5 Simple Ways to Open Your Blog Post With a Bang

Blogging is a superb way to demonstrate thought leadership

Brian Clark of CopyBlogger penned this awesome post and I felt I had to share it with our readers. A blog is a critical part of B2B lead generation, so it is a great way to engage prospective sales leads. Even sales can use great blog articles as introductions [more...]

New B2B Marketing and Selling Truisms

By Jim Burns of Avitage.

This is my list of new truisms for B2B marketing and sales. They provide context for most of our services and my writing.

If you agree with these truisms, please join the conversation. If you have additional, please help me growth a comprehensive list.

Buyers are more in control of the B2B buying [more...]

The Transition to a Better Economy Has Some Potholes

Guest post by Kevin Temple of Enterprise-Selling. A special post just for the B2B Sales Lounge. Thanks, Kevin.

There are many signs that the economy is turning for the better; the Dow Jones index is at a three year high, consumer spending is also at a three year high and from my own perspective, my entire [more...]

Our All-Star Team of Sales Experts

Helping You by Bringing You the Best in Sales

We’d like to take a moment and recognize the great sales talent who have contributed to the B2B Sales Lounge. It’s a Who’s Who of Sales.

Miles Austin, Fill the Funnel
Jill Konrath, Selling to Big Companies
Kevin Temple, Enterprise Selling
Kelley Robertson, Fearless Selling
Ron Carr, Karr Associates
Geoffrey James, Sales Machine, [more...]

Don't Wait – Pull The Trigger!

Guest post by Tibor Shanto. Bio at end.

Sales like many things in life, is series of actions and reactions.  The job of a sales professional is to limit the variability of reactions by

Tibor Shanto

buyer to actions they set in motion; to initiate those actions that will facilitate the buyer’s buying process, and continually moving [more...]

The Invisible Sales Rep

I found this post at Miles Austin’s great blog Fill the Funnel. To read the original post, please visit: The Invisible Sales Rep. We thank Miles for giving us permission to reuse his great post.

This post was particularly interesting to me because of my online presence and the fact that 8 out of 10 buyers claim [more...]

Voice Mail Messages That Generate Callbacks: Tips from Business Development Expert Ron Karr

by Ron Karr (bio and contact info at end)

When you call customers or prospects do you leave a rambling, boring or informal message? Or even worse, do you simply hang up if they do not answer?

“Maybe that’s why these people (and maybe even some of your friends!) don’t call you back,” says Ron Karr, business [more...]

5 Steps to Improve Prospecting Success

RainToday published this great blog article by Mike Schultz and John Doerr. You can see the original article at http://www.raintoday.com/pages/6669_offers_that_convert_website_visitors_into_qualified_leads.cfm

Hope you enjoy it. And thanks Mike and John.

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About 50% of sales people won’t prospect. That’s the research. In our experience, the percentage of consultants who won’t prospect is even higher.

While most people will tell you [more...]

Leading and Managing Sales During a Recession

Kevin Temple of Enterprise Selling is a good friend of the B2B Sales Lounge. With the recent difficulties in the selling environment, we thought this article would be timely and helpful. If your interest lies in improving the flow of quality sales leads, check out iSell and our other blog, Fearless Competitor.

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The Phoenix Effect

Looking back [more...]

Sales in a New World – Choosing your Customer

This post is an original article by the author of this blog. Please visit About the Author for bio information.

We used to go far and wide looking for customers. That barely works any more. I suggest a new and different approach – Choose your customer.

Cold calls, email blasts, webinars, etc. – all designed to attract [more...]