The Digital Sales Institute

DECEMBER 3, 2020

What is a sales cycle? Let us begin by explaining what is a sales cycle and why it is a critical component of any sales strategy. A sales cycle is a map that lays out the step-by-step process that salespeople will follow that maximizes the possibility of a sale. Understanding the Sales Cycle.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

In B2B sales and marketing, companies employ various strategies to drive growth and expand their client base. 76% percent of BDRs report to sales over marketing. 76% percent of BDRs report to sales over marketing. They then leverage research tools and market insights to pinpoint promising opportunities.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

The majority of Lead Development Reps are inexperienced, undertrained, and ill-equipped for today’s buyer. However, buyer behavior has changed. Informed buyer’s are entering the sales process with companies later than ever before. We are now living in the era of the self-directed buyer. Read from this script.

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BrainShark

JANUARY 31, 2024

Recent corporate belt tightening has put sales-adjacent departments like sales enablement and marketing in the hot seat. Because even though they contribute to and quite literally enable sales, their activities aren’t always as easy to tie to the deal as it is for reps who get phone and face time with buyers.

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SBI

AUGUST 17, 2021

Q: What metrics should customers of Sales Intelligence solutions use to measure the impact or progress of their activities? Sales intelligence and buyer intent data also help account managers spot cross-sell opportunities and prevent churn. It was a wake-up call to get good at digital sales and marketing.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Customer References & Buyer Confidence. So many of these buying decision factors apply to B2B buyers. As Brent Adamson, Distinguished Vice President, Gartner has written about and presented on , all the sales motions that go on must ultimately help build buyer self-confidence in making the decision.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

We call it Sales Tech Game Changers. This week I interview Ian Levine , Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of RO Innovation. Nancy: What are the top 3 ways your solution changes the game for a sales organization? RO Innovation’s platform changes the game by: Activating customer advocacy end-to end in sales cycles.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

Today’s B2B buyers are savvier, more informed, and have access to several options at their fingertips. What makes it more complicated is that 90% of buyers don’t follow a linear sales funnel path , leaving sales reps little to no room for mistakes. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever.

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Allego

AUGUST 23, 2022

We are pleased to announce that Allego has been recognized as a Representative Vendor in the 2022 Gartner Market Guide for Revenue Enablement Platforms. Revenue enablement platforms, formerly sales enablement, provide key functionality enabling resources that generate revenue via content, training and coaching.”.

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Allego

MARCH 7, 2023

Product marketers play a critical role in any company’s success. They’re conduits of information and the connective tissue between product developers, the marketing team, and the sales force. If you’re tired just reading that list, imagine how product marketers feel. 3 Habits of Highly Effective Product Marketers 1.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

OCTOBER 18, 2017

I have been doing sales training and consulting for nearly 20 years and I always get a chuckle when salespeople tell me they need to find ways to close business in two calls. It’s not about the number of calls—it’s about the length of the sales cycle. When I hear this today, I wonder where these people are living.

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BrainShark

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Today’s sellers are dealing with the high expectations of savvy B2B buyers, decision-by-committee, disruptive technology, M&A, product innovations… and more. Reps need to know A LOT to be at their best in front of buyers, but has your sales training strategy kept up with the times? What about sales training programs?

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Highspot

JANUARY 22, 2024

Having a well-defined go-to-market (GTM) strategy is crucial for the success of any product or service. A successful GTM strategy involves a series of coordinated steps aimed at bringing a new product to market effectively. One of the key components that play a pivotal role in executing a GTM strategy is sales enablement.

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Highspot

JANUARY 22, 2024

Having a well-defined go-to-market (GTM) strategy is crucial for the success of any product or service. A successful GTM strategy involves a series of coordinated steps aimed at bringing a new product to market effectively. One of the key components that play a pivotal role in executing a GTM strategy is sales enablement.

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Gong.io

MAY 6, 2020

We analyze sales interactions from our product users (anonymized of course). Then we analyze how seller and buyer actions impact deal success. . For this report, we analyzed 140,566 sales opportunities, including the sales calls and meetings that occurred within those opportunities. Warning: Long sales cycles ahead.

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Sales 2.0

MARCH 1, 2023

I am examining where we are today with AI in sales and where we are going. Regie helps sales, marketing, and success teams write engaging content faster using AI. Leverage communities We know that buyers are increasingly seeking the advice of other buyers in communities. Amelia: I think some buyers will.

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Allego

APRIL 30, 2024

This article originally appeared in Training Industry. In the competitive landscape of modern business, staying ahead requires more than just traditional sales tactics. Training Assessments: Generative AI sales enablement platforms can automatically build quizzes based on training videos and their transcripts.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Marketing and sales have switched to account-based everything, which crystallizes focus on the customer. Revenue teams – Companies will move beyond simply aligning sales and marketing toward revenue teams? super teams that include customer success in the same organization as sales, marketing and operations.

