HeavyHitter Sales

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Heavy Hitter Sales Blog. End the Sales & Marketing War-Harvard Business Review. Here’s one of my recent Harvard Business Review articles about synchronizing sales and marketing. Their sales and marketing efforts are at odds. Their sales and marketing efforts are at odds. Recent Posts. Best New Sales Book of 2011.

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The Spiff Blog

AUGUST 22, 2023

After all, RevOps teams play an active role in supporting every function that drives revenue growth, from sales to marketing to finance to customer success. Whether you’re feeling that pressure right now, or simply want to prepare for future down swings, today’s blog post is for you. Audit your tech stack.

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Smooth Sale

MARCH 1, 2022

Note: Our collaborative Blog provides insights and ‘Top Tips to Convert Your Website Traffic To Leads. Digital marketing works wonders for any business that wants to succeed in the 21st century. You may even employ the help of a digital marketing agency, such as [link] to help you with your efforts. . Image credit.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 1, 2018

Some tools become permanent fixtures in marketing strategies, while others fizzle out just as quickly as they enter the scene. But, if there’s one trend that signals what the future of marketing will look like – it’s the rise of virtual and augmented reality. Sales of VR and AR devices will reach $1.8 billion in 2018 ( source ).

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 28, 2020

They’re customers’ verbal buying signals—the cues your sales agent homes in on when talking to a prospect. And they’re online buying signals—the data trail—that prospective buyers leave as they research solutions online. Your marketing and sales teams need both. Here’s a snapshot of buying signals. Let’s break that down.

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SugarCRM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In its simplest definition, nurture marketing is a communication strategy designed to place content in front of prospective buyers at various points in a customer’s journey. Nurture marketing involves regularly reaching out to leads and your customer base by presenting important information before they ask for it.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 6, 2022

We’ve seen huge increases in tech stacks and spending on sales/marketing technologies. In the 2015 time frame I recall writing about “huge tech stacks” of around 7-9 tools. Today, it’s not unusual to see tech stacks exceeding 19 tools. Buying cycles have gotten longer. Making The Numbers!

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Cincom Smart Selling

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

CPQ tools can help. For marketing professionals, the guided-selling process requires that lots of credible, relevant content be made available and accessible to potential buyers. CPQ tools are essential to making this process work efficiently. CPQ Tools and Guided Selling.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 4, 2013

My last blog discussed how to Make it Rain in Q4 and close the year strong. This blog addresses how sales reps can ensure their quota is realistic and attainable. To assist you further, sign-up for SBI’s Sales & Marketing Research Review here. The review presents findings from SBI’s market research in 2013.

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Score More Sales

AUGUST 26, 2014

94% of digital marketing professionals surveyed agreed that personalization is “critical to current and future success” according to an eConsultancy study. Many of our clients don’t take advantage of these tools yet though. Finally, start measuring this information (see tools above). But where to start? Increase Opportunities.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Recently, I lamented about the challenge I face with my email Inbox in Your Marketing Is Driving Me Away! I spoke of the ever increasing volume of email messages that are simply irrelevant, undifferentiated, or poorly executed. Coincidentally, I read a research report on The State Of Email Marketing 2015.

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LeadFuze

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Whether you’re a seasoned business owner, an aspiring entrepreneur, or a dedicated marketing professional, the question may arise: What is lead nurturing? Conclusion Defining Lead Nurturing In the world of sales and marketing, lead nurturing is a cornerstone. To foster these prospects until they’re ready to buy.

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SBI Growth

JULY 22, 2019

Market-leading companies develop and execute on strategies that are aligned to their customers expressed and unexpressed needs. While this tool is frequently used to prioritize operational improvement efforts, to deliver on. This is often captured in a Customer Journey Map.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 10, 2014

We have CRM, marketing automation, and emailing systems that enable us to ‘communicate’ in ways we never imagined or had the time to do in the past. Your scoring tool takes note of this, prompting other actions. Everything comes crashing in when we recognize that sales and marketing is about establishing human connections.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 15, 2023

From discussions on sales competencies to aligning sales and marketing, the sessions offered valuable takeaways for businesses looking to thrive in the dynamic B2B landscape. In this blog post, we’ll share key highlights and actionable tips from the sessions we attended and led as well as conversations we had throughout the event.

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Apptivo

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Today, the buying cycle is complex. According to research, leads experience five to 10 marketing interactions before making a purchase. There are so many moving elements, including forms, CRMs, email marketing lists, and eCommerce platforms, to mention a few. How can automation help manage and nurture leads?

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Emissary

MARCH 2, 2023

The average buy cycle is now more than seven months long and involves five to eight (or more) decision makers, most of whom spend only 17% of their time meeting with potential suppliers. To succeed in the current marketplace, sellers have to use every tool at their disposal to understand their prospects and what drives them.

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Lead411

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This brief overview will outline the best practices, tips and tricks to get the most out of your buyer intent data so you can join and successfully leverage this powerful marketing/sales tool. Start Simple. It is easy to get overwhelmed at first with the thousands of topics available to choose from within the buyer intent platform.

