No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Phillip Twyford, director of sales and marketing for Tico Mail Works, had the exact same realization, which he outlines in this week’s guest post. I first started in marketing in 1987. I recently came across a great article entitled ‘Saving the Lost Art of Conversation’ by Megan Garber of The Atlantic.

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Customer Centric Selling

AUGUST 2, 2013

Sales Training Article: Is Your Team Ready for 2014? By George de los Reyes, Sales Benchmark Index (SBI) Image courtesy of Danilo Rizzuti at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Have you started thinking about 2014? The best-in-class marketing leaders have already started planning for next year. The best marketers assess both.

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Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 2, 2017

Today I'm bringing you some insightful information that was not widely read when it was published back in 2014. Tony Cole, CEO of Anthony Cole Training and one of OMG's great partners, forwarded me an article that appeared in the October 2014 issue of the Journal of Marketing Research.

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

You can’t depend on your marketing department to generate real leads. Do you really think marketing can qualify your leads? If so, you can forget about exceeding quota in 2014. You can probably guess what the vice president of sales told his team: Just ignore all leads from marketing, because they suck.

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Increase Sales

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could be the Sorcerer’s apprentice and cast marketing spells that would immediately have your ideal customers ringing your phone off the hook or streaming into your brick and mortar store? For me the best magic spell has been article writing or what is also known as content marketing.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Planning for 2014 requires a fresh look at the metrics that will determine success. As noted by my colleague Vince Koehler, Marketing has adopted new capabilities. These capabilities force Marketing to transition to new metrics for determining effectiveness. In 2014, communicating with buyers is easier and quicker than ever.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Today I learned that an article I wrote back in November of 2013, Increase in Social Selling Yields No Increase in KPI''s , was named Top Sales Article of the Month for October 2014 by Top Sales World. sales competencies Dave Kurlan Inbound Marketing sales effectiveness study social selling' We discovered that.

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Customer Centric Selling

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Sales Training Article: 8 Tips to Help the CSO Prepare for the New Year. For the complete list of Jim Welch''s New Year Preparation Tips, register for SBI''s Sales & Marketing Research Review. Discover insights and market trends from SBI''s research in 2013. Discover insights and market trends from SBI''s research in 2013.

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Increase Sales

JANUARY 21, 2016

Social marketing is no different. When sales professionals and SMB owners decided to incorporate social marketing as one of several marketing channels, this is not a one time event or a sporadic action. To be successful using social marketing means every day you must be kicking your efforts toward the goal post.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 2, 2014

As you’re planning for 2014, forget resolutions. The media is flooded with articles about resolutions right now. Our inboxes are crowded with email marketing messages chock-full of New Year’s resolution products and programs. What referral-selling goals have you set for your team in 2014? Set manageable goals instead.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

This article is about how to cut through the noise and evaluate your organization. Sign up for SBI’s 7th annual research tour: " How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute.” Learn what SBI’s Discovery says about what top organizations will do differently in 2014. Executive Interviews. Customer Interviews.

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SBI Growth

JULY 23, 2013

Marketing worries about the brand’s consistency. Sign up for the onsite session for your leadership team: " How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute." Understanding the drivers of Sales Force Effectiveness in 2014. It is a risk mitigator, branding engine and market research mechanism.

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Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 15, 2014

I was following a discussion in the Hubspot VAR Group on LinkedIn , where the question posed to the group was whether or not the first sales hire should be a sales or a marketing person. Hubspot''s VAR''s are all marketing agencies specializing in inbound marketing. You are Not the Market Leader. Should I back out?

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 2, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Yesterday, I read an article that was very consistent with what I was complaining about last week when I wrote The One Thing Missing From the New Way of Selling. I have tremendous respect for the article''s author, Mark Roberge , who has built a great sales force over at Hubspot.

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Customer Centric Selling

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Sales Training Article: How Realistic Is Your 2014 Sales Quota? To assist you further, sign-up for SBI''s Sales & Marketing Research Review here. The review presents findings from SBI''s market research in 2013. Gain access to guides and tools to help you make the number in 2014. Top-Down Quota Setting.

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Pointclear

MARCH 27, 2014

Co-hosts Paul and Allan tee up the show by discussing several hot news items relevant to the B2B market - Here’s what they noshed on, on Episode #5: According to the latest CMO Survey, 85% of CMOs either have not shown any impact from social media spending or have only a qualitative sense of its effectiveness. Voicemails work.

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Score More Sales

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Expand market niche (70%). So says the study done by The Hartford, in September of this year, called the 2014 Midsize Business Monitor. When it comes to innovation (one of my interests within growing companies), it was interesting to see these statistics among the participant mid-market companies: 53% use cloud computing.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 5, 2013

In addition, you made sure you built the proper consensus between sales and marketing. Sign up for the onsite session for your leadership team: How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute. Lack of Field Adoption – There is no reinforcement by the sales and marketing leaders. The margin for error is slim.

