Three Places to Direct Prospecting Attention for Fourth Quarter Sales
By Kendra Lee Here we are in the fourth quarter and you have a revenue target that you’re trying to achieve. Itās been a difficult year for selling and your sales funnel

By Kendra Lee Here we are in the fourth quarter and you have a revenue target that you’re trying to achieve. Itās been a difficult year for selling and your sales funnel

By Kendra Olney Lee The novel coronavirus introduced uncertainty at all levels of life rather quickly. Businesses are rethinking how theyāll operate in the immediate future and what long-term implications the virus

You received a marketing qualified lead! You’re ecstatic and shoot them an email requesting a time to meet. Days go by, you hear nothing, your enthusiasm fades. Maybe they aren’t interested after

When sales arenāt closing something might be holding your prospect back. Itās likely there are hidden objections theyāve never expressed. Or, those objections may be coming from sources you have yet to

By Kendra Lee Iāve watched the faces of business owners turn from agreement to confusion and then mild panic when I say referrals should make up 20% of their lead sources. They

By Kendra Olney Lee January always brings a hyper-focus on prospecting and lead generation to get the year started off strong. Thereās excitement in the air as prospects have replenished budgets and

Hereās an advent calendar that will keep your reps motivated through December! Create a whiteboard chart with columns for the days of the week and rows for sales repsā names. Each day

By Kendra Lee Talking price with prospects gives most reps heartburn, so they wait, and wait, and wait, all the way until the proposal. Aside from wasting your valuable time on potentially

By Kendra Lee Itās annual planning and budgeting season once again. Business ownersā favorite two numbers to use to build their plans are growth and operational expenses. But when you ignore your

Unified communications and small and midsize computer high tech are the primary industries we serve. Until the widespread adoption of monthly services delivered via technology, it was computer, communication, and medical device

It may be the end of the year, and it probably feels like the perfect time to let go of your prospecting goals. But it’s not! There’s still time to get through

Hiring salespeople is hard. Youāve tried and failed multiple times, always falling back on a principal-led sales model. You have one, two or even three salespeople on staff, all missing quota. Even

You carefully planned out specific sales qualification criteria, like company size, budget and timeline to weed out prospects who are unlikely to close. So why ignore those criteria during the sales process?

Your prospects don’t know your sales process. It’s up to your sales reps to spell out the next steps to prospects in every discussion. That way, prospects won’t get lost in the

The most difficult sales position to fill is that of a hunter. A higher percentage of salespeople are cut out for account management, where clients already exist and the job is client

Account managers should be on the lookout for revenue uplift opportunities and ways to expand your companyās footprint with each client. Rather than tactlessly soliciting your clients, a good account manager knows

Be sure your sales reps know your target market and persona details. When you share this information, your reps know who to target, why and how. Youāll improve their campaign follow-up, change

Itās only after you hear ānoā that you can begin to improve your sales process and sales skills. Follow up on all proposals until you find out what the situation is. Even

Getting past the goaltender can be tough. But if you want to score, youāve got to connect with the right contact. The gatekeeper can block your shot and youāve got a total

In smaller companies account management is critical not just to growing your business but also to sustaining it. Losing a few clients can have a dramatic impact, from staffing to operations. You

Perhaps a business ownerās biggest frustration is seeing all those opportunities sitting in the pipeline, but nothing is closing. Proposals were presented. Prospects declared, āIāll let you know.ā But they havenāt, and

Price objections and highly competitive sales processes are clear indicators that youāre not communicating your value to prospects. They see no difference between you and your competitors. Communicate your value in your

Build a list of the 100 sweetest, most ideal companies youād like as your clients. Prospect to the top 20-30 companies right now. Choose a manageable number to start with and put

Businesses are looking at what is left in their budgets, and they want to spend it now before the cash is gone. They donāt know what next year will bring. Start checking
