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(4:58 Video) “Navigating the Challenges of Managing Top Performers”

Steven Rosen

In this 4:58 video, Brandon Nye discusses the challenges of transitioning from a player-coach to a leader and the importance of letting go of old muscle memory. He shares insights on managing high-performing sales reps, emphasizing the need to understand their drivers and view their challenges as positive. He highlights the significance of emotional intelligence and adaptable mindsets in sales managers, enabling deeper connections with team members and adept responses to challenges, ultimately f

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Building an Ethical Foundation in B2B Marketing

Sales and Marketing Management

For B2B marketers, embracing ethical decision-making is not just about avoiding negative consequences but actively fostering trust, respect and integrity in every interaction. The post Building an Ethical Foundation in B2B Marketing appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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How NOT to Follow Up on an Email

Mr. Inside Sales

I hope you’re not making this common mistake when following up on an email you sent: “I’m just calling to see if you got the email I sent you?” While this may sound like a reasonable way to follow up after sending an email, do you see how you’re providing your prospect with the perfect stall? How many times you hear: “Ah, when did you send it?” Or “I haven’t had time to look at it yet.

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You're making it harder to buy. 3 ways sellers contribute to stalled deals.

SBI Growth

Many companies experienced an inconsistent and underwhelming year for business in 2023—and with promising forecasts for demand in 2024, many executive teams are eager to take their companies back on the path to rapid growth. However, the flat to declining commercial productivity among many sales teams today still poses an obstacle to that goal.

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Supercharge Your Sales: 5 Steps to Effortless Selling

Sales teams often lose precious time hunting for updated sales materials, while marketing struggles to keep these assets accessible and current. It's not just about managing; it's about seamlessly finding, presenting, and sharing critical sales content. All of this takes place within an intuitive, unified platform. Dive into Showell's groundbreaking content management realm.

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Increase Business Value Without Cost-Cutting

Smooth Sale

Photo AI-Generated shared by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Increase Business Value Without Cost-Cutting Controlling costs is a hallmark means of improving business budget allocation. However, this is just one-half of the pie of good financial management; the other half involves consolidating income, exploring new revenue streams, and developing a more robust stake in the market.

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Is Your Team Management Style Driving Top Results?

SalesFuel

Is the lack of employee engagement linked to your team management style? To answer this question, you could survey team members for their honest input. But since employees generally fear retribution for being honest, you may need to go into stealth mode. I’m not talking about spying on your employees’ breakroom conversations or their chats on the in-office messaging system.

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8 Ways to Improve Your Team’s Prospecting

SBI Growth

Prospecting is a numbers game with a high rejection rate, so it is easy for reps to get discouraged. Just asking your reps to make more calls can produce a vicious cycle of poor results, discouraging reps with less prospecting and obtaining even worse results. Compounding this problem is that sales reps are busy managing existing sales opportunities and customers.

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Creative Problem-Solving Starts with Better Defining the Problem

Sales and Marketing Management

When it comes to finding innovative solutions to customers' problems, correctly defining the problem is the necessary first step. The post Creative Problem-Solving Starts with Better Defining the Problem appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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How to Create A Reputable Private Medical Practice

Smooth Sale

Photo by Photo-graphe via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: How to Create A Reputable Private Medical Practice When you think of being an impactful business , one of the first things that comes to mind is overtaking the competition. Every small business must keep its current customers happy while trying to outshine the competition so it can attract new customers.

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Gone in 8 Seconds: Overcoming Buyers’ Shrinking Attention Spans

Speaker: Jake Miller, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Allego

Buyers are savvier, buying teams are larger, and new research shows that buyers' attention spans have dropped to just 8 seconds. This means that the old approach of blasting buyers with email-heavy, generic communications no longer works. Instead, buyers need to be surrounded with relevant communications and personalized, self-service content throughout their journey.

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(4:58 Video) “Navigating the Challenges of Managing Top Performers”

Steven Rosen

Navigating the Challenges of Managing Top Performers In this 4:58 video, Brandon Nye discusses the challenges of transitioning from a player-coach to a leader and the importance of letting go of old muscle memory. He shares insights on managing high-performing sales reps, emphasizing the need to understand their drivers and view their challenges as positive.

