Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 24, 2020

Perhaps especially while the COVID-19 pandemic has placed a temporary hold on popular incentives among this demographic like travel, sales leaders can improve their incentives programs for younger employees by embedding a sense of purpose into their sales outreach. . Boost Sales Enablement with a Meaningful Prospecting Gift.

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SalesLoft

AUGUST 12, 2016

Today Salesloft is excited to announce we are going Platinum at Dreamforce 2016. So, what’s on deck for Dreamforce 2016? We’ll be laser-focused all week on helping sales professionals modernize their sales teams with better alignment between sales operations professionals and sales development reps.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 8, 2020

Perhaps especially while the COVID-19 pandemic has placed a temporary hold on popular incentives like travel among this demographic, sales leaders can improve their incentive programs for younger employees by embedding a sense of purpose into their sales outreach. Boost Sales Enablement with a Meaningful Prospecting Gift.

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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. Devices – PC and tablet sales are struggling, with smartphone spending and a Windows 10 upgrade cycle unlikely to make up for the expected 5.7% growth in 2014).

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SalesLoft

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

We are beyond excited for Rainmaker 2016. With over 500+ modern revenue and tech leaders there — not to mention, Gary Vaynerchuk on keynote — this conference is going to be the one and only place for your team to learn more about all things sales development. Jean and Cristi Kaib proving that 2016 is undoubtedly the year of the phone.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 16, 2016

I reviewed the 88 articles I wrote in 2016 (nearly 1,600 articles on the Blog) and was surprised to discover what I wrote about the most. It wasn't about sales force evaluations, sales candidate assessments or attacks on the Harvard Business Review. I listed the reader favorite and finally, my 4 favorite articles of 2016.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 12, 2024

He previously co-founded the cloud data pipeline company Stitch (acquired by Talend in 2018) and business intelligence platform RJMetrics (acquired by Adobe by way of Magento Commerce in 2016). Candid, off-the-record conversations — no recordings here. Prior to RJMetrics, Bob worked on the Investment Team of Insight Partners.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 14, 2017

Anthony Johnson wasn’t the first Sales Development Representative (SDR) to learn this lesson the hard way. 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. Sales is hard. How effective is your sales team? An SDR team in transition.

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Pipeliner

JANUARY 14, 2024

Online Sales Magazine and Pipeline CRM as he chats with the dynamic business coach and speaker, Coach Dan Gordon. Dive into Coach Dan’s real and raw entrepreneurial journey, exploring the setbacks and triumphs, including a significant hurdle in 2016 that led to the loss of his marketing company.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 1, 2016

Books/Reading: One of the most articulate writers and thinkers in sales is Jack Malcolm. On April 7-8, I’m attending Topo’s Sales Summit in San Francisco. Based on my conversations with Craig Rosenberg (@Funnelholic), I think it will be one of the best sales focused conferences of the year. Profound and moving!

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SalesLoft

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Some salespeople treat sales conversations like a game of Texas Hold ‘Em — analyzing the deck, not showing their cards too early, and playing it close to the vest. I’ve seen a dramatic change in my conversations. Watch the video below to learn more! Watch the video below to learn more!

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 4, 2017

Join DiscoverOrg CEO Henry Shuck and Justin Withers, VP of Product Management and Marketing, for a conversation about what drives high-growth companies. Watch the video here, or read through the conversation below. What drives high-growth companies? They had to see growth. High-growth companies are willing to work hard.

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Mindtickle

MARCH 21, 2017

This post is based on a webinar on the secret to building a sales enablement powerhouse. Procore was featured on Forbes Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2016 and reached unicorn status on Dec 2016. Three challenges triggered Procore’s need for sales enablement. You can listen to the entire webinar here. Functional based.

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Mindtickle

MARCH 21, 2017

This post is based on a webinar on the secret to building a sales enablement powerhouse. Procore was featured on Forbes Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2016 and reached unicorn status on Dec 2016. Three challenges triggered Procore’s need for sales enablement. You can listen to the entire webinar here. Functional based.

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Pipeliner

JANUARY 14, 2024

Our conversation delved into overcoming setbacks, the journey of authenticity in sales, and the collaborative essence of entrepreneurship. Coach Dan’s Transformative Journey We started with Coach Dan sharing his remarkable entrepreneurial journey, navigating from a significant setback in 2016 to becoming a sought-after speaker.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 4, 2020

The sales world just lost one of its wisest women, and I’ve just lost one of my best friends. I was speaking in London in May of 2016, and I figured it would be a hop, skip, and a jump from there. I knew Barb as a fellow member of Women Sales Pros. I wasn’t sure what the answer would be when I made the call. Petersburg, Russia.

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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. Developing Sales Ready Messaging® that is provocative and relevant to those known business challenges and initiatives. No wonder salespeople hate it.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A company might have sales reps who individually sell well. But without a sales enablement strategy, it won’t become a growth company. Daniel Perry, Managing Director-Sales Excellence at The Riverside Company, has witnessed this firsthand. Currently, Perry leads the sales excellence team for Riverside’s Micro-Cap Fund.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 27, 2018

Author: Jake Shaffren The 2016 presidential election in the United States brought “fake news” into the vernacular of a growing number of Americans. But when you’re in sales, learning the truth about a prospect’s needs is critical. Nowhere else in the sales cycle is independently verified information from trusted sources more important.

