Score More Sales

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Expand market niche (70%). The businesses who participated all have annual sales revenues between $10M and $1B. When it comes to innovation (one of my interests within growing companies), it was interesting to see these statistics among the participant mid-market companies: 53% use cloud computing. New products (76%).

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SBI

JULY 1, 2020

Now, with the economic uncertainties of 2020, sales teams of all sizes are desperate for a more strategic approach to building dependable and ongoing opportunities to optimize customer revenue in their most strategic accounts. Collaborate Beyond Sales. But, the best ideas for revenue growth may not always come from the sales team.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Last week I wrote an article, Now That You Have a Sales Process, Never Mind , that was very critical of an article that appeared in Harvard Business Review. This highly successful, elite salesperson, has a Sales Quotient of 140 (out of a possible 173) or better.

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Lead Rank Decision Maker Sales Qualified Lead Call-back 250

Tenfold

JULY 15, 2017

Business guru and well-known provocateur Tom Peters once addressed a crowd of over 400 sales and marketing executives saying : “I hate sports analogies. To properly understand the difference between sales and marketing, however, another analogy seems more suitable: that of musical theater.

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Marketing Sports Face-to-face Top of Funnel 63

Increase Sales

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Let us remember, sales professionals of 30 plus years ago did not have the technology advantages of today. What I have observed is a potentially longer sales cycles because the trust factor between seller and buyer has eroded over the last decade. Then factor in the market uncertainty and sales decisions seem to be bottle necked.

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Bernadette McClelland

JANUARY 11, 2017

When they find themselves in a competitive sales situation some wouldn’t have a clue where to focus their attention or what steps they will take next. Initially designed for the battlefields of China some 2,500 years ago, his works have now been adapted to leadership, business and more relevantly sales strategies.

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A Sales Guy

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Watching the Dallas Cowboys, New Orleans Saints game the other night reminded me of the Drew Breeze trade from the San Diego Chargers back in 2005. For you non-football fans or those of you who don’t remember, Drew was traded to New Orleans after the 2005 season in which he broke his shoulder. They misjudge the market.

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Xactly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Working in Sales is no easy game. For the days that are more the latter than the former, we’ve put together a list of a handful of motivational sales success stories to bring you some inspiration, along with a list of additional motivational sales articles at the end. Broke to Billionaire. The Incentive of Getting Fired.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 17, 2022

The insights are essential for business growth and the precursor for successful sales. Janice is listed in the Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on Customer Experience, 2020 and 150 Women B2B Thought Leaders You Should Follow, 2021 and LinkedIn Sales 15 Innovating Sales Influencers to Follow, 2021.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2021

If you missed episode 149 check it out here: What Makes a Great Sales Leader with Hunter Madeley. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. From hubcaps to Hubspot: Michelle’s sales career [1:27]. What has changed in sales leadership since 2005 [8:43]. How did you get started in sales in the first place?

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Score More Sales

MAY 10, 2013

They say time flies when you are having fun – especially in sales. We included it because I’m crazy about LinkedIn as a sales tool, and because LinkedIn and I go way back – nine years, in fact. Listen and engage with their market and industry to offer insight to their buyers.

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Pointclear

JANUARY 15, 2013

What is called “Inside Sales”, “Sales Support”, “Telesales” and dozens of other names is growing 15x faster than field sales—in fact, my colleague, Jonathan Farrington, published a blog stating that within three years 80 – 90% of all B2B transactions will be done online—most with some form of sales support but not field sales.

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CloserIQ

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Boston is emerging as one of the hottest startup cities in the country, which is great news for sales professionals. These companies are all backed by venture capital and are currently hiring in sales roles. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but here are some great companies to consider for your next sales job. ProfitWell.

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Rob Jolles

JUNE 2, 2023

Chicago, 2005. I’m not referring to positive conversations about our clients or ourselves. We spoke for about 30 minutes about sales processes and training for success. If you want to hear sales and marketing go toe-to-toe, you’ll enjoy this show. Once in the cab or Uber; surely we’re safe at this point!

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SBI

AUGUST 1, 2019

This alliance allows the Atlanta-based technology companies to continue to expand market opportunities and increase the value delivered to their clients. This alliance allows the Atlanta-based technology companies to continue to expand market opportunities and increase the value delivered to their clients. Mark Kopcha, CEO for Revegy.

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SAP Sales Enablement Webinar Metrics Sales Methodology 86

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Author: Paul Nolan An executive at a Fortune 1,000 company recently kicked off a summit for several hundred of the company’s content strategists, project managers and digital marketers with a story about an experience he had only days before at his neighborhood Starbucks. Craving engagement. And these numbers were up from past Gallup surveys.

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SBI

AUGUST 2, 2019

This alliance allows the Atlanta-based technology companies to continue to expand market opportunities and increase the value delivered to their clients. Sales personnel spend significant time in their CRM systems, so having both companies’ technologies integrated on one platform will make their jobs easier and help them reach their targets.

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SAP Webinar Metrics Sales Enablement Sales Methodology 80

Appbuddy

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In 1978, Gary Thuerk accidentally sent the first mass email marketing campaign to 393 addresses to announce the launch of new computers. Widely recognized as the first ever spam campaign, this effort resulted in a slap on the wrist from a high-ranking Pentagon official, but also generated $13 million in sales for Thuerk’s company.

Lead Rank 52

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Channels Call-back 52

Rob Jolles

JUNE 2, 2023

Chicago, 2005. I’m not referring to positive conversations about our clients or ourselves. We spoke for about 30 minutes about sales processes and training for success. If you want to hear sales and marketing go toe-to-toe, you’ll enjoy this show. Once in the cab or Uber; surely we’re safe at this point!

