Janek Performance Group

MARCH 26, 2024

Among the myriad of tools and strategies available, one aspect stands out: buyer personas. Crafting detailed buyer personas allows organizations to humanize their target audience. There, he introduced the importance of buyer personas. The importance of buyer personas is self-evident.

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MTD Sales Training

AUGUST 13, 2019

When we talk to buyers, we often ask what inspires them to remain loyal to suppliers. What is it that makes buyers really want to do business with you? What is it that makes buyers really want to do business with you? Put simply, it’s by dealing with and going beyond the needs of buyers that will make you top of the list.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 5, 2023

When I surveyed 1,477 global sales professionals to determine the top trends and challenges that teams were facing , one key finding became apparent. We've entered, what I call, "The Age of the AI-powered buyer." Buyers already overwhelmingly do their own research and are highly knowledgeable before they even engage with sales reps.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Author: Umberto Milletti All trends point to 2020 being more focused on the B2B customer, with data and insights as the key to understanding their needs. Marketing and sales have switched to account-based everything, which crystallizes focus on the customer. Customers have more power and more information than ever?—?they

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 9, 2013

Most do not accurately follow the ebb and flow of buyers. Instead, you must account for the fluidity in the buyer’s journey. These tools help to anticipate buyer trends and keep pace with the buyer. Discover insights and market trends from SBI’s research in 2013. However, it cannot be viewed in isolation.

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SalesFuel

APRIL 10, 2024

SalesFuel explains that to be considered credible, buyers must know what they're talking about. Buyers should know how to help solve business problems or achieve goals. One being that sellers simply want to work with knowledgeable buyers, according to SalesFuel's findings. What is sales credibility?

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Buyer intent data tools make it easier to identify the when and how of a potential prospect’s consideration for purchasing a specific product or service. Buyer Intent Data Sources. How to use Buyer Intent Data Tools. Buyer intent data tools help segment and analyze the customer journey into intent and typical buyer behavior.

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Showpad

APRIL 10, 2023

The uncertainty surrounding inflation, recession, and supply chains have caused ripple effects in businesses across industries: 81% of sellers say deals have been lost or stalled in the past year due to a key stakeholder’s departure from a client or prospect company. 57% of buyers say sellers lack knowledge of their unique business needs.

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Emissary

JUNE 6, 2022

Will airline technology trends be short-term or drive permanent changes to the aviation technology landscape? In this Buyer’s Seat we are going to take a vertical focus and take a closer look at the travel & hospitality industry – specifically aviation (airlines, airports and those in that supply chain).

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

With millennials moving into executive and decision-making positions, we can expect the trend away from onsite and face-to-face meetings to continue. While control still resides with the buyers, who are still doing 60% or more of their research before reaching out to sales, sellers may be making some inroads.

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Alice Heiman

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The sales industry is incredibly progressive. So, we decided to ask a group of sales experts this one question: What is the biggest trend you expect to see in the sales industry in 2019? . Sales Trends of 2019 . Buyer Enablement and Communication . One of the most important trends I see is personalization.

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 27, 2022

As a sales training organization, we work with innovative, successful companies across a variety of industries. As AI continues to evolve , many industries are adopting it to improve their products and services. Meeting the needs of B2B buyers in the field is a complex challenge. Adopting a Mobile-First Strategy.

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Pipeliner

JUNE 4, 2023

This article concludes our series on mega-threats to the sales industry, inspired by the fascinating bestselling book by Nouriel Roubini entitled MegaThtreats: 10 Dangerous Trends that Imperil Our Future, and How to Survive Them. Let’s take up the final mega-threat to the sales industry—missing processes and wrong technology.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

AUGUST 11, 2017

But what about B2B buyers? With so much of the spotlight on what sales reps could do differently, examining and understanding the psyche of buyers often gets overlooked. It turns out that it’s buyers themselves and their attitude toward risk and change that drive their view of salespeople. B2B buyers’ opinion of salespeople.

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SBI

AUGUST 17, 2021

Q: What are your customers doing to adapt to - or leverage - the trend towards distributed sales teams and remote selling? Sales intelligence and buyer intent data also help account managers spot cross-sell opportunities and prevent churn. Q: What is the impact on organizations that adopt sales intelligence and buyer intent solutions?

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Showpad

JULY 30, 2019

Promoting collaboration between Sales and marketing is the catalyst for success in the CPG industry. We took a look at common growth challenges for CPG companies’ marketing and Sales teams and how Sales enablement solutions help them connect with buyers, stay current with industry trends, and beat out the competition.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 28, 2020

The global State of Sales Project , which surveyed more than 500 B2B buyers and 500 B2B salespeople and sales managers from companies of various sizes and industries, found that COVID-19 is strengthening and accelerating trends that were already starting to transform sales before the pandemic hit.

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Highspot

JUNE 4, 2021

Today, Highspot launched industry-first, unified Play Scorecards to address these issues. To date, Highspot customers like Synthego are using Play Scorecards to better understand the performance of sales plays that focus on product launches, targeting new buyer personas, and upskilling sales reps. .

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Crunchbase

JANUARY 26, 2021

Every year in the sales industry brings new trends and processes for business leaders to consider. To help companies of all sizes approach the new year in the right way, the team at Revenue Grid used data from over 550 cutting-edge B2B sales teams to help track down the most important trends in the future.

