The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The piece pointed to a prediction by Forrester around 2015 about the size and nature of B2B sales in 2020. What is the impact of that on the use of freed resources, training, managing, and more? Shouldn’t the freed-up time, resources, training, and more – resulted in increases in output? Smaller Treadmills.

Revenue 370

Revenue Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 370

Steven Rosen

JANUARY 22, 2018

CSO 2015 Sales Management Optimization Study: Formal coaching process: 17% improvement in sales win rate. Only 53% of sales organizations are investing in ongoing coaching training and development of their sales managers. You can train your sales managers on coaching. Time in field: 17% increase in performance. What can you do?

Sales Coaching 273

Sales Coaching Coaching Sales Management Study 273

Score More Sales

AUGUST 28, 2014

I did an unscientific survey of webinar tool sites as if I was evaluating and making a purchase from my smart phone. For this experiment I looked up webinar tools and webinar platforms. In my search I looked for “webinar platform” and “webinar tool” to get dozens of choices. Increase Opportunities. Expand Your Pipeline.

Webinar Metrics 214

Webinar Metrics B2B Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile 214

Score More Sales

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Heading into 2015, there is no excuse for a poor company presence online because you simply cannot afford to ignore it. This gives you MORE sales opportunities than if you did not optimize. What is your plan to grow and improve your presence in 2015? Increase Opportunities. Your Virtual Trade Show. Expand Your Pipeline.

Company 215

Company Trade Show Engineering Ideal Customer Profile 215

Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

There is no question that the ease of collaboration in 2014 and 2015 is helping businesses and making better use of everyone’s time. From a sales tools perspective, I have seen productivity gains as well as losses. It seems that there are so many tools to help professional sellers and marketers. Increase Opportunities.

Real Estate 249

Real Estate Compensation Vendor Intent 249

Steven Rosen

JANUARY 22, 2018

CSO 2015 Sales Management Optimization Study: Formal coaching process: 17% improvement in sales win rate. Only 53% of sales organizations are investing in ongoing coaching training and development of their sales managers. You can train your sales managers on coaching. Time in field: 17% increase in performance. What can you do?

Sales Coaching 261

Sales Coaching Coaching Sales Management Study 261

Sales Evangelist

AUGUST 9, 2020

Use virtual tools to do more, in less time, with better outcomes Out of necessity, we are moving into a digital world in which almost every step of the sales process involves the use of virtual tools. Jeb Blount has been doing virtual sales since 2015. You will be amazed by the number of clients who jump at the opportunity.

Tools 52

Tools Face-to-face Video Channels 52

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

In the five years between 2010 and 2015, the number of inside sales reps doubled. And it’s still among the fastest-growing career opportunities. The range of sales tools is becoming as diverse as those on the marketing side. It’s a powerful sales enablement tool for digital prospecting and outbound sales calls.

Inside Sales 209

Inside Sales Trends Outsourcing Services Face-to-face 209

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Here are 10 of the strongest insights from the discussions, including the importance of effective go-to-market strategies across sales and marketing teams, and how the current wave of economic uncertainty is affecting companies’ ability to make the most of their market opportunities.

Hiring 100

Hiring Intent Data Intent Scale 100

Crunchbase

MARCH 3, 2020

From recruitment and onboarding, to training and skills development, venture capitalists are pouring millions into each sub-sector of human resources (HR). The startup was founded in 2015 but recently raised $7 million in seed investment. Technology is disrupting every step of an employee’s journey.

Outsourcing Services 113

Outsourcing Services Scale Retention Software 113

Sales Training Connection

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Online Sales Training. Customers need fresh ideas and creative insights for addressing a set of needs and opportunities that are both new and challenging. The good news is there are more effective and affordable training options to correct that deficiency than in times past. What happened on the first look?

Training 50

Training Knowledge Base Exercises Travel 50

Score More Sales

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Last month, IBM announced IBM ® Watson™ Analytics , a natural language-based cognitive service that can provide instant access to powerful predictive and visual analytic tools for businesses. Simply upload files, and begin to discover your data through the help of IBM’s suite of tools. Increase Opportunities. Close More Deals.

