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What I learned About the Future of Sales Enablement at #Transform18 hosted by Showpad

Jeff Davis

The theme was “Reimagining Sales Enablement”. As a keynote speaker and business coach focused on strategically aligning Sales and Marketing, I attended because I wanted to see what the future of Sales Enablement looks like. I had the pleasure of attending Showpad’s first ever US conference - TRANSFORM18.

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Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer

The ROI Guy

Even though a recovery is at hand, there remains significant pressure to do-more-with-less, and the economic buyer is firmly in control, demanding even more financial accountability on each purchase. April 2009. And this trend is not expected to end, even as the recovery takes hold. How Do You Fight Frugalnomics?

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A Conversation With Eric Pratt: Why Sales Playbooks are a Necessary Complement to Inbound Marketing Plans

Costello

For Eric Pratt, more than thirteen years in the sales and marketing industry taught him a few things about how these teams can work together. This understanding led him to found Revenue River in 2009, a digital marketing and sales innovation agency. How can sales enablement complement inbound marketing efforts?

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The Slippery Slope Called Sales Enablement

Jonathan Farrington

A very well respected organization in the marketing and sales alignment business now reports that most companies have done all they can to help sales at the top of the funnel. Now what is needed, they say, is to provide support to sales people in the middle and late stages of the buying process. Sales Enablement.

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2010 vs. 2020: 9 Sales Strategies That Changed Dramatically in the Last Decade

Hubspot Sales

In 2019, millions of social media users took to their Facebook and Instagram profiles to post their 10-year challenge photos consisting of side-by-side shots of themselves in 2009 and 2019. Now, it’s time to do the 10-year challenge with your sales strategy. of online sales made on a mobile phone. How have sales teams adapted?

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Welcome to The Decade of Sales

Factor 8

Consider the terms “Tech Stack” and “Sales Enablement” weren’t even terms in 2009. Sales leadership, marketing leadership, and our customers expect more from our sales departments. Doubtful this was big? The outcome? Ten years ago we had reps. Some teams had hunters and farmers.

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Is Marketing Too Busy? The Forgotten Sales Professional

The ROI Guy

With so much to work on, its easy for marketers to forget a very important audience, sales professionals, and where marketing meets sales, sales enablement. The good news is that sales enablement programs have become more formalized, and investments in sales support have never been higher.