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Showpad

JUNE 15, 2020

And today’s sophisticated buyers expect salespeople to understand their businesses and needs before interacting with them. Sales training programs offer your reps the opportunity to develop their sales skills and connect with customers more meaningfully — when set up and executed properly. Benefits of sales training.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A comprehensive sales and marketing plan sets up organizations for long-term growth and success. In this guide, we’ll dig into the differences between sales and marketing plans, how to create your plan, and templates to get the ball rolling. What is a Sales and Marketing Plan?

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A comprehensive sales and marketing plan sets up organizations for long-term growth and success. In this guide, we’ll dig into the differences between sales and marketing plans, how to create your plan, and templates to get the ball rolling. What is a Sales and Marketing Plan?

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LeadFuze

AUGUST 13, 2021

Stay Ahead With These Sales Training Courses this 2021! Predictable Revenue, sales hacking, and now account-based everything has massively impacted the sales profession over the last 10 years. In partnership with LeadFuze, Sales Hacker has launched FREE LeadFuze Certified Sales Hacker Bundle.

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BrainShark

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Product marketing professionals (sometimes called solutions marketing) have a broad set of responsibilities, ranging from product launches and persona research to product messaging, go-to-market strategies, and more. See also: 5 Projects to improve your sales and marketing alignment with sales enablement.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Are your systems and training mobile enabled? The Tablet: Do you provide content that addresses your buyer’s market problems? Or is your buyer reading someone else’s content on their tablet? Do you have a plan to connect to more of your target buyers? Are you getting referred to those target buyers?

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Author: Mark Kovac, David Deming and Sushant Khandelwal Virtual selling in business-to-business markets, often associated with inside sales, has carried a bit of a stigma within field-dominated sales organizations. Myth 1: Field sales reps sell primarily in person. Reimagining Sales Coverage.

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Highspot

APRIL 14, 2023

Sales training programs that educate and prepare your team to anticipate rather than react to challenging sales situations is key. To do this, you need to have a high-impact and effective sales training program to help your salespeople excel.

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Highspot

APRIL 14, 2023

Sales training programs that educate and prepare your team to anticipate rather than react to challenging sales situations is key. To do this, you need to have a high-impact and effective sales training program to help your salespeople excel.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Author: TIM RIESTERER Sales training and enablement leaders, it’s time to level up. Buyers are searching for more information on their own. As a result, your content can’t be just a companion to a sales-led customer conversation?— Marketing is the sales development team. All selling is inside selling.

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Pointclear

JUNE 2, 2016

Nurture leads until they’re ready to turn over to sales is the sixth of 7 Truths about Sales and Marketing that CEOs need to know. This post is part of a series about the CEO’s role in eliminating wasted marketing spend and increasing sales results. True Nurture Opportunities.

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PandaDoc

MAY 30, 2019

A slow sales cycle is kryptonite to good sales teams. In today’s highly competitive business environment, it’s the fastest-growing technology companies that end up dominating the market. So, to be the best, you need to speed up your sales cycle. Hire better sales reps. Create urgency.

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Mereo

JULY 27, 2022

What is the last step of your sales cycle? Most B2B sales organizations will consider the job complete at the contract signature. Yet, if the true goal of sales is to Seek to Serve a buyer, the sales cycle is not over until the value promised is actually the value delivered.

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Allego

AUGUST 24, 2021

It falls on marketers to support their teams while ensuring salespeople are armed with content that captures buyer attention and closes deals. Tapping into the Power of Sales Enablement. As a CMO or product marketer, the ball is in your court for how well your company handles market pressures. 2 Seller Training.

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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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MEDDIC

MAY 10, 2023

In this article, I will share a practical case study of using AI to write a MEDDIC email to the Economic Buyer. a prospect headquartered in NY, was looking into a sales training program. a prospect headquartered in NY, was looking into a sales training program. But I wanted to give it a try.

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SBI

MAY 21, 2019

Transforming Sales: Buyers are Telling us What They Expect and That Will Continue. In this series, we ask Sales Tech Executives to describe how their solution can transform sales in a significant way. This week I interview Melody Astley , VP of Sales for Finlistics Solutions. Closer alignment with marketing.

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Allego

JUNE 21, 2023

But there’s also concern because sales, enablement, and marketing teams face serious challenges that impact their ability to attract and win over buyers. It’s harder to engage buyers, your competition is noisy, and buyers’ preferences have changed, Lee said. And in today’s economic climate, you can’t risk that.

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Pointclear

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Lead nurturing triples marketing's ROI, but only if done properly. I propose that nurturing is the most underutilized marketing activity at a marketer’s disposal. Marketing Pipeline. These are fully qualified prospects who are not immediately interested or ready for a conversation with sales.

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