SBI Growth

JANUARY 4, 2017

Today’s article is a demonstration on how to determine which markets to compete in and which markets to avoid. As a guide, download our 10th annual workbook, How to Make Your Number in 2017. Turn to the Markets phase on pages.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 10, 2018

But during a slow crawl back to respectability between 2010 and 2016, and soaring revenue during 2017-2018, the percentage of reps making quota has not only remained flat, but the percentage hasn't even returned to pre 2008 rates. This article attempts to explain why.

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 29, 2016

I was struck by an article about how it’s important at this time of year to organize your office. The article listed step-by-step instructions as to how to be more efficient. I found myself reading a magazine… yes, a magazine! Wow, how old school is that? The author said to have a file folder (what […].

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How To Selling Skills Motivation Sales Leadership 151

Close

JANUARY 10, 2017

I always find myself stumbling across these articles every new year: Is 2017 The Chatbot Year?, 2017 Will Be the Year of AI, 2017: The Year of Machine Learning, Intelligent Content and Experiences.

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Trends Sales Strategy 52

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Value is a vital element to sales success for 2017, according to insights from Peter Ostrow, Research Director of Sales Enablement Strategies for research firm SiriusDecisions. Peter was quick to reveal research that shows just how hard it can be to achieve these goals in 2017, as the buyer’s decision-making journey has become more complex.

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SBI Growth

MAY 6, 2019

A 2017 article in the Harvard Business Review noted that 67%. Unfortunately, as seen in our Q1 Research Report on Execution, this is where most companies come up short. They are unable to execute the growth strategy they have embraced fully.

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Enterprise Enterprise Report Research 149

Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 15, 2017

As we close in on closing out the first half of 2017 (already!) this is when I share the best articles from the first six months. There were some really great articles from the first half of the year. Image Copyright bowie15.

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InsightSquared

DECEMBER 18, 2017

We analyzed the data and curated a list of the top 12 most popular leaderboard songs of 2017. #1 We have our staff favorites at InsightSquared but we were curious, what are the most popular leaderboard songs among our customers? 1 All I Do is Win by DJ Khaled. #2 2 Money by Pink Floyd. #3 3 Gangnam Style by PSY. #4 11 Roar by Katy Perry. #12

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InsightSquared

DECEMBER 18, 2017

The votes have been counted — we have InsightSquared’s favorite leaderboard songs of 2017. Check out the top 12 most popular leaderboard songs of 2017 among our customers here. ). #1 The list includes songs across all genres, and time periods. 1 Timber by Pitbull ft. 2 Y’All Ready for This from Space Jam. #3

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Motivation Closing Customer Analytics 59

Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 6, 2017

A Sales Manager’s Recipe: What’s Cooking in 2017? The last three years have been tough and she was looking for new ideas for 2017 to excite her team and also to simply change up the routine. So if 2016 left a bad taste in your mouth, use the following ingredients to create a new recipe to make 2017 your best year ever.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 16, 2016

I reviewed the 88 articles I wrote in 2016 (nearly 1,600 articles on the Blog) and was surprised to discover what I wrote about the most. Because my topics are driven by the conversations I have with clients and prospective clients, my articles are a reflection of what CEO's and Sales Leaders care about. Here we go!

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 3, 2017

For the first article of 2017, I thought it would be helpful if I shared how I get more done than anyone else I know. I've always outworked everyone in my own companies so both of these quotes resonated with me. At the same time, hard work alone isn't enough. You must also be smart and efficient about what you work hard on.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 24, 2017

In my last Bits and Pieces article , I referred to a series of articles I’d written about applying manufacturing and lean techniques to sales and marketing. There was a lot of feedback on the series of articles, as well as some great book suggestions. Just email me at dabrock@excellenc.com.

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eBook Research Survey Data 50

No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 10, 2017

According to LinkedIn’s State of Sales 2017 US Report , 70 percent of the time that decision-makers respond to salespeople, it’s because those reps were introduced through a professional network. Ian Levine, chief sales officer at RO Innovation, answers that question in his fantastic article, “ The Next Game Changer for B2B Sales?

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Referrals Decision Maker Cold Calling Networking 240

The Brooks Group

DECEMBER 4, 2017

We’ve rounded up the top 10 most popular posts from The Sales Leader blog in 2017 to give you a place to start when you’re looking to improve your team’s performance. Top 10 Sales Effectiveness Articles from 2017. 4 Step Action Plan for Sales Target Achievement.

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Territories Pipeline Follow-up Meeting 61

InsightSquared

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Last week, our CMO Joe Chernov explained why InsightSquared is going “all-in” at Dreamforce 2017. As part of our increased presence this year, we are teaming up with customers, partners and industry experts to host three interactive break-out sessions throughout the week.

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Sales Operations SalesForce Case Study Analytics 66

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Here are a few ideas: [Article about home improvement project #1]. Article about home improvement project #2]. Article about home improvement project #3]. Now that the hard part is over, I thought you’d be interested to learn how to increase your home’s value over the next few years. I’d be happy to share my favorites.

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Real Estate Up-Sell Follow-up Retention 142

OpenSymmetry

JANUARY 6, 2017

On the OpenSymmetry blog, we’re starting 2017 with fresh perspectives on what it takes to evaluate, implement, and leverage incentive compensation solutions to make the biggest impact on a company’s bottom line. We’ll take submissions for our February posts until January 27th, 2017.

