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Sales climate warming?

Sales 2.0

We may be entering a “new, new era” of selling—an era that takes us back to good old-fashioned relationship selling. At the same time, driven by a softening economy, account executives have been pushed to “self-source” more of their pipeline ( 60-70% according to Jason Bay.)

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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Why Account Executives Should Travel

No More Cold Calling

Sales leaders say they don’t need for account executives to travel. Reps are accountable for sending X number of emails and making X number of social media connections. That’s a great backup for account executives, but there’s nothing like being in-person and seeing the whites of someone’s eyes. Ridiculous, right?

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Do you need an Enterprise Selling Plan (ESP)?

Sales 2.0

Selling to enterprise accounts needs to be a habit, like eating well or working out, you need to make it part of your DNA. You are going to have to put in a lot of effort to land an enterprise account. They “touch” an enterprise account in the same way as a 100-person company. There are many ways to get into a big account.

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The Problem With Account Planning

Partners in Excellence

I was asked to sit in on a number of account plan updates. It’s mid year, so it’s time to pull out the account plan, blow off the digital dust, and update it. you might be getting an idea of what I think about most account planning processes.). ” Usually, I get blank stares from the account team.

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How to Leverage a Customer Data Platform to Enhance Account Based Selling

Hubspot Sales

Leveraging a customer data platform (CDP) to support account-based selling is a prime example. If you’re not yet up to speed on CDPs or account-based selling, it’s time to change that. Account-based selling takes things to a new level. They target, reach out to, and land any account you’ve IDed as being high value.

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The Death of Cold Calling Has Been Greatly Exaggerated #webinar

The Pipeline

The best sales organizations are those who excel at executing their sales process; from demand generation, to prospecting to closing and growing accounts. While there will always be “new ways” to sell, the best sellers look for what works, not what is new or fashionable, including yes cold calling.

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25+ Account-Based Marketing Tactics & Software Solutions

LeadBoxer

If your primary marketing strategy has been to “cast a wide net”, consider only going after your white whales – your ideal accounts – instead. Known as account-based marketing (ABM), companies that treat individual prospects like an entire market can generate 208% more revenue than those who don’t according to MarketingProfs.