Richardson

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Richardson’s 2019 Selling Challenges Study research reveals a panoramic view of the changes confronting sales professionals today. With hundreds of responses, we’ve captured timely insights into how 2019 will unfold and how to address emerging challenges. Our research reveals that:

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Highspot

JULY 30, 2019

CRM provides a top-level view of your company with data flowing in from all customer-facing teams — marketing demand campaigns, customer service interactions, and, of course, sales. Manually tracking input from multiple teams for every customer interaction may be possible when you have five customers, but is impossible at scale.

Sales Tools 63

Sales Tools Tools Scale Hiring 63

The Sales Hunter

MARCH 31, 2019

Copyright 2019, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” Mark Hunter is the author of High-Profit Prospecting: Powerful Strategies to Find the Best Leads and Drive Breakthrough Sales Results. Be a leader this week by reaching out and helping somebody see and achieve what they didn’t think was possible. Sales Motivation Blog.

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Motivation Objections Video Leads 189

The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 18, 2019

If you know anything about Nordstrom, you know that they’re all about service. I’m talking about real, personal customer service. The Nordstrom store personnel are famous for sending out personal notes to customers, calling them by name and remaining connected with them for years. Sales Motivation Blog.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Scale Social Media 181

The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 2, 2019

Learn more in this 35-second video: When you prospect, you’re not only helping the customer discover why they should buy from you, but you’re also validating if you should even sell to them in the first place. It’s not a good enough reason to get a customer just to help make your monthly or quarterly number.

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Customer Prospecting Sales Process Up-Sell 169

No More Cold Calling

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Impeccable customer service and caring are just part of their culture. As we enter 2019, go above and beyond for your prospects and clients. I’ve been to many meetings there. The people at the front door always smile, great you pleasantly, and open the door graciously. They’ve even offered to walk me down the stairs.

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Hotels Licensing Social Media Cold Calling 282

The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Copyright 2019, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” Mark Hunter is the author of High-Profit Prospecting: Powerful Strategies to Find the Best Leads and Drive Breakthrough Sales Result. If you take your focus off yourself and focus on someone else’s needs, you’ll change your week for the better. Sales Motivation Blog.

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Motivation Video Sales Strategy 135

Engage Selling

JANUARY 17, 2019

OutBound is the biggest conference in the sales profession and the only conference focused exclusively on sales prospecting, pipeline, and productivity. And, it’s my pleasure to be speaking amongst this once-in-a-lifetime speaker lineup. Join us April 23rd-26th at the Georgia World … Read More »

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Outbound Conference Pipeline Prospecting 59

The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 26, 2018

2019 is right around the corner and will pass just as fast, so don’t waste a day. Make 2019 your best year yet! Mark Hunter is the author of High-Profit Prospecting: Powerful Strategies to Find the Best Leads and Drive Breakthrough Sales Results. It’s hard to believe how quickly 2018 flew by!

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Motivation Coaching Influencer Strategy 146

The Sales Hunter

APRIL 5, 2019

During every sales call, make it your goal to ask at least one question that you and the customer cannot answer. Copyright 2019, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” Mark Hunter is the author of High-Profit Prospecting: Powerful Strategies to Find the Best Leads and Drive Breakthrough Sales Results. Sales Motivation Blog.

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Sales Leadership Motivation Sales Customer 223

SugarCRM

AUGUST 8, 2019

I’m talking about the customer service that goes above and beyond to anticipate their needs; the personalized message that’s been tailored specifically for them. These are the kinds of interactions your customers have come to expect, and there’s only one way to meet them. When a prospect clicks a link, their score is raised.

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CRM Lead Rank Lead Scoring Marketing 34

Nutshell

DECEMBER 5, 2019

For Nutshell’s second annual BOUNDLESS event, we’ve turned the dial up to 11 and booked amazing speakers like Jeffrey Gitomer , a legendary sales author and the host of the Sell or Die podcast ; Rob Siefker, Senior Director of Customer Service for Zappos ; and Christine Volden, the founder of Soulful Selling. 2019 cost just $99.

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Conference Top of Funnel Networking Hotels 124

Act!

