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. Sales priorities are shifting. Image Source.

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Pipeline B2B Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 123

Nutshell

JUNE 22, 2020

Cold calling is great—if your prospects actually pick up the phone. Learn to leverage this underrated communication channel, and SMS sales just might become the secret weapon in your selling arsenal. What Is SMS Sales? Both of these scenarios are examples of SMS sales, and it can easily be used in a B2B context as well.

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B2B Closing Campaigns Follow-up 123

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

The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 30, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. prospecting.

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Motivation Real Estate Hiring Construction 155

Braveheart Sales

APRIL 20, 2021

There is a sizeable segment of workers that will never go back to the office, so the days of drop-in prospecting will be more difficult than ever. 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. Face the Music. Hire the Right Way.

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Decision Maker Face-to-face Trade Show Hiring 52

Nutshell

JULY 22, 2020

Sales and marketing professionals are constantly slinging around new buzzwords, complex terms, and confusing abbreviations. No blog, video, or sales pitch is complete until the phrase “boost ROI” or “improve your net promoter score” is used. Conversion: The prospect makes a purchase and becomes a customer.

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Top of Funnel Lead Rank Marketing Churn 119

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

JULY 19, 2022

But what if you had an assessment methodology that enabled you to detect troublesome prospects before you sign a deal — and a method for handling such folks? Your job is to calibrate these expectations by explaining to the buyer what you can, and can’t, do for them, and what it will take for the sale to work for both parties.

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Customer Vendor Buyer Call-back 59

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. That turns people off.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Government ACT 69

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 6, 2012

For an emerging brand, marketers must provide air cover for sales reps to gain traction. During Greg’s tenure, the brand ‘Yellow Freight’ went from the unpleasant designation by Fortune Magazine as the worst of five national trucking firms in the LTL industry in 1996, to #1 in the industry by 2001. Establish Trust.

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B2B SAP Customer Transportation 306

SalesLoft

AUGUST 13, 2014

Jim Collins introduced the concept of a business “flywheel” in 2001. Today, we’ll show you how to develop a flywheel for sales development. With this strategy, you will crush your numbers, make it easier for new teammates to come up to speed and promote SDRs faster through the sales process. When will you prospect?

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Energy Analytics Promotion Research 52

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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Lead Management Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 165

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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Top of Funnel Face-to-face Software Software 53

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!

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Hiring eBook Inside Sales Construction 48

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. Field Sales vs. Inside Sales. Only 1 percent are entirely inside sales.

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Distribution Selling Skills Lead Rank Lead Scoring 45

Igniting Sales Transformation

JULY 18, 2018

Future-proof yourself and your sales team, understand what’s coming next and how to deal with it. had been providing skills training since 2001 and about five years ago, Dan made the decision to lead 2Win! One of their sales engagement team members initiates a web session that is informative and answers most of your questions.

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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. 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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Buyer Promotion Collateral Social Media 59

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

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.

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Real Estate Sales Enablement B2B B2C 72

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

Sales Evangelist

JANUARY 29, 2019

Many of us in sales have jumped into companies without a training process or guidance; we find ourselves winging it and wondering, “Where’s my mentor?” It was all fun until the unimaginable happened in August 2001. For sales, in particular, mentors are crucial. Your prospecting will never ever be the same.

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Groups Outbound Call-back Conference 58

Product Management University

MAY 22, 2017

The answers are your core value propositions that drive marketing, sales, pricing, competitive positioning, etc. I’ve worked with a lot of highly successful organizations since 2001. >> Sales goes through a series of interviews with each prospect (the sales process) so that your organization gets the job. >>>

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Ideal Customer Profile Customer Marketing Hiring 45

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. TOTAL $19,547 from 322 sales. Sales had increased 25% over the previous book due to larger audience, but revenue was up by 77%.

