Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan Nick Kavadellas is thankful for golf, not only because he’s enjoyed playing it for years, but also because it is one of the few face-to-face selling tools he has continued using during the COVID-19 outbreak. The shift to less face-to-face interaction with customers and prospects isn’t a 2020 development.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

2020 has been a year of massive change. But what does "growth" mean in 2020? To answer this question, let’s start with some data: According to the latest HubSpot Research Study , we found that 40% of businesses will miss revenue targets this year. Instead, it was how teams used the tools that made the difference.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 5, 2021

Here at Chorus, we parsed a lot of data in 2020. Among many takeaways — about sales enablement , forecasting , hiring , and more — one thing was certain: Sales has changed a lot since the pandemic began. Our research suggests that the events of 2020 have made SaaS customers more demanding than ever.

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Crunchbase

JANUARY 26, 2021

While it’s impossible to predict what 2021 and the years beyond may bring to sales, assessing the confusing marketplace in 2020 does give us some useful insights to use as a launchpad. The number of touchpoints necessary to transform a cold lead into a completed sale is evolving, which means a lot more pressure for today’s agents.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 15, 2020

How did your leadership priorities change in 2020? If you started paying more attention to the sales enablement needs of your organization, you’re not alone. Crayon defines sales enablement as providing our account executives with the resources and content they need to win more deals. Battle Cards.

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Crunchbase

MAY 14, 2020

Update: June 26, 2020. This blog post was originally “The 25 Sales Leaders You should Get to Know in 2020.” We realize, after speaking with several sales leaders, that this methodology excluded some of the most impactful sales leaders, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds. Head of Sales at Flockjay.

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ExecVision

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

To meet those targets, sales and contact center leaders need to look at everything from their technology stack to current customer experience benchmarks. For teams that want to go head-to-head with the competition and grow in the market, there are 10 priorities for sales leadership to focus on for 2020: A Strong Coaching Culture and Program.

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 29, 2021

If 2020 was the year of the pandemic, 2021 was the year sellers adapted and turned the tide. Like in a post-apocalyptic movie, sales heroes valiantly fought a formidable foe, developing and broadening their skills to combat the challenges of uncertain markets, supply-chain chaos, rising inflation, and the great resignation.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Learn 12 Ways to Handle Sales Pressure and make sure you #hityournumber this quarter! link] — ZoomInfo (@ZoomInfo) March 30, 2020. How Sales Dialers Help Close Deals Faster. Sales dialers save you time and take out the chance for manual error. Dialers = Deals.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 8, 2019

Nearly half of American CFOs indicated they believed a recession would hit by mid-year 2020 in a Duke University/CFO Global Business Outlook survey released in June 2019. Recent research by Bain and McKinsey, both published in the Harvard Business Review, analyzed companies that came out strongest in this century’s prior recessions.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 5, 2021

Here at Chorus, we parsed a lot of data in 2020. Among many takeaways — about sales enablement , forecasting , hiring , and more — one thing was certain: Sales has changed a lot since the pandemic began. Our research suggests that the events of 2020 have made SaaS customers more demanding than ever.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 30, 2020

B2B sales is always changing, but nothing could’ve quite prepared us for the wild ride that 2020 ended up being. While most of us have settled into the new normal and the challenges that come with it, sales leaders are looking ahead with uncertainty. 40% of businesses did not meet revenue targets in 2020.

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InsideSales.com

MARCH 3, 2021

NEXT is a free 2-day virtual event designed to give your sales team practical insights to succeed in 2021, and a vision for where the market is going. We’ve spent months curating content, keynotes, and breakouts that are catered to the new landscape of sales. How have the events of 2020 changed the world of sales?

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 18, 2023

Video is the absolute best tool for job hunters. Table of contents Joel’s background: 80% interview rate, 0 sales experience Burn your resume! I was making a career change from the public sector to the private sector, and started with sales roles as an entry point to make that career relaunch. Prove you did your research.

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Nearly 60% of companies say that quotas are set as a collaborative effort between the CEO with input from senior management ( source ). More than 40% of surveyed sales leaders missed revenue targets in 2020 ( source ). 58% of sales teams said that they will increase the size of their workforce in the next year ( source ).

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SalesLoft

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Today’s top-performing sales reps use data, intelligence, and productivity tools 30% more than average performers. Whether you need to gain visibility into pipeline activity, manage deals, or decrease rep ramp time, Sales Engagement tools can help you improve efficiency, leading to sustained growth and profitability.

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Crunchbase

MAY 8, 2020

Without further ado, here is my list of five startups to watch (April 2020 edition) : 1. As every user researcher is well aware, there is immense power in the insights behind decisions, and understanding the user is the key to creating a successful product. Cinnamon AI. Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning. HQ: Berlin .

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan Nick Kavadellas is thankful for golf, not only because he’s enjoyed playing it for years, but also because it is one of the few face-to-face selling tools he has continued using during the COVID-19 outbreak. The shift to less face-to-face interaction with customers and prospects isn’t a 2020 development.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 13, 2021

Sales onboarding also equips reps with the knowledge and tools they need to hit the ground running. . A growing number of organizations are making investments in sales onboarding. Per G2 , sales reps that go through the best sales onboarding programs are productive 3.4 And for good reason.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 13, 2021

Sales onboarding also equips reps with the knowledge and tools they need to hit the ground running. . A growing number of organizations are making investments in sales onboarding. Per G2 , sales reps that go through the best sales onboarding programs are productive 3.4 And for good reason.