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SalesLoft

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Today’s top-performing sales reps use data, intelligence, and productivity tools 30% more than average performers. Whether you need to gain visibility into pipeline activity, manage deals, or decrease rep ramp time, Sales Engagement tools can help you improve efficiency, leading to sustained growth and profitability.

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Crunchbase

MARCH 19, 2021

We are honored to feature and promote their contribution on the Crunchbase blog. The marketing qualified lead (MQL) is useless—at least that’s what some marketers will tell you. . Somehow, MQLs became the gold standard of marketing success, but that’s not (and never was) their purpose. What is a marketing qualified lead?

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 18, 2022

We’ve a robust hiring market for sales people. They embark on several months, sometimes longer, of learning products/solutions, understanding the company, their markets and customers, learning how to use the tools, processes, understanding the programs available to help them sell. They have buying cycles.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Contacting them at regular intervals to follow up on something they plan to buy or have already bought gets trickier. Once you're there, you need to find a tool that will help you stay organized and on-task. It can see the blogs they read, the emails they opened, the pages on the website where they lingered.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 16, 2012

Are you going to rely too much on marketing to provide high quality leads to hit the number? Let’s be honest, the majority of reps would be out on the street if they had to rely solely on marketing for Lead Generation What can you do about it? Our Make the Number Tour specifically addresses market changes that will affect you in 2013.

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Cincom Smart Selling

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Early in a buy cycle these needs are less fully developed and lack specificity. As the buy cycle evolves, the prospect acquires knowledge about their needs and also about possible solutions to mitigate the pain associated with those needs. CPQ Software Elevates Confidence during the Buy Cycle.

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Cincom Smart Selling

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Early in a buy cycle these needs are less fully developed and lack specificity. As the buy cycle evolves, the prospect acquires knowledge about their needs and also about possible solutions to mitigate the pain associated with those needs. CPQ Software Elevates Confidence during the Buy Cycle.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 23, 2017

Beyond just content, marketing invests billions in other areas, all focused on helping create more customers and supporting sales through the entire buying cycle. In the past 5 years, thousands of sales and marketing automation tools have hit the market, with thousands more every year.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Fueled by a wealth of on-line resources and social networks, buyers have seized control of the buying cycle, engaging with sales representatives later and later, and further elongating sales cycles. Having the right content and tools to help fuel buyer’s decision making process is essential.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

The past decade has seen an exciting and dramatic increase in new digital marketing channels including Twitter, Facebook, e-mail, search engines, webinars, virtual trade shows and more. email pitches per week, up 32 percent from 2006 according to sales and marketing research firm SiriusDecisions.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 18, 2019

In this, the third in our blog series discussing the findings of the “All That Glitters Is Not Gold: 2019 World-Class Sales Practices Study,” we explore four ways that you can align your sales strategies for success, no matter the state of the market. Restructure to Improve Collaboration among Marketing, Sales and Customer Service.

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Pipeline

JUNE 7, 2023

year-on-year (YoY) growth of CRM adoption According to Gartner, at the end of 2017, the revenue of CRM overtook the place of database management systems (DMBSs), making CRM the largest software market in the world. Then, in 2018, with 16% growth, CRM easily became one of the fastest-growing software and leads the market until today (2023).

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons.

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Mindtickle

MAY 2, 2023

When sales content hits the mark with both sellers and buyers, it can be a powerful tool for advancing deals forward. In this blog post, we’ll walk you through: What is sales content management? Analytics : Sales content management tools provide insights into which content is resonating with prospects and customers, and which is not.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 17, 2022

On top of that, we leverage technologies and other tools to help us do more in a period of time. In some cases, it decreased their buying cycle, but the real change is it drove our win rate even higher. It’s so much easier to spend money on a new tool that enables us to do more. We call that continuous improvement!

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Pointclear

JANUARY 31, 2012

Tony also served in the role of Vice President in Sales and Marketing capacities for TRW, Knight-Ridder, and Compaq (HP). in Marketing Management. Read Tony’s blog Buyerology Now for insightful commentary on the impact of changing buyer behaviors related to sales and marketing today. He holds a B.S.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Today’s buyers face several unique challenges that make content marketing ever more important to the successful vendor. Content marketing provides a means to break through the noise, providing the consultative diagnostic and financial advice today’s buyer needs. But this is not the only way to get started.

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Anthony Cole Training

JULY 28, 2010

Read Tonys article.recently published in Bank Insurance & Securities Marketing Magazine! sales tools (25). Expert Websites / Blog Roll. As David Kurlan points out in his on-line assessment for sales people, there is a buy cycle that sales people possess. It is the way we buy stuff. Tony Cole on TV.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Alinean today annouinces an important charter sponsorship of the Content Marketing Institute (CMI), with Alinean's thought leaders in value selling & marketing helping to contribute key advice to institute members and the ever growing CMI readership. How important have these challenges and content marketing become?

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