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Analytics Analysis Compensation Data 221

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 20, 2018

Over the last three years, the number of sales technologies has grown from 300 in 2015 to 715 in 2017. While freemium might not be the right strategy for every software business, 2015 saw approximately 22% of businesses adopting a freemium model. But did you know this happening in sales technology now too? SMB CEO’s need help.

Lead Rank 90

Lead Rank Trends Lead Scoring Outsourcing Services 90

Bernadette McClelland

JANUARY 11, 2017

One of those strategies is summed up by this very ‘relevant to 20th century sales leadership behaviour’ statement : “If officers are unaccustomed to rigorous drilling they will be worried and hesitant in battle; if generals are not thoroughly trained they will be inwardly quail when they face the enemy.”.

Strategy 150

Strategy How To Competition Energy 150

Score More Sales

OCTOBER 15, 2014

One of the best first steps you can put into place (aside from hiring an expert to help you put a full plan in place to get your sales and marketing ready for 2015) is to focus on listening. A well-meaning sales rep can ruin an opportunity by blurting out – trumpeting – all that you do and why you’d be great for them. Where are you?

Social Selling 223

Social Selling Company Ideal Customer Profile Twitter 223

Score More Sales

DECEMBER 29, 2014

This is not so much a clean data issue but is so critical in moving your sales opportunities forward that it needs to be mentioned. What can you put in place in 2015 to help sales reps be more effective in starting with the best data possible? Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies.

Data 193

Data Policies Ideal Customer Profile Guidelines 193

Seismic - Sales Effectiveness

AUGUST 25, 2019

The 2015 MHO Best Practices Study reveals that “having a strategy and knowing the right things to do [is] a huge differentiator between top performers and others” Sales Efficiency and Sales Effectiveness – What Do They Mean? Step 2: Give sales reps the proper training. Step 3: Optimize these activities.

How To 80

How To Quota Sales Enablement Survey 80

DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 14, 2017

In the fall of 2015, the young sales rep was burned out, disheartened, failing to meet his quota, and on the verge of losing his job. As DiscoverOrg found itself in uncharted territory, learning a new tech stack with a newly divided sales team, AJ also found himself in a new landscape – with new opportunity. “As

Inbound 227

Inbound Outbound Ideal Customer Profile Outbound Sales Team 227

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). These simultaneous shifts both lead to more granular geographic opportunities and a critical mass of new but shared global behaviors. ©2014 Sales Momentum, LLC.

Lead Rank 108

Lead Rank Decision Maker B2C Trends 108

Lessonly

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The purpose of training and development at an organization is to teach valuable skills to employees and to encourage them to continue strengthening those skills over time to bring their performance to the next level. Increased employee retention and performance are just a couple of the many benefits of training. It eliminates errors.

Training 26

Training Microsoft Course Benefit 26

Sales Training Connection

JUNE 21, 2016

In 2015 Millennials passed Generation X to make up the largest share of the workforce. Customers have more information about the products, predictive analytics have taken the guesswork out of determining who is a potential buyer and automated sales management tools are cheaper, better and more pervasive than ever. Invest in training.

Sports 70

Sports Distribution Compensation Report 70

MEDDIC

MARCH 11, 2022

I have always been fascinated by the magic of LEVERAGE and want to share my view about how leverage applies to learning, particularly to MEDDPICC ® sales training. The MEDDPICC leverage is about using the MEDDPICC ® Sales Methodology and Training to achieve extraordinary results in a sales team, often unimaginable.

Real Estate 52

Real Estate Quota Hiring Sales Qualified Lead 52

Score More Sales

JANUARY 19, 2015

I wrote a quick post last week from the Rainmaker 2015 Sales Development Summit – but didn’t give it the detail it deserved, so here is part 2. In addition to Prospector which has been improved greatly over time, they have a new tool called Cadence which helps SDRs to know how and when to attempt to connect with their prospects.

