Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 10, 2016

Channel Strategy: Building a Sustaining Partner Community. -A What I would like to do in this blog is attempt to document and tell the story of one Worldwide channel focused software organization that did it the best– at building their channel. Future blogs may go into greater detail. A Case Study-.

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Emissary

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

This trend results in additional pressure on sales and marketing organizations to speak the business language of their prospects and customers, not just demonstrate technical expertise. Most vertical marketing strategies are light in nature consisting of tabs on websites, vertical-oriented stock photos and key words added to headers.

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SalesforLife

JULY 28, 2019

Over the last couple of years, many of our customers have been asking us to identify the go-to-market strategy, and specific execution points, around selling in teams. In this blog, I won’t cover why it’s so critical to sell in squads and pods – that should be self-explanatory. Account executives (your quarterbacks).

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Alice Heiman

APRIL 10, 2024

. “Curiosity is one of the key things that salespeople need, and I believe that all CEOs need to be curious…Fostering a culture of curiosity within your organization can lead to the exploration of uncharted markets and the development of groundbreaking products.”

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 19, 2019

Many advocate building a massive social media presence–doing everything one can by increasing your presence in places like LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and other social channels. Apparently, we are supposed to blog and tweet. Most every sales person I know has some sort of defined “territory.”

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Crunchbase

OCTOBER 27, 2021

At most organizations there is significant overlap and integration between marketing and sales teams. This may leave you wondering: What is the difference between sales and marketing? . Sales and marketing teams ultimately function with one shared goal in mind: to generate conversions. What does a marketing team do?

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

When most marketers think outbound marketing, they think emails, paid advertising, and other digital campaigns aimed at engaging their target audience. We’ve written at length about how effective those tactics can be — but today, we’re talking about a different type of marketing campaign. Keep reading! We have it!”.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Sales Reps hear through the grapevine about a sales or marketing improvement project. Sales or Marketing leadership thinks there’s a problem and decides to fix it. Our territories? Uses fancy phrases like “an initiative that implements world-class capabilities to keep our market-leading presence in an enviable position”.

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Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

As Account-Based Marketing continues to rise in popularity among B2B companies, I decided to pick the brains of fellow industry experts and get their input on the matter. There was so much great feedback I’ve divided the responses into a five-part blog series. Account-Based Marketing is a philosophy, not a product.

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Jeff Davis

OCTOBER 4, 2017

This guest blog post was written by Jeremy Shere over at tribknowledge.com Ask anyone in marketing or sales if they think the functions need to be better aligned, and they’ll almost certainly respond with an unqualified “Yes!” And yet, these things rarely seem to happen. Retell and retell them, and work with them like clay.

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Cincom Smart Selling

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

CPQ data illuminates specific performance metrics related to individuals, departments, territories, products and options. Just because a product can accomplish a specific requirement, doesn’t necessarily mean it should be marketed or promoted for that ability. Market Performance. When is a market viable?

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SugarCRM

MAY 18, 2023

Our previous blog post discussed the core CRM features for sales automation. In this blog post, we’ll touch on the key features of lead management within a CRM. For more complex demand generation tasks, your CRM should empower your Marketing department to run multi-channel, multi-phase drip nurture campaigns.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 25, 2023

Acting as an essential tool for businesses of all sizes and in all industries, a robust sales plan helps to identify sales goals, target markets, and sales tactics to achieve those goals. Start free trial New product This type of plan is specifically designed to introduce a new product into the market and achieve specific sales goals.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 8, 2011

As usual, I invite you to have your two cents, and view all our videos at Renbor’s You Tube channel Sell Better. Territory Alignment. When Sales Met Marketing. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Commentary on Sales Leadership: Dave Stein’s New Blog. Community Marketing Blog. Tibor Shanto.

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

A volatile market and economic downturn make it tough to effectively plan— tough, but not impossible. 2022 has seen an interesting mix of market conditions. As we start planning for 2023, the only thing we’re certain of is that we’re in rocky territory– some organizations more precariously positioned than others.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 30, 2011

To get more insight on that, you can read a related article “ Working Backwards From Your Goal To Get Ahead “ Look forward to your comments, and invite you to visit our YouTube Channel to view other SellBetter sales videos. Territory Alignment. When Sales Met Marketing. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Tibor Shanto.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 26, 2018

Industry Blogs and Forums. Here are some Twitter lists you might want to create: Prospects within your territory that you want to keep tabs on. Bloggers and media that report on companies in your territory so you can find out about new companies. Industry Blogs and Forums. How to Find Prospects. Job Boards. CrunchBase.

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Repsly

AUGUST 27, 2020

Mastering the retail channel is a massive opportunity for CPG brands, but those who have played in the space before know it takes a committed investment to reap the benefits. In this blog, we’ll outline how you can take a data-driven approach to expand your in-store footprint by leveraging activity, observational, and sales data.

