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Have you ever dreamed of becoming a VP of Sales? This is the podcast for you. This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak to Dan Cook, SVP of Sales & Success at LucidChart, one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in the US, about what it takes to become a sales executive at a top company. MORE
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By Tibor Shanto. No need to go to the gutter right away, there is a lot to be said for words in sales before we have to go blue. Given that there so many words, every day bringing more, that the word we’ll focus on today is a proxy for words rather than just one guilty word. The word I am talking about is talk, and the often silly way sellers use words, but more specifically the obsession to be delivering words, talking, sometimes (usually), jusf for the sake of talking. Fear of Silence. MORE
It’s time to forget about the idea of an “ideal buyer.” ” That’s right, forget about it. Times have changed. There is no longer a single person who starts and stops all buying decisions. MORE
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Hi John, This is Nigel calling from Sales Software 2.0. We’ve created a unique AI solution that works with big data at a systems level to suggest the best methodology to use in your cloud CRM. We do this by using distributed geometric parallel processing. MORE
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To improve a sales team’s efficiency, I start by assessing the team’s sales enablement efforts. In many sales organizations, the attempts to enable are actually disabling sellers by creating staggering inefficiencies and, even worse, impairing sales effectiveness. MORE
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Sales 2.0
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
Hi John, This is Nigel calling from Sales Software 2.0. We’ve created a unique AI solution that works with big data at a systems level to suggest the best methodology to use in your cloud CRM. We do this by using distributed geometric parallel processing.
Sales and Marketing Management
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
Author: Jeffrey Weil Thanks to the surge of high-profile and costly cyberattacks in the last year, coupled with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), businesses everywhere have been making security and compliance their No. 1 priority.
Babette Ten Haken
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
Do we really understand the difference between customer service delivery and customer experience delivery? Or, do we use the two terms interchangeably? At times, our self-focused perception leaves customer service delivery up to everyone with “service” as part of their job titles.
Sales and Marketing Management
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
Author: Sabrina Ferraioli When you try to call business executives, you’re up against some substantial hurdles — gatekeepers, voicemail, caller ID and their not-a-minute-to-spare schedules.
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The Sales Heretic
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
Whether you’re a salesperson, executive, or business owner, presentation skills are vital to your success. But presentation skills are rarely taught in school, and too many companies don’t invest in such training for their people.
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Understanding the Sales Force
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
I've written extensively about how salespeople score in 21 Sales Core Competencies. Typically, both the articles and data are shared in the context of the difference between top salespeople and weak salespeople but rarely have I written about what happens after salespeople have been evaluated.
No More Cold Calling
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
Do you have the wrong KPI? If you’re like most sales leaders, you’re tracking the wrong referral metrics and spinning your wheels. Craig had only one referral KPI, and it was the wrong one: the number of prospect meetings that his reps conducted.
Sales Benchmark Index
SEPTEMBER 15, 2018
The emergence of the Customer Success Professional is an existential threat to account managers. As you create your headcount plan for 2019, you’re starting to think of how to cover your accounts, and whether you need Account Managers, Customer Success.
John Barrows
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
In 2012, during one of John’s month-long globe-trotting sprints delivering the Filling The Funnel and Driving To Close training on-site, we realized we were at terminal velocity. The number of customers and sales teams we could work within a given year was maxed.
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2018
I used to do it. I would get to the office extra early and I’d start dialing before 8AM. I wanted to become a rock star sales dude and I was mentored by my boss that the trick was to call CIOs (Chief Information Officers) early in the morning.
Connect2Sell
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
To improve a sales team’s efficiency, I start by assessing the team’s sales enablement efforts. In many sales organizations, the attempts to enable are actually disabling sellers by creating staggering inefficiencies and, even worse, impairing sales effectiveness.
The Pipeline
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
By Tibor Shanto. No need to go to the gutter right away, there is a lot to be said for words in sales before we have to go blue. Given that there so many words, every day bringing more, that the word we’ll focus on today is a proxy for words rather than just one guilty word. The word I am talking about is talk, and the often silly way sellers use words, but more specifically the obsession to be delivering words, talking, sometimes (usually), jusf for the sake of talking. Fear of Silence.
