Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Sales Enablement tools are Hot! Developing and offering sales enablement tools is a multibillion dollar industry. It seems every week I get at least one email of a tool that is intended to help improve the effectiveness of sales people, managers, or anyone involved in sales.

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Zoominfo

JULY 13, 2020

personas based on poorly sourced data, or worse, no data at all), they can be highly misleading and result in failed product launches, subpar marketing campaigns, and lost sales. Data-driven personas are useful to a wide range of people within a company, and particularly to marketers and salespeople. At their worst (i.e

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SocialSellinator

AUGUST 26, 2021

Snapchat has over 530 million active users, and it's a fun marketing tool, which is why it deserves a more prominent place in your marketing strategy. If you want to reach new customers and your target audience in their target market to improve ROI, you need to use Snapchat the right way. Check them out, too, if you want.

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SBI

OCTOBER 1, 2014

They’ll all be participating in this year’s Dreamforce 2014 event at the Mosconi Center in San Francisco. More than 1400 sessions, more than 350 exhibitors, 18 keynotes, 20 parties, 2 rock concerts, and 5 opportunities to help charities on site, there is perhaps no bigger event for sales and marketers. Act-On Software.

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Fill the Funnel

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Using Google Analytics provides terrific insight but that alone only gives you numbers, percentages and links that they visited. Heat Map Magic is my new tool that provides you a visual record of every viewers visit. You know I always like to give special opportunities to my subscribers of the Fill the Funnel Tools Update.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

As a Marketing Leader, you are expected to contribute to the revenue goal. Mature marketing organizations ex pect this number to be upwards of 30%. The popular answer is “content marketing”. The Content Marketing Institute describes content marketing as “the present – and future – of marketing.”

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

A salesperson’s CRM—or customer relationship management platform—is one of the most used tools in their technology stack. Between 2008 and 2014, use of cloud-based CRM jumped from 12% to 87% ( source ). The right tools can help you collect, analyze, and apply your data—effectively transforming your B2B selling process.

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SBI

AUGUST 12, 2014

This post is part of a series of Executive Interviews of top sales and marketing solutions company. What problem/s are you solving for sales and/or marketing organizations? Are we giving the right tools to our sales teams to help us achieve our goals? Or are we just giving them tools to show that theyre failing faster?

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 22, 2013

Read on and you''ll be ready to Make the Number in 2014. If appropriate, this may include a business impact analysis and cost justification to demonstrate analytical skills. VP of Sales - Scenario: Marketing is not providing enough leads for the Sales team to succeed. Sales can learn a lesson here. The Proving Ground.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 23, 2013

Download the How Many Reps Do I Need Tool. The goal here is to match headcount to market demand. Use this tool to calculate how many reps you need based on the Activity Model). Most of the revenue from these new hires won’t be realized until 2014. The CEO has a new found respect for Bob and his use of analytics.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 30, 2023

Even though you can create logs and keep track of your trades with excel sheets, online trading journals offer unique insights, advanced charting tools, backtesting environments, performance analysis, and even A.I.-powered Trading journals are also very effective in finding patterns and gaining market insights. powered recommendations.

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SBI

JULY 16, 2014

This post is part of a series of Executive Interviews of top sales and marketing solutions company. Full disclosure, Nancy Nardin, CEO of Smart Selling Tools is also a Co-Founder of Hushly. What problem/s are you solving for sales and/or marketing organizations? Geoff: For B2B Marketers it’s the production of “stale MQLs.”

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 27, 2014

It’s the time where you start seeing various pundits dusting off their crystal balls guessing what the big issues facing sales and marketing professionals in 2015. Systems/Processes/Tools. Marketing/Sales Integration. Sales Automation/Tools. Marketing Automation/Tools. Analytics/Big Data.

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SBI

MARCH 18, 2014

Every two weeks, I’ll interview an executive from a top sales and marketing solutions company. What problem/s are you solving for sales and/or marketing organizations ? Henry: We solve the number one problem facing sales and marketing organizations today – Bad Data. This week I interview Henry Schuck of DiscoverOrg.

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CloserIQ

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Founded 2014. Drift provides a conversational sales and marketing platform that allows businesses to better connect with prospects and customers. Klaviyo is providing better email marketing solutions for ecommerce stores. Acquia helps companies achieve great digital experiences through its developer tools and cloud solutions.

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Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Industry: Productivity Tools, Scheduling, Software. About Calendly: Founded in 2013 by Tope Awotona , Calendly is an automated scheduling tool that takes the work out of connecting with others so that its users can accomplish more. Industry: Analytics, Basketball, Software, Sports. HQ: Atlanta, Georgia. Lead Investor: OpenView.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 8, 2015

Android and iPhone users age 18 and over spend 30 hours and 15 minutes using apps each month—a full half-day more than in 2011—according to a 2014 Nielsen study. The problem is, we are not productive with the tools we already have. We try out a new tool for a while and then move on to the next. We’re fickle.

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Tenfold

AUGUST 30, 2017

Information in today’s digital milieu has always been a double edged sword for sales and marketing. A 2014 research by the Acquity Group, a digital marketing company under Accenture, pegs the number of B2B buyers who do online research at 94 percent. It works for you if you can control it. Outside that – it’s a free-for-all.

