Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 27, 2014

It’s the time where you start seeing various pundits dusting off their crystal balls guessing what the big issues facing sales and marketing professionals in 2015. While there’s some variance, I tend to see the following: Sales Training. Systems/Processes/Tools. Sales Automation/Tools. Recruiting/Onboarding.

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Fashion Face-to-face Analytics Social Media 91

The Brooks Group

DECEMBER 28, 2015

2015 was a big year for The Brooks Group, and we’re going to brag a little. Our achievements this year included: Bronze Stevie Award for Sales Training Practice of the Year. Top 20 Sales Training Company, Training Industry. Top 20 Sales Training Company, Selling Power Magazine. Top 7 Articles of 2015 .

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Journal Territories Groups Coaching 40

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

In the five years between 2010 and 2015, the number of inside sales reps doubled. The range of sales tools is becoming as diverse as those on the marketing side. Expect analytical, sales forecasting and productivity tools all to become more powerful and sophisticated with artificial intelligence (AI). More digital disruption.

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Inside Sales Trends Outsourcing Services Face-to-face 209

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.

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Revenue Top of Funnel Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 370

Vendor Neutral

JULY 30, 2021

Which sales technology tools and solutions can arm RevOps with everything they need for success. Improving remote engagement experiences with prospects and customers. Mediafly acquired his company Alinean, a pioneer in value messaging and interactive sales tools. Our Panelists.

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Top of Funnel Face-to-face Scale Webinar Metrics 132

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. Ask prospects if they would be interested in a video call.

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Tools Face-to-face Video Channels 52

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. So you pay your sales reps money to prospect and find buyers – it makes sense that you also invest in having the best representation of your company when they find it online. Inbound Marketing.

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Company Trade Show Engineering Ideal Customer Profile 215

Your Sales Management Guru

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

High–Profit Prospecting. High-Profit Prospecting b y Mark Hunter, published by AMA (American Management Association) has laid out solutions to one of the top sales problems facing every sales organization. Time Management for Prospecting. It is a sales training session all by itself! book review-.

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Prospecting Face-to-face Lead Rank Lead Scoring 40

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. Heavy training to ensure the technology was fully adopted. “My Over the next few months, Johnson helped implement and train the newly formed inbound sales team to focus on rapid response.

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Inbound Outbound Ideal Customer Profile Outbound Sales Team 227

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

ZoomInfo’s platform also allows for sales and marketing organizations to work from the same data and develop automated workflows across departments, bridging marketing and sales teams and helping them better target their prospects. Giving your team the right tools, training, and support helps everyone. Get a Demo 3.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 13, 2023

79% of sales professionals who use AI say AI tools are an important addition to their overall sales strategy, according to our State of AI survey. The Fear of Becoming Over-Reliant on AI Tools AI can be addictive , and 39% of sales professionals are afraid of becoming over-reliant on AI tools.

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Data Hiring Guidelines Lead Rank 83

Score More Sales

DECEMBER 29, 2014

So in addition to having multiple records for the same companies (both prospects and clients), there is another big area of bad data – as follows: Contact person is no longer with the company. Tag (categorize) the record appropriately as a pre-prospect, prospect, qualified, proposed, or client. How do you cleanse the data?

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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.

Sales Management 257

Sales Management Hiring Inside Sales Cold Calling 257

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. Listen for Prospective Buyers. Listen for prospective buyers who are asking about which products / brands are best in your industry niche.

Social Selling 223

Social Selling Company Ideal Customer Profile Twitter 223

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. billion annually, nationwide.

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How To Quota Sales Enablement Survey 80

Customer Centric Selling

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Sales Tips: How to Step Up Your Prospecting for 2016. 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. No wonder salespeople hate it.

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Prospecting InsideView How To Cold Calling 40

Tony Hughes

OCTOBER 16, 2018

2015 will see the dawn of the rise of "LinkedIn Centers" to steadily replace traditional B2B marketing activities for demand generation and phone based telemarketing for lead generation (in-house or outsourced). In essence, how are you connected via your team by 2nd and 3rd degree to any client prospect. This Social 3.0 The Social 3.0

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Social Selling LinkedIn Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel 83

Salesmate

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Published – October 2015. He provides you with the concepts and tools you’ll need to be effective and proficient in each of these areas. He wrote this book to address the problems encountered by sales managers and has provided practical advice, strategies, and tools they can use to take their team to the top.