Hiring 52

Hiring Conversion Exact Call-back 52

Adaptive Business Services

AUGUST 2, 2017

Despite my shortcomings, in less that two years I was promoted to sales manager and until twelve years ago, all I did was manage sales reps. I did have a life-changing event in 2005. The business that I went back into was one that I loved but, I had not been in that market, even as a sales manager, for three or four years.

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Epiphany Real Estate Construction Cold Calling 48

Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 27, 2011

Sales Leadership: Building Culture to Increase Profits. They surveyed 2,400 workers and compared a study from 2005 to 2010 showing the percentages of discontent. Ages 2005 2010. As readers of this blog should know, my answer to point number one to build an on-going sales recruiting program.

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Commission Salary Sales Leadership Survey 63

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Author: Jason Liu Sales enablement software has been around for a while now. What you might not know, however, is that the sales enablement market is poised for a major paradigm shift that will forever alter sales enablement platform strategies and set the industry on a new path. History of the Sales Enablement Market.

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Pipeliner

JUNE 8, 2018

Consider two sales scenarios of interest to modern-day Phaedrai: XYZ Company bought a 40-seat software license from CorporateSoft, an ERP software developer. These mixed outcomes are undoubtedly familiar to sales veterans. Sales outcomes are as varied as human phenotypes, making them fiendishly hard to label.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Friday, October 22, 2010 Tech Marketers May Need to Rethink Budgets for 2011 according to new Harte-Hanks research Technology marketers are challenged today with handling proliferating marketing channels to reach and engage more overloaded, skeptical and frugal buyers than ever before.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 4, 2020

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Matt Rizzetta , founder of North 6th Agency, which is a communications and PR firm based in New York City. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. When should a company associate with a marketing agency [12:19]. When should a company associate with a marketing agency [12:19].

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Outsourcing Services Hiring Lead Rank How To 106

PandaDoc

MAY 4, 2022

And that’s partly because of the positive reviews we’ve garnered — with our software, you see an 87% increase in completed documents , a 50% decrease in document creation time, and a 36% increase in close rate. The company was launched in 2005 as an office suite and has recently expanded into Zoho Sites , Zoho CRM , and Zoho Workplaces.

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Software Software Sage Ideal Customer Profile 52

The ROI Guy

MAY 6, 2010

New Customers in Q1 2010 Alinean has been selected to develop and power value-based sales and marketing campaigns for Wipro , PGI , CSC , CiRBA , MokaFive , Shoretel , Informatica and OfficeMax.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women in sales often have a polarizing experience. In the Sales Hacker video series Aha Moments , I asked 10 women: “What is one ‘aha moment’ you’ve had in your sales career?”. The conversations that followed were so authentic and encouraging that we decided to expand this conversation to other badass women in the sales world.

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Apptivo

APRIL 22, 2021

Having launched in 2005, Google Maps is a web mapping platform that connects the entire world to the grassroots. With this integration, the accurate position is fed into your customer relationship management database and reflected in the map view. With the development in technology, new tools were launched, serving as a better option.

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Google Pivotal Exact Resources 98

Close.io

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Reason #1: Your market is already too saturated and competitive. This ain’t 2005. Pick any remotely-commercial market and there’s already millions of pieces of content on it. The “sales team” query gets ~1,600 monthly searches according to ahrefs. Because marketers that put in 10x effort get like 100x the results.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Distribution Scale 101

Sales Hacker

APRIL 2, 2020

Battlecards, despite being one of the most popular sales enablement tools, too often go unused by sales teams. How can we combat this lack of adoption by Sales? The Battlecard Adoption Playbook consists of five parts and is designed to ensure that Sales leverages battlecards to win competitive deals. Interview sales reps.

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Competition How To Sales Enablement CRM 73

Sales Hacker Training

DECEMBER 8, 2020

If you missed episode 137, check it out here: From Marketer to CEO: The Power of Brand as a Growth Amplifier with Jake Sorofman. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Sam Jacobs: This week on the show, we’ve got Luke Rogers, the Vice President of Sales at Instabase. Learn how modern sales teams with deals, win deals now.

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Hiring Top of Funnel Scale Banking 119

SaaStr - Sales Strategy

MARCH 12, 2019

As for Erica, under her CRO role, she leads all go-to-market functions including Marketing, Sales, Operations, Customer Success, Services, and Support. How does the move to enterprise fundamentally impact the sales team? How does the structure of the sales team change with the move? Where do many go wrong?

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Scale Enterprise Enterprise Oracle 81

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 2, 2018

The Best Sales Movies of All Time. Lord of War (2005). Kurt Russell plays a hotshot used car hustler who dreams of running for state senate in Robert Zemeckis’s outrageous sales satire. Playing the manager in charge of doling out prospective sales leads, Kevin Spacey’s cold-blooded smarm has rarely been more effective.

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Film Epiphany Insurance Insurance 111

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 18, 2020

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we’ve got a fantastic episode for you. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Welcome to Sales Hacker Podcast. Sales enablement is easy. More sales meetings. Our second sponsor is Outreach, the number one sales engagement platform. We’re on iTunes. The result?

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Lead Rank Scale How To Travel 107

SaaStr - Sales Strategy

JULY 30, 2018

At our inaugural SaaStr Europa last June, podcast host-with-the-most Harry Stebbings sat down with MuleSoft Founder and CTO Ross Mason to discuss the organization’s sales strategy, building a strong company culture, how to think about international expansion, and much more. We follow about 30 KPIs through the sale cycle in the business.

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Scale Video Hiring Enterprise 71

Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever?

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