Crunchbase

JANUARY 26, 2021

While it’s impossible to predict what 2021 and the years beyond may bring to sales, assessing the confusing marketplace in 2020 does give us some useful insights to use as a launchpad. Channels in the sales playbook are evolving. Even before the pandemic began in 2020, the sales journey was growing increasingly complex.

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Trends Social Media Discount Decision Maker 98

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

2020 has been a year of massive change. But what does "growth" mean in 2020? In August 2020, Yelp reported that 165,735 businesses indicated that they have closed, and 97,966 (60%) of those were reported as permanent closures. Instead, it was how teams used the tools that made the difference.

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Hubspot Lead Rank Opportunity Lead Scoring 126

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 30, 2020

B2B sales is always changing, but nothing could’ve quite prepared us for the wild ride that 2020 ended up being. While most of us have settled into the new normal and the challenges that come with it, sales leaders are looking ahead with uncertainty. 40% of businesses did not meet revenue targets in 2020.

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Revenue Lead Rank Hiring Account Based Marketing 125

Miller Heiman Group

JULY 8, 2019

Nearly half of American CFOs indicated they believed a recession would hit by mid-year 2020 in a Duke University/CFO Global Business Outlook survey released in June 2019. Do customers have consistently positive interactions across every channel they use to engage with your company? The question isn’t if a recession is coming.

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Revenue Hiring Sales Management Lead Rank 82

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan Nick Kavadellas is thankful for golf, not only because he’s enjoyed playing it for years, but also because it is one of the few face-to-face selling tools he has continued using during the COVID-19 outbreak. The shift to less face-to-face interaction with customers and prospects isn’t a 2020 development.

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Demand Generation Targets Outsourcing Services Face-to-face Travel 120

Crunchbase

MAY 8, 2020

Without further ado, here is my list of five startups to watch (April 2020 edition) : 1. It’s no secret that collaboration and project management tools like Slack and Asana have taken off–who knows, Miro could be next. Why I’m watching: Speaking of red hot, bottoms-up developer tools are also continuing to gain popularity.

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Scale Enterprise Enterprise Distribution 105

SalesLoft

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

We’ll cover topics ranging from strategy, planning, and enablement to tools, systems, and processes. If “ops” is in your job title, then this track is for you: Revenue Ops, Sales Ops, Marketing Ops, Success Ops, or Business Ops. In this session, you’ll gain insight into automating core business processes for sales.

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System Sales Operations Engineering Retail 89

Crunchbase

AUGUST 19, 2021

Working from home requires better time management. In 2020, 48 percent of salespeople worked from home. Overall, 60 percent of sales executives experienced a transition into some sort of new work environment in the past year. Use tools and tech to improve your efficiency. Solidify your soft skills for today’s buyer.

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Lead Gen Sales Qualified Lead Scale Advertising 52

Allego

JULY 31, 2023

Further, sellers spend 11 hours a month looking for and modifying content for buyers, Forrester’s Q4 2020 Global Sales Enablement survey found. They need access to multiple things related to their job, such as how to use sales tools, sales collateral, product information, presentation decks, HR documents, and training materials.

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Buyer Collateral Scale Survey 62

The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Recommended reading: 23 Quotes to Guide Your Sales Compensation Planning Process Compensation Transformation Tip #2: Emphasize customer retention and other expansion metrics. in 2020 to 52.9% In fact, you can revolutionize nearly every facet of your sales comp strategy with the help of the right tools.

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Compensation Incentives Incentive Commission 83

Crunchbase

MARCH 27, 2020

Disclaimer: This post was last updated on March 27, 2020. To better understand COVID-19’s impact on our sales and customer-facing teams, we sat down with our sales leadership team to understand the top five ways our sales and customer teams are adapting to stay on track during this unprecedented time. .

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Face-to-face Top of Funnel SalesForce Sales Leadership 125

Crunchbase

APRIL 6, 2020

Without further ado, here is my list of 5 startups to watch (March 2020 edition) : 1. It’s no secret that real-time software analytics tools will continue to be top of mind for investors as software companies require faster event analysis while also demanding the interpretation of more data. HQ: San Francisco, California.

