Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 24, 2020

Author: Jeff Kalter When it comes to building a winning B2B sales strategy, forget about business as usual. To help you power up your reps’ efficiency, boost the bottom line and deliver a customer experience that lasts long after the initial sale, here are a few ideas for leveraging data as part of your B2B sales strategy. Start Small.

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Vengreso

APRIL 4, 2022

The platform has quickly become a vitally important resource for B2B sales professionals too! Yet many sellers still don’t know how to take full advantage of their LinkedIn account’s potential to book more business, grow their sales pipeline and close more deals. That’s an excellent question!

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Vengreso

JUNE 16, 2020

As a sales leader, your team’s sales pipeline is everything. Without a robust pipeline your team cannot make their quota and your job is ultimately at risk. Pipeline drives key decisions including how you assess and coach your reps to success. What Is a Sales Pipeline? What are the Different Sales Pipeline Stages?

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Zoominfo

JUNE 12, 2019

We also introduced you to some of our favorite B2B marketing influencers —including the socially-savvy Ann Handley, Joe Chernov, and Joe Pullizi, just to name a few. However, the B2B marketing world isn’t the only industry boasting some big names in the social sphere. B2B Sales Influencers: Our Final Thoughts.

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Pointclear

MAY 23, 2018

Lead nurture can triple the return on most marketing campaigns. By nurturing leads until they’re ready to turn over to sales, an organization can eliminate wasted marketing spend and increase sales results. But it’s often the most underutilized marketing activity at a marketer’s disposal. True Nurture. No Response.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 9, 2019

Ten years later, his advice is even more relevant than it was back then—for college graduates starting their careers, and for salespeople looking to get B2B leads. They don’t fill your pipeline with qualified B2B leads. Relationships are still how deals get done and how you get quality B2B leads. Don’t believe me?

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Home About The Pipeline. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s 25% Increase in Sales Training ROI – Sales eXchange – 115. Some aspects of sales training are easy to measure others not so, but it is a fair question when I am asked what they can expect from an ROI standpoint. Given that, why train them?

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Pipeline

APRIL 1, 2024

Break down your sales pipeline into basic parts: Lead generation channels: decide on the channels you will be using to generate leads. This could be a mix of email, content, social media marketing, cold calling, industry trade events, etc. Train your reps to understand a lead’s challenge and offer solutions accordingly.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Home About The Pipeline. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s 23 Marketing Tips For Avoiding Small Business Failure. Stored in Attitude , Communication , Communication Strategy , Compete , Guest Post , Marketing , execution. The Pipeline Guest Post – Eric Gilboord. Avoid Ad Hoc Marketing.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 26, 2011

Home About The Pipeline. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s 7 Must-Have Lead Nurturing Recipes for B2B Marketers. Stored in Appointments , Attitude , Business Acumen , Lead Management , Marketing , Proactivity , Productivity , Sales 2.0 , e-book , execution. What’s in Your Pipeline? April 2008.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Not an artificial view of the market designed to favor our product. Often the gap on alignment is less about a market view. More often defined by a B2B buyer’s view of ‘“Do’s” and “Done’s”’ Question Of Timing. Not an issue if like me if you don’t mind prospecting regularly, especially when your pipeline is full.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 14, 2022

During the past 15 years, the B2B software ecosystem has exploded. Billions of dollars have been invested in software promising to transform how sales and marketing teams reach new audiences. Instead, far too many companies made significant investments in B2B software tools, only to abandon them shortly afterward. The result?

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Zoominfo

JUNE 22, 2022

In today’s crowded B2B ecosystem, where personalization and relevance are seen as crucial competitive differentiators, the idea of cold calling might seem archaic. As daunting as cold calling may be, it still has a place in today’s sales pipelines. What is B2B Cold Calling? Is B2B Cold Calling Dead? Our answer?

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The Pipeline

APRIL 15, 2011

Home About The Pipeline. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s How Marketing Can Help Sales After the Handoff. Stored in Attitude , Communication , Guest Post , Lead Management , Marketing , Reputation 2.0 , execution. The Pipeline Guest Post – Jeff Erramouspe. Free Resources. 0 Subscribers. January 2012.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Home About The Pipeline. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Top Sales & Marketing Awards 2011. Stored in Attitude , Awards , Business Acumen , Communication , Compete , Marketing , Sales Success , execution , qualifying. The work on my blog The Pipeline , garnered two nominations. Free Resources.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 6, 2019

Ten years later, his advice is even more relevant than it was back then—for college graduates starting their careers, and for salespeople looking to get B2B leads. They don’t fill your pipeline with qualified B2B leads. Relationships are still how deals get done and how you get quality B2B leads. Don’t believe me?

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

As a marketer, you know how to get your audience’s attention. Chatbots in B2B marketing and sales are the perfect lead generation tool for digital activities that lead prospects onto your website. How to Optimize Chatbots for B2B Lead Generation 1. Time is of the essence in the B2B world.

