SBI Growth

JANUARY 9, 2013

The top fear of HR leaders for 2012 was finding or developing leaders. Our 2012 sales leader research finds it is still a big fear for 2013. If your company uses channel partners, Channel Management is a needed skill. For example, can a Sales Leader show increased revenue from social selling implementation?

Sales Leadership 310

Sales Leadership Buyer Persona Exercises Course 310

Score More Sales

APRIL 4, 2013

We will tackle the “sales tools solve revenue issues” myth and show how a smart content strategy coupled with messaging that gains attention will allow you to stand out in the noise to be seen, heard, and considered when it comes to buyer’s decisions. and Barb Giamanco of Social Centered Selling.

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Webinar Metrics Outbound Social Selling Buyer 224

Sales Readiness Group

AUGUST 20, 2019

Well, Dropbox , the file storage company, founded in 2007, grew its revenues to $116 million by 2012. Dropbox has historically relied on viral growth, together with a referral marketing model, with more than 90% of its revenue generated from self-serve channels. Impossible? Its sales then rocketed to $1.46

Enterprise 48

Enterprise Enterprise Hiring Referrals 48

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

A 2014 study revealed that the ten most socially connected brands saw 31% greater revenue growth than the least connected brands. Remember, both customers and prospects are following your social channels – don’t miss an opportunity to convert. For best results, set separate goals and strategies for each channel. Happy Friday!

Social Media 147

Social Media Media B2B Marketing 147

Score More Sales

MARCH 8, 2012

Channel partners, strategic partners and referral partners all can affect revenue in your pipeline. There are many connections you have, whether in your channels, through other distribution arrangements, and with direct individuals who can impact deals and the bottom line. Know thy prospect. It is job #1. Your partners.

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Pipeline Referrals Channels Buying Cycle 203

Pointclear

MARCH 13, 2014

The interviews are available on our blog and YouTube channel. Matt Heinz, President of Heinz Marketing When he’s not spending time with his wife, children, cats and six chickens, Matt is the head of the Seattle-based agency that prides itself on delivering results—more customers, higher revenue, lower costs.

Inside Sales 235

Inside Sales Social Selling Outbound Lead Rank 235

Alice Heiman

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This episode features Jacco van der Kooij, Founder of Winning by Design , a global B2B revenue consulting and training company founded in 2012. Watch the podcast below or on our YouTube channel. Highlights: [3:22] Growth via recurring revenue. [8:10] All these questions (and more!) 31:05] When it’s time to step back. [35:35]

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Hiring Strategy Conference LinkedIn 62

SBI Growth

JANUARY 20, 2013

As the books are closed on 2012, you can reflect on your performance. Remember: Cost of a mis-hire is a clear silent revenue killer. It’s indicates net new revenue today, future upsell/cross and a myriad of other revenue opportunities. Win Rates by Channel: Do you close more sales on the phone than your competition?

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Hiring Margin Quota Inbound 306

Score More Sales

MAY 28, 2013

Instead of keynotes all about how great the idea of Big Data will be, there was a treasure trove of stories on how data – big and small – is transforming and improving customer service, response times, interaction with customers and buyers, and improving bottom line revenues. Marketing Study Update.

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Company Film Study Lead Rank 208

Score More Sales

JUNE 29, 2012

They had someone (or a team) monitor social channels; listening for trigger events, learning about their existing customers and interacting with soon-to-be buyers. They kept everyone on task and focused toward revenue-producing activities. Where to Start if You are Behind in Revenues for the Balance of the Year?

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Pipeline Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring 183

Zoominfo

AUGUST 9, 2018

Let’s look at the numbers: 77% of CMOs at top-performing companies indicate their most compelling reason for implementing marketing automation is to grow revenue ( source ). 91% of the most successful users agree that marketing automation is “very important” to the overall success of their marketing across channels ( source ).

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Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring Outbound 160

Score More Sales

MARCH 26, 2013

In addition, these companies are growing their connection to the customer through social channels – so the natural progression of thought is to get more CRM applications social too. New insights into their customers, giving the company competitive advantages. •

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CRM Guidelines Data Compensation 235

A Sales Guy

JANUARY 3, 2013

Like most sales leaders and sales people you have put 2012 behind you and are aggressively moving forward. And like everyone else, most of us are looking to improve on 2012. We need to grow revenue, get new clients, improve the channel business, roll out new products, improve lead generation, grow our social presence, etc.