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Bernadette McClelland

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

If you want to get lucky in your sales career, then I seriously want you to meet someone. Many in the sales world know of Jill through her writings, the series of books she has written and her desire to help those around her. Speakers who were in the sales space doing what I wanted to do. Jill Konrath. appeared on my screen.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 13, 2016

Issue Date: 2016-03-01. Teaser: Many sales underperformance problems are the result of serious skills gaps in three critical sales conversations - the very conversations they need to master if they want to close profitable deals that will get them to their targets. read more

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Steven Rosen

AUGUST 22, 2016

Why New Sales Managers Fail. Are you a new sales manager , or have you just been promoted into a sales manager role? I am going to share the number one reason why new sales managers fail. Time and time again companies promote their best sales reps into managerial roles. Certainly, many new sales managers fail.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 28, 2017

Executives don’t want a sales pitch, however, research indicates that is just what they are getting most of the time. According to Forrester, 80% of sales conversations are still about selling products and services, with only 20% focused on the executive buyer's challenges and initiatives.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Issue Date: 2016-09-01. Teaser: Social selling is using social networks to learn more about customers’ buying preferences and behavior, connecting with them and starting a conversation. Author: Paul Nolan. read more

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Steven Rosen

MAY 4, 2017

Sales Leaders’ Guide to Developing an Awesome Sales Management Team. Do you want to develop an awesome sales management team? Sales leaders have several options to achieve and exceed their sales numbers. Your goal is to build a high-performance sales organization that consistently deliver outstanding results.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 3, 2018

Author: David Sill, DiscoverOrg As sales and marketing professionals try to navigate a world increasingly crowded by new technology, which can admittedly automate and streamline many aspects of our work, sometimes there is simply no replacement for making a human connection. Use the live conversation to get even more information.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 4, 2016

Issue Date: 2016-08-05. These calls, while often the most lucrative type of conversion, are also the most difficult for marketers to measure and optimize. These calls, while often the most lucrative type of conversion, are also the most difficult for marketers to measure and optimize. read more

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SalesLoft

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

What is the backbone of each and every B2B sales organization? Many would say it’s the sales reps: the ones grinding every day to transfer their belief behind the product to prospects, clients and customers. That’s why we want to meet you, our brand advocates , at Rainmaker 2016. Join in the conversation! Our Critics.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Issue Date: 2016-09-13. Here are four tips to secure an initial conversation and stop leaving new business on the table. Here are four tips to secure an initial conversation and stop leaving new business on the table. Author: Mike Scher. Teaser: It takes an average of nine calls to reach a cold prospect for the first time.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 18, 2022

I recently read a LinkedIn post, one of the statements was, “Sales are math.” The noun form of the word, Sales, is about accounting for a transaction. When I was EVP of Sales, every day I would call my sales ops VP, asking her, “What did we book in sales today?” What is selling?

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

At most companies, the sales process is a balancing act that doesn’t always work so well. Layered on top of these activities are a myriad of sales enablement and social selling tools—all of which are intended to help salespeople with effective prospecting and, in turn, generating qualified sales leads. The dreaded gatekeeper.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 7, 2021

First-Layer Sales Questions. First-layer questions are preliminary questions that initiate a conversation by revealing thoughts, facts, behaviors, and situations. They are the foundation (like lasagna noodles) used to gain a basic understanding of a subject, so they’re the best questions to use when beginning conversations with buyers.

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Increase Sales

DECEMBER 29, 2016

How many times have you heard this word “obstacle” in many sales training programs or books on sales fact finding? Considering changing your sales behaviors by replacing this overused and now almost trite word with this word – limitation. Now speak the word limitation to yourself. Share on Facebook.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2017

Can sales managers influence the buying process? If sales close, you win. Calls with their sales managers become about justifying why prospects should be in their pipelines in the first place, and discussing ways these account based sales reps can accelerate the buying process. You can’t manage revenue.

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Increase Sales

JANUARY 2, 2016

Are You Facing This Sales Barrier of ‘Everyone is a Coach’? Is Your Action Plan to Increase Sales an Incomplete Puzzle? Track and record your marketing results along with your sales leads and sales conversions. All of this business data will support you in your efforts to increase sales.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 7, 2021

first, I have to give credit to the folks at Modern Sales Pros. They are running a webinar on October 27, entitled “ Outbound Sales Is Like Dating.” We’d have some “witty” conversations going back and forth. It doesn’t work in dating, it doesn’t work in sales.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 1, 2022

We have scripted every conversation in that process. They are deferring engaging sales people until much later in their buying journey, often once they have made their decision. Related Posts: In A Sales Slump? The Perfect Close Bits And Pieces -- August 20, 2016 Are You Earning Great Referrals? Are You Leveraging Them?

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