Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 24, 2017

Author: Mark Kosoglow, VP of Sales, Outreach Unlike most professions, sales has a standard that literally dictates success or failure. The ability to hit quota on a consistent basis is a requirement of success, and the key is understanding how to predict what revenue number one will end up at in a specific sales period.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 22, 2014

You’ve made your New Years resolutions to exercise, lay off the carbs, lose weight, be kind, leave the cell phone in another room at night, close the laptop by 7PM, and be an all around better person. You may have even set your goals for 2015. But what can you do to kick-off the New Year so that 2015 is your best sales year ever?

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

First the pandemic, we and our customers had to discover new ways of working, engaging and moving forward. In our own organizations, we have to do with much less, many marketing and sales programs are being stopped or eliminated, all spending is being reassessed. Even dramatic reductions in numbers of sales people.

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BuzzBoard

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We have already discussed in our last post how managing a large sales team creates hurdles at tracking performance, analyzing sales data, providing personalized coaching, etc. Today’s blog starts right there! By implementing AI-powered analytics and assistive technology, sales leaders can easily monitor team performance.

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The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Everybody in sales cannot find enough time to prospect. This allows you to keep a cleaner pipeline, so you’ll have more time to spend on your best prospects. Your greatest competitor in sales is the “no decision.” Are they worth your time? We cannot forget that not all prospects are created equal.

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Highspot

JULY 5, 2023

This question is top of mind for sales leaders today, as research we commissioned from a leading B2B research provider confirmed that driving buyer urgency was ranked one of the top three sales challenges for CROs this year. Here are data-driven tips to optimize your buyer engagement and enable your reps to win more deals.

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Pipeline

MARCH 12, 2024

What does it take to achieve strong and consistent returns from your sales CRM tool? From our sales experts’ experience, adjusting sales approaches as you go won’t give you the best ROI for your efforts. You will easily get lost or distracted, moving away from your sales targets. Let’s get right in!

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Gong.io

JANUARY 2, 2023

This is why sales qualification is so important — it helps you identify and prioritize prospects more likely to become buyers. How do you know if a potential customer is a good fit for your solution? How do you know whether to move prospects through your sales funnel or disqualify them? What is sales qualification?

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 15, 2020

We invited a trusted outsider—an expert on the sales and marketing technology landscape—to join us and share a unique perspective. The three together, driving account identification, targeting, and segmentation will soon be table stakes for how sellers and marketers identify their next best customers. Making Intent Data Actionable.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 17, 2021

One of the many benefits of conversational marketing is its ability to accelerate your sales cycle. After all, it is built for and used by both your marketing and sales teams to drive pipeline and generate revenue. Elsewhere, we’ve classified the prospects that visit your site into six high-level categories.

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Mindtickle

MARCH 28, 2023

As I learned about their challenges, it became clear there are some recurring themes when it comes to the sales technologies in their stack. Here’s what I heard during my tour: “We simply don’t have enough repeatability built into our sales org.” “We need to get better at timing deals and knowing why they’re won or lost.”

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

At that point, I stick a monkey wrench into the process, sometimes frustrating the client who wants to move forward. ” (Usually, it’s the sales people.) “How are they going to ‘game’ this?” As an example, we see these behaviors in many “fix the pipeline initiatives.”

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 1, 2024

A highly curated group of 200 GTM leaders, 85% director level and above across Sales, Marketing, and Partnerships. Claim your tickets today , including a limited number of special two-for-the-price-of-one tickets. Simultaneously, they built distribution by driving people to subscribe to their content. Austin’s F1 track.

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Mindtickle

MAY 25, 2023

Data is critical to effective sales enablement. On our blog, we’ve talked previously about how to achieve data-driven transformation in your sales enablement organization and how to have coaching conversations with sellers informed by data. So what does this mean for customers?

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 9, 2013

” I say that because the sales process is never perfect, despite how much people may want to benchmark results. Best way to respond to those who are pushing back on your price is to have different strategies you feel comfortable using depending on the situation. Ignore their request and push forward with your presentation.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Today, we’re sharing the ultimate list of sales podcasts. If you work in sales, it’s our hope that this list of sales podcasts provides you with some fresh listening material, newfound inspiration, and the tips and tricks you need to excel in the world of sales. The Ultimate List of Sales Podcasts. Listen here.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

How long is your honeymoon? B2B CMO’s are expected to deliver hard Lead Generation metrics: Quantity of Sales Qualified Leads to the sales force. Marketing contribution as a % of Pipeline Opportunities. In many cases the CMO inherits a transitional marketing team not set-up to drive revenue.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Every business needs to fill its sales funnel with qualified leads, convert those leads into customers, and retain paying customers for the long term. What makes the difference between a high-performing sales funnel and one that isn’t ready for the needs of a modern B2B sales motion?

