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MARCH 26, 2013

Mid-sized companies also need better ways to help the sales team capitalize on potential and actual sales opportunities. It went on to say that many midsize businesses still rely on traditional, non-integrated customer management, sales tracking or marketing systems. What will you do with it and how will that look?

CRM 235

CRM Guidelines Data Compensation 235

Pointclear

MARCH 13, 2014

Nick Stein, Vision Critical, Youth Meets Experience in Sales Force. Click to start video at this point —The young people entering the sales force are changing the dynamic between managers and their reps. Not so long ago, managers and their sales team were in one centralized location. That has pros and cons, Nick said.

Inside Sales 235

Inside Sales Social Selling Outbound Lead Rank 235

HeavyHitter Sales

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

I’ve had the privilege to work with and study hundreds of companies and their sales organizations. Based upon my experience, here’s my list of the best companies to sell for in 2013. While it includes companies than range from start-ups to billions in sales, all of these businesses share three common qualities. Other Steve W.

Company 152

Company Analytics Enterprise Enterprise 152

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 15, 2013

Issue Date: 2013-12-16. Teaser: Frontline salespeople are in a good position to determine what and when customers will buy, but often they are not fully involved in the enterprise’s formal planning process. Many companies employ statisticians or other demand planners to predict what sales will occur. Author: Danny Smith.

Enterprise 302

Enterprise Enterprise Top of Funnel Funnel 302

Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan As you probably know, many people have been writing premature obituaries about the impending death of selling. It''s being perpetuated by extremist marketers who are claiming that inbound will become the be-all end-all. The latest proof can be found in this July 2013 USA Today article.

Hiring 246

Hiring Inbound Trends Positioning 246

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 31, 2012

In Business Services companies, Operations executives usually have more power than Sales executives. Operations leaders often have a disproportionate amount of influence over Sales functions. Sales executives, by contrast, are often viewed as wanting to take foolish risks. Ops says Sales doesn't understand the business.

Influencer 282

Influencer Strategy Policies Lead Gen 282

Allego

OCTOBER 19, 2023

That was when we learned Allego was named a Leader for Sales Readiness in The Forrester Wave : Sales Readiness Solutions, Q4 2023. While that is a worthy accomplishment on its own, what’s even more meaningful is that Allego is now the only one of the sales readiness leaders to also be named a leader in the sales content solutions Wave.

Revenue 71

Revenue Vendor Report Sales Enablement 71

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

The argument I hear is how sales leadership is something that only involves top performing sales people, sales managers or those who work for a company with huge market share. Sales leadership is a fundamental to anyone in sales who is striving to grow their sales and profit.

Sales Leadership 211

Sales Leadership Marketing eBook Motivation 211

Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Recently a panel discussed 9 of the top sales myths in business-to-business selling. I had the honor and pleasure of being a panelist, along with two of my favorite sales and marketing experts, Nancy Nardin of Smart Selling Tools and Matt Heinz of Heinz Marketing. It will keep me looking to bust some more sales myths.

B2B 240

B2B Hiring Webinar Metrics Lead Rank 240

Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Preparing for 2013. I thought I might simply highlight a few points from both sessions since there are pertinent for everyone as we move into 2013. There were four panelists -all with real world experience in selling and marketing. Panel Discussion. Some thought that it was a 4:1 ratio. . .

Sales Management 71

Sales Management Top of Funnel Hiring Lead Rank 71

SBI Growth

AUGUST 23, 2012

Here it comes, the 2013 budgeting process. On top of finishing out 2012, you need to determine which Sales Strategy initiatives to prioritize in order to make the 2013 number. Compare this with world class performance of exceeding your Sales Strategy goals. Executives – you understand the corporate position on the gaps.

Strategy 293

Strategy Analysis Quota Resources 293

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FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Looking for great sales talent? A panel of sales hiring and retention experts spoke yesterday at the AA-ISP Boston Chapter event. (If If you are not aware, the AA-ISP stands for American Association of Inside Sales Professionals). Devon McDonald, Director Sales & Marketing Support, OpenView Venture Partners.

Hiring 223

Hiring Sales Talent NetSuite Lead Rank 223

Your Sales Management Guru

JULY 30, 2012

Sales Leadership: Impacting Your 2013 Revenue. Yes, I am fully aware it is still 2012 and there are five months left in this year to exceed your quota and hopefully you are well positioned from a pipeline, marketing and headcount to achieve your goals. Third, assess your current sales team.

