Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 20, 2016

Issue Date: 2016-03-21. Author: Jennifer Kady-Sullivan, Marketing Executive, Allego. Teaser: Video is a key emerging medium for businesses to address collaboration and training challenges in today's distributed, digital landscape. Here's how video can help bridge the gap between sales and marketing.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 20, 2017

There’s a lot of buzz around Sales and Marketing AI, but what is real and what is hype? What can we actually expect from AI in the sales and marketing technology in 2018? AI for Sales and Marketing Tech: High Expectations Meet Reality. And how do AI and human-driven processes work together?

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B2B Marketing Data System 150

Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 8, 2016

Issue Date: 2016-01-08. Teaser: The training industry is in a state of constant evolution as corporate travel budgets shrink and the use of technology grows. The training industry is in a state of constant evolution as corporate travel budgets shrink and the use of technology grows. Author: Shapiro Negotiations Institute.

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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. Streamlining the sales process. Create relevant sales content. Two things.

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Sales Enablement Collateral Decision Maker Study 295

Allego

JUNE 14, 2022

Hybrid work has disrupted traditional training and the financial services industry—with its emphasis on personal relationships—faced unique issues. As Voya’s one-person training team, Voya Financial ’s Jeff Lovanio has his work cut out for him. Allego: How did you get to be the person in charge of training and development at Voya?

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The judges at Top Sales Awards named Objective Management Group (OMG) the Top Sales Assessment Tool for 2016. We believe that we have developed the best Sales Assessment tools in the world but it is gratifying when others validate that belief for us! A very nice way to end 2016!

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Issue Date: 2016-10-07. Teaser: According to one survey, nearly 9 in 10 managers become such without any prior management training. Here are some "musts" that sales managers have to bring to the table. According to one survey, nearly 9 in 10 managers become such without any prior management training. read more

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Sales Management Survey Training Sales 208

Steven Rosen

MAY 4, 2017

Sales Leaders’ Guide to Developing an Awesome Sales Management Team. Do you want to develop an awesome sales management team? Sales leaders have several options to achieve and exceed their sales numbers. Your goal is to build a high-performance sales organization that consistently deliver outstanding results.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 29, 2018

May 25, 2018 is a date on the minds of many sales and marketing professionals: the day the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect. General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679, April 27, 2016 (“GDPR”), Article 3.). Direct Marketing as a Legitimate Interest.

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Data Marketing Ideal Customer Profile B2B 215

Sales Training Connection

AUGUST 1, 2016

Sales Training – 2026. As a way of exploring the future of sales training, let’s time travel to the year 2026 and examine the major trends of the day. The presentation was developed as a comparison to what is happening in 2026 versus ten years earlier in 2016. Inflection point. Inflection point.

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Sales Compensation Planning for 2016. As sales leaders or executives everyone must be focused on exceeding the end of year sales quota’s and budgets-but alas- it is mid-November and December will be quickly on top of you. Once that step is taken, you can take a free sales compensation “assessment” on Acumen’s website.

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ROI4Sales

APRIL 17, 2017

We don’t say that reps are “sales trained” – for all you English majors – we use the present participle form and refer to it as “sales training.” And for a good reason: sales training must be a continuous process if you are going to be successful in today’s B2B sales environment. Sound familiar?

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Training Hiring Journal Education 71

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

I’m going to be speaking with some of the brightest minds in the sales and marketing world at the Sales Acceleration Summit. We are sharing secrets in a rapid-fire series of online presentations on Wednesday, March 9th, 2016. The first Summit in 2013 attracted more than 15,000 sales leaders from all over the world.

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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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Sales Training Connection

MAY 4, 2016

Sales Training Investment. How much money are companies spending on sales training? As reported in a research report by Sales Performance International – “In the United States alone, industry estimates for corporate expenditures on sales training and performance improvement are more than 5 billion dollars annually.”

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The Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Great sales teams don’t just happen. Sales is the heartbeat of your organization and it’s important to invest in the right people. Hiring mistakes can cost you missed sales opportunities and management time in addition to salary and administrative expenses. They are carefully built. Improve the players you already have.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Issue Date: 2016-09-01. Teaser: Companies have incorporated play (aka teambuilding ) into a broad range of employee training and retention strategies. Companies have incorporated play (aka teambuilding ) into a broad range of employee training and retention strategies. Author: Paul Nolan.

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Retention Training Strategy Company 180

No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 24, 2017

Are sales managers really at fault? You don’t hear that phrase very often anymore, but account based sales reps still carry a bag. percent of sales reps made quota in 2016. The problem is that many sales managers were raised in Sales 1.0 They don’t have the skills or tools for success in a Sales 3.0

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Hiring Account SalesForce Quota 214

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 13, 2016

Issue Date: 2016-06-13. Teaser: Millennials thrive in a team environment and are adept at problem solving through collaboration with others such as fellow salespeople and sales managers. Author: Max Cates. The days of the lone wolf road warrior may be a thing of the past, as this new generation becomes full-time salespeople.