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Highspot

AUGUST 15, 2023

Sales analytics ultimately outlines where your strengths and weaknesses are in terms of your sales process and each individual rep, and does so in three key areas: productivity, proficiency, and performance. In this blog post, we will delve into sales analytics and how it relates to sales enablement.

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PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

A tire kicker is someone who will drag the sales cycle on. and on while hogging your time and resources without ever actually buying. Sales professionals have to spend time with prospective clients on the showroom floor while the customer tests the product (kicks the tires) of the particular car they want to buy.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 29, 2018

If you hope to meet quota by year-end, your most important task is quality lead generation, which requires a quality lead generation process. Of course, pipeline-building is a daily priority, year-round. Just because someone agrees to connect on social media does not make that person a qualified sales lead. Ready to learn more?

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Anthony Iannarino

MAY 10, 2019

Let’s assume your goal is to make more money. If your focus is on making more money, the input might be for you to do everything in your power to acquire more money, followed by behaviors that repel money from you. Maybe you want to meet your goals, your sales quota. No more pushy sales tactics.

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MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Every Tuesday from now on I will be taking over the MTD Sales Training blog with a quick fix of interesting and innovative updates from the technological world which will help you to generate real leads and boost your sales pipeline. 2. Test drive your next marketing campaign. 3.

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Highspot

JULY 18, 2023

Let’s dive into all these details, including how you can leverage marketing expertise to support sales and significantly impact business growth. Marketing enablement is all about empowering your marketing team to be more productive in their roles by creating a system to equip, train, and coach them. What is Marketing Enablement?

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 20, 2020

As there are many, many books on sales management, so there are endless publications, articles, and blogs on the subject of lead generation. This article doesn’t touch that subject but addresses another vital topic: how to handle leads as they’re coming in, and the basics of establishing your lead management. Is It Enough?

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The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

Home About The Pipeline. Your email address will not be shared. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s The six elements of a perfect sales meeting. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Coaching , Emotional Intelligence(EQ) , Guest Post , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales Meetings.

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The Spiff Blog

JULY 27, 2023

The SDR, or Sales Development Rep, is undeniably the backbone of many successful sales organizations. Despite these hurdles, SDRs are a driving force behind sales growth and revenue generation. In this blog post, we delve into the strategies and best practices for building an effective career path for your SDRs.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 9, 2020

. “They need to buy data security software, they need to buy electronic components, they need to buy cloud management software, they need to buy… ” 100% of the time, the answers to the questions are about what the sales person is selling. Fewer than 20% of the sales people I talk to can get to this explanation.

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SBI

JUNE 19, 2018

In this series, we ask Sales Tech Executives to describe how their solution can change a sales organization in a significant way. We call it Sales Tech Game Changers. Nancy: What are the top 3 ways your solution changes the game for a sales organization? Larry: Olono is your GPS for sales.

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Score More Sales

JULY 20, 2011

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. 15 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Benefit From a Sales Strategy Session. Turn your services and products into dollars. Need more sales revenues? The best contribution will receive a 1-on-1, 25 minute sales coaching session with us. Give us your toughest ones! Consulting.

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Sales templates help guide new and seasoned salespeople. If done well, they serve as a starting point for various steps along the sales process — incorporating best practices and often company and product-specific messaging. However, most sales templates are not backed by data and science. The BEST sales deck ever.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

As a sales rep, you need to tell the difference between opportunities that are just interested from those that intend to buy. You’ll get three questions to ask about your opportunities to quickly identify those that intend to buy so you can close more business. Will your products/services make the final cut?

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Sell Integrity

JANUARY 18, 2021

This past year laid bare some critical underlying selling skills and cracks in their sales pipeline that sales leaders were able to ignore or avoid while focusing on more immediate concerns. In fact, your success in 2021 depends on it. It’s also clear that the shift to a remote sales model isn’t just a temporary fix.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 19, 2023

In 2023, many sales organizations will focus on measuring and improving sales productivity. We’ve also included some recommendations for how to use this research to inform your own plan. But first… What is sales productivity? In B2B sales, 65 percent of a company’s new sales result from referrals.

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Zendesk Sell

JULY 2, 2019

Measuring salesman productivity has always been an important activity for sales managers. Now that businesses are more data-driven, it is even more crucial for every sales team to have effective productivity tracking practices. Review Activity Reports in your CRM. If you’re a sales manager, you can sort this info by sales rep.

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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.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 11, 2024

Every sales team aspires to close more deals. But leaving sales reps to their own devices isn’t the best way to achieve that goal. Instead, sales organizations must define a sales cycle. What is a sales cycle? At this point, you may be asking yourself, “What is a sales cycle?” How long is a sales cycle?

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