Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 20, 2020

Or worse, could you lose your sales job altogether? You could be vulnerable if you’re not sharpening your sales skills and honing the tactics that will help you succeed in 2020. Forrester analyst Andy Hoar didn’t mince words when he spoke at the 2015 Forrester Sales Enablement Forum. Today you are more than a sales rep.

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Tenbound

JANUARY 22, 2021

The B2B sales process has morphed with B2C. We’re spending more time online before making a purchase, with research from Gartner showing that buyers now only spend 17% of their time meeting with potential suppliers. The way people buy B2B software has changed.

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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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PandaDoc

MAY 8, 2024

Such huge numbers equate to huge revenue potential in terms of SMB sales. Read on as we cover everything you need to know about the SMB sales process, and how your sales team can crush it in the competitive landscape. What are SMB sales? What is the difference between SMB vs B2C?

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 9, 2020

The facts (research) show that just because some sales leads are six months to a year old, half of any given group of leads with the same age is still in the market to buy. Companies are not immune from the same issue – no (or slow) follow-up, no sale. Outline the sales stages required to make a sale.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 19, 2022

B2B buyers expect the same convenience and ease as when they purchase B2C products. They want to research vendors online, read reviews and product comparisons, and prefer “rep-less” interactions whenever possible.). Donald Kelly – Founder and The Chief Sales Evangelist at The Sales Evangelist. Brian Smith Jr.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 26, 2019

According to recent research by Gartner , B2B buyers spend the majority of their time researching online when they are considering a new purchase or investment. Sharing testimonials is traditionally viewed as more of a B2C marketing tactic, but B2B companies are increasingly realizing the benefits.

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Allego

AUGUST 11, 2021

Like consumers in the B2C space, business buyers have developed new habits during the pandemic. McKinsey research shows that 80% of buyers now prefer virtual engagements, and companies that add the human touch to digital sales achieve twice the return to shareholders. Now they can get their wish, with digital sales rooms.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 6, 2023

B2B ecommerce strategies also differ greatly from B2C (business-to-consumer) ecommerce. In B2B, transactions involve two businesses, while in B2C, businesses sell directly to consumers. This way, you can cater your ecommerce marketing and sales strategies to the right audiences, on the right channels, at the right time.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 13, 2019

Customer Experience (or CX) is at the forefront of how B2C companies are competing and winning. B2B firms are waking up to the importance of CX, and many are on their transformation journey. However, Harvard Business Review outlines that many.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Author: Zameer Baber and Garrett Kephart As organizations consider how their operations need to change in a post-COVID world, many are rethinking how their B2B sales teams will operate as many may no longer want – or are able – to travel to meet their clients. While this may be the case in B2C sales, B2B transactions are very different.

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Adaptive Business Services

AUGUST 22, 2018

I spent some time last month helping a friend get set up on LinkedIn so that he might start to leverage that platform in order to find a good B2B sales job. He’s a younger guy who has a fairly extensive background in B2C selling. I have never had any qualms about any person finding out that I was on their page.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 12, 2022

If you're in sales, you know that finding prospects isn't easy. In fact, it can be the tallest hurdle in the sales process. The HubSpot Blog surveyed 500+ sales professionals to uncover the top social selling trends to reach more prospects and close more deals — all at your fingertips. The same can be true online. Over to You.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

It can make it hard to predict what B2B marketing and sales will look like when we enter the post-COVID-19 era. . Research by Influencer Marketing Hub indicates 69% of brands expect to spend less on marketing and advertising in 2020, through the COVID-19 phase and the weeks and months immediately afterward. What To Do. What To Do.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Founders, take note: Just having a great product or service to offer is not enough to make a sales team successful. Related: Mastering Founder-Sales: 10 Lessons from 150+ Early-Stage Start-Ups. Gathering as much information on your target market as possible is a necessary part of setting your sales team up for success.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 21, 2021

The average tenure of a sales leader is 18 months. And while there are many reasons why VPs of Sales don’t last long in their jobs, one strong reason (according to my guest) is the lack of a model for success. My guest in this episode is Phil Harrell , VP, Group Director Sales Research at Forrester. Ungate content.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

Sure, the approach and tone might vary based on the audience, but B2B buyers behave quite similarly to B2C consumers. In much the same way that B2C consumers vet brands through social media references and online testimonials, B2B buyers are conducting more due diligence as well. Tech + Relationships = Better Sales.

