Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 18, 2019

I’ve interacted with more than 250+ sales technology vendors over the past 2 years, and I’ve noticed 6 sales tech trends you should be aware of going into 2020. 2020 will be the year of acquisitions in sales tech. As a result, you may find your tech stack shrinking in 2020. #2: 6 Sales Tech Trends.

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Vendor Trends Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile 52

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Time for Sales Hacker’s annual Top 10 Sales Trends and Predictions for the Future of Sales in 2020. So, without further ado, here are my top 10 sales trends and predictions for the future of sales in 2020. In 2020, you’ll see even more of these pop up in the sales world. In 2020, you’ll be able to clone your best reps….

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Trends Hiring Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile 58

Mereo

JUNE 25, 2020

Sales and marketing must work together to build sales tools and collateral that can stand powerfully in place of a personalized conversation. The post Frictionless Selling in 2020 Translates to Frictionless Buying appeared first on Mereo. Salespeople need to have their compelling, consistent value messaging prepared.

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Face-to-face Collateral Fashion Buyer 41

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In healthcare, for instance, data from Bain’s 2020 survey of doctors shows that general surgeons and neurosurgeons are more likely to prefer to engage with sales reps virtually once a vaccine is available, compared with other surgical specialties such as orthopedic and cardiac. . .

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Lead Rank Quota Face-to-face Hiring 339

Sales Hacker

JUNE 1, 2022

Obviously, the COVID-19 pandemic changed the game for virtually every business in early 2020. Make the most of your sales collateral. After securing a meeting with a qualified prospect, use your sales collateral to make the case for your solution. Sales professionals have been selling over the phone and video for years.

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Buyer Collateral Case Study Follow-up 93

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 31, 2020

Author: Gerard Lafond When we kicked off 2020, no one could have anticipated the rollercoaster this year would become. As such, organizations should make sure that landing pages, blogs and other collateral are up-to-date, and the event page UX/UI is optimized for a seamless experience.

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Conference Cancellation Social Media Promotion 177

Allego

JULY 31, 2023

Further, sellers spend 11 hours a month looking for and modifying content for buyers, Forrester’s Q4 2020 Global Sales Enablement survey found. They need access to multiple things related to their job, such as how to use sales tools, sales collateral, product information, presentation decks, HR documents, and training materials.

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Buyer Collateral Scale Survey 62

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 28, 2020

It’s an excellent platform for creating and promoting content and marketing collateral. Price: Plans starting at $39/month. PlusThis is a campaign toolkit for marketing automation users. It includes a robust suite of features that can generate and sustain prospects’ interest in your business.

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Top of Funnel Funnel Software Software 86

Allego

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

2020 was another banner year for Allego. 2020 proved to be a pivotal year for Allego. Notable brands adopting the Allego platform in 2020 include Fannie Mae, Johnson Health Tech, Neurelis, Quidel Diagnostics, Recordati Rare Diseases, and Regroup Mass Notification. Innovation Drives Success. Learn More.

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Revenue Customer Pharmaceuticals Journal 62

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 12, 2021

Research from late 2020 shows that touches to close rose 65% from pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels. Essential collateral: buyer personas, deal milestone timelines. Essential collateral: plays or scripts with qualifying questions that round out the buying team. Essential collateral: buyer personas and UVP.

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Decision Maker Buyer Persona Collateral Case Study 119

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 8, 2020

Control+F (or, Command+F, for Mac users) is a common keyboard pathway salespeople take to locate existing sales content — such as past RFP responses, detailed product/service information, pricing sheets, customer testimonials and case studies, and other collateral and attachments.

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Data Proposal Survey Software 72

SBI

OCTOBER 28, 2020

CHICAGO – October 28, 2020 : Mediafly , a provider of sales enablement technology, content management and advisory services that create interactive, value-based selling experiences, announced today it has acquired Presentify, a global visual communication solution based in the UK.

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Marketing Sales Enablement Collateral Buyer 120

SBI

MARCH 26, 2020

LONDON, LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK (PRWEB) MARCH 26, 2020. Using the iOS version and OCR technology, show workers can share current literature and videos on their mobile devices – replacing the need to ship printed collateral to every venue. Zuant Delivers Universal Access to Mobile Lead Capture with Release of Android Version.

