Vengreso

AUGUST 21, 2023

Social selling is the art of using social media tools to locate, contact, and nurture potential leads, enhancing the accomplishments of sales teams. Digital marketing can leverage this skill to establish lasting customer loyalty and improved brand awareness. Below are some reasons why and how this is hurting their revenue.

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

It’s important that you equip your sales team with the right virtual sales skills to thrive. 70 to 80% of B2B decision-makers prefer remote interactions. Our data shows that win rates are 80% lower for small business deals when decision-makers aren’t involved. Monitoring market shifts.

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Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

The market is evolving faster than ever, and sales reps need high-quality ongoing training to keep up. Besides having a much bigger knowledge base and skill set than the average salesperson, their job is unique. They need to support and manage a team, set and measure KPIs, develop strategies, coach and mentor team members, and more.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

Each stage requires specific selling skills to satisfy prospect needs. When training B2B sales professionals, it’s important to focus on a skill set that aligns with its unique nature. This includes market understanding, solution selling, and long-term relationship building.

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SBI

JUNE 4, 2014

Every two weeks, I interview an executive from a top sales and marketing solutions company. What problem/s are you solving for sales and/or marketing organizations? Nancy: What’s the most important thing that today’s business decision-makers should look for (or ask, or consider, or solve)? Nancy: What does Qstream do?

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Vengreso

JANUARY 21, 2020

Instead, social selling combines outbound prospecting and inbound marketing techniques. For instance, sellers can leverage LinkedIn Boolean search strings to narrow their results, such as “VP or Director” and “Marketing” which will only show results for VPs and Directors in Marketing. Effective sales coaching.

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Highspot

JANUARY 14, 2024

These platforms offer a centralized and accessible hub for hands-on practice, role play simulations, and on-demand learning resources to ensure sales teams stay ahead of the curve and meet the demands of the ever-changing market. Using video for follow-up summaries offers consistent messaging to multiple decision-makers.

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The Digital Sales Institute

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Taking a sales skills course is the most purposeful route in enhancing a wide range of selling skills including cold calling, telephone sales, business development, closing, social selling, sales prospecting and sales presentations amongst others. Skilled in asking questions to uncover needs or remove obstacles.

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Gong.io

JUNE 8, 2022

Because nothing grabs a buyer’s attention faster than talking about what they could lose (market share, deal size, annual contract values, etc.). As Gong’s research has shown time and again, unless you’re using software that uncovers real trends in each rep’s selling skills, these coaching efforts are largely shots in the dark.).

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Highspot

JANUARY 3, 2024

Sales leaders and reps can efficiently navigate this crucial stage of the sales process with ongoing coaching and training. Solution: Focus on educating the prospect about the evolving market trends and how your solution aligns. Talk with the right people: Focus your sales pitch on decision-makers.

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Vengreso

APRIL 4, 2022

If you have any questions or doubts about using your LinkedIn profile as part of your marketing strategy – we’re here to help! Add to that this outstanding fact: 4 out of 5 LinkedIn users drive business decisions – no wonder it is the #1 rated social media platform among B2B sellers and marketers!

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Miller Heiman Group

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Use an Effective Formal Process to Gain Access to and Engage Key Decision Makers. Gaining access to key decision makers is a prerequisite for winning a deal. First, organizations should encourage sellers to design, prepare and practice their sales calls to develop their skills and receive coaching from their managers.

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Gong.io

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Whether that’s handling objections from cold prospects, or selling more licenses to an existing customer , there are a predictable set of conversations all your sellers experience. You can start by giving them specific campaign, coaching, and customer-facing content to help them on several fronts: . This is their new selling ammo.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Courses or certifications can specialize in sales skills such as sales presentations, sales methodology, social selling, or sales coaching. During the sales process, you'll need to give sales presentations, conduct product demos, and persuasively speak to several decision-makers. Implement roleplay. Find a mentor.

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SBI

JUNE 3, 2014

Every two weeks, I interview an executive from a top sales and marketing solutions company. What problem/s are you solving for sales and/or marketing organizations? Nancy: What’s the most important thing that today’s business decision-makers should look for (or ask, or consider, or solve)? Nancy: What does Qstream do?

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 13, 2018

HubSpot not only coined the phrase, “inbound marketing” but the company also creates top-notch content for sales professionals, marketers, and so much more. Mike Weinberg is a consultant, coach, speaker, and author on a mission to simplify sales. I’m a Speaker, Sales Trainer, & Success Coach.

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Bill Cowher, the Pittsburgh Steelers coach for many years, was asked once what his coaching philosophy was. And he said, “My coaching philosophy is very simple. That they’re armed with the right techniques and tools and support from groups like Marketing, to ensure that the messages are being delivered to that C-level.

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Perhaps they: Depended on marketing to send them qualified sales leads. Lacked requisite selling skills to engage in a value conversation. Weren’t coached by their sales managers. They spent plenty of time on social media and sent tons of emails, but they rarely reached actual decision-makers.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 13, 2018

HubSpot not only coined the phrase, “inbound marketing” but the company also creates top-notch content for sales professionals, marketers, and so much more. Mike Weinberg Mike Weinberg is a consultant, coach, speaker, and author on a mission to simplify sales. I’m a Speaker, Sales Trainer, & Success Coach.

