Nimble - Sales

JANUARY 18, 2024

Securing a sales lead is just the first step; the real challenge lies in nurturing and converting those leads into satisfied customers. In this blog, we’ll delve into the art of following up on sales leads and explore five best practices to enhance your lead conversion rates. By mastering these strategies, you’ll not only optimize […] The post How to Follow Up on a Sales Lead: 5 Best Ways appeared first on Nimble Blog.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 16, 2024

Product-led sales no longer works in an era of self-educated buying teams. Julie Thomas discusses the new era of value selling. The post Selling Is Not About Your Product or Service appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 16, 2024

With any job, a primary consideration is compensation. We all want to be paid fairly. One common perk of a career in sales is the ability to earn more based on your own hard work and selling success. With salary, commission, bonuses, and other incentives, sales professionals often have options and feel in control of the compensation they receive, which can be great for motivation and fulfillment.

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Allego

JANUARY 18, 2024

In the rapidly evolving world of sales enablement , staying ahead of the curve is not just an advantage—it’s a necessity. The emergence of generative AI and the proliferation of GPTs has opened a new horizon for sales enablement managers, as it has for sales teams, promising greater efficiency, innovation, and revenue growth. This blog post, the follow-up to my post about the best custom GPTs for sales , dives into the top GPTs tailored specifically for people leading sales enablement at t

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

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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Force Management

JANUARY 18, 2024

Many companies mistake sales negotiation as a function conducted exclusively by sellers. We consider negotiation a team effort. In a complex B2B sales environment, it is rare for an individual seller to negotiate an entire deal on his/her own without the support, guidance and active participation from the rest of the organization. There are multiple functions and teams involved in negotiation alongside the sales team.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

JANUARY 17, 2024

Managing a sales team can be challenging, especially when salespeople consistently miss their budget or sales targets. While it's natural for sales professionals to have their ups and downs, it's essential to address performance issues promptly and effectively to ensure the overall success of your team and organization. In this blog, we'll explore strategies and tips for managing salespeople who miss their budget, helping you turn underperformance into improved results.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 13, 2024

In the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast, Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley stress the lack of coaching and support for sales managers, underscoring the need for coaching for these managers. Key skills for sales managers include coaching, executing sales plans, and prioritizing a coaching methodology. “Most people don’t leave for money.

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SalesLoft

JANUARY 16, 2024

In Qualified’s latest video series GTM AI , host Sarah McConnell sits down with leaders from the most cutting-edge SaaS companies to learn how their AI-fueled products can modernize your GTM motion. In a recent episode, Sarah talked with Kristin Swindle , Salesloft’s Manager of Enterprise Sales Engineering, about how Salesloft AI, including their new product Rhythm, can be the AI co-pilot sellers need to be more effective.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 17, 2024

Confession time: I've been in the market for a new car for months now, but the thought of stepping onto a car lot and negotiating prices with a car salesperson is about as exciting as getting a root canal. Luckily for me, the Internet exists, and I can do quite a bit of research on my own. I can pinpoint the exact value of my current car, compare prices, and find the right car for me.

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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.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 19, 2024

I don’t know why sales reps still have trouble handing this typical blow off. They know it’s coming; they get it daily or weekly, yet many still struggle to handle it effectively. The way to not only handle it, but to overcome it is to be prepared in advance with a proven, scripted approach. Like this: “I’m sure you do, and that’s why I’m calling you today.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 15, 2024

Keith Rzucidlo , Vice President of Sales at Miller Electric, joins the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast to discuss how to turn visions into actions in sales leadership. Keith shares the importance of patience and reflection in driving behavior change and advises sales leaders on coaching and change management. “I think framing it up in a manner that would resonate with them was the critical piece.” – Keith Rzucidlo on implementing change and effective coaching across existing sales leade

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Bernadette McClelland

JANUARY 14, 2024

The Importance of Evidence Just as in a criminal case, evidence provides the facts as to whether someone is guilty or not, or whether something is true or not. In our personal lives, evidence does exactly the same – provides the facts. It is, in its simplest form, information that supports or refutes a belief or a proposition. So whether you are: doubting yourself as to whether you have the goods or not feeling uncertain about your skillset not being up to par second guessing your abilitie

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 18, 2024

When organizational growth stagnates and prospects decline, company boards might bring in new talent to revamp the company’s trajectory. For the new CEO brought in to turn things around, it might seem a daunting task: conflicting opinions, time pressures, and a lack of background info are all challenges the new CEO must overcome. The first step in going forward?

