Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

For most business owners, the good old days (think 2016) are a distant memory. Over the last two years, as we have been doing research for our book, Inbound Organization (Wiley), we have been speaking with owners, senior executives and managers throughout the world, and we are constantly amazed at the number of companies that “wing it.”.

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Inbound Buyer Persona Company Strategy 209

Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Following the classic Monthly Rundown style , this edition highlights Black-founded and co-founded companies with new funding from the last month. funding rounds in January went to Black-founded and co-founded companies, representing just 2.56 Kanarys’ recent $3 million Seed Round brings the company’s total funding to $4.6

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Company Automotive Sales Qualified Lead Software 95

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

However, many sales reps may find themselves unsure of how to best lead a meeting with prospects over video. Consider holding a Q&A session to get to know prospects better and for them to know you and the company better. It’s a unique way to thank prospects for their time and showcase your organization’s values.

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Sales Meeting Meeting Nonprofit Face-to-face 317

The Pipeline

OCTOBER 20, 2016

It seems prospecting is back in style, we’re talking proactive, resource and process based methodical approach to professionally engaging with potential buyers, by leveraging all the tools and techniques available to them. That’s what makes the book a must read for anyone looking to succeed in prospecting.

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Prospecting Face-to-face Call-back Cold Calling 120

Pipeliner

AUGUST 18, 2020

The same concept applies to companies who want to achieve success. When it comes to sales, you should be asking, “How are these companies handling their sales? Companies like Microsoft and Apple both continued to operate and function almost without skipping a beat, with the digital backbones of both companies proving an advantage.

Company 98

Company Sales Outsourcing Hiring Telemarketing 98

Sales Hacker

JUNE 16, 2020

What if I told you there was a simple, 3-step strategy that takes the guesswork out of your sales cadence and accelerates prospect responses? We caught onto this in about 2016 and haven’t looked back since. We’re going to look at each step in-depth, so you can take your prospecting to the next level today.

Ideal Customer Profile 109

Ideal Customer Profile Prospecting How To Face-to-face 109

Customer Centric Selling

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Sales Tips: How to Step Up Your Prospecting for 2016. By Gary Walker, EVP of Channel Sales & Operations, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Even in our recent 2015 CCS® Index, 50% of salespeople indicated cold calling as the least effective method of prospecting. No wonder salespeople hate it.

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Prospecting InsideView How To Cold Calling 40

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 21, 2016

Issue Date: 2016-03-01. Teaser: Once you know the key influencers at your prospect companies, it's important to execute a strategy that will allow you to turn a dialogue into a into a relationship and a relationship into deals and referrals. Author: Stu Heinecke. read more

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Meeting Referrals Marketing Influencer 226

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 27, 2016

Issue Date: 2016-03-28. companies that wish to create effective content marketing on a global scale must move beyond standard translation to create engaging native brand experiences. Author: Judd Marcello, vice president of marketing at Smartling. Here are four ways to ensure that your messages and brand resonate in any language.

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Scale Prospecting Customer Consumer 120

SalesLoft

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

It’s almost time for Rainmaker 2016 , the the one and only conference dedicated 100% to all things sales development. Our Rainmaker 2016 speakers want to answer the question: what’s next in sales development? The SDR role is the gateway to getting young, talented, smart people in the door of your company.

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Decision Maker Consumer Conference B2B 52

Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 20, 2023

Last week, I wrote about how the criteria you use to choose your all-time favorite songs is essentially the same as the criteria your prospects use to choose between you and a competitor. Sales Leaders at nearly every company complain about CRM compliance. Sales Leaders at nearly every company complain about lack of new business.

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Motivation Pipeline Hiring How To 156

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 24, 2020

Here’s how to inspire your millennial and Gen Z sales reps using mission-driven prospecting gifts and employee recognition. Boost Sales Enablement with a Meaningful Prospecting Gift. A great mailer can spark delight and organic interest from a prospect. Engage Both Your Employees and Your Prospects Through Gifting.

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Incentives Incentive Motivation Demographics 227

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 8, 2020

Here’s how to inspire your millennial and Gen Z sales reps using mission-driven prospecting gifts and employee recognition. Boost Sales Enablement with a Meaningful Prospecting Gift. A great mailer can spark delight and organic interest from a prospect. Engage Both Your Employees and Your Prospects through Gifting.