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Discount Lead Rank Top of Funnel Enterprise 55

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 14, 2018

In 2001, Frederic Brochet conducted a study with 54 participating oenology undergraduates. For example, if you’re used to paying $10 for shampoo and see it on sale for $8, this reduced price will feel like a deal. He asked the students to rate two bottles of red wine, telling them only that one was expensive and one was cheap.

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How To Study Consumer Groups 96

John Barrows

JUNE 20, 2018

Whether it’s an actual phone call or Zoom meeting, at some point you will need to jump on the phone with your prospects. Looking at what’s novel being what is nobody else doing, there is no better time to get on the phone with your prospects. Closing happens throughout the sales cycle. It’s much more sensitive.

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Cold Calling Call-back Google Data 86

Score More Sales

JANUARY 12, 2012

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. B2B Sales Podcast With Michael Boylan on Prospecting and the Power to Get In. There’s no doubt in B2B selling that getting the top of your funnel (or front end of your sales pipeline) is incredibly important and in a tough economy, can be difficult on a consistent basis.

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B2B Top of Funnel Decision Maker Lead Rank 143

Score More Sales

MAY 8, 2011

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Gain Ways to Enjoy Prospecting and Donate to Japan. 5 Ways to Have Fun Successfully Prospecting for New Revenues. I guarantee you will get some value from it – if only to remind you of ways you can have more fun, energy, and focus when you prospect. Consulting. Categories.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Prospecting Webinar Metrics 146

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Monday, December 06, 2010 Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marketing as We Know It? These two market drivers will have important implications into 2011 and beyond for B2B sales enablement and marketing strategies and budgets. The invitation often coming after key decisions have already been made.

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ROI B2B Social Media Buying Cycle 40

Score More Sales

JANUARY 31, 2012

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Sales Tips for the End of the Pipeline. You’ve listened online and are following your prospective customer – the one you are about to close a big deal with- socially via every means possible. The sales opportunity has stalled – which we talked about last week.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Pipeline Top of Funnel 275

Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. 3 Top Sales Tips for Keeping Sales Focus. Grow Sales. Focus in growing sales and revenues is challenging for many small business owners and entrepreneurs, let alone actual sales professionals. Consulting. by Lori Richardson on September 19, 2011.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring LandSlide Top of Funnel 247

Score More Sales

JUNE 17, 2011

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. 5 Ways to Get Sales Leads to Fill Your Pipeline. Finding “more probable” prospective customers can be simple but not quite as easy. More probable” prospective customers are those companies and / or individuals MORE likely to do business with you – and do it sooner rather than later.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Pipeline 269

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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Marketing Vendor ROI Survey 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. Is it clear?

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Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring Lead Nurturing 284

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 11, 2010

We have seen this same issue occur in IT spending over the past decade, where IT spending lagged significantly behind revenue growth following the bursting of the technology bubble in 2001, and are wondering if the same will now be true of marketing budgets going forward? navigation, placement of content, imagery, etc.)

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Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring Advertising 40

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. TOTAL $19,547 from 322 sales. Sales had increased 25% over the previous book due to larger audience, but revenue was up by 77%.

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Strategy Discount Lead Rank Enterprise 20

The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Generating Awareness In order to start the engagement process with prospects, awareness needs to be created. Survey participants indicated that although prevalent, promotional e-mails, direct mail, sales representatives and general advertising were less effective at raising awareness of new solutions.

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Harte Hanks ROI Marketing Social Media 45

Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Talking or Writing Too Much in B2B Sales. Just a quick post to share a tip posted today over at Jill Konrath’s Fresh Sales Strategies Blog encouraging sellers to be more succinct , and to communicate in the way that your prospective customer wants. Sales Productivity.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring B2B Top of Funnel 135

Score More Sales

JULY 20, 2011

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. 15 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Benefit From a Sales Strategy Session. Need more sales revenues? Many entrepreneurs and small business owners have no one to talk sales ideas through with – so they either get paralyzed or make the wrong moves. Consulting. Give us your toughest ones!

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Benefit Lead Rank Lead Scoring Strategy 229