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Sales Management Face-to-face Quota Coaching 116

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.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring Nonprofit 120

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. In fact, a demo without discovery can often leave a prospect feeling left out in the cold.

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Ideal Customer Profile PipelineDeals Top of Funnel Buyer Persona 133

LeadFuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Sales Stack 2015 was an event with many passionate VPs about how to scale sales organizations. Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process? 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?

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Hiring Scale Banking Hubspot 52

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 23, 2018

In sports, much of the science focuses on the athlete: genetics, biomechanics (movement techniques, training regimen), nutrition, and psychology (for mental toughness, behavioral modifications, and positive visualizations). Make it something the prospect can be infected by. Set the agenda and stay in control. Use emphasis wisely.

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Call-back Ideal Customer Profile Sports Social Media 145

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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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. Why Change Now? – Why Your Solutions?

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Forecasting ROI Proposal Decision Maker 87

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”!

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Top of Funnel Funnel Training Influencer 65

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 15, 2020

This video training was originally presented at the 2019 Sales Hacker Success Summit. Here’s a print version… The REPLY Method For Cold Prospecting. The fundamental principle behind every prospecting activity should be: Don’t prospect to make a sale, prospect to start a conversation. Watch the Video.

Outbound 80

Outbound Cold Calling Case Study LinkedIn 80

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 2, 2014

The Q&A discussions focused on the latest SiriusDecisions sales enablement research and why it is so important to review and adjust current sales enablement strategies and investments in order to be effective in 2015. What does SiriusDecision’s research indicate as the top business issue for sales in 2015?

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Proposal Buyer 86

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Whether it’s the Sandler Sales methodology’s "uncovering levels of pain" to get to the root cause of a prospect’s buying motivations, or the Challenger Sale’s "powerful requests" method to understand how serious a prospective buyer is, sales professionals use decades worth of research and experience to understand their customer’s buying motivations.

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Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Marketing Quota 99

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.

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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.

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Hiring Paid Content Salary Sales Qualified Lead 98

Nutshell

AUGUST 24, 2018

It’s where the tide is turning, due to higher productivity and the ability to reach more prospects. Sales reps use an average of six enablement tools , according to Sales for Life. Included in this category are CRMs , intelligent dialers, social media selling tools, messenger programs, web-conferencing programs, etc.

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Outside Sales Inside Sales Hiring Face-to-face 91

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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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Quota Scale 45

The ROI Guy

MAY 7, 2015

As a result, your prospect is more apt to stick with the status quo – their legacy solution and processes - versus moving forward with your proposal. Have you diagnosed the challenges properly, showing the prospect that the issues are bigger than they imagined? So why did these deals fail to evolve to “Yes”? Our advice?

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Proposal Decision Maker 77

Fill the Funnel

JANUARY 27, 2015

From the comments and questions coming at me in every presentation and broadcast I have done already this year, customer acquisition is the #1 goal for sales leaders in 2015. If it is that important it makes sense to use the best tactics, tools and training to help you achieve the results you are looking for.

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Social Media Top of Funnel Face-to-face Twitter 48

Fill the Funnel

JANUARY 27, 2015

From the comments and questions coming at me in every presentation and broadcast I have done already this year, customer acquisition is the #1 goal for sales leaders in 2015. If it is that important it makes sense to use the best tactics, tools and training to help you achieve the results you are looking for.

Social Media 48

Social Media Top of Funnel Face-to-face Twitter 48

Platinum Rules for Success

DECEMBER 26, 2018

After writing 17 books and delivering over 3,000 professional speeches around the world, Jim Cathcart collaborated with Jeffrey Gitomer and Dr. Tony Alessandra in 2015 on the award winning sales skills assessment, Sales IQ Plus. Targeting explores the markets or groups you may target as prospective buyers.

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Loyalty Sales Cycle Lead Rank Lead Scoring 87

Nutshell

AUGUST 15, 2018

A 2015 study of more than 350,000 salespeople from over 200 countries showed that the average consultative seller skill set was exhibited by only 48% of salespeople —a mere one percentage point higher than it was four years prior. Training your sales force to leverage customer insights for and from the buyer may not always be easy.

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Customer Consultative Selling Hiring Face-to-face 48