Prospecting strategies can be difficult for many individuals in a sales organization. It makes salespeople break out into an immediate sweat, and perplexes sales managers, marketers, and upper-level management alike. This article will help you learn actionable insights into how to improve your prospecting. Defining Prospecting: Prospecting, put simply, is the opportunity to identify and ...
Pipeline management is crucial for any sales company. Without a pipeline management software that is cutting edge, and offers necessary features, you will be left with a confusing, chaotic mess of data that won’t be at all useful. It’s also important to use your pipeline management system effectively and appropriately, and ensure that each team ...
The question often comes up regarding defining enterprise selling versus selling into smaller accounts. Given the criticality of pain in selling, I define enterprise selling in terms of the unique pains and challenges that selling organizations face in dealing with large enterprise accounts. Long sales cycles, extensive buyer networks, and sophisticated competitors create problems not ...
Advice for My Younger, Sales Manager Self There are several questions that I get asked in interviews that I particularly enjoy answering, mostly because they provoke introspection, humility, and thought. I am in the teaching and development profession. Part of why I am in this field, and why I excel at what I do, is ...
Julie Hansen is July’s Contributor Spotlight! Each month, SalesPOP! interviews one of our top contributors, giving readers a peek into the mind of experts in the sales industry. Hansen leads the sales industry in presentations, helping salespeople to create and deliver the perfect sales presentation. She founded Performance Sales and Training, an organization that helps ...
Sales coaching is a perennially difficult subject. Everyone agrees that it’s essential, and yet it’s not always implemented or done effectively. This article explores ways to improve sales coaching and provides actionable insights to jumpstart the creation of the coaching process. Defining Sales Coaching: The sales manager is a pivotal job if you want to ...
Technology and sales enablement has become really important aspects of today’s sales environment, but there is danger lurking in trying to automate areas that should be left to humans. Technology Does Not Replace Humans Everything in today’s business environment seems to be about technology, the latest developments, content marketing, microblogs, engagement, SEOs, etc. Some companies ...
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