Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

To paraphrase the renowned sales guru Mark Twain, The difference between the right word and almost the right word, is the difference between telling your sales manager that the deal is dead, versus, the deal is no longer viable. Words are the hammers and nails of sales. Sales, like life, are greatly influenced by semantics.

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Maximizer Face-to-face Consumer Sales 62

No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The economy is fickle, but No More Cold Calling’s 9 “killer” steps will boost your sales in any economy. What a roller coaster—this up and down economy—2001, 2002, then the Recession of 2008-09. Yes, the sales landscape has changed. 9 Killer Steps to Boost Your Sales. Dazzle Your Current Customers: If you do nothing else.

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Referrals Hiring Decision Maker Social Media 240

Pipeliner

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Sales leaders are asking themselves how they will adjust. Here, we look at the specific moves proactive sales organizations are making to ensure success prevails even when a solid economy does not. In time, sales professionals become eager to grow and take responsibility for what they do. Prioritize Long-term Measurements.

Coaching 72

Coaching Salary Face-to-face Policies 72

Nutshell

JUNE 22, 2020

Learn to leverage this underrated communication channel, and SMS sales just might become the secret weapon in your selling arsenal. That the best way to reach potential customers is via the supercomputer they carry around in their pockets. What Is SMS Sales? Why should you text your prospects and customers?

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B2B Closing Campaigns Follow-up 123

Gong.io

JUNE 23, 2022

Both have marketing and sales teams, but Company B’s teams are both 10% better than Company A’s. Let’s geek out for a second, and write down a formula for how companies obtain new customers: New Customers = # Leads * Close Rate. Company A’s marketing team brings in 1,000 leads, and their sales team closes 20% of them.

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Hiring Scale Engineering Lead Rank 62

Score More Sales

AUGUST 28, 2014

No more 2001 stuff, please. We are about to go into 2015 and smart marketers and sellers are positioning for predominantly mobile viewing of their site, offers, and ways to connect. Can you reach out to your customers through your mobile devices on the road? The time is NOW to build for the future with your website.

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Webinar Metrics B2B Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile 214

The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 30, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. What’s your area of self marketing expertise? Mark’s Insights on PRICING. Negotiation.

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Motivation Real Estate Hiring Construction 155

Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

This problem has existed as long as there have been communal workplaces, and it was studied between 2001 and 2002 in an Aspen Institute survey conducted on a group of MBA students. Professional development in sales and marketing has a similarly checkered ethical history. Easy to say at the sales kickoff.

Lead Rank 69

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Government ACT 69

Braveheart Sales

APRIL 20, 2021

It was already tough to do this in some large cities due to security measures that were enacted in 2001, such as guards, visitor monitoring, etc. Sales teams must face whatever comes next head-on. As a sales leader, you are going to have to lead your team, motivate your team and expect your team to continue to adapt.

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Decision Maker Face-to-face Trade Show Hiring 52

SalesLoft

JANUARY 31, 2019

Guest post by Karen Rhorer , Customer Success & Sales Strategy @ Atrium. For those of us who are immersed in the world of SaaS sales every day, it’s easy to forget how new the SaaS concept is. Therefore, data about what happens during the sales process could be tracked for the first time.

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Top of Funnel Face-to-face Software Software 53

Revegy

AUGUST 27, 2020

However, after every recession, the Harvard Business Review, McKinsey, Bain, and other management consultants publish research showing that leading companies leverage economic volatility to move faster, innovate more, and take market share from competitors. “By Your customers need you to leap into action now more than ever before.

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Outsourcing Services Lead Rank Lead Scoring Webinar Metrics 52

The ROI Guy

JUNE 11, 2015

That B2B buyers were thought to be anywhere from 57% to 85% complete in their decision making process before contacting sales. That much of the buying will not need sales reps anymore, and that over 1 million B2B salespeople would go the way of the dodo. Amazon continues to contribute heavily to the death of retail sales.

