Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Sales and marketing teams have been slashed, and pipelines are running dry. Sales and marketing teams have been slashed, and pipelines are running dry. Following the 2008 recession, it took larger companies an average of four years to recover their pre-recession level of GDP , while smaller companies took six years.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? Usually considered a sub-objective of a Demand Generation strategy, Lead generation refers to the process of attracting and converting prospects into paying customers, or at the very least getting them into the sales funnel. What is a Lead?

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 12, 2018

Author: Jim Ninivaggi Many companies have their annual sales kickoff (SKO) meetings approaching. A good kickoff successfully blends motivational elements, education, team building and fun – setting the tone and momentum for the year ahead. Here are six secrets to make your meetings a hit and not a miss.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 20, 2020

Or worse, could you lose your sales job altogether? You could be vulnerable if you’re not sharpening your sales skills and honing the tactics that will help you succeed in 2020. Forrester analyst Andy Hoar didn’t mince words when he spoke at the 2015 Forrester Sales Enablement Forum. Host webinars.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Author: Mark Thacker With Thanksgiving over and January fast approaching, sales leaders and teams are pivoting their focus to next year. As you set your sales team strategy for the upcoming year, it’s important to keep the current year in context. Numbers Don't Lie.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 5, 2023

It’s been more than 50 years since the first versions of email were sent across the ARPANET, and although the technology has scaled to billions of users worldwide, one thing has stayed constant: the “ user@host ” address format implemented by the original developer. That doesn’t mean reaching people has gotten any easier.

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Alice Heiman

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Years of trust can evaporate in a matter of moments if you forget this simple rule. Dmitri Leichik learned the hard way that customers are not buying your product, they are buying your commitment to their success. Sometimes our role is to convince the customer not to spend money on a solution because the business is not ready.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 29, 2024

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay A ttract the Right Job Or Clientele: How You Can Breathe New Life Into Your Career If your career has stagnated, now is likely the right time to begin looking for new and better opportunities. One of the most effective ways to discover a method of improving your career is targeted career coaching.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 15, 2022

It’s been two years since ZoomInfo went public. Two years in a pandemic, and two years of chaos, excitement, learning, and adjusting. And two years of feeling really proud of the things my team continues to accomplish. This is something I’ve said for years, but I want to expand on it. Work is work.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 28, 2021

Imagine a chatbot that identifies your website visitors and their company, qualifies them based on your criteria, engages them based on data-driven insights, sets up meetings, and even notifies your sales team when they are ready for a conversation. What is ZoomInfo Chat and how does it work?

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

I'll preface these tips by mentioning that many sales teams struggle to hit quota during the holiday season — and those issues come from a lot of different angles, including: It's a shorter quarter with weeks-long holidays for prospects. Prospects take additional PTO during the holidays, in addition to company-wide holidays.

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Pointclear

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

However, there are a lot of things good insourced operations and lead generation companies do well. Here is a check list to help you see how you’re doing: DEFINE A LEAD: Does every department in your company share a common definition of a lead? TARGET, SEGMENT AND TEST: How often does your team analyze lists?

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Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: How To Keep Loyal Employees 101 Good employees are essential for running your business well. It’s like winning the lottery when you find an employee with the same vision for your business and who stays loyal to you and your business.

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Smooth Sale

AUGUST 2, 2023

Photo by anncapictures via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Are You Ready for A New Adventure? I am ready for a new adventure and will be traveling abroad to Oslo, taking a small ship cruise around Iceland, and ending the trip with a visit to Copenhagen. Many years later, the U.S. Many years later, the U.S.

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Mindtickle

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Earlier today, Forrester , one of the most influential research and advisory firms in the world, released its 2023 Wave for Sales Readiness, evaluating the 11 most significant sales readiness solutions providers. Mindtickle offers superior end-user experience, coaching support, and analytics.”

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Grant Cardone

JANUARY 11, 2023

Strap yourself in for 2023… Brace yourself for the recession that’s coming with it… And get ready for Grant Cardone’s Unbreakable Business Challenge 2023 — airing January 24-28 from 1pm EST daily. Over 40 years, Grant has faced his fair share of economic crises. Your opportunity is here: [link] pic.twitter.com/PnaJliGIFp.

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SalesLoft

APRIL 25, 2024

Once the ink is dry and the contract is signed, what goes through your mind when you actually close a 7-figure deal? It feels good for a week, maybe, and then I’m ready for the next one. It feels good for a week, maybe, and then I’m ready for the next one. The customer is on board. The contract is signed.

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Smooth Sale

JUNE 25, 2022

Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Signs Your Small Business Is Ready For Expansion. Our collaborative blog provides insights on what to watch regarding, ‘Signs your small business is ready for expansion.’ The Bureau of Labor Statistics found that about 30% of small businesses will fail by the end of their second year.

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John Barrows

MAY 15, 2019

I can’t tell you how many ideas I’ve heard about (or come up with myself) that were great ideas at the time, but failed because the market wasn’t ready for them. I still believe it would rival some of the best sales tools out there today if it was still available. Timing in Sales. Sales used to be a pure numbers game.

