The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 29, 2012

This despite many of the participants now selling solutions that are easier to purchase and deliver, particularly Software as a Service and Cloud Computing solutions. The reasons provided most often for the sales cycle lengthening: more financial scrutiny on each proposal and more stakeholders involved in each decision. You Decide.

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Sales Cycle Decision Maker Proposal Buying Cycle 72

SBI Growth

JANUARY 17, 2014

According the “Year-End CEO Report” conducted by Challenger, Grey & Christmas, CEO turnover rose in 2013. There were “1,246 CEO changes in 2013, 2.6 Does your organization know the buyer’s process? If so, is your sales process in alignment? This is split between software, systems, and the stored data.

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Remedy Hiring Margin Guarantee 281

The ROI Guy

JULY 9, 2013

To kick off 2013, Gartner predicted that the reigns on worldwide IT spending would loosen, forecasting an increase of 4.2% 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 and shareholder equity.

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Forecasting ROI Decision Maker Proposal 67

Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Mark Roberge, Sales VP at Hubspot , is responsible for building one of those kick-ass sales forces and he contributed a guest post to Software Advice on Building a Sales Team the Hubspot Way. When I read the article I noted a couple of things I really liked: They learn very little about sales in the first 30 days.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Hiring Hubspot 283

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 15, 2018

Step Sales Process by modeling two top sales professionals who had been selling for years. A leadership section will support dealers and sales managers on topics like recruiting, interviewing and hiring, coaching and managing. online community software available, phpBB. I created our 10.5 This tool can be dynamic.

Hiring 191

Hiring Lead Rank Face-to-face Banking 191

The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 20, 2013

Recently, I began searching for a new software package for my company. In my book, that is a pretty lousy sales process. They have sales that drag out much longer than need be and their company makes a lot less profit than they could be making. Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

Discount 197

Discount Selling Skills Negotiation System 197

SBI Growth

JULY 13, 2013

In July, decided to roll out a sales process across the Americas. The EVP of WW Sales was disappointed. They stacked hands that 2013 was going to be the year of the Americas. His new sales process wasn’t working. Paul went on to lead worldwide sales at a global software company.

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Promotion Fashion Trends B2B 310

Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

At first glance, you might not think that IT has much of an impact on sales and you would be correct. When AE''s are introduced into the sales process, many of them want to take over. In this case, the way that IT should support sales is by staying out of the way, like an application engineer in the sales process.

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CRM Webinar Metrics Engineering Report 274

Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 18, 2013

Can provide the ideal, complimentary solution in a related area - one that extends beyond our core competency of sales force development. Can they be your passive sales force? (c) c) Copyright 2013 Dave Kurlan Our strategic CRM Partner understands this and has designed the best application that I have ever customized and used.

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Insurance Insurance Trade Show Collateral 201

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Here is their success story and an invitation to learn more best practices from SBI's “ Make the Number 2013 Tour.”. a provider of software to simplify and improve business operations and customer communications. As the strategic HR partner to multiple sales leaders, Steve is responsible for recruiting and retaining top talent.

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Face-to-face Oracle 306

Delicious Sales

MAY 2, 2012

Sales (12918). Sales Management (2614). Software (1035). Inside Sales (849). Outside Sales (81). Sales Process (1775). 2013 (4691). THE SALES HUNTER AUGUST 12, 2013 Is Your Sales Process Slow or Fast? Is your sales process slow or fast? Training (4995).

Lead Rank 99

Lead Rank Leads360 Lead Scoring Top of Funnel 99

Chorus.ai

MARCH 4, 2020

After graduating from college in 2013, Hillary took some time to travel the world and volunteer before returning to the U.S. It wasn’t long before she found a job that met both of her career interests: a sales development rep (SDR) at a tech startup. “I think I was initially attracted to sales because I am a people person.

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Travel Retail Lead Rank Face-to-face 118

Sales Training Connection

DECEMBER 13, 2013

There is no longer a need to first install complex learning management systems; easy-to-use online sales training programs are now available. Also there are interesting new coaching software packages that help managers to improve their coaching efforts. ©2013 Sales Momentum ®. Training Design.

