Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 31, 2018

I’ve seen some incredible changes, and I can say without a doubt that right now is the best time to invest in a sales career. Sales is fun, critically important to scaling businesses, financially lucrative, and intellectually stimulating. 18 Outdated Sales Tactics to Kick to the Curb in 2018. The first thing you need to do?

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

One of the biggest problems a VP of Sales faces is prioritization. Prioritization through 3 lenses: What sales productivity problems should you fix in 2013? This post is written for the VP of Sales trying to determine which sales productivity problem to prioritize and which ones to ignore. You don’t run Marketing.

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Chorus.ai

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

As a partner in Silicon Valley-based Winning By Design , a B2B, SaaS and inside sales consultancy, Emilia works with tech companies all over the world, helping them build playbooks and plan customer journeys. Emilia credits that trait, as well as her love of exercise, to her genes. I have an alarm set for 5:55 a.m.,

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 5, 2019

What is channel sales? In a channel sales model, a company sells through third partners -- affiliate partners (who get commission on each purchase), resellers, value-added providers (who typically bundle your product with their own), or another entity that doesn't work for it directly. The Definition of Channel Sales.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 8, 2020

But now that countless sales professionals are forced to make the transition for the first time, many face an entirely new set of challenges. There probably isn’t a more directly impacted area than the field sales rep. Key Challenges in Remote Sales: Connecting with prospects and coworkers. Delivering a great online demo.

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InsideSales.com

JULY 8, 2020

Sales slumps are the bane of a salesperson’s existence. But how can you avoid sales slumps? Are you trying a new sales technique that you think will improve your performance in the long run? Stay Up-to-Date avoid sales slumps. To avoid sales slumps, you need to surround yourself with encouragement. Stay Up-to-Date.

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Cience

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

His most recent book is Aligning Strategy and Sales: The Choices, Systems, and Behaviors that Drive Effective Selling (Harvard Business Review Press), which was cited as, “the best sales book of the year” ( Strategy + Business ), “a must read” ( Gartner Group) , and “perhaps the best sales book ever” ( Forbes ). Answer: Yes.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Rev up your sales process with the best sales books. Need a reason to pick up a new sales book? Do you struggle to settle down with a good sales book? RELATED: Best Sales Books: 30 Elite Picks to Step Up Your Sales Game . Top 10 Best Sales Books to Kickstart Your Selling Skills. Simplified.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 23, 2020

The state of business and sales today is uncertain. What we’re not talking about as much is the aftereffect of this crisis and prepping for what this will mean for sales. Repositioning your products and sales outreach in reaction to current conditions is critical. 4-Step Product Repositioning to Modernize Sales Outreach.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 13, 2017

In our last article, we did a tactical tear down of when to hire sales trainer or sales consultant. In this post, we’ll explain how to find and hire the right sales consultant or sales trainer for your business. What Do You Look For In A Sales Consultant or Trainer?

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 23, 2018

Active Listening isn’t only applicable to sales, nor is it a new thing. Sales reps are often too busy talking to listen. But without the benefit of face-to-face presence, inside sales reps must do this verbally. Addressing Resistance in the Beginning of a Sales Call. Confirm you heard the prospect correctly.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 14, 2020

Here are two other ways to organically connect with leads using LinkedIn Sales Navigator. In between the Zoom all-hands screenshots and kids-as-coworkers posts, I’ve seen plenty of actionable tips from sales leaders on how to manage remote teams , how to address COVID-19 in your selling and more. Events are out the window — for now.

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Cincom Smart Selling

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Our fifth and final installment of CPQ Perspectives focuses on the sales manager—those folks who oversee the selling operation. Sales management is full of challenges, and we can’t possibly touch on every issue that affects sales managers in this blog post. What matters to sales managers?

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CloserIQ

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Check back every week to stay up to date on industry trends and advice on everything from sales and recruiting to tech and startup news. Top Sales Books for Enterprise Account Executives. 7 skills you’ll need to become a Sales Manager (Steli Efti of Close.io). “Interviewing is often a fraught exercise. .

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 5, 2016

This post is based on a webinar on how modern sales organizations leverage sales enablement for their competitive advantage. Cloudera has enterprise customers in every vertical market including financial services, public sector, telecommunications, retail, and healthcare. Sales enablement investment.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 4, 2016

This post is based on a webinar on how modern sales organizations leverage sales enablement for their competitive advantage. Cloudera has enterprise customers in every vertical market including financial services, public sector, telecommunications, retail, and healthcare. Sales enablement investment.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 3, 2018

We’ve been compiling this sales automation tools list for a while, trying to figure out the best way to get the information out there. There are a number of existing resources available on sales automation, but they don’t offer use cases and examples of how to put the tools to action. What Is Sales Automation?

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Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 27, 2012

Sales Leadership: Focus on Focus. The company has been growing, not at an aggressive pace but slowly and the sales organization was in chaos, working opportunistically on various sales deals and randomly in the marketplace. This particular client has not had a sales training program for over 5 years.

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Trinity Perspectives

MARCH 22, 2018

I’m either exactly the right person, or completely the wrong person, to write an article about how to overcome stress in sales, given my experiences over the past 20 years in the B2B sales industry … I’ll let you be the judge. Sales doesn’t have to be terrifying: 5 strategies to reduce stress. So let’s dive in.

