Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 27, 2016

Issue Date: 2016-03-28. Author: Judd Marcello, vice president of marketing at Smartling. Teaser: Considering that 95 percent of the world’s consumers and 80 percent of the world’s purchasing power live outside of the U.S.,

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SalesLoft

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Modern sales is taking over Dreamforce 2016 in the form of 30 Salesloft representatives. 30 Rainmakers all at Dreamforce 2016 to meet you: the prospect, the customer, the modern sales professional. 30 team members who reflect the Salesloft culture and core values through and through.

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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. Credit www.gratisography.com.

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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. With the video on, you can recognize when a customer seems confused or surprised and address them as needed. Consider holding a Q&A session to get to know prospects better and for them to know you and the company better.

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Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Every salesperson knows that there are times, like the end-of-year holidays, when you may want to give a good customer a gift, depending on the kind of relationship you have. But more broadly, what’s the impact of giving gifts to customers or clients, and how is gift giving likely to affect their view of you?

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MTD Sales Training

MAY 3, 2017

Harvard Business Review (HBR) discussed an interesting concept recently (Sept 2016) where they were comparing what customers actually buy and what sellers offer to sell. Or do you think about the experience you are trying to offer the buyer or customer ? Happy Selling! Sean McPheat. Managing Director.

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Customer Centric Selling

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Sales Tips: How to Step Up Your Prospecting for 2016. Even in our recent 2015 CCS® Index, 50% of salespeople indicated cold calling as the least effective method of prospecting. As a result, we developed a one (1)-day, instructor-led CustomerCentric Selling® Prospecting & Business Development Work Session.

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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. That’s why we want to meet you, our brand advocates , at Rainmaker 2016. Our Loyal Customers. Sure, it’s always nice to hear our customers sing our praises. We love you.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 1, 2016

More Books: I completed or reread some great books by friends and colleagues I think they belong on every sales professionals bookshelves: Sell with a Story: How to Capture Attention, Build Trust, and Close the Sales , Paul Smith: We know how critical stories are in connecting and engaging our customers. No related posts.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 1, 2018

Marketing pain points: Bad data, consistent customer experience, and tracking campaign results. Difficulty creating a consistent, multi-channel customer experience. Pain point #2: Difficulty creating a consistent, multi-channel customer experience. Customer experience solutions. Pain point #1: Old and/or inaccurate data.

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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? clickToTweet tweet=”“Personalize your messaging by getting to know prospects.”

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Sales 2.0

APRIL 8, 2016

It was entitled, 2016, The State Of Marketing. The problem with much of our prospecting or follow up on “leads,” is that it is completely disconnected from the content that generated the lead. It’s this disconnect, that actually hurts our abilities to prospect and engage the customer. It’s a fascinating piece of work.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Attempts to get sales enablement right are on the rise , as organizations grapple with the idea that shorter product life cycles, a more informed customer base, and global competition make the way they sell just as important as what they are selling. Map your strategy to the customer journey. Streamlining the sales process.

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Sales Evangelist

JANUARY 9, 2020

The Next Wave: Customer-Facing Solutions With the new year, we are all looking towards the next wave in customer-facing solutions available for us. He’s been working for tech companies, working at Chilli Piper since 2016. Next wave in customer-facing solutions The sales industry tends to move in waves.

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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. Today, I am continuing the music analogy, but this time, as it relates to motivational tools. Let me explain and then I’ll pivot to selling.

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Alice Heiman

JULY 18, 2023

Julian quickly realized that knowing how to sell did not equip him to run a company and successfully scale sales at the same time, so he needed an easy way to get his first customers and he used his network, did an outstanding job and built his sales on referrals.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 1, 2016

Prospects will choose to stick with the status quo unless you can proactively and provocatively quantify that they have a pain worth addressing. the Prospect has a pain worth addressing and a significant cost of “Do Nothing”. - You need to factor Frugalnomics prominently into your sales and marketing strategies and investments.

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Do you know what’s really happening in customer conversations with insights and guidance for every level of your org? If not, keep reading … especially if you work in Customer Success. Revenue Intelligence *(RI) is the new* way of operating based on customer reality instead of opinions. Let’s learn how.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 12, 2024

John is viciously focused–he deeply understands the customer and their drivers. He will always do the right thing for the customer. On my father’s side, my grandfather’s success in running a small grocery store stemmed from his strong relationships and exceptional customer service.

