CRM Software, Sales Management, Sales Training
Can you hear a pin drop when you stop talking in meetings with customers? How can you get the customer engaged in a meaningful conversation and keep it going? Watch this short video by Sales and Marketing strategist, Steve Yastrow: Customers are so busy that it’s...
CRM Software, Sales Management, Sales Training
Talking about yourself and your products in customer conversations? Explaining how great your products and services are? Is it working? If not, watch this short video by Sales and Marketing strategist, Steve Yastrow: Learning about each customer’s unique needs...
CRM Software, Sales Management, Sales Training
You’ve got an appointment! Now, what’s the goal for the meeting? Spoiler Alert: It’s not to close the deal! If you’re monologuing at customers and walking away disappointed, watch this short video by Sales and Marketing strategist, Steve Yastrow: The real goal of...
CRM Software, Sales Management, Sales Training
Not closing enough deals? Maybe you’re talking too much. Watch this short video by Sales and Marketing strategist, Steve Yastrow: It’s not the smooth talk or the dazzling presentation you’ve delivered that get the order. Sales happen when customers make their own...
Lead Generation, Marketing Automation, Recents
According to LinkedIn, the perfect sales call is actually multiple encounters: almost 50% of all salespeople never follow up after a call with a prospect! Less than 10% of sales representatives actually keep up with prospects for a third and further encounters,...
CRM Software, Recents, Sales Training
There are plenty of old-school techniques for training your sales team that rely on outdated methods of reaching the customer. In a technologically connected era, sales teams must combine the strengths of in-person sales (if such sales even happen in your industry)...
Lead Generation, Marketing Automation, Recents
Email is not the primary avenue for marketing professionals anymore. What email is, however, is a primary resource for feeding your leads pool with quality and viable potential customers. “Even in 2017, email boasts some of the highest engagement...
Lead Generation, Marketing Automation, Recents
Your marketing team can work tirelessly, and your sales team can burn the midnight oil trying to convince people to buy your product, but if you make the biggest lead management mistake, much of that effort is immediately lost. This simple mistake can cause...
Lead Generation, Marketing Automation, Recents
A new year is a time to make changes, notice what isn’t working and take the time to begin a great habit for the rest of the year. When it comes to marketing, one place that many companies fall short is within lead management. Of course businesses are working...
Lead Generation, Marketing Automation, Recents
Developing a campaign that effectively feeds the lead pool is great. Devising an effective SEO strategy that successfully steers traffic toward your business is awesome. Where you go from here, however, that is everything! Regardless of how good your marketing...
Recents, Sales Management, Sales Training
The position of sales manager can be extremely rewarding or absolutely awful. While the truth is, much of your success depends on your team of salespeople, sales managers have more control over their success and failure than most might imagine. When things go well,...
Recents, Sales Management
It’s the end of the year and already time to begin planning for 2018. Reaching all of your sales goals will be as difficult as always. With continued changes in technology and consumer behavior, sales teams must adapt and learn to win. They must establish a...
Lead Generation, Marketing Automation, Recents
According to Hubspot, 53% of marketers say that at least half of their entire budget is dedicated to lead generation, but more than 90% of the leads they generate never result in sales. The takeaway: marketers tend to pay far more attention to lead generation...