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Incentives Incentive Motivation Demographics 227

SalesLoft

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Teams are setting initiatives, setting budgets, and planning for 2016 — and you need to get on their calendar. Sales Tip Recap: With the holiday season upon us, getting time on prospect’s calendars is tougher than ever. We’re still setting initiatives for 2016, get back to me in January.

Decision Maker 52

Decision Maker Video Call-back Objections 52

SalesLoft

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

For others, travel is a luxury — only afforded every so often, when the company feels the event warrants the cost for multiple team members to attend. If you have a prospect that’s going to be speaking at Dreamforce sessions, obviously go see them speak. Ask Your Prospects for Advice (And Take It!).

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Travel Conference Guarantee Follow-up 52

DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 4, 2017

Join DiscoverOrg CEO Henry Shuck and Justin Withers, VP of Product Management and Marketing, for a conversation about what drives high-growth companies. DiscoverOrg released a Growth Drivers survey of high-growth companies , analyzed key findings, and found some surprising commonalities among these rising stars. They had to see growth.

Company 120

Company Conversion Outbound Video 120

The Bridge Group

APRIL 4, 2019

The names have varied—whale hunting, selling to big companies, target account sales, and so on—but the desire has always been the same: Get strategic on big accounts. 2016 was the year that strategic outbound and account-based approaches stepped out from behind the inbound shadow. Win the opportunities that matter.

Account 50

Account Account Based Marketing Scale Outbound 50

No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

At most companies, the sales process is a balancing act that doesn’t always work so well. Layered on top of these activities are a myriad of sales enablement and social selling tools—all of which are intended to help salespeople with effective prospecting and, in turn, generating qualified sales leads. In 2016, it was 53.3

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Gatekeeper Webinar Metrics Sales Qualified Lead Decision Maker 306

Sales 2.0

APRIL 8, 2016

It was entitled, 2016, The State Of Marketing. The problem was that in downloading the paper, I immediately get emails and phone calls asking my interest in Marketing Automation Solutions — because that’s what this particular company sells. It’s this disconnect, that actually hurts our abilities to prospect and engage the customer.

Follow-up 150

Follow-up How To eBook Study 150

Alice Heiman

JULY 18, 2023

Before starting SuccessKit, he learned to use case studies to sell and realized that his company didn’t have a way to produce these. He started his career in tech sales, moved to management, and then founded SuccessKit in 2016. All of the successful salespeople had collected these stories, memorized them and used them over and over.

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Case Study Study Closing Hiring 116

DialSource

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Just this month, DialSource received the Business Intelligence Group’s BIG Award for Business and was named 2016 Product of the Year. The organization’s annual program was advertised as the “ __ of the Year” program and was launched to reward companies, products and people that are leading their respective industries. About Denali.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Fashion Microsoft 28

The ROI Guy

MARCH 1, 2016

Frugalnomics in Effect IT spending has significantly changed, and you need to know these trends in order to succeed: 1) Do More with Less – Because of the Great Recession, companies learned how to cut expenses to improve the bottom-line, and have learned to permanently “Do More with Less”. 2) Central IT is Irrelevant? Why Change Now? –

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ROI Decision Maker Proposal Forecasting 53

SalesLoft

MARCH 8, 2016

Welcome to Rainmaker 2016! So we rebooted the company from scratch. And now, in 2016, we’re Atlanta’s Best Place to Work. With Salesloft, Jack was able to work in a live feed, connecting, qualifying, and converting his prospects in one pane of glass. Born in 2011, the OG Salesloft team had that dream and desire.

Lead Rank 52

Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Scale Top of Funnel 52

The Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

The key to building an all-star team in 2016 is having the right people in the right positions, doing the work they were naturally wired for. As your team plans for growth in 2016, you’ll want to make sure you’re putting the right people in leadership positions. Bring new team members to top performance levels quickly. Learn More.

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Promotion Salary 40

The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

This week I had another discussion with a sales executive where he went off on saying how his sales team was terrible and the reason the company was going to miss its 2016 numbers. Specifically, he was saying how the team spends too little time prospecting and too much time taking care of existing business.

