Bernadette McClelland

MARCH 11, 2018

Come on, why not? I was fortunate to be a part of a TLQ (Total Leadership Quality) Program at Xerox where the work of Edward Deming was incorporated into our culture and when ‘Customer Delight’ became a focal point in the company’s rebirth. People might misunderstand what we’re tryin’ to say, you know? CEX is…?

Lead Rank 294

Lead Rank Loyalty Lead Scoring Face-to-face 294

Vengreso

JUNE 16, 2022

Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Adobe, SalesLoft, Outreach, and every other sales organization of companies globally have as a result of Covid-19 been forced to pivot. A virtual sales training program can and will help remote selling teams and sales management grow sales opportunities and close more sales pipeline.

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Benefit Training Retention Ideal Customer Profile 59

PandaDoc

APRIL 24, 2023

You’re probably here because you want to build a successful sales enablement strategy for your business. Read on to discover how to create effective sales strategies through the power of enablement and turn your team into an all-star performance machine. What is a sales enablement strategy?

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Vendor Neutral

APRIL 30, 2021

Sales Enablement Technology Checklist for Financial Services. Financial services firms are the ideal case study for sales enablement technology. Financial professionals deal with people’s hard-earned money, and when they engage with prospective or existing clients, they need to enable their sales force with a customer-first mind-set.

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Gong.io

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Let’s take a page from the book of sales operations (sales ops) and give you an answer as efficiently as possible. Here’s the answer to “ What is sales ops ,” in a nutshell: You have a sales strategy and you have people on the ground to execute it. Sales ops covers a lot, because it has to. Have a team of 20?

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Chorus.ai

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Market downturns are troubling times for any business — but the concerns can suddenly hit home if you find out that your company needs to cut your sales department’s budget. One moment your team is flying high in a bull market, with productivity and conversion rates at a peak.

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Scale Top of Funnel Churn Buyer Persona 114

Showpad

APRIL 1, 2021

Now chief marketing officers can add dramatic changes to workplace routines to their list of worries, with remote work jeopardizing the efficiency and productivity of marketing teams. It’s time for CMOs to tap into the power of sales enablement strategies and technologies. The time for transformation has arrived.

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Top of Funnel Sales Enablement Collateral ROI 52

InsightSquared

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

When it comes to sales forecasting , it’s a simple truth: if you can see what’s coming, you can prepare and react accordingly. How would that impact your Q1 pipeline — and beyond? But here we are in late Q4, when time can feel like it’s slipping away. Your team (and your 2021 self) will thank you. .

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Showpad

JUNE 1, 2020

Now chief marketing officers can add dramatic changes to workplace routines to their list of worries, with remote work jeopardizing the efficiency and productivity of marketing teams. It’s time for CMOs to tap into the power of sales enablement strategies and technologies. The time for transformation has arrived.

Top of Funnel 59

Top of Funnel Sales Enablement Collateral ROI 59

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 6, 2020

If you’re trying to optimize your sales process and empower your sales team to achieve better results, the answer lies in frictionless selling. Simply put, frictionless selling is a way of rethinking sales to effectively reduce friction and create more convenient experiences for both buyers and sellers.

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Gong.io

JUNE 8, 2022

Is an abbreviation enough to save your sales team? Meet the MEDDIC sales process. . If you deal with buyers whose complex, internal politics and buying processes feel like a black box, the MEDDIC sales process gives you a clear path forward. Get ready to filter like that in your sales funnel.).

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Sales Process Top of Funnel Sales Methodology Sales Qualified Lead 62

Gong.io

AUGUST 21, 2020

As a CRO, GM, Board Director, and Advisor to numerous companies, I’ve seen first hand the direct impact that Revenue Intelligence technology has on growing sales. 50% increase in win rates , 30%+ shorter time to close ), which is why it’s no wonder that Gong is rapidly being rolled out by top CRO’s and VPs of Sales across the globe.

