Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 20, 2020

Or worse, could you lose your sales job altogether? You could be vulnerable if you’re not sharpening your sales skills and honing the tactics that will help you succeed in 2020. Forrester analyst Andy Hoar didn’t mince words when he spoke at the 2015 Forrester Sales Enablement Forum. Keep Your Existing Customers Happy.

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SBI

DECEMBER 29, 2014

2015 looks to be the most exciting year yet for sales and marketing solutions and for those who seek to improve their revenue. 20 Sales & Marketing Vendors to Follow on Twitter @Dreamforce ’14. Up-Close with Umberto Milletti, CEO of @InsideView. There’s a little something for everyone.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 6, 2022

A few colleagues and I sat down, looking at research data of overall sales performance for a number of years. Some of the data went back as far as 2015. We didn’t have data on YoY revenue growth, but anecdotally since 2015, we’ve seen good growth, particularly in the technology sectors. Making The Numbers!

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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The cost and expertise required to produce content continue to drop and now there is no reason for sales organizations and their sales reps not to be producing content. This year, LinkedIn has been busy and launched several new initiatives to help sales reps and their organization expand their reach. Notification Bell.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

In the discussions leading up to the event we wanted to deliver something of substance, people can put into practice right away in almost every market segment, and something that would have impact now, before the end of the year. I can be up to date in their real world and social activities. What’s in Your Pipeline? Tibor Shanto .

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The ROI Guy

JULY 15, 2015

Unfortunately this follows a pattern, where Gartner publishes overly optimistic growth forecasts to kickoff the New Year, and downward revisions from there on out. Don’t get us wrong, there will be winners – those who create a different sales and marketing experience and who take more of their fare share of a more conservative pie.

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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.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Only 59% of sales reps will achieve their quota this year, down sharply from 67% last year ? Here are our recommendations on how you can connect and engage more decision makers to achieve sales success in 2015 and beyond: 1. Jill Konrath in her popular sales blog outlines a formula that heavily uses LinkedIn as a tool: [link].

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Janek Performance Group

JUNE 20, 2023

This Top Workplace Award serves as a reminder of the numerous factors to consider when building a successful sales organization. It has become the vital fuel that drives sales growth and the biggest lever to improve performance. It has become the vital fuel that drives sales growth and the biggest lever to improve performance.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 16, 2020

The Science of Sales Presentations. There are a few qualities of good sales presentations you should consider as you create your own: They tell a compelling story. Tips for Making Memorable Sales Presentations. Instead, consider following this format: Situation - Our current state. Complication - The problem.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 22, 2018

Effective sales manager coaching is one of the key levers that leading sales organizations utilize to achieve their revenue targets. Sales manager coaching is the #1 sales management activity that impacts performance. Study after study has shown that sales manager coaching has a significant impact on performance.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 22, 2018

Effective sales manager coaching is one of the key levers that leading sales organizations utilize to achieve their revenue targets. Sales manager coaching is the #1 sales management activity that impacts performance. Study after study has shown that sales manager coaching has a significant impact on performance.

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Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

MARCH 17, 2021

Obviously, these experiments have major implications for sales. Maybe it’s dealing with employee turnover, struggling to keep up with new technology, or anxiety about the progress of current projects. 2015, January). The post Why telling a story can help you close more sales appeared first on Rapid Learning Institute.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

This is especially true when it comes to sales and marketing. In an ideal world, sales and marketing processes would be built with the other team in mind. Here are some numbers that just might convince you of the value of Sales and Marketing alignment: Sales and Marketing Alignment Stats to Know. LinkedIn, 2020 ).

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 19, 2018

Author: Erroin Martin, Vice President of Sales at Conversica “These are the new leads. If you’re in sales then you have likely seen “Glengarry Glen Ross.” Alec Baldwin’s iconic turn as a fire-breathing sales manager delivers the most anti-motivating motivational sales speech in movie history.

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Increase Sales

DECEMBER 31, 2015

One is okay, but any more than one is over kill and literally turns me off to this constant stream of “sales pitches.”. They are sales pitches first and foremost. Last chance marketing messages make price the primary motivation for buying even though top sales performers never allow price to be the fallback position. .

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Author: Giuseppe D’Angelo Inside sales have never been hotter, and the sales field is experiencing considerable change. Much of this is due to the technology that is beginning to drive the sales process much the way it has driven marketing for the past several years. Increasing demand for skilled inside sales reps.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

When it comes to sales prospecting , it's more important than ever that you write concise, effective communication. Download Now Here are a few things to consider as you write an email that’d help you with sales prospecting. Check out our post about the best sales email subject lines if you want to see some of these tips in action.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 3, 2015

Issue Date: 2015-07-01. Teaser: The exchange of business cards, says marketing consultant Matt Heinz, is “the start of a fast, proven and scalable system that helps me more consistently follow up, stay in touch and ultimately convert more of those new contacts into partners, referral sources, customers and more.”

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Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 18, 2015

Sales Process isn't even the only thing that inbound marketers say is dead. Let's start with my recent Google search for "Sales Process is Dead." That search turned up these articles on the first page of results: So who wrote all of these articles? Februrary 19 2015. Don't get me wrong. Are Top Salespeople Challengers?

