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Why Social Listening Is Important To Your Sales Team

social-listening-important-sales.jpgOne of the most exciting aspects of social selling is that it applies to all types of organizations and teams. And yet, whenever marketing suggests that sales should be using social media to “sell more, bigger, and faster,” well, we’re all familiar with that eye roll. 😏

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3 Sure-Fire Ways To Warm Up Your Cold Call

warm cold callAs Mark McCormack so clearly stated, “All things being equal, people will do business with a friend; all things being unequal, people will still do business with a friend.”

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Why Social Selling Is More Than Just A BuzzWord

bread-and-butter-of-social-selling.jpgSocial selling is one of the hottest buzzwords in sales right now. If you don’t believe me, just take a look at how use of the phrase has been on a steady incline for the past five years.

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Account-Based Sales Tactics With LinkedIn Navigator

account based salesAccount-based selling is all the talk these days. What you as a sales professional or leader might not know is that LinkedIn Navigator is an incredibly useful tool for social listening and executing data-driven tactics to win business with your target accounts.

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The Sales Battle: 3 Data-Backed Risks Of Not Social Selling [Infographic]

The sales battle is ripe with competition. In the today’s disruptive landscape, sellers are scrambling to step ahead and be the first ally in their buyers’ journey.

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Window Time: How Your Sales Team Can Create Original Insights

sales-create-insights.jpgWe’ve heard time and time again questions about how we create so much content. There is a concept at our company called “Window Time.”

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Why Are Sales Teams Having Less Conversations?

why-are-sales-teams-having-less-conversations.jpgDoes this title surprise you as a sales leader or sales professional? It shouldn’t.

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Touchdown: How To Score $250,000 Deals By Researching Your Buyer

If you don’t understand your buyer today, you’re never going to be able to reach them. Just because it’s easier to find buyers through social channels like LinkedIn or Twitter, it doesn’t mean they’re going to listen to you. After all, they don’t even know who you are.

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A Multi-Pronged Strategy To Win Impenetrable Accounts

impenatrable accountsEvery sales professional can recount a story from experience about a target company or account that despite their best efforts, was impossible to penetrate. There is no doubt that acquiring business from these organizations is difficult, but not impossible — after all, the current supplier got in! The real question is: what can you do when your standard approaches have all failed?

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No Chill: The Ultimate Way To Warm Your Cold Call

ultimate-way-to-warm-your-cold-call.pngThere’s a time for chill and this is not it. When people say “no chill,” they are often talking about flailing around with undirected energy when you should be calm. There’s more to it than that, though. The “no chill” state of mind can actually be a powerful tool for sales professionals that can channel it into excitement and enthusiasm. Building new relationships is work, there’s no question about that, but there’s no reason it can’t be fun, too.