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Keith Rosen

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Over the past few years, we have witnessed huge investment in new sales technology solutions and sales process tools. However, that investment does not guarantee an appropriate return in terms of increased and improved sales performance. Listen in and hear from this panel of experts.

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Allego

MAY 31, 2022

Best Practices for Leading Virtual Sales Teams. Since 2020, the idea of how to adjust selling skills and methodology has been evolving. In 2020, when the pandemic first hit, sellers took their skills, knowledge, and methods and moved them online. No sales manager has time to go back and listen to hours of calls,” Basiliere says.

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Nutshell

MAY 12, 2020

Nutshell’s BOUNDLESS 2020 event was full of incredible insights from legends in the fields of sales, marketing, and customer success. She now hosts the award-winning podcast, Conversations with Women in Sales. 94% of B2B buyers research products online before making a purchase. LEARN MORE.

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SalesLoft

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

We’ll cover topics ranging from strategy, planning, and enablement to tools, systems, and processes. If “ops” is in your job title, then this track is for you: Revenue Ops, Sales Ops, Marketing Ops, Success Ops, or Business Ops. 2) Revving Your Revenue Engine With the Sales Technology Stack. Register now.

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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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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

It can Compile lists of customers at the key point in the life cycle Automatically put customers on a call list Automatically dial their numbers at the right time Learn 12 Ways to Handle Sales Pressure and make sure you #hityournumber this quarter! The preview dialer picks out a customer record from a call list and proposes it to a sales rep.

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Miller Heiman Group

AUGUST 19, 2019

As you decide how and where to invest your resources for 2020, think about what changes you want to make to improve performance at your sales organization. That data is hard to come by, but we have a solution that puts it at your fingertips: the Sales Performance Meter. Take the Sales Performance Meter.

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Vengreso

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Face-to-face meetings have been replaced by video conferencing, and many sales leaders are scrambling to train their sales teams on how to sell remotely. A 2020 study by the RAIN Group found that pre-pandemic, only 27% of respondents reported conducting more than half of their sales activities virtually. Why Vengreso?

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Sell Integrity

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The important skills that contribute to sales success are constant, regardless of disruptive external events, but they’ll need to be sharpened and tailored to the changing healthcare environment. Healthcare sales has gone through a number of rocky transitions and disruptions over the past decade. Sales managers are key to that.

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SBI

JANUARY 14, 2020

the industry’s only data-driven sales readiness platform , today unveiled plans for READY20 , the first and only sales enablement event dedicated exclusively to improving the readiness, training and coaching of today’s client-facing teams. 1 Forrester Research, Inc., 2 Aragon Research. Brainshark , Inc.,

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InsightSquared

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

And yet despite all the investment, it’s a tool that’s failing sales. A tool that B2B organizations constantly struggle to get maximum value out of. Year after year, improving CRM adoption rates is a priority for sales management and sales ops. Your company’s data should not be in siloed tools.

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Chorus.ai

JANUARY 29, 2021

Here at Chorus, we parsed a lot of data in 2020. Among many takeaways — about sales enablement , forecasting , hiring , and more — one thing was certain: Sales has changed a lot since the pandemic began. Our research suggests that the events of 2020 have made SaaS customers more demanding than ever.

Sales Enablement 62

Sales Enablement Webinar Metrics Top of Funnel Strategy 62

criteria for success

APRIL 1, 2020

Upcoming Dates: Wednesday, April 1 2020 at 3 PM EST. Thursday, April 2 2020 at 3 PM EST. Wednesday, April 8 2020 at 10 AM EST and 3 PM EST. Click Here to Register. A Problem-Solving Guide for Sales Managers, Sales Leaders, and Salespeople. The Ultimate Guide to Setting & Achieving Sales Goals.

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 13, 2016

They’ve also researched what our competitors have to offer. Some take this to mean that our prospects and clients don’t really need us anymore—that the automation of selling has made B2B sales reps irrelevant. Fears also rose over technology stealing sales jobs following the advent of both the phone and internet.

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Crunchbase

AUGUST 19, 2021

Working from home requires better time management. In 2020, 48 percent of salespeople worked from home. Overall, 60 percent of sales executives experienced a transition into some sort of new work environment in the past year. Use tools and tech to improve your efficiency. Solidify your soft skills for today’s buyer.

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Allego

MARCH 5, 2020

Shea serves B2B marketing and sales professionals with a focus on how business leaders must adapt to the empowered buyer. Not only is Mary an expert researcher with deep ties to the sales tech ecosystem, she’s also a practitioner with a lengthy career heading up successful sales teams. Our CMO Wayne St.

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Miller Heiman Group

AUGUST 24, 2019

It’s time to begin making resource requests for your 2020 budget—and that means the resources that you’ll need to implement to grow your sales enablement strategy. What sales-related challenges do you anticipate facing in 2020 and how will you overcome them? Yet despite this adoption of formal sales enablement, only 9.2%

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