours coordinating with and discussing your business, product or service with a potential buyer. At the final moment, you realize they need someone else’s authority to make the sale happen. It’s official. You’ve been selling to the wrong person – an influencer rather than a decision maker. It’s frustrating, energy draining and of […].

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1st, 2nd, and 3rd Party Intent Data: Which Is Right for You?

How do 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party intent data compare? 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party data each have specific advantages and disadvantages. It comes down to four factors: accuracy, cost, control and quantity. This infographic explains the pros and cons of each and helps you understand which one is best for meeting your business objectives. Intent data can be a great way to fill your pipeline and close more deals.

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Sales Tips: Getting Buy-In on Sales Objectives

Engage Selling

When it comes down to it, people only do what they want to do. So, how can you get people to buy in to your goals and objectives? Get your copy of Nonstop Sales Boom and learn how to manage and motivate your sales team to greater success!

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Manage Your Email. Grow Your Sales.

Engage Selling

Do you turn your computer on each morning only to find a mountain of unread emails that need your attention? Email overload is an epidemic in the workplace. Most salespeople that we poll tell us that they spend up to 40% of their day just managing email correspondence between clients and internal partners. If this […].

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The Wrong Time to Discuss Pricing

Engage Selling

Want to know the easiest way to lose control of the sales process? Time and time again, I’ve seen salespeople hold off on presenting their price to a prospective client until the final written proposal. They don’t bring up pricing in person or before a written proposal is sent because they’re afraid to scare away […].

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Digging for Sales Gold! | Sales Tips

Engage Selling

Looking for gold? Find just what you need with your current client base. Get your copy of Nonstop Sales Boom for other ways to hit gold when it comes to your sales!

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How to Leverage Intent Data for Better Outcomes

Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.

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Best Strategies For Managing a Millennial Sales Force (Next Generation Podcast)

Engage Selling

It was a pleasure to join Ryan Jenkins on the Next Generation Podcast. We spoke about effective strategies for selling to Millennials, managing a Millennial sales force, and how selling is changing in today’s digital world. Here are a few takeaways from the interview: How you can effectively sell across generations. Tips for selling to Millennials. Identify positive […].

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Gartner: Innovation Management Software Nearing Mainstream Adoption

Planview

Awesome new ideas are what make an innovation program…well, an innovation program. But it’s the tools you use that help those ideas become reality and bring about tangible returns — tools like innovation management software (and for some, a new way of thinking about innovation altogether). According to the people who spend their time researching this sort of thing, the importance of ‘managing innovation initiatives systematically’ (i.e., using intelligent technology) is and will cont

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Marketing for Sales People? Yes! But… Only if you Want to Succeed

Engage Selling

In this podcast I share examples of how to erase the boundaries between sales and marketing. In this podcast I share examples of how to erase the boundaries between sales and marketing.

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Should A Sales Person Always Trust Their Hunches?

MTD Sales Training

John Adair tells a story about Conrad Hilton, the Hotel magnate, who was once trying to buy a Chicago Hotel. The deadline was looming for the sealed bids to be placed and Hilton submitted a bid for. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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The 2023 Supply Chain Crystal Ball: Challenges and Solutions

Speaker: Olivia Montgomery, Associate Principal Supply Chain Analyst

Curious to know how your peers are navigating ongoing disruption? The supply chain management techniques that dominated the last 30 years are no longer supporting consumer behavior or logistics and manufacturing capabilities. So what’s working now? What should your plans for 2023 include? By researching the supply chain challenges and solutions that businesses – especially small and midsize businesses – are currently experiencing, we’ve learned what’s working and what’s not.

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Breaking the Comfort Zone: Success is Thinking Out of the Box

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A Creature of Habit is defined as a person who “develops (generally inadvertently) a set pattern of doing the same thing(s) during a certain time period of the day, week, etc.” We are all creatures of habit.

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