Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 13, 2024

But lately, when I talk with the Kurlan & Associates team, the topic is consistently about salespeople who push back when our sales training and coaching is specific to RFPs. When training and coaching salespeople, the theory of how to sell to companies that buy via the RFP process is not enough.

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Decision Maker Data Hiring Proposal 193

Zoominfo

MAY 25, 2021

Yet a similar phenomenon has already happened with another technology: sales and marketing automation. . But more than 30 years later, we are still talking about these same productivity gains — and automation remains elusive for many sales and marketing teams. A Lack of Training. The Rise of Cross-Functional Teams.

Marketing 252

Marketing Decision Maker Telecommunications Lead Rank 252

Allego

MARCH 7, 2023

Product marketers play a critical role in any company’s success. They’re conduits of information and the connective tissue between product developers, the marketing team, and the sales force. If you’re tired just reading that list, imagine how product marketers feel. 3 Habits of Highly Effective Product Marketers 1.

Marketing 115

Marketing Sales Enablement Collateral Microsoft 115

SBI

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

This week I interview Garin Hess , Co-Founder & CEO of Consensus , whose technology solves the largest challenge in B2B sales: driving agreement across the stakeholders in the buying group. Garin: Consensus is a SaaS application designed to reveal, engage, and drive agreement in the buying group. You’ll get deals done faster.

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Groups Scale Sales Cycle How To 139

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 24, 2017

Today’s sales leaders agree on today’s top sales training challenges: it’s too expensive, there’s not enough time, and there’s a lack of engagement. Add to this the fact that when surveyed, the majority of sales leaders question the effectiveness of their current sales training programs. Practice-Driven Sales Development.

Training 237

Training Handbook ROI Hotels 237

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 19, 2018

The concept of using a search engine to learn about a certain topic or find an answer to a question isn’t new. Today we’re closing out this three-part series with a post for our marketing audience. So, if you’re on the hunt for new marketing resources, look no further. 1. Marketing 360. 2. Duct Tape Marketing.

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Channels Marketing Lead Rank Outsourcing Services 220

Zoominfo

MAY 25, 2021

Yet a similar phenomenon has already happened with another technology: sales and marketing automation. But more than 30 years later, we are still talking about these same productivity gains — and automation remains elusive for many sales and marketing teams. Why has automation failed to gain traction despite its obvious promise?

Marketing 130

Marketing Decision Maker Telecommunications Lead Rank 130

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The concept of using a search engine to learn about a certain topic or find an answer to a question isn’t new. If you’re on the hunt for new marketing resources, look no further. Marketing 360 The Marketing 360 YouTube channel offers a wide variety of high-quality video content. Billy Gene is Marketing Inc.

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Channels Marketing Outsourcing Services Lead Rank 100

Partners in Excellence

APRIL 10, 2024

Any reader who was trained as an engineer or anyone with experience in assembling machines (or Ikea furniture) will recognize the Tolerance Stack Up Error. Engineers have all sorts of ways to try to minimize this but too often, while each part fits it’s specs, the assembled parts fail.

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Case Study Marketing Qualified Lead Scale Engineering 87

Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

My parents paid me the tuition fee for learning, in my spare time, in a private institute for extra-occupational training, how to program a IBM 360-20 mainframe. I then studied Electrical Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, specializing to the max. Very soon, I moved into the role of an engineering manager.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile Customer 102

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Author: Mark Kovac, David Deming and Sushant Khandelwal Virtual selling in business-to-business markets, often associated with inside sales, has carried a bit of a stigma within field-dominated sales organizations. Building a successful virtual sales engine also may require shifting the mindset of the sales staff.

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Lead Rank Quota Face-to-face Hiring 339

Alice Heiman

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Harris shared her riveting journey of steering the company through the COVID-19 pandemic and moving from 100% in-person training to 100% online training basically overnight, revealing not only the challenges faced but also the exact strategies she implemented to drive rapid growth and adapt to a rapidly changing business landscape.

Demand Generation Agencies 75

Demand Generation Agencies Hiring Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation 75

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 9, 2019

There are hundreds of sales training companies offering thousands of programs in all aspects of selling: call planning, presenting, negotiating, managing key accounts, questioning and more. There had to be a better, less confusing and practical way to improve sales training. I concluded they didn’t scratch the itch.

