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. Best Sales Statistics to Know in 2021. Short on time?

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Highspot

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

??Not only are they key to landing your go-to-market strategy for the upcoming year, but one of the few times your entire sales team will be together, making them valuable opportunities for camaraderie and connection. What are the best 2021 sales kickoff themes??. What Makes Sales Kickoff Training Effective?

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 5, 2021

It’s a new year and time for a fresh approach to sales. That’s why I’m introducing Back in the Black , my new monthly sales TV show on the Sales Experts Channel! I’ll cover a different sales topic each month to help you get comfortable asking clients for referrals. Let’s not forget that lesson in 2021.

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

“Fundamentally, a sales enablement platform should reduce the complexity of seller and buyer interactions, not increase it.”. The new Gartner ® Market Guide for Sales Enablement Platforms reports on this trend and others in its latest roadmap for organizations evaluating technology vendors. Transformative Sales Enablement Technology.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Jay McBain is one of the most visible and respected thought leaders in the global channel. Named 2021 Channel Influencer of the Year by Channel Partners Magazine, Top 40 Under Forty by the Business Review, as well as numerous channel magazines top influencer lists, he is often sought out for industry guidance and future trends.

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Apptivo

JUNE 23, 2021

Enhanced Sales Stage Age Report. Enhanced Sales Stage Age Report. With the sales stages, your business gets to assess the different types of clients and their needs. Apptivo supervises and maintains the phases of the sale of its customers, monitors their progress, provides emails, and other automated communication channels.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Author: Doug Bushée and Shayne Jackson Last March, sales leaders had to quickly shift from enabling in-person sellers to enabling virtual sellers. Now, as we dive deeper into a new year, sales leaders are tackling another issue. Many sales organizations have pivoted to virtual events rather than simply canceling major sales events.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 26, 2021

I wrote that in 2013, back when virtual sales meetings weren’t the only option. In 2020 and at least the first half of 2021, business travel and indoor socializing have been challenging and at times, impossible. The Problem with Virtual Sales Meetings. B2B sales reps have asked me that question repeatedly over the past year.

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The Pipeline

JULY 5, 2021

Ian Moyse is Chief Revenue Officer at OneUp Sales and a long time Sales leader. He was awarded the accolade of BESMA UK Sales Director of the year and was listed in the top 50 Sales Keynote speakers by Top Sales World in 2019 & 2021. He explores how the medium is as critical as the message itself.

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Apptivo

MAY 14, 2021

In this Apptivo blog, you’ll be getting to know how to plan a proper post-pandemic channel strategy with the best CRM system & CRM tools in a cloud business management software suite. Global businesses have been conscious about shifting their marketing channels online while managing their digital transformation in a very careful manner.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 31, 2021

Now that we’re moving into the second quarter of 2021, the economy is beginning to improve, and vaccinations are helping us slowly approach herd immunity. Same old, same old in 2021? Get over your sales slump with referral selling insights in my 2021 blog posts: The Phrase of the Year Is Seller Access. How about you?

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

After a year like no other, here we are in 2021 still standing. At the beginning of the year, we found that conference activity is down 57% in early 2021 compared to the same time period in 2020. link] — ZoomInfo (@ZoomInfo) January 12, 2021. Once qualified , these leads are then passed on to sales for purchase conversion.

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Email marketers across the globe have been encompassing different strategies for generating leads, branding, and driving sales conversions. All you need to know is the channels of communication for making the most out of your marketing campaigns. Yes, this is the quickest and most effective communication and data transmission channel?

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan Is your sales team disengaged? While not all sales teams may be struggling with demand (in fact some technology companies are experiencing record years), disen­gage­ment seems to be prevalent across all organizations and industries regardless of financial success. We took a keen interest on those in sales roles.

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Vendor Neutral

MAY 7, 2021

5 Impactful Sales Enablement Technology Solutions in 2021. Sales enablement and content management solutions help you communicate and engage with prospects, and the value of leveraging content within these solutions has vastly increased. 5 Sales Enablement Technology Solutions to Consider in 2021.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

But in reality, many people who work in sales are also motivated to help other salespeople succeed and advance their careers. Following the right sales influencers on social media channels can give you a lot of insight into best practices, new trends, tips and advice, and help you find ways to connect with prominent thought leaders.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Change is unavoidable in sales. HubSpot surveyed 1,000+ sales professionals to get a better picture of the sales landscape in 2022. These powerful insights can inform every aspect of your sales process — from pitching to customer retention. More interaction with prospects throughout the sales process.

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Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

B2B sales prospecting isn’t always as exciting and glamorous as other parts of the sales routine, as you can imagine; it’s far more behind the scenes and challenging. In fact, sales leaders agree that prospecting is the hardest part of the sales process. How to prepare for B2B sales prospecting.

