Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 1, 2018

Managers of sales and marketing teams are charged with coaching up individual team members, enhancing their skill sets and improving overall team performance. Storytelling has stood the test of time as a critical skill in sales and marketing?—?and and isn’t that our goal in sales?—?a But where to begin?

Marketing 226

Marketing Telemarketing Scale Education 226

Cincom Smart Selling

JANUARY 27, 2015

Smart companies don’t have software initiatives; they have business initiatives that drive software purchases. The larger you become, the harder it is to keep track of dealers’ pipelines and forecasting your own sales. In a four-year period, this company consolidated more than 40 systems into less than seven.

Scale 48

Scale Smart Company CRM Microsoft 48

Hubspot Sales

MAY 10, 2018

Bad sales advice is shockingly common -- and you don’t want to find out you’ve been misdirected the hard way. After all, every mistake means it’s harder to achieve your sales goals. I once worked for a manager who put a great deal of emphasis on activity metrics rather than actual sales results. 1) “Focus solely on activity.”.

Hiring 103

Hiring Hubspot Inbound Promotion 103

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Companies that prepare for and embrace the changes AI brings will thrive. Sales is traditionally a people-to-people business, but technologies like artificial intelligence are making expert sellers rethink the balance between human and machine. The need for automation in sales. The potential future of AI for sales.

Ideal Customer Profile 83

Ideal Customer Profile How To Churn Face-to-face 83

Pointclear

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

” In other words, they understand that in addition to being in the business of selling whatever they sell—be it shovels or software—they also need to be producing content as a cornerstone of their marketing, both to engage and educate their would-be customers. But producing any old content isn’t enough.

Trends 180

Trends B2B Social Media Marketing 180

Braveheart Sales

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Of course, smart companies play the arbitrage game: When costs are rising, pass along the price increases as quickly as you can while you try to delay accepting the cost increases from your suppliers as long as possible. However, if your higher cost inputs are commodities, freight, energy, etc.,

Margin 40

Margin Insurance Insurance Energy 40

Factor 8

AUGUST 8, 2019

If you’re growing or starting up a team, you’re wise to spend time researching the type of rep that will best suit your sales process, talent pool, and customer preferences. And if you’re researching roles in sales, even better. Let’s dig in – starting with the top of the sales funnel or beginning of the buying process.

Inside Sales 31

Inside Sales Hiring Lead Rank Top of Funnel 31