Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Author: Rachel Krug Leads are the lifeblood of your business, yet, more often than not, leads fall outside the category of “sales ready” opportunities. As a result, reps often dismiss these as a dead end. But, as Orrin Woodward said, “There are no dead ends in life, only dead-end thinking.”. Rather than shelve these so-called “dead-end leads,” reps must commit themselves to find what may be hiding in plain sight.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

By Tibor Shanto. Commodity, the word is like Kryptonite for salespeople, say it out loud, and you can see their social status and sales erode. Somehow over the years, the word has come to be something negative in sales. The implication becomes that it is low value, easy to undercut on price, delivers few loyal customers, and generally undesired. The implication being that the only way to win is by price, with the winning move being to lower it.

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Membrain

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

My wife and I love a little restaurant near our home. They have the absolute best poke bowl we’ve eaten anywhere.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

As a sales enablement leader, you had probably developed buyer personas years ago. There was a big announcement and possibly some training sessions, but then everyone forgot about them, and the sales reps almost certainly stopped using them. Slowly but.

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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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Corporate Visions

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The post Are Buyer Personas Sabotaging Your Sales? by Tim Riesterer appeared first on Corporate Visions. One of the most popular “best practices” in B2B sales and marketing is to create buyer personas. These fictional characters usually have names, and they embody all the traits of your ideal prospects. Typical buyer personas include a character sheet full of your prospects’ demographics, challenges, goals, and KPIs.

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Marc Wayshak

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

A successful sales pitch today isn’t the same as it was a few years ago. Learn the 5 revealing characteristics of a successful sales pitch for the modern prospect. The post 5 (Revealing) Characteristics of a Successful Sales Pitch appeared first on Sales Speaker Marc Wayshak.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Enhancing the Customer Experience (CX) has long been a strategic objective of B2C companies. Most of us have experienced firsthand how companies like Amazon and Apple have created sustainable competitive advantages. They create this differentiation not only with great products.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

No data or statistics today. No sales training or coaching either. This won't be a lesson for sales managers or sales leaders. This is my rant of the day.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

By Tibor Shanto. Based on the conversations people are looking to have, it is hard to believe that cold calling is dead. I had a thoroughly enjoyable time with. Boštjan Bregar is the CEO and co-founder of Loop Email. There are a number of nuggets, and sometimes listening is as good as reading. Enjoy! The post The Opportunities Of Prospecting – Podcast appeared first on TiborShanto.com.

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Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Now is the time of year where distractions happen. It is easy to blame others for your lack of success - but in sales, it always comes down to how well you perform regardless of the obstacles. To do well this quarter, you need one thing more than anything else - focus. Focus on your sales goals. Focus on your KPIs. Focus on your activity.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Author: Jimmy Verrett Take a moment to look around, and I suspect you’ll quickly find anecdotal evidence to support what research now confirms : Increased consumption of content is shortening attention spans. Whether it’s watching TV, scrolling through mobile apps, checking email, or streaming music, American adults are devoting more time to media content interactions than ever, now more than 11 hours of each day.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Do you like movies and TV Shows? I love them! How do you go about selecting the next movie or show you will watch? Do you look for a specific show, watch the trailer and if you like the trailer, watch it? Or, do you look at all of the new releases, or everything in a particular genre, narrow down the selections, watch several trailers, and finally choose one?

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Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Sales—and life—can be hard at times. In sales, you face a lot of rejection, daily, and yet you need to persevere and overcome in you want to succeed. In life, too, there is adversity and things don’t always go your way. The question it: What is the secret to dealing with life—and sales—when situations don’t go your way? The answer is to have a vision or goal that will keep you moving forward and on track no matter what.

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Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

In our next edition of Football & 9 Sales Productivity Tools That Will Change Your Results, we bring you our 6th tool, which is "Creating Your Ideal Week".

