DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 8, 2017

I like Brainshark’s straightforward definition of sales enablement : Sales enablement: “A systematic approach to increasing sales productivity, by supporting reps with the content, training and analytics they need to have more successful sales conversations.”. Process-oriented sales enablement.

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Mindtickle

MAY 4, 2022

But most companies don’t have an ideal rep profile to map out the skills and competencies that their sales reps need to nurture those prospects, close deals, and convert them into paying customers. Companies need to identify the skills through which their top-performing salespeople excel. Product knowledge.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 14, 2013

SBI’s content marketing offering has helped companies produce the content that buyers seek. When trained and armed with the battle-tested tools, an Internal Content Marketing team can produce high quality demand generation content consistently. Sales will be enabled to close deals faster. Author: John Koehler.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 1, 2021

And while tactics are important, a sound sales strategy is critical to improving your closed/won ratio. It’s easy to rationalize how a company is “kinda in our ideal account profile.”. The AE either (a) disqualifies, or (b) starts to work the no-chance-of-closing deal. Train continuously: recommend quarterly.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 6, 2021

From B2C consumer-focused tech to the next B2B enterprise cloud giants, B2B, and B2C technology companies are springing up left and right and sprinting toward multi-billion dollar valuations (whether on the private or public markets) faster than ever. What’s the difference between a VP of Sales and a Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)?

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 6, 2020

In this guide, we'll dig into how to create a sales strategy plan that helps you generate more leads and close more deals. In outbound sales — the legacy system of most sales teams — companies base their sales strategy on seller actions. Demand Generation. Closing techniques. Sales Activities.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Matt covers the entire pipeline – demand generation, lead management, sales effectiveness, technology and more – all focused on helping you find, manage and win more business. Each week, host John Barrows—leading B2B sales trainer and founder of JBarrows Consulting, gives listeners actionable tops to close more business.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 13, 2012

I had a call from Bob, a director of sales with software company. While he liked some of the ideas, he felt it would be difficult to follow some of the discipline proposed, because they “we’re a different type of company, and being public, puts additional demands on us, especially at month end and quarter end.”

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Sales Hacker Training

MARCH 14, 2023

Lead generation can be a mix of inbound or outbound techniques aimed at attracting potential customers to your product or service. Most B2B companies use some combination of sales development , demand generation, SEO , conversion rateoptimization, affiliate marketing and eCommerce to maximize their lead gen efforts.

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Mereo

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

1) TRANSITIONING FROM A FOCUS ON THE DEAL TO REVENUE If your organization is in the midst of pivoting from a focus on closing the deal (transaction) to ongoing revenue for the full client lifecycle, your go-to-market organizational approach will need to pivot too. How much training have they had to enhance their coaching skills?

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In this episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast, we have Nelson Gilliat , Demand Generation Manager at Brantr Media and Author of Death of the SDR , a book whose controversial central philosophy we discuss. Nelson runs demand generation for an agency called Brantr and he’s based out of San Diego. powered by Sounder.

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Crunchbase

DECEMBER 13, 2021

When preparing for a sales meeting with a potential prospect, you must consider whether your company is focused on these basics. . This was followed closely by video live streams. Make it a part of your sales training strategy to get the prospects also talking during their pitch. Image Source. Image Source.

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Gong.io

OCTOBER 12, 2022

But what exactly is Revenue Intelligence and why it is an essential tool for any B2B company to be using? Coaching : Share your top performers’ playbooks with the entire team so everyone can charge toward closed-won. Onboarding : Get your new reps up to speed and closing deals faster than you can say “closed-won.”.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 2, 2012

Fire everyone in your pipeline that you thought definitely close by year end 2011. There is no reason why some can’t be revisited, but that should been done based on merit rather than emotion; if it stands up to scrutiny, it may close next time you execute the sale. Demand Generation. Sales Training. Add a Comment.

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Debbie Qaqish is Principal Partner and Chief Revenue Marketing Officer for demand generation agency, The Pedowitz Group. A nationally recognized thought leader and innovator in revenue generation, Qaqish has over 30 years of experience helping organizations connect marketing to revenue. Who doesn’t want this?

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The Pipeline

MARCH 9, 2011

Having looked at what a sales process may look like , and then answering the question of whether all companies need one or just some , the discussion then turned to who should own the process in the sales organization. Demand Generation. Sales Training. Dave Kahle – Sales Training. Sales Process , Video.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 16, 2022

From layoffs at Redfin and Tesla to the plummeting crypto markets , companies are starting to tighten their belts — and the economy has shifted from the so-called “Great Resignation,” with a job market heavily favoring employees, to the “ Forced Resignation.”. Invest in training. Head of Demand Generation at Outreach.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Stored in Attitude , Communication , Communication Strategy , Demand Generation , EDGE Sales Process , Funnel management , Impact Questions , Interactive Selling , Next Steps , Proactive , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales eXchange , execution , qualifying. Demand Generation. Sales Training. Add a Comment.

