In past posts, I've talked a lot about metrics within the traditional Sales Pipeline/Funnel, focusing on qualified opportunities. Today, too many of the sales people I speak to are opportunity starved. They don't have a sufficient volume of opportunities to achieve their goal. One of the most impor
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Performance Managegement Friday --- % Leads Converted To Opportunities
Posted by dabrock under SalesFrom http://partnersinexcellenceblog.com 4749 days ago
Who Is The Beneficiary Of Sales And Marketing Automation?
Posted by dabrock under SalesFrom http://partnersinexcellenceblog.com 4749 days ago
Isn't the real beneficiary of sales and marketing automation the customer? It seems to me, these tools enable us to dramatically improve the quality of the customer experience. They enable us to transform our relationships and the customer engagement process
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How to Cash In this Holiday 2011
Posted by HBCinc under SalesFrom http://www.thenewbusinessidea.com 4749 days ago
You may think the holiday shopping season is right around the corner, but it is actually here now.
In order to gain sales, retailers are making it easier than ever for consumers to shop and buy from them. Black Friday may be weeks away, but according to the Sun Sentinel, many big box retailers Read More
In order to gain sales, retailers are making it easier than ever for consumers to shop and buy from them. Black Friday may be weeks away, but according to the Sun Sentinel, many big box retailers Read More
Questions That Sell: How to Help Customers Analyze Their Problems
Posted by Larry J Keltto under SalesFrom http://www.thesolopreneurlife.com 4750 days ago
Most people are reluctant to change, unless their situation demands it. Use these questions to highlight a customer’s problem and help her discover its magnitude.
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The Death of Sales 2.0
Posted by SalesPractice under SalesFrom http://www.salespractice.com 4750 days ago
It seems that outside the blogosphere, and especially the more marketing focused sites, business people have no clue what Sales 2.0 is...
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Working On Trust
Posted by dabrock under SalesFrom http://partnersinexcellenceblog.com 4751 days ago
Trust is the cornerstone in developing healthy relationships,whether they be personal or professional. It's particularly important in our effectiveness as sales people. However, there's a lot of bad information about establishing and maintaining trust--both with your customers and within your organ
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In most stores, the point of sale is the checkout counter. Your signage promoting special offers, clearances and gifts with a purchase can significantly increase the average amount of each sale with add-on and accessories that are creatively promoted. Studies have often found that it’s much easier
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Are You Selling to Phantom Buyers?
Posted by SalesDuJour under SalesFrom http://www.salesdujour.com 4752 days ago
Imagine you’re running a retail shop. Twenty or thirty times a day, your front door opens and the entry bell rings “ding-ding.” You trace the path of depressions in the carpet and see products shuffled around your shelves. Most of these journeys through your store end with an invisible departure. T
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Do You Know What Should Be Keeping Your Customers Up At Night?
Posted by dabrock under SalesFrom http://partnersinexcellenceblog.com 4752 days ago
The much more powerful concept is the ability of the sales person to engage the customer in a conversation about What should be keeping them up at night?
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Case Study: How Copyblogger Shifted From Blog Publishing To Product Development
Posted by ivanwalsh under SalesFrom http://www.ivanwalsh.com 4753 days ago
Have you noticed how Copyblogger is moving from a ‘traditional’ blog to a solutions provider offering web marketing tools? Some people feel that Copyblogger should have stuck to its roots and built a better blog, but I’m not so sure.
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