Pointclear

JULY 19, 2012

Brian is Executive Director of Revenue Optimization at MECLABS where he leads business units that include Applied Research, Strategy Group, Conversion Group, Leads Group, Agency Group, Technology Group and Training Group. Brian is also CEO of InTouch and author of Lead Generation for the Complex Sale.

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Lead Gen Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 145

Pointclear

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Field sales is flat while inside sales is up 20 percent in the last few years. Knowing the new science of sales is what will help a salesperson to consistently meet expectations, says my latest guest on PowerViews, Chad Burmeister, vice president of corporate sales at ConnectandSell. Sales is Getting Scientific.

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Inside Sales Lead Rank Social Media Video 255

SBI Growth

JANUARY 15, 2013

Will upper management be able to rely on your sales revenue forecasts in 2013? Many Sales Ops leaders I’ve spoken with are proud of a +/- 10% forecast accuracy. Let’s say the 2013 sales revenue target was set at an even $500 million. Two steps to fix your CRM-based sales forecasting. Sales guys tend to be too optimistic.

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Forecasting Sales Forecasts Buyer Persona How To 267

Zoominfo

APRIL 16, 2018

If you’re one of the few sales professionals who’s never heard of Keenan the Sales Guy, here’s a little introduction. Keenan is the self-described CEO/President and Chief Antagonist of A Sales Guy Inc. With more than 20 years of sales experience, Keenan has influenced, learned, and shaped the world of sales.

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Journal Influencer Case Study Sports 171

SBI Growth

JANUARY 9, 2013

The top fear of HR leaders for 2012 was finding or developing leaders. Our 2012 sales leader research finds it is still a big fear for 2013. If your company isn’t looking for sales leadership today, just wait. The average tenure of a Sales VP is 19 months! Managing multi-generational sales forces.

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Sales Leadership Buyer Persona Exercises Course 310

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Being provocative is a sales and marketing requirement in order to get your fair share of deals in 2012, this according to the annual B2B Buyer’s survey of Demand Creation Specialists (DCS). Proactively, buyers need to be convinced that the status-quo is not adequate, and that there is a cost-of-doing-nothing.

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Survey Case Study ROI Proposal 72

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MARCH 14, 2013

Sales and marketing experts Jill Konrath and Ardath Albee just announced a new e-book, Cracking the LinkedIn Sales Code which will help you better understand how professional B-2-B sellers are using LinkedIn to grow visibility, gain connections and ultimately grow revenues. Prospect research is the most frequent LinkedIn activity.

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LinkedIn Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring 238

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 31, 2013

A field Sales Rep should be spending around 64% of those available hours selling. The statistics I share below are from SBI’s 2012 Sales & Marketing Research. The statistics I share below are from SBI’s 2012 Sales & Marketing Research. You will have access to guides, templates and tools.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Referrals Trade Show 324

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MAY 16, 2012

Do You Have a Sales Funnel? Are you part of a B2B sales organization proactively looking each week at what deals are in your sales funnel (or sales pipeline)? You have a robust, helpful CRM tool that gives you several helpful reports which you can review each week, and lists you can easily pull up on a just-in-time basis.

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Opportunity Pipeline Hiring Top of Funnel 206

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JANUARY 11, 2013

Ed and I spoke recently about the trends, and I shared with him my concerns about how so many smaller organizations are overwhelmed by tools, technology, and strategies for growth. So many new cloud-based tools have not only come to market, but many are tried-and-true now. They want to be where their customers are.

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Coremetrics Analytics Trends Outbound 238

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JUNE 26, 2012

Even if a percentage of your customers are on social tools and platforms now – you need to be there as well. There are many cloud-based tools to help grow your visibility, do niche research, and learn more about your existing and prospective customers. Finally, the tools vary and new ones seem to come out daily.