Sales Leadership 68

Sales Leadership Revenue Hiring Compensation 68

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Your efforts this month and next will help to solidify your sales success. Recently we trained a team of 50+ sales reps from a B2B enterprise company. Picture this: we opened the presentation with this question: “Are you going to make your 2013 revenue number?” 5 Keys to Closing Strong in 2013.

Pipeline 306

Pipeline ACT Competition Top of Funnel 306

Increase Sales

JANUARY 6, 2014

Jonathan Farrington noted in his recent blog, 2013 Where Did It All Go Wrong? , 50% of sales people missed their sales targets and this failure was worse than in 2012 which was worse than in 2011. My sense is maybe it is time to explore this shadow question: “Is marketing the same as selling?”

Ideal Customer Profile 139

Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Coaching Sales Coaching 139

SBI Growth

AUGUST 1, 2013

This time of year, Sales Ops leaders are often faced with a pressing question. We’re nearly 60% through 2013. Today’s post is about a simple approach to improve efficiency with current sales resources. Sign up for SBI’s 7th annual research tour: " How to Make Your Number in 2014 : A Sales Strategy You Can Execute."

Ideal Customer Profile 317

Ideal Customer Profile Tools Scale Hiring 317

SBI Growth

JULY 1, 2013

You see visions of making your 2013 and 2014 sales number. If you’re like most VP-Sales, this is money you most likely don’t have. If you’re like most VP-Sales, this is money you most likely don’t have. If you want to survive as VP-Sales, these projects must get off the ground. 2) Rethink Sales Team Head Count.

Salary 267

Salary Epiphany Top of Funnel Revelation 267

SBI Growth

JANUARY 30, 2013

You just received your quota for 2013. Excellence in 2013 starts with you. A key trait of top quartile sales leaders is their ability to ask for help. Read on to better understand HOW to leverage resources to Make the 2013 number. Your sales reps often don’t know the true reason they lose a deal. It went up.

Resources 321

Resources Networking Face-to-face Quota 321

Hubspot Sales

MAY 6, 2024

Since the term‘s inception in 2013, they’ve attracted immense attention and praise; there's even a reality television show called Unicorn Hunters that capitalizes on this public fascination. Privately owned companies are typically owned by a concentrated number of shareholders, unlike public companies traded on the stock market.

Data 75

Data Scale Hubspot Social Media 75

Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

The league was made up of some of my favorite sales guru colleagues and I ended up taking SECOND place. Recently I gave a talk at Hubspot’s INBOUND 2013 marketing conference on Blocking and Tackling – Turning Leads into Sales in Five Simple Steps. So what does this have to do with sales? Weekly sales goals.

Sports 221

Sports Lead Rank Lead Scoring Outbound 221

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OCTOBER 4, 2013

Sales enablement is much talked about and often misunderstood or misrepresented. Just what is sales enablement and how does it affect the organization as a whole? This week at DemandCon I saw one of the best presentations about Sales Enablement I’ve seen given by Jerry Rackley of DemandMetric. So what is sales enablement?

Sales Enablement 219

Sales Enablement Hiring Survey Lead Rank 219

Allego

JANUARY 10, 2023

Yuchun Lee and Mark Magnacca—long-time entrepreneurs with successful careers in different industries—launched Allego in 2013 to transform how people learn and succeed at work. In the process, they redefined sales enablement and disrupted an entire market. The founding team realized that traditional sales training was broken.

Unica 118

Unica Sales Enablement Vendor Lead Rank 118

Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan We read about yet more school shootings, abductions, madmen dictators'' plans to rule the world, and any of the other recurring events that must be the work of pure evil. I also think the sales world is going a bit crazy too. I also think the sales world is going a bit crazy too.

Sales Process 205

Sales Process Sales Cycle Sales Leadership LinkedIn 205

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

One of the biggest problems a VP of Sales faces is prioritization. Prioritization through 3 lenses: What sales productivity problems should you fix in 2013? This post is written for the VP of Sales trying to determine which sales productivity problem to prioritize and which ones to ignore. H ow to Sequence.

Scale 282

Scale Face-to-face Promotion Lead Rank 282

Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan One of the many things that hold salespeople back, prevents them from reaching their potential, stops them from crashing through quotas, doesn''t allow them to exceed expectations and never has them succeeding beyond everyone''s wildest dreams is their fear of failing. Pushing back on put-offs.

