Zoominfo

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Winning large business contracts leads to increased revenue — but selling solely to large enterprises isn’t necessarily sustainable for a sales strategy. One of its benefits includes connecting directly to primary decision makers instead of dealing with groups of buyers and chains of execs. What is the Difference Between SMB and SME?

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Allego

APRIL 14, 2021

The era of rep-centric sales enablement has arrived—and it couldn’t have come at a better time. With the uncertain economy, the rise in remote teams due to the pandemic, and tightening budgets, it’s more important than ever for companies to equip their sales teams to produce at the highest level. The Downside of One-Size-Fits-All.

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Babette Ten Haken

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

1st LinkedIn message] Hi Babette, I understand you’re the author of Sales Aerobics for Engineers Blog. I’m working on groundbreaking XXX technology for B2B sales and marketing. You seem like a thought leader interested in learning about ways to improve B2B sales and marketing and I’m trying to get the word out.

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Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 13, 2014

I was first introduced to goal setting in sales when I was an insurance agent with National Life of Vermont. The company subscribed to the “Al Grannum” school of 10-3-1 - see 10 people, 3 will be qualified buyers, 1 will buy. I never did write 100 lives but, based on the sales activity reporting I did every week, I should have.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 26, 2021

Trust is such a vital part of sales, but sales leaders and salespeople still struggle to recognize and fully understand it. Moeed Amin is a Director and Founder at Proverbial Door, helping B2B sales professionals to increase their conversion rates and SME owners to scale their businesses. Trust in Sales.

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The Pipeline

JULY 18, 2016

Despite the evidence to the contrary, many sales people and businesses see multiple options presented to prospects as being “good” or the “right” thing, for the prospect, and by extension themselves. Some of this is based on the assumption that the buyer actually knows what they want.

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LeadFuze

JULY 19, 2021

What is Sales Velocity? We have to begin by giving a sales velocity definition. Essentially Sales Velocity is the speed at which leads and opportunities move down and out of your funnel. Sales velocity (or pipeline velocity) can be measured in a few ways: The age in stage before moving to the next stage. Click To Tweet.

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Yet that’s what many sales reps do—especially those working at manufacturing and industrial companies. As a result, sales teams end up with a disjointed content “system,” with content located in multiple locations. 7 Steps to a Strong Sales Content Management System. 7 Steps to a Strong Sales Content Management System.

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Bernadette McClelland

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

This is a story about why marketers salespeople must forsake any attempt to communicate nothing but the facts, and must focus on what people believe and then work to tell them stories that add their world view. 3% of people are ready to buy what you offer the market, right now. Instead I’m going to tell you a story.

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Bernadette McClelland

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

This is a story about why marketers salespeople must forsake any attempt to communicate nothing but the facts, and must focus on what people believe and then work to tell them stories that add their world view. 3% of people are ready to buy what you offer the market, right now. Instead I’m going to tell you a story.

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Webinar Metrics Real Estate Airlines SME 246

Allego

JULY 17, 2023

For years, we’ve talked about sales enablement and how enablement can help sales teams sell more. What sales content do teams need? It includes everyone who plays a role in helping to generate revenue for the business: sales, marketing, enablement, HR, and customer success. What Is Buyer Enablement?

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Allego

JUNE 16, 2020

At the same time, few can afford to interrupt their busy schedules to attend sales training classes or read stacks of books, manuals and articles. Sales meetings were cancelled and entire workforces began working from home. Today, reps need to stay productive while mastering new skills associated with virtual selling.

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A Sales Guy

DECEMBER 15, 2016

ABM, Account Based Marketing, we’ve all heard about it. (If Here are 5 tactics you can use right now to close larger deals with Account Based Marketing and Sales Development. What if you could leverage your SME, marketing manager, engineer, or any other resource on your team in an active sales cycle?

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Babette Ten Haken

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

What does the internal landscape look like, in terms of consistent delivery of products, services and post-sale support? Three areas are critical to creating consistent, holistic, delivery of customer success for customer retention: Marketing and Sales Strategies. Marketing and Sales Chaos creates Confused Customers.

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Babette Ten Haken

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

How are your best value added customer experience efforts sabotaged, both pre- and post-sale? Alternatively, value added (for material goods) relates to various features added to a basic line or model for which buyers are prepared to pay extra. She is a member of SME, ASQ, SHRM and the National Speakers Association.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 27, 2017

While every sales manager has their own unique coaching style, the end goal is the same; develop and improve how their sales reps sell and meet quotas. Structured coaching ensures reps have consistent behavior, produce more predictable sales results and follow a sales process. Research by the Sales Executive Council.

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BrainShark

MAY 3, 2022

Building and maintaining an effective sales training program is a difficult and continuous process. Brainshark , a Bigtincan company, is a sales enablement solution that: Makes creating training content easy. Helps you track sales reps’ learning progress. Lets you evaluate your training program’s impact on sales KPIs.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 27, 2017

While every sales manager has their own unique coaching style, the end goal is the same; develop and improve how their sales reps sell and meet quotas. Structured coaching ensures reps have consistent behavior, produce more predictable sales results and follow a sales process. Research by the Sales Executive Council.

