Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

So much of the discussion about selling and marketing seems to focus on “the tricks” of engaging customers. The days of closing deals by working the room, while you wine and dine prospective clients is over, but what does that mean for the future of B2B sales? Let me know, thanks , Claire.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 27, 2023

For example: Invite them on a podcast or host a digital event with your prospects and customers mingling. Nicole Wojno Smith , VP of Marketing at Tackle successfully runs this playbook. Prospects and customers were able to directly discuss their challenges and solutions. More for your eyeballs: The AI hype continues!

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MTD Sales Training

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Here are ten alternatives that will drive interest in you and your products: 1) Write and share informative content that helps prospective customers solve their business problems. By proving yourself useful to your chosen market, you will create awareness of your skills, knowledge and abilities to help them improve.

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InsideSales.com

JULY 15, 2020

As we live in the digital age, we need to adapt our digital marketing tactics as an ever-changing fluid strategy. You need a strong marketing team that understands the demands of following and competing with social media marketplace trends. In This Article; The History of Marketing Funnels. Examples of Marketing Funnels.

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Pointclear

APRIL 4, 2011

I recently read an article by Jeff Pedowitz about the state of marketing automation and it caused me to think back to a lunch I had with Jeff just a couple of short years ago. If so, why has that occurred and what should marketers do about it? Marketing should embrace it. This is not a problem, but an opportunity.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

JANUARY 15, 2019

Being memorable is creating a vivid image in the mind of the prospect that distinguishes you from others. Does your prospect or customer talk about you when you're gone? Here are some elements that you can incorporate into a memorable marketing campaign: Hand delivery. Send an article about his interest. Fast delivery.

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Pipeliner

APRIL 20, 2023

And if you want to remain relevant, you’ve got to keep an eye on the latest marketing trends. With that in mind, we’ll dive into eight important marketing trends that you absolutely can’t afford to ignore in 2023. Don’t just rely on abstract brand values or clever but ambiguous marketing messages.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

We all know competitiveness goes a long way in sales, and probing at an interest in sports, general competitions, and awards for academia, sports, or skill can be a way to assess this trait. Sales is a sport where your competitors are always working on their craft. How marketing can help increase inbounds? Coachability.

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Read Tonys article.recently published in Bank Insurance & Securities Marketing Magazine! Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). sales prospecting (34). Current Articles. | When I played sports, having sales success was the furthest thing from my mind.

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Smooth Sale

OCTOBER 1, 2021

By Monday, we are more relaxed and motivated to have helpful conversations with teammates and prospective clientele. Some ways to relax on the weekends include going out for a favorite activity or hobby, meeting up with friends, traveling, playing sports, and gaming. The benefits are plentiful. – Visit friends or family members.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 23, 2021

What, you didn’t have time to watch that webinar replay in between reading those two articles you’ve had open in a tab for three days? Why we love it: Each B2B sales article, podcast, webinar, and discussion is designed to support and elevate the sales profession. Haven’t you listened to the latest podcast episode?

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

This article reviews five costly sales mistakes and how sales reps can avoid them. Naturally, we don’t want to admit we don’t have the answer because it could be viewed as a sign of weakness with a new prospect. Instead of trying to be perfect in front of prospects, focus on being real.

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Pointclear

MAY 14, 2018

Momentum in sales and sports is a strange phenomenon. In this article we’re going to discuss momentum killers for salespeople and organizations. In this article we’re going to discuss momentum killers for salespeople and organizations. In sports, all sorts of issues are blamed when teams suddenly stop winning.

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Vengreso

MAY 11, 2020

If you follow sports, you know that there are games played during the regular season and then there’s the offseason. Here’s how the sports metaphor plays out for a company that has a real “offseason” every year. The company’s prospects and customers are school Principals, Superintendents, and Administrators.

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Salesmate

AUGUST 18, 2021

One of the main challenges every marketer face is getting more leads. The adage, “more calls equal to more leads” has influenced many salespeople and marketers. You can‘t keep making calls without putting thought into how the call impacts your leads and potential prospects. . Michael Kawula. Co-Founder, CBA. Paige Arnof-Fenn .

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Jeff Davis

JANUARY 18, 2017

We know that company culture effects alignment between sales and marketing. I discovered Jeff’s writings by reading about the terrible effect that misalignment between sales and marketing could have on a business development - “ World War B2B: The misalignment of sales and marketing ”. and I cannot agree more with him.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

The orders were “Get out of here and go see your prospects and clients!”, “Make something happen!” Articles refer to the power of research, the criticality of clear goals and the importance of understanding the account’s pains, or lack thereof. And selling is, of course, a team sport. Again, it’s a team sport. I’m good!”.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

One of the biggest challenges organizations face (always) is aligning marketing and sales. To take it back a step, if Marketing can figure out how to scale account-based programs, and do it in a coordinated (between Sales and Marketing), measurable way — alignment would easily follow. It’s an entire go-to-market strategy.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 20, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan Sports teams from the professional level to high school invest significant sums of money in their facilities to obtain peak productivity from their athletes. This means that building performance is a critical metric that every business should be tracking,” they state in an article on what makes a building healthy.

