Zoominfo

JULY 1, 2018

In fact, a recent study suggests that 91% of B2B buyers are active and involved in social media, while 75% are significantly influenced by social content when forming their buying decisions ( source ). But—as B2B marketers and sales professionals—we have a lot to learn about social selling. What is Social Selling?

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Buyer Social Media Social Selling Incentives 190

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 17, 2020

Organizations are doing their best to navigate this new landscape of layoffs, remote working, canceled events, slowing sales and demand slumps. Being well-prepared and truly understanding how to get your people, your operations and your sales back and running at full bore will be essential for survival. That’s the bad news.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 29, 2020

Being well-prepared and truly understanding how to get your people, your operations and your sales back and running at full bore will be essential for survival. As organizations emerge from the pandemic crisis and fire up their sales engines, it’s clear that the channel must adapt?— Reinforce channel support.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 29, 2020

A survey of B2B sales operations by McKinsey & Company shows the pandemic has accelerated previous trends?—?omnichannel omnichannel selling, inside sales, tech-enabled selling and e-commerce. Focus on delivering the three things buyers value most?–?speed, from all of your sales channels. Are you digital-ready?

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Not only has the economy provided an added challenge, but there has been a general drop in the effectiveness of most traditional marketing channels. This week we are peeling back the layers and digging into which marketing channels have been driving the strongest ROI. So, what is ACTUALLY working? There is no one-size-fits-all!

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

If one of your goals in 2021 is to grow your online sales, you’re not alone. Use the hard data to come up with a buyer persona that informs your marketing strategy going forward. Choose a primary content channel (like a blog, social media platforms, or a podcast), and focus on creating content that is: High-quality. Never fear.

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Top of Funnel Social Media Google Analytics Scale 301

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 14, 2017

Cloud computing has enabled this transition by spurring an exponential increase in the number of channel partners successfully reselling your products. Although this means greater market reach, many partners lack the resources or incentive structure to report back timely and precise information.

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Incentives Incentive Channels Top of Funnel 120

Act!

DECEMBER 19, 2023

A strong referral network helps fill your sales pipeline with high-quality leads in your target market who are interested in purchasing from you. It can also help you close sales faster and build a loyal customer base. Today’s buyers are spoiled for choice when they have to make a purchase decision. For instance, Act!

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CloserIQ

JUNE 6, 2019

As a small business, you probably have specific types of people in mind when you consider your ideal and potential buyers. When you take the time to describe these customers—profiling them on a demographic, firmographic, and psychographic level—that’s called creating buyer personas. . Why create buyer personas? Demographics.

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Buyer Persona Buyer Ideal Customer Profile Demographics 94

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

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

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Channels ROI Sales Goal Microsoft 53

No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 1, 2019

It’s also the ultimate sales advantage. Sales has always gotten a bad rap, but it’s gotten much worse as sales channels have evolved. Martin’s research on buyers and the mistakes salespeople make. The problem is with typical sales metrics. Forget about incentives. Why Trust Is Hard to Earn.

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Referrals System Cold Calling Social Media 289

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Marketing and sales teams rely heavily on one another to drive business. After all, it’s the marketing department that generates leads, and the sales team that converts those leads to paying customers. Sales collaboration dramatically improves results, but bringing it to fruition can be more complex than it sounds.

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Act!

APRIL 16, 2024

Did you know that by 2025, 80 percent of B2B sale s interactions between buyers and sellers are predicted to happen virtually? That’s how fast the remote sales landscape is evolving. Virtual sales teams allow organizations to optimize costs, hire the best sales talent worldwide, and engage with prospects in different time zones.

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Strategy Hiring Top of Funnel Face-to-face 52

Sales Evangelist

JUNE 11, 2019

Sales is equal parts art and science and one of the keys to success is leveraging sales incentive data to increase performance and ROI. Jason Atkins is the founder of 360 Insights, a software platform that enables large brands to execute all of their channel incentive strategies.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 28, 2018

This article outlines the results of a B2B Buyer Experience survey by TimeTrade. For many of us, that’s also the primary channel through which we make an increasing number of purchases. Industry research consistently shows that buyers want the same easy experience they now routinely enjoy in their private life. The bottom-line?

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SalesLoft

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Customer engagement strategies, like loyalty programs, can help develop relationships as they’re deployed through various channels, such as social media or email marketing campaigns. Customer engagement is essential for buyers, too, because they want a positive customer experience. Without one, they’re likely to switch to a competitor.

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Highspot

JANUARY 28, 2024

A significant 71% of B2B buyers say they download and consume multiple assets to help with the decision-making process and an equal number said they share such content with their team members. This guide shares the importance of sales collateral, who is responsible, and how to use it to seal the deal. What Is a Sales Collateral?

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

If you are like most CMOs, here’s the problem: You’re way ahead of Sales. The competencies required by Sales for Marketing to be successful are just not there. Does the CSO/VP of Sales even understand how Marketing works? Does he or she understand the competencies required to support the new buyer? You should.

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Sales Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile Referrals Incentives 312

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

A Sales VP called me last month. Sales Force Win Rate was flat year over year. 90% of their sales came from 5% of their sales team. Sales Force Win Rate was flat year over year. 90% of their sales came from 5% of their sales team. The Sales Process was developed 9 years ago. Lots of problems.

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Sales Qualified Lead Compensation Incentives Incentive 300

SBI

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

We call it Sales Tech Simplified. It is the primary objective for CEO’s and for Sales and Marketing executives. For Sales teams, Model N solutions streamline the Quote to Cash process with smart selling solutions like CPQ and Contract Lifecycle Management, designed to shorten sales cycles and maximize deal value.

