Sales Hacker

MARCH 22, 2018

Sales Hacker has once again brought another electrifying edition of The Revenue Summit! The event marked an impressive energy with over 40 speakers from very successful companies from all over the country. If you’re a sales leader and you couldn’t make it to the event, make sure you head over to the event recap published last week.

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InsightSquared

MARCH 9, 2020

This International Women’s Day, we’d like to give a shoutout to women leaders in the tech industry, especially those in sales leadership positions. Looking for sales leaders to follow for inspiration and best practices? Jill Konrath is one of the most recognized women in sales. Jill Konrath. Tiffani Bova.

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Women Sales Pros

JANUARY 21, 2019

Remember from last year’s Sales Kickoff? What about all those great new selling tactics your sales team was introduced to? If you want to get greater ROI out of your Sales Kickoff, you need to make sure your sales team receives, retains and applies more of these valuable selling tactics. The awards ceremony?

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SBI Growth

MARCH 12, 2019

The company’s sales producers returned to the office from the high energy (and super expensive) 2019 Sales Kick Off over 3 weeks ago. It’s late February. Confidence was through the roof and opportunity appeared to be within reach. However, a.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 5, 2018

Author: Chris Richardson In 2018, social media channels continue to remain one of the most accessible, profitable, and popular traffic sources for most of the businesses. To save you time, energy and budget, you should ensure that you know exactly what type of professionals you’ll approach in the future. 1 preferred tactic.

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SBI

MAY 21, 2019

Mediafly Unveils New Sales Enablement Platform Experience for the Future of Evolved Selling™. Mediafly’s release includes three new capabilities: Mediafly Workspaces, Story Mapper and Tool Builder. While companies have the best intentions when unveiling new sales enablement solutions, many of these deployments fail.

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SBI

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Remote Selling has become an important focus for every sales organization. Digital sales technologies, by default, are what enables remote selling. Here’s my interview with Tom Pisello of Mediafly a sales enablement solution that incorporates buying hubs, collaborative workspaces, and more.

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Circleback

JANUARY 30, 2018

Amidst this chaos, let’s focus on what will really matter in 2018. Trends to Watch for in 2018. 2018 will see the development of more new tools and technologies powered by AI. So, use the technology to stay ahead, help target right customers at the right time, and equip your workforce better with the latest tools.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 15, 2018

Instead of coming to the CEO as a credible sales rep, you’re now approaching them as a curious student, and you’ll likely find that they’re much more willing to engage on this level. Common sales wisdom holds that salespeople should call executives early in the day, before they get too busy. Want more sales tips?

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Zoominfo

MARCH 12, 2018

programmatic spending is predicted to grow by more than 20% to $39 billion in 2018. By automating even some of the process, programmatic effectively saves marketers time, energy and money – all while increasing the chances of success. Must-haves include customer relationship management tools (CRM) and marketing automation platforms.

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SBI

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

ringDNA Expands its Suite of Sales Engagement Solutions with the Addition of AI-Powered Sales Coaching. Groundbreaking conversation intelligence solution, now released to general availability on desktop and mobile, transforms sales management through AI-powered performance insight. LOS ANGELES, Nov.

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Miller Heiman Group

JUNE 13, 2019

It’s a way for sales managers to monitor deal status that adds little, if any, value to their selling activities. More and more businesses are adopting sales technology tools, such as our analytics solution Scout , that turn their CRM data into actionable insights. But this approach to CRM is changing. Clean Up Your Data .

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 22, 2019

programmatic spending is predicted to grow by more than 20% to $39 billion in 2018. By automating even some of the process, programmatic effectively saves marketers time, energy and money – all while increasing the chances of success. Must-haves include customer relationship management tools (CRM) and marketing automation platforms.

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Pipeliner

JUNE 11, 2018

More Profit, Less Time: Sales Enablement Strategy is Your Ticket to Successful Sales. It’s an intense time to be in sales these days. Time and energy used to get channeled into staying ahead of the market. But now, sales professionals are funneling that time into merely keeping up with it. Why the shift?

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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. Last week, tens of thousands of kindred spirits descended upon San Francisco to absorb the energy exuded from our favorite CRM’s annual conference extravaganza.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Sales works the same way. What can the life of an Italian Grandma teach you about sales? You’re likely wondering what Italian grandmas know about sales. And while neither of them ever studied sales or marketing, they both taught me immense amounts about life. Both my grandmas came to America with nothing.

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Allego

JULY 26, 2019

I’ve spent 16 years in technology sales. I’ve noticed that great sales professionals in tech and beyond share some habits and characteristics. Sales is less about selling and more about leading, which requires high levels of confidence, which in turn requires knowledge and experience. How do they do it? BE RESOURCEFUL.

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SalesLoft

MARCH 6, 2018

. – when bestselling author Mitch Albom takes the stage to close out our fourth installment of what has become the world’s leading conference for sales professionals. Sales Leadership & Strategy. Sales Operations & Systems. Building Courage and Confidence to Succeed in Sales. Salesloft, Now & Beyond.

