Act!

APRIL 16, 2024

Did you know that by 2025, 80 percent of B2B sale s interactions between buyers and sellers are predicted to happen virtually? That’s how fast the remote sales landscape is evolving. Virtual sales teams allow organizations to optimize costs, hire the best sales talent worldwide, and engage with prospects in different time zones.

Strategy 52

Strategy Hiring Top of Funnel Face-to-face 52

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

There isn’t one guaranteed way to win your next customer. But no matter which path works best for your team, you can’t prospect effectively without a deep understanding of your product, a firm grasp of your ideal customer, and the specific steps needed to connect the two. Cold Calling Cold calling gets a bad rap.

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Nutshell

APRIL 4, 2024

If your business schedules a lot of meetings — either internally or with clients — you might wish you had a way to make that process easier. On this page, we’ve listed 10 of the best meeting scheduler apps for your business. The whole point of these tools is to streamline the scheduling process.

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Meeting Google CRM Lead Rank 71

Allego

AUGUST 4, 2022

When you and your competitors all sell the same thing, you need a way to differentiate yourself. Your salespeople must do and say things that set them apart from others in the pack—in a good way, of course. For Ash Brokerage, that differentiator is video powered by Allego. So, we have to differentiate ourselves.

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Video Hiring Face-to-face Penetration 118

Allego

JANUARY 10, 2023

In the process, they redefined sales enablement and disrupted an entire market. The founding team realized that traditional sales training was broken. The time was right for agile, on-demand, personalized training that leveraged the strengths of mobile technology and interactive video. The “Aha” Moment.

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Unica Sales Enablement Vendor Lead Rank 118

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 30, 2024

Sales trends come and go. In this post, I’ll review some sales trends we could see fizzle out throughout the year based on findings from our 2024 State of Sales Report. 6 Sales Trends That Could Fizzle This Year 1. LinkedIn as ruler of the prospect research process. Why the change? Prioritizing virtual selling.

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Trends Social Media Lead Rank Lead Scoring 88

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

As a result, the strategies recruiters use for candidate sourcing now mirror the tactics marketers use to attract customers—the main overlap being branding. As a result, the strategies recruiters use for candidate sourcing now mirror the tactics marketers use to attract customers—the main overlap being branding.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 12, 2023

We expect the sales game to change every year, but 2023 has stood out as a uniquely transformative one. There's AI — obviously — and all the ways it's changing how we sell. To help you stay ahead of the curve, I spoke with top sales professionals to get their tips for selling in 2024. Use AI to augment, not automate.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Scale 98

Nutshell

APRIL 4, 2024

If your business schedules a lot of meetings — either internally or with clients — you might wish you had a way to make that process easier. On this page, we’ve listed 10 of the best meeting scheduler apps for your business. The whole point of these tools is to streamline the scheduling process.

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Meeting Google CRM Lead Rank 62

Nutshell

AUGUST 28, 2023

Creating a structured sales process is one of the most effective ways to boost your sales teams’ efficiency and results. With a formal sales process in place, your sales team has a framework to follow, and it’s much easier to stay on the same page, track results, and onboard new team members.

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Sales Process Top of Funnel Outsourcing Services Sales Qualified Lead 118

Allego

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Virtual selling is a new way to sell—and it’s so much more than simply moving your meetings online. Some of you may think, “The best way to sell is face-to-face” or “Technology creates a barrier between me and a buyer.” There are a lot of balls to keep in the air and the price of dropping any of them could be a lost sale.

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Sales Meeting Meeting Face-to-face Wireless 155

Nutshell

AUGUST 22, 2023

From our personal lives to the way we run our companies, AI is becoming more available for a range of applications. Since AI is revolutionizing sales , marketing, and many other aspects of business, it’s no surprise that many CRM providers are also using the technology to enhance customer relationship management.

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Allego

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Another sales kickoff season is upon us, and for the first time since 2019, these annual sales events are like kickoffs from pre-pandemic days. The virus hasn’t gone away, sales teams are dispersed around the globe, and remote work is here to stay. It doesn’t have to be that way, though. But not quite.

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Strategy Hiring Face-to-face Video 62

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

For me, that means doubling down on my efforts to lead my team to meet our sales goals for the year. Simplify your thinking and focus on the most fundamental aspect of your sales process: building relationships. . Related: Strategies for building genuine rapport in sales. The value of relationships in sales.

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Guarantee Lead Rank Lead Scoring Follow-up 111

Nutshell

MAY 3, 2023

If your company has a unique sales process or sells a variety of products and services, it can be tempting to build a CRM from scratch. In this article, we’ll dig into the nitty-gritty surrounding homegrown CRMs, including what a custom CRM is and the potential benefits and drawbacks of building your own.

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CRM Customer Outsourcing Services Lead Rank 127

Crunchbase

MAY 11, 2023

As it’s become easier to connect with people over video chat and more common for employees to work from home, video prospecting has emerged as an invaluable strategy for sales teams. What is video prospecting? It involves creating personalized video messages you can send directly to prospects.

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Account Based Marketing Video Prospecting Top of Funnel 52

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

You've started a new business, and your customer base is starting to expand. There's a whole world of untapped potential around you — prospects you know would benefit from your product or service. And the issues you're running into are less about your solution's soundness and more about how you can reach your potential base.

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Proposal Examples How To Social Media 98

BrainShark

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

The sales profession isn’t what it used to be. Reps need to know A LOT to be at their best in front of buyers, but has your sales training strategy kept up with the times? But before we dive into sales training ideas, let’s clarify what we mean when we talk about sales training.

