May, 2014

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How to Avoid Bad Hires

SBI Growth

'Perhaps you have recently made a few hiring mistakes. You are not alone. Statistics show that 80% of employee turnover is due to bad hiring decisions. This is according to The Harvard Business Review. It is frustrating when you think about the time and dollars you invested. Productivity and morale take a hit.

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53 Takeaways From The Wolf Of Wall Street’s London Seminar

MTD Sales Training

'The Wolf of Wall Street’s story; his rise, his lies, his demise and now the resurrection of Jordan Belfort’s career has fascinated me. So much so that when he came to London on 28th May at the Excel. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Sales Weapons To Deploy In The War On Your Competition

Jeffrey Gitomer

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Transform Yourself!

Engage Selling

'If you’re anything like the motivated salespeople I have worked with in the past, you may at some point feel as though you are not doing enough to separate yourself from the pack. You may look at your colleagues and competitors and see little to no difference between your approaches to secure more sales. If […].

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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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The Single Most Important Factor for #Sales Success (and How to Achieve it)

SBI

'What determines whether you’ll be an average salesperson or a phenom? Just like an athlete, you’ll never be great without mastering the fundamentals of the game. You might win a few here and there, but without continuously honing the essential skills required, you’ll remain smack in the middle of the bell curve. The question I ask is this, are the fundamentals for success in today’s sales world the same as they were in the past?

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Increase Sales with The Chameleon Effect

Sales Gravy

It's like adopting another person's unique customs when you're in their home or their place of worship. I believe most would agree that's a sign of caring and respect.

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10 Lessons a Great Salesperson Can Learn From Einstein

MTD Sales Training

'It’s been long-established that humans learn from modelling the success or failures of others, and their can be no better model in terms of 20th century advancement than Albert Einstein. Paulo. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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8.5 Leadership Qualities You Need

Jeffrey Gitomer

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Sales Tip: Adding the Right Scope, the Right Way

Engage Selling

'For more strategies to create increased customer success, check out our Sales Accelerator Program.

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What Sales Tools do You Use to Fuel Your Revenue?

SBI

'How badly do you want your team to blow away their quota? Pretty badly right? What are you willing to do differently? Hope, afterall, is not a strategy. You’ll need a new fuel source if you want to blast sales into the next stratosphere. Something, in otherwords, will have to change. You can’t expect different results by doing the same thing.

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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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5 Steps to Start Summer Pipeline Building

Sales Gravy

What kinds of programs or activity are you launching in the next 60 -90 days to make sure your summer is busy? I had two client conversations already this week reminding them to ensure they are focused on building their summer pipeline.

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Is Your Sales Process Broken?

SBI Growth

'It’s the monthly Pipeline review call. As the Sales Ops leader, you’re responsible for managing this process. Just before you take role call you’re struck with a foreboding sense of Déjà vu.

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The Best Question to Ask When Customers Enquire About Your Price

MTD Sales Training

'The whole economic world has changed in the last few years. It will never be ‘business as usual’ again. Most companies that haven’t adapted to the changes will either no longer. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Antennas Up! Why Paying Attention Pays Big

Jeffrey Gitomer

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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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Don’t Slow Down!

Engage Selling

'There are two types of salespeople. Some salespeople slow down in the face of adversity, and others use the crisis to motivate themselves to push harder towards their goals. “Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.” I absolutely love that quote by Will Rogers. […].

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Stalled Deals: 4 Strategies for Staying Out of the Friend Zone

SBI

'You know the feeling. You hang up from a sales call, turbo-pumped with adrenalin, giving yourself a mental high-five. You ‘nailed it!’ Your confidence is soaring and you’re positive the prospect is equally excited. This is what happens when you truly connect and have a conversation that feels mutually beneficial to both parties. Taking the next step comes naturally and without hesitation.

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The Goal of Follow-up is ABC

Sales Gravy

The goal is to make the follow-up a continuation of the positive purchasing experience.

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3 Ways to Improve Your Sales Forecast

SBI Growth

'“Boss, I’m sorry, but the Acme deal isn’t going to come in this quarter. We are updating the forecast to close Acme next quarter.” Perhaps you’ve heard this before from your sales leaders. Or, you’re anticipating this news in the near future. This post is for sales leaders whose sales forecasting process might be broken.

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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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The Best Way To Keep Ahead of the Competition

MTD Sales Training

'According to Charles Darwins’ Origin of Species, “It is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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How to Make Sales To Prospects “Satisfied” With Their Current Source

Jeffrey Gitomer

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What’s Your Mindset Like?

Engage Selling

'Your mindset is typically one of two things. It can either be one of your greatest tools or one of your worst obstacles. The good news is you get to choose which side of the spectrum your mindset sits. If there’s one quality every successful salesperson can share, it’s their overall mindset for success. I […].

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Smart Selling Visions: Up-Close with Top Revenue Leader CEO Mark O’Connell of @SAVO_Group

SBI

'Welcome to our biweekly blog feature. Every two weeks, I interview an executive from a top sales and marketing solutions company. We ask the same questions of every executive so readers can learn about their unique positioning and their vision for the industry. This week I interview Mark O’Connell, President and CEO of SAVO. Nancy: What does SAVO do?

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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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Just 5 Minutes a Week is All You Need

Sales Gravy

In just 5 minutes a week, you can work on business development. With that in mind, there's no excuse not to be successful. Most firms that approach us looking for business development and sales training want fast results.

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Where Should You Focus Your Sales Training Efforts?

SBI Growth

'Are you seeing the benefits from your sales enablement program this year? If you are starting to see sales rep turnover. Or you missed the number last quarter. It means you likely aren’t. Why? Most likely the reps were not given the right tools to be successful.

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Handling Objections – Infographic

MTD Sales Training

'One of the biggest hurdles facing sales people is the objection raised from the prospect. Using the tactics in our infographic below, handling objections will now be a doddle! TO DOWNLOAD THE FULL. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Picture This…

Jeffrey Gitomer

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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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Sales Tip: Improving Prospecting with Your Sales Team

Engage Selling

'For more strategies that will help create more prospecting success, check out our Sales Accelerator Program.

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Stalled Deals: 4 Strategies for Staying Out of the Friend Zone

SBI

'You know the feeling. You hang up from a sales call, turbo-pumped with adrenalin, giving yourself a mental high-five. You ‘nailed it!’ Your confidence is soaring and you’re positive the prospect is equally excited. This is what happens when you truly connect and have a conversation that feels mutually beneficial to both parties. Taking the next step comes naturally and without hesitation.

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Les Lent: An Exclusive Sales Gravy Interview

Sales Gravy

Les Lent is a Sales Trainer, Sales Coach, Speaker and passionate about life. Les holds 20 years of experience as a Sales Professional and Sales Leader.

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I Just Joined Linked, Now What?

SBI Growth

'A client recently asked me about LinkedIn and its role in Social Selling. They’d heard of it helping others get business, but were skeptical of the claims. They figured it to be another fading fad that would eventually lose its appeal. They admitted to having a professional profile, but hadn’t done anything since. I thought about it for a second, and then asked him a question.

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How to Prove Marketing Value: Demonstrate Content ROI and Contribution to Sales

Every marketer knows how important it is to prove their efforts drive sales opportunities, but that’s easier said than done. When problems like sales and marketing misalignment, lack of data, and wasted efforts persist, marketers can’t measure, prove, or increase their impact on revenue at a time when demonstrating marketing value is critical. Using analyst and expert data, this guide to marketing impact and content attribution explains: How B2B buyers use content The most common types of conten