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Inside Sales Training Scale Outside Sales 118

SBI

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

I will make a definitive decision to outline the key change-factors that are critical and essential to my/our success in 2013. I recognize and accept the fact that there is a dangerous point in every sales-cycle when deals are at high-risk, and that is the point when they are ready-to-close. I will take charge of change.

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Webinar Metrics Influencer Forecasting Decision Maker 137

Velocify

JANUARY 29, 2013

But how are their sales teams capitalizing on the flow of leads coming their way? To answer these questions, first we need to take a closer look at two different types of sales processes that are often mistakenly seen as one and the same: inside sales and field sales. How is CRM helping them to execute?

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Inside Sales CRM Leads360 Eloqua 71

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Amy Appleyard is an experienced, strategic sales leader with demonstrated success in overseeing cross-functional teams to improve the customer experience, drive sales and increase retention in both Distribution as well as SaaS-based sales organizations. Andrea Austin – VP at Nokia Software | Published Author.

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Top of Funnel Hiring Scale Lead Rank 111

SBI

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

This Thursday , I’ll be co-presenting on DocuSign ’s Webinar: 10 Ways to Utilize Social Selling in 2013 where you’ll learn 10 ways you can leverage social selling across your team. Author, Nancy Nardin is the foremost expert in sales productivity tools.

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Social Selling Scale Webinar Metrics Networking 135

A Sales Guy

MARCH 20, 2013

In Salesforce.com’s case, expenses associated with creating the platform, hosting the software, development, support resources, services salaries, etc. In 2013 Salesforce.com’s gross margin was 2.36 SF.com’s gross margin percentage in 2013 was 78.6% That is VERY high margin business.

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Margin Revenue Positioning Salary 107

SalesLoft

AUGUST 11, 2013

If your proposals are too complex, I recommend using a spreadsheet template to go over the one-by-one details during the sales process. #2 Pretty ironic seeing how we sell job change alerts software, huh? — Kyle Porter (@kyleporter) July 17, 2013. #3 Get that conversion process down cold. #4 3 Move fast.

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Closing Proposal How To Decision Maker 52

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

In 2013, American companies alone spent $164.2 in 2013 on hiring sales training companies, one of the top five outsourced training expenditures, according to Training Industry. Videos by Sales Technology Companies. 23) Sales Scripter. With YouTube, sales experts get more than just free hosting.

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Channels Video Training Hiring 112

SBI

OCTOBER 16, 2012

How Gamification Leads to Improved Sales Performance. Challenge Your Company to Think Differently about Sales Enablement. Sales Management. Your Crystal Ball: What This Year’s Sales Incentives Tell You about 2013. Calling All Sales Leaders: How to Build and Maintain a Successful Sales Organization.

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Conference Social Selling Data Marketing 131

A Sales Guy

OCTOBER 26, 2012

I’ve been talking a lot about the importance of 2013 planning and preparation lately and this post nails it. ———— I recall when, back in 1989, I was a few years into the growth of my first software company. It so nails it, I wanted to repost it here for this community. Are your plans V.I.T.A.L.?

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Account Epiphany Groups Travel 113

Jonathan Farrington

JULY 31, 2013

An Atlanta-based software company, Joulex, increased new business sales opportunities in their pipeline by more than $2 million dollars from qualified leads generated by an outbound prospecting program. The more successful your prospect development program—the more successful you will be at driving revenue.

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Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead PointClear Leads 51

OnePageCRM

MAY 15, 2019

Back in 2013, Rand Fishkin , CEO of Moz, ran an interesting experiment. The experience of walking into the room with OnePageCRM simultaneously open on 20+ screens and getting to hear how it’s used by 40 users, across the departments from sales director and marketing to support and sales reps on the road was incredible.

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Customer Revelation CRM Lead Rank 36

OnePageCRM

MAY 15, 2019

Back in 2013, Rand Fishkin , CEO of Moz, ran an interesting experiment. The experience of walking into the room with OnePageCRM simultaneously open on 20+ screens and getting to hear how it’s used by 40 users, across the departments from sales director and marketing to support and sales reps on the road was incredible.

