Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 11, 2016

As a channel manager, you know that your indirect sales channel can be an excellent source of revenue. Unfortunately, it can also introduce new elements of chaos into your organization that extend beyond the channel management team. Channel Challenges. Growth is another major channel challenge. Take Action!

Channels 54

Channels Video Face-to-face Licensing 54

Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 9, 2015

Cincom CPQ™ delivers enhanced guided selling, mobility and multi-channel capabilities for Microsoft Dynamics® CRM and Microsoft Dynamics AX. This includes the Cincom CPQ Sales Portal to support seamless sales and fulfillment across all channels. at Convergence. Source: Smart Selling.

Microsoft 48

Microsoft Channels Margin Engineering 48

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. Go To Customer/Sales Deployment Models/Inside/Outside/Channel/Web/Hybrid. We’re officially into the fourth calendar quarter of the year. Customer Engagement.

Fashion 89

Fashion Face-to-face Analytics Social Media 89

The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2015

These are the trends of Frugalnomics, and as a result we expect that IT spending growth for 2015 and beyond will remain significantly challenged, with little reason for optimistic spending growth predictions from Gartner or anyone else. Each has a unique point of value, what matters most to them and what drives value.

Decision Maker 80

Decision Maker ROI Forecasting Lead Rank 80

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Issue Date: 2015-12-02. Teaser: Instagram has rapidly become one of the best social media marketing channels for businesses that wish to launch their digital marketing campaigns and build an engaged audience around their brand. Author: Josh MacDonald. Here are some tips on making Instagram work for your company. read more

Social Media 120

Social Media Campaigns Channels How To 120

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Issue Date: 2015-09-03. Teaser: To drive sales success, automation of sales channels requires a combination of 10 digital commerce capabilities to further facilitate initiatives from personalization and pricing excellence to multi-tier partner networks. Author: Kamal Ahluwalia, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Apttus.

Channels 120

Channels Networking Sales Marketing 120

Zoominfo

JULY 22, 2018

Think about it, the internet has given modern buyers an expansive list of options to choose from—what brands they buy from, what content they consume, which products they purchase, what channels they use, and so much more. These channels can range from a brick-and-mortar storefront to a company website to a text messaging app.

Marketing 189

Marketing Retail Channels Social Media 189

Alice Heiman

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Watch the podcast below or on our YouTube channel. A born entrepreneur, Torrance spent eight years in the Air Force before launching Teak & Twine in 2015. In addition, we discuss our favorite sales and entrepreneur-based podcasts and some hot business topics like EOS and account-based marketing. Listen in now!

Account Based Marketing 88

Account Based Marketing Journal Microsoft Retail 88

Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 10, 2016

Channel Strategy: Building a Sustaining Partner Community. -A What I would like to do in this blog is attempt to document and tell the story of one Worldwide channel focused software organization that did it the best– at building their channel. A Case Study-. Future blogs may go into greater detail. Financial Planning.

Channels 40

Channels Lead Rank Lead Scoring Strategy 40

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 21, 2015

Issue Date: 2015-07-22. Teaser: We may take digital advertising channels for granted at this point, having seen them around so much, but that’s a dangerous attitude to take. We may take digital advertising channels for granted at this point, having seen them around so much, but that’s a dangerous attitude to take.

Advertising 120

Advertising Advertising Social Media B2B 120

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Issue Date: 2015-02-27. Author: Dan Hawtof, Vice President of Business Solutions, Global Channel, Blackhawk Engagement Solutions. Teaser: As systems and networks become more complex, customers don’t just need a salesperson, they need a consultant — and are more than willing to pay a fee for this expertise.

Incentives 120

Incentives Incentive Vendor Networking 120

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Here are our recommendations on how you can connect and engage more decision makers to achieve sales success in 2015 and beyond: 1.

Decision Maker 84

Decision Maker LinkedIn Quota Tools 84

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Think about it, the internet has given modern buyers an expansive list of options to choose from—what brands they buy from, what content they consume, which products they purchase, what channels they use, and so much more. These channels can range from a brick-and-mortar storefront to a company website to a text messaging app.