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Force Management

JANUARY 16, 2024

There’s no doubt that the way sales organizations and their customers interact has shifted in the past few years. From a new remote-first approach to rapid digital technology advancement, the customer journey is new and requires active participation from more than just your sales team. The companies that succeed in 2024 will be those who adopt a cross-functional revenue mindset , equipping every customer-facing role to articulate and negotiate on the value of their solution.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 15, 2024

In this 4:38 video, David Hennessy stresses the importance of understanding the “why” behind strategies, emphasizing a dual approach: the head for rational thinking and the heart for emotional connection. Leaders must appeal to both aspects, recognizing diverse wiring in individuals. Balancing logic and emotion, or enlisting help, is key.

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Alice Heiman

JANUARY 16, 2024

This week Alice shares her reflections after having time to think during the holidays. In this podcast she considers how CEOs should use their time to do what is most important to them and that are things only they can do. She talks about how CEOs need to stay in their genius zone and find others to do the rest. It’s tempting to continue doing so many things, just because you can, when someone else could do them better and leave you to do what you do best.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 15, 2024

Generation Z is all about tech. However, when building relationships with customers, they might struggle a bit compared to older generations. To close this gap, you must teach your Gen Z reps some key rapport-building skills that will position them as trusted partners despite age differences.

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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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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 18, 2024

It’s SKO season, yesterday I was leading a discussion with a great sales team. One of the sellers asked a question about dealing with customer questions and queries about the products, particularly deeply technical questions. As we spoke, it struck me how we revel in these questions. Customers asking us about the product capabilities, drilling deeply into what the products and solutions do.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 15, 2024

In this 5:44 video, Keith Rzucidlo emphasizes the importance of bringing data to the table and highlighting the risks of staying stagnant. He also talks about transitioning to a strategic selling approach, highlighting the importance of coaching, leadership development, reflection, and setting expectations for coaching time to optimize sales team performance and prioritize high-value activities.

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Grant Cardone

JANUARY 13, 2024

Everyone must drink water to survive. Nonetheless, most of us don’t think we are making a statement while doing it. That is until Liquid Death came along. Now, the brand is making a killing with its water in stylish aluminum cans. Here are the factors behind its success… Earning BIG Money By Making Water Look […] The post Liquid Death Makes $700 Million… Selling Water appeared first on GCTV.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 15, 2024

Welcome to “The Pipeline” — a weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable advice and insight from real sales leaders. Many moons ago, I was pitching a huge deal to Sony Pictures. It was all going according to plan — we had a great initial call, flew to Los Angeles to demo the product, and nailed it. Things were looking good. We sent them a proposal and even flew out for a second in-person follow-up.

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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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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 15, 2024

Our lives seem dominated by algorithms. Sign onto Amazon or any other shopping site, and we are pummeled with recommendations, all based on what we’ve bought and recent searches we may have made. Many of our news feeds present content based on that which we have read and consumed in the past. Facebook, LinkedIn and other social channels are (in)famous for feeding us content based both on our interaction with the content and their insight into activity on other sites.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 14, 2024

Colleen Stanley and Steven Rosen discuss the role of a sales leader as not just bringing in the numbers but developing their salespeople into self-managing individuals. Sales leaders can drive revenue and achieve long-term success by avoiding the trap of rescuing and focusing on coaching and accountability. “The goal of the sales leader is to create self-managing people.” – Steven Rosen “Unbelievably talented sales leaders still fall into that trap of rescuing their sale

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SMEI

JANUARY 13, 2024

Willis Turner, President & CEO of SMEI This video was produced using an AI Avatar of Willis Turner and text to voice. “As a community, we can come together and learn to adopt AI tools to be better contributors as sales and marketing professionals. I hope you’ll join us on this exciting journey today!” -Willis Turner, President & CEO, SMEI Learn More About Sales & Marketing AI Vanguards!

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The Center for Sales Strategy

JANUARY 15, 2024

Developing sales leaders is not just about their individual growth; it’s the secret to the continued success of the organization. Sales leaders play a pivotal role in coaching teams, driving revenue, and creating a positive culture. With all of this responsibility, it is often difficult for leaders to find time to focus on their own development. Yet, there are many proven benefits to providing leaders with growth opportunities, including increased productivity and performance, better recruitment

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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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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 16, 2024

The majority of sellers don’t understand value. As a result, the only thing they talk about is the product–it’s features and functions, customers using the solutions, how great their company is, and how the product is better than competition. They don’t understand the customer, as a result, can’t translate what the solutions mean to the customer.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 14, 2024

In this 3:35 video , Colleen and Steven stress the significance of assertiveness, self-awareness, and emotional management in coaching discussions, advising against defensive or aggressive reactions to feedback. They recommend employing self-awareness techniques such as identifying triggers. Colleen Stanley and Steven Rosen discuss the importance of assertiveness and emotion management in accountability conversations, emphasizing the need for managers to develop the skill of assertiveness, which

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RAIN Group

JANUARY 17, 2024

Every buyer has personal preferences for how they like to buy. There are multiple buying styles and preferences to consider, but the number isn't infinite. It’s six.

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