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Sales Training Connection

OCTOBER 7, 2014

They’re entrepreneurial – In today’s market bring a business mindset to the engagement is exactly what customer are expecting. They’re data-driven – Millennial salespeople will approach selling as a science, embracing the tools and analytics that are increasingly becoming important as a foundation for success.

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Sales Training Connection

JUNE 23, 2014

McKinsey’s Yugo Sarrazin and Lareina Yee shared 4 megatrends sales organizations in the McKinsey on Marketing & Sales newsletter. Megatrends for Sales Organizations – Sarrazin and Yee, McKinsey on Marketing. Companies will need to develop go-to-market models that meet both sets of needs. Your thoughts? _.

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SBI

JUNE 4, 2014

Every two weeks, I interview an executive from a top sales and marketing solutions company. What problem/s are you solving for sales and/or marketing organizations? Nancy: What do you think is the biggest underlying theme or trend for sellers and/or marketers in 2014? Nancy: What does Qstream do?

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Crunchbase

DECEMBER 6, 2021

There’s no shortage of paid and free sales prospecting tools on the market these days, all touting time-saving features. But who of today’s busy sales professionals has the time to vet hundreds of lead generation and sales prospecting tools, let alone road test them to find the best fit? Search less. Close more.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 8, 2018

A sales CRM is a foundational tool for modern sales organizations. In the past, such tools were limited to notepads, business cards, newspaper clippings, leather-bound organizers, a pen, and the closest rotary phone. Eliminate wasteful duplication of sales and marketing efforts by tracking every activity and engagement.

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Smooth Sale

MAY 30, 2018

Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Taice Perrotti is Spiro’s Marketing Director. In 2014 Spiro was officially incorporated with Adam Honig, Andy Levi and Justin Kao at the helm. Sales enablement tool focused on pipeline management, sales process & analytics. So to speak.).

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Analytical personality types are the record keepers, but don’t get them confused with only being the CFO or controller. Many executives can be analytical. He was recently ranked for the third year in a row by Top Sales World magazine as one of the Top 50 Sales & Marketing Influencers for 2014.

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SBI

JANUARY 13, 2015

This post is part of a series of Executive Interviews of top sales and marketing solutions company executives. What problem/s are you solving for sales and/or marketing organizations? Nancy: What do you think is the biggest underlying theme or trend for sellers and/or marketers in the next 12 months? million to date.

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SBI

JUNE 3, 2014

Every two weeks, I interview an executive from a top sales and marketing solutions company. What problem/s are you solving for sales and/or marketing organizations? Nancy: What do you think is the biggest underlying theme or trend for sellers and/or marketers in 2014? Nancy: What does Qstream do?

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SugarCRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Rebecca Wetteman, VP of Research at Nucleus Research , even says: “It’s less important that you have a 360-degree view of the customer and more important that the customer has a 360-degree view of you,” […] “Whether they touch sales, marketing, or service, customers need to get the same answer, the same tone, the same interaction.”.

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LeadFuze

JUNE 7, 2021

They’re very effective because they give employees the tools and training to succeed. “ Much like the increasing power of CRM, these new tools will provide greater levels of individualized training, when you need it, where you need, and how you like to learn. Why are Sales Training Programs Important. Click To Tweet.

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Tenfold

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Whether you do inbound or outbound marketing, the quality of your database and lists has a huge impact on your results.”. Flawed sales and marketing automation : Data helps you gather more data through sales and marketing automation tools. As of 2014, enterprise companies have invested a total of $8 million in big data.

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Jonathan Farrington

JANUARY 5, 2013

Over the past couple of months I have been asked by several publications to predict what will happen in marketing and sales in 2013. I started by asking myself two questions: Was there anyone in the sales and/or marketing world that a year ago that accurately predicted what would happen in 2012? Answers: Not so much. Not so much.

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Zoominfo

JULY 11, 2018

When executed correctly, content marketing can attract, engage, and retain new customers– Yet, despite the various benefits of content marketing, many B2B organizations have miles to go before they can build a successful content marketing program. The Importance of Content Marketing. billion in 2014 ( source ).

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 9, 2020

How to reassess the market for now and for later. How to reassess the market for now and for later [31:43]. LinkedIn Sales Navigator is a relationship-based digital selling tool that is designed to help you do just that. We’re about a $3 billion market cap company in the human resources space. We’re on iTunes.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 9, 2020

In fact, the only tool you have at your disposal is a toothpick. Not to mention, just because the tools and tech you have in place for your outside sales team work well for their needs, doesn't necessarily mean they'll be an ideal fit for your inside sales reps, too. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Tools.

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Zoominfo

JULY 21, 2019

When executed correctly, content marketing can attract, engage, and retain new customers. Yet, despite the various benefits of content marketing, many B2B organizations have miles to go before they can build a successful content marketing program. billion in 2014 ( source ). billion in 2014 ( source ).

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

I would say that we come at the market with an entrepreneurial mindset because I am one. It started in a backyard in 2006; I invested when they had one location in 2014. Not to say that engineers can’t be incredible entrepreneurs because they can, but I’m not a huge fan of pure analytics. Ilan Jacobson: Completely.

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SBI

JULY 7, 2020

And don’t just look at what marketing provides for sellers to use – look at what actually gets sent out by the sales team once customizations and changes have been made. Turtl began as a few lines of code written by founder Nick Mason in 2014. In most cases, this will be a long string of “no”s. Nick Mason CEO & Founder, Turtl.

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