Marketing 100

Marketing Retail Channels Social Media 100

DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2017

This is in spite of the fact that most of it is created for sales and channel enablement purposes. A similarly scary statistic came from Docurated’s State of Sales Productivity 2015 study, which found that salespeople only spent 1/3 of their time actually selling. As much as 80% of marketing content goes unused by salespeople.

Sales Enablement 295

Sales Enablement Collateral Decision Maker Study 295

DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 24, 2016

Because chances are, your next sale will undoubtedly have a mobile or cross-channel component. In 2015, m-commerce (that’s electronic commerce conducted over cellular devices) was growing three times faster than overall e-commerce in the U.S., By the end of 2015, mobile had impacted over $1 trillion in retail sales.

Retail 133

Retail Travel Call-back Engineering 133

Cience

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Utilizing multi-channel outreach and appointment setting best practices, our specialized SDRs walk prospects through a personalized prospect experience, resulting in more consistently-set meetings and higher performing top of funnel pipelines.

Company 105

Company Lead Rank Top of Funnel Lead Generation 105

Alice Heiman

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Watch the podcast below or on our YouTube channel. He took his act solo in 2015, starting his sales consulting firm, Elite Sales Leadership, which focused on helping small and mid-size business owners put in the sales process, systems, and leadership to achieve consistent and sustainable growth. 8:35] Customer-focused rebranding. [11:25]

Hiring 84

Hiring Strategy Customer Government 84

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 29, 2023

Your most neglected sales channel is your existing client base. In the summer of 2015, I got an urgent call from Barry, a colleague who was working with Dr. Stephen Timme and Finlistics on their sales strategy. Everyone agrees that referrals are the best source of new business.

Referrals 177

Referrals Channels Cold Calling Scale 177

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

A predicted anemic increase in IT spending at the beginning of 2015 has now been replaced with a 5.5% Are your sales reps / channel partner sable to emotionally, logically and credibly convince more frugal buyers to allocate shrinking budgets for your solutions over other projects? Decline in IT Spending for 2015 - [link].

Decision Maker 74

Decision Maker Marketing Proposal Channels 74

Adaptive Business Services

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

As far back as 2010 (maybe even earlier), I was writing quite a bit about how CRM was not addressing the fact that people were now connecting, conversing, and developing relationships on the new social channels. I was lamenting more than writing. Jon showed it to me and I was blown away.

CRM 77

CRM Social Media Microsoft Ideal Customer Profile 77

The Pipeline

AUGUST 2, 2013

As you’ll read below, she boldly predicts that by 2015 inside sales will overtake field sales, as that unfolds, she will be in greater demand. TS: You say that inside sales is going to overtake field sales by 2015. By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca. How can that be? And how does that affect how companies sell?

Sales Management 257

Sales Management Hiring Inside Sales Cold Calling 257

Tony Hughes

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

But in 2015 they will be accompanied by three complementary technologies – the dawn of AI (Artificial Intelligence; yes the scary self-learning type), micro predictive analytics (BI leveraging big data) and the maturing of mobility proximity (beacons and geo-fencing). There are 1,000 channels but there’s nothing on.

B2C 80

B2C Face-to-face Channels LinkedIn 80

Alice Heiman

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Watch the podcast below or on our YouTube channel. In 2015, Bronwyn was promoted to CEO and President of High Profile. Listen in to learn how to blend the different roles in your business into one cohesive customer-focused team. Highlights of this Episode: [1:20] Changes to hiring during the pandemic. [8:25]

Ideal Customer Profile 62

Ideal Customer Profile Hiring Customer Marketing 62

SBI

APRIL 20, 2015

This week, Nancy profiles Channel Rocket, a sales acceleration tool that lets all your sellers deliver pitches tailored to any audience, in any vertical, any time. ChannelRocket is a mobile sales enablement platform designed for both direct and indirect channels. If you sell through channel partners, it’s even more difficult.

Channels 50

Channels Buyer Persona Collateral Ideal Customer Profile 50

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

We said, why don’t we take these dollars and redeploy them in more efficient channels to see if we can increase the conversion rates and get a better outcome?” Using this strategy helps your team create extremely relevant and targeted ad messaging that will perform better across your channels and save you money in the long term.