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Sales Process Engineering Case Study Call-back 209

MTD Sales Training

JULY 23, 2019

Demandwave.com states in one of its research papers that, of a group of B2B marketers surveyed, 59% were able to confidently say LinkedIn is generating leads for them. A custom URL increases your external visibility on search engines. Remember, google searches are identical to LinkedIn’s search engine. Happy Selling!

Ideal Customer Profile 161

Ideal Customer Profile LinkedIn Google How To 161

Smooth Sale

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: 11 Actionable Tips for Creating Growth-Focused SaaS Marketing Strategies. Gia Kessler provides our guest Blog, 11 Actionable Tips for Creating Growth-Focused SaaS Marketing Strategies. How can your SaaS brand survive an extremely competitive market? SaaS products are intangible.

Lead Rank 78

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Strategy Account Based Marketing 78

Fill the Funnel

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Excited to announce the public launch of LearnAboutLinked.com and the best LinkedIn training focused on B2B sales and marketing professionals that understand the power behind social selling. Having the opportunity to partner with Viveka to bring this training to the market is a blessing.

Social Selling 120

Social Selling LinkedIn B2B Training 120

SBI

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Allego Expands Sales Learning and Enablement Market Leadership with Acquisition of Refract. We’ve had the opportunity to get to know the Refract team over the last year and we couldn’t be more excited to welcome this impressive group to the Allego family,” said Yuchun Lee, CEO and Co-Founder of Allego. “In NEEDHAM, Mass. Media Contact.

Marketing 109

Marketing Analytics Ideal Customer Profile Coaching 109

Vengreso

APRIL 4, 2022

This on-demand LinkedIn training for sales professionals program teaches you how to leverage the site to create more sales conversations and build your book of business. If you have any questions or doubts about using your LinkedIn profile as part of your marketing strategy – we’re here to help!

LinkedIn 71

LinkedIn B2B Conversion Training 71

BuzzBoard

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The logic behind is pretty simple—the intensifying competition keeps disrupting the market as a chain reaction, compelling SaaS businesses to reinvent their marketing and sales time and again. will only continue to expand, software service providers will need scalable approaches to drive above-market growth rates.

Account Based Marketing 52

Account Based Marketing Ideal Customer Profile Account Infusion 52

Highspot

JULY 28, 2020

While many companies regard training as a required box to tick, others use it to nurture talent and create culture. One year ago, our team launched GROW, Highspot’s three-week new hire training program focused on developing and inspiring the most important aspect of our company — our people.

Training 69

Training Hiring Retention Engineering 69

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 26, 2018

They want minimal downtime, support they can rely on and access to as much training as possible, so they can be in turn, as successful as possible with their deployment. You can have the best and most user-friendly offering on the market. Ensure new customers are armed with the training they need to be successful.

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Loyalty Customer Face-to-face Video 274

Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 10, 2023

Stock Market down. Anyone who knows how a company’s economic engine works, knows that if you pay a salesperson $150,000 and they generate $1 million at a 40% margin, the company will get a return of $250,000 on their investment. All the requirements have been met. High interest rates. Massive layoffs. Cost-cutting.

Revenue 156

Revenue Hiring Decision Maker Cancellation 156

Nutshell

AUGUST 6, 2020

Marketing best practices are constantly changing. With that in mind, we created this collection of online resources for marketing professionals so that you can get the guidance and cutting-edge strategies you need to grow your business. Now, let’s dive into our list of the 30 best marketing resources on the internet!

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Resources Social Media Marketing Channels 90

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 24, 2024

Properly used, with the right prompt engineering, AI can help us better understand potential issues our customers face. We can ask it to look at certain industries/markets, or types of companies. Are training them in leading collaborative conversations, helping the customers navigate their problem solving/change process?

Distribution 110

Distribution Lead Rank Face-to-face Analysis 110

DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 20, 2017

There’s a lot of buzz around Sales and Marketing AI, but what is real and what is hype? What can we actually expect from AI in the sales and marketing technology in 2018? AI for Sales and Marketing Tech: High Expectations Meet Reality. Responses included: “AI will manage customer relationships through predictive marketing.”