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Smooth Sale

JUNE 23, 2023

Photo by Blizniak Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: How Can Team Building Activities Improve Company Success ? Whether it involves a week-long retreat or a few hours of fun, team-building activities can positively impact employees and a company’s success. When employees are happy and thriving, they do their best work.

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Smooth Sale

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The holiday season is always an exciting time of year. To help you stay focused on your tasks, here are eight ways you can stay productive at work during the holiday season. Prepare Your Office Space. Aside from cleaning your office space, now might be a good time to start restocking your supplies.

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Awarathon

AUGUST 8, 2023

“An AI-powered video roleplay software is one of the most effective sales tools for streamlining your sales process, assisting your organization in meeting sales quotas, and forecasting sales for the upcoming quarters online effectively.” It focuses on sales readiness through sales enablement and training.

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Allego

OCTOBER 17, 2023

How much information do you remember from your onboarding? You likely gained most of your knowledge on the job. This is especially true for sales teams dealing with evolving products, shifting markets and dynamic customer preferences. This blog post originally appeared on the Training Industry website. Probably not much.

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Smooth Sale

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

EmployTest administers more than 60,000 tests to job applicants every year. Signs of a cultural misfit may include an inability to adapt to company values, poor teamwork, and a lack of enthusiasm for the organizational mission. Ken is also the Founder of the HR Leadership Roundtable on LinkedIn.

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Being a sales rep is tough but rewarding. Day after day, you plan your conversations, prep your sales collateral, make dozens of calls, face a lot of rejection, and, hopefully, make progress on moving prospects down the funnel. Managing a sales team is a lot of work, too. On a good day, you’ll close a deal or two.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Your sales team doesn’t have time for efficiency blockers in a competitive, fast-paced market. Even if you’ve defined your ICP and created a targeted list of prospects, you may still find that your prospecting isn’t generating impactful results. The new requirements include: Email authentication for your domain.

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Allego

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The new premium for companies is speed. Valuations are being done based on a company’s ability to run at pace. One answer to the training challenges posed by a rapidly changing world is situational sales enablement. This is when your learners know they need to learn. Companies Must Embrace Deficit Learning.

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Smooth Sale

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Power of Commerce APIs Online shopping is gaining ground on brick-and-mortar sales. This year, expectations are that just over 20% of retail purchases will happen online, and by the end of 2023, the global eCommerce market will be worth more than 6 trillion USD. APIs lay the groundwork for better experiences.

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Santa Claus may be coming to town, but as a sales professional, it is difficult to get into the holiday season until you meet your sales numbers. In this article, we will outline a few tactics you can deploy to ensure you end the year with a bonus in your stocking and not a lump of coal.

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Crunchbase

MARCH 19, 2021

The issue is that many companies aren’t using them correctly. While MQLs are one indicator of success, it’s not the sales-ready lead that many marketers believe it to be. While MQLs are one indicator of success, it’s not the sales-ready lead that many marketers believe it to be. What is a marketing qualified lead?

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Smooth Sale

JULY 11, 2022

Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Are You Ready to Make Your Marketing Irresistible? Note: Karl Pontau provides today’s inspiring guest story , ‘Are you ready to make your marketing irresistible?’ The company dedicates itself to helping clients tell their stories to unlock their full potential.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 14, 2020

While these changes are positive and aid in business development, internal teams can sometimes struggle to adapt to new strategies after years of the same processes. As a sales leader, you know how important it is for your sales teams to be ready and adapt to change as it comes. Sell The Need For Change.

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Highspot

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Not only are they key to landing your go-to-market strategy for the upcoming year, but one of the few times your entire sales team will be together, making them valuable opportunities for camaraderie and connection. What are the best 2021 sales kickoff themes??. What Makes Sales Kickoff Training Effective?

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Nutshell

APRIL 18, 2023

Here at Nutshell, we launched into the new year by announcing several exciting features. You can now use Nutshell Forms to gather all the information you need from your leads right from your website and learn more about your website visitors with Nutshell Analytics.

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Pipeliner

JUNE 16, 2020

Walking in the Customer’s Shoes—Are We Ready for the Technology Impact? That vision, while not unrealistic, is many years away. Just a couple of years ago, when I was giving a speech at DePaul University, that number was 24 million. That’s a doubling of programming talent in just 2 years.

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Julie Hanson

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

PowerPoint is still going strong 40 years later, but in order to better connect with modern audiences they’ve adapted their style with design tips, sharing options, mobile access, etc. Have you adapted your style as well? How do you know if your presentation is stuck in the eighties? Let me tell you about my company…”.

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Force Management

OCTOBER 8, 2020

This post is an extension of the Ten Reasons Why Our Sales Training Is Different. The impacts of the pandemic have left many sales leaders to shift priorities and find new ways to equip their sales teams to succeed. Like many companies, we’ve had to refine our sales engagement and delivery process. Read it here.

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