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Revenue Face-to-face Channels Call-back 77

Mindtickle

JANUARY 28, 2020

It’s not easy to enable a sales team. Different salespeople come from different sales backgrounds with different levels of experience. They each have unique strengths and areas for improvement, and it’s difficult to boost everyone’s performance at scale to match your top performers. What is Sales Enablement?

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Sales Enablement Lead Rank Lead Scoring Face-to-face 59

Miller Heiman Group

OCTOBER 22, 2019

In this post, Kathy Venincasa, one of our inaugural Miller Heiman Group Icons and a sales forecasting master, discusses what she sees as the top four sales operations best practices. In every aspect, sales operations combines two things I love: sales performance and data analytics.

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SalesLoft

MAY 22, 2018

Focusing on personality type is an easy way to move from being an average to an excellent coach. Sales teams are made up of individuals from a variety of backgrounds. With so many different personalities and perspectives comes the challenge of how to most effectively coach each individual. That watch costs more than your car.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 28, 2020

It’s not easy to enable a sales team. Different salespeople come from different sales backgrounds with different levels of experience. They each have unique strengths and areas for improvement, and it’s difficult to boost everyone’s performance at scale to match your top performers. What is Sales Enablement?

Sales Enablement 52

Sales Enablement Lead Rank Lead Scoring Face-to-face 52

Nutshell

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

An effective sales management system can help your business reach or exceed its long-term goals. Sales management software encourages cooperation between sales reps and streamlines common activities. What Is Sales Management? What Is a Sales Management System? But where should you start? Download it today!

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System Sales Management CRM Hubspot 86

Highspot

JUNE 26, 2019

Research from SiriusDecisions’ 2018 Global Chief Sales Officer Study found that fewer than 50% of sales reps are hitting quota and that at 70% of companies, barely 30% of reps are meeting quota. These statistics illuminate an unsettling fact — the majority of sales teams are ineffective. Why is that?

Scale 40

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SBI

JUNE 4, 2014

Every two weeks, I interview an executive from a top sales and marketing solutions company. What problem/s are you solving for sales and/or marketing organizations? They are reaching out to their friend Google instead.) This gives a very narrow window within which a sales rep must be able to add value for a prospect.

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SBI

JUNE 23, 2015

National Cash Register, Westinghouse Electric and others created large, organized sales forces and with them, standardized sales and sales management techniques. It was innovation in technology that drove innovation in sales. History is now repeating itself. History is now repeating itself. applications.

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Analytics SalesForce Forecasting InsideSales 50

Allego

AUGUST 9, 2018

But what does Joey Chestnut have to do with sales learning?”. If your sales training and enablement strategy centers on sales kickoff meetings, boot camps or classroom sessions, you’re running the pedagogical equivalent of a hot dog eating contest. The traditional approach to sales learning produces the same results.

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Scale Video ACT Competition 48

Sales Hacker

APRIL 24, 2018

A data-driven sales approach. While a data driven sales coaching approach is still challenging to many sales leaders, the importance of chasing the right sales metrics is growing by the day! In fact, it’s the top indicator of a high-performing sales team. Why Is Building a Data Driven Sales Team so Hard?

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Data Hiring Margin Demand Generation Targets 53

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 22, 2018

In this article, we’re going to break down the key things you need to know before you start your customer success job search. You could say that this is because of the subscription model that most SaaS companies now adopt. 3) Analytical and Strategic. A great CSM needs to be analytical and strategic.

Ideal Customer Profile 51

Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Customer Face-to-face 51

SBI

JUNE 3, 2014

Every two weeks, I interview an executive from a top sales and marketing solutions company. What problem/s are you solving for sales and/or marketing organizations? Duncan: The buying process has changed dramatically in the last decade and today as much as 70% of the buying cycle happens before a prospect ever reaches out to a vendor.

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Up-Sell Revenue Closing Buying Cycle 57

Highspot

MARCH 18, 2024

Sales teams often face hurdles in hitting targets and meeting revenue growth expectations. Luckily, tech advances have paved the way for new solutions to refine sales processes and improve performance. Enter Artificial Intelligence (AI) sales tools – a breakthrough development in the world of sales.

