Score More Sales

AUGUST 28, 2014

No more 2001 stuff, please. Lori Richardson is recognized on Forbes as one of the “Top 30 Social Sales Influencers” worldwide. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies. Increase Opportunities. 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

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.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 22, 2024

Why I’m Interested in Selling: An MBA finance professor of mine stood on the first day of class and said, “for any taking finance courses as a way to avoid selling I have news for you, every job is a sales job – get used to it.” I’d been in sales. I went back for an MBA to get away from sales. It was Spring of 2001.

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Call-back Construction Up-Sell Research 77

A Sales Guy

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Last year I predicted that 2013 would be the year of hiring, that sales people would be on the move, freed from the downturn in the economy and feeling safe, I predicted sales people would start looking for new opportunities. I saw a lot of organizations trim their dead weight and build new and improved sales organizations.

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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. For closers, this is bookings.

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Pointclear

AUGUST 1, 2011

As a sales and marketing thought leader with nearly 20 years experience, Tony has led the overall research function at SiriusDecisions since the company's founding in 2001. Getting b-to-b sales and marketing to align more closely has driven even the most capable business leaders crazy for years.

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Revegy

AUGUST 27, 2020

By our reckoning, nearly 40 percent of leading US industrial companies toppled from the first quartile in their sectors during the 2001 recession, and a third of leading US banks met the same fate,” says McKinsey & Company in Preparing for the next downturn. “At Who are the specific executives that are excepting value from your solution?

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Outsourcing Services Lead Rank Lead Scoring Webinar Metrics 52

LevelEleven

AUGUST 7, 2018

You have been promoted to sales manager. Going from a top performing sales person to a manager seems like it will be an easy transition, right? The traits that make all-star salespeople usually don’t directly translate to the skills needed to be an effective sales manager. Congratulations! Steve – Be curious.

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Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

APRIL 12, 2022

Consider what these findings mean for employee engagement: For these workers, focusing on what the job could do for them – great experience, more career opportunities – didn’t move the needle on engagement. The average amount of money each employee raised more than doubled, from $1,300 a week to over $3,000. Above and beyond. Wrzesniewski, A.

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Motivation Benefit Face-to-face Study 52

Steven Rosen

MARCH 29, 2012

Understanding yourself and the effects you have on other people may give you opportunities for growth and development. ©2001-2009 What-IS-Coaching. My answer is that you don’t necessarily need coaching; but you probably know that there’s always room for improvement, we all have blind spots that need to be looked at.

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Coaching Guarantee ROI Report 280

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

Chorus.ai

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

As a partner in Silicon Valley-based Winning By Design , a B2B, SaaS and inside sales consultancy, Emilia works with tech companies all over the world, helping them build playbooks and plan customer journeys. In 2001, she joined a Danish firm, GN Netcom, as a global project manager based in Copenhagen.

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The ROI Guy

JULY 5, 2011

In prior recoveries, it has been Enterprise Software that has led the way, as organizations sought an edge in productivity to capture recovery revenue opportunities. Although Gartner’s predictions bode well for IT vendors, IT buyers have fundamentally and permanently changes since the bursting of the tech bubble in 2001.

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Telecommunications Enterprise Enterprise Vendor 73

The ROI Guy

JULY 11, 2011

Surprisingly, CIOs alone have authorized only 5% of IT investments , confirming what many IT sales and marketing professionals already know, that the vast majority of IT purchase approvals involve more stakeholders, as well as significant executive scrutiny. To this end, we recommend the following best practices: 1.

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Marketing ROI Proposal Survey 89

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 3, 2018

But with the number of buyers purchasing homes through real estate agents and brokers growing 18% since 2001 , there’s plenty of work for hungry realtors everywhere. Everyone Deserves the Opportunity of Home” - New Story. “Be Home” - Corcoran Group. Let us Guide you Home” - Compass. Real estate is a crowded field. How do you do that?

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Real Estate Lead Rank Lead Scoring Groups 80

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. Data is the Key Differentiator. Register for Webinar.

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Data Webinar Metrics Compensation Enterprise 61

The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

He loves the outdoor opportunities the state affords him. John Arsenault, Sales Engineer. Solving problems and having fun while doing so makes him happy, and he’s excited to showcase Spiff to finance and sales teams. Dustin Carpe, Sales Development Representative. Alison Varney, Sales Development Manager.

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Meeting Top of Funnel Travel Engineering 75

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. This vehicle was brought to market in 2001. By pure accident, the vehicle struck a chord with many markets, and the first-year sales for this car were phenomenal. They just saw the gross sales in year one.