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Score More Sales

DECEMBER 23, 2014

What used to be a one-way road – a sales person “telling” potential buyers what to buy, is now a two-way, busy street where buyers find their own information and need us in sales to offer specific insights and stories – and paint a vision of the future – to help them know if the information they have is right for their scenario.

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Increase Sales

DECEMBER 28, 2015

With the New Year of 2016 just 5 days away, now is the time to begin to increase sales. Actually much of this probably should have been started 30 to 90 days ago, but there is still time to make 2016 far better than 2015. Here are some steps to ensure your path to a better 2016 sales year. Step #4 – Identify New Sales Leads.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

At most companies, the sales process is a balancing act that doesn’t always work so well. It starts with inbound leads: responding to leads from marketing, answering website inquiries, and following up with podcast and webinar attendees. This does, however, explain why prospecting is so challenging for most sales teams.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 11, 2014

These uncertainties—which cause many sales professionals to dread networking events throughout the year—seem to weigh even heavier around the holidays, when we’re already busy and tired of running around. Otherwise you probably wouldn’t be in sales. Here are a few basic pointers: Ladies: Dress up, not down.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan. Last week I led our annual Sales Leadership intensive and hosted the best group of sales leaders to ever attend the event. Chad Burmeister , who is well known throughout the inside sales community, was one of the attendees. Sure enough, the numbers were amazing.

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SBI

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Sales enablement is a hot topic at the moment, and a key priority for many sales organizations. According to the CSO Insights 2016 Sales Enablement Optimization Study , 32.7% of surveyed organizations had a sales enablement function in 2016 (up from 25.5% in 2015), but only 5.2% in 2015), but only 5.2%

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criteria for success

MAY 31, 2021

Happy Monday, Let's Talk Sales listeners! In 2015, h e and Amir founded Headgum , a comedy podcast network where the two host their hit podcast If I Were You. They recently launched a dating app called Orion , as well as an ad sales program for podcasts called Gumball. Follow us on Twitter! Discussion with Jake Hurwitz.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 7, 2015

The author, Andy Hoar, outlines the following as major contributors to this demise: B2B buyer preferences have fundamentally shifted from speaking with a sales rep 1-on-1 to a self-education ecommerce type model for purchasing. Ecommerce systems will eliminate 1 million B2B sales jobs by 2020 due to the shift to self-service platforms.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 14, 2017

Anthony Johnson wasn’t the first Sales Development Representative (SDR) to learn this lesson the hard way. In the fall of 2015, the young sales rep was burned out, disheartened, failing to meet his quota, and on the verge of losing his job. Sales is hard. How effective is your sales team? An SDR team in transition.

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Mindtickle

AUGUST 28, 2023

The intricacies of pharmaceutical products, stringent regulatory guidelines, and the critical role healthcare professionals play in decision-making create a complex environment for sales reps. With those unique circumstances in mind, the importance of effective sales training cannot be overstated.

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Seismic - Sales Effectiveness

AUGUST 25, 2019

‘Sales efficiency’ and ‘sales effectiveness’ sound like vague concepts, but they can actually have a significant impact on the success of your sales strategy. And sales organizations are increasingly chasing more aggressive goals with greater pressure to over-achieve. A Few Key Stats. TimeTrade ).

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Janek Performance Group

MARCH 27, 2023

If there is one question sales leaders want the answer to it is: What’s the fastest way to improve sales performance? With other organizations, improving the sales process is the best way to drive significant sales improvement. An effective sales process is built back from a customer buying journey.

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Close.io

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Most successful sales reps have a wealth of experience with cold calling. They are used to consistent action: qualifying prospects , sending cold emails , booking meetings, maybe following up a couple of times, and finally closing the deal. We’ve already introduced you to amazing sales books. Jump to category: ?

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Pointclear

DECEMBER 8, 2016

One of the best responses to this question that I have seen is from a somewhat dated (2015) article in Eyes On Sales in which the author asks: “How many callbacks do you get if you DON'T leave a voicemail?”. The following is from my favorite author (“New Sales. and “Sales Management. Simplified.”

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Igniting Sales Transformation

MARCH 8, 2020

As a leader, bringing your whole self to work, inspires your team to follow your lead. Finally, we wrapped up talking about when Marietta might have tried to lead as someone other than her “real self”, and what happened as a result. Talked about the “authentic Marietta”. Her answer might surprise you! About Marietta.

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Bernadette McClelland

MAY 20, 2014

And this baggage shows up in the following 5 ways: 1. They tend to beat themselves up and get disillusioned when they don’t meet their own high expectations. This will show up as people that are compulsive about being organised, totally process driven and obsessive about order. Self evaluation. Parental evaluation.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

One of Hollywood’s most famous depictions of the sales world is found in Glengarry Glen Ross. But is it the best sales advice for modern reps? While the close is an important event within the sales process, there are many events long before the deal is closed that also require time, attention, and effort. Not necessarily.

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