Cincom Smart Selling

MAY 8, 2024

A scalable CCM approach oversees the full lifecycle of outbound and inbound communications, managing communication channels in a unified way across the entire customer journey. A customer communications management (CCM) solution is a centralized platform designed to manage all inbound and outbound communications with customers.

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Janek Performance Group

JULY 11, 2023

A sales manager recently asked, “Is cold calling effective?” My answer was not an attempt to be glib or elusive, but rather a factual observation from working with hundreds of sales teams. There are sales teams who find cold calling effective, while there are others who think it is useless. I replied, “Sometimes.”

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

I run a European based sales agency for software and technology companies. In this article, I will summarize what I’ve learned about the most important ingredients for a successful outbound sales process. The Key to Outbound Sales Success – Understand the Problems & Pain You Are Solving With Your Product.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 13, 2020

Wherever they are, your sales force is a dynamic team that's unique to you. Accounting for the various types of salespeople, the steps you take should empower both in-office interaction as well as hard-to-control outbound scenarios. For outbound employees, ensure that they have the supplies necessary to venture into the world.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Account-based marketing (ABM) is a hot topic of conversation, and momentum is building to expand this person-first approach from Marketing to Sales and beyond, breaking down department barriers with shared goals: Enter account-based everything (ABE). It’s not old wine in a new bottle,” says Dave Sill, our Senior VP of Sales. “It’s

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DiscoverOrg Sales

AUGUST 2, 2017

Sales and marketing teams operate on two sides of the same coin. As job discipline lines continue to blur , sales departments have discovered a few ways marketers can help them do their jobs even more efficiently. Sales enablement content need to be customizable. There’s no one-size-fits-all model in sales.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Sales leaders like Florin Tatulea (Director of Sales at Barley) feel the impact from the past few years alone: “Pure cold outbound is 3x harder than it was in 2021.” Sales teams in companies with a focus on product-led growth are rapidly adopting this approach. So how can one cut through the noise? Let’s get into it.

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Crunchbase

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Here’s what the move from Seed to Series A looks like for revenue or sales organizations. The dollar amount of funding will vary , but usually, how these rounds differ is in moving away from a primarily founder-led sale–you may have a small sales organization of 2-5 people, but the founder is still leading most sales.

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PandaDoc

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Sales prospecting acts as the first stage in the sales process. B2B sales organizations may often find that this process is highly time-consuming and requires significant investments in manual labor. B2B sales prospecting in a nutshell. The more detailed and accurate your ICP is, the more resultative your sales will be.

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Close.io

JUNE 6, 2018

Here's the recording of today's webinar about how to build a scalable sales process (no matter the stage you're in today). Whether you realize it or not, you (and your sales team) have a sales process. It might not be well-documented, replicable, thoughtful or very successful, but you've got one. Tune in below!

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Pointclear

JULY 16, 2013

Top performing B2B sales organizations rarely employ just one lead generation tactic. Inbound marketing is based on developing high quality content that attracts qualified buyers, who are in the early stages of the sales cycle. There is an active debate about the quality difference between leads from inbound versus outbound marketing.

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Cience

OCTOBER 6, 2020

As sales become increasingly sophisticated these days, B2B companies everywhere are investing greater resources into outbound marketing. Sales research, overlooked by more of us than we’d like to admit at the prospecting stage, has outsize impacts on top-of-funnel velocity. Pretty straightforward, right?

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PandaDoc

APRIL 6, 2023

VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is a good friend of sales agents. Since VoIP software can be integrated with various tools — Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in particular — sales agents get new ways of reaching KPIs and boosting productivity. But this is not all.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 31, 2022

Want to write sales emails like a pro? Manager, Outbound Growth Marketing at Greenhouse) and Will Allred (Co-Founder & COO at Lavender) to get TWO perspectives and TWO approaches on real sales emails, every week on Sales Hacker. Have a question about your sales email? Join Kristina Finseth (Sr.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 16, 2020

Here are five important steps to make your team referral sales experts. If salespeople were self-motivated, they wouldn’t need sales managers or metrics. That’s why we need sales managers. Actually, what we need is strong sales leadership. Sales managers do what they ask others to do. I’m including myself here.

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Score More Sales

DECEMBER 27, 2013

In the first two posts in this series we talked about gaining visibility to grow sales as well as putting a plan in place. Example: Ridding Your Office of Paper in Favor of Digital Documents. Do you have thousands of documents that you or your company wants to convert digitally to be more organized in the coming months?

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 18, 2021

For instance, training platforms that offer courses in various sales training topics might empower salespeople and boost their performance. In other words, the sales setup of an average business is constantly growing. But what is a sales setup anyway? What Is a Sales Setup? How to Create a Sales Setup.

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Apptivo

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Best sales automation examples. How does Sales automation help the sales team to boost sales? Creating efficient sales and marketing workflows eliminates the need for repetitive tasks. Best sales automation examples. How does Sales automation help the sales team to boost sales?

