Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 27, 2019

This transformation is permeating all areas of the enterprise – from marketing to sales to product development and even finance and human resources. Amongst the plethora of enterprise AI solutions available, marketing platforms probably come to mind first.

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Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring Analytics 274

Highspot

MARCH 21, 2024

Despite this, many sales emails find their resting place in the trash, unopened and unread. We’ll explore how to craft good sales emails that get opened and inspire action, all while introducing four metrics to measure sales email success. What are the Different Types of Sales Emails? Send a promo email.

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Lead Rank How To Lead Scoring Follow-up 96

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 1, 2020

Author: Tom Pisello Many new campaign and product launches fail because sellers don’t understand the new solution or didn’t even know about the launch in the first place. In order to resonate with customers, your announcement must be seen, messaging absorbed and content leveraged with the sales team. A failure to launch.

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Campaigns Sales Enablement Education Collateral 326

Bernadette McClelland

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

So, my GO BIG is to bring something fresh, different and new to the sales conversation – and not just rehash solution selling, or provide new hacks for getting appointments, or for it to be ‘same girl, different dress’ (hang on, let me rephrase that in case it is perceived as UnPC – same horse, different jockey!).

Ideal Customer Profile 195

Ideal Customer Profile Decision Maker Enterprise Enterprise 195

Zoominfo

JULY 13, 2023

The sustained growth that can only come from retaining and expanding your customer base relies on sales reps who consistently build genuine relationships with customers. That work starts with determining where a customer is today, understanding where they’re going in the future, and seeing how you can help them bridge the gap.

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Strategy Customer Hiring How To 130

Smooth Sale

MARCH 22, 2024

Mindset Encompasses Sales Strategy Every conversation outcome, whether with friends, associates, staff, prospects, or clients, depends upon our frame of mind, which affects business considerations. Bridging the Divide It’s essential to accept that disagreement arrives on all levels. How does all the above affect your bottom line?

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Policies Influencer Hiring Lead Rank 88

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

As a B2B marketer or sales professional you have a number of things battling for your attention at any given moment. Compared to B2C marketing strategies, B2B marketers and sales professionals rely on educating their audiences to gain more leads and conversions. Aligning Sales and Marketing. How Do You Set up Email Automation?

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Prospecting Scale Lead Nurturing Campaigns 262

Smooth Sale

MARCH 25, 2024

Earn Your Success Sales Tips: Small Business Growth Tips for Those Desiring to Succeed Know the needs and desires of your audience, including your next new employer, in detail. Bridge the gap between your desires and clientele for all to succeed. Today’s insights are provided to help you achieve the Smooth Sale!

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Small Business Small Business Outsourcing Services Hiring 116

Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

I had a fascinating conversation with an outstanding sales person today. He leveraged trade shows to meet people, then followed up with prospecting notes. ” “Oh,” I responded, “I can smell a sales pitch coming when someone prospects me with that question. I know the sales person wants to pitch me.

Ideal Customer Profile 117

Ideal Customer Profile Face-to-face Trade Show Prospecting 117

Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Engage With Your Community and Build Bridges Rebuilding trust starts with engaging your community. Sales Tips: Move Past Bad Press to Enjoy the Good. Seek opportunities to build your brand further in a positive light to enjoy the good. Today’s insights are provided to help you achieve the Smooth Sale! Celebrate Success!

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How To Social Media Webinar Metrics Media 116

Allego

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Consider today’s B2B buyers: They are savvier than ever, performing as much research as they can before talking with a sales rep. Traditional sales enablement methods can’t accommodate those needs. There’s little to no collaboration between sales, marketing, and enablement teams. And even then, they prefer digital interactions.

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Revenue B2B Scale Buyer 62

BuzzBoard

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We have already discussed in our last post how managing a large sales team creates hurdles at tracking performance, analyzing sales data, providing personalized coaching, etc. Simply compiling exhaustive performance analysis no longer cuts it in today’s highly competitive enterprise sales climate. But what’s next?

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BuzzBoard

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In fact, it’s precisely the vastness and complexity of this landscape that often make it a challenging sell for agencies despite its boundless opportunities for growth. Question is, can you bridge the gap between your aspirations and reality with your expertise, strategic moves, and vision? Sharing a real-world anecdote for you.