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Babette Ten Haken

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Collaborative storytelling involves everyone in the organization, not just the marketing department. . Lots of organizations spend a lot of money on content creation to promote the sales of their products and services. Are You Investor or Buyer Story Pitching when You should be Storytelling? Enjoy this blog post?

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LeadFuze

JUNE 7, 2021

What are Sales Training Programs. Sales training programs are any type of formal or informal training that helps employees sell more effectively. For instance, a sales training program might teach you about the science of buying, how to ask questions to better understand your prospects’ needs and wants, or ways that people buy.

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Babette Ten Haken

MAY 28, 2018

In addition, STEM professionals are exposed to marketing and sales-based storytelling styles, when attending professional meetings featuring vendor exhibitors. Therefore, the majority of STEM professionals with whom I’ve worked and researched, perceive sales and marketing storytelling as lacking substance.

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Babette Ten Haken

AUGUST 1, 2018

These stories compel buyers not only to start doing business with an organization, but to continue doing business with them. Truth be told, customer success storytelling is more than a content marketing and demand generation exercise. She is a member of SME, ASQ, SHRM and the National Speakers Association. Honestly told.

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Babette Ten Haken

JULY 5, 2018

Are You Investor or Buyer Story Pitching instead of Storytelling? She is a member of SME, ASQ, SHRM, the Michigan Council of Women in Technology and the National Speakers Association. Focus on developing a refreshed and recalibrated customer experience and customer retention roadmap for your members. is available on Amazon.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Oh ya, the marketing team that “developed” the “value prop” does. What really counts in the real world (you know where sales are made), is the prospects’ and clients’ perception and definition of value. Unsuspecting prospects thinking they are meeting with an SME, are commonly probed for pain and fit.

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Sales Hacker Training

JANUARY 5, 2021

Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. How the role of sales development has changed [13:10]. Keeping new sales professionals focused on the mission [18:44]. Sam Jacobs: This week on the show, we’ve got Kata Nyitrai , head of global sales development for Meero, a fast-growing company in Europe. We’re on iTunes.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

I was talking to someone selling specialized ERP, and he was saying that this is only 5% of his market at any given time, small. You can try to push these buyers, but they do not react the same way as the willing 5%. The more and better they recognize and accept your SME status, the more effective you will be.

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OnePageCRM

MARCH 8, 2017

There’s an old joke in sales about selling products at a loss but making it up on volume. A common complaint from sales teams is: we can outcompete and make more sales simply by reducing prices. Let’s imagine some data from 100 potential customers: We can see that the price is elastic : lower prices result in more buyers.

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Costello

JANUARY 9, 2019

When we speak with marketing agencies about using our sales playbook software to sell their own services, one of the questions they always ask us is, “What questions should I ask my prospects?”. In total, we gathered sales qualification questions from 26 experts, as well as the answers they expect to hear from their prospects.

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Mindtickle

MARCH 1, 2024

Focusing on enterprise sales can be a great way to grow your revenue. After all, enterprise sales drive a lot of value. Adding those big logos to your customer roster is a great way to build credibility and grow sales. Sales reps going after enterprise deals must be ready to navigate complex selling scenarios.

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Close.io

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

First off, let’s make one thing very clear: sales enablement isn’t just another fun trend that’s here today and gone tomorrow. Just five years ago, CSO Insights ran a study about sales enablement and only 25% of the companies they surveyed had developed sales enablement for their teams. 9 sales enablement best practices.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women in sales often have a polarizing experience. In the Sales Hacker video series Aha Moments , I asked 10 women: “What is one ‘aha moment’ you’ve had in your sales career?”. The conversations that followed were so authentic and encouraging that we decided to expand this conversation to other badass women in the sales world.

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Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Though the article is now a quarter of a century old, the sentiment has never been more true – especially for sales organizations. There’s no doubt sales content is a key ingredient of sales readiness and selling success. Virtually every sales enabler and marketer spends a lot of time creating content to support the sales team.

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The Pipeline

MAY 21, 2015

Sales is all about the execution, and execution, or at least good execution, is a result of proper planning, ignore or short cut any part of that, and you will have to work harder, or miss winnable opportunities. First and foremost you need to be a Subject Matter Expert (SME). When the two overlap, great, when not, slump.

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OnePageCRM

MARCH 8, 2017

There’s an old joke in sales about selling products at a loss but making it up on volume. A common complaint from sales teams is: we can outcompete and make more sales simply by reducing prices. Let’s imagine some data from 100 potential customers: We can see that the price is elastic : lower prices result in more buyers.

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Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Though the article is now a quarter of a century old, the sentiment has never been more true – especially for sales organizations. There’s no doubt sales content is a key ingredient of sales readiness and selling success. Virtually every sales enabler and marketer spends a lot of time creating content to support the sales team.

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Anthony Iannarino

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

It’s a new time and the evolution of sales means that things just keep getting trickier, so you got to keep pace here. He was a marketing professor there and he said, “People don’t buy drills, they buy holes. So you come in and you start talking about these are the things that we’re observing happening in the market right now.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 5, 2011

A Demand-Gen Report interview with Thomas Pisello, The ROI Guy, Chairman & Founder of diagnostic / ROI sales tool provider Alinean Inc. Can you speak to how the changing buyer has increased the need for sophisticated sales enablement solutions? First, today’s B2B buyer is more empowered than ever before.

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