Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 25, 2020

In early April, during the earlier stages of the virus-required lockdown, I wrote this article about some of the remote selling challenges that companies were experiencing. The table below shows how this data changes according to sales experience. Things aren't always what they appear to be.

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Data Groups Objections Video 296

Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

My article about Crappy Sales Managers discussed the low recommendation rates for sales management candidates, why they are so low, and the bigger repercussions of the problem. Speaking of deeper dives, today's article takes a deeper dive into one of the problems identified in the prior article; crappy sales coaching skills.

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Coaching Sales Management Data Sales Coaching 319

No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 2, 2018

The odds might not be in your sales team’s favor … yet. I’ve interviewed many sales reps over the past two months, trying to better understand the challenges they face in today’s fast-paced, digital-first sales environment. A long sales cycle exacerbates the problem. That’s a real downer for sales reps.)

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Data Quota Trends Face-to-face 297

Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Sometimes, that's the feeling I get when I'm writing articles and I have solid data on my side, while dozens of competing authors just won't stop their constant borage of articles using junk science, anecdotal evidence, and alternate facts.

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Data Sales 305

Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 25, 2018

Last week I wrote a revealing article which showed that Sales Managers are even worse than I thought when it comes to coaching their salespeople. That article stimulated this great conversation on LinkedIn. Who do you think are more effective - newer or more experienced sales managers?

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Sales Management Data Coaching LinkedIn 209

SBI Growth

JANUARY 28, 2021

As the calendar has turned to 2021, top-tier NFL teams are preparing for deep runs in the playoffs. Others are going back to the drawing board, diagnosing what went wrong and how to turn it around next season. These narratives.

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Data Strategy Sales Analytics 367

Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 22, 2018

With that in mind, I will save you if you didn't happen to read last week's article which is a pre-requisite for this one. PREVIOUSLY ON UNDERSTANDING THE SALES FORCE. My article revealed that salespeople who are burdened with the need to be liked are far less effective at selling than those who don't have that weakness.

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Data Decision Maker Revenue Groups 267

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Death by information overload—a theme and phrase we often hear in the age of information technology and big data. Decision paralysis is derived from the inability to process data. As digital evolution continues to push data volume and make market.

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Data Marketing Sales Analytics 207

SBI Growth

JULY 8, 2020

Often, sales teams whiff at deals that should have never been lost in hindsight. The data was bad. Coulda, shouda, woulda. How does this happen? I didn’t know XYZ about this account/contact. I missed the trigger event. The dots were never connected. Revenue operations frequently.

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Data Strategy Revenue Account 234

Zoominfo

JUNE 27, 2022

The importance of data is undeniable. When you set out to buy a third-party data set, you might assume you should compare based on quantity and cost. often means the vendor with the most records wins and the one offering the highest quality data gets overlooked. But using evaluations like “how many accounts can you provide?”

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Data Lead Rank B2B Lead Scoring 130

Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Today's article is different from most of my other articles because there is no opening analogy, very little data, and a complete lack of humor. It's such a serious article I was ready to delete it before I clicked the publish button. If you don't like the subject, the content or the writing, it's OK.

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Data Sales Compensation Company 309

Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 15, 2017

this is when I share the best articles from the first six months. Today, it's more difficult to read that article, watch that video, listen to that audio tip or pay attention to any of the great material that is being written by experts so this is a way to catch up and read the best of the best.

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Data Video Closing Sales 217

Hubspot Sales

MAY 23, 2023

Based on this stat alone, it's no surprise why so many sales teams are folding AI into their workflow — and saving time in the process. How Sales Professionals Are Using Artificial Intelligence 1. In fact, 31% of sales professionals already use AI for this purpose. Then, it will adjust its recommendations based on this data.

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Data Lead Rank Lead Scoring Hubspot 103

Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

I've written extensively about how salespeople score in 21 Sales Core Competencies. Typically, both the articles and data are shared in the context of the difference between top salespeople and weak salespeople but rarely have I written about what happens after salespeople have been evaluated.

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Data Sales Closing 196

Zoominfo

JANUARY 12, 2023

Countries around the globe are implementing stricter regulations and larger fines in order to protect the rights of the individuals whose data is being collected. As a data privacy specialist in the UK, I often hear this question from customers and prospects: “How do we remain compliant as we expand into new regions?”

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Data B2B Government ACT 130

Distribution Pricing Journal

DECEMBER 28, 2023

If you are looking for new pricing, data, profitability and sales enablement solutions this year please visit our solutions guide to learn about our recommendations. Price level and sales engagement an affect volume in ways that drive higher profits as well. Can AI help strengthen my team’s analytical abilities?

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Journal Distribution Incentives Incentive 52

Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 20, 2024

Although this is an article about sales process, the first two paragraphs have more to do with religion than sales. I’m sure by now you’re thinking, but Dave, what the heck does that have to do with sales process? I mined some data from Objective Management Group, which has assessed around 2.5

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Sales Process Sales Methodology Decision Maker Pipeline 334

Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2019

This year, the ZoomInfo team published nearly 250 blog posts related to sales, marketing, recruiting, and business growth. It is our hope that our content helped spark your creativity, allowed you to discover something new, or made your life as a sales professional easier in some way. 20 Motivating Sales Quotes to Empower Your Team.

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Social Selling Cold Calling Social Media B2B 185

Zoominfo

AUGUST 16, 2021

In a world inundated with data and the solutions that promise you the ability to achieve a competitive edge, we’re often left thinking: “How?” Selling points and promises aside, without fully understanding their prospects, companies can amass all the data in the world without actually using it to its full potential. Pretty cool, right?