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Training Hiring Objections Coaching 62

BrainShark

JUNE 28, 2023

Why sales coaching matters — a few key points Knowledge retention Sales coaching activities add an interactive element to learning and are an excellent way to ensure knowledge retention and evaluate whether reps can “play back” what they learned in their training. Revenue At the end of the day sales coaching delivers ROI.

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Sales Coaching Coaching Scale Hiring 62

Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The global pandemic forced sales teams to change their processes and go digital. 50% of buyers say that working remotely has made the purchasing process easier. Organizations must adapt their sales strategies post COVID-19 to meet customer expectations. We’ll also cover the best practices for your remote team to follow.

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Face-to-face Decision Maker Lead Rank Pipeline 108

Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 28, 2021

In sales, thought leadership is a crucial component of success. It’s part of an organization’s sales enablement strategy that primes reps to believe in and sell their products and services to the best of their ability. Without question, lead generation is a sales topic as comprehensive as it is fundamental.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Generation 118

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

If I had to guess, I'd say that I watch at least 2-4 hours of video content every day. According to Wyzowl, people watch significantly more video content than they ever have before. In fact, consumers continue to use video as an integral part of their journey with brands and are excited to see even more video content in the year ahead.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 4, 2024

Having a bad sales month? Nobody is answering the phone and emails, and it seems like your prospects are falling off the face of the Earth. Two days until the end of the month; your quota is complete by 67%. What makes a bad sales month? Sales experts set off the common seven: 1. We’ve all been there.

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Top of Funnel How To Hubspot Forecasting 104

Nutshell

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

When you’re in the depths of the sales process, how do you know what step to take next? Just focusing on the desired outcome—a new sale—won’t get you there. That’s where the next-action-based selling methodology comes in—an approach to sales that focuses on the activities that truly drive results.

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Top of Funnel How To Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead 62

Gong.io

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

This article is part of the Gong Labs series, where I publish findings from our data research team. We analyze sales conversations and deals using AI, then share the results to help you win more deals. My grandfather was a field sales rep for 3M in the ‘90s. . and at the beginning of sales calls. Here’s how. .

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Video Call-back Buyer Study 118

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

McKinsey Institute reports that one-fifth of sales functions could be automated with artificial intelligence (AI). Before you close this tab to panic-update your resume, wait till you hear which fifth: writing cold emails, entering call notes in your CRM, and scheduling calls. How much time?

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Top of Funnel How To 102

Gong.io

DECEMBER 31, 2020

This article is part of the Gong Labs series, where I publish findings from our data research team. We analyze sales conversations and deals using AI, then share the results to help you win more deals. Use ‘em to cross the finish line and sprint into 2021. . The data tells us they really are just thinking about it.

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Data Top of Funnel ROI Video 96

SalesLoft

MARCH 31, 2022

The sales industry is advancing more quickly than ever before. . Both the pandemic and full adoption of digital selling have rapidly improved the way that we are looking at workplaces and teams, how we communicate with customers, and ultimately how we sell. Three top sales leaders in EMEA recently joined me to chat about these topics.

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Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Lead Rank Scale 105

Allego

JUNE 10, 2020

Before March 2020, at least 70% of sales calls were virtual, according to Forbes. As the country begins to reopen, we’re still far from business as usual—especially for sales teams. In-person meetings, sales kickoffs, and training sessions simply aren’t happening. You want to see your team on video when you’re remote.

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Hiring Sales Methodology Call-back Video 108

Gong.io

JULY 22, 2022

You might win your next sales call before it even starts. No, it isn’t a new “sales hack”. Yes, I’m talking about sales call planning. Here’s what I mean: You’re not just making a sale, you’re building a relationship, one that you hope lasts a long time. Sales Call Planning Tip #1: Review account history.

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Decision Maker Hiring How To Buyer 118

Nutshell

MARCH 18, 2024

Customer relationship management (CRM) systems have become vital in managing customer data, creating effective sales processes, and boosting sales team efficiency. However, one of the obstacles to implementing these crucial but advanced systems is a low CRM adoption rate from the team that needs to use it.

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CRM Face-to-face Software Software 71

Allego

APRIL 21, 2022

They’re discovering, however, the traditional all in-person ways of operating are things of the past. And many companies have fully remote teams, working in different parts of the world. And many companies have fully remote teams, working in different parts of the world. Coaching distributed sales teams and providing feedback.

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Hiring Video Distribution Buyer 71

Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Sales cliche: Top sales pros could sell ice to eskimos. Sales reality: Today’s top sellers know their jobs aren’t about tricking buyers into a sale. Your job isn’t to use closing techniques, it’s to lead. Here are 8 sales closing questions that are 0% closing gimmicks and 100% effective.

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The truth is, however, we are not going back to pre-pandemic days of sales reps working in the office eight hours a day, five days a week. Processes patched together as a stopgap are not enough. As long as sales teams seek to recruit and hire beyond their local talent pool, onboarding remote new hires will remain a challenge.

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Hiring System Face-to-face Guarantee 62

Hubspot Sales

MAY 26, 2023

You have to meet them where they are, or put yourself out there to whoever will see and value your services. In this blog post, we've compiled a list of real estate prospecting tips to help you grow your real estate business proactively. Prospecting should be a fundamental part of your business strategy as a real estate professional.

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Real Estate Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Social Media 77

Apptivo

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

ABCs of sales lead management 3. Sales Lead Management Process 4. Implementing a Lead Management Strategies to increase sales 5. Wind-Up Overview No matter what you sell or the sector you’re in, you need a consistent flow of qualified leads to develop your business. Overview 2.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Lead Management System 103

PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

Training your team requires providing them with more than a manual and a few workshops before sending them out into the field. In fact, if that’s your current sales training program, all of that hard work and education could be forgotten by your team in just a few months. Start a free trial 3.

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