Sat.Sep 02, 2023 - Fri.Sep 08, 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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What is Lead Nurturing? A Key Strategy for Sales Success

LeadFuze

Whether you’re a seasoned business owner, an aspiring entrepreneur, or a dedicated marketing professional, the question may arise: What is lead nurturing? Understanding this concept can be pivotal to your success. According to Forrester Research, companies that excel at lead nurturing generate 50% more sales-ready leads at a 33% lower cost. This statistic alone highlights the immense potential of effective lead nurturing.

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Managing Burnout for Leaders and Employees

The Center for Sales Strategy

These past few years have been incredibly challenging for leaders worldwide. As you take a look around your organization, have you noticed any of the following for your leadership team or your employees: Exhaustion: Physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion that doesn't go away after time off. Decreased job satisfaction: A feeling of disillusionment and negative attitude towards work.

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What Relationship Builders Do Better Than All Other Salespeople

Understanding the Sales Force

Last week, I posted an article on the Impact of Relationship Building Challenges in Sales. The article explored what happens to salespeople who are skilled at selling, but aren’t very good at building relationships, as well as those who are great at building relationships, but aren’t very skilled at selling. While there were some terrific insights, the one thing that was missing from the article was what great relationship builders do that everyone else fails to do.

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The New GTM Playbook: 18 Ways to Future-Proof Your Sales Team

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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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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Ditching 'More is More' to Increase Sales Team Effectiveness by 50%: Teamwork.com’s Story

Hubspot Sales

How do you go from putting out fires to running like a well-oiled machine? Well, the trick might be as simple as prioritizing quality over quantity. If you’re rolling your eyes at your screen right now, just hear us out. For eons, salespeople have been told to make more calls, send more emails, and take more meetings. But being busy doesn’t leave time for thinking strategically, nurturing customer relationships, or making sure your team has everything they need — especially if your company is gr

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Mastering B2B Sales: Unveiling Strategies and Blind Spots

Pipeliner

In the ever-evolving landscape of business, the symphony of success hinges on an orchestrated dance between strategies and adaptability. Amidst the hustle and bustle, the realm of B2B sales stands as a linchpin. Bridging transactions with relationships. In a thought-provoking conversation, I had the privilege of engaging with Lisa J. Smith , the astute CEO and Founder of SmithCo —a sales consulting firm dedicated to empowering modern mid-size B2B businesses.

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How to Accelerate B2B Sales Prospecting and Win More Sales

eGrabber

In the fast-paced world of B2B marketing, time is a precious commodity. As a busy marketer, you’re constantly juggling multiple tasks, campaigns, and responsibilities. One critical aspect of your role is B2B sales prospecting – identifying potential leads that align with your target audience and business goals. However, traditional sales prospecting methods can be time-consuming and resource-intensive, often leaving little room for other essential tasks.

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5 Key Pillars of Effective Sales Performance Management

The Spiff Blog

As a sales leader, you already know that effective sales performance management isn’t just setting lofty sales targets and then pushing your team to achieve them. It’s about creating a systematic approach to selling at scale. Although SPM strategy varies by company and industry, the most effective sales performance management strategies typically involve a combination of the same core pillars.

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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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The Importance of Feedback in Sales

Anthony Cole Training

Graduating from college, I went right into a high-pressure sales job selling newspaper advertising for The Dallas Times Herald in the burgeoning Dallas, Texas marketplace. It was a hustle out there as we competed with The Dallas Morning News who had a greater share of the subscriber and ad revenue markets. At that time in the 80s, Dallas had small businesses and strip centers popping up every day and I would literally case my territory at least every other day so that I could be the first in the

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The Benefits of Business Benevolence

Sales and Marketing Management

Here’s how your firm can reap the benefits of benevolence, give back to your community, grow your reputation and make valuable contacts. The post The Benefits of Business Benevolence appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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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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Optimizing Go-to-Market Modeling With AI and Clean Data

Zoominfo

There’s a growing appetite for artificial intelligence (AI) in business, and for good reason — after years of promise, new AI applications are reshaping how industries operate, from the inside out. With new developments surfacing at breakneck speed, it’s more important than ever to remember that diverse and accurate data serves as the backbone for effective AI models.

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Redefining the CDP: 8 Data-Driven Designs for Successful Customer Journeys

In this guide, discover 8 use cases for how a customer data platform can tackle common challenges faced by marketing, commerce, service, and sales teams. With helpful diagrams and simple explanations in each use case, see how Salesforce’s CDP, Data Cloud for Marketing, powers personalized, real-time experiences across marketing, with capabilities that include: Optimizing ad spend Powering dynamic website content Increasing upselling and cross-selling Resolving service cases with marketing data B

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Latest Podcasts: Leadership in the Details

Force Management

Last month, the Revenue Builders Podcast featured some hard-hitting tactical conversations about the journey to elite sales leadership and the decisions we make along the way. Dig in to the episodes below to get real-life advice from leaders who have been there and done that. These conversations cover everything from calculating business value for a prospect to defining a repeatable sales process that enables rapid scaling.

