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How to Lead a Digital-Oriented Sales Strategy

SBI Growth

At this point in 2020, all your competitors have undergone some variation of a “digital transformation” to supplement an end-to-end data-driven, Customer Experience (CX) focused digital sales strategy. A recent study conducted by KPMG found that over 90% of companies.

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Dave Kurlan's Predictions for Sales Organization in 2020

Understanding the Sales Force

Before I can make any predictions for 2020, let's start with these ten simple truths about selling for proper context. FOUR: Effective Selling requires a well thought-out sales strategy, sales process, sales methodology and appropriate sales tactics. SEVEN: Salespeople must be likable and trustworthy.

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Survey Results: How Market Leading Companies Plan to Make the 2020 Number

SBI Growth

We recently wrote about the emergence of the Chief Customer Officer and took that opportunity to survey CCO’s about how they will make their 2020 number. We found that companies had initially been planning on nearly 31% of their 2020.

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How a Software CEO Recharged the 2020 Strategy

SBI Growth

For market-leading software companies, the changing economic conditions have had a positive effect on the bottom line. But this has not been without their fair share of challenges, especially for those facing a high growth environment. On today’s show, Doug Winter,

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Digital Revenue Leaders: How to Make Sales & Marketing Integration Your 2020 Strategy

Speaker: Jamie Shanks, CEO, Sales for Life

You know the saying – Marketing is from Mars, Sales is from Venus. But if you can successfully align your sales and marketing teams, you'll find that the cooperation between the two quickly becomes a key differentiator for your company. How have your sales and marketing teams aligned to deliver that value before your competition?

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Why You Should STOP Cold Calling Immediately (2020 Update)

No More Cold Calling

Cold calling is a duplicitous, disingenuous sales tactic. If you make 100 calls, you’ll talk to about 20 people, schedule 10 sales appointments, and if you’re lucky, close one new deal. Why would you bother with a sales system that gets such dismal results? Message to cold callers: Pestering strangers is NOT the way to prospect.

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5 Sales Coaching Strategies for Maximizing 2020 Sales

Topline Leadership

Read this article to discover 5 sales coaching strategies for maximizing 2020 sales. Good, structured sales coaching has been found to increase win-rates by as much as 30%. The post 5 Sales Coaching Strategies for Maximizing 2020 Sales appeared first on TopLine Leadership.

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2020 Database Strategies and Contact Acquisition Survey Report

47% of marketers said they have a database management strategy in place, but there is room for significant improvement. Marketing and sales teams are feeling pressured to deliver authentic messaging to buyers at every point of their customer journey.

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Three Simple Ways To Increase ROI From Your Current Sales Process Immediately!

Speaker: Donald Kelly, Founder & Chief Sales Evangelist at The Sales Evangelist LLC

The average B2B sales cycle can take anywhere from 3 to 9 months to close, depending on the complexity of the product or service being sold. Now add the fact that we're facing a global pandemic and it could add an extra 2 - 3 months or more to a sales cycle. How to tap into growing markets for new sales opportunities.

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Closing the Social Distance with Virtual Selling

Speaker: Amy Huseth, Vice President of Marketing & Sales Enablement at CDK Global

Sales organizations in most industries had to reassess the way they were doing business in order to adapt to the virtual selling landscape. What should you do if your sales culture is suffering? How can you pivot to your sales enablement as the driver of remote selling success?

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The Revenue Leader's Guide to Prospecting

Speaker: Christopher Ryan, Founder and CEO of Fusion Marketing Partners

Chances are that if you ask your sales and marketing teams this question, you may open up a can of worms. When these two vital parts of your company’s generating program are at odds, it guarantees only one thing at the end of the day: fewer prospects, fewer qualified leads, and fewer sales.