by Tim Hughes | @Timothy_Hughes | LinkedIn Things have changed in the last few years. Buyers start their own buying process, they self-educate on-line advising us sales people. Why? Well, today we have a bad rap. There are too many people with manipulative scripts cold-calling people. So how do we get more leads and how...
by Tim Hughes | @Timothy_Hughes | LinkedIn Founded in 1957, The Shirelles were an American girl group, that had their first hit with “Tonight’s the Night”, in 1960. They went on to have seven top 20 hits. “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?” was also released in 1960 and gave them their first number one....
By Dan Purvis | @DanPurvis In the past we’ve challenged the role of martech in the future of sales and lead generation. But there are some elements, especially in the field of data analytics and automation that have an important role to play. In the first of a series of guest blogs, Dan Purvis, Director...
by Tim Hughes | @Timothy_Hughes | LinkedIn Selling has changed in the last five years. Why? Because the buyer process has changed. Whenever something is purchased, from a car to a multi-million dollar IT system, people are using search engines and social networks to self-educate. This could be to understand and configure the makeup of...
by Tim Hughes | @Timothy_Hughes | LinkedIn As we close out for summer, do we have everything in place to fill those pipeline gaps in September? For those of us with a calendar financial year the last two quarters are critical to make sure we close business in November as it’s so difficult to get...
by Tim Hughes | @Timothy_Hughes | LinkedIn Here at DLA we have one objective about our social selling programs: Quality. We have to see our customers getting a return on their investment. We see so many social selling programs, which are actually just tick box exercises. Somebody thinks it’s a good idea, but there are no measures...
by Tim Hughes | @Timothy_Hughes | LinkedIn If you didn’t know, social selling is a reaction to the self-educated buyer. But in spite of the name, it is not selling on social. It’s subtler than that. Let’s start at the beginning This isn’t about social selling vs cold calling. We as sellers no longer call the shots. Buyers...
by Adam Gray | @AGSocialMedia | LinkedIn It’s early on a Saturday morning, the family are all still asleep, so I’m checking messages and I come across a video clip of Gary V that Tim has drawn my attention to: “Innovate or die”. Gary is talking about why Toys-R-Us has gone bankrupt and he said...
by Tim Hughes | @Timothy_Hughes | LinkedIn I was cold called today, the conversation went something like this. “Hi is that Timothy?” “Yes, who’s that?” They tell me their name: “I’ve been on your website and see you don’t use video, would you be interested in using video?” “I would but don’t have any money”....
by Tim Hughes | @Timothy_Hughes | LinkedIn A salesperson friend of mine called me up and the conversation went like this … Salesperson: They have re-organised again and I have a set of fresh accounts. Me: What a great opportunity. Salesperson: But I’ve got to ring them all up. Me: How many you got? Salesperson:...
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