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The Future of Compliance and Archiving

Sales and Marketing Management

Compliance and archiving have enormous potential to revolutionize the sales process and boost overall business efficiency in the future as technology continues to grow at an unparalleled pace. The post The Future of Compliance and Archiving appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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The Art and Science of Complex Sales Podcast

Membrain

Ever wondered how speed, trust, and sales intermingle in the complex world of marketing? In today's episode we have our special guest Randy Gerson , CEO of Gerson & Associates. As a standout salesperson at Xerox and an influential marketer, Randy brings a unique perspective to the table that you won't want to miss.

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We Cannot Predict Our Outcomes

Smooth Sale

Photo by Rosiette-Stock via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: We Cannot Predict Our Outcomes It’s essential to remember that we cannot predict our outcomes. Accordingly, when something unusual comes to mind, I try it to see what may happen. Sometimes, the effort appears a waste of time to others, but for me, I strive to reap the lessons from the episode.

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Gone in 8 Seconds: Overcoming Buyers’ Shrinking Attention Spans

Speaker: Jake Miller, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Allego

Buyers are savvier, buying teams are larger, and new research shows that buyers' attention spans have dropped to just 8 seconds. This means that the old approach of blasting buyers with email-heavy, generic communications no longer works. Instead, buyers need to be surrounded with relevant communications and personalized, self-service content throughout their journey.

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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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Growth-Driven Strategies: The Key to Digital Marketing Success

SocialSellinator

Table of Content Understanding Growth-Driven Strategies Why Growth-Driven Strategies Are Key to Digital Marketing Success For Businesses How to Implement Growth-Driven Strategies in Your Digital Marketing Plan Tips for Developing Your Own Growth-Driven Strategies.

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5 Critical Skill Sets For The Modern Seller

Sales Gravy

A Great Modern Seller Leverages These 5 Skills In this podcast, Jeb Blount and Amy Franko discuss the importance of modern sellers having strong business acumen and an ownership mindset. They emphasize the value of being able to provide insight to executives based on knowledge of their organization, rather than regurgitating information that can be found online.

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Do You Realize The Power Of A Successful Corporate Event?

Smooth Sale

Photo by Alperomeresin via Pixabay, AI-Generated Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Do You Realize The Power of A Successful Corporate Event? The modern business landscape revolves heavily around digital interactions. However, it serves us well to recall the value of hosting a corporate event. It can be one of the most effective ways to win new customers and secure repeat customers from your VIP clients.

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3 Sizzling Ways to Warm up Cold Calls

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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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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San Francisco Digital Marketing Agency Trends: Staying Ahead in the Industry

SocialSellinator

In the fast-paced world of digital marketing, staying ahead of the curve is essential for businesses looking to thrive in San Francisco. This city is a tech hub and a hotbed for digital innovation, making it a dynamic environment for marketers. This blog'll delve into the key trends shaping San Francisco's digital marketing landscape and how businesses can adapt and excel in this competitive industry.

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Takeaways from SaaStr Part 1: Where SaaS is and Where SaaS will be in 2024

Sales Hacker

This week the team flew down to San Mateo for SaaStr – tons of great networking and sessions. A quick shoutout to two incredible GTMfund portfolio company founders who shared the same stage: Melanie Fellay CEO and CoFounder of Spekit , and Christina Ross CEO and CoFounder of Cube , who ran a session at SaaStr on The Top Founder Mistakes to Avoid on The Path to $10M in ARR alongside Shiloh Johnson , Founder/CEO of ComplYant.

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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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Retail Tech: Empower Associates, Optimize CX, and Boost Productivity

Speaker: Andrew Regan, Managing Partner at BlueSeed Retail Ltd.

Did you know that 70% of new retail technology fails to deliver expected benefits and can often decrease customer value, service, and experience? With that in mind, how can we empower our store associates to leverage new technology to optimize the customer experience and boost productivity? This exclusive webinar with Andrew Regan will dive into strategies to empower retail associates for success with new technology.

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What is a Softphone [+10 Best Softphone Services]

Hubspot Sales

You need to make an important business call but you’re far away from a desk phone. Thankfully, modern technology can help. Gone are the days where you need a telephone to make a call. With softphones, you can call a client, prospect, customer, or colleague from anywhere, as long as you have internet service, a microphone, and a speaker. Powered by VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) technology , a softphone functions like a desk phone with additional features like call recording and voicemail tr

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San Francisco Digital Marketing Agencies: Redefining The Industry

SocialSellinator

In the heart of innovation and technology, San Francisco serves as a breeding ground for progressive ideas and groundbreaking solutions. The city has always been a pioneer, pushing the boundaries across numerous industries. This holds true for the digital marketing realm as well.

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GTM 59: Weekly Active Users Up 33% by Making the Hard Decisions Faster with Melanie Fellay

Sales Hacker

Melanie Fellay is the CEO and Co-Founder of Spekit , a just-in-time platform that is transforming how we learn at work. Spekit meets reps with the process guidance, enablement and knowledge they need, right when they need it, in their flow of work to help them be more efficient, drive more revenue and eliminate the friction of change. She’s a Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient, Top 100 Female Entrepreneur to watch (Entrepreneur) and has been featured across Forbes, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Business