Lead Generation 112

Lead Generation Channels Objections Opportunity 112

Crunchbase

MAY 14, 2020

Founded in May 2012, G2 has raised an impressive $108 million in funding under Abel’s leadership. Outreach is a sales engagement platform that accelerates revenue growth by optimizing every interaction throughout the customer lifecycle. Founder of Revenue Collective , host of the Sales Hacker Podcast. Check it out! .

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Top of Funnel Scale Twitter LinkedIn 132

A Sales Guy

DECEMBER 5, 2012

We are rapidly closing the books on 2012 and if we haven’t already, we are starting to look towards executing on 2013. Establish a channel. If 80% of your revenue and new sales is coming from the customer base, then new logo’s might be a strategy for growth in 2013. 2013 is just around the corner.

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Strategy Hiring Penetration Churn 116

Pointclear

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Each interview is only about 25 – 30 minutes and all are available on our blog and YouTube channel. I came away with at least one new piece of insight from each and wanted to share some of my favorites with you. In post-production, we break each interview down into small segments and provide “teaser” copy for each segment.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Generation Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead 185

Your Sales Management Guru

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

12, 2012—Top 50 Sales/Marketing Influencer Ken Thoreson , author of articles and book series for sales leaders, renowned consultant, columnist and speaker, and Acumen Management Group Principal has earned a spot on Top Sales Magazine’s list of “Top 50 Sales & Marketing Blogs 2012” for his Your Sales Management Guru blog.

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Sales Management Conference Microsoft Compensation 65

Pointclear

MAY 10, 2012

All of this is occurring in the context of the “grand effort toward revenue production. Often their own salaries and their bonuses are tied to revenue and increases in pipeline channel.” So I think 2012 will see large movement in the direction of both mobile and the analysis of big data.”

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CRM Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Social Media 178

Pointclear

APRIL 17, 2012

” But in a recent post on the Sales Lead Management Group on LinkedIn, Kevin McArdle, the regional sales manager for Eloqua (Chicago), advocated that sales departments should take over lead gen and he makes the following points: Sales departments are responsible for revenue. Changing the legacy channel. John Obrecht.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 172

Pointclear

MAY 10, 2012

All of this is occurring in the context of the “grand effort toward revenue production. Often their own salaries and their bonuses are tied to revenue and increases in pipeline channel.” So I think 2012 will see large movement in the direction of both mobile and the analysis of big data.”

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CRM Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Social Media 133

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 8, 2013

This represents a significant uptick in spending growth from the anemic 2012 rate of only 1.2%. In fact, Gartner predicted that 2012 growth was going to be 3.7% 2013 Challenges for IT Solution Providers Revenue growth is extremely important for IT solution providers, as this growth is required to sustain high valuation multiples.

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Proposal Decision Maker ROI Lead Rank 71

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 15, 2013

Sales leaders currently rank Sales Enablement as their number one requirement from Marketing, besting the need for more Demand Creation, Solution Marketing help and Channel Support in studies by SiriusDecisions. Although there is a desire for alignment, where the rubber meets the road, the story is quite contrary.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Marketing Marketing Qualified Lead 73

Customer Centric Selling

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

By Gary Walker, EVP of Channel Sales & Operations, CustomerCentric Selling®. He's one of the best coaches in college football, having now won four BCS championships with Alabama in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2015, and another with LSU in 2003. Your Roadmap to Revenue Growth® awaits! I included a link to the segment.

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Segment Coaching Sales Process Channels 40

Crunchbase

MAY 14, 2020

Her clout is truly admirable, and her channels are filled with thought leadership content and helpful advice. He’s a leader who is dedicated to understanding and communicating what drives success via his many channels ( social , live presentations , Inside Sales Excellence membership group, etc.) Megan Bowen. Crunchbase , LinkedIn.

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Top of Funnel Hiring Twitter Lead Rank 101

Your Sales Management Guru

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Jay McBain, from Channel Eyes, a social media/network company focused on the IT Channel, commented that in his research on the topic; “social would overtake websites as the #1 source of information and online engagement in 2012”. The world continues to change, are you? Is your sales process? Let know your thoughts?