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Revenue Lead Rank SAP Maximizer 131

Highspot

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Sales operations teams frequently encounter hurdles such as juggling too many tasks, outdated procedures, insufficient data management, and communication breakdowns. When sales performance starts slipping, it’s a call to action for a sales operations strategy makeover. As a result, data silos emerge.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

If you’re running an online business, you know the drill: more sales equals more success. But since everyone is fighting for attention online, how do you actually stand out and get those sales numbers climbing? This guide shares seven ways to creatively increase online sales while keeping your profit margins unharmed.

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Social Media Buyer Persona GoldMine Google Analytics 52

Zoominfo

MARCH 6, 2019

There are more answers to that question than ever before, thanks to the variety of tools and channels at a modern marketer’s disposal. A comprehensive referral marketing program treats referrals like any other marketing channel— which means it includes strategic preparation, targeted decision-making, analysis, and iteration.

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Referrals Marketing Incentives Incentive 130

Cience

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

His most recent book is Aligning Strategy and Sales: The Choices, Systems, and Behaviors that Drive Effective Selling (Harvard Business Review Press), which was cited as, “the best sales book of the year” ( Strategy + Business ), “a must read” ( Gartner Group) , and “perhaps the best sales book ever” ( Forbes ). Answer: Yes.

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Channels Marketing Retail How To 42

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Invest in Multi-Channel Customer Service. Today’s customers interact with brands through a variety of channels, and they expect high-quality service on each one. Their sales reps get super hands-on with prospects during the buying journey — they provide demos, answer questions, ask for feedback, etc.

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Loyalty Customer Incentives Incentive 130

Partners in Excellence

JUNE 15, 2020

It’s clear that sales and selling is changing, but I’m not sure we define it by a technology. The future of sales has to mirror the shifts in how customers buy, it has to help them be more effective in identifying and opportunities, problems, challenges to their ability to grow and achieve their goals.

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Channels Skype Face-to-face Social Media 96

Pipeline

MARCH 12, 2024

From making the first contact to nurturing a lead, sales prospecting is a delicate art. The method your sales reps use to contact the leads affects your bottom line and customer relationships significantly. After all, 43% of buyers think impression matters , and you get only one chance to make a memorable first sales impression.

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Cold Calling Prospecting Buyer Persona How To 52

Highspot

JULY 23, 2021

Overfamiliar, aggressive, awkward – we’ve all been on the receiving end of a terrible sales pitch from a pushy seller. But sales pitches are so much more than an uncomfortable phone call or an unwarranted email. How can you maximize the potential of your sales pitch? How do you make a sales pitch?

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

How should the top sales leader in the company utilize this limited time? Download the SBI Sales SVP New Year’s Guide here. Let’s look at several ways sales leaders misallocate their year-end days. Buyers, markets, and competitors are constantly changing. These competencies correlate to sales success.

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Vengreso

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

With so many channels available for sales reps to connect, engage, and nurture relationships with potential buyers, getting sales referrals has become even more critical than before to book more sales appointments and grow the sales pipeline. Not all sales or customer referrals are made equal.

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Referrals Strategy Buyer Persona LinkedIn 78

Vengreso

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

With so many channels available for sales reps to connect, engage, and nurture relationships with potential buyers, getting sales referrals has become even more critical than before to book more sales appointments and grow the sales pipeline. Not all sales or customer referrals are made equal.

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Referrals Strategy Buyer Persona LinkedIn 78

Nutshell

MARCH 19, 2024

As the backbone of any business, the sales team needs to be efficient to meet targets and ensure the company remains profitable. Keeping an eye on your team’s sales productivity is one of the best ways to track performance and nip bottlenecks in the bud. Table of Contents What is sales productivity? What is sales productivity?

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 13, 2013

Remaining effective as a sales force means continuous improvement. This might be a new buyer-aligned sales process. Or sales recruiting to staff a new go-to-market channel. Whatever the Sales Force Effectiveness (SFE) improvement, it will require funds to get it implemented. Who Should Pay?

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 27, 2019

Let’s look at three key factors: Trust: The modern buyer is increasingly skeptical of traditional marketing tactics for obvious reasons. Consider all review channels: From Yelp to Glassdoor to G2 Crowd, there are so many platforms your customers can use to leave reviews. Encourage your customers to create UGC by offering an incentive.

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Social Media Marketing Referrals Influencer 210

Janek Performance Group

AUGUST 26, 2022

As sales pros, you might not steamroll, bully, or otherwise menace clients. Here are several tips to develop a winning sales strategy: Define Goals. Of course, all sales organizations want to sell more. Get creative with loyalty incentives. It can also be boosted with regular sales coaching and training.

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Webinar Metrics Strategy Outsourcing Services Sports 62

SBI Growth

MARCH 21, 2013

Generating New Sales Leads – Move leads through early stages of buyer’s journey, nurturing them until sales-ready. Educating Buyers – Commercial Insight that educates buyers on issues your firm is uniquely positioned to solve. STEP 2 - PICK THE TARGET BUYER PERSONA. STEP 10 - CHOOSE YOUR CHANNELS.

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Campaigns Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 319

Smooth Sale

APRIL 15, 2024

Also, create a detailed marketing plan outlining your promotional strategies, pricing structure, and sales projections. Happy and loyal customers become repeat buyers and serve as brand advocates, spreading positive word-of-mouth and driving new business. Today’s insights are provided to help you achieve the Smooth Sale!

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