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Sales Tools Tools Lead Rank SAP 52

Hubspot Sales

JULY 17, 2023

Of top-performing sales organizations , 57% have harnessed AI for forecasting, understanding customer needs, and competitive intelligence. It’s no wonder why. Sales, with its data-intensive nature, generates vast amounts of unstructured data. Plus, AI sales assistants can write enticing emails, prioritize deals, and more.

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Forecasting Hiring Hubspot Analytics 72

InsightSquared

DECEMBER 30, 2019

As we write the final chapter of 2019, we’ve had an amazing time looking back and seeing the many milestones we’ve reached together with you—our customers. The content we’ve shared was purposefully designed and developed with your business goals in mind. Whether you are in Sales, Marketing or RevOps—we believe the best is yet to come.

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Account Based Marketing Policies Lead Rank SalesForce 12

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Imagine your sales team performing 19% better month after month. Research from the Sales Executive Council (SEC) examined thousands of salespeople and found receiving quality coaching helped them improve long-term performance by upwards of 19%. When coaching skills exceed expectations, 94.8% Sound nice?

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Sales Coaching Coaching Top of Funnel Lead Rank 130

SalesLoft

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The Importance of Effective Sales Coaching. As a start to our sales coaching journey, let’s begin by understanding why effective sales coaching is so important. . Every potential client is unique and no rep, manager, or sales leader can predict every outcome for every deal.

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Sales Coaching Coaching Data Channels 52

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

To make the process easier to navigate, I’m going to walk you through everything you need to know to build a killer go-to-market strategy in this article. To make the process easier to navigate, I’m going to walk you through everything you need to know to build a killer go-to-market strategy in this article.

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Paid Content Top of Funnel Lead Rank Webinar Metrics 98

SBI

JULY 21, 2020

Q: SHOULD SELLING BE VIEWED AS A BUYING EXPERIENCE AND WHY. PETER: Enterprise B2B sales is a complex process of which the buying experience is one very important attribute to closely understand. Failing to appreciate the buying experience will likely result in failure, as you may target the right account at the wrong time.

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Account Based Marketing Top of Funnel Scale Ideal Customer Profile 142

Mindtickle

JUNE 21, 2023

In the world of sales, effective communication is the cornerstone of success. Whether you’re a seasoned sales pro or just starting your journey, understanding and speaking the language of sales is essential to connect with prospects, build relationships, and close deals.

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Lead Rank Top of Funnel Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead 52

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Now imagine playing in that game. It would be difficult to know how far behind or ahead you were, how much time was left, or what you needed to do to win. That’s what selling without a sales dashboard is like. But a sales dashboard is only useful if it’s done well. What is a Sales Dashboard?

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Data Lead Rank Pipeline Lead Scoring 124

Gong.io

MAY 31, 2021

Meet Exceed sales goals. Pick any (or all) of the above, and you have the reason sales playbooks exist. A sales playbook serves as a guide or a model for capturing best practices for each and every potential sales situation. Best-in-class sales playbooks include: . Sales enablement materials. Team processes.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Sales has traditionally been an intuition-driven profession. In recent years, however, sales data and technology has changed the way that sales teams think and feel — no longer does intuition sit in the driver’s seat. Sales data has taken the wheel, and for good reason. Sales Data. How to Approach Sales Data.

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Data Lead Rank Lead Scoring Energy 111

Mindtickle

MARCH 13, 2020

Sales cycles have become more complex and take longer than ever before. The most effective sales reps are always ready to deliver the right message at the right time to the right prospects. When sales teams are well-equipped and well-prepared, they perform confidently and drive revenue. What is Sales Readiness?

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Hiring Top of Funnel Webinar Metrics Coaching 66

Crunchbase

JULY 12, 2022

The Lead List is a monthly series that analyzes key buy signals from companies on the Crunchbase Emerging Unicorn Board with fresh funding to help you fill your pipeline with new opportunities. Why should these companies matter to you? Add these rapidly growing companies to your CRM. Learn More. Methodology.

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