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Lead Capture Sales Qualified Lead Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 85

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 2, 2020

In successful companies in 2020 and beyond, marketing needs to help sell and sales needs to provide support to the marketing function. Collateral — As the marketing team creates new collateral to attract prospects, the sales team should have access to these materials and should know how to access them.

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Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Qualified Lead Marketing Buyer Persona 111

Allego

JULY 10, 2023

It was July 2020—the middle of COVID Year 1—and the temperature had hit 95 degrees (F). With DSRs , sellers can create a customized, private selling space in which they include personal videos, invitations to events, sales collateral, product information, pricing, demos, chat capability, and more. I needed to buy a new car.

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B2B Microsoft Buyer SalesForce 62

The Brooks Group

MARCH 23, 2020

In the scramble to adapt to the so-called “new normal,” outcomes such as social distancing, working remotely , stock market volatility, spending cuts, and uncertainty have rendered useless the 2020 go-to-market plans for business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) companies alike. Lead Flow is Down.

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Sales Leadership Top of Funnel Lead Rank Collateral 63

Allego

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

According to Forrester’s Now Tech: Sales Enablement Automation, Q2 2020 report , teams that invest in sales enablement automation are better equipped to evolve selling processes and skills to reflect buyer preferences. To learn more about learning and enablement with Allego 6, request a demo today.

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Collateral Analytics Distribution Face-to-face 62

Showpad

APRIL 28, 2020

And beyond chief marketing officers, productivity improvements are extremely advantageous for product marketing practitioners who struggle to develop compelling messaging and collateral in the face of limited time and resources. Amplify impact. The data highlighted above is only a small taste of the cross-functional ROI of sales enablement.

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ROI Sales Enablement Hiring Commission 52

Showpad

MARCH 17, 2020

In addition to making all content easily accessible for your salespeople, some content management systems can also help drive deals forward by highlighting different pieces of collateral based on AI-driven search results and recommendations. That number is set to continue growing exponentially in 2020.

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Face-to-face Coaching Collateral Sales Coaching 80

SBI

JANUARY 29, 2020

Needham, MA – January 29, 2020 – Allego , provider of the market-leading learning and readiness platform for sales and other teams, today announced its latest release, which delivers a groundbreaking approach to employee development. Andre Black, VP of Products at Allego.

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Industry Webinar Metrics Collateral SAP 65

Showpad

JUNE 3, 2019

Investments in augmented reality technology are expected to reach $60 billion by 2020, according to Harvard Business Review. Using this data, sales and marketing teams can create new content and collateral moving forward that those prospects are most likely to engage with. Augmented reality examples in sales & marketing.

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Sales Enablement Trade Show Marketing B2C 70

Keith Rosen

JULY 30, 2020

If it was just one degree warmer during this storm in Atlanta, this tragic experience and compounded collateral damage would have never happened. After watching the news, I took a pause. One degree would have changed everything. One degree made the difference between just another evening of bad weather and a winter disaster. million dollars.

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Coaching Scale Call-back Collateral 157

Anthony Iannarino

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

When a prospective client asks you to send information in response to your request for a meeting, they are not the least bit interested in reviewing any information you send them (even though I am sure your sales collateral is a galloping good story, the kind one cannot put down). Upcoming Event 3/5/2020.

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Objections Collateral Lead Rank Lead Scoring 94

Cincom Smart Selling

MAY 27, 2020

We didn’t just survive a singular event, and we can’t just re-set everything to January 1, 2020, and go forward. Things will be back to normal as soon as the houses are repaired, the fallen trees are removed and the debris is collected. The problem with this analogy is that it is not valid.

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Customer Enterprise Enterprise Social Media 77

Cincom Smart Selling

JUNE 9, 2016

Frost and Sullivan estimates the B2B e-commerce market to exceed 12 trillion dollars by 2020. Customers don’t want to sort through piles of sales-oriented product collateral and listen to hours of features and benefit recitations from salespeople. The fact is, retailers don’t know what to do with cashiers anyhow.

