Pointclear

JULY 19, 2012

Click to start video at this point — Asked about new social media tools and recent findings that senior executives are using them to connect rather than research and purchase, Brian says too many companies are focusing on technology in hope of creating a process. ” 2012 Recommendation: Marketing Should Ask Sales Three Questions.

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Lead Gen Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 145

Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 5, 2012

sales tools (25). Achieve Greater Sales Success in 2012. Posted by Tony Cole on Thu, Jan 05, 2012. What are the key focus areas for sales success in 2012? How do we utilize and leverage the CRM tools that weve invested in? Join Tony for the Cincinnati Chambers 2012 Sales Team in Training Series! Skills (36).

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile eBook Insurance 136

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JUNE 26, 2012

Even if a percentage of your customers are on social tools and platforms now – you need to be there as well. There are many cloud-based tools to help grow your visibility, do niche research, and learn more about your existing and prospective customers. If you don’t have time, you can hire help through some amazing web tools.

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B2B Lead Rank Lead Scoring Hiring 183

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AUGUST 14, 2012

I take just 30 minutes going through 5 social tools every morning. For many in B2B this means LinkedIn first and foremost. We’d love to showcase more B2B social success stories – drop a note in the comments of any you can tell us more about. You can also find your competitors here – learn about them. How has it worked?

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Social Media B2B Strategy Media 233

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JANUARY 17, 2013

It has been the case that many sales tools have been unapproachable for smaller and SMB sales teams due to the financial investment as well as the time and expertise to get some tools in place. The Good News – Tools Can be Easy to Try Out and Implement. Field Reps Needing Mobile Tools – Salespod.

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Tools Hiring Report Face-to-face 230

The Pipeline

MARCH 26, 2011

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. 7 Must-Have Lead Nurturing Recipes for B2B Marketers. 7 Must-Have Lead Nurturing Recipes for B2B Marketers [link] / via @Renbor. 7 Must-Have Lead Nurturing Recipes for B2B Marketers [link] #news #sales. December 2011.

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Lead Nurturing Sales Qualified Lead B2B Pipeline 218

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MARCH 13, 2012

Time is almost up to enter the Smart Selling Tools Sales Software Sweepstakes. No purchase needed to enter, but the Sweepstakes ends on March 31st. We also like and trust many of the sales tools in the prize packages: Front Row Solutions, ePrize, Qvidian, DocuSign, OneSource, and IntroRocket. Revenue Maximizer Prize.

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Sales Tools Tools Outbound Maximizer 165

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MARCH 14, 2012

Prospective customer (B2B) is talking with you and several other firms, as well as scouring the web for more data as they decide on who to select as a vendor. How Setting Next Actions Consistently Help Buyers Buy From B2B Sellers originally appeared on Score More Sales on March 14, 2012.

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Buyer B2B Call-back Decision Maker 196

Emissary

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Selling tech to individual consumers can be a challenge but selling tech in the B2B world is more complex. Per Gartner , B2B sellers need to understand three characteristics of B2B buyers. First, the B2B tech buyer is not a single person. Develop a better understanding of technology buyers and what they want.

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B2B Account Hiring Analysis 52

Nutshell

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The best sales management tools also allow managers to design and automate a standardized sales process that their reps are expected to follow for each incoming lead. Nearly all sales CRMs include tools that are designed for sales management, although some CRM platforms are more manager-focused than others. Sales reporting.

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Software Software Tools Sales Management 71

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Frugalnomics makes it harder to connect, engage and sell without the right content and tools Alinean, the leading creator of interactive content marketing and diagnostic sales tools for business to business (B2B) solutions, today announced its annual sales and marketing predictions for 2012 with serious implications.

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Buyer B2B Marketing Strategy 51

Fill the Funnel

DECEMBER 12, 2012

As you wrap-up what I hope was a successful 2012 and begin preparation for 2013, I think you will find some great ideas about sales tools during two Webinars to register for. Minimize Your Workload and Maximize Your Sales with Web Tool Automation. Which web tools deliver results for each task. All Rights Reserved.