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Outsourcing Services Lead Rank Lead Scoring Software 88

Sales Hacker

APRIL 1, 2021

At the heart of 2020’s changes is a realization that e-commerce is about more than buying household goods from Amazon. It’s a driving factor for how the world gets work done and where future sales potential lies. In 2020, US consumers spent nearly $710 billion on e-commerce , a year-over-year increase of 18%.

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Outsourcing Services Company Scale Transportation 67

Chorus.ai

JANUARY 8, 2020

Moving into 2020, professional development is high on my New Year's Resolution List. Fact: Managers rank themselves in the 79% percentile for coaching, but their reps rank them at just 38%. They go through all of the best new approaches to use your social channels to engage your prospects and for outreach.

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Webinar Metrics Scale Negotiation Lead Rank 79

criteria for success

APRIL 1, 2020

Upcoming Dates: Wednesday, April 1 2020 at 3 PM EST. Thursday, April 2 2020 at 3 PM EST. Wednesday, April 8 2020 at 10 AM EST and 3 PM EST. Click Here to Register. A Problem-Solving Guide for Sales Managers, Sales Leaders, and Salespeople. The Ultimate Guide to Setting & Achieving Sales Goals.

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System Up-Sell Call-back Face-to-face 97

Salesmate

APRIL 17, 2020

What makes a good sales cadence? It is the combination email, calls, and texts that make a good sales cadence because it covers every channel of communication. So, if you are designing a brand new sales cadence, emails, calls, and texts are the three fundamentals. Based on the data, you can assume better.

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Face-to-face Follow-up Social Media Examples 101

Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

AI adoption is growing in sales. 37% of sales organizations reported using AI in 2020, a 76% increase from 2018. Sales teams have reported major improvements in areas from sales forecasting to lead prioritization and more. Sales reps are wasting time on non-sales activities. Bottom line?

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Hiring Forecasting 62

Showpad

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Here are a few sales methods to consider: 1. About 60% of sales professionals actively use social media as a sales device. In the B2B space, LinkedIn is the obvious social channel of choice. LinkedIn is fertile grounds for initiating, nurturing and, hopefully, closing sales too. Social selling.

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Top of Funnel B2B Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 52

SBI

JANUARY 14, 2020

the industry’s only data-driven sales readiness platform , today unveiled plans for READY20 , the first and only sales enablement event dedicated exclusively to improving the readiness, training and coaching of today’s client-facing teams. Brainshark , Inc., Greg Flynn, CEO Brainshark. . January 14, 2019 — Brainshark , Inc.,

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Sales Enablement Webinar Metrics Face-to-face SAP 86

Allego

MARCH 5, 2020

The first is sales engagement. That’s the category that helps sellers manage their multi-channel cadences with customers and prospects. Then there is sales enablement automation. By 2020 half the global workforce is millennial. MS: 2020 is going to be the year of the first-line sales manager.

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Sales Enablement Hiring Distribution Buyer 87

Cincom Smart Selling

MAY 27, 2020

We didn’t just survive a singular event, and we can’t just re-set everything to January 1, 2020, and go forward. Social media channels offer a wonderful way to engage user communities or vertical market populations. The problem with this analogy is that it is not valid. Social Media – Talk and listen. Update Technology and Systems.

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Customer Enterprise Enterprise Social Media 77

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Sales leaders and trainers (and their marketing counterparts) spent 2020 trying to figure out how to translate in-person conferences into compelling, engaging virtual events. And because COVID-19 still hasn’t gone away, sales conferences are still taking on a virtual format. Sales managers. Sales hunters.

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Conference Sales Enablement Networking B2B 106

Vengreso

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Face-to-face meetings have been replaced by video conferencing, and many sales leaders are scrambling to train their sales teams on how to sell remotely. A 2020 study by the RAIN Group found that pre-pandemic, only 27% of respondents reported conducting more than half of their sales activities virtually. Think about it.

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Hiring Face-to-face Lead Rank Lead Scoring 111

Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

When I was growing up in the 1960’s, I watched meteorologist Don Kent give his weather forecasts on WBZ channel 4 in Boston. In hindsight, he was truly incredible because without any of today’s tools, it must have taken him hours to create a single forecast. 1960’s Don Kent is like a 2020’s salesperson.

