Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Some attempt to go after every customer imaginable and completely lose focus, while others freeze up and decide to do nothing. Your plays should be a living, breathing part of your strategy, and market conditions and general prospect and customer feedback should inform how your team takes your product or service to market. Schuck said.

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LeadFuze

JULY 16, 2019

In the last few years, considerable attention has been paid to improving customer experience (CX) in the B2C world, however, research by Accenture Strategy makes it clear that CX is equally, if not more, important for B2B buyers as well. . Talking about expectations, B2B buyers seem to be much more demanding than B2C customers.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 2, 2013

As you’ll read below, she boldly predicts that by 2015 inside sales will overtake field sales, as that unfolds, she will be in greater demand. A recognized consulting, she has designed and delivered coaching, and training solutions for world class companies such as companies, including Cisco, Autodesk, Citrix Systems, Adobe, and others.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Well, according to HubSpot Principal Channel Account Manager, Katie Carlin , curiosity is key. Curiosity is fuel for meaningful conversations with business owners and the most impactful way to learn about your customer. You need to want to hear what your customers have to say, and let them know that you do.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 20, 2018

If you're an IT reseller, value-added reseller (VAR), or channel partner advising clients on any part of the front office (marketing, sales, or customer success) -- especially for businesses under 1,000 employees -- there are a few trends you should be aware of. The lines between sales, marketing, and customer success are blurred.

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Increase Sales

AUGUST 12, 2016

This morning I received some sales research about customer trends in the financial industry. This particular industry along with many retail businesses has been greatly affected by technology and the changing demographics of customers. Balancing the want of 1/3 of the customers with the wants of the other 2/3 is not easy.

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Sales Training Connection

JUNE 23, 2014

Second, Millennials will outnumber Gen-Xers by 2015 and 75% of them use social networking versus 50% of Gen-Xers (and 30% of boomers). B2C-inspired customer expectations. Sales leaders need to develop frictionless and personalized models to connect with the customer across any channel. Growth through learning.

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Crunchbase

MARCH 1, 2023

They’re launching sales podcasts, YouTube channels and startups of their own. She managed to bring in the first five customers — not an easy task at a new startup — and built credibility among Techstars executives who selected Flyte as one of the top 10 companies that went through the accelerator program. Her mission?

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Crunchbase

JUNE 24, 2020

Why I’m watching DefinedCrowd: DefinedCrowd develops a crowd-as-a-service intelligent data platform intended to accelerate enterprise data training and modeling (essentially it combines human and machine intelligence to speed up AI training). Shoot me a note: shamus@crunchbase com.

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Vengreso

MARCH 22, 2022

We’ll also explain some essential things like why a good sales candidate is so important, where to find good candidates, how to make an offer, and how to hire and train your sales team to create successful salespeople who will improve your business. Want to improve your customer engagement with more sales reps.

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Vengreso

MARCH 22, 2022

We’ll also explain some essential things like why a good sales candidate is so important, where to find good candidates, how to make an offer, and how to hire and train your sales team to create successful salespeople who will improve your business. Want to improve your customer engagement with more sales reps.

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 6, 2015

First, here’s the question we’ve been asking our experts: According to a report by SiriusDecisions, 2015 State of Account-Based Marketing (ABM), more than 60 percent of companies plan to invest in technology for ABM to better align sales and marketing over the next twelve months. It's not a distraction. It is about a lot more than technology.

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Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 1, 2014

By Gary Walker, EVP of Channel Sales & Operations, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Save your seat now for the FIRST public workshop of 2015 in Boston, Feb 3-6! Sales Tips: Want Better Results? Avoid "Commission Breath". Image credit to David Broberg from BizJournals.com.

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Sales Evangelist

AUGUST 9, 2020

The challenge is, not all salespeople know how to use these virtual tools and it’s inhibiting sales growth. Jeb Blount has been doing virtual sales since 2015. Reach him via these channels: LinkedIn , Instagram , Twitter , and Facebook about any sales concerns. Try Crmble now for free at www.crmble.com/tse.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 11, 2017

The facts are that: Customers will significantly delay decisions and won’t get to “Yes” unless you help them understand and quantify your differentiating value Sales will struggle in communicating and quantifying your unique value without your providing provocative value messaging, tools and consulting support.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Gartner predicts modest go forward growth into 2015 and beyond, between 3-4% annually through 2018, a far cry from the double-digit growth in the tech-booming 90s. These are the trends of Frugalnomics, and as a result we expect that IT spending growth for 2015 and beyond will remain challenged.

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Tenfold

AUGUST 30, 2017

This share spans across a variety of channels. It can be hard to sway them otherwise – unless you can overcome the three main hurdles in B2B marketing and sales: ineffective digital integration, unfocused content and an unoptimized mix of online channels. The Multiple-Channel B2B Buyer. Know the Modern B2B Buyer.

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Allego

MAY 11, 2018

On April 31st – May 1st, Allego held its second annual Sales Success Summit (S3) customer conference at the Revere Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. Allego customers and partners came from all over the country to share ideas on how to best train and enable their sales teams. Setting the scene. The core problem?

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 14, 2015

Gartner has revised worldwide IT spending down for 2015, predicting a 1.3% These are the trends of Frugalnomics, and as a result we expect that IT spending growth for 2015 and beyond will remain challenged, with little reason for optimistic spending growth predictions. YoY decline from 2014. increase compared to 2014.