APRIL 22, 2024

For instance, worldwide VC funding plunged to $344 billion in 2023 , reaching the lowest level since 2019. Given that most small businesses are already cash-strapped, it becomes even more challenging to cater to changing customer needs and drive sales. You can use detailed customer profiles available on Act!

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Small Business Small Business ACT Face-to-face 52

Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 27, 2022

As AI continues to evolve , many industries are adopting it to improve their products and services. There are many areas where AI falls short, but customer service is not one of them. AI can be highly beneficial in improving customer service. Companies are seeing an increase in customer service issues.

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Trends B2B Hiring Ideal Customer Profile 62

A Sales Guy

DECEMBER 21, 2019

Let’s get to the impact of GAP Selling since integrating it at the end of 2018: Avg Sale improved from $45k in 2018 to $105K in 2019. I’d say each sale is more complete and involves a larger product/service mix to solve their business problem. And yes, the prospect has become our client with a first-year contract value of $250k.

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Hiring Promotion Retention Trends 88

The Sales Hunter

APRIL 26, 2019

Copyright 2019, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” Mark Hunter is the author of High-Profit Prospecting: Powerful Strategies to Find the Best Leads and Drive Breakthrough Sales Results. Sales is not a solo activity; sales is a team sport and the same is true of leadership. The more we share, the stronger we will become.

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Outbound Sales Leadership Sports Conference 177

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 23, 2019

IDC predicts 40% of digital transformation initiatives will use AI services by 2019 ( source ). 59% of B2B marketers expect AI to help identify prospective customers ( source ). Marketers say the top success story they are seeing with AI is getting a better understanding of the customer (31%) ( source ).

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B2B Telecommunications Forecasting Scale 247

BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A proficiently managed Facebook marketing strategy can result in higher sales, enhanced customer service, and bolstered brand loyalty. Businesses can share blog posts, stream live videos, participate in Q&As, and even offer customer service – leading to improved client relationships. Facebook, boasting 2.7

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 17, 2020

I know that for many of our employees, customers, spouses, and families, this has introduced new challenges and anxiety - without speaking to the financial hardship and economic impact to local businesses and those that work for local businesses. 2019 was a tremendous year for Chorus.

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Engineering Scale Licensing Sales Qualified Lead 62

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 31, 2020

And there's a good chance that your sales team might have to adjust the way it approaches prospects and customers. The brand shifted its focus toward ecommerce and a direct to consumer sales strategy, connecting more immediately with customers online. The company also significantly stripped back its retail efforts.

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Strategy Pivotal Retail Consumer 68

Hubspot Sales

JULY 15, 2020

According to research conducted by Revenue Grid , before the pandemic only 57 percent of sales reps reported that they expected to fall short on their sales quotas at the end of 2019, with that figure ballooning to a whopping 84 percent by second quarter 2020. Image Source. Image Source.

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Pipeline B2B Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 123

Zoominfo

MAY 3, 2018

There’s no way around it, bad data impacts every aspect of a business — from lead generation to marketing, customer relationships, cold calling , and revenue. After all, if you can’t reach your prospects or customers, your message, offer, and product no longer matter. What Is B2B Data? Well, think again!

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Data B2B Decision Maker Lead Rank 100

Crunchbase

JANUARY 27, 2021

Tracking and understanding buying signals and connecting with leads and prospects with the right message at the right moment can help you close more deals. A buying signal indicates when a prospect is in a position to purchase your service or product. Buying signals are key to understanding your prospects.

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Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile 122

The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Copyright 2019, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” Mark Hunter is the author of High-Profit Prospecting: Powerful Strategies to Find the Best Leads and Drive Breakthrough Sales Results. Send me all your thoughts, feedback and questions on the content. I look forward to helping you be more successful. Sales Motivation Blog.

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Motivation B2C Sales Leadership Social Media 200

Pipeliner

MARCH 9, 2022

The eCommerce share of the total retail sales was an impressive 14% in 2019. Improve your customer service. Ecommerce customer service is all about addressing customers’ inquiries, concerns, and needs before, during, and after-sales. By 2023, it is expected to have crossed the 20% mark.