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Connect2Sell

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

No one wants so hear an objection from a buyer. Sellers would prefer smooth sailing from open to close.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

It’s common knowledge that working in sales is hard. Yet—what most people don’t understand is the extent to which sales pressure can negatively impact an organization. Consider this: a recent survey ranked ‘ sales account manager ’ as one of the most stressful jobs in the US, with 73 percent of respondents rating the role as “highly stressful.” ( source ) In today’s post we explain the effects of sales pressure and provide ways to mitigate this stress productively.

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Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

When you have to call your cell phone company, do the following words describe your feelings? Dread Frustrated Anger Hope. If your company has customer service reps (Hint: Every person in your company is a customer service rep!), then it’s imperative for your success to make sure your customers don’t feel this same way. Let’s clear up some myths about what it takes to hire or train outstanding customer service reps.

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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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Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

In today's blog or "vlog", we bring you our newest Anthony Cole Training Group's brand video.

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Force Management

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Sales managers play a critical role in driving your sales organization’s success. Leaders in today’s top companies understand that it takes an enabled, successful sales management team to really impact revenue.

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Nimble - Sales

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Do not give up on the customer if you lose them. It is much easier for a business to retain a customer than find a new one. Rejection is difficult to deal with, how customer relationship management (CRM) is crucial for any thriving business. Be honest with yourself and your team when a customer is […]. The post Win Back Your Lost Customers by Following These Tips appeared first on Nimble Blog.

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Vengreso

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Subscribe to Selling With Social on the App of Your Choice! Bernadette’s book (affiliate link). Success and failure in sales are determined by many things, but most important on that long list is what I’d call your “sales mindset.” It’s how you think about yourself, your role as a sales professional, and the big reasons you’re in a sales career in the first place.

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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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Highspot

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Most companies have a well-established sales process, complete with templated emails, drip campaigns, call scripts, and follow-up procedures. That should make your job easier, right? But modern buyers don’t want to be sold to — they’re looking for trusted advisors to help them navigate specific challenges. One-for-all sales techniques don’t cut it anymore.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

We spend lots of time and money trying to create predictable revenue, increasing the predictability of our sales approaches. We constantly engineer, refine, tune and re-engineer what we do and how we engage our customers to produce POs. We optimize our efforts, looking to be as efficient as possible, achieving what we do in the fastest time and lowest cost of selling possible.

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Nimble - Sales

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

By population, they’re one of the largest generations in America — and a huge audience for brands. However, many companies have struggled with marketing to millennials. 2020 is a fresh start in a new decade — and for businesses, a chance to target millennials more effectively than ever. Millennials are no longer in college. Definitions […].

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Anne Miller

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

If you are a regular reader of my blog, you know that “Words Matter – Make What You Say Pay!” is my tag line and I mean that in the context of selling and presenting. My point always is that, when talking to buyers, bosses, colleagues, or in a public forum, the outcomes we realize are frequently, and, sometimes profoundly, determined by the meanings and associations in the words we choose to use.

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Speaker: Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, The Money Coach®

Niche markets represent a huge opportunity for the financial services industry in America. From college students and women to communities of color and low-to-moderate-income households, niche populations have specialized financial needs – but they often underutilize many valuable financial products and services. How can you better connect with these consumers?

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SocialSellinator

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

When it comes to social selling, many people don't consider Instagram their primary platform. Marketers mostly use the platform for relationships and brand awareness building. Some of the primary reasons why people avoided Instagram was because they couldn't use sponsored posts or add links.

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Aviso

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

At Aviso, we pride ourselves on our customer service, experience, and satisfaction. This is why we are thrilled to announce that we have been selected for our third G2 Crowd award this year. Earlier this year, we were recognized as a “Top 50 Sales Tools 2019” and a “G2 Sales Analytics Leader for Winter 2019.” […]. The post Aviso Selected For Third G2 Crowd Award This Year appeared first on Aviso.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Imagine a sales conversation unfolding as follows: Salesperson: " So, you’re interested? ". Potential Buyer: " Yeah, I might buy this. How much will it cost me? ". Salesperson: " That depends — how much are you willing to pay for it? ". With prices readily available online and in-store, it’s likely transactions are moving this way. However, companies employing the value-based pricing model need to think about what the answer to that final question would be, if they want to employ the strategy su

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