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Webinar Metrics Sales Tools Tools Top of Funnel 112

Tenfold

AUGUST 30, 2017

What we often have to deal with is a highly-evolved B2B buyer, someone who’ve searched across several online platforms. So, it pays to ask: How do B2B buyers search for tech solutions and how can you ensure you’re there, at every stage of their buyer’s journey? B2B Buyer Behavior. Know the Modern B2B Buyer.

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Outsourcing Services Buyer B2B Lead Rank 79

Increase Sales

JANUARY 1, 2012

Today is the first day of 2012. A study by the Marketing Profs reaffirmed this approach of content marketing is now being further adopted by B2B businesses. This is a trending tool and is one way I can determine overall Internet market penetration. What do you want to achieve in 2012? Happy New Year! Time does fly by.

Infusion 88

Infusion Penetration Education Distribution 88

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 9, 2012

For those who thought 2012 might offer some much needed relief, a new survey uncovers Executives’ pessimistic sentiment going into 2012, indicating significant economic concerns and a strong focus on cutting costs and improving efficiency versus driving growth.

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Buyer Proposal B2B Discount 69

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APRIL 4, 2013

We are, as a business community, being BOMBARDED with sales tools. Once we have the tools, we still need to craft interesting and compelling content in the form of sales messages to our prospective customers and existing clients. What is our end goal? What is our end goal? What are we trying to accomplish?

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Webinar Metrics Outbound Social Selling Buyer 224

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MAY 24, 2012

We are assuming you are doing inbound marketing in your b2b business. The question I was asked: “Would you rather make 100 cold calls or 20 well-researched calls to b2b sales prospects?” Pre-Research Tools to look into: Our #1 “go-to” is LinkedIn for research. Prospecting and LeadGen Tools (in no particular order).

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Cold Calling Research Jigsaw InsideView 210

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Creates cheat sheets and sales tools because the ones from Marketing are useless. Download a time study tool at this event. Figure out how much time you spend creating your own Content Marketing tools. Source – CEB, The New High Performer Playbook, Arlington VA, 2012). MarketingSherpa, 2012). Well, it’s true.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

McKinsey Global Institute Report, “The Social Economy: Unlocking Value and Productivity Through Social Technologies” – July 2012. IBM Social Business Global Client Creates Products Faster, with a 23% Improvement in Cycle Time for New Products – July 2012. It is one of the no-brainer, must do sales tools to look into.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Social Selling Twitter 228

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APRIL 30, 2013

Many CRM tools are set up in a complicated way so a rep spends too much time learning them and then using them. A tool is nothing but a tool without a process. Instead of trying to fit a square peg into a round hole, you can find tools that help you customize what you do and even add better process in some cases.

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SBI

DECEMBER 11, 2012

There are lots of sales tools to help you. There are lots of sales tools! We’ll each be recommending 6 sales tools for B2B sellers. That’s a lot of ‘tools’ to cover in 60 minutes so you can expect this webinar to be informative, fast-paced, and full of energy. Don’t put your sales tool schooling on hold.

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Webinar Metrics Guarantee Referrals Sales Tools 125

Zoominfo

AUGUST 9, 2018

On average, 49% of companies are currently using marketing automation, with more than half of B2B companies (55%) adopting the technology ( source ). B2B marketers say the #1 benefit of marketing automation is the ability to generate more and better leads ( source ). billion worldwide in 2019, up from $2 billion in 2012 ( source ).

Marketing 160

Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring Outbound 160

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Being provocative is a sales and marketing requirement in order to get your fair share of deals in 2012, this according to the annual B2B Buyer’s survey of Demand Creation Specialists (DCS). Proactively, buyers need to be convinced that the status-quo is not adequate, and that there is a cost-of-doing-nothing.

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Survey Case Study ROI Proposal 72

SBI

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Prior to 2020, sales development reps used about 6 tools on average. Many sales leaders now recommend up to 11 tools in the “essential” tech stack—some say you should have 30. Why so many tools? But there aren’t many strong tools to support during because of the distraction factor. Hans Fuller.

Conversion 127

Conversion Sales Cycle Energy Tools 127

SBI Growth

AUGUST 6, 2013

57% of B2B the buyer’s journey happens before your sales rep gets engaged. Give your team the tools to become “Social Sellers”. You will also be able to d ownload the “LinkedIn Assessment Tool” here. Approximately 56% of B2B sales via social selling is done through LinkedIn. Where is the other 70% coming from?

