Close.io

AUGUST 7, 2019

For all you future Buffets out there, the following sales blogs represent the best-of-the-web when it comes to sales content. The top sales blogs (in no particular order) :). They not only publish new blog posts often, but also provide useful content such as podcasts, webinars, online courses, sales training, videos, eBooks, and more.

Hiring 108

Hiring Webinar Metrics Call-back Follow-up 108

Zoominfo

MARCH 5, 2018

It’s no secret, sales and marketing teams don’t always work well together. In fact, research shows that 53% of sales professionals are unhappy with the support they get from marketing ( source ). Consider these statistics ( source ): Only 8% of companies have strong alignment between sales and marketing.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Buyer Persona 201

Smooth Sale

MARCH 25, 2024

But the thought of sitting back to watch the money roll is unrealistic. Our collaborative blog walks you through the maze by diving into the nitty-gritty of expanding your business to help you avoid entertaining the idea of quitting. Truthfully, small business growth brings a collection of unique headaches. Ignorance is unacceptable.

Small Business 116

Small Business Small Business Outsourcing Services Hiring 116

Zoominfo

JANUARY 21, 2019

For those of you who aren’t regular readers of the ZoomInfo Blog, we spent last week looking back on our most popular content of 2018. Today, we bring this series to a close with the final installment– for marketers, of course. As bleak as this sounds for marketers, we remain hopeful. Let’s get into it! We say yes!

Marketing 164

Marketing B2B Lead Generation Social Media 164

Smooth Sale

MARCH 4, 2024

Our collaborative blog offers insights into the question, What makes an e-commerce business successful? Without that, you can’t expect to provide your customers with the products they are looking for on a consistent and regular basis – and that can be a massive problem for the future of your business.

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Licensing Hiring Networking Lead Rank 98

Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It’s like winning the lottery when you find an employee with the same vision for your business and who stays loyal to you and your business. If you’re looking for employees who will continue to be of value to your business, our collaborative blog offers suggestions below for your consideration.

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Hiring How To Loyalty Construction 113

Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Our collaborative blog offers insights into the options for steering your business in a better direction. Lighten the Business Load One of the realities of steering a business back onto the right path is to seriously consider the finances and ensure they are lightweight enough to help you turn circumstances around.

Pivotal 98

Pivotal Hiring Intent Licensing 98

Smooth Sale

APRIL 20, 2024

Our collaborative blog reviews essential strategies for upfront consideration before taking ownership of a business fleet. Depending on your business’s services or products, you will need vehicles with specific capabilities. Give yourself a pat on the back for moving past the unnecessary stress. Be Inspired and Inspiring!

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Insurance Insurance Hiring Licensing 88

Apptivo

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Why is automation the smartest choice for email marketing? When it comes to businesses, much of the progress in automation is happening in marketing – directed at raising brand awareness and converting leads into sales. Why is automation the smartest choice for email marketing? Go Automatic! Email automation: Gist 3.

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Email Marketing Marketing Lead Rank Lead Scoring 94

Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Photo by Krooxy via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Will You Utilize the First Steps For Marketing Your Startup? Of course, there are a few areas that you will need to focus on to ensure that you do this right, and one of the most important of those is always going to be your marketing. Setting up email newsletters too.

Hiring 78

Hiring Marketing Licensing Research 78

Zoominfo

JANUARY 27, 2019

It’s no secret, the Internet has changed the way customers buy products and the ways marketers engage with their audiences. But, despite the constant change, the following statement has held true for hundreds of years: No marketing tactic can match the influence of word-of-mouth. What is word-of-mouth marketing?

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Social Media Marketing Referrals Influencer 210

Smooth Sale

MARCH 27, 2024

Our collaborative blog offers insights on how to improve standards in your company. Take a step back and identify every single process and operation in place. Inquire at team meetings whether something is missing from the products or services you sell or if additional training is needed.

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Company Hiring How To Policies 78

Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Our collaborative blog offers insights on how to save a failing business. Potentially, it could be product issues–market fit and even operational processes. If you face financial challenges now, you can always explore the idea of unsecured business capital to get back on top. Check all venues for savings.

