SBI Growth

AUGUST 13, 2013

Remaining effective as a sales force means continuous improvement. This might be a new buyer-aligned sales process. Or sales recruiting to staff a new go-to-market channel. Whatever the Sales Force Effectiveness (SFE) improvement, it will require funds to get it implemented. If it is sales process improvement, Sales pays.

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Hiring Incentives Incentive Benefit 288

Keith Rosen

JULY 14, 2014

Selling Power Features Keith Rosen’s company, Profit Builders on the 2014 Top 20 Sales Training Companies List. At least two considerations about the current state of business-to-business (B2B) selling influenced the selection process for the 2014 Top 20 Sales Training Companies list.

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Coaching Training Company Social Media 112

CloserIQ

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Boston is emerging as one of the hottest startup cities in the country, which is great news for sales professionals. With so many companies in the neighborhood, looking for a new job can be pretty overwhelming as well as exciting. Here are the companies you should consider to jump-start your job search. Founded 2014.

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Hiring Company Policies Analytics 76

Score More Sales

DECEMBER 11, 2014

How are B2B sales leaders planning for their teams in 2015? Top 20 sales experts weigh in on this, including me. I was pleased to be a part of this e-book (download here) created by Velocify which addresses a number of issues that are on the minds of sales leaders everywhere. Increase Opportunities. Expand Your Pipeline.

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B2B Twitter Inside Sales LinkedIn 241

Customer Centric Selling

JULY 2, 2014

Sales Tips: How to Boost the Remainder of Your 2014. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Early in my sales management career, I was astounded by how hopeful salespeople were that had achieved 35% of their annual quota going into the fourth quarter.

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Face-to-face Negotiation Proposal Pipeline 69

SugarCRM

JANUARY 7, 2014

Many agencies, firms and CRM solution providers already understand the importance of partnering with a MA Company. The question now shifts from, if you should partner with a company, to who you should partner with. You may first partner with us because we offer the best partner compensation and benefits in the industry.

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Benefit Marketing Lead Nurturing Social Media 35

The Sales Hunter

MARCH 11, 2014

After changing the password, I went into the company’s website to see what it said about having to change the password every 90 days. Looking at this site got me thinking about product features and benefits. Customers buy benefits. Benefits are specific to the customer. Quit disguising features as benefits.

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Microsoft Benefit Consultative Selling Software 247

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Entering 2014, Sales and HR leaders face new trends causing turnover with top talent. The idiots at that company just churn and burn people!". This post offers solutions to Sales and HR leaders who ask this question: “How do we respond to demographic trends and retain top sales talent?” Nearly tanked my career.

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Sales Talent Conversion Survey Salary 300

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

If you are like most CMOs, here’s the problem: You’re way ahead of Sales. The competencies required by Sales for Marketing to be successful are just not there. Does the CSO/VP of Sales even understand how Marketing works? Something needs to change for sales to benefit from your marketing programs. You should.

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Sales Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile Referrals Incentives 312

Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Need to improve your sales team’s results? That’s the advice from a recent Harvard Business Review article that concluded, women are the future of B2B sales. If you are skeptical, ask yourself this: Which do you think is more likely to have a positive impact on your sales results next year — more women on your sales team or less?

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Hiring Travel Promotion Sales Leadership 118

SBI Growth

JULY 27, 2013

There are likely dozens of sales initiatives you can focus on to prepare for next year. You have the benefit of hindsight from last year. Here’s a way to help you save time when picking sales projects. Sign up for the onsite session for your leadership team: How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute.

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Cancellation Territories Follow-up Forecasting 293

Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Following the classic Monthly Rundown style , this edition highlights Black-founded and co-founded companies with new funding from the last month. funding rounds in January went to Black-founded and co-founded companies, representing just 2.56 Kanarys’ recent $3 million Seed Round brings the company’s total funding to $4.6

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Company Automotive Sales Qualified Lead Software 95

SBI Growth

AUGUST 15, 2013

Organizations that have achieved real sales and marketing alignment are as rare as unicorns. This is the time of year when leaders start mapping out 2014. Sign up for SBI’s 7th annual research tour: " How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute.” Brainshark provides solutions for sales enablement.

Top of Funnel 282

Top of Funnel Marketing Lead Generation Face-to-face 282

SBI Growth

AUGUST 19, 2013

As a Sales Operations leader, your success depends on getting change initiatives to stick. Register for SBI’s 7 th Annual Research Study “How to Make Your Number in 2014” and find out. Our research shows you the essential changes needed to make the number in 2014. Keep in mind is the EP will be highly visible in the company.

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Ideal Customer Profile Construction Follow-up Sales Operations 257

SBI Growth

JUNE 30, 2013

In B2B sales, activity leads to results. The correct time to add sales people is when business is soft. More sales people means more sales calls. This means your sales force will be in more deals. To offset this, your company needs to be in more deals. To offset this, your company needs to be in more deals.

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Hiring Oracle Lead Rank Lead Scoring 308

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 31, 2018

So, why aren’t more B2B companies jumping on the influencer bandwagon? When aligned with the right influencers, this innate ability to persuade an audience can have a huge impact on your company’s marketing efforts. What are some benefits of B2B influencer marketing? Increase sales and customer retention. The solution?

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Influencer Marketing Hubspot B2B 153

Sales 2.0

AUGUST 17, 2014

The content of the webinar seemed very “Sales 2.0″ The webinar promised that these metrics were derived from analyzing thousands of real life sales calls and deriving the best practices. But before I could get to the webinar I got a follow up email from one of the company’s sales reps. ″ to me.

