Mindtickle

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

This fact presents a unique opportunity for sales enablement teams to highlight and further demonstrate their value and strategic importance to the customer-facing teams and organizations they support. Provide decision makers with insights and perspective: Sales reps are expected to educate the buyer in each engagement.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

CSO Insight’s fourth annual sales enablement study reveals that while just implementing a defined sales enablement function is proven to increase the number of salespeople achieving quota by 22.7% They have more information at their fingertips and are engaging with salespeople later in the buying cycle.

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SBI

MARCH 4, 2015

You’re proud of your Sales Enablement capability and programs but you’re smart enough to know it’s not a trophy to place on your shelf and admire; right? Because of its very nature, Sales Enablement should not be seen as static, nor should it be considered merely a set of KPIs. by Rebecca Bell Ellis. Here’s how!

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 22, 2024

Speaking to sales enablement executives, fewer than 10% have any sort of business acumen programs in place. People respond, “They run IT, they manage sales, they design new products, they are marketing people…” But then when I ask, “What’s that mean? Buying cycles reduce by 30-40%!

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Allego

DECEMBER 17, 2020

That’s why sales enablement has arrived. At its core, sales enablement is the ongoing process of maximizing revenue per rep, by ensuring sellers convey the right concept using the right content throughout each stage of the buying process. Read on for six predictions for sales enablement and other trends in 2021.

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Cincom Smart Selling

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Who is promoting sales enablement? The fact is, sales enablement is not located exclusively within one group or managed under one silo. We looked at several metrics related to sales enablement and margin in our piece last week. Marketing – Who’s the audience? How effective are your marketing assets?

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SBI

JULY 26, 2018

Nancy: What are the top 3 ways your solution changes the game for a sales organization? Orrin: The Modus sales enablement solution saves sales reps time and helps them make better presentations. Custom-branded professional sales presentations look terrific! Automatic updates to CRM via integration to save time.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 26, 2023

Perhaps the tougher it is to engage buyers creates a greater market for these approaches. This is important, no one wants to risk buying from a supplier with a poor reputation. Sellers who help customers confront and move past FOMU, help customers succeed in their buying process. Buying cycles drop by 30%!

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Author: Giuseppe D’Angelo Inside sales have never been hotter, and the sales field is experiencing considerable change. Much of this is due to the technology that is beginning to drive the sales process much the way it has driven marketing for the past several years. In fact, high-performing sales teams are 3.5

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The Spiff Blog

AUGUST 22, 2023

After all, RevOps teams play an active role in supporting every function that drives revenue growth, from sales to marketing to finance to customer success. They require you to have a clear picture of prospect and customer behavior, market trends, and performance metrics. Audit your tech stack.

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SBI

JUNE 28, 2021

Q: What metrics should customers of Sales Readiness solutions use to measure the impact or progress of their activities? Greg : Sales Enablement leaders should monitor metrics in two broad categories: progress in enablement programs, and success in the field. Gregory Keshian Chief Product Officer, Brainshark.

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SalesLoft

OCTOBER 5, 2022

According to G2 , “Sales Engagement software streamlines the sales process through integrations with sales communication channels and tools, management of sales messaging and materials, and automation of tasks, messages, and workflows.“ . How is Sales Engagement Software Different from Sales Enablement?

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SBI

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

We call it Sales Tech Game Changers. This week I interview Ian Levine , Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of RO Innovation. Nancy: What are the top 3 ways your solution changes the game for a sales organization? RO Innovation’s platform changes the game by: Activating customer advocacy end-to end in sales cycles.

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Showpad

OCTOBER 24, 2018

From left: Showpad CEO and Co-Founder Pieterjan Bouten, Showpad President and COO Jason Holmes, and Showpad Vice President, Marketing Theresa O’Neil at Showtime18 in Ghent. How can marketing and sales can have a closer working relationship? One way is deceptively simple: Its leaders have to like each other. “If

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 26, 2018

Despite the plethora of martech and sales enablement technologies now on the market, most sales teams are still performing at sub-optimal levels. With all these new tools making a salesperson’s job easier, there’s no excuse for your sales team not to excel. Author: Peter Gillett, CEO and founder, Zuant.

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Highspot

JANUARY 14, 2024

Many customers have preferred digital channels, prompting companies to incorporate them into their sales practices. This shift isn’t limited to simple transactions; even complex buying cycles are navigated virtually, requiring careful planning. It encompasses email, recorded video messages, and Digital Sales Rooms (DSRs).

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

IDC research shows that because of frugal buyer sentiment, 62% of B2B vendors need more leads in order to generate the same amount of sales, and 72% indicate an increase in sales cycle time over the past 6 months. Sales Enablement Ineffectiveness? So why are the sales enablement investments not paying off?

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The Pipeline

JUNE 30, 2016

Opportunity win rate for our customer is between 8%-40% for all new sales. At least 60% of buyers were never going to buy and ultimately waste the reps time. Without these insights, sales reps were often touching base at times totally out of sync with the when the buyers are most interested. The sale is lost in the CRM.