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Crunchbase

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The principles of solution selling are based on four key pillars: situational knowledge, capability knowledge, people skills and selling skills. Image Source. Close the deal. Closing the deal may be a slam dunk, or it may take time.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

It may not reflect immediately on top line figures, but their follow through moves the needle on other metrics — productivity, discovery of new tools or techniques, and sharpened selling skills — any one of which will eventually translate to higher performance and attained goals. Our marketing team sucks.

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Zoominfo

JULY 13, 2021

We launched Workflows to activate market insights, buyer intent, and website activity. But there are only a few milestones in ZoomInfo’s history that have had a game-changing impact on our trajectory and transformed how businesses everywhere go to market. We acquired Clickagy and launched Streaming and Custom Intent.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 1, 2021

They pick up lessons about how to pitch, answer objections, use marketing collateral and other aspects of selling for that product in that market, while gaining confidence in their abilities. Reps improve by seeing how their peers perform key tasks. Blended Learning . Faster and Personalized Learning.

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Sales Training Advice

MAY 31, 2010

Beware: if an executive comes from a legal background but then gets into another function like, say, marketing, they will probably still think and sound sort of like a lawyer. So you want to sell more? This language is dictated not just by what functional area they are in now, but also what functional area they were trained in.

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Zoominfo

JULY 13, 2021

We launched Workflows to activate market insights, buyer intent, and website activity. But there are only a few milestones in ZoomInfo’s history that have had a game-changing impact on our trajectory and transformed how businesses everywhere go to market. We acquired Clickagy and launched Streaming and Custom Intent.

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Vengreso

MARCH 2, 2021

This is one of the principal lessons we teach on how to start a conversation on our Selling with LinkedIn course. In a remote selling environment, omnichannel prospecting is even more important. Here’s some data about what’s happened since March 2020: Marketing emails increased by 62%. Virtual events by 1,000%. Ad spend by 22%.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 23, 2019

Sales leaders acknowledge that referrals are their fastest revenue driver and solve their two biggest issues: getting qualified leads in the pipe and scoring meetings with decision-makers. But referral selling is easier said than done. Their teams don’t know how to ask for referrals or how to get them at scale. Here’s how: 1.

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InsightSquared

JULY 21, 2020

Superb sales skills do not come naturally to every young rep. Every sales leader should be coaching and nurturing these skills on a regular basis, but many lack the time or expertise to make a difference. However, coaching is key to the development of sales reps. But it’s not always so easy. No more excuses.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 21, 2023

Sales Terms A - D F - M N - R S - Z Account-based selling A strategic approach to sales that focuses on targeting and engaging specific high-value accounts with personalized and tailored messaging. Marketers and sales teams focus on providing detailed product information, addressing specific objections, and offering tailored solutions.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 23, 2019

Sales leaders acknowledge that referrals are their fastest revenue driver and solve their two biggest issues: getting qualified leads in the pipe and scoring meetings with decision-makers. But referral selling is easier said than done. Their teams don’t know how to ask for referrals or how to get them at scale. Here’s how: 1.

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Selling is a team sport once you’re talking quarter million dollar deals. I don’t just sell — I coach and direct a go-to-market team.”. Decisions makers: Senior leaders and executives who care about how the purchase affects their budget, strategic goals, and org alignment.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 8, 2022

So we’ve seen it said before: the single individual as “decision-maker” no longer exists as it used to either. But I think had we asked this question even just 10 years ago, we never would have seen ”digitally savvy” anywhere in the top 10 skills. That’s a monumental shift in what it means to sell. We dug in deeper here.

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Highspot

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

So, while sales reps typically focus on pulling decision-makers to a product, consultative sellers are obliged to dole out advice that guides buyers toward a final decision. In fact, as far back as 2016, buyers were already expressing a preference for collaborative sales experiences without the standard “hard sell” tactics.

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Highspot

DECEMBER 5, 2023

So, while sales reps typically focus on pulling decision-makers to a product, consultative sellers are obliged to dole out advice that guides buyers toward a final decision. In fact, as far back as 2016, buyers were already expressing a preference for collaborative sales experiences without the standard “hard sell” tactics.

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Gong.io

MARCH 11, 2021

We created the Revenue Intelligence category to enable leading revenue teams to get the unfiltered truth about their customers and transform the way they go to market. Onboard new CSMs while providing continuous training and coaching to keep teams productive and increase their effectiveness. Do we have access to the decision-maker?

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Mindtickle

MARCH 13, 2020

Buyers are more informed and their expectations have evolved, while buying teams are expanding to include more decision-makers. Do your reps have the tools, information, and management oversight and coaching they need to close the sale? . Sales cycles have become more complex and take longer than ever before.

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Take the rapid adoption of account-based marketing, for instance. You can then use this information to conduct more meaningful coaching sessions, focusing on your reps’ automation knowledge and ability to ask open-ended questions that shift the talk ratio. Reach out to a more senior decision maker. Topic duration.

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