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. Get them proficient with more marketing technologies? Storytelling has stood the test of time as a critical skill in sales and marketing?—?and But where to begin?

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

At its core, intent data helps marketing and sales teams identify the companies and individuals most likely to make a purchase, especially in the near future. We’ve found through internal research — and validated with sellers and marketers — that champions moving to new companies are among the very best intent signals.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Issue Date: 2014-11-25. Teaser: CRM software has never been more powerful in painting a picture of your customers and prospects, but end-user frustration leads to data erosion. CRM software has never been more powerful in painting a picture of your customers and prospects, but end-user frustration leads to data erosion.

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Sales 2.0

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

I’m still pretty jazzed up about the Hubspot Inbound 2014 conference that I attended this week. If you know HubSpot primarily for its marketing software and content, you probably already know that we’ve recently released our sixth annual State of Inbound Marketing report.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 12, 2013

Most companies are in the heart of their planning process for 2014. Today’s post provides recommendations for revising your approach for 2014. Planning for new analytics software, Business Intelligence platform or new/upgraded CRM? There’s solid evidence that your Marketing counterparts are responding. Follow @pseidell.

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The Sales Hunter

MARCH 11, 2014

We’ve all been told that selling product features is not the way to sell, but even knowing that, it seems it still is what happens, not only by salespeople, but also by marketing. Case in point: I recently was prompted to change a password for some software I have. Copyright 2014, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Issue Date: 2014-02-28. Teaser: For a small business, there are three critical steps to making a collaborative CRM a significant advancement over fragmented pieces of software. For a small business, there are three critical steps to making a collaborative CRM a significant advancement over fragmented pieces of software.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Issue Date: 2014-09-01. Teaser: High-tech workers love their incentive stock options, but Microsoft’s Michele Samoulides says that incentive travel programs are some of the software giant’s most effective motivators. read more'

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Incentives Incentive Microsoft Travel 159

Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I recently asked fellow industry leaders to weigh in on the rising popularity of Account-Based Marketing among B2B companies. Is ABM the Holy Grail to lead generation or just another black box solution destined to cost a lot of money, distract marketing and end up getting more bad leads to sales faster than ever before?

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Sales 2.0

JUNE 29, 2014

About six months after I wrote on my napkin I found out a smart guy in Silicon Valley called Umberto Milletti had already started a software company that produced results using an approach similar to this. Given that this is now 2014, Sweetspot is an iPad first (and only at the moment) tool. I literally wrote on a napkin.

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InsideView Cold Calling Decision Maker Twitter 309

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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Vendor Twitter InsideView InsideSales 139

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. Today, we’re seeing a continuous trend of vendor consolidation across multiple software categories. This isn’t the only effect WFH has had on the sales tech market, though.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Trends Report 117

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Her company uses data to predict global food and agriculture markets and is addressing the pressing problem of resource scarcity in the face of a rapidly expanding population. Though Gro was founded in 2014, it gained prominence in 2019 during the government shutdown. She was also named the world’s most influential architect of 2019.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 28, 2017

What we are selling is not the software product – the set of all the features, in their specific implementation – because there are just not many buyers for this software product. The software just happens to be the part we’re able to build and ship (and the means for us to get our cut). Selling the New Normal.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 19, 2018

Despite the fact that most contemporary sales teams use CRMs, marketing automation systems, lead scoring tools, and any number of related solutions, they still consume an inordinate amount of their time on manual, inefficient and unproductive tasks.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 185

Pointclear

MAY 5, 2017

Why it’s Important: “The companies that lag behind in adopting new ways of selling and marketing are slated for the trash heaps of failed businesses.”. At the Funnel Media Group we believe that AI is the future of sales and marketing operations. About CRM Radio Guest Mike Plante, Chief Marketing Officer. About InsideSales.com.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 23, 2014

Here is just one example of what I received recently: “Our markets are promising. Copyright 2014, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” Every day I receive at least one email from some salesperson with some “major breakthrough” that is going to change my life, my business, or both. ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Join us for an inspiring conversation about perseverance and organic growth outside of a major market. Advantages to growth outside a major market [15:30]. We do that with software and a series of tools to help managers and sales leaders drive the performance of those reps and make sure they stay with the company.

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Marketing Lead Rank Engineering Enterprise 56

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.” Part 2: It Got Better.

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Marketing Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring 62

DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Thousands of unsuspecting diners recently received a free side of cyber terror thanks to point-of-sale malware, a malicious software designed to steal customer payment data. Based in Washington, DC, Jeff’s experience includes broadcasting, strategic communications, PR, marketing, and media analysis.