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Closing the Gap: Aligning Sales Expectations and Reality for Appointment Success

The Center for Sales Strategy

I think we can all agree that securing appointments is foundational to achieving sales goals. However, findings from the recent Media Sales Report found a persistent gap between the expectations and reality of salespeople and their managers when it comes to the actual number of scheduled appointments.

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The Best Sales Content To Share At Each Stage Of The Buyer’s Journey

SalesFuel

Sharing sales content is an effective way to establish credibility and provide value. And, you can ensure maximum impact at each stage. When you choose to pass along content can matter just as much as what you share. What Is Sales Content? Sales content highlights what makes your solution the best choice for buyers. It can involve evidence ranging from data and case studies to testimonials and accolades.

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Crafting Your Path to B2B Marketing Startup Success from Home

Sales and Marketing Management

Working from home can give you the edge you need to succeed as a small business in the demanding world of B2B marketing. Here are some steps to get you there. The post Crafting Your Path to B2B Marketing Startup Success from Home appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Retail Tech: Empower Associates, Optimize CX, and Boost Productivity

Speaker: Andrew Regan, Managing Partner at BlueSeed Retail Ltd.

Did you know that 70% of new retail technology fails to deliver expected benefits and can often decrease customer value, service, and experience? With that in mind, how can we empower our store associates to leverage new technology to optimize the customer experience and boost productivity? This exclusive webinar with Andrew Regan will dive into strategies to empower retail associates for success with new technology.

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Do You Seriously Consider New Ideas for Business Growth?

Smooth Sale

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Do You Seriously Consider New Ideas for Business Growth? Scenes are in the thick of it. We’re already halfway through 2024, and planning for Q3 and Q4 is underway. If you’ve been spending a lot of time optimizing your clientele for growth, then it’s time to think about what you will do on your behalf this year.

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Stop Ignoring Your Frontline Leaders

Steven Rosen

Stop Ignoring Your Frontline Leaders: It Could Be Costing You Millions In SaaS sales, the performance of first-line sales managers is pivotal. These managers are the key to driving the company’s revenue generation. Despite their critical role, a common oversight within many organizations is the inadequate coaching provided by their second-line sales leaders.

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Engaging a Decision Influencer to Pave the Way to a Decision Maker

The Center for Sales Strategy

When selling a product or service, not all outreach efforts should be directed directly at the decision maker, who has the final word on what will be bought. Instead, it's more effective to engage with the people around them—influencers from whom they seek advice, people nearby who can speak favorably about your company, and sources of information they trust.

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Noncompete Clauses May Disappear – What Does That Mean?

Grant Cardone

Noncompete Clauses were once considered essential in employee contracts… Now they might be banned completely. This move can boost competition in the workforce, allowing employees to get more competitive with their wages. However, the ban faces intense opposition and challenges. Here’s the full story. Federal Trade Commission Bans Noncompete Clauses On April 23, the FTC […] The post Noncompete Clauses May Disappear – What Does That Mean?

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Sales Effectiveness: The B2B Sales Leader's Guide

This guide is designed to help today’s B2B sales leaders ramp up their effectiveness in any economic environment.

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Where to Begin Sales Training? Ask Those Being Trained

Sales and Marketing Management

By asking your reps what they want to learn to improve their performance, you engage your entire team and foster a collaborative approach to getting better collectively. The post Where to Begin Sales Training? Ask Those Being Trained appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Reflection Of The Past Can Help Achieve Business Growth Goals

Smooth Sale

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Reflection Of the Past Can Help Achieve Business Growth Goals Our world constantly evolves, demanding that we remain flexible for ongoing learning and consider how we may adapt to the new. On the surface, all one needs to do is observe the generalities of the younger generations versus those more senior.

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Why SaaS Leaders Need to Start Coaching Selling Skills

Steven Rosen

Why SaaS Leaders Need to Start Coaching Selling Skills SaaS sales leaders struggle to balance deal-focused coaching and skill development among sales teams. I want to explore why SaaS sales leaders prioritize deal coaching over skill coaching and provide insights on how they can more effectively develop the selling skills crucial for winning deals and creating sustainable growth.

