Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The most successful sales reps help buyers redefine their needs. Top performers not only get to the root of a buyer’s problem, but they also address the buyer’s goals and aspirations to uncover possibilities the buyer doesn’t even know exist. A capabilities battle between you and your competitors.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Buyer beware.” We’ve all heard that expression before, and unfortunately, it’s because buyer-seller relationships haven’t traditionally been great. Some of the characteristics and behaviors that define a good-fit buyer are obvious, while others are a bit more nuanced. Their vertical market (i.e.

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Allego

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

provides insights into this emerging function and the training and revenue challenges companies face without it. Findings Reveal Inadequate Seller Training. Allego surveyed over 300 B2B sales and marketing leaders to gain their perspectives on how incorporating a sales enablement approach has impacted their teams.

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Igniting Sales Transformation

DECEMBER 1, 2019

As sales teams mount their final push to finish 2019 strong, someone in a sales enablement, marketing or sales support role is planning what has become status quo in sales. The annual sales kick off (SKO) meeting. As the term implies, a sales kick-off meeting is meant to be a sales reset. Buyer expectations keep rising.

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Allego

MAY 7, 2024

Do your sales and marketing teams have a hard time communicating? According to a poll from SMM Connect and Training Magazine Network, 68% of sales and marketing leaders said “sales and marketing don’t communicate effectively.” And that leads to multiple issues, including: Misalignment on sales and marketing strategies.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

Today’s B2B buyers are savvier, more informed, and have access to several options at their fingertips. What makes it more complicated is that 90% of buyers don’t follow a linear sales funnel path , leaving sales reps little to no room for mistakes. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Author: Mike Schultz, President, RAIN Group Breaking through and setting sales meetings with C-suite buyers is tough. Yet, many sellers are successful in breaking through and setting initial sales meetings with the C-suite. Seventy-five percent of C-level and VP level buyers are influenced by customized offers.

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SalesProInsider

JUNE 9, 2022

Meet the Achiever Buying Tribe: How soon? Why do we need to understand the buyer Tribal Types? Let’s meet the Achiever! Let’s meet the Achiever! Achiever buyers are: Risk takers. Clues to the Buyer Tribal Type: Achiever. Selling Strategies and Tips for the Achiever Buyer Tribal Type.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 14, 2022

One day you might have to explain to your children that companies once had sales meetings in person, in a room with the lights dimmed and something called a PowerPoint presentation. (If Now we all use Zoom for our meetings. The truth is that most sales meetings, online or in person, always were and often still are boring lectures. .

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Though the Harvard Business Review prematurely declared it dead a decade ago , today’s top sellers have found new ways to leverage solution selling that speak directly to the attitudes and needs of modern buyers. Buyers in 2012 had come a long way from the buyers of the 1980s. Table of contents. What is solution selling?

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Allego

MARCH 7, 2023

Product marketers play a critical role in any company’s success. They’re conduits of information and the connective tissue between product developers, the marketing team, and the sales force. If you’re tired just reading that list, imagine how product marketers feel. 3 Habits of Highly Effective Product Marketers 1.

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Allego

JULY 20, 2022

A sales rep schedules a meeting with a prospect, but then they receive a request to attend a training session for the exact same time. Sales training is critical. Reps must understand buyers’ needs and challenges and how to convey the value of what they’re selling. Virtual Training Fatigue. What should they do?

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Allego

AUGUST 23, 2022

We are pleased to announce that Allego has been recognized as a Representative Vendor in the 2022 Gartner Market Guide for Revenue Enablement Platforms. Revenue enablement platforms, formerly sales enablement, provide key functionality enabling resources that generate revenue via content, training and coaching.”.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 1, 2012

Do you want to increase sales and meet your 2013 goals? Encourage sales and marketing to build personas and build a plan to operationalize them immediately. Over the past year, many organizations have built buyer personas (Read more about buyer personas here and here ). New habits and skills require training and coaching.

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The Digital Sales Institute

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

How to sell and engage buyers in the digital, remote, and noisy world is definitely a challenge we all face. The spray and pray days of contacting buyers with little more than a sales pitch to hit our sales targets have long since passed. The modern buyer demands more and expects a more personalized, tailored experience.

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BrainShark

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Today’s sellers are dealing with the high expectations of savvy B2B buyers, decision-by-committee, disruptive technology, M&A, product innovations… and more. Reps need to know A LOT to be at their best in front of buyers, but has your sales training strategy kept up with the times? What about sales training programs?

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Sales Evangelist

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Getting to know Christina Mautz Christina is the chief marketing officer and head of sales at Moz, an SEO platform search engine optimization. With so many changes, it’s important to really understand your customer and meet with the people who need what you’re offering. It’s important to slow down instead of speeding up.

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Highspot

MARCH 26, 2024

Whether you’re launching a new product, implementing new sales strategies, or upskilling your team, sales training and coaching will always be of utmost importance. However, traditional coaching and training methods tend to fall flat because they take a one-size fits all approach that doesn’t fit the needs of each individual rep.

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Nutshell

MAY 6, 2020

Now is a perfect time for taking care of those backburner tasks, like writing that blog post you’ve been thinking of, or redoing your marketing funnel. Since the shelter in place orders, people’s lives have become much more digitized, with virtual meetings and online video communication becoming more commonplace. Email marketing.