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Sales Coaching Coaching Training Sales 120

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. Developing Sales Ready Messaging® that is provocative and relevant to those known business challenges and initiatives.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Issue Date: 2016-02-12. Teaser: It’s possible (even easy) to measure and predict sales reps natural abilities before you hire them. When considering why sales reps struggle in a solution sales rep role, consider that it might be the person selling before spending time and money on training that will have little or no impact.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Issue Date: 2016-11-01. Teaser: Sales discussions and training are frequently focused on gaining new business. Sales discussions and training are frequently focused on gaining new business. Author: Tim Riesterer, Chief Strategy Officer, Corporate Visions. read more

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Tony Hughes

MAY 12, 2019

They listed on the Australian stock exchange in 2016 and their share price has risen more than 600% in the last 3 years. They invest only 14% of revenue and have only 12% of their people working in sales and marketing. TH: What's the secret to your growth given the relatively low investment in sales and marketing?

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Pipeliner

AUGUST 18, 2020

Take a forward-looking view at the mindset of sales leaders and how they use the resources available to them. When it comes to sales, you should be asking, “How are these companies handling their sales? Yet building sales capability involves more than just implementing training programs. Adjusting to Change.

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Sales Training Connection

JULY 19, 2016

Medical sales training. Clearly for the market-leaders this journey has already begun. In times of such transformational market change, a new set of winners and losers emerge among the sellers to the market. So, what does it take for a company to implement a sales transformation?

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Sales Training Connection

JUNE 1, 2016

Sales Training Investment. The strategic “it” in this case is the decision about whether you should make an investment in sales training. But the really bad news is due to the present day competitive environment and the disruption in the markets, the negative consequences of those ideas are far greater.

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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.

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Sales Management End of Year Checklist. . Depending upon the person and the conditions in their sales organization each article may or may not be pertinent. I decided to start with a Sales Management End of Year Checklist. Did it achieve your goals for 2016? Do you have a recruiting marketing plan in place?

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Sales Management Hiring Compensation Quota 85

Zoominfo

AUGUST 30, 2022

We’re all familiar with the “four Ps” of marketing: product, price, promotion, and place. Privacy compliance has become an essential part of modern-day marketing. Even though the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect in 2018, data collection and processing can still leave marketers feeling uncertain.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Issue Date: 2016-09-01. Teaser: Companies are struggling to train as many salespeople as they want on the skills they need, but it’s partly a product of their own doing. Companies are struggling to train as many salespeople as they want on the skills they need, but it’s partly a product of their own doing.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 8, 2017

Additionally, sales and employee programs tend to outpace channel and customer programs in their use of individual travel regardless of company size. Net Optimism Score for incentive travel in the fall of 2016 was 26 percent, meaning the industry is still moderately positive about the outlook for incentive travel.

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Travel Incentives Incentive Lead Rank 205

No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Eliot Burdett, CEO of Peak Sales Recruiting, explains why in this month’s guest post. Have B2B sales reps gone the way of CD players, the Rolodex, and analog radio—replaced by technology that gets the job done faster and better? Fears also rose over technology stealing sales jobs following the advent of both the phone and internet.

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B2B Hiring Social Media Pharmaceuticals 120

Mindtickle

MAY 24, 2016

The SiriusDecisions Summit 2016 kicked off to a great start with a series of ‘foundations’ sessions talking about some of their core models and approaches. The first session I attended was the “Sales/Marketing/Product Technology”. Enablement: Training and up-leveling individuals and teams to use the tools and services.

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Marketing Vendor Face-to-face Report 52

Mindtickle

MAY 24, 2016

The SiriusDecisions Summit 2016 kicked off to a great start with a series of ‘foundations’ sessions talking about some of their core models and approaches. The first session I attended was the “Sales/Marketing/Product Technology”. Enablement: Training and up-leveling individuals and teams to use the tools and services.

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Marketing Vendor Face-to-face Report 52

Sales Excellence

MAY 25, 2016

Denver, CO, USA –May 25, 2016 – Sales Excellence, Inc., a premier global sales training and consulting organization, today announced that it has been awarded a spot on Selling Power’s 2016 list of the Top 20 Sales Training Companies that excel in helping organizations improve sales performance.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 30, 2023

Like all disruption, generative AI in sales has the potential to completely change the way things are done. In this post, we’ll share the state of generative AI in sales today with three use cases for AI in sales. In this post, we’ll share the state of generative AI in sales today with three use cases for AI in sales.

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