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How to Know if Your Team is Ready for Virtual Selling

Allego

For everyone used to sitting down with a prospect, it’s new territory. Virtual selling requires flexibility and more extensive groundwork since sellers have less in-person interaction and fewer opportunities to understand buyers. Challenge 4: Engaging Distracted Buyers. You need a long-term plan that will take you into 2021.

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The Two Types of Tech Companies and How Each Should Sell

Sales and Marketing Management

Modern buyers are savvy and look beyond value, so companies should categorize themselves according to the markets they most influence and segment customers according to how they buy. For this reason, focused players must demonstrate thorough understandings of buyers’ needs and be able to communicate why their companies offer the best options.

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How to Ask Marketing for What You Need

Hubspot Sales

This can include new quotas, territories, products, and compensation plans. During a time where many industries are hyper-competitive, and buyers have more options than ever, most salespeople can use all the help they can get. Chances are, your sales team is currently focused on making functional changes for significant improvement.

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How Sales Content Analytics Helps Revenue Teams Close More Deals, Faster

Mindtickle

According to the Demand Gen Report , more than half of B2B buyers rely on sales content to guide their purchase decisions more now than in the past. These include sales presentations, sales collateral, whitepapers, case studies, videos, or any other type of content used throughout the sales cycle.

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Read Your CSO's Mind and Increase Sales Ops Value

SBI Growth

It requires reps to have the skills and experience aligned with the new buyer. Are my reps able to leverage social platforms, connecting with buyers at the right time? Is the comp plan or territory design pushing reps out the door? You and your sales ops team might become collateral damage too. How effective is my team?

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What Is a Strategic Sales Plan?

Gong.io

It’s your job to lead your team through the trenches and give them direction so they’ll know which markets or territories to target and how best to attack. Creates strong buyer relationships. When your reps are crystal clear on their sales strategy, they have more time to spend with potential buyers. Outline your ideal buyer.

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Sales Enablement vs. Sales Operations

Showpad

Setting territory structure. While sales operations handles team organization and logistics, sales enablement work applies more directly to the sales force — providing tools and resources needed to improve buyer relationships and shorten the sales cycle. Developing sales and revenue strategy. Establishing compensation plans.