The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. January 2011. It is true that the economy has had a real impact on leaders ability to properly respond, but there is still room for data driven creative approaches.

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The Pipeline

MAY 12, 2011

December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. January 2011. Ideally in your line of questioning during uncovering these you should try and get the prospect to attach a monetary value to the compelling reasons.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. January 2011. No matter how difficult your market or month is, there’s always something to celebrate. Matt is President of Heinz Marketing Inc. Prospecting.

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A Sales Guy

JUNE 30, 2014

Mark has done some amazing things at Hubspot and the data they’ve been gathering on sales and marketing is impressive. This post on email timing is a great example of connecting with prospects. According to some new data, this result was not a fluke. I hope you like it. However, I literally forgot to. Good thing!

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The Pipeline

APRIL 8, 2011

December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. January 2011. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Guest Post , Marketing , Proactivity , Trust , execution. April 8th, 2011. February 2012. January 2012.

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InsideSales.com

APRIL 23, 2021

According to Forrester’s research , “From 2011 to 2019, the average revenue for the companies in the S&P 500 has grown over 24%, but average sales quota attainment has dropped from 63% to 43% by some estimates.” These variables should be taken in context with other data like customer needs and buying cycles. since 2018.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 14, 2011

December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. January 2011. The farsighted view is guestimated monthly, quarterly and annual revenue projections based on equations developed from limited, subjective data.

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The Pipeline

JULY 19, 2011

December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. January 2011. I am not sure Watson answered complex questions as much as to chew through reams of data with breakneck speed. July 19th, 2011. July 21st, 2011.

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Pointclear

MARCH 27, 2014

Co-hosts Paul and Allan tee up the show by discussing several hot news items relevant to the B2B market - Here’s what they noshed on, on Episode #5: According to the latest CMO Survey, 85% of CMOs either have not shown any impact from social media spending or have only a qualitative sense of its effectiveness. Voicemails work.

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HeavyHitter Sales

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Best New Sales Book of 2011. December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. End the Sales & Marketing War-Harvard Business Review. Here’s one of my recent Harvard Business Review articles about synchronizing sales and marketing. Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012.

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Allego

AUGUST 31, 2021

To ensure your sales enablement strategy is ready for future growth, you need to do three things: consolidate your tech stack, incorporate AI into your coaching strategy and look at your data. Globally, companies are averaging 23 different learning and enablement tools and platforms , double the number from 2011. . Look to Your Data .

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Sales 2.0

JANUARY 19, 2012

Prior to Yesware, I was the Vice President of Sales and Consumer Strategy at Vivox, the market leader in voice for digital worlds. One thing I really noticed, as a VP of Sales was how much time was wasted for salespeople on tasks like manual data entry into CRM systems. Are your emails reaching your prospects?

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

In a piece I posted on July 19, 2011 , I questioned another mainstream piece forecasting a dramatic decline in B2B sellers and the nature of their role. Just as it is hard to argue that many of those are mostly to man the apparatus, and capture data. On the surface, the predictions may have been wrong, more sellers than ever.

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InsideSales.com

APRIL 23, 2021

According to Forrester’s research , “From 2011 to 2019, the average revenue for the companies in the S&P 500 has grown over 24%, but average sales quota attainment has dropped from 63% to 43% by some estimates.” These variables should be taken in context with other data like customer needs and buying cycles. since 2018.

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 25, 2012

2011 growth levels. Still wanting to innovate via IT, with particular priority towards big data, cloud computing and mobility / tablets. What does this mean for your IT sales and marketing? The good news is that IT spending is still growing, at a rate of 2.5% The bad news is that the growth rate is lower than the 3.7%

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 30, 2016

Are your sales reps still wasting time with cold prospecting—sending emails and social media requests to strangers who aren’t expecting to hear from them? Your marketing department does an adequate job of lead generation, but many of the so-called “leads” aren’t qualified. It now takes fewer than five. Test Your Referral Savvy.

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Allego

AUGUST 18, 2022

The platform should be designed to support rapid and effective marketing content access , paired with the trusted resources and organizational knowledge that sellers want to hear most. It means your sales rep can work with their manager, peers, or trusted internal experts to develop the best solutions for my prospect.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Objective Management Group (OMG), having assessed 700,000 salespeople, tells us that one key piece of data remains unchanged. So while the economy isn''t creating a confidence-fest, it shouldn''t be having any more of an impact than it has in the years 2011-2012. My Blog has been nominated for best Sales & Marketing Blog.

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Pointclear

MARCH 6, 2012

Stephanie Tilton is a content-marketing consultant who helps B2B companies craft content that engages prospects and customers, nurtures leads and advances the buying cycle. She is a founding member of the Savvy B2B Marketing blog , and contributes regularly to the Content Marketing Institute blog.