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B2B Lead Rank Lead Scoring Hiring 183

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APRIL 27, 2012

Of all the ways we have seen people actually talking to prospects, it most often is in a combination of the following: 1) Simple web research. Simple, quick, web-based research is extremely important when you are calling prospects. That’s the “sale”. The phone is just one tool in your toolbox. 4) Use of the telephone.

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Prospecting Lead Rank Lead Scoring Cold Calling 212

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APRIL 27, 2012

Of all the ways we have seen people actually talking to prospects, it most often is in a combination of the following: 1) Simple web research. Simple, quick, web-based research is extremely important when you are calling prospects. That’s the “sale”. The phone is just one tool in your toolbox. 4) Use of the telephone.

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Prospecting Lead Rank Lead Scoring Cold Calling 212

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

One sales expert I know recently went on a rant about how social selling has not affected KPIs in any of the companies they have talked with. They went so far as to say that many of us “other sales experts” don’t know what we are talking about when it comes to understanding business improvement and revenue increases.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Social Selling Twitter 228

SBI Growth

AUGUST 6, 2013

However, the tremendous hype on what marketing can do for sales is falling short. The answer is your sales team. 57% of B2B the buyer’s journey happens before your sales rep gets engaged. Give your team the tools to become “Social Sellers”. SBI’s 7 th Annual Research Tour is underway. Neither are good options.

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LinkedIn How To Social Selling Social Media 306

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Solution providers that can help facilitate this ever more difficult process will have an advantage in 2012. At this critical stage, defining the vision for the project, most buyers are researching options on their own, and not involving sales in the process.

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Case Study Comparison Decision Maker ROI 70

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Deploying a Sales Force Automation tool will not solve the challenges facing your Sales organization. The Sales organization isn’t short on data, it is short on knowledge. Every Sales Leader needs innovative recommendations right now. How are you going to help your VP of Sales to hit the number?

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Territories Top of Funnel Analysis Penetration 306

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

The continued economic uncertainty may define 2012, as “Frugalnomics” remains in full effect driving companies to be more spendthrift and risk adverse. With the importance of finance in the selection process, the following five best practices can help drive better success in 2012: 1.

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ROI Vendor Survey Proposal 79

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

I provide the Account Networking Tool to build a referral database around your customer. He’s a sales rep at Oracle. They’re missing the real value of the platform: it’s a sales tool. They expand their personal network to fill their sales pipeline through customer referrals. Download the Account Networking Tool.

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LinkedIn Pipeline Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile 335

SBI Growth

AUGUST 23, 2012

On top of finishing out 2012, you need to determine which Sales Strategy initiatives to prioritize in order to make the 2013 number. Avoid the conventional lip service you pay sales strategy development ; that’s old school, develop a sales strategy that the sales team understands and can really rally behind.

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Strategy Analysis Quota Resources 293

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 9, 2012

For those who thought 2012 might offer some much needed relief, a new survey uncovers Executives’ pessimistic sentiment going into 2012, indicating significant economic concerns and a strong focus on cutting costs and improving efficiency versus driving growth.

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Buyer Proposal B2B Discount 69

SBI Growth

MAY 22, 2013

You are a Sales Rep. They are on the market looking for an HR solution: a top sales rep. Source – CEB, The New High Performer Playbook, Arlington VA, 2012). This means the hiring manager is researching before you enter the picture. Like any effective sales process, you must align with this Buyer.

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Social Selling Hiring Inbound Outbound 324

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AUGUST 6, 2012

Sales reps are searching as many as 15 different data sources for information on customers and prospects. 82% of those surveyed believe that sales reps are challenged by the amount of information and the time it takes to research prospects prior to making contact. Reps are on information overload.

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Data CRM Survey Study 197

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Sales Roulette – Are You A Player? As in the casino, financial success is the goal, in sales it is in the form of deals or revenue rather then the jackpot at the roulette table.

