Fill the Funnel

DECEMBER 12, 2012

As you wrap-up what I hope was a successful 2012 and begin preparation for 2013, I think you will find some great ideas about sales tools during two Webinars to register for. Minimize Your Workload and Maximize Your Sales with Web Tool Automation. 31 Must-Have Sales Tools in 2013. All Rights Reserved.

Webinar Metrics 112

Webinar Metrics Sales Tools Tools Top of Funnel 112

Vendor Neutral

JULY 30, 2021

He's well known from his videos, blog, and newsletter as “the ROI Guy.” Mediafly acquired his company Alinean, a pioneer in value messaging and interactive sales tools. Prior to Alinean, Tom founded Interpose, a provider of total cost of ownership (TCO) measurement and analysis software tools and training.

Top of Funnel 132

Top of Funnel Face-to-face Scale Webinar Metrics 132

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Rightly or wrongly, a growing number of companies perceive direct sales as ever more expensive. A survey reveals that the majority of B2B firms are now generating 60% of their revenue through indirect channels (The 2112 Group). As a result, many companies are looking to channel partners as a more efficient revenue source.

Channels 53

Channels ROI Sales Goal Microsoft 53

The ROI Guy

JUNE 6, 2013

Even with his great skills, physical training, and mental focus of a champion, the competition is just too close and you need every edge to win. It has long been debated whether selling effectiveness can best be addressed by improving Sales Reps skills, or by providing Sales Reps with the right Sales Tools.

Sales Tools 65

Sales Tools Tools Sales B2B 65

SBI

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Mediafly Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire InsightSquared; Creates the Most Complete Enablement and Intelligence Platform for B2B Revenue Teams. Despite a digital-first selling environment, today’s B2B revenue leaders forecast, prioritize and create sales strategies based on a small fraction of data.

Top of Funnel 140

Top of Funnel Lead Rank Forecasting Lead Scoring 140

The Digital Sales Institute

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Sales training programs worth taking is a constant topic in the world of sales. The truth is that whether delivered in class, in house or online sales training programs have helped thousands of salespeople to improve their selling skills. This is the key to long lasting sales success. under 30 or over 30?

Training 56

Training Lead Rank Social Selling Top of Funnel 56

Vengreso

AUGUST 20, 2020

Listen to our conversation to learn how David jumped from research to sales and how he now bridges the gap between science and sales to train sellers in modern selling techniques. As a sales leader, you know that today selling is more difficult than it was 10 years ago. The State of Modern Selling. Sell to the emotions.

ROI 115

ROI Decision Maker Chemicals Lead Rank 115

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Alinean Launches Value Expert™ Sales Training to Help Reps Engage Earlier and Sell More Effectively Today we announced the launch of Value Expert™ Sales Training, an important milestone. The training advances to instructor-led workshops, including the following important topics: Why is Value Selling Important to You?

Vendor 70

Vendor Training B2B Channels 70

SBI

OCTOBER 27, 2020

If your B2B solution isn’t the cheapest, you would be wise to follow a similar path, to create a better buying experience. The seller can use the interactive business value assessment tool with the customer to drive virtual interactions to gather data, review and collaboratively refine results. Tom Pisello Chief Evangelist, Mediafly.

ROI 108

ROI Pivotal Buyer Lead Rank 108

Zoominfo

AUGUST 5, 2021

The instability and threats to survival so many companies are facing have resulted in longer sales cycles and increased executive presence on calls (up 53% from a pre-COVID-19 baseline). We’re seeing more meetings per closed-win and more buyer-side focus on how a product will immediately provide ROI.

Sales Enablement 130

Sales Enablement Webinar Metrics Top of Funnel Strategy 130

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. 25% of sales reps believe they have not received enough sales training.

Revenue 125

Revenue Lead Rank Hiring Account Based Marketing 125

SBI

MAY 21, 2019

NANCY: WHAT ARE THE TOP AREAS OF FOCUS IN THE NEXT 12-24 MONTHS FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT WANT TO TRANSFORM THEIR SALES ORGANIZATIONS? Death of the B2B salesperson” – Forrester. NANCY: WHAT ARE YOUR TIPS FOR ENSURING THAT TECHNOLOGIES CONTRIBUTE TO SALES TRANSFORMATION IN A MEASURABLE AND IMPACTFUL WAY? An NPS of 95.