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Forecasting Sales Forecasts Decision Maker Call-back 203

Showpad

APRIL 9, 2021

In the summer 2020 report, only 10% of those surveyed said that cost savings were their prime motivator. If you’re unfamiliar with the concept, a sales enablement platform is a technological solution that helps sellers easily access all of the tools they need to do their jobs. Do you already have a sales enablement platform?

Training 52

Training Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring 52

Cincom Smart Selling

MAY 27, 2020

We didn’t just survive a singular event, and we can’t just re-set everything to January 1, 2020, and go forward. Social media channels offer a wonderful way to engage user communities or vertical market populations. The problem with this analogy is that it is not valid. Social Media – Talk and listen. Update Technology and Systems.

Customer 62

Customer Enterprise Enterprise Social Media 62

Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

When it comes to prospecting several questions come to mind of the sales leader: Where do my reps start? What medium is the best channel to engage with today’s modern buyers? Sales Prospecting Techniques. It means using every sales strategy, every tool and every channel to engage and connect with prospects.

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Pipeline Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 145

Nutshell

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

With a quality sales tracking platform, you can easily tell which of your sales strategies are working and which should be kicked to the curb. Keep reading to learn what sales tracking software is, what a proper sales tracker tool looks like, and the eight best sales tracking software options available to you in 2020.

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Software Software Tools Top of Funnel 71

Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

Here they are… The 97 Best Sales Books in 2020. Sales Models and Fundamentals. The Transparency Sale. The Challenger Sale. Management and Operations. Sales Manager Survival Guide. The Ultimate Sales Machine. Blueprints for a SaaS Sales Organization. Sales Management.

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Top of Funnel Lead Rank Hiring Handbook 141

Miller Heiman Group

JULY 18, 2019

With this information, you can request resources to invest in for sales skills training , sales technology tools and other resources you need to close the gaps, help sellers achieve their potential and replicate top performers’ success. Are we collecting the right data from these tools? Get Your Data Strategy Right.

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Strategy Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring 55

Sales Hacker

APRIL 9, 2019

Well, those stereotypes have real-life consequences on sales teams. By 2020, Millennials will make up 50% of the workforce. It’s time for sales leaders to cast aside the stereotypes and take a hard look at Millennial motivations, strengths, and shortcomings. This is how Millennials approach the sales process.

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Top of Funnel Social Media Pharmaceuticals Salary 77

The Spiff Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

You’ll learn why in today’s blog post, as we explore the underlying psychology of sales motivation that makes the sales leaderboard a successful sales management tactic. What is a sales leaderboard? billion in 2020 ( source ). billion by 2025, up from $9.1

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Motivation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Cold Calling 69

The Digital Sales Institute

JANUARY 6, 2021

Sales insights data. Top sales insights for the years ahead. 2020 will go down in history as the year that drastically changed the way all of us, business and consumers buy. In the past, sales negotiations were in large, conducted person to person in a physical setting. There will be less emotion in the buyers journey.

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Lead Rank Negotiation Face-to-face Buyer 66

DialSource

JULY 8, 2020

At this point, there is no more discussion about inside sales vs outside sales and which is more optimal in terms of a company’s growth strategy. . Based on the 2020 pandemic and corresponding lockdown measures, overnight, everyone was transformed into an inside sales or digital selling role. This is the next normal.

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Inside Sales Scale Outside Sales Face-to-face 69

Chorus.ai

JANUARY 16, 2020

Sales call coaching and sales tools are all en vogue this season, but it’s easy to get lost on the way to the catwalk. At Tapclicks , frontline sales managers are super passionate about sales coaching styles and using sales tools properly. 2020 is a huge year, kicking off an entire decade.

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Sales Coaching Coaching Face-to-face Follow-up 104

Close.io

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Another year is in the books—so it’s time to ready your sales game-plan for 2020. In this post, we look back at the sales posts and topics that sparked the most engagement in 2019. As you devise your own sales approach for the next year, incorporate the outreach , negotiation , and sales development tactics shared below.

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B2G Outbound Government Sales Forecasts 89

Chorus.ai

MARCH 5, 2021

Step 4: Give your team the tools they need to succeed. Remember, it helps you to help your sales reps meet their targets with a minimum of difficulty, and having the right sales tools is an indispensable facet of a successful sales strategy. Start with your customer relationship management (CRM) software.

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Top of Funnel Webinar Metrics Strategy Buyer Persona 113