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Training Incentives Are Vital in the Digital Sales Era

Sales and Marketing Management

As a longtime member of the incentives industry, I am often asked what businesses can do to better manage their sales teams and their relationships with their channel partners in the constantly changing world. at a business’ direct sales team) or toward indirect sales channel partners (or both). My answer: sales training initiatives.

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Personalizing CRE Marketing Campaigns with CRM Insights

Act!

Generic content just doesn’t cut it with the modern-day buyer, seller or tenant, especially when they’ve got plenty of options to choose from. The same also applies to social media and your website, among other channels. CRMs can play a pivotal role in shaping your marketing approach and driving personalization.

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Video Is the Channel of the Future—Are You Ready?

Showpad

Even veteran field sellers had pivoted to inside sales. Buyers don’t want to be sold to via email and Powerpoint. For years, B2B buyers have been growing more informed with data, context, and community at their fingertips. And buyers are getting younger, too. Once inflexible legacy companies pivoted on a dime.

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6 Sales Trends That Could Fizzle This Year [New Data]

Hubspot Sales

Salespeople acting as primary information sharers. Because of their self-led research, salespeople say buyers enter conversations with them more informed than ever. These more informed buyers don’t want a product pitch, which changes the role of a salesperson. 6 Sales Trends That Could Fizzle This Year 1. Why the change?

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Powering B2B Success with Hyper-personalized Content Strategies for 2024

BuzzBoard

All past attempts at personalizing buyer-seller communication have seen only modest success. Already, a large number of B2B buyers expect their vendors/service providers to anticipate their needs; align precisely with their pain points and objectives. Businesses are no longer just seeking to sell, they’re striving to solve.

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Executive Interview:Tom Pisello of @Mediafly

SBI

In fact, 53% of 5,000 buyers surveyed by the Corporate Executive Board say it’s the sales experience ? When asked by Forrester, 74% of buyers say they want sellers to not present a canned pitch, but pivot presentations / meetings to discuss what the buyer wants to talk about.

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3 Principles of Effective Crisis Communications for Agile Marketers

Sales and Marketing Management

Similarly, Ford, which has navigated a number of international and domestic crises in its 117 years, ran ads that simultaneously reassured buyers undergoing financial hardship and highlighted its efforts to manufacture medical equipment in response to the pandemic. In today’s digital world, news travels fast and trends don’t last long.

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