Salesmate

JULY 28, 2020

25 sales books you must-read in 2020. Here is a compilation of top sales books that you should consider reading in 2020 to improve your performance and reach your sales goals. Robert Cialdini’s 30 years of research and 3-year program of study on what motivates people to change behavior had resulted in this highly acclaimed book. .

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SalesLoft

DECEMBER 11, 2019

This is part one of a three-part series on what Forrester Predictions 2020 means for sales organizations in the coming year. So says Forrester in their B2B predictions for 2020. . – Caroline Robertson, VP, Research Director at Forrester. Hence the soul-sucking cycle of research, demos, vetting, and so on. .

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 10, 2020

You’re at risk if your customer prefers to spend up to 70% of their buyer journey doing their own research online and you’re not able to help them along the way. Here are five ways to shift your sales strategy to adapt to buyer behavior in 2020. When you’re in the right place at the right time, selling becomes a whole lot easier.

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Buyer Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Inbound 126

Salesmate

MARCH 24, 2021

There are several unavoidable costs that a startup has to bear, however, these costs can be reduced manyfold with the help of the best tools for startups. These tools not only minimize your costs, but also help you save your precious time by helping you accomplish mundane manual tasks with minimal effort. Launch tools.

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Tools Social Media Google Analytics Ideal Customer Profile 76

Allego

MAY 25, 2021

Many of us grew up thinking about AI this way—either helpful robots or an evil tool with the potential to run amok. AI has become an essential part of the tech industry, helping solve many challenging problems in computer science, software engineering and operations research. What exactly is Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Blade Runner?

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Scale Sales Enablement Decision Maker Buyer 149

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Streaming intent data, like ZoomInfo’s new Streaming Intent tool , is what we like to call the cherry on top of the B2B sundae. ZoomInfo’s intent data tool lets your team know when buyers are searching for solutions like yours — the moment they start searching. VIDEO] Exactly how does intent data work? But What About Data Privacy?

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

2020 has been a year of massive change. But what does "growth" mean in 2020? To answer this question, let’s start with some data: According to the latest HubSpot Research Study , we found that 40% of businesses will miss revenue targets this year. Instead, it was how teams used the tools that made the difference.

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Hubspot Lead Rank Opportunity Lead Scoring 125

Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Though 2020 is (blessedly) behind us, most companies don't have the luxury of taking a breather. If your sales were less than stellar in 2020, you might want to take a good hard look at your pricing strategy. If you lost revenue in 2020, you might want to look into your lead generation techniques and qualification criteria.

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Revenue Hiring Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead 107

Zoominfo

MARCH 4, 2018

Adoption of Cloud-Based CRM A salesperson’s CRM (customer relationship management) platform is one of the most used tools in their technology stack. link] pic.twitter.com/Cc84FomXzM — ZoomInfo (@ZoomInfo) April 3, 2020 2. But with the latest technologies and data analysis, forecasting is much closer to being an exact science.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Last November, I spent a weekend with our executive team brainstorming the biggest and most exciting opportunities for our growth in 2020 and beyond. And, just three weeks ago, G2 Crowd honored ZoomInfo as the leader in “Buyer Intent Data Tools” thanks to reviews and feedback submitted by our customers.

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Intent Signal Intent Data Intent Buyer Intent 246

ExecVision

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

For teams that want to go head-to-head with the competition and grow in the market, there are 10 priorities for sales leadership to focus on for 2020: A Strong Coaching Culture and Program. There are thousands of tools on the market for sales teams and contact centers. A Solid Tech Stack. Sales managers should be too.

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Hiring Top of Funnel GoldMine Coaching 40

Cience

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Sales research, overlooked by more of us than we’d like to admit at the prospecting stage, has outsize impacts on top-of-funnel velocity. As buyers, industries, and the greater world shift (2020 has taken this to the extreme), it’s critical to update as your business and your buyers evolve. Define Your Type of Research.

