Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Nearly every day I get asked about good blogs, books, and resources for the sales reps on the front lines – those with quotas who have to come up with new ideas and think outside of the box for success. Top Sales World recently published their list of the Top 50 Sales & Marketing Blogs. Think outside of the box?

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 13, 2013

OpenView Sales Labs has recently released its list of 25 Top Sales Influencers for 2013. I want to share this list, as well as Top Sales World’s list of 50 Top Sales and Marketing Influencers of 2013. All of the people on these lists offer resources, insights and tips aimed at helping you strengthen your skills.

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Score More Sales

AUGUST 16, 2013

Here’s a list of resources designed to help you do that. This week, Inbound Marketing Experts HubSpot came out with their list of 25 Helpful Sales Blogs You Don’t Want to Miss Out on. The post Just in Time B2B Sales Resources appeared first on Score More Sales. Oh, and there is no cost. You gotta like that.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

This year is no different than years prior in that every VP of Sales is getting ready for the annual 2013 sales planning season. Translation: Even if the CEO/CFO allocate more money to you (the CSO), you should allocate some of those dollars to Marketing. Never before has the linkage between Marketing and Sales become more important.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Can you count on your current Sales Rep behaviors to “Make the Number” in 2013? Sign up for our Make the Number tour to learn more about how top performing companies will change Sales in 2013. These are the behaviors to change among Sales Reps for 2013 followed by actions HR should take to help make this happen. Call to Action.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

If you are a marketing leader and you’re missing or deficient in one of these, there’s a problem. According to the study, a CMO's number one success measure is marketing ROI. I was recently on a call with Sue, a marketing leader for a technology company with around $150 Million in revenue. Translation – ROI equals results.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile 288

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

In the Future of Content Marketing survey, 39% of nearly 60 respondents indicated they did not have a defined content marketing strategy. If you have read my past three articles on content marketing ( article 1 , article 2 , and article 3 ), then this percentage number is strikingly similar. Effectiveness.

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Increase Sales

DECEMBER 30, 2012

The New Year is almost here and the question to be asked is not what are your resolutions or goals as small business owner, but this simple one: Are you ready for 2013? Marketing campaigns that will attract attention and build relationships? Technology changes to allow your small business to maximize your limited resources?

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Score More Sales

JULY 27, 2013

Matt Heinz - Founder, Heinz Marketing. Lori Richardson is recognized as one of the “Top 25 Sales Influencers for 2013″ and one of “20 Women to Watch in Sales Lead Management for 2013″ Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside and outbound sellers in technology and services companies.

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Social Selling Maximizer Resources LinkedIn 189

Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 5, 2013

Your Sales Management Guru Blog Author on “Top 50 Sales & Marketing Influencers” List . Speaker, consultant, and author Ken Thoreson’s updated Sales Manager’s Tool Kit now available . KNOXVILLE, Tenn., KNOXVILLE, Tenn.,

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 8, 2012

Marketing, do you have a sales quota tied to Lead Generation ? Sign up for our Make the Number Tour if you would like to see how your peers are allocating people, money and time in 2013. B2B companies are assigning their Marketing teams with lead quotas tied directly to a percentage of the corporate sales goal. What to do?”

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 1, 2013

The Holy Grail of 2014 Planning: Marketing Contribution as a % of Total Revenue. 2013 is the last year executives accepted activity-level results from marketing. Expectations of marketing accountability have increased to the level expected of sales performance. Executive marketing leaders need to push the debris aside.

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SBI

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Top Sales World just held their annual ceremony for the Top Sales and Marketing Awards. You can tell they truly enjoy the opportunity to recognize people, resources and tools that advance our industry in one way or another. It’s truly an exciting time for those in the marketing and sales profession.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

More often than not, sales and marketing live in siloes. Reps wonder what marketing does and contributes; marketing complains reps ignore their efforts. For a company to survive these days, sales and marketing must work in concert. The best marketing leaders know how to overcome the divide and gain credibility with sales.

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Buyer Persona Marketing How To Lead Rank 310

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

In a preview of the 2013 Content Marketing Benchmark Report by Joe Pulizzi of the Content Marketing Institute , only 36% of businesses believed their content marketing is effective. After a few years of hyper-growth content marketing adoption, it is easy to think this number should be higher. What is this number?

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Pointclear

JUNE 6, 2013

Online content in the sales and marketing industries is dynamic and constantly changing. The Marketing Sphere represents recent good reads from our digital circles about B2B marketing selected by PointClear colleagues. B2B Trade Show Marketing Circa 2013: Everything is the Same, Everything is Different. Via ClickZ.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 22, 2013

Few marketing teams of $100M+ companies are built for modern demand generation. Marketing team structures too often are remnants from the days of print ad dominance. Marketing teams advanced effectively with this approach in the past. In-house marketing technology is a lynch pin of success. Evolving your Marketing Team.

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Increase Sales

MAY 5, 2016

Instagram has been utilized by companies with big budgets since they introduced ads to the platform in 2013. However, the points above are going to further make it valuable to a vastly larger number of marketers and brands. Arrivals & Departures. What do you think?

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Fill the Funnel

DECEMBER 3, 2012

This years Top Sales Books to Read in 2013. They represent the freshest, most innovative thinking on sales currently on the market and take into consideration the changing sales climate and competitive realities every sales rep and sales leader is facing. Top Sales Books to Read in 2013. LinkedIn Marketing: An Hour a Day.