Real Estate 89

Real Estate B2B Buyer Travel 89

CloserIQ

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Boston is emerging as one of the hottest startup cities in the country, which is great news for sales professionals. These companies are all backed by venture capital and are currently hiring in sales roles. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but here are some great companies to consider for your next sales job. ProfitWell.

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Hiring Company Policies Analytics 76

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

JUNE 14, 2019

Wholesale distributors are feeling urgency to change their sales models, a joint MDM/RLI research study shows. Many distributors have a field sales culture in markets where inside sales models may make more sense. Customers say, ‘If you’re just gonna sell me products, sell them to me cheaper,’” says Marks.

Distribution 45

Distribution Selling Skills Lead Rank Lead Scoring 45

The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Without further ado let’s jump into the latest edition and meet some of our favorite Spiffers: Rachel Cravit, Marketing Content Writer. Rachel is an experienced content writer/marketer, specializing exclusively in B2B SaaS for the past 4 years. She’s excited to join Spiff’s marketing team! John Arsenault, Sales Engineer.

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Meeting Top of Funnel Travel Engineering 75

Xactly

JUNE 20, 2018

As the market races to deliver AI products targeted at sales users, it’s just a matter of time – a few years, if not a few months – before AI becomes a trusted part of the sales professional’s daily technology stack, giving useful advice and admonitions throughout the rep’s day. Register for Webinar. Gathering the Right Data.

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Data Webinar Metrics Compensation Enterprise 61

Igniting Sales Transformation

JULY 18, 2018

In this interview, you’ll learn how the rules have changed —customers are more educated, resourceful and directive than at any other time in history. Future-proof yourself and your sales team, understand what’s coming next and how to deal with it. help our customers meet the changing market demands).

Vendor 76

Vendor Software Software Video 76

Cincom Smart Selling

JULY 25, 2017

One way CPQ (configure-price-quote) software improves sales is by helping to identify buyers for products and services. When product design and planning discussions are taking place, it is up to Marketing to make sure this part of the plan is fully evolved, considered and built into the overall product development process.

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Buyer Promotion Collateral Social Media 59

Cincom Smart Selling

JULY 25, 2017

When product design and planning discussions are taking place, it is up to Marketing to make sure this part of the plan is fully evolved, considered and built into the overall product development process. This vehicle was brought to market in 2001. The following market segments jumped in on year one. Car customizers.

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Buyer Promotion Collateral Social Media 59

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 11, 2010

For marketers, the news is good overall. According to research from IDC and Forrester, marketing spending is anticipated to increase between 3 to 5% for 2011. In the current environment, marketers are still being asked to do-more-with-less, driving a significant change in strategies, campaigns and go-to-market channels.

Marketing 40

Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring Advertising 40

The ROI Guy

JULY 23, 2015

We recently had the pleasure of talking sales enablement with the Sales Enablement Lab and Thierry v. Tom Pisello, Alinean's CEO / Founder was interviewed about the recent proclamations on the Death of the B2B Sales Rep, and what his thoughts were on the future of B2B selling and sales enablement.

Real Estate 72

Real Estate Sales Enablement B2B B2C 72

OnePageCRM

MARCH 8, 2017

There’s an old joke in sales about selling products at a loss but making it up on volume. A common complaint from sales teams is: we can outcompete and make more sales simply by reducing prices. Price based on the value to your customer? What about the 20 customers who would’ve paid $5? A blind guess? Focus groups?

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Discount Lead Rank Top of Funnel Enterprise 55

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

One of the most difficult responsibilities for a B2B marketer is sales enablement. What makes it difficult is the lack of adoption and rejection by sales. The sales field is often critical of any marketing effort. Marketers can feel like they are in a can’t-win position. His name was Chad.