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SalesProInsider

JULY 6, 2022

I’m sharing the communication model and specific To Do’s for four Tribes of buyers. Those are two questions that the Expresser buyer Tribal Type might ask when you’re in a sales interaction and conversation. Let’s look at the key descriptors for this Expresser buyer tribe. Clues to the Buyer Tribal Type: Expressers.

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SalesProInsider

JUNE 21, 2022

These are two questions a buyer who is in the Commander Tribal Type may ask during your sales interactions. Let’s look at the key descriptors for this buyer Tribe. Clues to the Buyer Tribal Type: Commanders. Selling Strategies and Tips for the Commander Buyer Tribal Type. What does the research show? Need to be right.

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Highspot

DECEMBER 8, 2020

To navigate these murky waters, salespeople are increasingly relying on the concept of buyer enablement – a sales approach that makes it easier than ever for buyers to champion your product, so reps can close new business. What are the four types of buyers. How do you engage a B2B buyer? What Is Buyer Enablement?

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Showpad

JUNE 29, 2021

Engaging buyers in an effective way requires sales professionals having access to the right content and messaging for their targeted buyer roles and their business challenges. Additionally, it’s crucial that they can tailor their approach and their messages in each buyer interaction in a valuable, relevant and differentiating way.

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Allego

JULY 31, 2023

Further, sellers spend 11 hours a month looking for and modifying content for buyers, Forrester’s Q4 2020 Global Sales Enablement survey found. They need access to multiple things related to their job, such as how to use sales tools, sales collateral, product information, presentation decks, HR documents, and training materials.

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Allego

MAY 4, 2021

We’re proud to announce that our sales learning and enablement platform has been selected by Corporate Visions , the leading provider of science-backed training and consulting services and one of Training Industry’s Top 20 Sales Training Companies. And it’s surprisingly easy to use. Delivering Content in the Flow of Work.

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Training Scale Webinar Metrics Lead Rank 117

Zoominfo

APRIL 19, 2018

Have you ever tried to set up a meeting with a senior-level executive? To add insult to injury, executive-level assistants are trained to be gatekeepers. Keep reading if you’re ready to bypass gatekeepers and set more meetings with the C-Level. Today’s buyers are overwhelmed with similar products and services.

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SalesProInsider

JUNE 29, 2022

Your answers to those important “how to’s” are important to the Reflector buyer Tribal Type during sales conversations. Clues to the Buyer Tribal Type: Reflectors. Selling Strategies and Tips for the Reflector Buyer Tribal Type. The next installment in this series will introduce you to the Expresser buyer Tribal Type.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Marketing and sales teams rely heavily on one another to drive business. After all, it’s the marketing department that generates leads, and the sales team that converts those leads to paying customers. Table of Contents How can Sales and Marketing collaborate? Training webinars. Case studies.

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Alice Heiman

JULY 22, 2021

Today I want to talk about what the CEO needs to do in the organization when sellers and buyers are out of sync. Sales: If you are the #CEO of an organization that is finding its sellers out of sync with its buyers, here’s what you need to do! Consider the following: 43% of B2B buyers prefer a rep-free experience, hypothetically.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

For the typical B2B organization, sales and marketing alignment is the ultimate goal. If you’re struggling with sales and marketing alignment, here are a few compelling reasons to get these teams on the same page: Companies with strong sales and marketing alignment achieve 20% annual growth rate. What can marketing do better?

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 28, 2023

Buyers and sellers are focused on two entirely different things. But the challenge buyers and sellers face is more than bridging that gap. The challenge is the buyers are doing something they have never, or rarely, done. “We have an opportunity to grow! And this is where the challenge is.

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Highspot

APRIL 14, 2023

Sales training programs that educate and prepare your team to anticipate rather than react to challenging sales situations is key. To do this, you need to have a high-impact and effective sales training program to help your salespeople excel.

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Highspot

APRIL 14, 2023

Sales training programs that educate and prepare your team to anticipate rather than react to challenging sales situations is key. To do this, you need to have a high-impact and effective sales training program to help your salespeople excel.

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Training Scale How To Hiring 52

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

A recent Forrester report found that Millennials and Gen Z make up 64% of business buyers. While each generation brings its own set of preferences, demands, and expectations to the market, the report shows that younger buyers are much more likely to voice their dissatisfaction than previous generations.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A comprehensive sales and marketing plan sets up organizations for long-term growth and success. In this guide, we’ll dig into the differences between sales and marketing plans, how to create your plan, and templates to get the ball rolling. What is a Sales and Marketing Plan?

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A comprehensive sales and marketing plan sets up organizations for long-term growth and success. In this guide, we’ll dig into the differences between sales and marketing plans, how to create your plan, and templates to get the ball rolling. What is a Sales and Marketing Plan?

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Gong.io

MAY 6, 2020

That includes everything captured by Gong’s software during web conference meetings, phone calls, and emails. Then we analyze how seller and buyer actions impact deal success. . For this report, we analyzed 140,566 sales opportunities, including the sales calls and meetings that occurred within those opportunities.

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