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Crunchbase

JUNE 24, 2021

B2B tech sales in 2021 has seen some big changes. The emergence of buyers in the sales process. The days of tech sales teams controlling the entry points to the sales funnel are over. The days of sales teams leading potential customers through their own process regardless of customer desires are over.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

Ultimately, your sales and marketing strategies depend on it. Identifying customer pain points is crucial to the success of both your sales and marketing strategies. Most prospects begin their buying journey (or at least preliminary research) because of a business-related issue they would like to be solved.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 15, 2019

Are there differences selling to men and women in a B2B sales process? Because research shows that women make 80% of all home improvement decisions. But that’s the B2C space,” you might be thinking. “In In B2B sales, isn’t it all the same? In partnership with leading sales linguist Steve W.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Direct Dials: The Secret to B2B Sales Success. If we told you just one direct dial phone number could help your sales team generate a million dollars in revenue, you probably wouldn’t believe us. For those who aren’t familiar, connect rate—or reach rate—is the number of calls it takes for a sales rep to connect with a potential buyer.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Of course, when we talk about the future of sales, it's less about the products we might sell (flying cars, anyone?) Here, I spoke to sales leaders at Bardeen.ai , Aircall , and HubSpot to get their top predictions for the future of sales. Sales professionals need to become influencers — kind of. Let's dive in.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 16, 2013

In this post we will discuss Agile Sales. Agile sales is an approach that can help you keep pace with your customers. A few months back I wrote a post about becoming an Agile Sales Leader. Now it is time to make the entire sales organization agile. Let’s start with the definition of agile sales.

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Enterprise sales are a different beast than small to medium-sized business (SMB) transactions. A strong sales process is crucial to navigate these deals successfully. . In this article, we’ll explain complex sales and how they differ from traditional sales. What is a complex sale? . Average sales cycles are longer.

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Shari Levitin

JUNE 30, 2021

Meaning, the new frictionless experience of buying online, B2C, influences our expectations for all B2C and B2B transactions. In fact according to recent research: 70% of customers will purchase based on how they feel they’re being treated. Map out your Buyer’s Journey with t-shirt moments and watch your sales soar.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Corporate Hideout – Don’t see value in spending time in the field with the sales force. Even when attending conferences with sales, they do not seek to leverage sales feedback. Tip: Look for the candidate to volunteer their belief in spending time in the field when asked about performing solid sales support.

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LeadFuze

MAY 11, 2021

What is B2B Sales Experience. B2B sales experience is the experience that a business-to-business customer has while they work with you. B2B Sales Vs. B2C Sales: 4 Differentiators. There are substantial differences between B2B and B2C sales that need to be taken into account when defining a sales process.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 11, 2021

Ultimately, your sales and marketing strategies depend on it. Identifying customer pain points is crucial to the success of both your sales and marketing strategies. Most prospects begin their buying journey (or at least preliminary research) because of a business-related issue they would like to be solved.

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LeadBoxer

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

We all know that making a sale is the act of exchanging a product or service in return for cash, but there is far more to selling than what meets the eye. With B2B e-commerce sales predicted to exceed B2C e-commerce sales by 2020, B2B selling is constantly growing. How are B2B sales different from B2C sales?

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 26, 2024

I want to stay in the game long enough to see the old sales practices retired and the new digital selling model take hold.” Initially, I provided the models to sales teams. You could feel the positive energy, and I realized the impact sales can have across a company – I was hooked.

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Salesmate

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

While our law firm is mainly B2C focused, B2B social media marketing has been very beneficial for our digital agency in connecting with and helping other companies in the legal industry. Social Media B2B Sales are my primary source of project level work, including new sales into new markets. Director of sales, SEOBlog.

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Vengreso

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

With the sales enablement industry exploding, why is it that B2B and B2C companies still struggle to hit quota? Because despite all of the sales technologies, improved sales methodologies, advanced sales training – there still seems to be a disconnect between how modern sellers sell and how modern buyers buy.

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Alice Heiman

MAY 13, 2020

Need more sales? All sales leaders shou ld conduct an audit to s ee if salespeople are actively pract icing these three tim e-teste d selling skills to find and win deals. . #1: Their sales cycles are too long. . This kind of thing is easy to see in a B2C example. They have a problem. 3: Keep selling. .

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

While the most common point of frustration among all age groups was pricing, younger buyers had greater problems with competence during the buying process and relationships with sales representatives. Buyers want to be known and understood in both B2B and B2C buying situations.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 27, 2022

To the layperson, there may not be a huge difference between business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) data — it’s all just information. But to our engineering, data science, and product teams, B2B data is an entirely different animal from B2C that poses many unique obstacles and challenges.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2020

There’s no reason it can’t have equally powerful impacts on B2B sales and marketing, but it’s in its infancy, experts say. “AI AI is the future of all sales, but it hasn’t gone from 0-1 yet in the B2B space,” says George Kocher, CEO of Brand North, a digital marketing and growth consultant. CRM will become more predictive.?AI

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 10, 2019

New research we conducted with Professor Nick Lee of Warwick Business School focuses on the apology because unless those three recovery activities are communicated effectively in the right apology framework, you reduce the possibility that everyone inside your affected client company will appreciate and give you credit for your efforts.

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