Sales Benchmark Index
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
“Hello 2019, we’ll be right with you!”. Most of my clients have been in non-stop planning meetings since mid-August and earlier. Long days of adjusting and readjusting budgets and expectations. New tools make the process easier, however the resource allocation decisions.
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MTD Sales Training
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
Are you using video meetings in your sales process? More and more companies are going down this route especially those that sell software, SAAS products and online services (such as online sales training ). Sometimes it can save you a ton of time if you can jump on a video conference call with screen sharing capability and all that jazz! Do it correctly and it can work wonders for you. Do it wrong and it can ruin the sale completely! Here are 5 mistakes to avoid at all costs!
Smart Selling Tools
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
“Teamwork makes the dream work!” It’s common rally cry from managers, encouraging team members to work together and contribute to each other’s success. Generally, collaboration is a good thing.
The Sales Leader
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
It’s time to forget about the idea of an “ideal buyer.” ” That’s right, forget about it. Times have changed. There is no longer a single person who starts and stops all buying decisions.
Close.io
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
Back in the days when we ran our sales consultancy and sales outsourcing company, we did a lot of cold calling for Silicon Valley technology companies. One of our clients was selling software directly to doctors. And the main challenge we had with this was that doctors are really hard to reach.
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Sales Benchmark Index
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
Are you still stuck using legacy CRM’s to drive your Lead Management process? CRM’s have introduced a lot of fantastic features that over time have become staples of almost every sales and marketing organization. While they provide a lot of.
Partners in Excellence
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
We know the importance of the marketing and sales process. It provides us a structured, disciplined approach to engaging our buyers. In theory, it should help us help the customer in navigating their buying process.
Smart Selling Tools
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
In this series, we ask Sales Tech Executives to describe how their solution can change a sales organization in a significant way. We call it Sales Tech Game Changers. This week I interview Patrick Welch , President and CMO of Bigtincan.
Hubspot Sales
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
Have you ever heard someone say, “ Music was so much better in the 1960’s? ” It’s easy to scroll through a list of hits from this era and agree -- but this is a prime example of survivorship bias.
Speaker: Steve Benson, Founder and CEO, Badger Maps
A great sales team starts with a manager who’s a great coach. To stay competitive in today’s market, you need to implement a formal coaching approach that is aligned with your buyer’s journey and internal processes to drive results. Fortunately, Steve Benson is here to help you become that great coach.
Sales Hacker
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
Have you ever dreamed of becoming a VP of Sales? This is the podcast for you. This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak to Dan Cook, SVP of Sales & Success at LucidChart, one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in the US, about what it takes to become a sales executive at a top company.
Sales Benchmark Index
SEPTEMBER 16, 2018
The number one way to demonstrate Return on Marketing Investment (ROMI) is by driving revenue through Lead Generation. However, few CMOs are driving top-line revenue growth with their lead generation activity. The problem? It is in the statement. Activity. Activity.
Partners in Excellence
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
Developing any high performance sales team starts with talent. If you have the wrong people, no tools, processes, programs, training in the world will make up for it. Yet, too often, managers treat this issue too cavalierly.
Xactly
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
Working in Sales is no easy game. Anyone in the role will tell you that they love it—but often want to pull their hair out.
Speaker: Jeff Davis, Founder, jd2 Consulting Group
Jeff Davis is here to help you think differently about how Sales and Marketing should interact. With increased scrutiny for marketing to prove ROI on their activities and it becoming increasingly hard for B2B salespeople to even get in front of customers, the old way of doing business is no longer an option. This webinar will use evidence-based research and empirical knowledge to propose real-world strategies that work.
Hubspot Sales
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
Entrepreneurship is the process of starting (or improving upon) a business with the ultimate goal of making a profit. It often involves great risk and uncertainty, but it’s also an opportunity to overcome those challenges and to manage multiple aspects of a business operation.
Babette Ten Haken
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
All of us have toxic demanding customers in our client bases. However, we do have control over the situation. Let’s explore. These customers pride themselves in making our business lives difficult. First, they are predictable: they will challenge all proposed solutions. Even the simplest ones.
Sales Benchmark Index
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
Joining us on hbspt.cta.load(23541, '39dd4f48-b0ca-486a-9fa5-4e1fb27489aa', {}); is Walt Megura, the Vice President of Emerging Industry Segments and Channels for Ericcson, one of the leading providers of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to service providers, with about 40% of.
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