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Marketing Decision Maker Sales Enablement Transportation 316

The ROI Guy

AUGUST 20, 2010

Leading Value-Based Sales and Marketing Tool Provider Awarded For Entrepreneurial Growth We were pleased to learn today that Alinean was named to Inc. For those of you who know Alinean, we founded the company in 2001 and are headquartered in Orlando, Florida. 5000 list of fastest-growing private US companies.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Company Microsoft 40

The ROI Guy

APRIL 15, 2010

1) Value Proposition - early in the lifecycle you can guess at customer needs and propose how the solution mught derive value 2) Value Hypothesis - during engagement with the customer you can investigate pain points and how the solution can help customer save, streamline or overcome the issues.

Software 40

Software Software ROI Buying Cycle 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

As financial due diligence is a requirement, each marketing investment comes under more scrutiny for ROI measures, and understanding the true bottom-line impact of social media marketing becomes a requirement. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market.

Social Media 60

Social Media ROI Media B2C 60

The ROI Guy

MAY 4, 2006

Technology Sales & Marketing - Party Like its 1999? A Q&A with me on latest IT sales and marketing metrics, trends and best practices Is 2006 shaping up to be a good year for IT spending growth? in 2006, with annual growth in software sales leading the way at 7.0%. percent of revenue on marketing.

Marketing 40

Marketing Vendor ROI Survey 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

Heres our three key takeaway opportunities: 1) Buyer Facilitation versus Selling, 2) Buyers, Fueled by the Internet, Firmly in Control, 3) Most Prominent Inhibitors to Sales Achieving Quota is “Inability to Communicate Value Messages&#. As a result, sales is being invited later into the decision making process, if at all.

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ROI Buying Cycle Social Media Webinar Metrics 49

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Using an Alinean powered ROI calculator, he explained how customers can combine the cloud with existing applications and infrastructure, achieving IT cost savings, flexibility and an ability to get ideas to market rapidly. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Media B2B 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Although the desire may be there to pursue improved internal and external customer service improvements via enterprise innovation, most state budgets will remain challenged well into the recovery, yielding a pragmatic, economic-focused CIO. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Face-to-face Survey 40

The ROI Guy

MAY 6, 2010

New Customers in Q1 2010 Alinean has been selected to develop and power value-based sales and marketing campaigns for Wipro , PGI , CSC , CiRBA , MokaFive , Shoretel , Informatica and OfficeMax.

ROI 40

ROI B2B Demand Generation Agencies Hiring 40

Product Management University

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Greenville, SC – November 7, 2018– Proficientz announced today the availability of Product Management University On-Demand, an online training and certification program that offers the convenience of learning B2B product management, product marketing and sales enablement skills anywhere, anytime.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 15, 2020

As businesses continue navigating the challenges that have resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, many sales leaders are wondering the best path forward. One of the toughest changes sales leaders need to adapt to is the dramatic impact the events of 2020 have had on win rates. Customer loyalty is more important than ever.

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Pipeline B2B Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 131

Product Management University

MAY 22, 2017

A customer value culture exists when your entire organization is driven by the strategic goals of your target customers. There’s a big difference between products that deliver tactical value to users and an organization that delivers strategic value to the customer organization from the top down (customer value driven).

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Ideal Customer Profile Customer Marketing Hiring 45

The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2009

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 VMware launches Realized ROI toolkit, powered by Alinean Provides quantifiable proof to customers of the realized ROI from prior VMware deployments. Assessing the savings quarter by quarter, in minutes a VMware sales professional or channel partner can develop a report card on the value VMware has delivered.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Media B2B 40

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 26, 2019

Think of product-market fit as the moment when “your customers become your salespeople.” Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify, recognized that many of the necessary pieces for product-market fit were already in place when music-sharing platform Napster collapsed in 2001 following allegations of copyright infringement.

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Industry Marketing How To Face-to-face 105

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Alinean calls this new age-of-austerity Frugalnomics, and it forever changes the way B2B sales and marketing needs to connect with, engage and sell to buyers. The tool suite results in over 1,000 leads per month, with estimated 4 to 5% conversion rate of leads to sales.

ROI 45

ROI Lead Rank Lead Scoring Tools 45