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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. Modern companies are now relying on their customers for inspiration and direction to improve and launch new products. About Denali. We are so proud of all of the winners this year.

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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. Promote the right people to leadership positions. Learn More.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 1, 2022

It got me reflecting on the question, “How often do we force our customers to buy the way we want them to buy, rather than helping them buy the way they want to buy?” Too often, we force our prospects and customers to buy the way we want them to buy. But our customers are expressing this displeasure.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 1, 2016

Issue Date: 2016-03-02. Teaser: A “no” from a customer at least has finality, and you can move on to other great prospects. A “no” from a customer at least has finality, and you can move on to other great prospects. Author: Sharon Gillenwater. read more

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Engage Selling

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Maybe you’re 100% perfect at your job. Maybe your pipeline is always overflowing with hot leads, you never have to place a cold call or send a cold email, your sales cycle is complete in a matter of days, and … Read More »

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 31, 2020

According to HubSpot research, 93% of consumers will be repeat buyers at companies with excellent customer service. With stakes that high, it is perhaps ironic that the early steps of building customer loyalty start with the figurative eyes and ears of a company. Doing so may also offset declines in aging products a company sells.

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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. Ultimately, LinkedIn Sales Insights is a tool for data-backed customer segmentation, and its specific benefits reflect that.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 14, 2017

At the beginning of 2016, Anthony had a heart-to-heart talk with his supervisor and was inspired during the company’s annual January Sales Kick-off. In August of 2016, DiscoverOrg’s leadership decided to split the sales in into dedicated inbound and outbound teams. “It By then, many of the leads had grown cold. Everything is automated.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 24, 2017

You’re working through the sales process with a prospect, and all of a sudden a competitor you’ve never heard of surfaces and you’ve lost the deal. How could the customer want that when you offer so much more? Here’s the thing: Customers don’t actually care about features. It focuses on understanding customers’ motivations.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 25, 2013

80% of customer data will be wasted due to immature enterprise data "value chains". Only 20% of marketers will receive formal training on analytics and customer data management. Fragmented marketing IT point products and low adoption rate will inhibit companies'' ability to win customers.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 28, 2016

I recently read the Bridge Group’s study, “Sales Development 2016.” Are these aligned with the context of the interest of the “prospect” who has taken an action. For example, downloading a white paper is no indication that a prospect has interest in your product. No related posts.

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Zoominfo

MAY 5, 2019

Email marketing is an inexpensive way to promote products, increase sales, and retain customers. More than 86% of businesses surveyed in 2016 indicate that they plan to increase their upcoming email marketing budgets ( source )—and you should too. Email marketing isn’t going anywhere. How will you expand your reach?

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 14, 2020

In 2016, approximately 854,000 Canadian car commuters spent at least 60 minutes traveling to work. Versus the common practice of starting with the product, then shoehorning in the prospect. Absent the product; the only thing left to talk about is what does the prospect wants to do? One of those is thinking.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 19, 2018

I got a fair number of customers that way, including two HubSpot retainers, and went from working by myself in a home office to a staff of four in our own office. In 2016, we started following EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) and established firm business goals. Motivation was easy. But how … ?

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 19, 2021

“What you see in ZoomInfo today is a lot of the vision that I had for DiscoverOrg in 2015, 2016, but I never built a good enough engineering and product team to make that vision come to life,” Schuck said. I want to be able to sell into the largest swath of [our] 20,000 customers as I can,” Schuck said. “I

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Allego

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

And some company leaders may push back when told they need a customer relationship management (CRM) system, Perry says. If you do, you expend a lot of effort on prospects who will never respond to your calls or emails. Instead identify potential customers who are more likely to buy from you. Identify Your Ideal Buyer.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 7, 2021

I immediately conjured pick up lines for prospecting customers like: What’s a nice customer like you hanging out in a place like this? I didn’t know what I wanted in a customer until I saw you… I think there’s something wrong with my phone. We do the same thing with our prospects and customers.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 18, 2019

One of the most crucial steps in any marketing or sales decision is knowing who your customers are. Who are your top performing customers? Now that you’ve defined your customers, you need to define the scope of the services you offer. Are most of your customers in one specific industry? Biggest deals?

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