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Highspot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

And with good cause: our sales enablement space is undeniably complex. Defining the Sales Enablement Space. Oft decried as complex, noisy, and difficult to navigate, this category suffers from a surplus of solutions calling themselves “sales enablement platforms.” To buy or not to buy? Let’s get started.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Requests for proposals (RFPs) generate a whopping average of 35% of annual sales revenue , according to Loopio’s 2021 RFP Response Benchmarks and Trends Report. The new research, which surveyed 650+ teams, found that despite economic uncertainty over the past year, RFPs are expected to be an integral part of sales growth in 2021.

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Highspot

JANUARY 26, 2021

As businesses begin the new year, many have learned that the rapid changes implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are now an important part of their growth strategy in 2021. Let’s take a look at three of the principles sales leaders must take into account moving forward. Build team-wide resilience. Double-down on trust.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Why the sudden interest in referral sales? Sales leaders have an ongoing challenge to get more qualified leads in the pipe, but seller access has evaporated. You can ask: During the sales process when you’ve added value. Are your buyers clamoring to talk to you? My phone rang off the hook the last half of 2020. There it is.

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OnePageCRM

JANUARY 15, 2021

In 2020, B2B teams had no choice but to adjust to remote sales. While it’s unknown if B2B sales will return to the same pre-pandemic landscape or if all in-person business activities will presume mid-year, leaders can plan based on industry insights, reports, and data. Start 2021 with an audit. Focus on Virtual Experience.

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Zoominfo

JULY 24, 2019

The average cost of a B2B sales lead varies by industry. Verifying business leads before passing it to the sales team is conducted by only 56% of B2B companies ( source ). 46% of marketers with well-planned lead management strategies have sales teams who follow up on more than 75% of leads ( source ).

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Alice Heiman

MAY 11, 2023

This episode dives into how large organizations scale their sales teams. Radhika Shukla has worked in a sales leadership role at some of the largest tech giants including Microsoft and IBM. She takes us through the entire gamut of building high performance sales teams. Watch the podcast below or on our YouTube channel.

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Alice Heiman

MAY 12, 2023

This episode dives into how large organizations scale their sales teams. Radhika Shukla has worked in a sales leadership role at some of the largest tech giants including Microsoft and IBM. She takes us through the entire gamut of building high performance sales teams. Watch the podcast below or on our YouTube channel.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Sales leaders in charge of new revenue growth have felt this change in their core. Teams that traditionally sold in person had to pivot to an inside sales model. And in addition to trying to hit revenue numbers, sales leaders needed to take care of their employees, and make sure they felt comfortable in this new selling environment.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

See what the top 10 platforms you should be looking at in 2021 are to make an informed decision for your business needs. If you’re familiar with what a CRM is already, then you intuitively know that an enterprise CRM is basically a CRM solution tailored to larger (enterprise-level) companies with complex processes and large sales teams.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 23, 2021

If your sales pipeline is colder than a Siberian spigot in January, it’s time to rethink your sales prospecting techniques. Sales prospecting techniques are the tactics a salesperson uses to find new customers. Sales prospecting techniques are the tactics a salesperson uses to find new customers. Let’s jump in.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 30, 2021

Here’s what the data says: According to a recent ZoomInfo survey of approximately 600 sales and marketing professionals, 54% of respondents said their organization hosted virtual events, while 40% stopped hosting events completely after the pandemic began in 2020. Lessons learned from virtual events. annually through 2027.

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Alice Heiman

JULY 28, 2022

Are you a product CEO or a sales CEO? Catherine spent two years building her company as a sales CEO when a sudden realization struck that she was trying to be something she wasn’t. Listen to her story in this episode of Sales Talk for CEOs. Watch the podcast below or on our YouTube channel. About Our Guest.

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Zoominfo

JULY 26, 2023

For years, go-to-market leaders lived by the laws of growth through sales capacity. “Sales teams are building data pipelines over here, marketing teams are building data pipelines over there. Data leaders can speed the journey to a sale by optimally managing their best resources with high-quality data.

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Highspot

JANUARY 27, 2022

Siemens, Vodafone Business and WarnerMedia adopt Highspot as platform adoption doubled to more than 8 million users in 2021. The seventh annual State of Sales Enablement report found that 74 percent of survey respondents now have a sales enablement function at their organization, representing 19 percent year-over-year growth.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 22, 2022

We surveyed over 1,000 sales professionals around the globe to find out the top sales trends of 2022, and one thing is certain – the pandemic made a lasting impact on the relationship between salespeople and their prospects. If you’re looking for a specific insight, you can skip ahead to these sections: The Top Sales Trends.

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