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Pipeline Hiring Top of Funnel Cold Calling 240

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Frugalnomics makes it harder to connect, engage and sell without the right content and tools Alinean, the leading creator of interactive content marketing and diagnostic sales tools for business to business (B2B) solutions, today announced its annual sales and marketing predictions for 2012 with serious implications.

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Buyer B2B Marketing Strategy 51

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Don’t waste time on cold calls with a 1-3% appointment success rate (AAISP, 2012). Today we’ll address step #3 of the LinkedIn sales process. Download the Tool (free event registration required) so that you''ll be able to leverage your database along with my upcoming blog and tool. Hands down. open rate (Google, 2013).

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Referrals LinkedIn Social Selling Cold Calling 331

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Deploying a Sales Force Automation tool will not solve the challenges facing your Sales organization. The Sales organization isn’t short on data, it is short on knowledge. Every Sales Leader needs innovative recommendations right now. How are you going to help your VP of Sales to hit the number?

Territories 264

Territories Top of Funnel Analysis Penetration 264

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AUGUST 14, 2012

Most companies are not proactive to research what is on the horizon – they simply don’t have time or resources to do so. Here are three ideas whose time has come and are widely used by your competitors – so why not take a look at just these strategies for sales growth: 1. You can also find your competitors here – learn about them.

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Social Media B2B Strategy Media 233

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Sales Force (Mis)Alignment. Sales Force Alignment , Tibor Shanto. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. EDGE Sales Process. Hiring Sales Talent. Sales Bloggers Union.

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Pipeline Hiring Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets 223

Mereo

MARCH 16, 2023

For many sales teams, long hours are spent within four walls. Recent research shows how time spent in the great outdoors can not only be therapeutic to your individual team members’ mental wellbeing — it can also boost their performance and productivity. > SUPPORTING RESEARCH Nature research pioneer Roger S.

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Hiring Research Study SalesForce 41

The Pipeline

AUGUST 5, 2011

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Mobile Apps for the Mobile Sales Force. Stored in CRM , Communication , Guest Post , Review , Sales 2.0 , Sales Success , Sales Tool , Sell Better , execution.

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Pipeline Hiring Travel Twitter 275

The Pipeline

JULY 25, 2011

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Removing The Barrier From Sales – Sales eXchange – 107. Stored in Attitude , Listening , Proactive , Proactivity , Review , Sales eXchange , Success , execution. August 2011.

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Pipeline Hiring Top of Funnel Vendor 265

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 14, 2011

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Sales Alchemy. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Forecast , Funnel management , Guest Post , Sales Management , Sales Process , Sales Success , execution , qualifying.

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Pipeline Lead Rank Lead Scoring Top of Funnel 198

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MAY 29, 2013

With this being the end of the month and 2/3 through Q2, I thought it might be helpful to post a lot of ideas to help you or those on your sales team reach B2B decision makers, influencers, and strategic partners. Get names or titles confirmed using LinkedIn or other tool – then pick up the phone and call. Start the day prepared!

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Prospecting Decision Maker Lead Rank Lead Scoring 272

The Pipeline

AUGUST 24, 2011

RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Preparing for Sales Success – Part 1. Today’s segment is the first of two dealing with what the B2B rep can do to be better prepared to achieve consistent sales success.

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Pipeline Top of Funnel Hiring Cold Calling 241

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

If you are a seller wanting to grow your sales, visit the blog over the next few weeks as we have extra LinkedIn conversations, interviews, and links to research which will help you grow as a seller. Great explanation on Sales Benchmark Index blog here. Business opportunities happen all the time. You can do that too.

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LinkedIn Resources Networking Hubspot 211

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

The 2013 Number came back from the Board for the VP of Sales. They expect a 20% increase over your “best case” 2012 finish. Regional Sales Leaders? VP of Sales Operations? If you answered anything other than #4 , revisit the value your Sales Operations Leader is providing. Researching competitor actions.

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Hiring Webinar Metrics Sales Operations Forecasting 303