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Social Selling Webinar Metrics Follow-up Lead Rank 322

The Pipeline

JUNE 25, 2020

You would be correct, except the quote comes from a piece in Forbes in 2014, “4 Steps To A Successful Business Transformation.” Whether you give these leaders who benchmarking themselves against the past than the future, the benefit of the doubt for where we are now. Jon Swartz, Marketwatch, May 30, 2020.

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Sage Real Estate Skype Collateral 288

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

This post is focused on organizing sales talent to help you make the number. The cost of sales is increasing. Hiring ‘A’ player sales reps is expensive. A symptom of this is: your revenue trends haven’t increased with your sales expense. How to Make the Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute.

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Revenue Hiring Lead Rank How To 316

SBI Growth

AUGUST 3, 2013

She’s a Marketing VP at a B2B logistics company. The CEO just introduced her to the new sales leader. The last VP of Sales got canned at the end of Q2. Kathy had done everything she could to support the sales team. The sales force neglected to utilize marketing developed sales support materials.

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Meeting Top of Funnel Marketing Lead Gen 303

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

One of the biggest purchases a Sales Department makes is the CRM system. Companies that have successfully implemented a system tout benefits like: Increased rep productivity. More aligned sales reps and materials. And the sales team ultimately reverts to old habits. A skeptical, disappointed sales organization.

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System CRM Compensation Pipeline 303

Allbound

AUGUST 8, 2018

Companies across all industries, though, are finding the benefits of strategic partnerships far outweigh the cost. Partnering with a large organization can lend your company some much-needed credibility,” writes Tx Zhuo , Managing Partner at Karlin Ventures. “It Accelerate Growth by Scaling Your Sales.

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Channels Benefit Scale Hiring 48

Allbound

AUGUST 8, 2018

Companies across all industries, though, are finding the benefits of strategic partnerships far outweigh the cost. Partnering with a large organization can lend your company some much-needed credibility,” writes Tx Zhuo , Managing Partner at Karlin Ventures. “It Accelerate Growth by Scaling Your Sales.

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Channels Benefit Scale Hiring 48

SBI Growth

AUGUST 18, 2013

As a VP of Sales, you keep asking yourself “how do I get more leads for my team?” As a sales leader, you need a richer pipeline. Forward thinking companies decided that they needed a sales methodology. Those that were early adopters of sales methodologies enjoyed significant gains. You are frustrated.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Sales Methodology Buyer Persona 308

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.

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Sales Tools Tools Training Collateral 45

Revegy

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

stakeholders in 2014 to 10.0 in 2018 [footnote 1], which highlights the need to tailor sales messages for each buyer persona. This blog will explore a proven framework to help you better personalize your sales messages. Thousands of sellers tout the following framework benefits: Comprehensive account planning.

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Distribution Margin Transportation Buyer Persona 82

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Many high-profile businesses have taken big leaps in their focus on climate change, workplace diversity, employee benefits, and more. As the CEO of the popular outdoor clothing company, Marciano implemented the Black Friday Initiative in 2019. Though Gro was founded in 2014, it gained prominence in 2019 during the government shutdown.

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Examples Policies Microsoft SalesForce 130

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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Data Buyer Persona Demographics Segment 213

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 9, 2013

A critical issue you face as CEO is how to increase sales productivity. As you head into 2014, you have identified or hired your key sales players. The unknown factor is the crop of new sales reps. This does not even include hiring cost, HR admin cost, travel cost, benefits, etc. Sales Methodology Overview.

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Hiring How To Travel Face-to-face 301

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 1, 2013

World class sales organizations are using these techniques to Make the Number. Sales leaders that execute these differentiate themselves. As you think through possible sales initiatives, you will have some questions. Why would someone come to your company from in industry? Companies are willing to pay for them.

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Hiring Follow-up Account ACT 295

The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 14, 2014

Sales are slow, the competition has never been tougher, and to top it off, customers are looking for a reason to buy. Once you offer a discount to a customer to close a sale, you will think offering a discount is the best way to handle every roadblock you run into with a customer. Copyright 2014, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

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Discount Competition Closing Up-Sell 247

SBI Growth

AUGUST 2, 2013

As a Sales Rep, your Buyers expect you to be a Thought Leader. Sign up for the onsite session for your leadership team: How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute. Then determine if your next idea is good enough to win the sale. Within their company, what strategic guidance are they adhering to?

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Trends Face-to-face Buyer Follow-up 306

Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan. Not a day goes by when we aren''t talking with someone about their sales cycle and how long it has become. The quest to shorten the sales cycle is similar to the desire to shorten baseball games. In selling, there are even more options for shortening the sales cycle.

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Sales Cycle Proposal Decision Maker Sports 199

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 1, 2018

Managers of sales and marketing teams are charged with coaching up individual team members, enhancing their skill sets and improving overall team performance. Storytelling has stood the test of time as a critical skill in sales and marketing?—?and and isn’t that our goal in sales?—?a But where to begin?

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Marketing Telemarketing Scale Education 226

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 6, 2020

Every sales team needs sales strategies, and a strong sales strategy plan builds the foundation for a cohesive, successful sales team and organization. Sales strategies also align salespeople on shared goals and empower them to do their best work — keeping them happy and successful, too. Organizational Goals.

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Webinar Metrics Strategy Hiring Hubspot 114

SBI Growth

JULY 31, 2013

As a sales leader, you know the importance of field execution. A big part of execution is how the team uses the sales process. You are asking yourself, “ Is Our Sales Process Good Enough? ”. During the research for this VP of Sales event , over 5000 sales leaders shared their biggest obstacles. Your Challenge.

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Sales Process Buyer Persona Buyer Segment 321

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

But with the rapid advancement of tech and so many options on the market, choosing the right technology for your sales team can seem like a tall mountain to climb. This benefits you, the sales leader trying to develop their sales stack in two large ways — reduced cost (in most cases) and reduced risk. Implementation time.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Trends Report 117