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Nutshell

JUNE 12, 2020

Promoting a sales manager internally is tricky, but hiring an outsider might be even trickier. Current sales reps can make great candidates for open positions within the company. You need both effective managers and great sales reps for a team—and your company—to reach its goals. Myths about promoting sales reps to managers.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 9, 2019

The sales world is no different, but many of those stereotypes miss what makes Millennials shine when it comes to forging connections and closing deals. For years, the sales world has heard endless stories about Millennials and what makes them tick. Well, those stereotypes have real-life consequences on sales teams.

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Pipeliner

JULY 14, 2018

We are officially halfway through 2018, and it’s a great time to be in sales. This sales article provides actionable insights to help you understand the current climate of the business world, and leverage tools and skills to make this the best year yet. Salespeople have gotten past the learning curve of the tools.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 17, 2019

But, sales and marketing organizations must resist this instinct in order to constantly adapt to changing markets, new technologies, emerging trends and so on. We’re speaking, of course, of the sales funnel. The sales funnel represents the theoretical customer’s journey to making a purchase. The Sales Funnel.

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Cience

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

His most recent book is Aligning Strategy and Sales: The Choices, Systems, and Behaviors that Drive Effective Selling (Harvard Business Review Press), which was cited as, “the best sales book of the year” ( Strategy + Business ), “a must read” ( Gartner Group) , and “perhaps the best sales book ever” ( Forbes ). Answer: Yes.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 17, 2019

But, sales and marketing organizations must resist this instinct in order to constantly adapt to changing markets, new technologies, emerging trends and so on. We’re speaking, of course, of the sales funnel. The sales funnel represents the theoretical customer’s journey to making a purchase. Why is the Sales Funnel Outdated?

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 14, 2015

Furthermore, add to what is likely to be a similar number of Sales/CRM/Sales Enablement Tools, Customer Experience Management, other productivity tools (remember Word/Excel)… We sales and marketing people are drowning in technology solutions! Billion in 2018. Billion, growing to over $32.3

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 19, 2019

Cold calling is still a key strategy for successful sales teams. Sales reps must learn to leverage technology and adapt to changing communication styles. It also includes valuable insights from Chorus.ai’s conversation intelligence platform that analyzed more than one million cold calls made in 2018. I make it my own.

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Allego

AUGUST 9, 2018

At the 2018 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, competitive eater Joey Chestnut set a new world record by downing 74 hot dogs in just 10 minutes. But what does Joey Chestnut have to do with sales learning?”. The traditional approach to sales learning produces the same results. Okay,” you say.

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John Barrows

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Sales engagement platforms on the rise. Something very notable was the rise of sales engagement platforms like SalesLoft and Outreach. Something very notable was the rise of sales engagement platforms like SalesLoft and Outreach. The post Our Dreamforce 2018 Recap appeared first on JBarrows. Increasing of B2B Commerce.

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OpenSymmetry

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

The two leaders that can have opposing view points are the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Sales Officer as a consequence of the processes that are in place because they each have a different visions of success. There is a way for sales and finance to find both common language and visibility to help align success. The reason?

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Showpad

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Showpad just hosted the world’s largest sales enablement conference. This post will recap TRANSFORM 2020 keynotes, breakouts and sessions and give you some new ideas about sales enablement you can put into practice right now. On the other hand, sales could also be ineffectively prepped and unable to articulate unique value.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 29, 2019

Our Workplaces Have Changed … And They Are Continuing to Change. The modern workforce consists of five generations of workers. The Millennial generation is better educated that those who are a part of Generation X. Millennial women are more than four times.

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OpenSymmetry

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

As stated in a previous blog post on motivating employees, the Human Capital Management market is growing rapidly, especially the talent management component, accounting for roughly 35% of the entire HCM solutions revenue by 2018. What does this mean for your organization? Gallup reports from their 2014 study that 31.5% About the Author.

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Hyper-Connected Selling

DECEMBER 20, 2017

I collected ideas from some of the top experts out there on how you can use this week to skyrocket your 2018, even before it happens. Many of your colleagues and customers are on holiday and your energy level might be different because of the shortened week and the longer weekends (and some pre-holiday preparation burnout).

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

When asked which strategies would result in the most growth for their company, 19% of sales professionals selected improving training and career development opportunities (data from our upcoming 2024 State of Sales Report). Tools Are Unclear or Always Different There are endless tools at your fingertips in the digital learning space.

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LeveragePoint

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Do B2B sales teams use marketing content? The Question for Sales. What do you want your sales teams to say when they are in front of the customer? It’s an urgent question to ask as sales leadership plans next year’s sales meetings. Marketing and Sales – Bridge the Gap. The Question for Marketing.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

If you’re a regular reader of our blog, you’ve seen quite a bit about sales productivity in the last few weeks. And for good reason—sales productivity is the theme of our 2018 Growth Acceleration Summit! 6 Outdated Sales Techniques That Hurt Your Productivity. 3 Scary Smart AI Tools That Will Boost Sales Productivity.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

Even if you hire the best sales reps , this doesn’t guarantee success. You need to train them and equip them with the right strategies and tools to succeed, such as the right CRM system , and a sales playbook. In this article, we’ll be concentrating on the latter: the sales playbook and its role in the sales cycle.

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