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Pipeliner

JULY 18, 2022

Among the best methods to stay connected to your consumers and boost your financial return is through email marketing campaigns. In fact, statistics indicate that you can anticipate a mean ROI (Return on Investment) of $42 for each dollar invested in email marketing. Email marketing may be really beneficial to your business.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 25, 2020

I remember when clients started giving reps iPads, loaded them up with collateral, and turned to market and announced, “We are Digital!” For too long we have allowed business leaders to celebrate incremental gain, mostly momentum and market-driven, as success. 2000 to 2013 – 0.9%. Or maybe a lack thereof. 1891 to 1939 – 1.5%.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

I’ve heard a lot of talk about “ Content Marketing.” It gets great reviews from C-Level executives, marketers and even sales managers. But how does Content Marketing help the Sales Rep? Today’s post outlines the benefits of Content Marketing from the Sales Rep’s perspective. What exactly is content marketing?

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

We recently surveyed hundreds of marketing leaders in small to medium size businesses. In our research, we found that marketers are feeling the growing pressure to prove their marketing spend is generating results. And in a growing number of cases, CEOs have given their marketing leader a “new business” quota.

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Marketing Face-to-face Hiring Social Media 288

SBI Growth

AUGUST 6, 2012

Are your sales resources properly aligned with growth opportunity ? The Sales Leader is about to receive the 2013 Revenue Number. Have you conducted growth opportunity analyses in your market? Find out if your sales resources are aligned with growth opportunity by using the Sales Growth Pin Pointer. Money is wasted.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 23, 2012

Here it comes, the 2013 budgeting process. On top of finishing out 2012, you need to determine which Sales Strategy initiatives to prioritize in order to make the 2013 number. This tool provides you with the ability to rate each of your key initiatives across the 5 variables that are critical to hitting the 2013 number.

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Increase Sales

OCTOBER 7, 2013

LinkedIn is a great resource for those in B2B sales. Yet even with 225 million plus members with one third being with the United States, there are many US salespeople, executives and small business owners who have yet to enroll in LinkedIn or become active within this dynamic marketing resource. Share on Facebook.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

This year revealed further changes in IT Buyers and Mobility, with important implications for IT Sales and Marketing strategies in 2013 and beyond. trillion in 2013, a 3.8 IT Spending Growth Remains Challenge Worldwide IT spending is estimated to surpass $3.7 percent increase from 2012 projected spending of $3.6

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 1, 2013

We’re nearly 60% through 2013. Option 1 : Add resources. Today’s post is about a simple approach to improve efficiency with current sales resources. Deliver better results with the same sales resources. What additional resources should be pulled in for this opportunity? The market has dictated.

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Ideal Customer Profile Tools Scale Hiring 317

Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 19, 2013

Dr. Quincy Krosby – Chief Market Strategist for Prudential Annuities. Holly Buchannan – CEO Buchannan Marketing – Selling to Woman. Additional resources to help you find out: Why are 80% of sales people failing. Sales POINT: You must have the right people. Do I have the right sales people to succeed?

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Hiring Banking Survey Conference 198

Pointclear

APRIL 30, 2013

I''m pleased to have as my guest today Jamie Turner, CEO and Founder of The 60 Second Marketer, an organization that provides tools, tips and tutorials on the newest techniques in marketing. Jamie was recently profiled in Advertising and Promotion , the world''s best-selling college-level marketing textbook.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 20, 2013

The first is Top Sales World’s Top 50 Sales & Marketing Influencers 2013 , the other is OpenView Sales Labs Top 25 Sales Influencers for 2013. What you will find on these list are a set of professionals with a wide range of advice, resources and ideas focused on helping you sell better.

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Preparing for 2013. I thought I might simply highlight a few points from both sessions since there are pertinent for everyone as we move into 2013. There were four panelists -all with real world experience in selling and marketing. Still others believed sales must prospect and any leads from marketing were simply “gifts”. .

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 29, 2012

An even greater opportunity for solution providers is that buyers indicate the remaining 36% of decision delays are attributable to the vendor’s sales process – the inability for solution providers to deliver the right resources and content at the right time to help facilitate the buyer’s decision-making process. You Decide.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 2, 2013

But you can excel in 2013 because of your shortcomings in 2012. And with these answers come chances for improvement in 2013. John Kenney writes a great post on how to Maximize Your "B Player" Sales Talent in 2013 ). “C” The VP-Sales and the VP-Marketing own this area jointly. Don’t waste time worrying about 2012 anymore.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Lead Gen 267

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 8, 2013

Although I too am more optimistic about 2013 compared to last, there are clear and immediate challenges that deserve action regardless. 2013 Challenges for IT Solution Providers Revenue growth is extremely important for IT solution providers, as this growth is required to sustain high valuation multiples. Click here to learn more.

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Allego

JANUARY 10, 2023

Yuchun Lee and Mark Magnacca—long-time entrepreneurs with successful careers in different industries—launched Allego in 2013 to transform how people learn and succeed at work. In the process, they redefined sales enablement and disrupted an entire market. The founding team realized that traditional sales training was broken.

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Unica Sales Enablement Vendor Lead Rank 118

SBI Growth

JULY 1, 2013

You see visions of making your 2013 and 2014 sales number. Your success will prove you’re determined and resourceful. 1) Sales / Marketing Budget Spend Shifts. Examine the overall sales/marketing budget spend left for 2013. By this time, it’s the end of 2013. They’ll undoubtedly yield success.

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