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Accelerate Slow Sales Cycles with More Sales Enablement Investments?

The ROI Guy

According to Andrew Gaffney in his article Marketers Shifting Focus To Sales Enablement To Accelerate Slow Pipelines , “Deals expected to close in the current quarter are often getting clogged and pushed out later in the year. So how is the sales enablement role evolving within b2b vendors? Productivity is a science.

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Sales Enablement and The Economic-Buyer

The ROI Guy

For sales to be relevant and successful, sales teams need to engage earlier in the buying cycle and higher in the organization to help executives proactively set priorities for formal budget allocations, and be in front of strategic decisions with new ideas to capture discretionary spending allocations. April 2009.

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Forrester and IDC think Sales Enablement is a Big Deal. and We Agree!

The ROI Guy

A new role has emerged at many leading B2B companies, Sales Enablement, and recent research from Forrester and IDC proves this new sales enablement practice as the key linchpin required to help a B2B company bridge the gap between their business strategies and how they execute in the field. April 2009).

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Being Seen in an Inside Sales Job

Closer's Coffee

I have been active on LinkedIn since 2009 and I primarily used it to stay connected to business owners and recruiters. Even the most outgoing of sales reps can have a reluctance to be seen on video. Avoiding the web meeting camera is common but it is harmful in more ways than you think. Tell your story.

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Is Marketing Too Busy? The Forgotten Sales Professional

The ROI Guy

Marketers are struggling like never before to meet the needs of a changing market. 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.

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The Criticality of SPM Technology

OpenSymmetry

While, incentive compensation administration is still a main piece, the broader SPM technology concept is expanding more holistically to include other key aspects which directly impacts how a sales team might perform, including talent development, sales enablement, and territory and quota management. About the Author.

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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?

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