Everyone knows that SMS is a great way to reach your prospects and customers. 98% of text messages are opened with 95% read within 3 minutes. Thats why we are excited to announce that hosted SMS is now included in our suite of tools.
If you’re like me, you just hate it when someone comes to you and asks, “Do you want the good news or the bad news first?” Well, what if I don’t want to hear the bad news at all? Ever?
The alignment of the sales and marketing teams is at the pinnacle of company success, yet finding that delicate balance between the two departments is one of the most difficult problems found within a business.
Before ever reaching for the phone to make an initial contact call, you must decide if the person or company you are calling fits nicely within your ideal prospect profile. To know this, you must first understand the ins and outs of what makes your company valuable to others.
In a study, 61% of marketers state that generating high quality leads is problematic. There are many lead generation strategies, tricks, and tactics, but not all of them are effective.
As an entrepreneur you have undoubtedly invested a great deal of money, time, and sweat equity just to get your business off the ground. You have successfully survived the all-too-stressful startup phase, and now you are wondering what you need to do to take your company to the next level.
You’ve heard it time and time again. “No.” “We already use a similar product.” “Sorry, we’re not interested.” “Now is not a good time.” The bottom line is, rejection is painful no matter how long you’ve been in sales. It doesn’t matter how delicately (or indelicately) they put it, a no always means no. Or does it?
The fastest growing trend to impact the sales industry is the implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning tools.
We’ve been talking a lot about transformational strategies lately. Another one is sales coaching.
What is Sales Coaching?
Sales coaching is the process of providing constructive feedback, training, and practice designed to improve sales performance. If sales is the engine that drives business, coaching is the tune-up.
Sales coaching helps instill a mentality of constant improvement in your team. Just as importantly, it also helps ensure every prospect has a great experience, and every customer is set up for success.
Everyone strives to be productive on a daily basis, at least to some degree, yet very few are actually doing it to their own satisfaction (or the satisfaction of others, such as their supervisors or spouse).
