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2017’s Top 4 Sales Trends

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Kate Kirby, Content Strategist and Marketer at Conga “Sell more. Surely you heard some variation of that directive during 2017 sales kickoff season. While it certainly doesn’t work for every industry, the enterprise approach, aka “partnership selling,” is a trend that will continue to grow in 2017 and beyond.

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Best of 2017: Top 10 Blog Articles of the Year

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The Sales Tech space has grown dramatically as evidenced by the publication of our 2017 Sales Tech Landscape with 500 solutions. Here are some of Smart Selling Tools stats for 2017: Published over 100 articles on our blog. Published the Top Sales Tools of 2017 Guide. Published the Top Marketing Tools of 2017 Guide.

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6 Questions to Ask When Creating Your Email Marketing Budget

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In 2017, email marketing turned half a century old. Yet, B2B marketing professionals continue to rank the channel high on their list of preferred marketing tactics. Email marketing is an inexpensive way to promote products, increase sales, and retain customers. Email marketing isn’t going anywhere.

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A Marketing Tool that Should be in Your Mix

Sales and Marketing Management

Issue Date: 2017-01-01. Author: Brad Rawls. Teaser: Prospective clients will likely discover a lot about your business before you ever have a real conversation with them. Public relations is about creating the right impression before prospect hear your sales pitch.

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In the Race to Win More Customers, Sales Needs Digital Transformation

Salesforce users were surveyed about the forces shaping today's workplace. Discover the results and why investments in digital transformation and automation are pushing sales teams ahead.

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Why Product-Agnostic Content Wins in B2B Marketing

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Ryan Gould In the context of content marketing, a product-agnostic approach is one that focuses on your expertise and knowledge around a product, technology or service rather than your brand. The product-agnostic approach to content marketing has been around for a long time. 4 Examples of Product-Agnostic Content.

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AI’s Role In Sales and Marketing

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Paul Nolan “What happens when new and fast-improving technologies create opportunities to unleash untapped sources of revenue, some of them long trapped by market inefficiencies?”. There’s no reason it can’t have equally powerful impacts on B2B sales and marketing, but it’s in its infancy, experts say. “AI trillion to the U.S.

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7 Must-Have Automated Documents for Sales Success

Companies are increasingly implementing technology to bring efficiency to their workforce. Data accessibility aside, teams continuously struggle with manual processes for document generation. Learn why automating your documents is key to sales success.