How To 78

How To Face-to-face Exercises Hiring 78

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 18, 2017

Walton’s comments were written for the foreword of “Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead,” by David Meerman Scott and Brian Halligan. Fellow Deadheads, Meerman is the author of “The New Rules of Marketing and PR” and Halligan is CEO and cofounder of marketing software behemoth HubSpot. Build a diverse team.

Lead Rank 149

Lead Rank Marketing Strategy Trade Show 149

Sales 2.0

MAY 1, 2020

Budgets will be back in place and buyers will need things, in a little whileish. One reason you may forget this lesson is because big customers are not easy to win. You may go back to what is easy. I showed in my last blog post that the big guys have the money. Developing your ESP. Big fish have big wallets.

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Enterprise Enterprise Social Media Referrals 416

Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

And while the precise definition can vary by team, GTM teams often have two high-level ways of categorizing leads: Marketing qualified leads (MQLs), who are early in the journey but have interacted in a way that indicates they could be ready for sales. At this point, the B2B buyer knows their pain points and is actively seeking a solution.

Lead Generation 130

Lead Generation Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Lead Scoring 130

Smooth Sale

MARCH 18, 2023

Our collaborative blog post will discuss nine proven strategies for building your small business. Attend networking events, join online forums, and connect with industry experts to help you better understand the current market and trends in your sector. The ‘same old’ eventually proves to be old and wears out.

Small Business 78

Small Business Small Business Webinar Metrics Strategy 78

DiscoverOrg Sales

APRIL 19, 2018

There’s a lot to think about when developing an annual sales plan to support your organization’s strategy and objectives: new customer acquisition, customer retention, increasing share of wallet, resource budgeting … just to name a few. It’s a critical team effort to determine the best place to win.

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Territories Outsourcing Services Ideal Customer Profile Buyer 181

Smooth Sale

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Growing a business or seeking to advance a career is no different; the winning strategy is to seek to learn from every incident. My Story The title of our blog is the theme of my career, as most people I knew always said to me, ‘That’s a ridiculous idea!’ Monitor how your idea brought to market is performing to make tweaks.

Hiring 106

Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring Networking 106

Smooth Sale

DECEMBER 30, 2023

This way, you are productive in a context that feels separate from work and could be more comfortable. The ideal outcome is to bring enthusiasm and goodwill back to the office for ongoing teamwork. Back at the office, inquire about the event and how you may improve future events. Also, consider awarding prizes as appropriate.

Hiring 98

Hiring Licensing Sports Networking 98

Crunchbase

AUGUST 19, 2021

We are honored to feature and promote their contribution on the Crunchbase blog. Many market success stories can be traced to strategic sales and marketing shifts initiated by perceptive business leaders. Savings on overhead and documented productivity spikes may make tech improvements an attractive proposition.

Marketing 105

Marketing Telecommunications Pivotal Study 105

Smooth Sale

OCTOBER 3, 2023

’ Our guest blog offers creative ways to give your employees a break from work they will fondly remember. In such a fast-paced environment, employers must recognize the need for breaks to maintain employee well-being and productivity. They can work when they feel most productive, and then they can rest and recharge when needed.

Lead Rank 78

Lead Rank Hiring Motivation Networking 78

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

It’s more than a product launch, but slightly less than an entire business model. It’s a unique, product specific, customer focused go-to-market strategy. A go-to-market strategy , more than anything, is a plan. Specifically, it’s a plan that maps out the way a company introduces a new product or service to the market.

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Ideal Customer Profile Strategy Buyer Persona Lead Rank 189

Smooth Sale

JANUARY 22, 2024

It becomes vital always to weigh the pros and cons of everything in place and the potential approaches to conducting business or bringing new products and services to market. Worse, we can either quickly slip down the mountainside or, with concerted effort, rise back to the top and then find the next monumental mountain to climb.

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Negotiation Film Hiring Education 78

Smooth Sale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

It can be one of the most effective ways to win new customers and secure repeat customers from your VIP clients. Online marketing does provide some opportunities to show your personality. The added touch points leading up to the event can also educate them about the brand and its products. People buy people.

