by Adam Shapiro | Apr 27, 2012 | Marketing, Prospecting, Qualifying, Sales Leader, Sales Process, Tools
When Hubie Brown and I were much younger, he was my favorite basketball coach. I had just moved to Atlanta and adopted the hometown Hawks – his team. He was smart and energetic. In interviews, he seemed like a great guy. Hubie is in the Basketball Hall of...
by Adam Shapiro | Mar 6, 2012 | Champion, Prospecting, Sales Messaging, Sales Process, Today's Lessons, Tools
When inbound leads from marketing just aren’t cutting it, do you work with internal sponsors and trusted advisors for referrals to grow your business? Or, do you do it the old-fashioned way and cold call and email blast your market? My friend, social media...
by Adam Shapiro | Feb 27, 2012 | Champion, Closing, Prospecting, Sales Leader, Sales Management, Sales Messaging, Sales Process, Today's Lessons, Tools
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by Adam Shapiro | Feb 16, 2012 | Champion, Prospecting, Sales Messaging, Sales Process, Today's Lessons, Tools
I am often asked, “So, what are your sales conversations like?” My response is that I ask questions and share successes around two related themes: 1) How are you doing with getting new hires, new partners, new investors, etc. on-board with your sales process and how...
by Adam Shapiro | Jan 23, 2012 | Prospecting, Sales Messaging, Sales Process, Today's Lessons, Tools
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, it seems appropriate to take a fresh look at prospecting. After all, isn’t it sales and marketing’s constant function to ask others, “Will you be my Valentine?” The Valentine’s...
by Adam Shapiro | Jan 12, 2012 | Champion, Closing, Qualifying, Sales Messaging, Sales Process, Today's Lessons, Tools
No, I am not cursing at you! What I do want to point out is one of the most often overlooked sales closing tools. I know, “everyone knows the key to increasing sales is a good cost v. benefit analysis.” Then, ask yourself if you’ve ever had a...
by Adam Shapiro | Dec 8, 2011 | Marketing, Sales Leader, Sales Management, Sales Messaging, Sales Process
My friend and colleague, Jon Gatrell of Pragmatic Marketing interviewed me for a recent newsletter article on sales and marketing alignment. Enjoy it here.
by Adam Shapiro | Nov 14, 2011 | Careers, Marketing, Prospecting, Sales Management, Sales Messaging, Tools
Carmine Gallo writing in Entrepreneur magazine last month offered up his seven principles that drove Steve Jobs success. Gallo suggests that “any of us can adopt them to unleash our ‘inner Steve Jobs.'” So, to unleash your “Jobs-siness”...
by Adam Shapiro | Oct 21, 2011 | Closing, Presenting, Qualifying, Sales Leader, Sales Management, Sales Messaging, Sales Process, Tools
Last week, I led a two hour seminar at a client’s annual meeting of partners and agents – think 40 B2B sales people and executives. The President had asked for 2 hours on closing skills to be presented to a group of sales professionals and executives at...
by Adam Shapiro | Sep 15, 2011 | Careers, Sales Leader, Sales Management, Sales Messaging, Sales Process, Tools
Here’s my presentation from today’s AA-ISP, Atlanta Chapter meeting. Presentation on On-boarding Inside Sales Reps [slideshare id=9270159&w=425&h=355&sc=no] In case the images are too cryptic,I’ll briefly summarize: The four foundational...