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B2C Collateral B2B Ideal Customer Profile 69

Allego

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The simple reality is all the work, all the time, all the energy [for in-person training] became moot, effective around March 15, 2020,” said Magnacca. The right technology solution enables sellers to do personalized outreach, record videos, manage content, and share collateral and videos with prospects.

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Sales Enablement Scale How To Churn 133

Cincom Smart Selling

MAY 27, 2020

We didn’t just survive a singular event, and we can’t just re-set everything to January 1, 2020, and go forward. Things will be back to normal as soon as the houses are repaired, the fallen trees are removed and the debris is collected. The problem with this analogy is that it is not valid.

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Customer Enterprise Enterprise Social Media 62

Cience

APRIL 1, 2020

Trillion stimulus package known as the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act) , which was signed into law Friday, March 27, 2020. The only real stipulation seems to be that the business had to be a going concern – generating revenue and paying salaries and payroll taxes or 1099 Contractors – as of February 15, 2020.

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ACT Small Business Small Business Salary 52

Vendor Neutral

MARCH 26, 2021

With the upheaval of 2020, many companies were forced to quickly and unexpectedly pivot to remote selling. In addition to the coaching and training programs, also make sure you’re enabled with the technology you need for reps to quickly and easily access all content—both client-facing collateral and just-in-time training material.

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Sales Enablement Lead Rank Face-to-face Lead Scoring 59

SBI

DECEMBER 4, 2019

San Francisco, December 4, 2019 — ClearSlide introduces its Winter 2020 update offering users powerful tools for data-driven email outreach and support for real-time collaboration and feedback to build more effective content strategies. Marketers can receive email notifications and see what collateral is most effective.

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Data Webinar Metrics SAP Lead Rank 65

Highspot

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Some head-spinning facts about this disconnect include: As of 2020, companies had an average quota attainment rate of below 30%. Sales enablement content” amounts to any sales collateral reps can leverage on the road to closing a deal. 44% of millennial purchasers prefer not to deal with a seller throughout the entire buying process.

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Sales Enablement Top of Funnel Scale Face-to-face 75

OnePageCRM

JANUARY 15, 2021

In 2020, B2B teams had no choice but to adjust to remote sales. Too often, sales teams miss out on valuable marketing resources and collateral that can be repurposed into sales tools. While virtual meetings and events left many organizations scrambling to maintain lead generation and pipelines, other companies flourished.

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B2B Top of Funnel Strategy Social Media 52

SalesLoft

AUGUST 12, 2016

We launched Benioff 2020 from the startup streets of the South. We printed thousands of pins, flags, and collateral that would send San Francisco into a state of political correctness, for their hometown hero would emerge as a candidate who would make sales great again (I swear this was WELL before our current political situation).

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Conference Scale 52

Showpad

APRIL 23, 2021

As a result, sellers could be left empty-handed or scrambling to build new collateral from scratch. A recent McKinsey survey published in November 2020 found that 50% of respondents said their business had incorporated AI into at least one department. Alternatively, you can use the Showpad CMS for enhanced functionality.

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Sales Enablement Hiring Fashion Promotion 52

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

If they are happy, ask them for quotes and case studies and use these as early collateral for your sales team.”. For seven out of the 10 topics, there was a peak in interest in April or May 2020, followed by a drop in June, and then a smaller upswing in July. Are they sticking around?

Loyalty 190

Loyalty Scale Customer Marketing 190

PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Just consider these events as collateral damage — you shouldn’t take it to heart. Originally published January 11, 2020, updated September 14, 2022. The post Best cold calling scripts to boost sales in 2020 (and beyond) appeared first on Blog. Some people can simply drop the phone off instead of declining more politely.

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Cold Calling Outsourcing Services Decision Maker Hiring 52

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

If they are happy, ask them for quotes and case studies and use these as early collateral for your sales team.” For seven out of the 10 topics, there was a peak in interest in April or May 2020, followed by a drop in June, and then a smaller upswing in July. Are they sticking around?

Loyalty 130

Loyalty Scale Marketing Customer 130