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Face-to-face Licensing Lead Rank Lead Scoring 102

SocialSellinator

AUGUST 26, 2021

Snapchat has over 530 million active users, and it's a fun marketing tool, which is why it deserves a more prominent place in your marketing strategy. If you want to reach new customers and your target audience in their target market to improve ROI, you need to use Snapchat the right way. Check them out, too, if you want.

Social Media 101

Social Media Marketing Media Campaigns 101

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 26, 2018

You can have the best and most user-friendly offering on the market. Most companies are heads-down on product innovation or sales, and by not having a process in place for your customers to share feedback, you may be missing major red flags and losing existing customers. . Get them excited about using your product from the start.

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Loyalty Customer Face-to-face Video 274

CloserIQ

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Here are 20+ of our favorite sales blogs from 2018. Reflecting on your sales team’s successes and failures is an important and productive step to end the year and prepare for what’s coming next. 12) The State of the Sales Development Talent Market. 16) 7 Data-Backed Sales Best Practices.

Hiring 79

Hiring Decision Maker InsideSales Face-to-face 79

Smooth Sale

DECEMBER 14, 2023

My question set my prospects back on their heels in complete surprise. – Quality product selection. The person delivering the product relayed that the installers would call to make an appointment, but that has yet to happen. Uniformly, I heard, ‘No one ever asked that question before!’ – Fair pricing.

Customer 78

Customer Policies Loyalty Call-back 78

Smooth Sale

JANUARY 29, 2024

Our collaborative blog offers insights on how to improve supplier relationships. Whether your relationship is with the machine shop that provides you with your equipment or with the suppliers who offer new packaging for your products, it’s vital to ensure you have a strong and lasting relationship on solid footing.

How To 88

How To Scale Hiring Networking 88

Tenbound

APRIL 19, 2024

by Kathleen Robida LinkedIn is always buzzing with tips and tricks for SDRs to book more meetings and for Sales to win more deals. However, what is rarely discussed is the critical importance of the Sales Development Representative and Account Executive partnership. What’s the best cold call opener?

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Territories Cold Calling Pipeline Webinar Metrics 45

Smooth Sale

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Our collaborative blog offers insights on simplifying the appointment process for potential clients. It not only saves time but also minimizes the back-and-forth email exchanges. The intake forms allow you to collect crucial details from prospective clients ahead of time, ensuring that meetings are focused and productive.

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Prospecting How To Hiring Influencer 88

Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 27, 2011

Encouragement is THE key to high self-esteem, high self-image, high attitude, higher productivity, and highest achievement. The same way you encouraged your one-year-old to walk is the same way you need to encourage your people to succeed, to achieve, and to win. Get Sales Blog Updates. Speak Your Mind Cancel reply. Categories.

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Hiring Social Media Loyalty Cancellation 315

Zoominfo

APRIL 2, 2018

Today’s post breaks down five ways you can support your sales team to become more productive. Five ways to support your sales team and increase productivity. The benefits are staggering: Sales managers spend only an average of 5% of their time coaching, but sales coaching increases sales productivity up to 88% ( source ).

Sales Qualified Lead 207

Sales Qualified Lead Penetration B2B Face-to-face 207

Smooth Sale

MAY 19, 2023

Pexels – CCO Licence Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Office TLC: Handy Tips to Keep Your Workspace Spick and Span Keeping your office space in top condition is critical for maintaining a productive work environment. A clean, organized, and well-maintained workspace creates a pleasant atmosphere and boosts morale and productivity.

Hiring 78

Hiring Policies Networking Influencer 78

Zoominfo

JANUARY 14, 2019

If you’ve worked in marketing for any length of time, you know a large email list isn’t an indicator of a successful email marketing program. But, surprisingly, only 57% of marketers actually use this type of campaign ( source ). Email marketers have three options when it comes to inactive email subscribers.

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Campaigns Discount Segment Email Marketing 166

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 26, 2023

You can connect with millions of people globally for only a fraction of the cost of traditional marketing. You can benefit from a rapidly growing market. Digital marketing is expected to reach $786 billion by 2026. Social media marketing is the king of connectivity. Marketing costs are also lower.

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Social Media Case Study Media Fashion 94