Tom Spencer

JUNE 18, 2022

Before the offsite, make sure you and your team are clear on what you hope to achieve during the event, as well as how you will measure success after it. Developing a plan for follow-through and accountability with respect to achieving these goals after the event. You should also try to vary the delivery modes you decide upon.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

What Salespeople Want from a Kickoff Meeting. Do you know how to design an effective sales kickoff? What would make your sales kickoff high performing? Unfortunately, not enough people know how to design an effective sales kickoff – one that you and your sales team find valuable and worth their time.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 19, 2021

Frustrated by Disappointing Sales Training Results? If you are frustrated by the results of your business sales training investment, you are not alone. Lots of sales leaders feel the same way. Only 1-in-5 sales training participants change their on-the-job behavior or performance from standalone sales training.

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Women in Consulting

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Are you aware of the steps that top sales people take to successfully land those new clients? Try following these seven steps to increase sales and reach those new clients. Some things you might try: advertising in trade journals, attending networking events, using social media, buying ads on Google or Facebook etc.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

Ultimately - even if you're trying to meet urgent needs - you also still need confidence in your value proposition - because all of your immediate efforts will be focused on finding the people who you can help and who genuinely need you. Attend Networking Events. Choose events that your ideal client will be attending (vs.

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Women in Consulting

MARCH 22, 2012

Backed by award-winning services and support teams, Blackbaud’s comprehensive set of Internet solutions, featuring Blackbaud NetCommunity and Blackbaud Sphere eMarketing along with our industry leading peer-to-peer and event fundraising solution, Friends Asking Friends , is designed to meet the evolving needs of nonprofits.

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Women in Consulting

APRIL 11, 2013

Backed by award-winning services and support teams, Blackbaud’s comprehensive set of Internet solutions, featuring Blackbaud NetCommunity and Blackbaud Sphere eMarketing along with our industry leading peer-to-peer and event fundraising solution, Friends Asking Friends , is designed to meet the evolving needs of nonprofits.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

Ultimately - even if you're trying to meet urgent needs - you also still need confidence in your value proposition - because all of your immediate efforts will be focused on finding the people who you can help and who genuinely need you. Attend Networking Events. Choose events that your ideal client will be attending (vs.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 11, 2019

What Is a Sales Playbook? Like a playbook in sports that plans for the most frequent and most important in-game situations, a sales playbook is a unique collection of sales scenarios, strategies, plans, tactics, and tools to help a sales team consistently win when the stakes are high. Sales Strategy. Sales Culture.

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 9, 2020

If you're going to invest in personal development, invest in the skills and tools you may not have like marketing and sales. Attending networking events with your peers vs. potential clients. Many consultants and coaches think it's the dream to have someone else do their marketing and sales and just bring them clients.

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Jerry Fletcher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

It was for a Summit here in Portland and is a live event. I sent a one sheet on my Trust speech and a link to my speaking demo not expecting a response since I was mor interested in their events in major cities across the USA. These events charge attendees. You can set sales meetings with a lot of key players in a short time.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Are Sales and Marketing at Odds? Your ability and commitment to align sales and marketing matters. Misaligned goals, roles, scope, or success metrics between sales and marketing can greatly inhibit revenue growth, profitability, customer satisfaction, and employee engagement. 5 Steps to Better Align Sales and Marketing.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Outbound B2B sales are becoming less and less effective. In fact, a recent survey found that connecting with a prospect now takes 18 or more phone calls, callback rates are below 1%, and only 24% of outbound sales emails are ever opened. Why are more and more buyers avoiding salespeople during the buying process?

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 15, 2020

To attract the right people into your sales funnel, you have to know who they are. In addition to selling your books, you can use them as leaving pieces, as ways to entice people to sign up to your list and as additional value during the sales process. Identify Your Ideal Client Archetypes. Public Speaking. your peers.).

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Markovitz Consulting

JANUARY 21, 2019

Last week , I wrote about how sales incentives cause salespeople to stuff the company’s distribution channels with inventory far in excess of consumer demand. Finally, consider the typical weekly or bi-weekly meeting for a team: the manager is working with a one- or two-week batch of information. Next week: Kaizen Events.

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Buzzsprout

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

These events feature pro podcast speakers, interactive sessions, networking opportunities, and the chance to meet experienced podcasters worldwide. GMT) | Virtual only | Free This event is hosted by the UK-based podcast company, The Podcast Host. IndyPod Summit 2023 February 2 | 10 a.m.

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Consulting Matters

JUNE 15, 2020

It's not enough to just go to a networking event and pass out a business card. When you create content and go to networking events, it's not about you and making sure everyone knows how awesome you are. Even if you want to help a company with their marketing strategies, it's not the same as marketing yourself.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 21, 2017

For some networking meetings, the agenda is obvious: Your companies are considering doing business together, or you’re looking for a job and this person might help you get one. But many professionals find themselves in networking meetings where the goals are murkier.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

APRIL 11, 2022

In a controlled study involving leaders across different industries, researchers found a significant link between the leader's effectiveness and employee retention, sales, margin, labor costs, and net profit. Fair and robust talent calibration meetings present a meaningful solution for identifying the right leadership.