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Intent Data Intent Data Buyer Intent 130

Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 21, 2023

There are eighteen years worth and 2,000 articles and while there are a few popular series of articles listed on the right-side navigation panel, there hasn’t been a way to finding the most helpful articles. To avoid wasting time and chasing opportunities that have ghosted you, read articles about qualifying.

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Hiring Decision Maker Forecasting Face-to-face 156

Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 21, 2023

There are eighteen years worth and 2,000 articles and while there are a few popular series of articles listed on the right-side navigation panel, there hasn’t been a way to finding the most helpful articles. To avoid wasting time and chasing opportunities that have ghosted you, read articles about qualifying.

Hiring 156

Hiring Decision Maker Forecasting Face-to-face 156

Zoominfo

MAY 8, 2019

True sales productivity boils down to two things: numbers and time. More specifically, how can you increase your numbers (calls, email, sales, deal size) during the time you spend working each day? If you’re ready to learn how high-quality sales data can make a huge impact on your success as a sales rep, keep reading!

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Data Sales Process B2B Company 193

Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 26, 2021

If you don't know Dinger, you can learn about his listening skills in this article. If you don't know who Bob is, you can learn about his sales misadventures i n this article on not properly selling a trial , and this article about not selling value. Both articles are of the must-read variety.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 4, 2018

In my most recent article, I shared data that showed a chain reaction would occur when salespeople have more than one major weakness in their Sales DNA and the second major weakness is their tendency to become emotional. In this study, even I was surprised by what I found!

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Data Study LinkedIn Sales 233

SBI Growth

AUGUST 6, 2020

As you continually work on fine-tuning your sales organization, how can you best ensure that every prospect interaction contributes to a cohesive customer narrative that, ultimately, maximizes your sales? Through our work helping leading companies grow their revenue year after.

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Data Maximizer How To Revenue 386

Zoominfo

JULY 13, 2022

Concerns around data privacy have been on the rise in recent years — and for good reason. Consumer-oriented businesses collect data to create profiles that can, among other things, power more personalized marketing campaigns and introduce people to products that are more relevant to their needs and interests. Answer: No. Answer: Yes.

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Data Ideal Customer Profile Call-back Hiring 130

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 4, 2021

People have been talking about assembling customer 360-degree views and utilizing “Big Data” for closing in on 20 years, and articles detailing how effective and popular artificial intelligence (AI) will be in marketing go back nearly a decade.

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Trends Data Marketing Industry 120

Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 18, 2018

You might be having a similar experience with my recent articles as I have been sharing lots of data about salespeople - to the degree where you might think that nothing else matters. Today we're diving into sales management and specifically, the Sales Management Coaching Competency.

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Data Sales Management Coaching Sales 203

Zoominfo

MAY 22, 2020

There is a wide spectrum of personal data that companies try to grab, and the sensitivity of that data is a factor in whether it is shared. Figure 1 : Beyond just the sensitivity of personal data, customers also want to know how companies will use this information. Breadth of Data is Defined by Sensitivity—and Comfort Levels.

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Data Policies SalesForce Consumer 195

Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

I’ve written more than 2,000 articles on my Understanding the Sales Force Blog and there are hundreds of other sales blogs. Some are written by sales experts. I am concerned about the subjects being curated for sales and sales leadership professionals. One or two are sales enablement topics.

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Sales Leadership Hiring How To Account Based Marketing 203

Act!

APRIL 19, 2024

But to meet their expectations, you’ll need management tools like an integrated Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system that empowers you to make data-driven decisions and personalize your customers’ experiences and journeys with your business. A modern property leasing CRM like Act!

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Ideal Customer Profile Real Estate CRM Data 52

Sales 2.0

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In the near future, savvy salespeople are going to greatly enhance their sales by leveraging AI. What does not exist yet (to my knowledge) is an all-encompassing tool that combines LinkedIn’s data (or some of it, there are legal issues with using too much of LinkedIn’s data) and the data from other sources like our own email.

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Referrals Data LinkedIn Research 195

Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 2, 2018

I wrote a very popular article about using the phone 3 years ago called, The Next Can't Miss Game Changer for Sales. Check out this data: The weakest 10% of all salespeople own the lowest average scores for hunting, coming in at 17 (out of 100). Check out some more surprising data. Keep in mind that across all 1.7

Social Selling 272

Social Selling Data Social Media Up-Sell 272

Zoominfo

MARCH 27, 2019

The term technographic data, or technographics , refers to the essential technologies and tools a business uses to function. Beyond that basic definition, more robust technographic data contains insight into purchase behavior, renewal dates, historical purchases and more. The 2019 Technographic Data Report for B2B Sales Organizations.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 4, 2020

For Sales Operations leaders on a calendar year, we are rapidly approaching annual planning season. As if it wasn’t difficult enough to identify where your organization’s growth will be derived from next year while trying to forecast the back-half of.

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Sales Operations Data Forecasting Sales 350

Crunchbase

JULY 9, 2021

This article is part of the Crunchbase Community Contributor Series. Please note that the author is not employed by Crunchbase and the opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect official views or opinions of Crunchbase, Inc. What is buyer intent data? Establish a targeted lead generation strategy.

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Lead411

OCTOBER 10, 2023

How does Zoominfo get their data? However, with large amounts of data comes great responsibility, and ZoomInfo’s data collection practices have raised important ethical questions. This article will dive into how Zoominfo collects it’s data and how it handles consent and control of the data.

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