Too often, salespeople get unfairly stereotyped as pushy, aggressive, and bad listeners; it is these misconceptions that often can lead to having a phone hung up on you mid-sentence or a door shut in your face. Any successful salesperson knows, however, that this cliché is incorrect and fruitless when trying to sell a product. Luckily, the way business is being done is changing rapidly, allowing many salespeople to finally shake the negative “used car salesman” vibe. But before you begin to celebrate, realize that changing business practices also means changing or fine-tuning some of your sales tactics, thus requiring a new…
Is your email fighting for attention in your prospects inbox? Does your email have what it takes to stop prospects in their track? If you're wondering why your emails don't do well, they might still need some work. In this article, I am going to share some of the best tips to improve your email open rates. Ready to learn how to increase not only your open but your reply rate as well? Then keep on reading.
Microsoft recently released Dynamics 365, a "smart" suite of business applications that enhance the Dynamics CRM. Dynamics is already a groundbreaking CRM. It's extremely flexible and delivers accurate data no matter how complex your business processes are. With this new AI functionality, dynamics will learn and optimize around your data - including the work schedules of your employees. Investing in Dynamics has obvious benefits, but does your sales team see them? It can be difficult to make a sales team use any CRM. Dynamics, despite it's great functionality, is no exception. Your CRM connects the entire company to your customers,…
Hard work beats talent in sales. Is that really true? Some may think that success is only for those who are naturally talented, people who are “born lucky”. We all agree that parents, teachers and trainers can’t teach you how to persuade and close. It’s true. Talent cannot be taught, but it can be built and fostered. That’s what the best sales managers do. And what about people that are not naturally gifted? Well, they’ll have to work harder but they’ll eventually get to the top. Have you ever noticed how naturally talented people are often unsuccessful? People with…
Giants’ Territory San Francisco is home to the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman’s Wharf and the Giants. As a San Francisco-based company, we at Badger love watching the occasional game at the ballpark. But as much as we enjoy seeing home runs, it is just as satisfying watching our clients make them. You might ask yourself: “What do Baseball and sales have in common”? Aside from spending top dollar to acquire the best salesmen, there are more parallels that meet the eye. Baseball is full of great lessons that can be applied to sales so you can start getting more…
Too often, salespeople get unfairly stereotyped as pushy, aggressive, and bad listeners; it is these misconceptions that often can lead to having a phone hung up on you mid-sentence or a door shut in your face. Any successful salesperson knows, however, that this cliché is incorrect and fruitless when trying to sell a product. Luckily, the way business is being done is changing rapidly, allowing many salespeople to finally shake the negative “used car salesman” vibe. But before you begin to celebrate, realize that changing business practices also means changing or fine-tuning some of your sales tactics, thus requiring a new…
Is your email fighting for attention in your prospects inbox? Does your email have what it takes to stop prospects in their track? If you're wondering why your emails don't do well, they might still need some work. In this article, I am going to share some of the best tips to improve your email open rates. Ready to learn how to increase not only your open but your reply rate as well? Then keep on reading.
Microsoft recently released Dynamics 365, a "smart" suite of business applications that enhance the Dynamics CRM. Dynamics is already a groundbreaking CRM. It's extremely flexible and delivers accurate data no matter how complex your business processes are. With this new AI functionality, dynamics will learn and optimize around your data - including the work schedules of your employees. Investing in Dynamics has obvious benefits, but does your sales team see them? It can be difficult to make a sales team use any CRM. Dynamics, despite it's great functionality, is no exception. Your CRM connects the entire company to your customers,…
Hard work beats talent in sales. Is that really true? Some may think that success is only for those who are naturally talented, people who are “born lucky”. We all agree that parents, teachers and trainers can’t teach you how to persuade and close. It’s true. Talent cannot be taught, but it can be built and fostered. That’s what the best sales managers do. And what about people that are not naturally gifted? Well, they’ll have to work harder but they’ll eventually get to the top. Have you ever noticed how naturally talented people are often unsuccessful? People with…
Giants’ Territory San Francisco is home to the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman’s Wharf and the Giants. As a San Francisco-based company, we at Badger love watching the occasional game at the ballpark. But as much as we enjoy seeing home runs, it is just as satisfying watching our clients make them. You might ask yourself: “What do Baseball and sales have in common”? Aside from spending top dollar to acquire the best salesmen, there are more parallels that meet the eye. Baseball is full of great lessons that can be applied to sales so you can start getting more…