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Score More Sales

DECEMBER 26, 2013

What if you had a sales dashboard? If you are not one of those sellers, and would like a very simple way to get your week off to a great start, consider downloading our free Weekly Sales Dashboard – Generic version free download here. Weekly Sales Dashboard FREE DOWNLOAD click here. What videos or blogs? Jot them down.

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PandaDoc

MAY 3, 2022

Sales enablement tools are so hot right now. It’s easy to get caught up in a rush to have the coolest new sales tools. Here’s a closer look at tools that can help SDRs develop qualified leads and move deals farther down your sales pipeline. Why sales development reps love sales development toolkits.

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Pipeliner

JUNE 13, 2022

We are creating a new category in the sales technology industry: the Sales Suite. Today sales—and, really, commerce as a whole—has hit an all-time high of complexity. That kind of approach is not solving our already overly complex sales and commercial landscape. Wrong Approach to Complexity. Talk about complex!

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SalesHandy

APRIL 25, 2021

When it comes to nurturing and closing leads, sales calls take up a lot of your team’s time and resources. They are probably the most important and impactful communication channel for your sales team. This is why there needs to be solid processes and steps in place on how to make a sales call. Conduct Prospecting.

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Pointclear

MAY 10, 2016

Understanding the CEO’s role in eliminating wasted marketing spend and increasing sales results—the first of a 9 part blog series. In his book New Sales. Sales measures itself on revenue generated (and sometimes margin). Drive revenue from all sources : Inbound, nurture and proactive outbound. Simplified.

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Close.io

JUNE 13, 2018

If your sales process relies heavily on cold emailing or calling prospects, the new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) isn’t great news for you. At its most basic, the GDPR changes the way outbound sales teams can collect and use personal data like email addresses, names, and other info about prospects.

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PandaDoc

MAY 9, 2024

So, what is a sales spiff, exactly? It’s no secret: sales is a fast-paced industry. Competitions can bring fun and games into your sales department. Spiffs can also boost team morale, accelerate short-term sales, and help you rapidly shift your sales strategy. You’ve come to the right place.

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Pointclear

AUGUST 14, 2012

This is the first in a series of four blogs about B2B Lead Generation marketing and sales metrics, and proverbs. Something else not well understood in many marketing and sales departments is the importance of certain metrics. greater than “cold” outbound prospecting and nurturing.

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Crunchbase

APRIL 6, 2020

As a sales leader, COVID-19 has introduced many new challenges. Why I’m watching Humio: A time-series logging and aggregation platform, Humio is designed to instantly process massive amounts of log data–essentially data documenting events that occur within a program or platform. Industry: Document Management, Ediscovery, Legal.

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PandaDoc

MAY 26, 2022

Is my sales strategy clear? Without a clear and documented plan to help your sales team position your products and services directly to buyers, the risk of misinterpretation, miscommunication, and costly errors increases dramatically. Here’s a closer look at how to write a sales strategy that works. Create an action plan.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Editor’s note: Sales managers and leaders are often faced with creating a sales playbook from scratch. More than 8,000 companies use PandaDoc’s document management platform to send proposals and quotes (in fact, $16 million+ worth of deals have been closed with PandaDoc). Sales Process. Sales Team. Sales Cadence.

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Nutshell

MARCH 19, 2024

As the backbone of any business, the sales team needs to be efficient to meet targets and ensure the company remains profitable. Keeping an eye on your team’s sales productivity is one of the best ways to track performance and nip bottlenecks in the bud. Table of Contents What is sales productivity? What is sales productivity?

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Crunchbase

JULY 13, 2020

Why I’m watching Thoughtexchange: Remote teams are shifting processes to include written documents and no longer solely relying on historical knowledge amongst employees. Shamus Noonan is a sales manager at Crunchbase, where he leads a team of AEs & SDRs across inbound and outbound channels. Find him on LinkedIn.

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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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Score More Sales

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Recently there was a report published on converting B2B sales leads into deals that we blogged about. In addition to the tool(s), do you have a documented process on how to review and rate the leads that come in? The study was researched by Leads360. They also just created a handy Infographic to go with it, so take a look and enjoy.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Download our “ How To Mystery Shop Guide ” by registering for our Sales & Marketing Research Tour here. Sales Contact (after qualification): How long does it take a sales rep to follow up? Does the sales rep ask me the same questions, or reference information from the previous call? The Mystery Shop. Get there first.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

As a sales professional, the rate at which you’re expected to guide prospects through the sales process and drive revenue for your company is likely increasing. Growth hacking is a popular term in the marketing world, however, sales teams can greatly benefit from implementing growth hacking strategies as well. HubSpot CRM.

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Pointclear

MAY 24, 2016

Document the cost per lead is the fourth 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. What determines that a lead will be accepted by sales? Have all contacts been engaged?

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

In any thriving organization, whether an enterprise or a small business, sales and marketing serve as the backbone, driving growth through deal-closing and brand-building activities. A seamlessly working sales and marketing strategy that aligns efforts with business goals. What Is a Sales and Marketing Strategy?

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