Hiring 100

Hiring Intent Data Intent Scale 100

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 15, 2015

Many companies have turned to Negotiation Training to help their sales reps and channel partners try to talk their way out of the discount. And Procurement is getting way more involved in every transaction, with specific incentives to extract discounts from every vendor proposal. The advice from the research?

Discount 81

Discount Negotiation Lead Rank Lead Scoring 81

Cience

APRIL 2, 2020

In 2015, HubSpot published the result of their traffic research , stating that 46% of traffic that B2B companies across all the industries get to their websites is direct. At that time, we had a team of 8 SDRs who actively reached out to our potential clients via multiple channels (mostly email and telephone). Conclusion.

Outbound 85

Outbound Inbound Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 85

Pointclear

OCTOBER 1, 2015

That’s what I set out to find when I presented this question to fellow industry experts: According to a report by SiriusDecisions, 2015 State of Account-Based Marketing (ABM), more than 60 percent of companies plan to invest in technology for ABM to better align sales and marketing over the next twelve months. I could not agree more!].

Account Based Marketing 100

Account Based Marketing Lead Generation Account Sales Qualified Lead 100

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Well, according to HubSpot Principal Channel Account Manager, Katie Carlin , curiosity is key. Editor's note: This post was originally published in September 2015 and has been updated for comprehensiveness and accuracy. But how can you make sure those connections aren't trivial?

Hubspot 135

Hubspot Intent How To Buying Cycle 135

Increase Sales

JANUARY 21, 2016

When sales professionals and SMB owners decided to incorporate social marketing as one of several marketing channels, this is not a one time event or a sporadic action. This particular marketing channel does take time and is not the quick fix to increase sales. For the last 11 years I have using social media as a marketing channel.

Social Media 70

Social Media Marketing Ideal Customer Profile Journal 70

Increase Sales

AUGUST 12, 2016

Source Nielsen 2015 Financial Channel Track) One out of three people still want that human touch. Credit www.gratisography.com. Even though there is an app for that, personal service and interaction with an associate is why 31% of the customers prefer bank branches.

ACT 70

ACT Face-to-face Demographics Direct Mail 70

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 16, 2019

These factors converge to present an opportunity – and challenge – for B2B merchants: adopt an omni-channel sales approach or miss out on significant revenue. In this article, we’ll examine what a comprehensive omni-channel means, the key aspects of an omni-channel approach, and how to support implementation.

Channels 259

Channels Social Media Consumer Lead Rank 259

Tony Hughes

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

In the last few days I have been facilitating focus groups for a research study in Australia being conducted by The Eventful Group who are running a big CRM conference in Melbourne in July 2015. So far we’ve done half-day workshops in three cities with approximately 80 people ranging from senior business leaders to IT system managers.

CRM 82

CRM Strategy Customer Epiphany 82

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 20, 2018

If you're an IT reseller, value-added reseller (VAR), or channel partner advising clients on any part of the front office (marketing, sales, or customer success) -- especially for businesses under 1,000 employees -- there are a few trends you should be aware of. Four Software Trends IT Resellers, VARs, and Channel Partners Should Watch.

Lead Rank 86

Lead Rank Trends Lead Scoring Outsourcing Services 86

HeavyHitter Sales

JANUARY 18, 2014

Field Sales Revenue Trends Trends for 2013 and 2015 projected annual revenue attributed to field sales as opposed to inside sales varied by industry. For example, twenty-eight percent of software companies will derive more than ninety-percent of their revenues from field sales in 2013 and this number is expected to decrease to zero in 2015.

Telecommunications 126

Telecommunications Quota Inside Sales Field Sales 126

Cincom Smart Selling

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Louis Columbus does a good job of breaking down the reasons why CPQ is accelerating in popularity in this Forbes article , but here’s the gist of it: Global scalability across channels, industries, selling strategies and pricing scenarios. Delivering measurable sales effectiveness improvements. Delivering anytime, anywhere quotes.

Scale 91

Scale Engineering Call-back CRM 91

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

The key, providing the content, tools and training to help your sales reps and channel partners better assess and align with needs, prove the high cost of “do nothing”, and communicate and quantify your unique and superior business value.

Closing 77

Closing ROI Survey Discount 77