DiscoverOrg Sales

AUGUST 29, 2017

Yesterday, we announced to our employees and customers that DiscoverOrg has acquired RainKing. This blog is more personal than business – it’s the story of how two companies pushed each other to be better, how that competition changed me as a leader, and why I couldn’t be more excited about our future.

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Bernadette McClelland

JANUARY 5, 2023

I’ve been reading so many wonderful New Year’s Eve posts and messages about lessons learned from 2022 and lofty and inspirational aspirations for 2023. There is so much freedom in breaking free from our own rituals, hamster wheel or groundhog day and it is not as scary as you would think. And that’s OK.

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Travel Networking Exercises Buyer 221

Smooth Sale

MARCH 19, 2024

Staff not recognized as people desiring to learn and advance will soon quit corporate employment. Humanizing your effort best serves those in your care to bring about a better tomorrow. Ten years later, upon embracing a near-death experience, I came to realize that our worst experiences are our gifts in disguise.

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Lead Rank Face-to-face Hiring ACT 106

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Here are lessons from two of our key programs last year that we plan to incorporate into our 2021 demand generation strategy: Revamped Webinars. Our company, like others, canceled plans to participate in near-term trade shows only to learn that all 2020 events were soon to be canceled as well.

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Webinar Metrics Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Cancellation 177

Pipeliner

JANUARY 16, 2023

The good news is we have a new leadership style at our fingertips. The new concept takes us on a better course and makes headway in our environment. The emphasis came upon hearing about the Power of Ten. It is up to each of us to test the concept upfront before announcing to the world what we are doing.

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Hiring Motivation Influencer Retention 97

The Pipeline

JULY 26, 2018

Now, clients can screen calls, send our emails to spam and reject our sales pitches without ever having to look us in the eyes. Communication happens best when we can see the other person in real time and pick up all the subtle verbal, non-verbal and physical signals that help us understand people. Not really.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Then, everything I thought I knew about sales blew up. . COVID-19 swept me and our company’s 50 salespeople into uncharted waters. The hive-like atmosphere of our sales offices was replaced by Zoom calls. . Ask staff members and sales leaders to help you climb the approval chain. I believe we will.

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Face-to-face Lead Rank Vendor Guidelines 317

Smooth Sale

MARCH 22, 2024

The workplace is forever changing, and the staff at some companies includes multi-generations. With a large staff, creating a reminder to review everyone’s choice will be best should you experience a forgetful state of mind. Many of us fear sharing poor experiences due to past ridicule and no more of it.

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Policies Influencer Hiring Lead Rank 88

MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 10, 2019

Years ago, when I was on holiday in Disneyland, my family and I were enjoying a drink and some snacks when we were approached by one of the sales staff from the resort we were staying at. He recognised us and got us into conversation about our holiday. THAT was what we considered valuable to us.

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Prospecting How To Exact Up-Sell 163

Bernadette McClelland

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

We’ve seen United Airlines as front page news a while back because a staff member dragged a man screaming from his seat. Our behaviour and our actions are a cog in the wheel of business, and we all know our actions are a result of our thoughts. What are these people actually thinking?

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Smooth Sale

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Labor Day Holiday is an excellent time to reflect on our thoughts. Reviewing the past and current, plus considering the future, can help us establish better credentials for leadership and create a respectable legacy. The company was remarkable on many levels, particularly in encouraging new leadership among staff.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Promotion Loyalty 98

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 16, 2020

Yep, most of us are lazy and lack discipline. Left to our own devices, most salespeople fail miserably. All of us perform our best when we are accountable and have the tools to succeed. How does your sales team really feel about selling? How clear are you about what is expected of you? Sound familiar?

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Referrals Sales Management Hiring Scale 328

Zoominfo

JANUARY 28, 2021

We were determined to reproduce that buzz during our first-ever virtual company-wide live New Year’s Eve party — dubbed Henry Schuck’s New Year’s Closin’ Eve — which ultimately lasted ten productive and entertaining hours (imagine the content creation!). We hired a production company, DCE Productions , to help us executive produce it.

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Smooth Sale

JUNE 7, 2023

Many people are skeptical about the potential invasion of privacy and accuracy in adaptation. Given the broad scope of opinion and fact, we need to learn more about the possibilities and how we may each uniquely adapt AI to work and everyday lives. Where we need more expertise necessitates hiring help or having staff give their best.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 19, 2024

More on LinkedIn in our podcast episode with Justin Welsh. Upcoming live event: Join Jesse Williams and David Stillman, Co-Founders of Stori, and Sophie Buonassisi, our VP of Marketing, to learn how you can use messaging and positioning to differentiate in this increasingly cluttered market. or read about them in FastCompany.

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Alice Heiman

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Jake Dunlap takes us from founding Skaled Consulting to his first successful sales hire. The first big lesson, young, affordable, full-time staff didn’t have the requisite skills to replace Jake and properly service the accounts. Watch the podcast below or on our YouTube channel. And yes, it did take 10 years to get it right.

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criteria for success

MAY 18, 2020

GV is the Founder & Principal of Okapi , a company that helps organizations measure, monitor, and manage their onsite staff and efficiently collect and organize field data, surveys, and supporting documentation across multiple events, activities, locations, programs and campaigns. Subscribe to our blog and newsletters! CFSPlayBook.

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Marketing Social Media Twitter Survey 98

Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

At Pipeliner, we are right with this trend with the Automatizer feature of Pipeliner CRM, because this is exactly what Automatizer does: makes it possible for companies to automate many of the tasks staff have been having to manually perform. Growing Without Staff. Staff are provided the flexibility to work wherever they are located.

