Back in February, we were elated to announce that we were teaming up with sales legend Andy Paul to expand the hugely popular Accelerate podcast to deliver best practices, stories and sales tips from a vast network of the world’s best and most influential sales leaders. Today we’re tremendously excited to reveal that the top […]

If there was ever a can’t-miss webinar, this is it. We are currently in a moment of complete unpredictability that has undoubtedly impacted each and every business and individual. No one could have predicted this would have happened, and nobody knows for sure what will happen next. However, there is one single way to future-proof […]

For remote sales managers, call recordings are critical to revenue success Forced remote work by virtue of the COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating sales management trends that were already underway. As a result of social distancing and remote work, many sales leaders are presented with a lower-fidelity picture of how their sales team is doing, what […]

Success is tied to your Character Sales is a competitive profession. Your success is defined by your ability to consistently defeat your competitors and overcome your buyer’s inertia. Winning also defines you. You win as a result of the habits that comprise who you are. And the sum of those habits represent your character; the […]

Summary: Instead of analyzing the opportunities in your pipeline based on how far a buyer has progressed through your sales process, assess your chances of winning their order based on the depth of your understanding of their needs, their desired outcomes and where they stand in their decision-making process. As humans we feel a burning […]

Like many B2B companies, you’ve been running a disciplined account based sales and marketing program. To get there, you invested countless hours analyzing product market fit across industries, segments and individual companies. You relentlessly tested messaging across digital channels, SDR outreach initiatives and events, having little reason to doubt your conclusions. After all, recent headlines […]

Maya Angelou, the great American poet, famously wrote: “People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. People will never forget how you made them feel.” This wisdom directly applies to how you sell, and is one of the keys to success in sales overall. There’s no escaping the reality that your […]

We’ve said it before and we will say it again: cold calling is hard. But, every single sales team in every single industry absolutely must make them. If your team does any type of sales prospecting, your reps need colds to reach new leads, capture new clients, grow their network, and ultimately generate more revenue. […]

Sales management has been a data- and performance-driven profession for decades, but only recently has technology caught up to the real needs of sales managers. Today, true data collection and performance analytics can become a core part of the sales management process. Thanks to powerful CRM data capture technologies and sales dashboards, sales leaders have […]

On sales calls, especially those that involve a competitor or require selling into a noisy space, one of the best ways to stand out is market differentiation. Market differentiation is a method through which a particular product or service is made to be distinguishable from others in a desirable manner so that it appears superior […]

Phone call anxiety is a real thing. In fact, research shows that 40 percent of salespeople will experience some sort of anxiety when making calls. Whether it be picking up the phone, struggling with a script, trouble booking a demo, or grappling with rejections, call anxiety can have a paralyzing effect on a rep’s sales […]

Cold calling is arguably one of the hardest sales activities, as there are so many different factors that contribute to a reps’ success or failure at it. When it comes to making successful cold calls, a solid skill set significantly contributes to success. Fortunately, anyone can acquire the skills necessary to be successful at cold […]