DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Attempts to get sales enablement right are on the rise , as organizations grapple with the idea that shorter product life cycles, a more informed customer base, and global competition make the way they sell just as important as what they are selling. Streamlining the sales process. Create relevant sales content. Two things.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Many sales leaders think they’ve put a simple sales process in place, but they get frustrated when their reps don’t follow it. That’s because the sales processes leaders come up with are often not as clear, actionable, or repeatable as they’d hoped. These 3 Sales Process Tips Will Make You Unstoppable. Sound familiar?

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

And if so, what does it look like to sales professionals? In this post, we're going to discuss what it means to quiet quit in sales, what it looks like, and what sales managers can do when they think it's happening in their teams. Sales rely on won deals. Am I providing adequate training and support to the team?

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Allego

JULY 9, 2020

Sales productivity has never been more important, yet sales teams today face tougher obstacles than ever as the current crisis makes most in-person interactions impossible. Almost 90 percent of sales have moved to a remote model since the pandemic began, according to McKinsey. 2: Use Recorded Video, Not Just Live.

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Your company may have pivoted to virtual selling overnight this spring, but now you realize that working and closing deals when you can’t be there in person is the new normal. There’s both a greater need and an opportunity to follow up after virtual sales calls with something that will differentiate your value proposition.

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Mindtickle

AUGUST 28, 2023

The intricacies of pharmaceutical products, stringent regulatory guidelines, and the critical role healthcare professionals play in decision-making create a complex environment for sales reps. With those unique circumstances in mind, the importance of effective sales training cannot be overstated.

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A Sales Guy

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Sales people are gladiators. They are independent fighters for the company, expected to fight the fight with whatever tools they have. Like gladiators, sales people are expected to win. Sales people, like gladiators, are expected to just get it done. Sales people, like gladiators, are expected to just get it done.

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SBI

MAY 17, 2018

In this series, we ask Sales Tech Executives to describe how their solution can change a sales organization in a significant way. We call it Sales Tech Game Changers. Nancy: What are the top 3 ways your solution changes the game for a sales organization? Seismic levels the playing field for sales. This is the key.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 26, 2018

In an ideal world, sales reps would spend all day sending emails, taking calls, and ultimately, doing what they do best—selling. There’s a lot more to sales than meets the eye. The best sales reps have developed an arsenal of productivity hacks to balance the administrative work with the actual sales process.

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Sales 2.0

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

Startups are super exciting but they can turn a “rockstar sales person” into a “loser”. There are so many naysayers at the beginning of a company’s life that an entrepreneur must develop a super thick skin. Most startups make their first sales through the founders. This is often when the founders call in a “sales professional”.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 27, 2022

To get the most out of their investment, sales and marketing operations leaders should ensure that any data they collect is normalized before it’s put into action. Normalizing your data is the first step in a quality data management workflow. Every company uses different factors to normalize data. When should you normalize data?

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Zoominfo

JULY 12, 2021

Business leaders depend on the conversations that sales reps are having with prospects to grow their pipeline and stoke their go-to-market engine. Many companies lack easy access to valuable insights that inform sales conversations in real-time. Simplify coaching Sales reps generate an astounding volume of conversation data.

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Allego

JULY 31, 2023

Sales reps say they spend 51% of their time on non-core selling activity, according to the Forrester Sales Enablement Society 2022 survey. Further, sellers spend 11 hours a month looking for and modifying content for buyers, Forrester’s Q4 2020 Global Sales Enablement survey found. Buyers receive outdated sales collateral.

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Keith Rosen

MARCH 18, 2019

Does your company culture re?ect If companies are being honest, the answer for most is, “Not even close.” ” Here are 15 questions to assess your company culture, as well as your leadership and coaching effectiveness. If companies are being honest, the answer for most is, “Not even close.”

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Highspot

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The answer lies in lead generation driven by sales development reps. To truly unlock their potential, a robust sales development playbook is vital. What Is a Sales Development Playbook? Benefits of a Sales Development Playbook How Do You Create a Winning Sales Development Playbook?

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Allego

JULY 26, 2022

For that time, learning management system (LMS) software was ideal for enterprise learning and development, including sales training. The top-down solution allows companies to store, deliver, and track content. Today’s Sales Teams Need a Learning Ecosystem. It was enough for what was required during those years.

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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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Cincom Smart Selling

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

In many ways, managing multiple sales channels is like climbing that mountain—it looks easy until you really get into the process, and then the challenges and difficulties become all too apparent. You Need Channel Management. But, managing multi-channels is a strategic process that requires a strategic-level outlook and plan.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Being a sales rep is tough but rewarding. Day after day, you plan your conversations, prep your sales collateral, make dozens of calls, face a lot of rejection, and, hopefully, make progress on moving prospects down the funnel. Managing a sales team is a lot of work, too. On a good day, you’ll close a deal or two.