Buyer 124

Buyer Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel ROI 124

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The range of sales tools is becoming as diverse as those on the marketing side. As the technology stack continues to grow and becomes unwieldy, we can expect increased efforts to restrict platforms used to those with proven ROI. More digital disruption. Let’s address the elephant in the room – technology.

Inside Sales 209

Inside Sales Trends Outsourcing Services Face-to-face 209

The ROI Guy

APRIL 12, 2013

You’ve worked hard to produce new value-focused tools, empowering your sales team to meet the growing challenges of today’s more empowered, skeptical and frugal buyer. And you are not alone, as SiriusDecisions reports that the average company now spends a whopping $43K on marketing content and sales tools per salesperson per year.

Sales Tools 68

Sales Tools Tools Incentives Incentive 68

SBI

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

So many of these buying decision factors apply to B2B buyers. Status Quo Bias On average over 60 percent of B2B evaluations end up with no decision: status quo. What does that mean for B2B marketers and salespeople? Later stages require ROI studies, reference calls and site visits. Either way, it’s still a loss.

Buyer 115

Buyer Customer Vendor Lead Gen 115

Sales Hacker

MAY 15, 2023

I’ll talk you through figuring out if you’re ready to hire salespeople, and make my pitch for why a founder-led sales strategy makes sense for early B2B startups. How do you know you’re ready to hire a sales team? What happens if you hire a sales team too early in the life of your B2B startup? Need a proof point?

Hiring 85

Hiring Outsourcing Services Pivotal Ideal Customer Profile 85

Jonathan Farrington

AUGUST 12, 2013

Just like a premier athlete, a warrior going into battle or a Navy Seal in training. To perform at your best it is likely you will need sales tools designed to: Help you collect the right data to use in your analysis. Drive the sales opportunity forward while positioning you ahead of your competition.

Sales Tools 47

Sales Tools Tools Analysis ROI 47

SBI

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

This same mindset is now emerging for B2B. Sales reps also expect that they’ll be able to use technology to sell the same way they use it for shopping, banking, traveling, and everything else. Tools are your friend here. Another great resource is Your Ultimate ROI: How to Master Growth with Sales Readiness Success.

ROI 117

ROI B2C Consumer Buying Cycle 117

Highspot

MARCH 18, 2024

Enter Artificial Intelligence (AI) sales tools – a breakthrough development in the world of sales. In this article, we’ll share everything you need to know about using AI sales tools. We’ll look at what these tools are, why they matter, how to use them, and what to ask when evaluating vendors.

Sales Tools 52

Sales Tools Tools Lead Rank SAP 52

The ROI Guy

MARCH 12, 2015

Despite a growing economy, research indicates that there will be over 1 million less B2B sales reps employed in 2020 compared to today. At the Forrester’s Sales Enablement Forum last week, a study by Andy Hoar, Principal Analyst at Forrester was revealed showcasing this 22% expected decline over the next five years.

Inside Sales 90

Inside Sales B2B Field Sales B2C 90

Sales Hacker

MARCH 23, 2020

With a pandemic on our hands, most sales conferences scheduled for the early part of 2020 have either been rescheduled or, if you’re lucky, made virtual. Here are the top virtual sales conferences, events, and training you need to know about. Virtual sales conferences. On-demand training. One-day events.

Conference 78

Conference Webinar Metrics Travel Industry 78

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 26, 2015

Because the sales rep may not be afforded the opportunity to meet many stakeholders involved in the decision, it is important that the value storytelling and justification be provided in a format that can easily be shared with the advocates – to continue selling long after the initial in-person conversation.

Case Study 79

Case Study Decision Maker Lead Rank Lead Scoring 79

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 17, 2018

Best Sales Podcasts. B2B Growth Show. Sales Gravy. Linking Into Sales Podcast. The Sales Evangelist. Bowery Capital Startup Sales Podcast. Get in the Door: Sales Prospecting Strategies & Tactics. The Sales Babble Podcast. The Sales Babble Podcast. Sales Pipeline Radio.

Scale 145

Scale Sage Lead Rank Lead Scoring 145

Seismic - Sales Effectiveness

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Almost every company struggles with sales productivity, and this problem is only exacerbated by the rising pressure to meet or exceed increasing revenue targets. Organizations are growing their sales teams and chasing more aggressive sales goals, but they aren’t scaling their processes, best practices, and sales tools at the same rate.