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The Digital Sales Institute

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

How to sell and engage buyers in the digital, remote, and noisy world is definitely a challenge we all face. The spray and pray days of contacting buyers with little more than a sales pitch to hit our sales targets have long since passed. The modern buyer demands more and expects a more personalized, tailored experience.

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Women Sales Pros

APRIL 19, 2019

I hope you find value from my take on the four trends that will improve your success in 2019. Trend 1 – Smart Hiring The typical churn year over year in a sales organization is 25%. Trend 2 – Embrace Sales Enablement Sales enablement is the fastest growing discipline in sales.

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Emissary

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Even though technology buyers are looking for more from their vendors, they have less time to spend with sales reps during the buying process. The Cyber Research Databank lists over 3,000 vendors and 6,900 products your buyers have to choose from today. Keep the sale moving with effective interactions that meet all buyers’ needs. .

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Are you prepared to leverage the sales trends experts predict will be big in the coming year? If you want to perform at your highest level in 2018, you can’t ignore the following trends. Which of these B2B Sales Trends for 2018 do you think will have the biggest impact? Is your organization set up for success? 43.69 %.

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Smooth Sale

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Today’s Guest Blog, ‘‘Marketing Strategies That Work for Any Industry—and 2 Creative Ways to Fund Them.’ No matter the industry, the key to successful marketing is adapting to changes. Thus, following customer trends and desires will lead to sales-driving data. Marketing Strategies That Work for Any Industry.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Time for Sales Hacker’s Annual Top 10 Sales Trends and Predictions for the Future of Sales in 2019. Our predictions are made up of the trends we’re seeing in the marketplace and sales ecosystem. Without further delay, here are our predictions of the biggest sales trends in 2019. Trend #1: Relevance.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Buyer intent data tools make it easier to identify the when and how of a potential prospect’s consideration for purchasing a specific product or service. Buyer Intent Data Sources Buyer intent data is typically sourced from first (internal) or third (external) parties, which, when combined, offers a complete view of target account activity.

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Openview

DECEMBER 12, 2018

The end of each year brings a number of end-of-year articles that predict the trends for the coming year. Over the past few weeks, myself and Jeff Rosset have seen our fair share of sales trends for 2019. Today, buyers know where to look for evidence of the pros AND CONS of your products, services and even your culture.

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Pipeliner

APRIL 20, 2023

And if you want to remain relevant, you’ve got to keep an eye on the latest marketing trends. With that in mind, we’ll dive into eight important marketing trends that you absolutely can’t afford to ignore in 2023. Sure, some of these ideas are nothing new. Sure, some of these ideas are nothing new.

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Crunchbase

JANUARY 12, 2022

Here are the trends that I believe will have the most significant impact on sales teams in 2022—and my thoughts on how to prepare. While more people may return to the office in early 2022, that doesn’t mean B2B buyers want to return to in-person meetings. Search less. Close more. Hybrid selling is the new normal.

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Pointclear

JUNE 6, 2013

Online content in the sales and marketing industries is dynamic and constantly changing. 5 Buyer Behaviors Reshaping B2B Marketing. According to Buyerology founder and principal, Tony Zambito, buyer constantly changes; however, B2B marketers should monitor important trends. Via GreatB2BMarketing.

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Allego

MARCH 15, 2022

If sellers want to connect with today’s buyers, their interactions with them must be hyper-personalized. She also helps the market understand the increasingly important role new technology plays in enabling better experiences for both buyers and sellers. How to Have Hyper-Personalized Conversations with Buyers.

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KO Advantage Group

DECEMBER 23, 2018

This time, I want to talk about what it’s like to be the buyer. So I’m not sure about the current trends in the industry and the difference between a $1,000 website and a $100,000 one. In my videos and here on the blog, I always speak from a sales coach perspective. I asked a few companies to give me a quote.

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Emissary

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

This week on The Buyer’s Seat , we take a look at digital banking technology trends and how they are affecting selling into this industry. One of the reasons that we wanted to focus on financial services for this podcast is that like a lot of industries, financial services had a bit of a wild and wooly year.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Trends that are here to stay. Buyers have increasingly embraced completing their own research for years. And there are some industries that still rely on printed catalogs and handshakes to close deals?—?“knuckle Take any trend?—?social, This is certainly not a new trend, but it is also one that is certain to increase.

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Showpad

JUNE 29, 2021

Engaging buyers in an effective way requires sales professionals having access to the right content and messaging for their targeted buyer roles and their business challenges. Additionally, it’s crucial that they can tailor their approach and their messages in each buyer interaction in a valuable, relevant and differentiating way.

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Miller Heiman Group

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

In the past few years, three waves of change have rocked the sales industry: Sellers often play a smaller role in the buying cycle, as buyers wait later in the sales cycle to engage them. Managers sit squarely at the intersection of these trends, yet for most organizations, sales management strategies have hardly changed.

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Apptivo

MAY 14, 2021

The pandemic has caused every industry to face changes that they must have planned in the years to come within weeks. Global lockdown conditions led the buyers to change their buying habits and rely on online sources more than offline ones. With severe shifts in the dynamics of industries and the global market, you need to change too.

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