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4 Reasons Why Your Prospect Went Ghost
By ian tasso - sr. manager, premium sales at nfl on location
This article was originally published on October 15, 2020 at strategicsportsgroup.com. Stop me if you’ve heard this before: The best answer in sales is “yes.” The second-best answer is “no.”...
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Sponsorship sales advice during COVID-19
By theClubhouse team
There's no doubt that if you're a sponsorship salesperson in sports right now, both doing deals and retaining deals is a tall task. Lucky for you, we have some fantastic sports industry leaders that have...
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3 ways to sell during this COVID pandemic
By jen fusci - Director of ticket sales for the connecticut sun and new england black wolves
Here we are six months into the COVID-19 pandemic and our industry has been thrown for a massive loop. When the pandemic first hit there was a lot of “wait and see” as sales and service teams shifted...
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Selling during COVID-19: "Stay in the ring"
By Sam barlow - Manager, Inside sales at monumental sports & entertainment
“Stay in the ring.” If you’re reading this as an Inside Sales rep at Monumental Sports, you’re probably sick of hearing this phrase. I use it all the time. But I think this phrase applies now more...
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Why texting is so important in business, and how to do it!
By matt bruhn - Senior mid-market account executive at zipwhip
Texting has been around since 1992 — or 1985, if we’re counting typewriters — and yet 61% of businesses still aren’t texting their customers. Why is that? It is probably because people make a lot...
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4 ways to make an impact during these unique times
By Lowell Berg – Director, Ticket Sales & Services – University of Texas Athletics
To say these are unique times for us all right now is certainly an understatement. As my direct report, Drew Martin, has said to us multiple times; there’s no handbook for this. Most of us have never...
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3 keys to becoming a better cold caller
By joe rickert - svp, property and team development at taymar sales u.
There’s no question that cold calling can be one of the most challenging aspects of sales. When I began my career as an Inside Sales Rep for the Atlanta Hawks, the idea of calling someone I didn’t...
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The "Suite-Tooth": 5 challenges to pitching suites and how to overcome them
By adam vogel - sr. director, Training & Development at Sports business solutions
As a sales manager with the New York Mets, I was having a one-on-one with one of my top performers, named Jake. Jake was just about two months into his Inside Sales tenure with us and doing all of the...
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Two new ways to deal with rejection
By Dan Calamai - Managing Partner of Sangora
I couldn’t close the deal. After spending two months establishing a relationship, digging into the nitty-gritty requirements, refining a proposal, and heck, even getting access to their internal systems...
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5 things guaranteed to help you hit your sales goal
By bob hamer - president & Founder of Sports business solutions
I’ve been involved in sports sales for more than 13 years. I sold myself, I have been a sales manager, and now I conduct sports sales training with teams in different leagues and markets all over the...
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4 time management tips for the sport sales pro
By andre luck - Director, season ticket sales - houston astros
Many people say that they don't have enough time in the day to finish everything they want to accomplish. I still fall victim to making this excuse and I was recently reminded while listening to a podcast...
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Our belief, our service in Ticket Sales
By adam vogel - sr. director, Training & Development at Sports business solutions
If you were anything like me, you did not go to college to pursue a career in ticket sales. Instead, you went to college to be a professional baseball player. When those dreams faltered, you then took...
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Making "prospecting" a priority
By Adam vogel - sr. director, training & development - sports business solutions
According to quarksandcoffee.com, the average human being will spend 852 hours in their lifetime brushing their teeth. That is the equivalent of 35.5 days—or five full vacations. Hard to believe, isn’t...
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5 ways you can use video to achieve sport sales success
By Dustin Toms - VP, Business Operations at the Stockton Kings
If I were to tell you there was a tool that allowed your hottest prospect the ability to meet face to face with you on their time, would you use it? What if I told you that you didn’t even have to be...
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Using sports technology in the sales process
By Mike rudner - vice president, business operations at sports business solutions
When I first started pitching digital products to sports teams (During my time at IOMEDIA), my message was “This technology can replace your sales reps and in turn reduce costs”. I truly believed that...
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