Customer 36

Customer Revelation CRM Lead Rank 36

SBI Growth

AUGUST 28, 2012

." - Jack Welch Are you questioning the ability of your sales leader to take your revenue performance to the next level? In your next board meeting, they will ask what you will do differently to make the number in 2013. To hire a top-performing sales leader, you have to remove legacy aspects of your recruiting strategy.

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Hiring Buyer Persona Solutions Selling Buyer 267

OnePageCRM

MARCH 8, 2017

One way to do this is to talk about the real-world value your product will deliver – If your HR management software can help your client save $200k on recruitment, use that as your price anchor. Why is Enterprise Software so Expensive? Still, there will be times when you’re on a sales call and the client asks for a discount.

Discount 55

Discount Lead Rank Top of Funnel Enterprise 55

PandaDoc

AUGUST 16, 2021

You can also track the whole process and the management behind it as you supervise how they collaborate. This proposal software uses industry-leading encryption standards, ensuring your data is secure and never disclosed to third parties. The software automatically transfers customer metadata from an existing document to a new one.”

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Proposal Software Software Enterprise 52

Velocify

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Leads360 recently published a new study, the Ultimate Contact Strategy, highlighting the importance of sales lead follow-up including prompt response, appropriate persistence, and optimal timing between attempts for both phone and email communication.

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Leads360 Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Study 82

SalesLoft

JANUARY 14, 2019

In today’s digital landscape it can be easy to lose sight of the true cost of business, especially for sales organizations. How secure is your Sales Process? million, nearly a 10% increase since 2013. In the meantime, please visit our Security page for more on how we ensure a secure sales process.

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Sales Process Hiring Gatekeeper Banking 52

OnePageCRM

MARCH 8, 2017

One way to do this is to talk about the real-world value your product will deliver – If your HR management software can help your client save $200k on recruitment, use that as your price anchor. Why is Enterprise Software so Expensive? Still, there will be times when you’re on a sales call and the client asks for a discount.

Strategy 20

Strategy Discount Lead Rank Enterprise 20

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

JANUARY 18, 2022

Software becomes outdated. Research suggests that revealing risk can actually improve your odds of getting the sale – depending on when and how you do it. You could, for example, reveal these risks early in the sales process but bend over backwards to reassure the buyer that they’re highly unlikely.

Insurance 59

Insurance Insurance Buyer Face-to-face 59

PandaDoc

JULY 26, 2021

The contract and proposal software field is so competitive that we see new tools developed almost every year. Most of the articles we used as sources come from either specialized software review websites or user review platforms. All these, and many other important metrics, can be invaluable when using proposal management software.

Proposal 52

Proposal Enterprise Enterprise Analytics 52

MEDDIC

OCTOBER 19, 2021

I think, as the title of your book says, you’re always qualifying throughout the entire sales process. The way it was born, it was at PTC, that we built really a sales machine with hundreds of really successful salespeople trained this way. Those are the steps or the process they want to take you through.

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Sales Qualified Lead Sales Methodology Forecasting Hiring 52

SalesLoft

JULY 17, 2019

Email marketing was a regular part of sales communications over the next few years, but cold calling still took the lead on favored outreach. In 2013, the year I started Skaled , I was introduced to email tracking software. This is going to be the biggest shift in sales we’ve seen so far.”. A Pendulum Shift.

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Scale Buyer eBook Lead Rank 65

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Most recently, she held a variety of executive roles at Sailthru from 2013-2020, ultimately becoming the company’s Chief Revenue Officer. Following Sailthru’s sale to CM Group in 2018, Cassie took on the expanded role of Chief Customer Officer for CM Group’s 200MM+ martech portfolio. Are you a people person?

Hiring 130

Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Lead Rank 130

Contact Monkey

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Ok, maybe anything is a stretch, but with this CRM software, you and your entire sales team can take full control of the sales process. Recently, Software Advice discovered that 48% of CRM users access CRM software from a smartphone. 45% access the software from a tablet. Image Source ). Conclusion.

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SalesForce Software Software Account 40