Ideal Customer Profile 120

Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring Nonprofit 120

LeadFuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Sales Stack 2015 was an event with many passionate VPs about how to scale sales organizations. They need to know how to lay the tracks and direct where the train goes. What are some sales tools that you’ve leveraged? What are some sales tools that you’ve leveraged? Emmanuelle Skala agrees.

Hiring 52

Hiring Scale Banking Hubspot 52

Alice Heiman

JUNE 12, 2019

He felt that his salespeople had adequate training in the product and were able to clearly articulate the value proposition, so he couldn’t understand the low close ratio. in 2015 to 6.8 There are great tools out there to help you better understand and map the buyers and their ro les. in 2017. Collaborate.

Lead Rank 117

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Decision Maker Leads 117

Chorus.ai

MAY 4, 2020

I joined the company in 2015 and sensed early on then that something was missing from our sales program. The Opportunity to Listen and Learn Together A couple of years ago, I attended a webinar run by Chorus. It was a tantalizing opportunity — the possibility of using Chorus to socialize the customer voice throughout Cerego.

Conversion 62

Conversion Customer Film Lead Rank 62

Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 27, 2016

Selling to the Point by Jeffrey Lipsius is a unique sales training book and I have read many. When he understands how the salespeople are trained and sees firsthand the changed relationships they have with their clients he begins to believe-so much that he uses the sales training idea’s to improve his own “social dating opportunity”!

Top of Funnel 65

Top of Funnel Funnel Training Influencer 65

DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 18, 2016

The hypothesis above is based on the research and conclusions of four leading sales trainers who shared their findings at the 2015 PipelineDeals Accelerate Sales Conference and Sales Hacker Workshop with Microsoft in Seattle, WA.

Ideal Customer Profile 133

Ideal Customer Profile PipelineDeals Top of Funnel Buyer Persona 133

SBI

AUGUST 22, 2019

.” “We use this feature every day internally — our sales managers use Recommendations to uncover calls with coachable moments, while our reps use it to handle crucial deals and personal training,” said Joe Caprio, VP of Sales at Chorus. Opportunity Management. Opportunity Management. About Chorus.ai. Each quarter we.

Coaching 57

Coaching Hiring SAP Lead Rank 57

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.

Forecasting 72

Forecasting ROI Proposal Decision Maker 72

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.

Forecasting 87

Forecasting ROI Proposal Decision Maker 87

SBI

JULY 19, 2015

Get to know your sales tools in just 2 minutes a week. Managers get access to dashboards that highlight team performance over time and opportunities for targeted coaching. Until then…Sell Smarter, with smart selling tools. I’ll be talking about Qstream, a mobile sales performance platform. Go to qstream.com today to learn more.

SalesForce 50

SalesForce Retention Sales Tools Coaching 50

The ROI Guy

MAY 7, 2015

In most cases, these appeared to be good opportunities, with many interactions and touch points. Unfortunately this leads to a dysfunctional buying processes in many of your opportunities. So why did these deals fail to evolve to “Yes”? Our advice?

Lead Rank 77

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Proposal Decision Maker 77

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 train and develop talent in your company. It, however, was back in 2015.

Hiring 98

Hiring Paid Content Salary Sales Qualified Lead 98

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 train and develop talent in your company. It, however, was back in 2015.

Hiring 98

Hiring Paid Content Salary Sales Qualified Lead 98

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

employees reported working remotely all or some of the time in 2017, compared to just 23 percent in 2015 and 19 percent in 2003 , per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The rise in remote work has created new challenges and opportunities for managers tasked with leading geographically dispersed teams. A whopping 43 percent of U.S.

Customer Service 64

Customer Service Lead Rank Lead Scoring Guidelines 64

Your Sales Management Guru

MARCH 14, 2016

The person responsible for driving revenues has to focus on their sales team; its activity levels, their sales opportunities, morale/emotion, training, customers, perhaps marketing as well as other departmental interactions. Take this opportunity to daily position yourself to do it better or think and act on improving your team.

Sales Management 40

Sales Management Sales Leadership ACT Revenue 40