Strategy 88

Strategy Analytics Sales Enablement Scale 88

DiscoverOrg Sales

JULY 27, 2017

At lunch, I asked the sales leader if there was something going on. He confided that everyone had been excited about the training except for these two, who had complained about having to go back to training. Calculate our ROI for your sales or marketing team. But these two were almost hostile. DiscoverOrg-curious?

Inside Sales 145

Inside Sales Groups Face-to-face Buyer 145

Troops

MARCH 27, 2019

And that’s why storytelling is such a powerful sales tool. In this post we’re going to take a look at how you can make storytelling a part of your sales process. Making Customer Stories a Natural Part of the Sales Process. The most powerful instrument in your sales tool stack is not your MA system or your CRM.

Face-to-face 80

Face-to-face Hiring Case Study ROI 80

Klozers

JULY 8, 2014

Why Sales Training Fails is a question which unfortunately comes up much more than it should. Recently a new client revealed they had previously spent a six figure sum on a Sales Training program from a well known sales training company and failed to get any return on their investment.

Training 47

Training Social Media Hiring Twitter 47

SBI

MARCH 1, 2020

RICH : Without a way to train and reinforce the buying experience, companies risk a plan that is good in concept but not fully realized in the field. For that reason, selecting technologies that train and even promote the desired buying experience are essential. Rich Lanchantin CEO, Qstream.

Case Study 119

Case Study Analytics Retention Training 119

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

I recently had the opportunity to interview Dario Prolio from leading sales training and performance management firm Richardson. Here is an abstract from that webcast interview session ( click here to access the recording ): #1 Issue – Inability for Sales to communicate value messaging? We see this all the time in the classroom.

Lead Rank 73

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Tools Training 73

BrainShark

AUGUST 24, 2022

An effective sales readiness strategy is essential to their success. With training and coaching to support the development of critical sales skills, organizations can equip their sellers to close more and bigger deals, all while ensuring time with buyers is well-spent. Business Acumen. Social Selling.

Social Media 62

Social Media Territories Face-to-face Negotiation 62

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 9, 2014

We just wrapped up a great webcast session with Qvidian about the Value Gap (the divide between buyer''s need for value selling and sales reps product focused approach) what the opportunity is costing most firms, and what you can do about it today. You can view the deck here: [link].

B2B 49

B2B Sales Tools Tools Up-Sell 49

Vengreso

JUNE 27, 2022

Gone are the days when B2B sales were about making a hundred cold calls a day or visiting clients in person. Also gone are the days when ideal customers from your target companies are knocking at your sales team’s doors in droves. What is B2B Sales? b2bsales #leadership #sales Click To Tweet.

B2B 134

B2B Top of Funnel Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile 134

LeveragePoint

JUNE 19, 2018

And commercial arms races between B2B competitors and between B2B buyers and sellers. After World War II, as business schools became a driving force for commercial excellence, the tools of data-driven, rational analysis became the primary weapon in commercial arms races. Beyond Rationality for B2B Sales.

B2B 20

B2B Case Study Analytics Study 20

Lessonly

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

As an inbound sales rep, I’ve experienced my share of sales training, and I can confidently say that it would be impossible to do my job without quality sales enablement (and also hours and hours of practice ). But, before I go any further, I want to first clarify what is sales enablement vs. sales operations: .

Sales Enablement 26

Sales Enablement Software Software ROI 26

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Great inside sales training improves team performance, which can increase sales revenue. Aside from helping you make money, training may save you money too. Be that reducing recruitment costs by retaining top-tier sales talent or training reps to automate non-selling activities with AI tech.

Inside Sales 82

Inside Sales Training Hiring Outsourcing Services 82

SBI

APRIL 8, 2015

However, several research studies have all shown that the average B2B salesperson spends less tha n 35% of her time selling (defined as interacting with a prospect). That means, of the total number of 215 selling days (our available sales capacity) 140 days are used for something other than talking with a prospect. Proposal follow-up.

Revenue 50

Revenue SAP Decision Maker ROI 50

The Pipeline

JANUARY 27, 2012

At this point you can decide if you can help them understand your pricing, where their will see an ROI , and make full use of all the impactful thing you uncovered during the Discovery stage. Sales eXchange. Sales Force Alignment. Sales Leadership. Sales Management. Sales Meetings. Sales Process.

Pipeline 236

Pipeline Negotiation Lead Rank Lead Scoring 236