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Keith Rosen

JULY 30, 2020

Unfortunately, this is the message I’m hearing from senior leadership to their front line sales managers, as companies fearfully scramble to reinvent themselves. It was day two of delivering my sales leadership coach training course for the talented leaders at Microsoft in São Paulo, Brazil. The Storm Before The Calm.

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Allego

JULY 28, 2022

Podcast hosts are turning to Allego experts for advice on improving sales results. That’s because sales teams are under intense pressure to win deals and hit quota. It’s understandable, as sales are what drive a large part of a company’s success. That demand, however, may cause sales reps to pressure buyers.

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Showpad

MARCH 3, 2020

Sales operations (sales ops) and sales enablement are terms used often within an organization. But how do they contribute to sales productivity and overall business performance? Sales Enablement versus Sales Operations. Sales Operations Roles and Responsibilities. Managing sales tech stack.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 30, 2023

Like all disruption, generative AI in sales has the potential to completely change the way things are done. In this post, we’ll share the state of generative AI in sales today with three use cases for AI in sales. In this post, we’ll share the state of generative AI in sales today with three use cases for AI in sales.

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 5, 2022

As a sales manager, you’re like a general marshaling your troops (or sales reps) into battle. That’s why having a strategic sales plan is vital. It sets out everything your sales team needs to know about your sales process, including what they need to do at every stage of the B2B sales funnel to convert high-value leads.

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

This article originally appeared on Sales & Marketing Management. According to a Bain & Company survey , 92% of B2B buyers prefer virtual sales interactions, with 79% of sellers also realizing its effectiveness. Sales teams must be equipped with tools to successfully close deals regardless of location.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Bad decisions can cause your company to miss the number. When the decision is made at the top, the collateral damage is multiplied. Below are six of the worst decisions we’ve seen senior sales leaders make. Again and again, we encounter sales leaders who are certain they know their customers. Are you ahead of the curve?

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A Sales Guy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Sales is suffering from 9 brutal ills: Number 5 in this 9 part series. Not enough salespeople understand the game/rules of sales. Too much activity management. “Welcome to the team,” said my new sales manager, as he dropped a giant yellow pages phonebook on my desk. The Bro Culture , . Lack of Coaching.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 8, 2022

If you notice these trends with your own business, continue reading to learn the best tips for increasing sales in the summer. How to Bounce Back From a Summer Slump, According to Sales Leaders. Taking action will at least improve your attitude and at best snowball into a steady stream of sales. Prospect, prospect, prospect.

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BrainShark

OCTOBER 25, 2022

There can also be a lot of crossover between product marketing and sales enablement, depending on the organization. For example, sales enablement is responsible for ensuring salespeople understand who they are selling to, new product features and the value they can provide, and the messaging around those features. .

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 27, 2023

The average win rate for B2B companies in early 2023 fell between 17-20%. This is a significant drop from just a year before when sales success reached around 26%. Many companies are now facing slimmer budgets and higher competition. They need to achieve more with less, making sales enablement more important than ever.

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Mindtickle

JULY 31, 2023

In the highly competitive financial services industry, effective sales training is a game-changer. Sales reps are crucial in promoting and selling financial products and services to a diverse customer base. Conversely, companies that invest in coaching programs see an 8% increase in win rates. Let’s consider some stats.

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Mindtickle

MAY 2, 2023

As a sales enablement leader, sales content is a big part of your job. Whether it’s creating it, training reps on it, monitoring its performance, or updating it, simplifying sales content management lets sales enablement leaders focus on other programs that help sellers actually sell. It went from 3.5

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 13, 2018

With just the click of a mouse and a quick Google search, today’s sales reps have a whole host of resources right at their fingertips—resources that help them streamline and simplify activities like prospect research, sales outreach, and professional development. Today, we do the same for sales reps. 2. Sales Hacker.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 15, 2023

It’s hard to know when you’re ready to hire a sales team — and the consequences can make or break your startup. Perhaps not surprisingly, about 40% of new companies go out of business because they run out of cash or fail to raise capital, reports CB Insights. How do you know you’re ready to hire a sales team?

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Mindtickle

MAY 2, 2023

Odds are, if you’re a sales enablement leader right now, you’re operating your team much differently than you did less than a year ago. According to our 2022-2023 Sales Enablement Outlook Report , almost 40% of sellers achieve below 75% of their quotas. Less (or no) budget. More pressure. Heightened competition. Overwhelming stress.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Go to market launches are critical for most companies. Simply put, a go-to-market strategy is a plan outlining how a company introduces and promotes its products or services to their ideal customer, considering factors like the best marketing channels, sales methodologies , and pricing strategies to guarantee the product’s ongoing success.

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 16, 2022

What do top-performing sales teams do better than under-performing sales teams? Hence, the reason lead scoring was created, so that sales teams can prioritize whom to contact. In this article we will provide an overview of lead scoring concepts and how sales teams can use lead scoring to improve sales performance.

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