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Reaching the right decision maker within an organization can be one of the most difficult parts about sales. So often when trying to connect with these individuals we, as sales professionals, are stonewalled by gatekeepers, or simply unable to reach them via phone or email. Well, my friends, it is time to rejoice because social ...

I would consider myself to be a traditional salesperson. I started my B2B sales career in 1977 and that was selling $500 calculators door-to-door in the Los Angeles area. I was fortunate enough to have signed on with a national company who had a very strong reputation for sales and product training. I learned every ...

The pressure for sales professionals is on. It mounts as the quarters or years go by and the reward once you hit your number is another number.  So just as you take a breath after winning that last-minute deal to make your year, just know, it is coming at you once again. In a fast-paced ...

What is the sales pipeline? A sales pipeline describes an approach to selling, founded on the underlying principles of the sales process. It describes the individual steps salespeople take from initial contact with a potential customer, or prospect, to qualifying that prospect into a lead, and further validating that lead into a sales opportunity followed ...

As any Sales Manager knows, most sales forecasting is a mishmash of guesses, unfounded optimism, and outright pipeline stuffing.  And yet, in virtually any size organization, the pipeline is the lifeblood of future revenues, profits, and growth. So it’s science—not guesswork—that should drive decisions. Setting the Stage for Our Big News Pipeliner CRM brings sanity ...

It was a cloudy month for Pipelinersales – as we took a closer look at the cloud computing technology and defined five most important financial advantages it might bring to you. April marked the very first GO AHEAD! power breakfast in the United States, addressing principles of returning responsible and entrepreneurial thinking to the individual ...

If you’re a member of a sales force, or in sales management, there is always practical information you must know. You need to know as much as possible about your own products. You need to have a firm grounding about your particular industry and market. Today especially, in the new sales era, you must have ...

Members of a sales force are traditionally burdened with having to input tons of data into CRM, provide lengthy reports and engage in meetings with sales management—all so that their sales managers can formulate sales forecasts. Why on Earth would sales reps want to do their own sales forecasts in addition to all the administration ...