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AI And Buyer Confidence

Partners in Excellence

All credit for this post goes to Scott Gillum and his fantastic post: Why Relying on AI Won’t Improve Customer Experience. Reading it caused me to start reflecting on how much we misunderstand about AI and how we leverage it in selling. Without a doubt, AI will have a huge impact on both how we manage/lead our organizations and on how we effectively and efficiently engage our customers in their buying process.

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Contact vs. Company Intent Signal Data

Contact and company intent data both have their advantages. Contact-level intent leads can be acted on immediately to reach active buyers, while company-level leads improve outcomes for account-based marketing and other programs. This infographic unpacks the advantages of both contact and company data and gives details about how B2B marketers can benefit from both.

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Shrinkflation’s Biggest Threat? Labeling Products Correctly.

Grant Cardone

Globally, shrinkflation has impacted the size of products with no price reduction. Despite consumers’ complaints, not much has been done to resolve it — until now. The French government recently passed regulations to flag the questionable practice. This is how they are fighting back… Shrinkflation of Products has Become a POLITICAL Issue We can all […] The post Shrinkflation’s Biggest Threat?

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Ruminating on Rebounding

Sales and Marketing Management

From reassessing your tech tools to pinpointing what skills need to be improved, here's what B2B sales and marketing professionals told us about turning around a slow sales period. The post Ruminating on Rebounding appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Sourcing Locally Can Empower Your Food Truck Business Growth

Smooth Sale

Photo by EstudioWebDoce Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Sourcing Locally Can Empower Your Food Truck Business Growth __ __ Empower Your Food Truck Business Growth Image credit Food Truck Ownership What comes to mind immediately regarding having a food truck business or any food-oriented business that focuses on your locality? It’s usually serving food that makes people happy.

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The Best Social Media Marketing Avoids These Mistakes

SalesFuel

Social media marketing is a HUGE part of acquiring new customers and inspiring customer loyalty. But 52% of consumers are exhausted by self-promotional social content, according to a report by Hootsuite. It’s time your client learned how to craft the best social media marketing they can. The Best Social Media Marketing Avoids These Mistakes In order to create the best social media marketing, Hootsuite recommends avoiding common pitfalls.

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The Next Level of Sales Enablement: Sales Content Management

Speaker: Deniz Olcay, Senior Director of Product Marketing, and Jake Miller, Senior Product Marketing Manager

Modern Sales Content Management (SCM) platforms have become table stakes in the world of sales enablement. Sellers need one-stop access where all of their sales content is stored, organized, deployed, and measured. Today’s modern SCM platforms achieve just that. However, these various platforms also have key differences. In this value-packed webinar, Deniz Olcay and Jake Miller will unravel and debunk the top three SCM myths and explain how to get the most from your SCM solution.

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GTM 92: Unlocking $100M+ Deals, Winning in Enterprise and Chasing Customers Not Competitors with Eric Gilpin

Sales Hacker

Eric Gilpin is Chief Revenue Officer of G2, the world’s largest and most trusted software marketplace. In this role he oversees all aspects of G2’s revenue generation, including global sales and customer success, enablement, partnerships, and revenue operations. An experienced leader with 20+ years of experience building and scaling large technology businesses, Eric joined G2 from Upwork, where he oversaw a global team of 400+ and helped lead the company to a successful IPO in 2018 (NASDAQ

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Can Truth Social Stock Value Escape Volatility?

Grant Cardone

Since its debut, the stock value for Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social, has seen extreme turbulence. From hitting an all-time high to crashing a few days later… The question remains… Will Truth Social’s stock value ever stabilize? And will they ever turn a profit? Truth Social’s Initial Stock Value […] The post Can Truth Social Stock Value Escape Volatility?

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4 Steps to Reigniting Unmotivated Workers

Sales and Marketing Management

Sales slumps can be the result of disengagement by sales reps. Here are four areas that sales managers can focus on to re-energize their team members. The post 4 Steps to Reigniting Unmotivated Workers appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.