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Pointclear

JUNE 15, 2012

SLMA is the sponsor of the yearly Sales Lead Management week and initiatives to identify both the Top 50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management and 20 Women to Watch in Sales Lead Management. Jim's career has been equally divided between marketing and sales.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

According to Andrew Gaffney in his article Marketers Shifting Focus To Sales Enablement To Accelerate Slow Pipelines , “Deals expected to close in the current quarter are often getting clogged and pushed out later in the year. So how is the sales enablement role evolving within b2b vendors?

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SalesLoft

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Originally designed to help sales development functions manage high call and email volumes, companies in this segment can now deliver sizable productivity gains to entire revenue teams… — Laura Ramos and Mary Shea, Forrester Research, Now Tech: Sales Enablement Automation Q2 2020 , May 2020. Your Content Strategy.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Buyers don’t wait for our sellers to get up to speed, they just buy from someone else. And then, if you have a complex sale that has a longer buying cycle, one wonders how you possibly build a pipeline and manage these long cycle opportunities effectively. It’s both a business crisis, and people crisis!

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 5, 2011

As a result of Frugalnomics and other market drivers: 62% of B2B vendors indicated they needed more leads in order to generate the same amount of sales, 72% indicated an increase in buying cycle time over the past 6 month, The buying cycle timeframe has increased over 10% in the past 12 months.

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

A recent IDC Sales Advisory Practice article indicates that a part of the growth issue is B2B companies' inability to get sales enablement "in gear", costing typical companies upwards of 10% or more of revenue per year. So how much would you invest in sales enablement best practices to generate a 10% revenue boost?

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Highspot

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

B2B organizations are putting pressure on their enablement and product marketing teams to drive true impact – not just keep busy with day-to-day activities. Announcing Engagement Genomics. Engagement Genomics takes away the need for reps to manually tie buyer engagement through Pitches to specific Salesforce records.

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Showpad

MARCH 8, 2019

We are excited for the opportunity to connect with our customers and others looking to improve performance of their sales enablement programs. With all the sales enablement events happening this year, be sure you catch up with our team at one of the following: UNLEASH. Showpad is hitting the road in 2019! Date: May 15.

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Showpad

MARCH 8, 2019

We are excited for the opportunity to connect with our customers and others looking to improve performance of their sales enablement programs. With all the sales enablement events happening this year, be sure you catch up with our team at one of the following: UNLEASH. Showpad is hitting the road in 2019! Date: May 15.

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Showpad

MARCH 8, 2019

We are excited for the opportunity to connect with our customers and others looking to improve performance of their sales enablement programs. With all the sales enablement events happening this year, be sure you catch up with our team at one of the following: UNLEASH. Showpad is hitting the road in 2019! Date: May 15.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 27, 2022

Spreadsheets and paper documents no longer support complex buying cycles — technology is a must-have in today’s business environment. Mindtickle is an all-in-one platform to aid you in your digital sales transformation.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

As defined by Forrester, "Sales enablement is a strategic, ongoing process that equips all client-facing employees with the ability to consistently and systematically have a valuable conversation with the right set of customer stakeholders at each stage of the customer's problem-solving life cycle to optimize the ROI of the selling system.”

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Mindtickle

MAY 2, 2023

As a sales enablement leader, sales content is a big part of your job. Whether it’s creating it, training reps on it, monitoring its performance, or updating it, simplifying sales content management lets sales enablement leaders focus on other programs that help sellers actually sell.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 26, 2019

If I look at much of the prospecting email or calls I receive, clearly the marketing and sales enablement people have read the same books–they are trying to engage me with insight. It’s key to capturing the attention and imaginations of our prospects and customers. But…… (You have to know there is a but).

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Over the past few months I have had the pleasure of interviewing nineteen influential B2B sales and marketing leaders to discuss their views in areas like traditional and new media strategies, current and future trends, B2B lead generation, and sales lead management. On the sales side, really embrace social and listen in.

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Miller Heiman Group

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

In the past few years, three waves of change have rocked the sales industry: Sellers often play a smaller role in the buying cycle, as buyers wait later in the sales cycle to engage them. Sales organizations undergo constant change initiatives. of organizations agreed that this was a strength.

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Mereo

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

At Mereo, we have developed a unique approach to revenue performance that leverages the inherently interdependent operational disciplines of demand progression, solution marketing, solution management, sales operations and sales enablement. The phones are not ringing, nor are sales’ calls being answered.

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SBI

JUNE 4, 2014

Every two weeks, I interview an executive from a top sales and marketing solutions company. What problem/s are you solving for sales and/or marketing organizations? They are reaching out to their friend Google instead.) This gives a very narrow window within which a sales rep must be able to add value for a prospect.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Fueled by a wealth of on-line resources and social networks, buyers have seized control of the buying cycle, engaging with sales representatives later and later, and further elongating sales cycles. Two economic downturns over the past decade have made buyers more spendthrift, and more skeptical of vendor claims.

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