Wed.Sep 06, 2023

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8 Sales Statistics That Will Have You Questioning Your Selling Skills

Mindtickle

You already know the hurdles in B2B selling. With increasingly knowledgeable buyers, complex buying committees, and remote selling, today’s sales reps must elevate their expertise in order to win deals. Setting oneself apart from competitors is now more vital than ever. Although certain sales professionals may believe they possess the complete skill set required to seal any deal, there’s always room for growth.

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On Next Gen Leaders and Leveraging AI for Inclusivity

SBI Growth

The discourse on developing next generation leadership yielded insightful opinions at SBI’s recent Women’s Growth Forum, which took place in August. The invite-only discussion, comprised of a group of accomplished female leaders and professionals, shared what "NextGen Leadership Development" meant to them. Answering the question of whether it is the skills needed or the environment, the group agreed that it is a combination of both.

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What Is Collaborative Coaching in Sales?

Membrain

When we talk about sales coaching , most often we think of a sales manager offering advice, suggestions, and assistance to a member of their sales team. But this type of coaching is only one layer of an effective coaching system.

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Overcoming Hiring Challenges:  Solutions for Finding Qualified Sales Candidates in a Competitive Market

The Center for Sales Strategy

Are you frustrated with the challenges of finding top talent for your organization? If so, you’re not alone. According to a ManpowerGroup survey, talent shortages are at a ten-year high, with 69% of employers struggling to fill positions. In today’s competitive job market, recruiting and hiring superstar salespeople is no easy feat, but getting creative and spending time on recruitment each week could help you build a strong talent bank of potential candidates for the future.

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How B2B Buying Has Changed – And How Sales Teams Must Adapt

A dramatic shift has occurred in the B2B landscape. Buying has transformed radically in the last half-decade, causing growth rates to plummet, customer acquisition costs to skyrocket, and churn rates to surge. For SaaS companies relying on traditional sales strategies to grow revenue, these trends will only become worse, as they now falter in the face of modern purchasing paradigms.

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Do You Welcome Obstacles to Overcome?

Smooth Sale

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Do You Welcome Obstacles to Overcome? Advising someone to be fearless is easy. However, with the many obstacles we each face, it becomes necessary to step up to the fact they will not fade away but instead continue. The dilemma begins if we give up; nothing resolves, but if we continue, it may be a highly challenging road ahead.

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Sales Talk for CEOs: From FBI to Entrepreneur with Joanna Riley (S5Ep1)

Alice Heiman

From FBI prodigy to HR tech disruptor, meet Joanna Riley, the extraordinary CEO revolutionizing talent acquisition. Joanna’s secret agent aspirations led her down a unique path, guided by her parents’ unwavering support. Her undergraduate years were a whirlwind of cutting-edge courses in the psychology and geometry of crime, fueling her passion for espionage.

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Mastering Video Outreach: Lights, Camera, Prospecting Success

Julie Hanson

Mastering Video Outreach: Lights, Camera, Prospecting Success In the fast-paced world of sales, video outreach has emerged as a powerful tool. However, prospects have become quicker to hit that dreaded “delete” button as the number of videos hitting their inbox skyrockets. Many salespeople invest significant time in video prospecting only to find themselves frustrated by lackluster results.

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The Best Free Call Tracking Software (+Tips for Picking the Right One)

Hubspot Sales

Building a successful inbound strategy relies on getting prospects to come to you. To do this, you must first ask, “Where are my prospects coming from?” and “How can I meet them where they are?” While marketers with advanced analytics tools might have an easy time figuring how leads got to their landing pages, sales teams can use call tracking to learn more about their customers, where those buyers discover their company, and what platforms they spend time on.

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Mastering B2B Sales in the Modern Era: A Panel Discussion With Industry Leaders

G2Crowd - Sales Blog

G2’s Christine Li, with industry leaders from ZoomInfo, Gong, Salesloft, and Clari, share insights on overcoming challenges and engaging the modern B2B seller.

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Sales & Marketing Alignment: How to Synergize for Success

Speaker: Carlos Hidalgo, Co-Founder & CEO of Digital Exhaust, Author, International Keynote & TEDx Speaker

Recent research shows that only 50% of B2B organizations state that they have good alignment between their marketing and sales teams. This lack of alignment tremendously impacts the ability to meet business goals, and is a limiting factor for building and maintaining customer relationships. While many B2B organizations continue to struggle with aligning their marketing and sales teams, they can take practical steps to unify both teams and simplify their overall approach.

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Celebrating PandaDoc as one of HubSpot’s “Essential App for Sales 2023”

PandaDoc

The sales landscape is evolving rapidly, with sales apps playing a pivotal role in shaping the future of sales. One such app that has emerged as a game-changer is, well, us, PandaDoc. We were recently recognized as an “Essential App for Sales 2023” by HubSpot. Huge! Let’s chat about why we earned this prestigious title and how it can revolutionize your sales process.