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Social Media Media Sales Management Networking 84

The ROI Guy

JULY 9, 2013

Gartner blames the revision on exchange rate fluctuations, but I don’t buy this as the main reason for halving their IT spending growth, as similar reasons were given for lowered expectations in 2012 as well (where initial estimates of 3.7% So how well do your sales professionals and channel partners engage with value? by mid-year).

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Forecasting ROI Decision Maker Proposal 67

Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

2012 Trends: Interconnectedness & Reluctance to Make Aggressive Decisions. Click to start video at this point — Asked about what has happened in marketing and sales that has or hasn’t surprised him in 2012, Bob talks about interconnectedness: “It’s sobering about how interconnected we are with other economies.

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Inbound Quota Outbound Video 145

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 16, 2014

In 2012, initial rosy predictions of 3.7% For IT solution providers who may be using these forecasts to invest in a turnaround for 2014 revenues, another flat year could have significant implications for your organizations and your career. So how well do your sales professionals and channel partners engage with value?

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Forecasting Proposal Decision Maker ROI 92

Klozers

MAY 22, 2015

million and annual revenues exceeding $2.5 billion, Microsoft has successfully started transitioning its own business into a recurring revenue platform. Gartner analyst Tiffany Bova quoted back in 2012 that 41% of IT spend was coming from Line of Business and the trend was upwards.

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Microsoft Licensing Hiring Salary 24

Your Sales Management Guru

APRIL 2, 2012

Individuals with sales management responsibility face diverse challenges: o Exceeding Corporate Revenue Objectives. o Developing Sales Team Capabilities. o Balancing Client/Company Objectives. o Managing Internal Corporate/Divisional Relationships.

Sales Leadership 67

Sales Leadership Account Face-to-face Groups 67

The ROI Guy

APRIL 8, 2014

In 2012, initial rosy predictions of 3.7% For IT solution providers who may be using these forecasts and expecting a turnaround in 2014 revenues, we urge extreme caution. So how well do your sales professionals and channel partners engage with value? for the year. growth were never realized, coming in around 1% by year-end.

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Forecasting ROI Proposal Decision Maker 65

Klozers

JANUARY 18, 2015

million and annual revenues exceeding $2.5 billion, Microsoft has successfully started transitioning its own business into a recurring revenue platform. Gartner analyst Tiffany Bova quoted back in 2012 that 41% of IT spend was coming from Line of Business and the trend was upwards.

Microsoft 20

Microsoft Licensing Hiring Salary 20

HeavyHitter Sales

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. February 2012. January 2012. As a result, they have increased revenues, accelerated time to market, and improved dealer communications. February 2012. Heavy Hitter Sales Blog. Recent Posts. A Salespersons Most Important Competitive Weapon. Best New Sales Book of 2011.

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Penetration Ideal Customer Profile Real Estate Distribution 60

Delicious Sales

MAY 2, 2012

Channels (799). Revenue (1783). 2012 (9049). Customer Service (995). Inside Sales (849). Advertising (694). Selling Skills (528). Incentives (379). Demand Generation (181). Outside Sales (81). Customer (6670). Opportunity (3675). Closing (3085). Conversion (2818). Positioning (2599). Social Media (2543). Buyer (2086).

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Lead Rank Leads360 Lead Scoring Top of Funnel 99

Jonathan Farrington

JUNE 10, 2012

Lack of Direction : Far too frequently, competent salespeople are expected to channel their own activities into the areas that will produce the quickest wins. Sales never result efficiently and with maximum revenue unless the sales process is continually and closely managed. Mark your calendar for June 12, 2012 at 10 a.m.

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Webinar Metrics InsideView Margin Quota 35

Alice Heiman

JANUARY 17, 2023

In order to bring more certainty and less volatility , Collective[i] focuses on two main innovations: Automate everything possible in the sales process in order to reduce seller admin work and improve CRM accuracy; Train teams on the agile sales process in order to scale revenue. Watch the podcast below or on our YouTube channel.

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Hiring Sports Scale CRM 131

LeadFuze

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Conceptual selling is likely to be a more successful framework for firms that rely significantly on reputation for customer satisfaction and anticipate making a high volume of repeat sales in a comparatively small market where recommendations and word-of-mouth may be major channels. 9 Inbound Selling. 14 SNAP Selling.

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Sales Methodology Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 52