When the pressure is hot to close at the end of the month, the quarter, or the end of the year, we start looking for deals to squeeze in before the next period begins. Sometimes we’re lucky to have found those extra deals at the beginning of the closing period, but...
Has your prospect ever been in your database before? Find out if your prospect has had any relationships with your business in the past. Have they ever been a prospect before? How far into the sales cycle did they get, and why didn’t the deal close? For example, you...
An effective lead nurturing program will move cold or poorly-rated leads through your funnel. In a lot of cases, leads enter CRM systems with sparsely filled in details or indicators that they aren’t a right fit right now. The concept behind nurturing is to keep all...
One of the easiest ways to increase B2B sales productivity is to continue to sell to current customers. This is done by actively creating and nurturing a relationship with them. It takes far less time, energy and money to sell to a current customer than to sell to new...
(Image source: Socialcast.com) Wasting time on meetings is so prevalent there is an app for it. In the sales world, about 80 percent of a sales person time is spent in meetings, preparing for meetings and completing administrative tasks as opposed to making sales....
In December, we posted The InsideView 20 – The Top Sales Industry Social Media Users, which highlighted 20 sales professionals who are paving the way for social media use throughout their respective industries. This innovative group of sales execs, writers, trainers...