B2B 150

B2B Marketing Data System 150

Pointclear

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Jeff is the authority on making social media sell, adjunct faculty at Loyola University business school, author of, Off The Hook Marketing: How to Make Social Media Sell for You and a social sales training speaker. Is your business-to-business (B2B) content marketing plan creating re-action beyond sharing?

Top of Funnel 189

Top of Funnel Social Media Marketing Sales Qualified Lead 189

MTD Sales Training

AUGUST 10, 2018

Put your name and your company in a search engine. Your marketing department can help you develop articles that will be relevant and applicable to the current market. LinkedIn groups would be a fine place to start. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Big Stock Photo. First, to be found.

Leads 197

Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Cold Calling LinkedIn 197

Increase Sales

DECEMBER 30, 2013

If small business owners and sales professionals were not busy enough, this marketing survey from Trapit just may have them pulling out what little hair they have left. This same group admitted to only investing 28% of their time developing and creating content marketing strategies. Share on Facebook.

Marketing 139

Marketing Social Media Small Business Small Business 139

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Hundreds of the world’s most innovative companies, including Uber Freight, Snowflake, Southwest Airlines and Invesco, rely on Spekit to empower their employees with real-time knowledge and training, without disrupting their day-to-day workflows.The company has raised $60M in venture funding from notable investors Craft Ventures.

Airlines 88

Airlines Face-to-face Intent Engineering 88

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 22, 2018

From sales force training and compensation to investments in sales processes and technology, organizations relentlessly seek to pull the right levers that will drive revenue growth and improve sales effectiveness. Very few had formal, repeated sales manager training programs. That’s a huge opportunity for organizations of all sizes.

Sales Management 218

Sales Management Hiring Compensation Scale 218

Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Start by drawing up a business plan that exhibits ambition and caution – setting out your objectives, understanding your market, and creating a financial course enabling sustainable growth. Ensure your website is optimized for search engines to increase its visibility and use social media integration to reach a broader audience.

Scale 102

Scale Hiring Apparel Small Business 102

Vengreso

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

There is now no doubt, NO DOUBT that the company I am honored to lead as CEO is the world’s largest digital sales training company. The secrets behind the success of the world’s largest #DigitalSales training company, Vengreso. Why did we focus on flooding the digital sales training space like this?

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Company Training Ideal Customer Profile Social Selling 97

Smooth Sale

JANUARY 10, 2023

Search Engine Optimization is vital in driving organic (unpaid) traffic to your site. SEO helps you by telling search engines like Google what your content contains. Supplement with Search Engine Marketing. When you create an ad, you inform the engine about your services. Keep Your Web Audience In 2023.

Social Media 78

Social Media Lead Rank Lead Scoring How To 78

Highspot

MARCH 2, 2022

Highspot and Smartsheet both believe in internships as important levers for hiring and building diverse teams, as springboards for people entering the engineering field, and as worthy investments in the future of tech workers. This creates a serious barrier to entry into one of the most lucrative professional fields.

Engineering 96

Engineering Face-to-face Networking Software 96

Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

How to perform market research and select your target audience. It tackles the A to Z process of starting a business -- from launching and team building all the way to marketing and evangelizing your product. This group is run by a Y Combinator alumni who provides weekly 1:1 consulting over video and email.

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Course Training Analysis Exercises 139

No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 16, 2014

With no formal sales training and very little real-world experience, today’s salespeople aren’t equipped to succeed. The Anatomy of a Sales Team Most new salespeople receive little training, even less coaching , and no real-world experience. Marketing people get marketing degrees. Engineers study engineering.

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Hiring Guidelines Engineering Face-to-face 240

Allego

AUGUST 28, 2023

Furthermore, as the attention spans of modern B2B buyers dwindle and their content preferences become more discerning, go-to-market teams must pivot to seize and hold buyers’ interest. And each is “each armed with four or five pieces of information they’ve gathered independently and must deconflict with the group.”

Sales Enablement 62

Sales Enablement B2B Strategy Scale 62