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Crunchbase

MARCH 1, 2023

They’re launching sales podcasts, YouTube channels and startups of their own. Angeley Mullins Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Growth Officer, Latana Brand Tracking Angeley Mullins began her sales career in the finance industry and then moved into leading commercial teams for technology companies across various international markets.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MARCH 27, 2017

This post is an original piece from guest author, Brandon Redlinger, and first published on DiscoverOrg’s blog on 3/27/2017. Account-Based Marketing. Account-Based Marketing (ABM) is a strategic approach that coordinates personalized marketing and sales efforts to open doors and deepen engagement at specific accounts.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

When most marketers think outbound marketing, they think emails, paid advertising, and other digital campaigns aimed at engaging their target audience. We’ve written at length about how effective those tactics can be — but today, we’re talking about a different type of marketing campaign. Keep reading! We have it!”

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 25, 2013

It seems that we have taken all that was bad about the old school channels–advertising, the phone, direct mail, email, replacing it with the new, “cooler” channels. We can attack new markets, new channels, all in the quest of increased engagement. There are no limits! Is Social Media Really Anti-Social?

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Showpad

MAY 27, 2020

Many organizations channel their energy toward prospects that fall in the later stages of the sales pipeline, but the fact is that without sales development, reps wouldn’t have leads to sell to. Social media sites, especially LinkedIn, serve as valuable researching and prospecting channels. Types of sales development tools.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 19, 2018

T hese trends don’t necessarily mean that spend on the sales stack is going to go down as SaaS companies grow, but they also aren’t a boon for new point solutions for the sales tech stack that are coming to the market. We already had sales-channel saturation. The line between sales and marketing blurs further.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 14, 2020

Hear me out for a moment — we’re going to take our salesperson hat off and are going to tap into our marketing alter-egos (briefly, I promise). Over the past decade, the rise of social media and the emerging field of influencer marketing has turned how companies advertise and sell their products upside down.

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Appbuddy

JUNE 9, 2022

As an email marketer, it’s easy to get lost in the mindset of “Sell! While email happens to be the top communication channel in the digital marketing realm, some customers prefer to interact with your brand in other ways. Value can be monetary, taking the form of coupon codes and discounts. Promote your preference center.

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Apptivo

JUNE 22, 2023

Now, let’s look at how this is possible in the rest of the blog. Marketing Automation Businesses invest heavily in marketing automation software in order to improve operational efficiency and drive revenue development. When we evaluate the impact of marketing automation in conjunction with CRM software, this becomes clear.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 25, 2011

Territory Alignment. When Sales Met Marketing. B2B Lead Generation Blog. Commentary on Sales Leadership: Dave Stein’s New Blog. Community Marketing Blog. From The Heart Sales Training Blog. Jonathan Farrington’s Blog. Linked Intuition The Blog. Sales and Marketing Loudmouth.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 23, 2018

We hear a lot about sales and marketing alignment: How important it is for B2B, and how so few of us are doing it right. SALES: Marketing leads are crap. MARKETING: Sales is lazy. MARKETING: Maybe if you actually followed up the same day. Hyper-focus on marketing-qualified leads. Rolls eyes.] Tag-team at events.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 15, 2020

Today’s blog post offers some valuable tips to optimize your sales voicemail strategy and improve response rates. In this instance, a quick glance at the LinkedIn profile of this prospect, Jeff, revealed his territory and job description. Sara was a territory sales rep who did not have the authority to make a decision on our product.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 24, 2016

Somehow, though, much of the discussion of personal branding seems very complicated and too social channel oriented. You are recognized for being knowledgeable–about your company and it’s offerings, about your customers, their markets, and their industries. It’s not about your social media/networking activity.

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Vengreso

JULY 18, 2023

Generative AI for Sales Prospecting is an uncharted territory for many. This comprehensive approach makes it easier than ever before to engage your audience through multiple channels. How can generative AI help in marketing? Utilizing Generative AI in your sales strategy could be the key to unlocking success. Absolutely.

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LeadIQ

JULY 5, 2018

Valuable leads are handed to the wrong SDRs, needed training goes unnoticed, marketing adjustments are missed, and sales productivity remains low. . Was it due to the quality of the leads he received from marketing, the territory he was assigned or his work ethic? This requires looking at both marketing output and sales output.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 22, 2013

Recently, I had the privilege of speaking with Ed Abrams, Vice President of Marketing for IBM’s Small and Mid Sized Business Segment. Ed’s point is critical, too often we view the social tools as platforms to extend our voice–new channels we can leverage to get our stories out to our customers.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 7, 2020

Let your marketing team work the top of the funnel. You don’t have to call all the leads who are just looking for information or education — those leads need to be nurtured, and Marketing is the right team to do it. And if they didn't do either, at least you'll increase the odds of connecting with them by trying another channel.

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LeadFuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Sales region / territory. In order to have a successful lead generation campaign, the sales optimization manager need to pay attention to the channels that are producing most of your leads. Your marketing teams will test out different messaging for ads, content, campaigns and other details. Sales rep or sales team. Contact data.

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OpenSymmetry

MAY 23, 2016

While, incentive compensation administration is still a main piece, the broader SPM technology concept is expanding more holistically to include other key aspects which directly impacts how a sales team might perform, including talent development, sales enablement, and territory and quota management. Steps to Success.

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