Sales Qualified Lead 275

Sales Qualified Lead Hotels Hubspot Decision Maker 275

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Your Chief Sales Officer (CSO) left. This position is too important to leave to some subjective thumbs-up/thumbs-down exercise. Instead, top HR and Sales leaders follow a detailed checklist of tasks. As well, emerging practices from top sales organizations are discussed for 3 key tasks. Or maybe he/she needs to leave.

Hiring 282

Hiring Follow-up Exercises Positioning 282

Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 2, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan HR Directors love our sales candidate assessments because when they finally learn to select the right salespeople their job becomes easier and they become heroes! Promises of great success would lead you to believe that this is not a difficult sale but it doesn''t always go that smoothly.

Conversion 249

Conversion Decision Maker Compensation Sales 249

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

It took some effort and focus to get sales people to adopt this style of interaction, especially after years of pitching and doing things the traditional (old) way. Many sales people had difficulty being comfortable and effective in the vast openness provided by this style of questions. There are very few if any absolutes in sales.

Call-back 313

Call-back Face-to-face Cold Calling Consultative Selling 313

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 9, 2013

There is one factor that is extremely limiting to sales processes worldwide. A customized sales process is an excellent tool. You can access the guide when you sign-up for SBI’s Sales & Marketing Research Review. Discover insights and market trends from SBI’s research in 2013. Be helpful and not sales-y.

Buyer Persona 307

Buyer Persona Buyer Tools Trends 307

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

If I say that I help sellers and their managers on the front lines of mid-sized technology and distribution companies with sales strategies and top tactics, you either know someone in that situation or you don’t. Build Sales with these LinkedIn Resources. If you do, and they express having trouble growing revenues, you’ll think of me.

Lead Rank 256

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile LinkedIn 256

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

How can sales grow based on these ideas? Top sellers and sales leaders have always appreciated predictability such as specific dates on the calendar for annual planning, quarterly planning, coaching sessions, and reviews. We have incorporated this into our marketing and sales –. But in business?

Lead Rank 233

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Webinar Metrics Referrals 233

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JANUARY 28, 2014

You have so many apps and programs in sales, and more data than you could ever consume. This is the Watson techno brain popularized by Jeopardy fame – IBM’s massive computer think-tank that is now positioned to help solve really big issues in medicine, health care, and also in business. That’s Billion with a B.

Data 208

Data Retail Health Care Lead Rank 208

SBI

JULY 22, 2014

If you’re a B2B seller you no doubt find it increasingly difficult to make sense of the marketing technology landscape. Scott Brinker of Chiefmartec has created a marketing solution map for each of the past few years. At Smart Selling Tools, we’ve been reporting on sales solutions for seven years. In 2012 it grew to around 350.

B2B 123

B2B Tools Top of Funnel Marketing 123

The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 15, 2013

A simple rule I have is a prospect cannot stay at the same level of ranking in a sales pipeline for more than 2 calls. The only thing a clogged sales pipeline does is provide disorder and give the weak a salesperson cover to hide from their boss. Problem is too many sales managers also use the same thing to hide themselves.

Pipeline 211

Pipeline Prospecting Scale Motivation 211

SBI Growth

MAY 5, 2013

I recently had a cup of coffee with a good friend and marketing peer. I had recently read Hubspot’s newest release of the State of Inbound Marketing Report, and a key stat hit me. Kathy was going to pay more attention to the formal management of leads between sales and marketing. Kathy always has great insights to share.

Cost per Lead 323

Cost per Lead Inbound Buyer Persona Cost per Acquisition 323

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DECEMBER 23, 2013

Now that you are working to grow visibility as a seller and think like a publisher, work to craft a plan to make sales increases happen. Over many years and hundreds of sales teams, I’ve seen the most successful sellers work a plan and plan their work. I crafted plans to work hard to keep myself on track. What Plans do I Need?

InsideView 238

InsideView Compensation Inbound Lead Rank 238

Increase Sales

DECEMBER 5, 2012

In B2B marketing, the words one writes can dramatically change one’s results. Increase sales. Sales Training Coaching Tip: To raise the performance BAR begins with one’s beliefs. The word “sale” generally performed better than discount, voucher, or early bird. Share on Facebook.

B2B 128

B2B Marketing Campaigns Email Marketing 128