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Corporate Visions

OCTOBER 13, 2018

With that in mind, I’m going to look at one key moment you need to train for during the deal, and two key moments your reps need to master with customers that are already in the fold. McKinsey & Company found that a one percent increase in pricing equates to a nine percent increase in operating margin.

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Meeting Demand Generation Agencies Maximizer Top of Funnel 67

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Recently I have seen a trend that has warmed my heart a wee bit, companies who are actually creating sales libraries for their sales teams. In some ways this is not new, I used to buy books for some of the reps that worked for me, and many companies will buy a specific title for their entire team. Demand Generation.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Marketing Operations (MOPs) rose up in the wake of rising automation and omnichannel demand generation. Building mutual close plans. Or how many times have you heard of sales reps promoted to sales managers without ever receiving training on how to be a manager ? Just make sure these two groups work closely together.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 15, 2011

As companies work to establish processes that embrace and support the buying journey from contact to close, an interesting result occurs. Growth in Interest: Anonymous Web Visitor ID can help marketers identify website visits from additional contacts at the qualified lead’s company.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

If you are in sales and your mandate is to sell to companies within your geographical territory, you have probably faced a scenario similar to the one that follows. Your company’s products and related services are utilized by companies of all types and sizes, Fortune 50 to mom and pop basement operations.

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Corporate Visions

MAY 22, 2019

To be effective, your company sales strategy needs to focus on customer conversations as a way to create a distinctive purchase experience and separate your company from the competition. Most technology companies position themselves for a competitive bake-off of features and benefits. But that’s just not the reality.

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Strategy Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring 103

The Pipeline

AUGUST 22, 2011

Too many reps feel the need to say a whole bunch of things not related to the key issue for the recipient of the call, dealing mostly with who they are, who their company is, and a bunch of other that lead to one of three things from the potential prospect: Rejection. Demand Generation. Sales Training. Tibor Shanto.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

I knew one company that had a desperate sales process. And they always needed to, because clients had figured out that if they wait to the last week of the month, the company would cave in a sell at a discount. Many saw the desperation of the company and their reps the last week of the month, and just waited for it. Book Notice.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 2, 2018

Beyond that, it’s providing viable territories and targets, proper support levels, tools for training and enablement, demand generation leadership, and the removal of internal roadblocks. By working closely with marketing, I ran demand generation initiatives. What more could possibly be asked?

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The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

Training and learning is an everyday thing for the best salespeople in the world. This can either be a recently-closed deal and how it happened, or it can be a deal that’s stalled (and how/why it got there). Demand Generation. Sales Training. Constantly make your team better. Review the latest product features.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

One for Top Sales & Marketing Blog , where I share the company of last year’s winner S. Demand Generation. Sales Training. Dave Kahle – Sales Training. From The Heart Sales Training Blog. Execution , the category also features colleagues Paul McCord , Wendy Weiss , Kelley Robertson and others.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 12, 2011

If you were to sell at a price that represented full value for you, your company, and the buyer then there wouldn’t be that much talk about the whole thing would there? Let’s be clear, this does not exclude new sellers, experience includes leveraging the collective experience of your company and fellow sales people. Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Leverage your personal experience and the collective experience of your company to understand what the most likely objectives of your prospect are, to develop a strategy and execution plan. Demand Generation. Sales Training. Dave Kahle – Sales Training. From The Heart Sales Training Blog. Add a Comment.

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The Pipeline

JULY 18, 2011

Through the mid and late 1990’s I sold an information solution, delivering live content directly into companies LANs, allowing them to create alerts. The leaders of the company used to carry out a strange annual ritual that demonstrated their desperation and lack of sound business thinking. Demand Generation.

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Pipeline Lead Rank Lead Scoring Top of Funnel 271

Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Then viable territories and targets, the right levels of support, training and enablement tools, demand generation leadership, and remove internal roadblocks. I ran demand generation initiatives by working closely with marketing and I met with the industry leaders. What more could you possibly ask for?

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Sales Management Hiring Demand Generation Agencies Territories 86

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Not having the answer is also an opportunity to introduce other resources from your company, and it is always a good thing to highlight your companies “deep bench” Some time ago I read that purchasers prefer to deal with sales people who are able to marshal the full resources of their company. Demand Generation.

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Sales Training Connection

AUGUST 24, 2011

Ride-Alongs – Marketing leadership, demand generation, product marketing, sales enablement, business development, and product management should each go on at least 6 sales calls a quarter. In addition to the suggestions in the Forbes post, a fifth alignment idea, and an easy one to start with, is Sales Training.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 3, 2011

With so many opportunities to ensure customer satisfaction, it is a wonder how some companies keep blowing it. Demand Generation. Sales Training. Dave Kahle – Sales Training. From The Heart Sales Training Blog. Sales eXchange. Add a Comment. Name (required). Mail (will not be published) (required).

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 26, 2011

Her company’s sales training had focused on helping customers find emerging markets, gaps in an industry’s solutions to challenges and areas where IT should be entering in order to take advantage of the latest and most sustainable trends. Demand Generation. Ian told us about Sandra the Super Sales Rep. Simple enough.

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