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Allego

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Sales organizations will look to increase flexibility, responsiveness, and alignment with their marketing teams through sales enablement that merges previously siloed functions including training, learning, coaching, content creation, and management. Prediction #4: Data will Drive Decision Making and Content Creation.

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Chili Piper

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

This stat comes from a Harvard Business Review study and for today’s B2B sales and marketing teams, it has several problems…. First, it was published in 2011. Do you realize how much has changed since 2011? Yes, speed-to-lead can help improve your reps’ connect rates, but at the cost of better conversations with your prospects.

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Pointclear

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

That kind of connection requires that salespeople stand in the shoes of their foreign prospects. Prospects from countries like India or China are less likely to accept standard, non-customized services than those from, say, Germany or the UK. And marketers can incorporate suggestions for those personal touches in their email templates.

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Sales 2.0

JULY 17, 2019

Getting in the door and getting in front of a human in your target market is a huge problem for most startups and small businesses. I’ve spent many years selling in startups and small businesses and every time the biggest issue cratering the sales pipeline is getting enough meetings with appropriate prospects. Baylor University.

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 14, 2011

Read Tonys article.recently published in Bank Insurance & Securities Marketing Magazine! Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). sales prospecting (34). Posted by Tony Cole on Tue, Jun 14, 2011. posted @ Thursday, June 23, 2011 11:31 AM by Ken Festa.

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Crunchbase

DECEMBER 6, 2021

There’s no shortage of paid and free sales prospecting tools on the market these days, all touting time-saving features. But who of today’s busy sales professionals has the time to vet hundreds of lead generation and sales prospecting tools, let alone road test them to find the best fit? What is sales prospecting?

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 5, 2020

Sales tools using machine learning and deep learning are already widespread in the market today. These algorithms are fed large sets of training data and they are able to infer correct answers based on “learnings” from the training data, e.g., predicting which movie a user is likely to watch based on past viewing history.

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 22, 2011

Read Tonys article.recently published in Bank Insurance & Securities Marketing Magazine! Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). sales prospecting (34). Posted by Tony Cole on Wed, Jun 22, 2011. Hire SalesPeople Who Can and Will Sell in These Tough Markets.

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Jonathan Farrington

JANUARY 5, 2013

Over the past couple of months I have been asked by several publications to predict what will happen in marketing and sales in 2013. I started by asking myself two questions: Was there anyone in the sales and/or marketing world that a year ago that accurately predicted what would happen in 2012? Answers: Not so much. Not so much.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 9, 2022

GTM Plays Automated go-to-market plays that can rapidly scale your business. HENRY SCHUCK So it’s 2011. And we were selling a very similar, earlier version of the platform that we sell today, but really focused on company data and contact data. HENRY SCHUCK We ran sales automation and marketing automation plays.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process? LeadFuze gives you all the data you need to find ideal leads, including full contact information. Who currently have job openings for marketing help. This used to keep me up at night, so in 2011, when I quit my lucrative sales job and set up my own company.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Imagine having the opportunity to sell into a company like Lyft in 2011. Imagine growing with them on their journey to becoming a publicly-traded company with an $11+ billion market cap. Back then, in 2011, Lyft was a small Series-A startup called Zimride with under 50 employees. trillion worth of funding. Funding rounds.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 7, 2012

Last Friday, I kicked off a series of Friday posts I will be doing on Lean Sales and Marketing. We don’t block time for prospecting, we don’t commit to a goal for prospecting. The data shows that people and organizations that use a sales process consistently perform at much higher levels than those who don’t.

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SBI

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

AsdeqLabs is a next generation service enablement solution that ensures secure and automatic delivery of documents and data collection on field employees’ devices. With global sales and marketing headquartered in Boston, Bigtincan also has offices across EMEA, Australia and Asia. About AsdeqLabs.

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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.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

annual growth indicated from the Spring update, led by healthier investments in devices, security and data center systems. Moreover, a major "sea change" has occurred in technology spending and purchase decision-making - with significant implications for your organizations sales and marketing strategy. Why Change Now? –

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CloserIQ

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Drift provides a conversational sales and marketing platform that allows businesses to better connect with prospects and customers. Founded 2011. Founded 2011. Klaviyo is providing better email marketing solutions for ecommerce stores. Mendix is currently hiring across a range of sales positions. Founded 2014.

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Crunchbase

MAY 6, 2020

We must qualify who from among that pool is a viable prospective client to connect with one of our brokers right away, and who is seeking other industry-specific information. Our outbound team has similar conversations with prospective clients. Our inbound team handles the thousands of office space inquiries we receive.

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