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Ideal Customer Profile Banking Consumer Vendor 186

SBI

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Next week I’ll join over 100,000 others in what will be the world’s largest migration of the Salesforce.com ecosystem and the largest software event to-date. If you’re interested in sales and marketing solutions, we’ve done the pre-planning for you. Get your Walking Trail of Must-See Tools at #DF14 Infographic and do your feet a favor.

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InsideView Tools SalesForce Inside Sales 120

SBI Growth

AUGUST 18, 2013

Marketing is tired of taking the blame. In 2014, sales leaders told us they believe it will be as high as 70%. You see an example of an enterprise software rep’s network. Every trend points to the 2014 number being made or missed based on selling in the orange. The ability to prospect. You are frustrated.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Sales Methodology Buyer Persona 308

DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 7, 2015

Or at least that’s what a recent report by Forrester Research, an independent and leading research company in the marketing and technology space, has predicted. Consider Marketing Technology vendors and their target audience: marketers. By 2020, the B2B SALESMAN WILL BE DEAD. Source: [link] ).

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Lead Rank B2B Education Research 120

Fill the Funnel

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Heat Map Magic is a Software as a Service, paid on a monthly basis (yearly plans available). This offer is only valid through the end of 2014. 30 in 30 - 2014 Marketing Web Tools Heat Map Heat Map Magic wordpress' There is no long term commitment to be concerned with. You can learn more about Heat Map Magic here.

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Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Industry: Productivity Tools, Scheduling, Software. About Gro Intelligence: Founded in 2014 by Nemo Semret , Sara Menker , and Sewit Ahderom , Gro Intelligence is a big data and SaaS company creating a more connected, efficient, and productive global agriculture industry. Industry: Analytics, Basketball, Software, Sports.

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Company Automotive Sales Qualified Lead Software 95

Pointclear

MAY 7, 2013

In 2002, Tony established the first buyer persona research methodology designed specifically for B2B marketing and sales. His "Buyer Foresight" approach helps organizations gain predictability by understanding the behavior of their buyers in a changing market. Study Lead Behavior.

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Buyer Buyer Persona Buying Cycle Sales Qualified Lead 189

Allbound

JANUARY 22, 2020

When Hubspot first launched its partner program in 2014, it generated 33% of its revenue and made up 42% of its customers, all within the first quarter. Target market. Channel partners are especially useful when it comes to large target markets. Channel partners are established companies that market to your target audience.

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Scale Hiring Channels Microsoft 74

Pointclear

OCTOBER 9, 2013

An important question all sales and marketing departments should be asking themselves is how they can better communicate in order to follow up on leads. He has decades of experience as a marketing communications manager, marketing manager, and sales manager. Marketing automation in the hands of a fool is still a fool’s tool.”.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

If you are in IT sales and marketing, there are three significant challenges of which you should be well aware when setting up your budgets and plans for 2016. growth in 2014). growth in 2014). Most marketers and sellers aren’t reaching the business buyers who are now sparking demand and purchase cycles. The risks?

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Decision Maker Marketing Proposal Channels 74

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The founders of Bryteboard , Sargun Kaur and Nicole Hardson Hurley, founded their business after recognizing fundamental flaws in the tech recruiting process — specifically when it came to technical interviews for software engineers. In 2015, Smith released AllHere — an AI-powered attendance intervention software for K-12 school districts.

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Anne Miller

AUGUST 11, 2022

This month’s newsletter is as timely today for sales training as it was when it originally ran in 2014, particularly because attention and retention are harder to achieve when so many teams are remote. It has become a necessary piece to any marketing plan. ” See how two sales trainer pros prove that metaphor power is forever!

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Training Journal Campaigns Retention 62

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? The software prioritizes the steps sales and account teams should take to move their deals through the pipeline. Nancy: What does Revegy  do?

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SBI

JULY 29, 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? We believe it’s more about “How” the software works rather than “What” the software does. Nancy: What does Perenso do?

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Sales Training Connection

JANUARY 8, 2014

The good news is new software tools are available that can help. Easy-to-use and inexpensive software from companies, like Less Meetings , can help salespeople set agendas, keep minutes, automate follow-up and build in accountability. Rumor has it that 2014 is likely to be a pretty good year for the business economy.

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SBI

APRIL 15, 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 ? Frank: Marseli is a software and services company that helps sales and marketing teams improve performance through simple, easy to use and affordable diagnostic tools.

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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. What problem/s are you solving for sales and/or marketing organizations? Geoff: Hushly is a software tool that helps B2B marketers to amplify content reach by up to 5,000% and increase close rates by up to 1,000%.

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Lead Rank Up-Sell Marketing Qualified Lead Revenue 139

SBI

MAY 14, 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? The applications seamlessly integrate with each other, as well as with marketing automation systems and CRM solutions. Nancy: What does SAVO do?

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