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Sales Prospecting Company Selling Skills 122

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 12, 2024

Preface : When I met John Nardell a years ago, he was an eager but relatively new AE for a company selling DevOps tools. My brother was studying industrial engineering at USC and conducted his senior project on the company for his ERP class. In 2016, seeking advice from Dave Brock, I decided to pursue an opportunity with SAP.

SAP 73

SAP Real Estate Enterprise Enterprise 73

Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Issue Date: 2016-09-01. Teaser: There is a lot of talk and training in sales about prospecting and closing, but less is said about what happens after the sale. The post-sale relationship is a Bermuda Triangle for many companies — customers are lost and no one can quite figure out why. Author: Paul Nolan.

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Closing Customer Training Prospecting 120

No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Are your sales reps wasting time prospecting? If you’re fairly new to your company, your sales reps are a mixed bag of talent. If you’ve beaten the odds and have held your role for more than 18 months, you’ve already gotten your team lined up, your prospecting strategy in place, and your goals set. Sell cycle too long (32.1%).

Referrals 279

Referrals Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead Lead Scoring 279

DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2017

In fact, according to the CSO Insights 2016 Sales Enablement Optimization Study , the number of businesses with a dedicated enablement function has increased from 19% to 33% since 2013. Prospect research doesn’t generate revenue, and historically it accounts for half of all sales time.

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Sales Enablement Collateral Decision Maker Study 295

SalesLoft

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Many would say it’s the sales reps: the ones grinding every day to transfer their belief behind the product to prospects, clients and customers. And, if the company listens, they can be the catalyst for changes, improvements, and growth in and around an entire organization. What is the backbone of each and every B2B sales organization?

Meeting 52

Meeting Customer Face-to-face Exact 52

CloserIQ

OCTOBER 10, 2018

With so many companies in the neighborhood, looking for a new job can be pretty overwhelming as well as exciting. Here are the companies you should consider to jump-start your job search. These companies are all backed by venture capital and are currently hiring in sales roles. stars on Glassdoor. stars on Glassdoor. ProfitWell.

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Hiring Company Policies Analytics 76

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 10, 2019

Author: Tim Riesterer Have you ever had a service problem with a customer and worried about the damage it could do to your relationship and long-term revenue prospects? And, worse, maybe they will spread the word throughout their network and negatively influence other prospect or customer decisions. Maybe they won’t renew.

Loyalty 234

Loyalty Remedy Journal Study 234

Zoominfo

AUGUST 31, 2020

In 12 years, half the companies on the S&P 500 may fall off that list, according to industry research. Disruption and uncertainty are inevitable in these times, which is why a solid go-to-market plan is critical to address the unique stage and goals of any given company. Company transformation. Offer expansion.

Ideal Customer Profile 264

Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Marketing Loyalty 264

DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

December 2016: A troubled client account initially said they would renew their DiscoverOrg contract. After a visit to the client’s company, we returned with a mission: “We’ve got two days to get in front of this account and save it.”. What does it take to be a high-growth company? Spotlight on customer retention.

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Retention Travel Customer ROI 227

Salesmate

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Published – May 2016. Published – June 2016. Published – January 2016. Krista Moore has experience of being a sales leader for multi-million dollar- start-up and fortune 500 companies. Published – November 2016. Published – April 2016. Get this sales management book on Amazon.

Sales Management 116

Sales Management Face-to-face Quota Coaching 116

Hubspot Sales

MAY 3, 2021

LinkedIn's some 722 million members make for a massive pool of data that could provide sales organizations with invaluable guidance about potential opportunities and ideal prospects. And a few months ago, the social network rolled out a platform to make that happen. What can you do with LinkedIn Sales Insights?

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LinkedIn Buyer Persona Microsoft Analytics 132

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 9, 2023

How many times have you had this exchange with prospects? It’s a great way to immediately personalize your conversation and make your prospect more engaged. Rather than giving a knee-jerk response, your prospect will pause and think, “Hmm, how is my Wednesday going?”. I read that [company trigger event].

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Follow-up Nonprofit Social Media Travel 108