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Engineering Pipeline CRM Hiring 98

Smooth Sale

JUNE 2, 2023

.’ Typically, we focus on meeting our goals each Monday morning and the following days. But what if we were to capture unique thought that comes to us during our independent time? Utilize in-person and online gatherings to acknowledge all staff. Give rewards at year-end to those who contribute the most.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 29, 2019

Our new digital workers, consisting of software robots, will be used by at least 40% of enterprises. This new digital workforce augments staff by taking on mundane tasks, enhancing the customer experience and the C-suite by optimizing processes. . Be Excited about AI. Measurements of Success.

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Marketing Webinar Metrics Software Software 209

Smooth Sale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

However, it serves us well to recall the value of hosting a corporate event. The added touch points leading up to the event can also educate them about the brand and its products. Whenever guests look back on the event, they will think positively about the company ~ even years later! Or even point them towards a transaction.

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Face-to-face Licensing Lead Rank Lead Scoring 102

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 15, 2020

We have people who tell us they joined the company because of our mission and our culture. It has been a challenge for our team to not see the people they enjoy working with every day,” Ory says. For their part, employees are reporting mixed emotions about working from home. The shift to WFH.

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Alice Heiman

JANUARY 31, 2023

Watch the podcast below or on our YouTube channel. 15:12] I ran it like that until we had about 12 people on the sales team. That’s when I realized it was too much for me so we promoted our first sales manager from within the sales team. That took us to $10M. [17:35] And the other was to hire staff from the industry. [31:40]

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Hiring Lead Rank Promotion Cancellation 131

Pipeliner

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Automatizer is our new, groundbreaking feature within Pipeliner CRM. For example, as the staff becomes more numerous within an organization, you need someone responsible for the upkeep of all the laptops and devices. Staff need some infrastructure, too, such as break rooms with kitchen facilities, and free coffee and water.

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Smooth Sale

JULY 12, 2022

Customers expect you to care about their well-being by providing your company’s best possible service. I was excited to join family members on vacation but was somewhat nervous about flying across the country. Our experience was far worse, if you can believe it, proving to be a nightmare flying out. ” By 6:00 a.m.

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Airlines Hiring Hotels Customer Service 78

Canidium

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Don Rahn, Canidium’s Insurance Practice Lead, commented, “This certification demonstrates our commitment to being a leader in the highly regulated insurance industry. Contact: marketing@canidium.com About Canidium: Canidium is a market leader and the most experienced consultancy with SAP Sales Cloud.

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Smooth Sale

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Our collaborative blog purposefully asks, ‘Are you ready to improve the workplace environment?’ Most units let you change the air temperature, so you don’t have to worry further about the office getting too cold. Why not purchase a coffee maker for your staff? Photo by Geralt via Pixabay.

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Hiring Networking Lead Rank Lead Scoring 78

Smooth Sale

JULY 22, 2022

It’s no secret that the key to future success is retaining current clients as we continue to build out our networks to attract the new. Caring about your clientele and serving them well is the ultimate goal for all businesses. However, it is not an excuse for not doing well by our clientele.

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Hiring Networking Call-back Sales Qualified Lead 78

Smooth Sale

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

However, if the idea in question holds meaning and inspiration, it’s our job to gain a steady footing for moving forward regardless of the doomsday predictions. Advancing throughout our lifetime, we do best when we contemplate doing something that no one else has; this is the moment to do it!

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Face-to-face Hiring Media Networking 78

Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Achieving our desired success requires aligning our priorities and values with specific far-reaching goals to include the latest applicable technology. Observing, listening, asking questions, and tapping into our intuition regarding possibilities leads us to the next phase.

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Lead Rank Loyalty Travel Benefit 64

No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

But most of us don’t. We’ve created our own revolving door. Anyone who emails them gets an auto-reply saying the employee isn’t in, and offering contact details for an alternate, on-call staff person. When we work around the clock, we lose focus on our priorities, because everything comes at us at once.

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Policies Cold Calling Enterprise Enterprise 275

Allego

AUGUST 4, 2022

Video allowed us to be there without being there,” said Mike McGlothlin, EVP of Retirement at Ash Brokerage, during a recent webinar, Driving Sales Success with Video. And that persistence and penetration into the person’s office without having to drive three hours to be in person was crucial in our success during that time.”.

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Video Hiring Face-to-face Penetration 118

Partners in Excellence

APRIL 12, 2022

As providers, we are used to this, there is much science we can leverage to help us make our products more “visible,” and to attract interest. Retail stores, usually don’t have a lot of staff focused on helping the customer buy. And as consumers, we often prefer not to be bothered by a sales person.

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Retail Consumer Advertising Advertising 122

Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Recently, I learned a few valuable lessons about selling from a neighbor’s lemonade stand. As I walked up to their stand, the three girls greeted me with a smile, and one said, “You’ll going to love our lemonade.” Another lesson even us experienced sales professionals would be wise to remember.

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Scale Face-to-face Up-Sell Sales 62

Smooth Sale

DECEMBER 24, 2022

We should consider replacing old habits that no longer serve us well with new strategies that do well. But by reflecting on what initially did not work out well or what proves to be out of touch with current times, we can motivate ourselves to continue learning to do our best day by day. Your Story: Should Old Habits Be Forgotten?

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Hiring Report Networking Lead Rank 78

Smooth Sale

MARCH 23, 2023

A recent discussion about the dismal results of improving DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) could be much better. People may scoff that our approach needs to be more complex and downplays whether we have a functioning brain. Create The Chart Begin with Titles such as CEO, Vice-President, Director, Manager, and Staff.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 4, 2023

Sales teams may enhance their mental health and well-being by learning about stress, anxiety, and nervous system regulation. Businesses may help their sales staff succeed by giving them the right tools. These techniques make us feel powerful and grounded, allowing us to act with confidence instead of fear and survival mode.

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