Marketing 105

Marketing Automotive Scale Small Business 105

SBI

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Brainshark Named Best Training Solution in 2019 Golden Bridge Awards. delivering SaaS-based sales enablement and readiness solutions , today announced it is a winner in the 2019 Golden Bridge Awards®. Sales onboarding and continuous training – preparing sales teams to deliver value in every buyer interaction.

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Training SAP Webinar Metrics Sales Enablement 86

Adaptive Business Services

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Your sales process maps your steps from an initial opportunity to a completed sale. Perhaps more importantly, a successful sales process can, and should be, duplicated. Do you play bridge? Bridge statements are extremely powerful and should be used in multiple ways. This is your bridge statement.

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Exercises Fashion Up-Sell Buyer 77

Sell Integrity

MAY 12, 2020

With leaner sales organizations, your sales enablement strategy has to step up and be a valuable contributor to the organization. In many organizations, revenue has “fallen off a cliff,” as one sales leader put it, and companies are looking at where they can make cuts and recapture lost momentum.

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Sales Enablement Webinar Metrics Strategy Coaching 124

Janek Performance Group

APRIL 18, 2024

Since then, teleselling has been a staple of sales. It is the bridge from your opening to your discovery. Consider the difference in the following: “When would you need the solution implemented?” “How If you sense they’re ready to explore solutions, move forward with that discussion. Watson, come here. I want to see you.”

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Training Outbound Inbound Benefit 62

Miller Heiman Group

MARCH 12, 2020

A triple-digit increase in sales opportunities identified—and 4X revenue growth based on those opportunities. They represent the gains that become possible when a firm implements Miller Heiman Group’s Bridging Service Into Sales training to improve its customer experience strategy. Think again. Get the Case Study.

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Revenue Strategy Customer Case Study 63

Allego

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Winning a sale is a team effort, not just from sellers and sales managers but the sales organization as a whole. Sales operations, customer success , and product marketing are all instrumental in getting prospects to the finish line. The Persistent Disconnect Between Sales and Marketing.

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Pivotal Conversion Closing Buyer 117

Bernadette McClelland

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

The Bridge Over The River Sales. If we consider the following, it may help put success into perspective and generate healthy discussion and opportunity for those individuals and businesses that want to seriously connect the dots and create different results. Helping us understand ourselves and others even more.

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Influencer Lead Rank Lead Scoring Study 207

BuzzBoard

OCTOBER 17, 2023

So whether it’s a cozy café, a boutique store, or a local service business that you want to sell your digital services to, let us explore some best practices so that you are able to captivate your SMB audience and accelerate B2SMB sales. So, are you ready to supercharge your local businesses’ digital presence?

Strategy 105

Strategy Marketing Education Small Business 105

Product Management University

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Product marketing receives all the WHO, WHAT & WHY content from product management to create and communicate value messages that fill the sales funnel with influencers and buyers that have a need worthy of engaging with you. Economic buyers are thrilled with the partnership they’ve formed with your organization.

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Face-to-face Customer Top of Funnel Account 52

SBI

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Mediafly Launches Unique Revenue Intelligence Solution to Drive Deal Confidence. Sales enablement leader launches Revenue360, becomes the first provider to combine content engagement & sales activity insights for a comprehensive view of pipeline health. CHICAGO – Sept 15, 2020. Gartner Inc.

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Revenue Lead Rank Sales Enablement Lead Scoring 77

The Pipeline

MAY 1, 2014

One of the opportunities offered by the web 2.0 world, or as many around sales like to call it social selling, is to leverage a number of tools to improve and accelerate the quality of interactions, especially at the early part of the sales cycle. Sales Tools Tibor Shanto' By Tibor Shanto - tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca.

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Constant Contact Lead Gen Twitter Face-to-face 306

BuzzBoard

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Let’s breakdown, how as an entrepreneur or sales chief, you can integrate AI tools into your workflows to future-proof your business. It’s about precision, not just in technology, but in understanding the specific challenges and opportunities within your operational framework. Moreover, hands-on experience is invaluable.

