LeadG2, on April 1, 2016
We're at the end of another week! It's Friday, and it's time for us to share what we've been reading online this week. Here are our "best" from around the web.
To figure out the perfect, predictable sales cycle would be like discovering the holy grail of sales. That’s not to say that there aren’t ways to make sales cycles more predictable. Here are seven ways to speed up the sales cycle and do just that.
Matt Sunshine, on March 30, 2016
The regularly scheduled meeting that takes place with a sales manager and a salesperson (usually weekly) is uber critical. Yet, sometimes it is nothing more than an item on the to-do list of both the salesperson and the manager. In many sales organizations, this focused meeting between the manager and salesperson happens because it's the way it has always been done—not because it is highly productive.
Greg Giersch, on March 29, 2016
In 1996 Motorola introduced a cellular phone you could wear, email surpassed snail mail for the first time, and a computer named “Deep Blue” defeated the world chess champion. In the midst of this technological change, Al Ries published a marketing book entitled Focus: The Future of Your Company Depends On It.
Reis was already considered a marketing thought-leader, having coined the word “positioning” along with Jack Trout. Positioning was used to describe the perception of your brand relative to that of your competitors.
Whether you’re positioning your company, your department, or just yourself, the wisdom of focus is important to revisit. 
Beth Sunshine, on March 28, 2016
We have all fallen victim to the impulse buy. That gadget in the checkout line or “gotta have” in the window. Thankfully, most of those spontaneous decisions didn’t have a pronounced impact on our long-term success or happiness.
I’m sure you would agree that hiring a new manager doesn't fall into the same spontaneous purchase category as buying a Wonder Wallet or a Snuggie, but I have seen even the best managers out there succumb to the quick and easy option that is right at their fingertips. When a key management position comes open, the stopwatch starts. It takes massive willpower to not make a quick move, but instead apply the critical thought that is necessary to make a good decision.
LeadG2, on March 25, 2016
We've come to another Friday, and it's time for us to share what we've been reading online this week. Here are our "best" from around the web.
The four trends described in this article offer an incredible, never-before-realized opportunity to cultivate relationships with your prospects in unique ways. They're also an opportunity for media to forge new offerings to their clients and innovate their way into these new spaces where their competitors aren't.
Guest Contributor, on March 23, 2016
You can make the best and the most spectacular recommendations to your prospects, but what use is it if the prospect doesn’t share your point of view?
In B2B sales, you’ve probably spent a lot of resources to score an appointment. You’ve generated leads, qualified them, answered initial questions. And you don’t want to lose your ideal prospects now. Consumer psychology can help you reel the prospect in to sign on that dotted line.
Greg Giersch, on March 22, 2016
Is it even possible to organize time? Let’s look at six ways we can focus our time on the things that are most important to us.
Take a look at what you have already committed to doing. Look at each appointment on your calendar and each item on your latest to-do list. What result do you want to see from each commitment? How does each one make you feel when you think about that use of your time?
Beth Sunshine, on March 21, 2016
If you want to make a significant impact on performance, you need to be in the field where your people are engaging with prospects and clients and where the business happens. This means getting out in the field with your people on calls, joining them on shared-screen client calls (using GoToMeeting, joinme.com, etc.), and looking for other opportunities to be close to the action.
LeadG2, on March 18, 2016
We've come to another Friday, and it's time for us to share what we've been reading online this week. Here are our "best" from around the web.
A business blog is a powerful tool. But an effective blog requires a strategy. If you're not seeing the kinds of results you want from your blog, take a look at this post, which offers three ways to get your blog performing.
Kurt Sima, on March 17, 2016
Lead nurturing is a bit like gardening. Most often leads or new business prospects are not ready to buy immediately. If you take the time to nurture the leads you generate now, they will bloom like daffodils in the spring.
