SBI Growth
MAY 21, 2020
Whether you are about to go on a first date or preparing for a discovery call with a prospect – first impressions matter. Regardless if it is from their initial website visit to their first discovery call, the prospects’ experience.
InsightSquared
MAY 20, 2020
The modern sales stack has become a tangled mess. Every year, organizations add more tools to their stack in hopes of them improving their efficiency and effectiveness. Cost and complexity have continued to increase, but most organizations still find themselves lacking. In fact, almost half of B2B companies are experiencing difficulty with productivity and performance, according to The Bridge Group.
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Sales Hacker
MAY 22, 2020
Looking for a prospecting email template you can easily personalize and that works for almost any situation? Keep reading to learn the simple, one-size-fits-all template that my team uses with huge success. In other words, it’s been proven in the trenches. That’s key, because as you and I both know, if you’re sending a prospecting email to just one prospect, you might be able to write an email so personal that the recipient may mistake you for a childhood friend.
Sales 2.0
MAY 20, 2020
Urban crowds of people from above. This is entirely 3D generated image. If you didn’t believe that we humans are connected before COVID-19, you should now. As you know, the virus has been transmitting itself exponentially through populations around the world. The only thing that has slowed its progress has been implementing some form of social distancing.
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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.
The Sales Heretic
MAY 20, 2020
Whether you’re a business owner, CEO, salesperson, or executive, if you want to accelerate your success, one of the best actions you can take is to join a mastermind group. What exactly is a mastermind group? It’s a group of people—typically between four and twelve—who meet regularly to help each other achieve their goals. They [.].
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The Center for Sales Strategy
MAY 18, 2020
Telecommuting, flexible work environments—both fancier terms for working remotely —is the new normal for many of us. By now, you’ve gotten a taste for what working from home entails. And whether you choose to admit it or not, some of you have decided that remote work isn’t as great as it sounded just a few weeks ago. At first, working quietly in your pajamas seemed enticing—even productive—then the silence set in, and you missed all the chaos.
SBI Growth
MAY 20, 2020
We are living through a truly unique point in time. The impact of COVID-19 over a short two month period has thrown the global economy into complete peril and created unparalleled uncertainty and ambiguity. The core questions out of every.
Sales and Marketing Management
MAY 22, 2020
Author: Christian Bielski COVID-19 has disrupted standard business practices in countless ways. For those fortunate enough and able to work remotely, adjusting brings its own challenges. From coordinating schedules with loved ones to arranging child care, pet care and the ever-important self-care, “business as usual” has radically changed. The challenges of quarantine deepen in sales, where lead-generation from cold calls and emails is essential.
Sales Manager Now
MAY 17, 2020
When a sales team is failing or results are inconsistent it’s easy for a sales leader’s responsibilities to be neglected and for the leader to fall into a trap of becoming responsible for the sales team. Another way to look at this situation is to become… The post Stay In Your Lane With These THREE Sales Leader’s Responsibilities appeared first on Sales Manager Now.
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.
Understanding the Sales Force
MAY 20, 2020
You might be aware that I'm leading a one-hour, live broadcast tomorrow (Thursday May 21) on How to Get Your Company's Sales Engine Roaring Again.
Zoominfo
MAY 19, 2020
What is spam? What is a cold email? And when is your email against the law? There is a lot of confusion surrounding these questions. Many people seem to carry the misconception that any cold or unsolicited email is spam, and that spam is illegal. There is a lot to unpack here, but let me start by making clear that if all cold emails were illegal, we wouldn’t be driving successful email marketing campaigns for thousands of companies worldwide.
SBI Growth
MAY 19, 2020
As many sales leaders began to adjust to this new world in March, global companies had been acclimating since January. However, the challenges of maintaining business continuity across regional markets also provided the chance to accelerate a very crucial digital.
Mr. Inside Sales
MAY 22, 2020
“We’re just not doing anything right now….”. “We’re ‘on hold’ until things settle down.”. “We’re not spending any money right now.”. These are common stalls that you get all the time, but now it seems harder to overcome them. Why is that? It’s because salespeople are now buying into them. And why not? It makes sense, doesn’t it? People are losing their jobs, working from home, business is down….
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The Pipeline
MAY 18, 2020
Sales Scrum Podcast Episode #10 – Guest David Priemer. My guest this week on the Sales Scrum podcast is David Priemer. You all know David from his published material in Harvard Business Review as well as Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Inc. magazines, and more. He is a widely recognized thought leader in sales and sales leadership. As a trained researcher and founder of Cerebral Selling.
