The Rapport Equation
In sales, we have long had the notion of a territory, granted as a kind of fiefdom to a salesperson willing to mine it for us. The notion is fundamentally feudal, but still congenial for a certain type of person…
Part 5: Can B2B Sales Be Industrialized?
Part 4 of this series focused on the possibility of industrializing the top of the sales funnel. The question has been raised: “Why just the top of the funnel?” After all, if we don’t close more deals and dollars, have…
Taking It Easy at 1,000 Dials a Day
In reviewing my Life at 1,000 Dials a Day series, I was struck by just how negative it was, and amazed that anyone would hang in there while we explored questions like “Will 1,000 dials a day chew up my…
Part 8: Life at 1,000 Dials a Day — How Many of These, How Many of Those
In this blog series’ introduction, “Going Fast — Adapting to Life at 1,000 Dials a Day,” I asked this question: “Does this change our ideal BDR/SDR-to-AE ratio?” And I answered, in brief, “Yes — you need fewer BDR/SDRs per AE…
Finally, Some Good Fads – Unit Economics and Capital Efficiency, Part 1
The folks at InsideSales.com just announced they have raised $17M from an unnamed strategic investor. In that announcement, Dave Elkington said that investors are paying a lot more attention to “unit economics.” I was about to forward the announcement to…
Five Sentences That Will Change Your Life – Part 2
In Part 1 of this two-part blog series, I laid out a five-sentence script that I recently prescribed for a CEO/Founder (C/F) of an early-stage company to help him set sales meetings with prospective customers. Now, here’s the breakdown of…
Five Sentences That Will Change Your Life – Part 1
I’ve never been much of a script guy. In fact, you might say I’m an anti-script guy. I’ve been known to present to some pretty sizeable, and important, audiences with not only zero slides, but pretty much zero prep —…
ConnectAndSell, A Performance Enhancing Drug. Yes. Yes It Is!
Is ConnectAndSell A Performance-Enhancing Drug?
Yes. Yes it is.
Last week, after kicking off a Diagnostic Evaluation with ConnectAndSell, a VP of Sales wrote me a one-line email.
“FYI, I just had one of my sales guys ask me, ‘Is that the new steroid dialer?’…Referred to ConnectAndSell as PEDs for sales…”
Serial Dialers vs. Parallel Dialers
If you are in technology sales and you haven't implemented a "dialer" application for your company, you should strongly consider one. Over the past 3 years, by leveraging a Power Dialer (+ Gamification, + Marketing Automation, + Social123.com), we've seen…
Sales Manager Tip – Hiring Sales Professionals (Reading a resume vertically)
How does one “read a resume vertically?” Simply read the first or second word of each line on the resume. Look for themes. You can tell very quickly if this person is a sales person, a business development person, a marketing person, etc. Examples…