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The Brooks Group

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Email prospecting can be a powerful tool for sales reps—when it’s used in the right way. In addition to poor click-through rates, canned emails create distrust and can damage brand reputation and undermine future prospecting efforts. 6 Keys to Better Prospecting Emails. Focus on the Buyer. Keep It Short. Make It Personal.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 25, 2023

A McKinsey report found that companies using AI have experienced the biggest revenue impact in marketing and sales. 29% of marketing and sales teams reported at least a 6% increase in revenue after adopting AI, and 28% reported a decrease in costs. 85% of sales professionals say that AI makes their prospecting more effective.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 25, 2022

In this article we explore famous golf quotes and how they can be applied to improve your sales game. The only thing created when an impatient salesperson rushes to close a deal is an annoyed prospect. “ Sales Meaning: The best players in all sports have coaches and Jack Nicklaus was no exception. I’m not. In Conclusion.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 22, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan This is the 8th article in a January series on the Architecture of the Sales Force. Marketing and Sales Feedback Loop Can Help You Grow. If we refer to baseball, the best sport for sales analogies, there''s a word that ball players and managers use quite often: Execute.

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Autoklose

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Your prospects’ inboxes are packed with messages and pitches, so your every word counts, which is why the way you introduce yourself in an email matters immensely. In this article, we’ll explore this process from the beginning and help you craft emails that prospects will open and respond to. Table of Content 1.

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Smooth Sale

JUNE 23, 2023

Enhances company culture : Companies that invest in team-building resources show new prospects that they value their employees and want to cultivate a positive work environment. If one activity is sports-driven, ensure that everyone they do not need to be a superb athlete. It can lead to enhanced creativity in the office.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

JULY 26, 2011

New prospective customer not looking to buy yet. New prospective buyer getting ready to buy. Talk about things you have in common (golf, sports, college, home state) as much as you can. Tweet Share There are 4.5 business lunch categories: 1.Building Building a relationship and trying to make connections. GREAT food. Seattle, WA.

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Alice Heiman

JUNE 17, 2020

in April , the steepest decline since 1959 according to a May 29 article in the Wall Street Journal. None of this is good news for your company or your sales team – unless you happen to be one of the companies serving a market or industry that’s actually experiencing growth. Keep Prospecting . in January to 86.6

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 14, 2011

Read Tonys article.recently published in Bank Insurance & Securities Marketing Magazine! Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). sales prospecting (34). Current Articles. | But he is arguably the best sports announcer in the business today. Tony Cole on TV.

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Vengreso

JUNE 12, 2023

Prospects do not want to be sold to. Instead of reading like a resume (which does nothing to earn the trust of prospects because it appears as though sellers are seeking new opportunities), a branded LinkedIn profile should include buyer-centric messaging that reveals who they help, how they help, and who they’ve helped in the past.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 2, 2018

This article breaks down Gabe’s process for closing big deals in five simple (but not easy!) First, solve the immediate problem at hand: This means that you are maintaining focus on providing value to the prospect rather than the deal size. This includes Sales Ops, Marketing, Product, Sales Engineering, and the C-suite.

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Janek Performance Group

JULY 5, 2022

In this article, we look at the lighter side of sales. This saying breaks the tension when a prospect complains about a current vendor or provider, without putting down the competition. This line works well when a prospect asks about your experience. Prospecting can be one of the most humorless activities we perform in sales.

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Articles cite factors like the value of research, the power of crafted goals, and the criticality of knowing where the account is in the buying journey. It’s a team sport, selling is. Your lack of preparation will be glaringly evident to your prospects. It means “Everybody Communicates”. Buyers are smart. Case closed.

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Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Read Tonys article.recently published in Bank Insurance & Securities Marketing Magazine! Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). sales prospecting (34). Current Articles. | I watch sports. Not a sports fanatic type of sports watching but sports just the same.

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Sales Evangelist

OCTOBER 1, 2021

When you think of sports like football, you think of the playbook that dictates the different actions the team might take. Not only are salespeople doing it, but the prospects are as well! Business development representatives need to think differently because prospects want you to come to the table with business problems.

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Sales Evangelist

OCTOBER 1, 2021

When you think of sports like football, you think of the playbook that dictates the different actions the team might take. Not only are salespeople doing it, but the prospects are as well! Business development representatives need to think differently because prospects want you to come to the table with business problems.

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LinkedFusion

APRIL 21, 2022

Prospects nowadays are overwhelmed with personalized messages from various channels. Email Outreach is an activity of generating and sending email marketing campaigns to the targeted individuals to persuade them to take positive action. But how do you know what the prospect is interested in? Personalized emails are not dead!

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Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

According to CEO Menker in a recent article in The New York Times , “the company is developing indexes to measure conditions like drought, floods, temperature and more.” Industry: Analytics, Basketball, Software, Sports. Its most recent funding round brings Gro Intelligence’s total funding to $115.3 ShotTracker. HQ: Mission, Kansas.

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