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Embracing New Sales Traditions in 2020

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Not just with prospects, but with management. We also try to do things like ‘demo day’ across the sales org, and leverage special team and individual contests to maintain that level of investment. In a virtual world, we’ve spun up a Slack channel called the Belt. Communication in Sales: Clear is Kind. Unclear is Unkind.

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E-commerce That Avoids Channel Conflict

Sales and Marketing Management

Over the past three years, we’ve seen a 20% to 30% e-commerce annual growth rate, especially in 2020, as in-person prospecting proved difficult if not impossible during the pandemic. potential conflict with their channel partners. Businesses don’t want to jeopardize the business that comes through channel partners?

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How Sales Reps Are Hitting Quotas Without Hitting the Streets

Sales and Marketing Management

Covid-19 and subsequent office closures forced every sales team to use virtual channels in situations they never would have considered before the pandemic: complex buying cycles requiring careful orchestration by veteran sellers. Company size has no bearing on the willingness to use virtual channels.

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How Small Gifts Can Create Big Marketing Wins

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Direct mail gifting is a demand generation tactic that assists other channels by cleaning up after them,” says Mitchell Hanson, director of demand generation at ZoomInfo. Corporate direct marketing channels commonly include highly personalized physical mail, email, social media, and texting campaigns. How do you determine gift value?

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Your Lead Gen Is Broken (Here’s How to Fix It)

No More Cold Calling

Every sales leader says their #1 prospecting challenge is getting leads in the pipe. And as of July 2020, 69 percent of B2B reps didn’t have enough leads in their pipeline to meet their annual quotas, according to a survey by ValueSelling Associates. None of us stands out during prospecting. They don’t want to see your demo.

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8 Simple Steps to Prep Your Webinar Funnel for Sales

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The goal is to attract prospects to your brand and convert them to customers — by hosting a webinar. Five percent of respondents planned to increase webinar production in 2020. By April 2020 (as the pandemic kicked in), the ON24 platform saw a 167% increase in webinars. You might want to send an email to prospects.

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5 Successful Lead Generation Strategies

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To be actionable, your content must make tactical use of calls to action, offers, promotions, demos, and free trials that move prospects along the buyer’s journey. While your industry has likely been affected by this too, building out a strategy for virtual events can be a great way to attract prospects.