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How Sales Reps Are Hitting Quotas Without Hitting the Streets

Sales and Marketing Management

Sales run through the phone, website or customer portal focused on the smallest opportunities and the long tail of lower-value accounts. Some three-quarters of buyers and more than half of sellers agreed, or were neutral, that virtual interactions are just as effective for complex products.

Lead Rank 339
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Customer Lifecycle: How to Make Upsells and Renewals a No-Brainer [+Action Tips]

Zoominfo

Here’s the thing, by the time your ideal customer gets to your website or sees your product post on Twitter, they’re self-educating about what they need. For instance, according to Gartner, B2B buyers spend only 17% of the total purchase journey with sales reps. This slows the buying process. Where will they find your brand?

Customer 130
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Customer Lifecycle: How to Make Upsells and Renewals a No-Brainer [+Action Tips]

Zoominfo

Here’s the thing, by the time your ideal customer gets to your website or sees your product post on Twitter, they’re self-educating about what they need. For instance, according to Gartner, B2B buyers spend only 17% of the total purchase journey with sales reps. This slows the buying process. Where will they find your brand?

Customer 130
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Want Better Sales Conversations? This Diagnostic Shows You How

Miller Heiman Group

B2B buyers’ expectations of sellers have never been higher. In part, this is because their experience as consumers has raised the bar, according to the 2018 CSO Insights Buyer Preferences Study. Most buyers—70%—identify their needs, research potential options and target solutions long before reaching out to a seller.

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Align Your Sales Organization around these Four Strategies to Drive Sales Success

Miller Heiman Group

Put the Customer at the Center of Your Organization. Buyers are still firmly in control of the sales process, so it’s essential for sellers to find new ways to add value for them. To learn more about what your customers want and need, ask them to share their experiences throughout their buying journey.

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AI’s Role In Sales and Marketing

Sales and Marketing Management

Companies that use AI will be able to predict demographic compatibility, track consumer movement, foresee purchases and offer excellent customer service. B2B marketers can leverage AI in many other ways including identifying anomalies and predicting trends throughout the buying cycle. What AI is not.

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What Is the Real ROI of a Customer?

SugarCRM

Your customers expect the best across every touchpoint of the buying cycle, from personalization to support channels. Think about yourself as a customer. Today’s buyer journeys are very different from ten years ago. Consider customer loyalty for a moment. Channel switching.

ROI 26