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InsightSquared

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

A Sales Ops Playground: Dreamforce 2017. Dreamforce is the conference equivalent of becoming a sales ops professional and learning to use Salesforce for the first time. There’s more available than you’ll ever feasibly be able to get to, but you’re excited to dig in and learn as much as you can.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Today’s article is focused on Product Launch and Messaging. As a guide to the conversation, download our 10th annual workbook, How to Make Your Number in 2017. Turn to pages 143 – 146 of the PDF to follow along.

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Workbooks Conversion How To Strategy 136

InsightSquared

OCTOBER 24, 2017

We are in the final two weeks of preparing for Dreamforce 2017 — building our session agendas, RSVPing to countless events and creating a list of hashtags to follow to ensure we stay informed throughout the week.

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Twitter Influencer Hotels SalesForce 63

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 30, 2024

Check out this article published back in 2017: Marketing Qualified Leads Are Cool, But I’ll Take Product Qualified Leads Any Day. Speaking of sales, don’t miss this article next: 7 Successful Sales Pitch Examples and Why They Work. Efficiency Every MQL handed over to a sales representative requires a human review.

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Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Pipeline Top of Funnel 90

Increase Sales

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Right now there are a lot of articles about resolutions from increasing sales to improving SMB operations. There is an implied focus on out with the old sales behavior and in with the new sales behaviors. Maybe it is time to rethink the implications within this word resolution and instead intentionally focus on new sales behaviors.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Today’s article is focused on how to execute account-based marketing. To follow along, download our 10th annual workbook, How to Make Your Number in 2017. This involves replacing leads with opportunities for the sales team through ABM. Turn to the marketing strategy.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Today’s article is focused on how to make the customer experience a competitive differentiator. As a guide to the conversation, download our 10th annual workbook, How to Make Your Number in 2017. Turn to the customer experience design phase on pages.

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Workbooks Customer Competition Conversion 120

DialSource

OCTOBER 1, 2018

DialSource has been listed in CIO Applications’ Top 25 Salesforce Solutions Providers for 2017. Read the full article. The post DialSource Part of Top 25 Salesforce Solution Providers for 2017 appeared first on DialSource.

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SalesForce Analytics CRM System 28

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 14, 2020

growth in wages from 2017 to 2018, resulting in the second-place spot for that metric. Click on any of the articles below to read more from our "NEXT" special report. . Computer and information systems managers – The overall ranking for this profession was boosted by wages. Perhaps that’s for the best. The office as a recruitment tool.

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Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Sales Tips: How to Plan Your 2017 for Success. I’ve outlined below a series of steps , a process , that you can follow to begin gathering the information you need to develop your own 2017 Territory Sales Plan. The time to begin developing your 2017 Territory Sales Plan is NOW. Step 1: Timing. Here it is, New Years.

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Revenue Territories How To InsideView 40

Zoominfo

MAY 6, 2020

“We do not want to grow too fast,” said Eric Yuan, CEO of Zoom, in a 2017 interview with Saastr. This turn of events feels slightly ironic (and maybe even somewhat eerie) considering Yuan’s statements about the company’s commitment to sustainable growth back in 2017. His reasoning? We do not aggressively pursue the new prospect.”.

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No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 28, 2018

When Forrester conducted the same research two years later, in 2017 , they predicted that “upskilled inside sales will play an even greater role in all phases of SMB and enterprise sales than initially predicted in 2015.”. Read the rest of the article on Entrepreneur.com. Because sales AI doesn’t have human emotions.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

As we look ahead, the year 2017 won’t be much different as we plan to continue to grow these datasets even faster. Let’s break down some of the data out there that gives an indication of what 2017 is going to look like: Marketing Budgets Expected to Surpass IT Spending. 2017 is shaping up to be the year where marketing pulls ahead.

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Decision Maker Marketing Hiring Ideal Customer Profile 120

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The post 50 Must-Know Heavy Hitters: Winners of the Sales Hacker Top 50 Awards 2017! In the future, the nomination and voting process will be more intuitive. 2018 was our beta test and we think it worked well! We’re looking forward to building on this in the future. appeared first on Sales Hacker.

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Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Infor Sage 84

SBI Growth

JANUARY 21, 2019

Growth in Customer Success positions in 2018 was more than 80% above 2017 levels. Investment by B2B firms into a Customer Success function continues to outpace all other roles. Leadership continues to place their confidence and budget into Customer Success.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

This piece was originally posted February 6th, 2017 on Smart Selling Tool’s blog and written by its founder Nancy Nardin. Smart Selling Tools was also a co-sponsor of DiscoverOrg’s 2017 Growth Drivers Report. Smart Selling Tools was also a co-sponsor of DiscoverOrg’s 2017 Growth Drivers Report.

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Sales 2.0

JUNE 23, 2018

Linkedin’s 2017 research found that 39% of B2B buyers consider trust in the relationship with the sales person as the biggest reason to ink a deal—the #1 factor. Here’s an article from Linkedin themselves on this topic. People buy from people. People buy from people. We buy from people we know, like and trust.

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Close.io

MAY 31, 2018

Article mentioned: How to Sell Native in a New and Better Way. Talk mentioned: Melissa Rosenthal, Cheddar @ Fifteen Seconds Festival 2017.

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Advertising Advertising How To Sales 124

No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

That’s the question I asked myself as we welcomed in 2017. Walter Updegrave’s excellent article—“ Why Dow 20,000 Is a Meaningless Milestone ”—puts everything into perspective, diminishes some anxiety, and actually made me smile. Read the rest of his article for more. A strong stock market often makes salespeople lazy.

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