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Maximizer Tools Lead Rank Pivotal 105

Product Management University

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Here’s why a portfolio vision is so critical to the success of your products and how it elevates Product Management, Product Marketing, Sales and Customer Success teams to plan and execute more strategically. Think of your portfolio vision as the ultimate “strategic goal/outcome” your target customers want from your portfolio of products.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 52

No More Cold Calling

MARCH 4, 2014

But it doesn’t mean the death of your sale. What will be the overlooked opportunities and unforeseen business losses? What results would the prospect get by implementing your solution right now? Describing business results means you clearly define the impact of your solution. We’ve all been there. All Is Not Lost.

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Call-back Small Business Small Business Cold Calling 274

Partners in Excellence

JUNE 20, 2023

I read a post by a respected sales expert on “Information Asymmetry.” This is probably correct, at least for the part of the customer change process that focuses solely on product/solution selection. These go far beyond solution selection, and these are the biggest issues challenging the customer in moving forward.

Face-to-face 77

Face-to-face Buying Cycle Enterprise Enterprise 77

SBI Growth

JUNE 29, 2013

Sales leaders will not Make the Number if they fail to rapidly onboard new talent. The sales environment is uniquely suited to take advantage of an innovation called “ gamification.” This post is for HR and Sales leaders who ask, "How can we accelerate the productivity of our new hires?". The Game: A Great Match for Sales?

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Hiring Case Study Lead Rank Lead Scoring 326

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

As a B2B marketer or sales professional you have a number of things battling for your attention at any given moment. Compared to B2C marketing strategies, B2B marketers and sales professionals rely on educating their audiences to gain more leads and conversions. ZoomInfo MarketingOS Finally, ABM with data you can trust.

Prospecting 130

Prospecting Scale Lead Nurturing Campaigns 130

Pipeliner

APRIL 9, 2020

One key area in which technology can be very useful is in sales training delivery. Leveraged the right way, virtual instructor-led sales training , or VILT, can bridge the divide between distributed teams and expert instructors without sacrificing quality. Quota-bearing sales professionals are under constant pressure to perform.

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Score More Sales

APRIL 4, 2013

We are, as a business community, being BOMBARDED with sales tools. Once we have the tools, we still need to craft interesting and compelling content in the form of sales messages to our prospective customers and existing clients. The Solution. This is where we see a big issue. and Barb Giamanco of Social Centered Selling.

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Webinar Metrics Outbound Social Selling Buyer 224

Allego

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Prior to joining Allego, Bas was CFO of Clarabridge, which he led through a $1 billion strategic sale and a highly successful IPO. I had an opportunity to talk with Bas about his new position at Allego, his thoughts about the sales enablement industry, and how the CFO role has evolved. Bas: I love working with sales.

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Scale Sales Enablement Maximizer Industry 62

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Sales is very much a balancing exercise, somewhat like a scale, to keep balanced, you need to ensure that there is as much weight on one side as there is on the other. Part of the problem is a lack of definition around value, just because it is subjective, does not mean it cannot be defined, especially in the context of a sale.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Scale Margin 299

Smooth Sale

DECEMBER 27, 2022

As an accomplished sales producer, a new employer offered an insulting salary; I could have polished shoes for the same amount. California, as my manager left for home via the Oakland Bridge. The following day, I learned he was the last person to make it over the bridge as it collapsed into San Francisco Bay. The infamous 7.2

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Lead Rank Hiring Salary Lead Scoring 145

Pipeliner

JULY 23, 2022

In the field of technology as applied to navigation, I have stated many times my non-belief in artificial intelligence, because it is programmed simply and only to find factors, solutions or destinations that are already known. Navigation in Sales. The heuristic approach to sales carries the principle of responsibility.

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CRM Pipeline Objections Government 92

Smooth Sale

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Architects must navigate these challenges creatively, often thinking outside the box to find solutions that marry functionality with aesthetic appeal. Collaboration is equally important, as it brings together diverse skill sets and perspectives, leading to more innovative and comprehensive design solutions. Celebrate Success!

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Construction Lead Rank Engineering Hiring 78