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Nimble CRM Updates – September 2023

Adaptive Business Services

Summer has come to an end, at least in my hemisphere, and so it is time to get back to work:) Here’s the latest news on Nimble CRM. Upcoming – We are still waiting on deal automations and deal email filters. The initial offering of web forms is very close to being released. I have played with a pre-release version of the forms and it is awesome!

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Should You Focus On Short- or Long-Term Sales Training Outcomes?

RAIN Group

Sales training is an essential part of any successful sales enablement program. However, not all sales training initiatives are created equal. While some programs may produce short-term results, they often fail to deliver long-term success.

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Mastering Value Selling in the Digital Age

Highspot

Learn how this sales method builds trust and loyalty while emphasizing value. Plus, explore the future of value selling using advanced tech. What is Value Selling? Key Value Selling Strategies Sales Methodology for Value Selling Benefits of Value Selling How Does Value Selling Compare to Other Methodologies? Future of Value Selling What Is Value Selling?

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Streamlining Salesforce for Maximum Impact: A People-Focused Pocket Guide

Step inside the world of Salesforce consulting, stripped of fluff and jargon. Our guide provides a detailed exploration of five key success criteria, complete with actionable steps for immediate implementation. Elevate your Salesforce investment with insights on goal setting, system design, core object utilization, user adoption, and crafting a system tailored to your needs.

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8 Reasons CRM Implementations Are Never Really Finished

Pipeliner

The next in our series on CRM adoption takes up an important topic: the 8 reasons CRM implementations are never actually completed. 1. Lack of Clear Processes When a CRM adoption is not completed in a company, it’s easy to blame one particular individual or group. But one basic reason is a lack of clear processes. We’ll get into this more in detail further along in this article, but if a company has not detailed the goals and purposes of a CRM, and precisely the route the CRM adoption is going t

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Where Results-Oriented Sales Managers Go Wrong

Topline Leadership

Should sales managers focus on results? Absolutely, but problems with sales teams arise when sales managers focus ONLY on results rather than observing and improving the inputs of the sales process. Sales results are an inescapable metric of the sales profession. But sales managers who want their teams to improve results have to pay attention. Read full article The post Where Results-Oriented Sales Managers Go Wrong appeared first on TopLine Leadership.

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Audit or Benchmark?

Selling Energy

You may recall that I have shared reasons why the free audit does not work.

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Transform B2B buying with digital sales rooms

GTM Buddy Blog | Sales Enablement Resources

Digital sales rooms are virtual environments where buyers and sales reps can connect, collaborate, and close deals in a more organized and effective way.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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SAP Commissions Maintenance Cost: What You Need to Know

Canidium

Finding out how much SAP Commissions implementation will cost your organization is as simple as reviewing one of these two articles:

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The Mortal Enemies: Enablement and the Forgetting Curve

GTM Buddy Blog | Sales Enablement Resources

Learn why situational enablement is the best way to combat the forgetting curve by providing the right information at the right time to your reps

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10 Things to Do When You Get Home From an Event

Zoominfo

Professional events can generate loads of opportunities in a very short period. But it’s imperative to act fast so your warm leads don’t cool down. We’ve put together a list of the 10 most important post-event priorities to help you turn attendees into prospects and customers. Here’s what to focus on once you’re back in the office, and how ZoomInfo can help: 1.

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9 Sales Tips for Small Business [Sales Ideas!]

Marc Wayshak

Are you a small business owner or a company founder who has found yourself in the role of the lead salesperson for your company? It’s a really common place to be because the reality is that sales is the driving force of any business, and we, as business owners, often have to master the process of selling what we do. So, even if the goal is to ultimately scale up and get other salespeople to do the dirty business of selling for us, we need to master the sales process ourselves.

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Supercharge Your Sales: 5 Steps to Effortless Selling

Sales teams often lose precious time hunting for updated sales materials, while marketing struggles to keep these assets accessible and current. It's not just about managing; it's about seamlessly finding, presenting, and sharing critical sales content. All of this takes place within an intuitive, unified platform. Dive into Showell's groundbreaking content management realm.

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Software for Landscaping Companies: What’s Your Tech Stack?

Nutshell

Having the right digital tools on hand to help you run your landscaping business is crucial to success. That’s the idea behind a tech stack, a collection of different business tools to help you manage your business effectively. No matter your industry, every company has some variation of a tech stack made up of the software needed to run their business.

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Core Selling Skills for Inbound Salespeople

The Digital Sales Institute

Core selling skills for inbound salespeople can differ from outbound or enterprise type selling. So, we have prepared a guide to help with the skills that stand out and excel at this sales role. Let’s take a look at the core skills an inbound salesperson should ideally have or be trained on. Sales adaptability and memory. As an inbound salesperson, their job is to provide outstanding service, advice, and recommendations to your customers.

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Crafting Memorable Customer Experiences

Pipeliner

Insights from Marissa Freeman, CMO of Union Square Hospitality Group In the realm of business, the art of creating indelible impressions transcends transactions—it’s about shaping perceptions, fostering connections, and embodying values. In a compelling episode, I had the privilege of engaging in a dialogue with Marissa Freeman , Chief Marketing Officer of Union Square Hospitality Group.