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Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Dear Social Seller of 2015, Now that I've got your attention I must warn you. Don't just install it, train your people on it thoroughly, weekly and quarterly. Where I'm going with this is that Trigger Event selling is a science irrespective of technological channel. When I train sales people I train them to execute.

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Customer Centric Selling

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

By Gary Walker, EVP of Channel Sales & Operations, CustomerCentric Selling®. He's one of the best coaches in college football, having now won four BCS championships with Alabama in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2015, and another with LSU in 2003. Sales Tips: Nick Saban and Sales - What's the Connection? I included a link to the segment.

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Crunchbase

MAY 14, 2020

From SDR in 2015, to enterprise AE in 2020–and she’s gathered quite the following on LinkedIn. Why Tiffani should be on your radar: Tiffani Bova is the global growth evangelist at Salesforce where she helps drive customer success within the Salesforce customer and partner ecosystem. VP of Customer Success at Platterz.

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Fill the Funnel

JANUARY 27, 2015

The respected McKinsey & Company recently shared (italics mine) this: “E-mail remains a significantly more effective way to acquire customers than social media— nearly 40 times that of Facebook and Twitter combined.” For the record – Email is still significantly more effective than all social media channels combined!

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Fill the Funnel

JANUARY 27, 2015

The respected McKinsey & Company recently shared (italics mine) this: “E-mail remains a significantly more effective way to acquire customers than social media— nearly 40 times that of Facebook and Twitter combined.” For the record – Email is still significantly more effective than all social media channels combined!

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Build belief in your company, and boost your team’s confidence in its products/services with visits to your satisfied customers, reference letters, or customer visits and presentations to your entire organization about their satisfaction. Your channel partner strategy should complement the efforts of your team, not cannibalize them.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

The ability for your reps to “handle objections” is a key to achieving 2015 sales success, this according to a recent interview of Jim Ninivaggi, Sales Enablement Practice Director for SiriusDecisions. Comes straight from a 3 rd party, such as independent analyst research, customer success stories and “voice of customer” videos.

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Customer Centric Selling

OCTOBER 14, 2015

By Gary Walker, EVP of Channel Sales & Operations, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Even in our recent 2015 CCS® Index, 50% of salespeople indicated cold calling as the least effective method of prospecting. Sales Tips: How to Step Up Your Prospecting for 2016. No wonder salespeople hate it.

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Tenfold

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

billion global population as of July 2015, more than 3 billion use the internet. Their competitors have a competitive advantage in that they are using communication channels that their new customer – the new digital buyer – is using and meeting them in the platform where they are active. Right now, they are online.

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Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 25, 2015

That adds expense, disrupts your sales team and, potentially, creates a customer service disaster. It’s the number one challenge in the channel, hiring top talent. In my book, Recruiting High Performance Sales Teams , I also provide a New Salesperson On Boarding Training Plan. It is one thing to need sales training.

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Circleback

JANUARY 30, 2018

More acquisitions and partnerships, an increased role of AI and automation, a rising millennial workforce, and higher costs of customer acquisition are all making the B2B space highly unpredictable and competitive. Technological is advancing, and the market is becoming even more customer-centric. Trends to Watch for in 2018.

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Pointclear

JULY 26, 2012

He has led the research function at SiriusDecisions for more than 10 years, overseeing the creation of content including demand creation, product marketing, marketing communications, general strategy, sales training, hiring and client service. B2B Companies Outside High Tech Have Longer Way to Go to Reach Alignment.

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Vendor Neutral

JUNE 1, 2021

to Drive Customer Engagement. Julie Hansen, Performance Sales and Training Julie Hansen is a virtual presentation expert and founder of the Selling On Video Master Class. He spent 8 years at Constant Contact as Director of Products (2008 – 2015). How to Change Your Sales Presentations. June 17, 2021 1 pm EST 10 am PST Webinar.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 23, 2018

2015: The Sales Stack Conference. In 2015 we ramped up. And in the Fall of 2015, we ran our first 1000 person Sales Stack conference. Brian Walton, Kyle Porter, Andrea Austin, and Armando Mann at Sales Stack 2015 delivering the SDR playbook for high performing sales teams. We kept pushing and knocking on doors.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 3, 2018

First, training new salespeople is far quicker and easier when you have clear, explicit explanations of who your customers are, how they buy your products, their pain points, what to say to them, and more. According to Docurated’s State of Sales Productivity 2015 , salespeople spend roughly one-third of their day creating content.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 19, 2018

First came Mobilegeddon in 2015, heralding the end of (desktop) days. If your business operates out of the EU, or your customers include EU residents, you are required to comply. The customer experience – from prospect to lead to customer to advocate – is set to become the key differentiator in the very near future.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 12, 2022

And since 64% of today’s customers are belief-driven buyers, they want to support brands that “can be a powerful force for change.". It helps you connect with customers, become more visible in your industry, shape your reputation, leave a lasting impression during online and in-person networking, and sell more to target prospects.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Lori speaks, writes, coaches and trains company leaders on ways to find, recruit, retain, and promote more women in sales and helps women become part of the best profession – B2B sales. Early in my AE career, the company I worked for was acquired and we were all told we had to go to another state for an entire month of training.

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