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Ideal Customer Profile Outsourcing Services Sales Qualified Lead B2B 105

Zoominfo

MARCH 21, 2022

Data from Indeed, the recruitment platform, indicates that between July 2020 and July 2021, searches for vacancies advertising such incentives increased by 134 percent. Data via MIT Sloan While no two corporate cultures are exactly alike, researchers found a lot of overlapping attributes for what employees consider toxic workplaces.

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Crunchbase

JANUARY 27, 2021

Fintech Companies with a Leadership Hire in Q2 2020 Companies that have recently changed CEOs Software companies that have recently changed their Head of Marketing. Another interesting trend that emerged in 2020, and is likely to continue in 2021, was companies going public via SPAC rather than taking the traditional IPO route.

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Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile 122

SBI

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

NEWTON, MA – SEPTEMBER 9, 2020. This new release focuses on Prospect-Level Intent TM data, unique in the industry, that enhances understanding of individual prospects based on their research, engagement and buying team associations. TechTarget, Inc. As a result, we achieve better response rates with less effort.”

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Ideal Customer Profile Intent Lead Rank Lead Scoring 98

No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 23, 2018

It is a place for networking, research, and engaging audiences, not for pitching prospects. Gartner research backs this up, suggesting that social engagement is the more appropriate term. Derry Finkeldey, research director at Gartner, puts it this way: . Researching Sales Leads. How can social sellers add value?

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Social Selling Social Media Referrals Lead Rank 218

The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

And, conversely, you already know the wrong compensation plan can do the exact opposite- demotivate teams, decrease performance, and cause high rates of sales rep turnover. More than 40% of surveyed sales leaders missed revenue targets in 2020 ( source ). So, what makes a good sales compensation plan in 2022? Only 17.6%

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Compensation Salary Incentives Incentive 81

Zoominfo

JULY 22, 2018

81% of C-level employees anticipate more digital interaction with customers by 2020, and 66% expect more focus on customers as individuals ( source ). 21% of marketers cite lack of investment in tools as a major barrier to implementing multichannel marketing ( source ). In order to be successful, modern businesses must acquiesce.

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Marketing Retail Channels Social Media 189

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

Sales Hacker

MARCH 5, 2021

Research by McKinsey confirms that today’s decision-makers will, in their ideal post-pandemic world, continue to research and make purchase decisions remotely. Fast-forward to 2020 and over 70 percent of B2B marketers are predicted to use third-party intent data to target prospects or engage groups of buyers by the end of 2022.

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Buyer Intent Intent Data Intent Top of Funnel 98

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2020

According to Demand Gen’s 2020 Content Preferences Study , 67% of B2B companies said they’re leaning more on content to research and inform decisions. Notice this list is organized by the stages of the buyer’s journey : how your prospects research your business, buy your products, and become and remain customers.

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Collateral Case Study Retention Hubspot 98

Showpad

APRIL 6, 2020

We could already see in the research over the last couple of years that sales enablement was rapidly growing, but its impact on business results was not growing in the same way. In 2020, we should assume that every business strategy is linked to a digital transformation strategy. There are no comfort zones after COVID19 anymore.

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Sales Enablement Coaching Face-to-face Training 133

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 5, 2019

81% of C-level employees anticipate more digital interaction with customers by 2020, and 66% expect more focus on customers as individuals ( source ). 21% of marketers cite lack of investment in tools as a major barrier to implementing multichannel marketing ( source ). In order to be successful, modern businesses must acquiesce.

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Marketing Retail Channels Social Media 100

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

Once you've done your research, it's time to begin writing your business proposal. Research and critical thinking are key here. A solid proposal can outline your value proposition and persuade a company or organization to do business with you. We’ll also see some ideas and examples to help guide yours. Know exactly what you need?

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Vengreso

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

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. In May 2020, 71% said they were conducting more than half their sales virtually. They prefer to do independent research and compare vendors online. That’s an increase of 163%.