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Rick Conlow

JUNE 15, 2022

Always remember, this is not a one-time event. When consulting with clients we always find ways to do individual and team recognition at meetings. For example, use meetings, one on ones, virtual sessions, phone conferences, company portal, email, Zoom, and texts. For example, meet one on one with each employee monthly.

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LSA Global

MARCH 11, 2024

The inconsistencies related to training measurement leave most L&D professionals scrambling to reactively prove the impact of training to justify their training investments before budget and executive team meetings. This is where theory meets practice and KNOWING meets DOING. There is a better way.

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Prudent Pedal

JANUARY 28, 2020

If you’re a managing partner, practice leader, sales leader, or chief administrative officer in a professional services firm, you probably have responsibility for “managing” marketing. In the Productivity School, Marketing’s emphasis is put on sales support and brand policing. What did you produce for the partners this past year?

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Harvard Business

JUNE 12, 2017

Yet, when it comes to equipping sales teams with relevant knowledge and skills, the ROI of sales training is disappointing. As alarming as those numbers are, they shouldn’t come as a surprise if you consider how sales training is usually conducted. Here are some ways to incorporate better technology into training: Before.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 17, 2014

Selling is a process, not an event. If you’re on the initial sales call, you might hope for an initial meeting where you can break the ice. If you’re in that meeting, you might hope for a second meeting where you can reach conceptual agreement on a project. This is not a reality for most people.

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 15, 2019

I’d been in the Hospitality, Meetings and Conventions industry for 28 years, and I helped several companies build and develop their corporate divisions, and then I did it for myself building my own company and then working for angel investors flipping underperforming businesses in meetings and conventions and hospitality.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Plus, you’ll meet and network with peers (and future practice partners) in a fun, stimulating environment. If you procrastinate, tickets are on sale until 3AM the day of the event. Our Fall Events Are Filling Up Fast! For those of you already registered for our sold-out Bootcamps, we can’t wait to meet you!

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Consulting Success

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Transcript: I was recently at an event with a bunch of clients, and we were talking about the importance of having control, guiding a conversation when you’re speaking with a buyer. They are concerned about being too direct or coming across as rude or pushy or sales-y. And yet, an example that one of our clients, Mike G.,

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Asamby Consulting

APRIL 14, 2022

Typical sales funnel with 5 stages: contact, demo/scoping, proposal, negotiation, sale. Demo/Scoping: The perspective customer participates to a meeting or call to know more about a product or service and to share his/her needs and requirements. Proposal: Sending a first commercial proposal to the lead for review and discussion.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 30, 2023

Products and Services Wealth management firms deliver comprehensive and personalized solutions to meet client’s wealth management needs. In simple terms, asset management firms are the ‘manufacturers’ of investment products (e.g., clients can purchase iShares on the RBC Wealth platform).

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Successful Independent Consulting

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

First, consultants are good at helping clients solve problems but usually aren’t trained in sales or marketing. To meet the challenge I recommend changing your frame of reference. Once a quarter I get a postcard of upcoming social and sporting events in the city.

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Rick Conlow

MAY 31, 2023

External factors: Sometimes, external factors beyond the team’s control, such as external pressures, changes in market conditions, or unexpected events, can disrupt teamwork and make it difficult for team members to work together effectively. Increased employee turnover: Poor teamwork can contribute to higher employee turnover rates.

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Women in Consulting

OCTOBER 14, 2012

Backed by award-winning services and support teams, Blackbaud’s comprehensive set of Internet solutions, featuring Blackbaud NetCommunity and Blackbaud Sphere eMarketing along with our industry leading peer-to-peer and event fundraising solution, Friends Asking Friends , is designed to meet the evolving needs of nonprofits.

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Jerry Fletcher

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Blog and Newslog development to include recording and editing audio and video components and uploading them to Vimeo and YouTube Books, for example one for entrepreneurs on how to use speaking to build a business Speaking professionally requires a great deal of sales activity. The assistance of my VA is invaluable in this regard. Skip it.

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Do It! Marketing

JUNE 26, 2020

No events – no meetings – no training. Buy a ton of gear that you have no idea how to use Start doing $49 webinars instead of your $7,500 keynotes Launch complicated funnels, write these huge sales pages for your $197 online course (you have one of those, right?) Gosh – I guess Covid-19 wiped you out.

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Martinka Consulting

APRIL 10, 2020

At a recent meeting of the Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club, I barely paid attention to 90% of the program. In one of my first sales jobs the manager told me to never think about the commission and only think about how I/we were helping the client, i.e. the impact we have on them. Maybe what happens before a sale is more important.

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Women in Consulting

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Backed by award-winning services and support teams, Blackbaud’s comprehensive set of Internet solutions, featuring Blackbaud NetCommunity and Blackbaud Sphere eMarketing along with our industry leading peer-to-peer and event fundraising solution, Friends Asking Friends , is designed to meet the evolving needs of nonprofits.

Nonprofit 108

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Women in Consulting

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Backed by award-winning services and support teams, Blackbaud’s comprehensive set of Internet solutions, featuring Blackbaud NetCommunity and Blackbaud Sphere eMarketing along with our industry leading peer-to-peer and event fundraising solution, Friends Asking Friends , is designed to meet the evolving needs of nonprofits.

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