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Top of Funnel Hiring Retail Commission 52

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2020

The fast-growing digital analytics firm helps companies predict new revenue streams, anticipate product trends and popularity, improve customer retention rates and optimize investment decisions. B2B companies are making significant investments in solutions that ensure they have access to data across their prospect base.

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Top of Funnel Marketing Scale Lead Rank 218

Smooth Sale

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Over the past four years, CRM adoption has more than doubled, according to LinkedIn’s 2019 study. Accenture just reported that 33% of customers abandoned their business relationship because it lacked personalization. Increasingly, more salespeople need the “when and how” of prospecting to stay personal. What We Found Missing.

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Face-to-face Hiring CRM Sales Qualified Lead 87

Close.io

OCTOBER 30, 2019

But if you have bad-fit customers , the feedback will lead you astray. High customer service costs. Your Customer Support and Success team might be able to come up with workarounds to make your product work kind of good enough to get the job done—but it'll never be the great experience your customers should expect.

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Ideal Customer Profile Customer Social Media Scale 57

SBI

AUGUST 22, 2019

According to the State of Conversation Intelligence report H1 2019 , a 20-rep team will conduct more than a hundred meetings each week, which means sales managers are challenged to weed through every sales call to find the ones that need their attention.

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Coaching Hiring SAP Lead Rank 57

Crunchbase

AUGUST 11, 2020

Despite recent data showing the brimming optimism of sales and marketing leaders, my inbox is flooded with prospecting messages that start just like this. Everyone agrees that salespeople should have empathy right now, but many think adding some vague platitudes about “difficult times” to a templated prospecting email is the answer.

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Face-to-face Lead Rank Lead Scoring Discount 86

Zoominfo

AUGUST 12, 2018

IDC predicts 40% of digital transformation initiatives will use AI services by 2019 ( source ). 59% of B2B marketers expect AI to help identify prospective customers ( source ). Marketers say the top success story they are seeing with AI is getting a better understanding of the customer (31%) ( source ).

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B2B Telecommunications Forecasting Scale 150

LeadBoxer

AUGUST 29, 2021

The 2019 Edelman-LinkedIn B2B Thought Leadership Impact Study found that 55% of decision-makers use thought leadership as a way to vet potential vendors before agreeing to work with them. Between 2018 and 2019, the percent of decision-makers who spend an hour or more a week reading thought leadership content grew by eight points.

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Webinar Metrics Case Study Sales Qualified Lead Decision Maker 52

Showpad

DECEMBER 31, 2019

And yes, these are processes (plural), because you have to cover the entire process chain from marketing to sales to customer success/customer service. . Because the performance impact this one-fifth of organizations could achieve was double-digit for the first time in 2019: a 17.9% inprovement in win rates and 11.8%

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Trends Sales Enablement Harvest Data 119

Miller Heiman Group

JULY 22, 2019

In “All That Glitters Is Not Gold: 2019 World-Class Sales Practices Study,” CSO Insights, the research division of Miller Heiman Group, shared the top 12 best practices that are aligned with world-class sales performance (download it here if you haven’t read it yet). Do your sales calls deliver mutual value to your customers and prospects?

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Infusion Forecasting Maximizer Face-to-face 49

Smooth Sale

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Awarded the accolade of UK Sales Director of the year by BESMA and listed in the top 5 0 Sales Keynote speakers by Top Sales World in 2019 & 2020. The better-performing salespeople will know the sign-off process for this level and divide the project into products and services. Do You Sell Using Questions? .

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Hiring Networking Call-back Follow-up 78

Mindtickle

JULY 29, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO—July 29, 2019— Mindtickle, the leader in Sales Readiness technology, today announced that it has secured $40 million in Series C funding. Our Series C funding will fuel our strategic, long term growth plans while supporting on-going investment in our expanding products and services.

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Face-to-face Hiring Customer Scale 52

Miller Heiman Group

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Prospects and customers connect with your business in multiple ways along their buying journey, including: Visiting your website. Handling challenges with customer service. Renewing business with the customer success team. More customer touchpoints should mean better customer service—not more disconnects.

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Enterprise Enterprise Decision Maker Data 56