Zoominfo
MAY 21, 2020
BASHO emails are alive and well—and thriving. They’re a critical part of personalized prospecting and account-based strategy. But to crush cold email outreach, you have to do it right. We looked to one of our internal experts, our Sales Development Rep with the 60% response rate, to show you how (and when) to write a perfectly personalized BASHO email.
SBI Growth
MAY 22, 2020
A few months ago I wrote about unemployment which was then at an all-time low—how things have changed. A-Player sales reps, who are precious assets in any economic climate, are currently unsettled regardless of their reputations and legacies. The world.
Sales and Marketing Management
MAY 20, 2020
Author: Staff Are you one of the many people who have begun the process of moving their work to their homes due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Naturally, this doesn’t have to be the only reason you’d want to be setting up an office of your own at home. Perhaps you’re looking to start your own freelance career or set up a business that’s small enough (for now) to be run out of your home.
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John Barrows
MAY 18, 2020
Have you ever had prospects say “I need to think”? Chances are, you’ve heard this a lot. Devin Reed is the man behind all of the content and data experiments you see coming from Gong.io , and he’s with us on this episode of the podcast to expose the latest surprising data he’s uncovered. Follow the podcast: Subscribe on iTunes.
Zoominfo
MAY 20, 2020
This is a preview of a post published on our Medium page. Read the full article. A scoffed programming language is indirectly preventing some Americans from receiving unemployment or pandemic-related stimulus checks — and based on ZoomInfo’s data, the problem is deeply entrenched in state and federal agencies. The antagonist? A business software called Common Business-Oriented Language, better known by its acronym, COBOL.
SBI Growth
MAY 18, 2020
IDC predicted that “By 2020, 70% of enterprises will integrate cloud management—across their public and private clouds—by deploying unified hybrid/multi-cloud management technologies, tools, and processes.” CEO’s riding the cloud computing wave will have to be mindful of a consumption-based model.
Membrain
MAY 20, 2020
There is a direct correlation between effective account growth planning and sales success. In times like these, it’s of extreme importance to stay on top of your clients and help them get out on top of this crisis. Unfortunately, effective account planning isn't always easy and comes with challenges.
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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.
Engage Selling
MAY 21, 2020
What are you doing to stay focused during these times? Right now, it can be easy to give into the negativity of everything going on.
Zoominfo
MAY 22, 2020
With whom would you willingly share sensitive personal information, such as your bank account number? Would you provide it to a mortgage company if you needed a house loan? Probably. How about for a one-on-one payment app on your phone? Maybe, depending on how badly you want to make cashless transactions between friends. What about a company selling magazine subscriptions?
Babette Ten Haken
MAY 21, 2020
There’s nothing novel about virtual post-sale client abandonment. Upon consideration, you realize your company’s been doing this for years. In fact, virtual abandonment is a key component of “business as usual.”. What is novel about this post-sale scenario, to you, is that now you have to sell virtually. That’s all that’s changed. And your new perspective makes all the difference for what’s next: for you and your client relationships.
Hubspot Sales
MAY 18, 2020
Whether you are settling into your first entry-level role or are a seasoned professional, you don’t need me to tell you building a strong network is essential for your career — chances are you’ve already been positively impacted by a professional relationship in some way. Beyond having a strong professional network to rely on for mentorship or to help you land your next opportunity, connections with others are essential for our overall health and well-being.
Speaker: Joe Heather, Deliverect GM (UK&I) & Noah Hayes, Deliverect GM (US&CA)
Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and Quick Commerce (Q-commerce) are two vibrant sectors that have undergone significant transformations with the advancements in digital technology. With growing internet penetration and the proliferation of smartphones, consumers' purchasing habits have unsurprisingly evolved. They now demand quick, convenient, and seamless shopping experiences, which both FMCG and Q-commerce sectors strive to provide.
Force Management
MAY 18, 2020
When companies invest in sales initiatives, they have specific outcomes they’re looking to achieve. Many sales leaders are trying to decide between (1) waiting for when they can schedule an in-person session or (2) moving forward now with a virtual training.
Zoominfo
MAY 19, 2020
What is spam? What is a cold email? And when is your email against the law? There is a lot of confusion surrounding these questions. Many people seem to carry the misconception that any cold or unsolicited email is spam, and that spam is illegal. There is a lot to unpack here, but let me start by making clear that if all cold emails were illegal, we wouldn’t be driving successful email marketing campaigns for thousands of companies worldwide.
RAIN Group
MAY 20, 2020
There’s a lot to think about when it comes to selling virtually. Projecting a professional image in your virtual meetings is an important (and often overlooked) factor to consider. Here we provide guidelines and tips specifically focused on projecting a professional image in your virtual sales meetings grouped in the following five categories: Video.
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