The Pipeline

OCTOBER 8, 2019

By Tibor Shanto. We all know the expression “the calm before the storm”, but most of us in sales experience the reverse. Selling can feel like the storm before the calm, with the calm is always “just around the corner”. This is always the case in a fast-changing environment, which adds to the storm like conditions. As technology continues to accelerate the pace of advances, other elements of prospecting are not keeping up.

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Richardson

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Profitability in sales is in question. Customers are more empowered by information and more sensitive to risk. Moreover, an increasing number of buyer side stakeholders means that pricing pressure is compounding. Therefore, more sales professionals need higher-level skills that equip them to navigate the negotiation process. The problem is that too often we see negotiations as adversarial or even a battle of wills.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Earlier this year, SBI consultant Kirk Snider wrote, “the only way to provide a good experience is to listen to what your customer is saying.” In his article, he shares why implementing different, and numerous types of listening paths are.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Everyone knows you need to include forms on your website to capture leads. But, it’s not enough to just slap a few form fields on your landing pages and call it a day. If you want your forms to convert, and convert consistently, you need a thorough web form optimization strategy. Believe it or not, only 52% of companies that use landing pages run tests on their forms to find ways to improve conversions ( source ).

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Longer sales cycles. Increasingly discerning buyers. More meetings. Intensifying competition. Economic uncertainty. Go-to-market teams of every size, in every industry, are grappling with these challenges firsthand. Thankfully, there’s an answer. We’ve developed an entirely new way for GTM leaders to identify and execute proven, data-driven strategies that drive revenue.

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The number one competitor every salesperson faces is the “no decision.” This is the customer who despite everything you do chooses to not do anything. They might choose to stay with their current supplier or simply say no just to postpone making a decision. Either way, for you, it is time wasted. More on this in my video below: You know what can make the “no decision” even more painful?

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Nimble - Sales

OCTOBER 8, 2019

If your message is not relevant to your customers, or they are not present on the channel you often use, then you will not be able to convert them. How will you understand the channels or the experiences that seem relevant to the user? Artificial Intelligence seems to be helping sales and the marketing team […]. The post 5 Ways Artificial Intelligence is Revolutionizing CRMs appeared first on Nimble Blog.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Customer acquisitions often require a combined effort from sales, marketing, product leaders, and executives. For account-based selling to be successful, everyone must maintain a comprehensive understanding of the customer. Enter, the Customer Insight Report. We call this the “Last Mile of Pre-Sales Customer Analysis.” An account-based strategy requires consistent messaging and positioning throughout the sales cycle.

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Anthony Iannarino

OCTOBER 8, 2019

There are more ways to get a demo wrong than there are ways to make it compelling and useful. If what you sell requires you demo for your prospective clients, the following eight laws will allow you to rule your demo—and improve your odds of winning. A Demo is a Sales Call. The first—and most important—law when giving a demo is to operate as if it is a sales call (because it is a sales call).

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Smooth Sale

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Attract The Right Job Or Clientele: The differentiator for losing or winning a sale is whether you focus on your prospect. Unless the prospective client needs what you are selling and sees the value, the potential purchase will be lost. Losses are more prevalent when salespeople come across with arrogance and ignore what potential clients have to say.

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Aviso

OCTOBER 8, 2019

What does #noCRM mean in theory and in practice? And what can it mean to you if you live and breathe the world of sales and revenue? A Brief Look Back In Time Let’s take a step back. The CRM industry started in the early 1980s. If it were an adult it would be a […]. The post #noCRM with #LessisMore appeared first on Aviso.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Many clients at The Center for Sales Strategy are essentially in the business of helping companies grow their business. In order to do that effectively, we teach salespeople how to think like a business owner. Thinking like a business owner takes the focus off what you sell (your products) and puts your focus on how to help your client or prospect achieve their desired business results.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 8, 2019

I was meeting with a client, we were doing the first pipeline review as part of their implementation of the Sales Execution Framework. Pipeline reviews are a great starting point for the process, a good pipeline review helps identify and isolate potential challenges as well as the performance leverage points. The client was a very large company, the current pipeline had thousands of opportunities.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 8, 2019

My last blog post was dedicated to the statement that sales enablement, contrary to what many of my colleagues say, does not begin with people. In actuality, it begins with processes. Once those processes are up and running, then, we get to people. Which people are we talking about? Well, that would be the sales reps, the people who perform the work.

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Even in today’s data-driven sales world, cold calling remains a fact of life for many go-to-market professionals. Fortunately, today’s sales leaders have a crucial advantage over their predecessors: market intelligence and outreach platforms that can warm up virtually any introduction.

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Sandler Training

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Selling for a living in the twenty-first century requires coming to terms with a dizzying array of interconnected, hard-to-anticipate changes in the areas of technology, marketplace trends, and client agendas. Falling behind in any one of these areas means losing relevance and with it, your competitive edge. The post Three Ways Sales Professionals Can Stay Relevant appeared first on Sandler Training.