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Nutshell

MAY 21, 2021

Let me tell you about the last time I got fired: From October 2007 to December 2014, I managed a mixed martial arts blog that I won’t name here, because it’s been almost completely scrubbed from the internet by this point. What rescued me was something called “content marketing.” These were the dark times. Part 2: It Got Better.

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Customer Centric Selling

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Sales Training Article: Top Sales Tool for 2014. By John Kearney, Sales Benchmark Index (SBI) Image courtesy of FrameAngel at FreeDigitalPhotos.net As a Sales Operations leader, you have 3 major challenges heading into 2014. It has never been more necessary than it is heading into 2014. It''s low hanging fruit for 2014.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 10, 2014

Identify any gaps and work to close using the following: Social prospecting - if you don’t think you will have enough leads from marketing, generate your own. Sales can’t rely on marketing alone. Marketing – Sit down with your CMO to see what campaigns they are running. If your marketing team needs help.

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Customer Centric Selling

JULY 29, 2013

Sales Training Article: How BMW Would Have Benefited from Social Selling. Marketing worries about the brand''s consistency. Sign up for the onsite session for your leadership team: " How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute." Understanding the drivers of Sales Force Effectiveness in 2014.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 19, 2013

He had been given an aggressive goal for 2014. I completely lost the battle on the 2014 revenue number” he said. “My Will it strengthen your position in the market? My colleague Dan Perry wrote an excellent article on sequence. The topic was his number. The company’s revenue is in the $700M range. I got out-negotiated.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

This article reveals how top sales reps stay on top. You can access it when you sign up for SBI’s Sales & Marketing Research Review here. Next Steps: Prepare for 2014 now. Make the Number in 2014. The post offered advice for top sales reps to avoid becoming obsolete. The post was widely read, shared and tweeted.

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Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Forbes ran an article about selecting cloud computing vendors – it helps explain more about the questions you need to know to get the computing you require. ( [link] ). There is no question that the ease of collaboration in 2014 and 2015 is helping businesses and making better use of everyone’s time. So are you more productive?

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 2, 2013

This article outlines the elements necessary to repeat your successes. Sign up for the onsite session for your leadership team: How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute. In addition to this article, when you participate you can access the Thought Leadership Guide. They are caused by market trends.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 10, 2013

She was frustrated and went on LinkedIn, ready to test the market. Her clients were sharing articles that her competitors had written. To survive in B2B selling in 2014 a new set of skills is required. Focus them on the capabilities that will ensure you make your number in 2014. While there it dawned on her.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 9, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I read an article last month that actually had as its title, The Death of SPIN Selling. Although the author tried, the article did little to convince ME that SPIN was dead. Say what you will about SPIN, it was the most comprehensive questioning methodology of its day.

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Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 18, 2015

Sales Process isn't even the only thing that inbound marketers say is dead. That search turned up these articles on the first page of results: So who wrote all of these articles? One article was written by a sales expert discussing the concept of following the buyer's purchasing process. Are Top Salespeople Challengers?

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Issue Date: 2014-11-01. John had amassed a large folder of research and articles about why cash did not motivate as well as non-cash incentives, but he summarized it the same way each time we talked: "More money isn't what makes Sammy run, he'd say. Author: Paul Nolan.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 6, 2013

Are you relying largely on Marketing to fill the funnel? Sure, today’s marketing machine produces new opportunities. However, the tremendous hype on what marketing can do for sales is falling short. Best in class marketing organizations contribute only 30% to the funnel. If you are, you’re going to miss the number.

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Jonathan Farrington

MAY 29, 2014

Quality, regularity and popularity of written work – books, blog posts, articles, EBooks etc. ?Active And not least, a commitment to continually advance selling and marketing practices. Congratulations to everyone who made the list, and thank you for adding so much value to the way we sell, and market ourselves. VIsit Here.

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Bernadette McClelland

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

If her name is not familiar, then let me tell you a story, to put this article into perspective. Many in the sales world know of Jill through her writings, the series of books she has written and her desire to help those around her. What many don’t know is the type of person she is to those who do know her. Minneapolis.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Trust me when I say that this is a great article, but before we get to it, I have a few post-vacation links for you. The September issue of Top Sales World was published last week and my article about the Top Mistakes Salespeople Make on the Phone was named Top Blog Post for August. Now for the article. This is important!

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Pipeliner

AUGUST 12, 2019

Sue Barrett on 142 Days of Gratitude That Changed My Life Forever: Created in last October, the genesis of the book was started in 2014. Developing effective Sales Strategies and Go-to-market Action Plans. Market Segmentation Analysis and Plan. How to Sell In A Better Way! Sales Operations Audit and Action Plan.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 18, 2013

If you are marketing and selling technology solutions to IT executives, this article is for you, and essential to your 2014 sales and marketing plans. So who are you currently selling and marketing to? Alinean Financial Justification IDC IT Budgets IT Economics IT Spending Pisello Value Marketing Value Selling'

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 14, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Last week I wrote this article questioning the Death of SPIN Selling. Some of them are marketers who, in order to push their applications, must convince you that marketing can handle both finding and closing sales - all via the internet. It''s really that simple.

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