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Why In-Person Sales Closing Yields the Best Outcomes

SalesFuel

Zoom's daily meeting participants increased from 10 million in March 2019 to 200 million in March 2020. Zoom became a lifeline for millions working from home and a savior of reps competing for a remote sales closing. And for sales professionals, a new, robust communication channel has been launched.

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Keeping close to channel partners

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Paul Nolan As with everything else in 2020, many B2B companies’ relationships with channel partners, which are critical to their success, have been disrupted. The “surprise and delight” treatment that is widely used to keep internal employees engaged is equally effective with channel partners.

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Embracing New Sales Traditions in 2020

Zoominfo

And how do we help closers — whether an SDR booking a meeting or an AE closing a huge deal — motivated to crush company objectives? You don’t touch the gong, bang into the gong, unless you actually close a deal. But everybody definitely has their lucky clothes to close.”. Communication in Sales: Clear is Kind.

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45 Top YouTube Channels for Marketing Professionals

Zoominfo

For this reason, we recently published comprehensive lists of helpful YouTube channels for recruiters and YouTube channels for sales professionals. Today we’re closing out this three-part series with a post for our marketing audience. Up first on today’s list is a channel called Social Triggers TV. 1. Marketing 360.

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16 Technology Trends Shaping eCommerce in 2020

Hubspot Sales

If the first few months of 2020 have taught us anything, it’s that uncertain times can call for quick pivots to sales and marketing plans. Businesses have had to evolve quickly with trade shows, events, and in-person sales meetings being canceled for the foreseeable future, likely throwing a wrench in many 2020 sales and marketing strategies.

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Survey: How sales reps adapted to the pandemic

Zoominfo

A recent ZoomInfo survey of about 600 sales and marketing professionals found that most sales reps said they relied on in-person events for prospecting before 2020. Flash forward to 2020: 41 percent of sales respondents stopped using events for prospecting and 19 percent started using video calls for the first time. In conclusion….

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How the loss of trade shows changed the customer acquisition funnel

Zoominfo

“In March 2020, live events were canceled overnight. Here’s what the data says: According to a recent ZoomInfo survey of approximately 600 sales and marketing professionals, 54% of respondents said their organization hosted virtual events, while 40% stopped hosting events completely after the pandemic began in 2020.