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Pointclear

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Lead nurturing triples marketing's ROI, but only if done properly. I propose that nurturing is the most underutilized marketing activity at a marketer’s disposal. Nurturing programs increase the overall program leads rate significantly: Standard B2B lead-generation programs produce an average 5% lead rate.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Author: Umberto Milletti All trends point to 2020 being more focused on the B2B customer, with data and insights as the key to understanding their needs. Marketing and sales have switched to account-based everything, which crystallizes focus on the customer. Customers have more power and more information than ever?—?they

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Marketing teams spend a huge amount of time and money to find out what motivates their prospective customers. Online chat tools are a cornerstone of this approach, more broadly known as conversational marketing. What is Conversational Marketing? Real-time communication: Messages that are sent and received instantly.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 13, 2012

Is Marketing burdened by a lack of credibility with Sales? Critically consider the following: Does Marketing over-promise and under-deliver support to Sales? Does Marketing avoid sales support activities to instead focus on projects in direct control (advertising, flash banners, etc.)? Sometimes it’s deserved.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

AUGUST 19, 2016

Since I didn’t know any better, I figured that I might as well build the recruiting engine in the same fashion that I built a marketing engine, and it turned out the approach worked. Here are the 5 key ways that recruiting teams can leverage sales and marketing tactics to maximize hiring success: 1.

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The Pipeline

JULY 29, 2011

Home About The Pipeline. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Sales And Marketing Alignment In Terms Of Lead Generation In A 2.0 Stored in BANTER , Business Acumen , Guest Post , Marketing , Proactive , Productivity , Sales 2.0 , execution. The Pipeline Guest Post – Shannon Bryant. Free Resources.

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Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

You may need to pivot, you may need to after adjacent markets or you may just have to rebuild in your market – whatever the case going into 2021 with a strong pipeline is critical. Jason Jordan is a partner at Vantage Point, focusing exclusively on sales manager training, and is a recognized thought leader in B2B sales.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Home About The Pipeline. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s The Pipeline Guest Post – Dr. Rae Baum, Ph.D. Your #Stress Matters [link] #B2B #Sales #attitude #businessacumen #guestpost #execution. Your Stress Matters – The Pipeline Guest Post – Dr. Rae Baum, Ph.D. Free Resources. 0 Subscribers.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Home About The Pipeline. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s What’s in Your Pipeline? Sales Training. When Sales Met Marketing. Free Resources. 0 Subscribers. Subscribe by Email. We take privacy seriously. Your email address will not be shared. Sign up for our Email Newsletter. February 2012. January 2012.

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The Pipeline

MAY 20, 2011

Home About The Pipeline. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s The Pipeline Guest Post – Ian Brodie. Ian Brodie is a Marketing Speaker and Coach who helps consultants, coaches and other professionals attract and win more clients. Selling to Mr Know-it-all by @ianbrodie via The Pipeline by @Renbor [link].

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Home About The Pipeline. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s The Pipeline Guest Post – Trevor Stevens. But you get the same desperation in B2B selling every day, and the reality is that your customers can smell the desperation on a sales person, and they know how to take advantage of it every time.

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Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

I had the honor and pleasure of being a panelist, along with two of my favorite sales and marketing experts, Nancy Nardin of Smart Selling Tools and Matt Heinz of Heinz Marketing. Expand Your Pipeline. The post Nine B2B Sales Myths Busted appeared first on Score More Sales. Increase Opportunities. Close More Deals.

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Score More Sales

AUGUST 26, 2014

We have run into many B2B websites lately that do not work well on mobile devices. There are still some things that differentiate a B2B (business-to-business) transaction from B2C (business to consumer). There are still some things that differentiate a B2B (business-to-business) transaction from B2C (business to consumer).

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The Pipeline

JUNE 17, 2011

Home About The Pipeline. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s The Pipeline Guest Post – Doreet Haynes. Training is the key, that is why some people are better at crank calling than cold call, they were taught. Free Resources. 0 Subscribers. Subscribe by Email. We take privacy seriously. February 2012.

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Pipeliner

MAY 7, 2021

Thus, in this Expert Insight Interview, Ken Lundin discusses why sales training cannot fix your salesforce. Ken Lundin is the President of Ken Lundin and Associates, providing sales consulting to B2B companies. The impact of ongoing training. That is why having a sales training initiative once a year is a bad idea.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In 2011, Scott Brinker compiled the first of many marketing technology “Supergraphics,” illustrating the rapid growth of companies supplying digital marketing tools. The original displayed the logos of 140 prominent marketing tech brands. What is a Marketing Technology Stack? Get a Demo 2.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 8, 2011

Home About The Pipeline. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s What’s in Your Pipeline? What’s In Your Pipeline? Recently someone turned the table on me asked me why I ask that question and what my view is on what should be in your pipeline. What’s in Your Pipeline? Sales Training.

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MarketJoy

AUGUST 20, 2020

Lead generation is one of, if not, the most significant aspects of the B2B marketing process and the sales operations. Content is a persistent challenge for B2B lead generation systems. Acing the specialty of creating profoundly applicable and engaging content that appeals to their demographic is hard for marketers.

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The Pipeline

JULY 19, 2011

Home About The Pipeline. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s For me, and for all professional sales people, the piece has some short comings, not the least of which are it fails to address or distinguish the real difference between B2B and B2C; it fails to differentiate between transaction – interaction – purchasing and selling.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 10, 2013

Her pipeline was full of opportunities likely to close this quarter. Training dollars are being misallocated. Her sales manager knew her potential and sent her to a weeklong sales training. The Need-Payoff that she had been trained on was thrown out the window. The pipeline is not expanding. Why Bother?

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