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How Sales Reps Are Hitting Quotas Without Hitting the Streets

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Covid-19 and subsequent office closures forced every sales team to use virtual channels in situations they never would have considered before the pandemic: complex buying cycles requiring careful orchestration by veteran sellers. Company size has no bearing on the willingness to use virtual channels.

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Prospect Development Program Jumpstarts Manufacturer’s Channel Sales

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While at any given time only 3% to 5% of your target market is in a buying mode for your products and services, those targets change (how fast depends on your buying cycle). It’s important to keep your market primed so that when it comes time to buy, these prospects reach out to you.

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Customer Lifecycle: How to Make Upsells and Renewals a No-Brainer [+Action Tips]

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It’s your responsibility to connect with potential customers — and show them information that will shorten their buying process. With a solid lead gen strategy in place, your B2B customer will see your posts on their preferred social media channel — like LinkedIn, Twitter, or Instagram. Where will they find your brand?

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Customer Lifecycle: How to Make Upsells and Renewals a No-Brainer [+Action Tips]

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It’s your responsibility to connect with potential customers — and show them information that will shorten their buying process. With a solid lead gen strategy in place, your B2B customer will see your posts on their preferred social media channel — like LinkedIn, Twitter, or Instagram. Loyalty Stage: Build long-term trust.

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How to save the life of a tradeshow sales lead

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email and web meetings), tradeshows are one of the only channels to connect with customers and prospects face to face. Customers - Routine 'keep in contact' but not in the buying cycle segment. Prospects - Known, 'keep in contact' but not in the buying cycle segment. Prospects - Major targets.

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How to Develop a Successful Go-to-Market Strategy

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In this context, a GTM strategy includes defining the target audience, messaging framework, marketing channels, offers, and sales plays your teams will run to convert prospects to leads and leads to customers. Support: How can you offer greater support during the buying cycle and beyond? Remember: always test and learn.

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AI’s Role In Sales and Marketing

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AI has arrived, but it’s mostly been implemented by consumer goods and services companies to personalize marketing messages, enhance their knowledge of customers, manage inventory and increase customer loyalty. B2B marketers can leverage AI in many other ways including identifying anomalies and predicting trends throughout the buying cycle.