13 Online Tools Used by Successful Entrepreneurs
Today's tech-driven entrepreneurs know how to get stuff done. In the current entrepreneurial culture, it is essential that any successful entrepreneur understand and use online tools, apps, programs, interfaces, and systems to increase productivity and efficiency. What kind of online tools do these entrepreneurs use? There's no end of choices, but some reportedly work better than others. Smart developers have made sure that there's an online tool for nearly every task. There
10 Online Tools to Improve Your Sales Process
How to Hire a Salesperson Every company aims to increase its revenue by increasing the sales. The best hunters study their prey, (Oops, I mean target customers) in business we call this having an organized sales process. With a rise in the competition online and otherwise, it has becoming increasingly difficult for small businesses to gain more customers. To make more sales, firms need to make the best and efficient use of technology and manpower. Here are 10 online tools you
How to Hire the Right Salesperson for Your Small Business
Selling is key if you want to stay in business. But as a busy business, you will soon get to the point where you need to get some help to sell more of your services or products. But what is the right way to add a salesperson to your small business. Hiring a salesperson is important to the long-term success of a business, but you must know what you want. As my friend, Jill Konrath, who’s a National Sales Expert, said, “You’ve got to know what you want to achieve in selling, ot
4 Rules You Need to Follow to Succeed in Business
As the founder and CEO of OneIMS and Clickx, Solomon Thimothy has built his career around his passion for helping other businesses grow an online presence and thrive in the digital world. Solomon works with clients big and small to develop uniquely customized and highly effective marketing strategies that meet every company's individual goals. Follow him on twitter @sthimothy. Entrepreneurs go into business for a variety of reasons, yet they all have one thing in common: they
The 4 Secrets of Social Commerce From the Head of Social Selling at LinkedIn
Before we begin, I realize it's a bold statement to say there are four secrets of social selling (as in things you're most likely not doing on LinkedIn, but should be doing to drive social sales). So let me prove it to you with a single click. Go to thisLinkedIn site and, assuming you have a LinkedIn profile, you will immediately see how you rank on LinkedIn's Social Selling Index (SSI). While I have a score of 75 (out of 100), most of my peers rank around 25. If you have a s
The Sales Volume Game Is Dead, Long Live Targeted Prospecting
“Tell me how you measure me, and I will tell you how I behave.” As a result of how most reps are measured -- activity-based metrics and quota -- most reps put a tremendous amount of effort into high-volume outreach. Instead of slowing down and identifying good fit prospects who would actually be interested in their product or service, reps simply grab that extra cup of coffee and send out another 100 emails in hopes of getting through to someone (anyone). But consider that a
5 Steps to Executing the Perfect Sales Prospecting Campaign
Forget about all the articles with the best subject lines. Ignore the posts about the perfect time to send an email. And don’t get caught chasing the next new sales tool. Those lists are useful for only a short period of time before everyone catches on and starts using them, at which point their effectiveness drops like a lead weight. What’s more important than any specific tactic is the overarching process and strategy. I want to cover how you can set up and start executing
Hiring Sales Reps for your Startup
In my time working in a startup for 2 years, it hasn’t been hard for me to figure out that the most difficult part for a new business is hiring. It is rightly said that a good product sells itself, but at the same time, it is also essential for any business to have sales reps who are worth being the face of the business and the product. Hiring for sales includes persuading the right people (who can persuade others gracefully) into being a part of your team. In this small arti
How to Sharpen Your Value Statement and Improve Sales Results
Today's guest post is by David Hibbard, coauthor of SOAR Selling: How to Get Through to Almost Anyone (The Proven Method for Reaching Decision Makers) and founder of Dialexis. Hear Dave speak on November 16 at the Sales 2.0 Leadership Conference in Philadelphia. For more information or questions about the event, email larissa@salesdottwoinc.com. The other day I was on a call with a new prospect. I delivered my value proposition with clarity and professionalism. I asked questi
The Sales Shakeup: How Data Is Redefining Sales Prospecting
IIlya Semin is the Founder and CEO of Datanyze, the all-in-one sales intelligence platform that helps companies uncover and reach the right prospects at the right time. It's safe to say that at some point, we've all received a poorly targeted email from a sales rep who didn't bother (or have time) to do his or her homework. The good news is that sales is evolving, and these irrelevant, incorrect and ill-timed prospecting emails and calls are becoming fewer and farther between