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Cincom Smart Selling

JULY 25, 2017

This vehicle was brought to market in 2001. By pure accident, the vehicle struck a chord with many markets, and the first-year sales for this car were phenomenal. They just saw the gross sales in year one. Instead, each year featured a cosmetic tweak here or there and fewer sales than the previous year. Car customizers.

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Buyer Promotion Collateral Social Media 59

Sales Excellence

MAY 10, 2016

Denver, CO, USA –May 10, 2016 – Sales Excellence International, a premier global sales training and consulting organization, today announced the launch of its new virtual workshops available through Sales Excellence University. About Sales Excellence International.

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Sales Excellence

AUGUST 9, 2016

Tampa, FL, USA –August 8, 2016 –Sales Excellence International, a premier global sales training and consulting organization, today began accepting registration for open-enrollment virtual workshops. About Sales Excellence International. For more information about Sales Excellence, visit www.salesexcellence.com.

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The ROI Guy

MAY 3, 2010

Already a growing trend since the bursting of the tech bubble in 2001, more senior financial IT decision making means that proving the value of proposed projects, and quantifying bottom line impact is more important than ever. More than 74 percent of the respondents were senior financial executives, including CFOs and controllers.

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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. Further Opportunities. TOTAL $19,547 from 322 sales. Estimated reading time: 24 minutes. Fred Wilson. lower the price.

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Discount Lead Rank Top of Funnel Enterprise 55

The ROI Guy

APRIL 15, 2010

Bistritz outlines how presenting the value proposition is important in a down economy, and that throughout the buying cycle there are multiple opportunities to communicate value. 3) Formal Value Reviews - post sale, reviewing the value received vs. the value proposed to determine gaps and assure value derivation.

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Software Software ROI Buying Cycle 40

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. It’s a tough question and doesn’t have a single right answer.

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Pipeline B2B Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 127

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 20, 2011

To address this growing market opportunity, Alinean developed the EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advisor, a TCO calculator at the heart of this new SMB virtualization marketing campaign. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

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The Ultimate Sales Executive Resource

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Sales managers might want to adhere to this caution as well. Sales performance measured with company results As the role of a sales force is to generate revenue for a company, and it is furthermore easy to measure, it is a frequently observed practice to use revenue as the primary performance indicator of the sales force.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 9, 2010

With the constant pressure on IT managers to “do-more-with-less&# , and the difficulty to understand how the analyst research translates to particular applications, it is important that organizations analyze their own unique opportunity for cloud savings and ROI. ► February (8) Boost Sales 10% with an Investment in Sales Enable.

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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. These buyers need a reason to engage – and delivering personalized, proprietary and consultative benchmarks, insight and advice is essential.

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ROI Lead Rank Lead Scoring Tools 45

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

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 How TCO is a common sense sales and marketing Tool for Today’s Chaotic Economy My friend and board member Bill Kirwin, original father of TCO analysis with Gartner, put it best when he wrote this article for us on the power of using TCO as a sales and marketing advantage to win deals in these tough economic times.

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ROI Social Media Analysis Microsoft 40

Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. 5 Tips for Lead Nurturing to Grow Your Sales Funnel. As a seller you are working hard to create a full pipeline (funnel) and now that you have all of these companies and some actual sales opportunities on your radar, how will you bring them to closure? Consulting.

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Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring Lead Nurturing 284

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 10, 2011

Most organizations spend much more on branding and relationship management versus value-based sales and marketing initiatives. From these findings, to better align sales / marketing with buyer requirements, perhaps more budget should be allocated to business benefit and financial assessment content, tools and support.

ROI 40

ROI Social Media Decision Maker Survey 40

Insight Demand

MARCH 31, 2017

[ii] Despite widespread agreement amongst neuroscientists that our conscious rational mind plays a minor role in decision making, why do our sales messages to buyers focus almost exclusively on facts and figures? Sell to Mr. Rational for simple sales, and Mr. Intuitive for complex sales. Why we revert to rational persuasion.

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Transportation Study Journal System 20

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%. How is IT spending changing for small and medium enterprises?

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Score More Sales

JANUARY 31, 2012

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Sales Tips for the End of the Pipeline. The sales opportunity has stalled – which we talked about last week. One reason sales opportunities get stalled is because somewhere along the line, you misunderstood your buyer and they very nicely will sit in a holding pattern forever.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Pipeline Top of Funnel 275

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Tom’s latest entrepreneurial endeavor, Alinean, was founded in 2001 to develop SaaS software for changing the way B2B sellers reach frugal buyers with interactive white papers, assessment, ROI and TCO tools. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market. Let the Good Times Roll?

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