SBI Growth

DECEMBER 19, 2013

A few weeks ago, I was talking to an SVP of sales. He had been given an aggressive goal for 2014. I completely lost the battle on the 2014 revenue number” he said. “My The SBI Sales Initiative Assessment Tool has answers. For example, you may recognize that you have a massive demand generation problem.

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How To Incentives Incentive Demand Generation 303

SBI Growth

JANUARY 10, 2014

Top sales leaders know how to communicate and roll out a sales plan. Get your sales managers involved early in the process. The sales management team needs to have a clear understanding of the new quota. Sales can’t rely on marketing alone. Today’s marketing organizations are generating 25+% of the sales funnel.

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Quota Territories Top of Funnel Marketing Qualified Lead 316

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Great CMO’s set a strategy to make the number in 2014 and beyond. Maybe the internal marketing structure failed to evolve with the customer demands. Like many marketing organizations, the sales organization doesn’t give you the time of day. Sales Qualified Lead (SQL) numbers were so low, they didn’t bother measuring it.

Hiring 303

Hiring Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 303

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 28, 2013

How do I enable the sales force to sell the new product or solutions? How am I going to generate enough new leads to support 30% of the sales number? How am I going to generate content for the new product or solutions throughout the buying process? Who are the new competitors for new product or solutions?

Outsourcing Services 300

Outsourcing Services Demand Generation Agencies Lead Rank Lead Scoring 300

SBI Growth

AUGUST 4, 2013

Most HR and Sales leaders who just completed this mid-year chore would agree. It does not answer the question that is top of mind with Sales and HR leaders, “How can we improve the performance of our sales team?” A more Agile way of assessing sales talent has emerged. Sales contests and bonuses.

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Territories Lead Rank Lead Scoring Demand Generation 282

SBI Growth

JUNE 4, 2013

For example, how long is your sales cycle? For many of our clients, the average sales cycle exceeds 6 months. In this situation, the sales leader better be evaluating net new leads NOW. Your 2014 revenue number is already on the line. Why does everyone evaluate sales comp at the end of Q4? Compensation Planning.

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Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring Demand Generation 308

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

B2B CMO’s are expected to deliver hard Lead Generation metrics: Quantity of Sales Qualified Leads to the sales force. The path to success for year a B2B CMO’s year one includes: Generate quick wins to build momentum. The quick wins will build credibility with sales and the CEO. How long is your honeymoon?

Top of Funnel 282

Top of Funnel Demand Generation Agencies Sales Qualified Lead Decision Maker 282

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 6, 2020

Every sales team needs sales strategies, and a strong sales strategy plan builds the foundation for a cohesive, successful sales team and organization. Sales strategies also align salespeople on shared goals and empower them to do their best work — keeping them happy and successful, too. Organizational Goals.

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Webinar Metrics Strategy Hiring Hubspot 116

Nutshell

OCTOBER 21, 2019

The ability to see things from your customer’s perspective is a huge advantage in B2B sales and marketing. That’s why I see empathy as a superpower in marketing and sales. BRIAN CARROLL: Right now, we’re entering the fourth quarter and there’s always this bit of anxiety being a marketer or being in sales.

Demand Generation Agencies 90

Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Top of Funnel Demand Generation 90

Tenfold

AUGUST 30, 2017

Information in today’s digital milieu has always been a double edged sword for sales and marketing. Information comes from your sales team, your website and your press releases. A 2014 research by the Acquity Group, a digital marketing company under Accenture, pegs the number of B2B buyers who do online research at 94 percent.

Outsourcing Services 79

Outsourcing Services Buyer B2B Lead Rank 79

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 27, 2014

It’s the time where you start seeing various pundits dusting off their crystal balls guessing what the big issues facing sales and marketing professionals in 2015. While there’s some variance, I tend to see the following: Sales Training. Sales Process/Methodology. Marketing/Sales Integration. Gamification.

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Fashion Face-to-face Analytics Social Media 89

Zoominfo

JUNE 18, 2018

And you have to do it anyway I think about this idea of “training” a lot when I talk to VPs of Sales and VPs of Marketing who tell me that they are just going to rely on their Rolodexes and their CEOs network because “ cold calling is dead,” and people don’t answer their phones anymore. Developing outbound sales takes time and training, too.

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Outbound Cold Calling Revelation Demand Generation Agencies 130

DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 15, 2018

I think about this idea of “training” a lot when I talk to VPs of Sales and VPs of Marketing who tell me that they are just going to rely on their Rolodexes and their CEOs network because “cold calling is dead,” and people don’t answer their phones anymore. Developing outbound sales takes time and training, too. Babies are trainable!

Outbound 120

Outbound Cold Calling Webinar Metrics Revelation 120

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women in sales often have a polarizing experience. In the Sales Hacker video series Aha Moments , I asked 10 women: “What is one ‘aha moment’ you’ve had in your sales career?”. The conversations that followed were so authentic and encouraging that we decided to expand this conversation to other badass women in the sales world.

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Lead Rank 130