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Miller Heiman Group

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Conditioned by their experiences as consumers in receiving personalized and seamless experiences from brands, today’s B2B buyers expect sellers to provide a similar experience throughout the buying cycle. Sellers must understand the entire customer path and develop experiences that place customers at the center. As buyers wait longer to engage sellers and as adoption of digital platforms evolves, many 1:1 conversations take place outside of traditional channels like email, leading to the rise of

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Showpad

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Today, I’m excited to announce the launch of Accelerate by Showpad. Accelerate is a virtual community for sales enablement practitioners across the globe to connect, find inspiration and build their skills through a variety of free learning resources. . Over the past eight years, I’ve had a front-row seat to the explosive growth of the sales enablement space.

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criteria for success

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Would your organization benefit from a sales training program? Are you aware of the signs that indicate you need one? If you're unsure, then you've come to the right place! Signs You Need a Sales Training Program Here are some tell-tale signs you need a sales training program: Your sales reps have varying levels of [.]. The post Need a Sales Training Program?

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

Enterprise sales can be a treacherous territory if you’re an inexperienced startup founder. Here’s the story of how it made my first startup go belly-up.From B2C to B2B It was mid 2007. We were a tiny team—just myself as the founder and one engineer.

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Mindtickle

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Mindtickle is thrilled to participate in this year’s Sales Enablement Society’s Annual Conference ! For those who aren’t familiar with the event, the conference features the industry’s best and brightest professional sales enablement leaders and practitioners. Attendees will hear from speakers who’ll share valuable insights, knowledge, and best practices learned throughout their careers.

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Close.io

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Enterprise sales can be a treacherous territory if you’re an inexperienced startup founder. Here’s the story of how it made my first startup go belly-up. From B2C to B2B. It was mid 2007. We were a tiny team—just myself as the founder and one engineer. Our open education Facebook app wasn’t getting any real traction, and it seemed like we were slowly losing momentum.

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Guru

OCTOBER 8, 2019

We all know that the holidays season isn’t just sugar plums and snowmen — especially not for direct-to-consumer brands. Order volumes are high, seasonal policies and promotions are plentiful, and over 40% of revenue is on the line. And no one is feeling the pressure quite like customer support teams. We hosted a webinar with Caroline Nolan , CX Manager at Brooklinen , Nikole Hobson , Customer Operations Manager at Minted , and Anne Raimondi, Chief Customer Officer here at Guru to address these o

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Longer sales cycles. Larger buying committees. Slow-moving compliance reviews. Every go-to-market team knows the frustrations that come from a drawn-out sales process. How can you speed it up? By building a modern GTM motion that uses data, automation, and proven best practices to unlock insights, engage customers, and win faster.

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Mobile Locker

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Want to beat the competition in the business to business (B2B) marketing game? Check out these TOP trends for 2020 and the decade ahead. 1. Deliver personalized experiences. Of course, businesses don’t market to businesses. They market to people. That’s why marketers must shift their thinking from “How do I market to other businesses?” to […].

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Mindtickle

OCTOBER 8, 2019

MindTickle is thrilled to participate in this year’s Sales Enablement Society’s Annual Conference ! For those who aren’t familiar with the event, the conference features the industry’s best and brightest professional sales enablement leaders and practitioners. Attendees will hear from speakers who’ll share valuable insights, knowledge, and best practices learned throughout their careers.

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Sales Evangelist

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Sales From The Street - "Are You Firing Me?" One of the scariest questions to ask in this field is, “are you firing me?” You might have asked this yourself, out loud or in silence, but regardless of how, it’s nerve-wracking just the same. Andy Racic has been in professional sales for nine years and most of those years were spent serving HR professionals.

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ExecVision

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Many sales leaders have shared the same concern: how will my senior reps respond to coaching ? It’s an answer you won’t know until you try, and with the possibility of resistance, opposition, or even outright hostility, it’s a gamble. As a sales manager, much of your responsibilities revolve around coaching and mentoring. According to Forbes’ research, 74% of leading companies see coaching and mentoring as the most important role of a manager.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 8, 2019

If you ask most people about the core values of the company that they currently work for, they either don’t know the core values. Or, if they do know them, they aren’t integrated succinctly into the company culture and aren’t taken seriously. The digital world has had a significant influence on the way that company culture and core values are adopted, or not adopted.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 8, 2019

When traveling somewhere new, most of us rely on apps like Google Maps to discover the best route to take. These apps also alert us of obstacles we may not have foreseen, even during trips we know like the back of our hand. Similarly, the concept of mapping is essential to effective content and product marketing strategies. Each stage in the buyer’s journey should be considered a milestone on the trip to becoming a customer.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Videos provide a lot of information to consumers that may not always be obvious over the phone or online communication. It allows for an interested person to understand a salespersons emotions, personality, mannerisms, etc. It is one of the best ways to show who you are and what you can do. In this interview, sales expert Frank Furness talks to John Golden about how to boosting sales and getting media attention through videos.

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