Monthly Archives: March 2010

3forward Presenting Sales 2.0 to CEO Netweavers

Posted March 26th by Matt Smith

3forward has been invited by CEO Netweavers to present “Sales 2.0: How New Media, Social Networks and Web 2.0 Have Changed Sales” to the Dallas / Fort Worth New Business Development Special Interest Group. The event is being held April …

Webcast: Building a Pipeline That Never Leaks

Posted March 26th by Matt Smith

Are your best leads leaking from your sales pipeline? Studies show only 16% of total leads deemed “sales-ready opportunities” actually close. So what’s happening to the other 84% of possible opportunities after they (supposedly) hit your pipeline?  The truth is, …

Three Forgotten Secrets to Growing Sales

Posted March 26th by Matt Smith

Real Sales Growth – (or What to Do When Hiring Reps and Raising Quotas Isn’t Working) Here’s a simple question we like to ask CEO’s in our sales readiness workshops. “If hiring sales reps equals revenue growth, why not hire …

Sales 2.0 – How Businesses Are Using On-Line Collaboration

Posted March 24th by Matt Smith

Sales2.0 How Businesses Are Using Online Collaboration by Techdirt Excerpt:  “While the majority of sales and marketing professionals are not yet using social media applications such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and Jigsaw, for business purposes, that’s rapidly changing. People …

Darwin Meets Sales

Posted March 23rd by Dan Hudson

Several weeks ago Matt and I were attending the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) World Summit in Orlando, Florida. We were there to present ”How to Grow Outsourcing Revenues” to the service providers attending the event. The event was …

Do Not Hire Part 5 – Time to Recruit

Posted March 3rd by Dan Hudson

The Don’t Hire That Rep series has suggested sales leaders consider taking a different approach to investing their sales budget when faced with an open hiring requisition.   Instead of hiring a replacement rep(s) we propose re-investing that same hiring and …

Sales 2.0 – by Seley and Holloway

Posted March 3rd by Matt Smith

Sales_2.0_by_Seley_Holloway – pdf of Chapter 2 Sales 2.0 explores the emerging Sales 2.0 phenomenon, how it is characterized, why it is imperative for a company’s long-term success, and how anyone can get started with this new approach to generating revenue. …

Value Propositions in Business Markets – Harvard Business Review

Posted March 1st by Matt Smith

Value Propositions in Business Markets by Harvard Business Review Under pressure to keep costs down, customers may only look at price and not listen to your sales pitch. Help them understand – and believe in – the superior value of …