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CloserIQ

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Boston is emerging as one of the hottest startup cities in the country, which is great news for sales professionals. These companies are all backed by venture capital and are currently hiring in sales roles. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but here are some great companies to consider for your next sales job. ProfitWell.

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PandaDoc

JULY 11, 2022

Behind almost every successful business is a successful sales team. Whether you’ve got a small team of inside sales reps, a large outdoor sales team, or a wholesale department working on distribution partners for your next product, sales is the lifeblood of any business. Before you start: Sales reps by the numbers.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 11, 2020

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Wes Ulysse , Head of Sales, North America at Red Points, a SaaS company that’s leveraging AI and machine learning to protect brands’ online intellectual property. As of January 2019, he moved on to leading the US sales team at Red Points. We’re on iTunes.

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Sales Hacker Training

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Eddie is bringing B2B sales to a group of people that may not be as aware of it. He finds people that aren’t aware of what is possible in a sales career, puts them through a six-week training program, and places them in companies looking to hire. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Welcome to the Sales Hacker podcast.

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Groove.co

JANUARY 5, 2021

Whether you’re creating a new Salesforce instance for your team, or refreshing an existing one, configuring the platform correctly is critical to creating a successful and repeatable sales process. This blog will primarily explore the strategy behind an effective Salesforce Sales Process.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 22, 2018

Sales training programs help salespeople learn and/or improve their selling technique, skills, and processes. According to CSO Insights, salespeople who complete highly rated sales training programs have 10% higher win rates. Length: How will you fit training into your and/or your sales team’s schedule? Your SalesMBA™ Workshops.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2021

No business can survive for long without a healthy sales pipeline. It’s what keeps your sales team organized and focused on managing opportunities to close deals. Unfortunately, many B2B organizations suffer from ineffective sales pipeline management. Good sales pipeline management can protect the health of your bottom line.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

And for leveling up your sales skills, nothing beats a good sales book. So what are the best sales books for helping you reach peak performance? Have been recommended by sales professionals. Here’s how you can find the sales books that are most relevant to you. Here they are… The 97 Best Sales Books in 2020.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 19, 2012

My VP of Sales wants me to research trends in inside sales and conduct account segmentation. The sales managers are yelling for updated dashboards and territories. Oh, and Marketing wants to discuss sales enablement improvements. Alex is the VP of Sales Operations at a large technology company.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2021

No business can survive for long without a healthy sales pipeline. It’s what keeps your sales team organized and focused on managing opportunities to close deals. Unfortunately, many B2B organizations suffer from ineffective sales pipeline management. Good sales pipeline management can protect the health of your bottom line.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women in sales often have a polarizing experience. In the Sales Hacker video series Aha Moments , I asked 10 women: “What is one ‘aha moment’ you’ve had in your sales career?”. The conversations that followed were so authentic and encouraging that we decided to expand this conversation to other badass women in the sales world.

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Anthony Iannarino

JANUARY 9, 2020

The licensee agrees that any over-reliance on leads or marketing will result in the loss of this license. In the event we execute this clause, the licensee will be provided with the less valuable and undesirable “order-taker” license, which limits their role to inside sales, regardless of the loss of income or opportunity.

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Showpad

MARCH 4, 2020

SKOs keep sales leaders up at night. Creating agendas, securing budgets, choosing themes, selecting speakers, planning team-building exercises ?— the checklist for a sales kickoff can rival a royal wedding. With the help of Showpad , Sitecore reimagined how to engage, educate and excite its sales organization during its SKO.

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Jonathan Farrington

JULY 22, 2013

Otherwise it will be between you and the competition and the odds on making the sale suddenly slumps to 50-50! News: Latest news from Top Sales World ? Quite a lot actually: This week’s Top Sales Book is the mega-selling “Perfect Selling” by Linda Richardson. Lori Richardson- CEO, Score More Sales, LLC.

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InsideSales.com

MARCH 31, 2020

Doing sales process mapping can be fast and easy with these seven sales process steps. RELATED: 7 Most Common Mistakes In Sales Process Mapping And How To Avoid Them. In this article: A Business Needs to Have a Sales Process Map. What Is a Sales Process? Sales Process vs Sales Methodology.

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Close.io

JUNE 24, 2019

Marketing was responsible for building interest and generating leads and then sales would pick up the baton and close revenue. Marketing, driven largely by traffic goals, developed all sorts of techniques to build inbound interest and send leads pouring in— but this increase in traffic also increased the number of low-quality leads.

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Markempa - Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Sales enablement is intended to help raise performance, but a lot of efforts have backfired due to departmental silos. For example, Corporate Visions recently surveyed 500 B2B marketers and sales professionals that 20% of organization content creators “just do what they think is best” with no overarching structure at all.

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Vengreso

JULY 2, 2020

The sales landscape has changed dramatically since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Sales leaders’ priorities shifted and sales prospecting strategies pivoted. Many companies went from growth forecasts to survival mode, and those sales professionals who have not adapted to the new normal of virtual selling are struggling.

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