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LinkedIn How To Social Selling Social Media 306

Score More Sales

AUGUST 6, 2012

These were some of the big findings by the report titled, CSO Insights 2012 Impact of Data Access on Sales performance Report: Why Big Data Should Be a Big Deal for Sales , sponsored by Lattice Engines. CSO Insights surveyed 218 CEOs, CSOs, sales execs and managers during June 2012 in an online study.

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Data CRM Survey Study 197

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Over 2/3rds of B2B buyers indicate that immediate purchase price dominates their buying decisions 60% or more of the time. This according to new research, The Considered Purchase Decision , a survey of 448 b2b buyers across a broad range of industries, confirming that as the economic malaise continues, Frugalnomics remains in full effect.

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B2B Buyer Comparison Survey 88

The ROI Guy

APRIL 25, 2012

Alinean interactive value selling and marketing tools help B2B sales professionals and prospects fight Frugalnomics, by provoking prospects to take action, tallying the “cost of doing nothing” and cost-justifying proposed solutions. The Alinean tools help answer the key purchasing decision questions of “Why Change?”, “Why Now?”

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Lead Gen Proposal Collateral ROI 45

The Pipeline

AUGUST 24, 2011

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. The primary focus of the conversation is on various aspects of and best practices in B2B selling. Today’s segment is the first of two dealing with what the B2B rep can do to be better prepared to achieve consistent sales success.

Pipeline 241

Pipeline Top of Funnel Hiring Cold Calling 241

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FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Working with and talking to many SMB and smaller mid-market companies in the past year, what is certain is the uncertainty some folks have around social selling for business-to-business (B2B) companies. 2) They tell me that only “some” of their clients are using social tools. 3) They don’t know how to get started.

Social Selling 236

Social Selling Webinar Metrics Retail Outbound 236

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Solution providers that can help facilitate this ever more difficult process will have an advantage in 2012. So let’s review each stage of the process, how the current conditions are making the journey more difficult, and how B2B solution providers can optimize their content and engagement practices to help facilitate and shorten cycles.

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Case Study Comparison Decision Maker ROI 70

The Pipeline

MARCH 2, 2012

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. March 2nd, 2012. March 2nd, 2012. March 2nd, 2012. March 2nd, 2012. Put #Price in its Place [link] #B2B #Sales #attitude #businessacumen #impactquestions. March 2nd, 2012. March 2nd, 2012.

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Pipeline Twitter Lead Rank Lead Scoring 237

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

At the end of January, B2B Sales and Marketing Influencer Craig Rosenberg posted a first ever, annual ranking of Inside Sales Influencers for 2013 on the Radius Intelligence blog. Craig based the list on Kred scores – something I was not even familiar with until I saw this list – drawn from Twitter engagement.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Inside Sales Influencer 224

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APRIL 26, 2013

Now add in social tools – does it all work together? This post was written as part of the IBM for Midsize Business program, which provides midsize businesses with the tools, expertise and solutions they need to become engines of a smarter planet. What are some pitfalls when deploying CRM? Increase Opportunities. Expand Your Pipeline.

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CRM SugarCRM Guidelines Face-to-face 179

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JUNE 12, 2013

There has never been a better time to find simple and even free tools to capture your prospective customers and all your connections). Use online and social tools to connect, such as through LinkedIn and Twitter. Don’t stop with social tools, though. Note: if you are NOT doing this, start immediately. Expand Your Pipeline.

Referrals 224

Referrals Lead Rank Lead Scoring Networking 224

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APRIL 29, 2013

Once you have a solid system and suite of tools, you need the methodology in place on how you handle leads and inquiries. You can’t remember everything, and Outlook (or gMail) just doesn’t cut it for this. If you have a process that is not whole to move sales opportunities forward, you are leaving money on the table.

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Follow-up Inside Sales Outbound Lead Rank 261

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Gaining B2B prospects via LinkedIn referrals is the best way to succeed in 2014. Don’t waste time on cold calls with a 1-3% appointment success rate (AAISP, 2012). Download the Tool (free event registration required) so that you''ll be able to leverage your database along with my upcoming blog and tool. Hands down.

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Referrals LinkedIn Social Selling Cold Calling 331