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Hiring Face-to-face Lead Rank Lead Scoring 111

Cience

JANUARY 6, 2020

Even though the buyer’s journey rarely lacks resources, research doesn’t guarantee the understanding of how a process is actually implemented in practice. As a buyer, you have to do comprehensive research (or risk feeling uninformed). Do Your Own Research. Lead Generation Trends 2020. That would be fantastic.

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Lead Generation Outsourcing Services Paid Content Lead Rank 89

Vengreso

JUNE 8, 2022

With so many sales tools, prospecting methodologies , and B2B sales strategies to navigate, knowing just what you should be doing to generate higher quality leads that convert to sales can be complicated. in 2020 and continues to inspire thousands of sales professionals every week. His answer was something I hadn’t heard of before.

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Commission B2B Buyer Lead Rank 69

Hubspot Sales

JULY 7, 2020

According to the LinkedIn State of Sales Report 2020 , data-driven sales organizations are on the rise, with 56% of sales teams using data during prospecting and 49% of teams using data to select industries to target with their sales efforts. What tools do you rely on most to do your job well?

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Hiring Analysis Case Study Data 95

Zoominfo

JUNE 10, 2022

While the GDPR stopped being “directly applicable” when the UK exited the EU in December 2020, the Data Protection Act of 2018 retained GDPR requirements in domestic UK law and supplements the UK GDPR by providing exceptions to the law. GDPR was introduced to bring regulations up to speed with the current state of technology.

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B2B Data Ideal Customer Profile Intent 130

PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The best business forecasting methods use historical data sets, market research, anticipated future trends, and other factors to create predictions with a fairly high degree of accuracy. For a great example of that, consider the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. If you’re doing research, you’re likely to run into a few of these models.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 14, 2020

But, I’ve been thinking: I see only a handful of certainties shaking out for the remainder of 2020. Here’s our bet: use LinkedIn Sales Navigator to connect with the decision makers you would have been likely to meet at events in 2020 and expand the scope of your outreach. They all are fantastic additions to a new digital toolbelt.

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Face-to-face Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring 123

Emissary

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The Advisory Board was a high-growth research company founded by David Bradley, who subsequently purchased The Atlantic. This is playing out across two dimensions: Money is pouring into sales velocity tools. The markets are investing significantly in these new tools, placing multiple bets to spur the innovation.

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Journal Engineering Decision Maker Buyer 52

The Spiff Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

A sales leaderboard is a tool that sales organizations use to track their teams’ or reps’ performance in a ranking-based system, much like a scorecard in golf or any other individual sport. billion in 2020 ( source ). It’s not as simple as purchasing a gamification tool and introducing it to your teams.

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Motivation Lead Rank Lead Scoring Cold Calling 69

Vengreso

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

When you’re trying to sell in a climate where buyers can research your products and services long before talking with you, sellers have to become intentional about what they will encounter during that search. You STILL have something extremely valuable that they need—the human touch. Many Sales Professionals Are Chasing The Wrong Targets.

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Buyer Infusion Hiring Follow-up 110

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 19, 2021

From the ubiquitous Zoom calls to the billions of hours of Netflix streamed, 2020 was truly the year of video. Vidyard’s latest research shows a 93% year-over-year increase in the number of businesses using video for sales prospecting and customer engagement. Then allow them to start playing around with your video tool.

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Video How To Face-to-face Sales Cycle 82

Cience

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

That same research confirms that 40% of B2B marketers say email marketing is a tactic that is critical to their success. So what is a sales email and how can you transform it into the most effective marketing tool? 2020 vs. Cold Emails. Research meet ICP, ICP meet Research. Lead Research. Table of Contents.

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Campaigns Ideal Customer Profile B2B Top of Funnel 79

PandaDoc

AUGUST 18, 2020

Since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in early 2020, the world has moved online, and business is no exception. There are numerous video conferencing and virtual presentation tools on the market. Research the prospective client as thoroughly as possible before you meet. Choose the Right Presentation Software.

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Meeting B2B Face-to-face Follow-up 98