Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Sales run through the phone, website or customer portal focused on the smallest opportunities and the long tail of lower-value accounts. And this dynamic has merely accelerated a long-term trend of B2B companies shifting their sales capacity from field-based to virtual models.

Lead Rank 339

Lead Rank Quota Face-to-face Hiring 339

Emissary

MARCH 2, 2023

Achieving enterprise technology sales goals has always meant overcoming a host of unique and challenging obstacles, including withstanding a protracted decision-making process and convincing a slate of committee members of your value proposition. An uncertain economy and changing professional landscape have only exacerbated the situation.

Decision Maker 98

Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel Networking 98

Braveheart Sales

JANUARY 7, 2020

And establishing a sequential flow to any sales conversation is critical. These all make complete sense within the framework of a sales workshop or a sales kick-off. But, if success in sales was just about laying out an account map and telling sellers what to say, everyone would be crushing their sales goals.

Training 59

Training Sales Cycle Account Coaching 59

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons.

ROI 45

ROI Lead Rank Lead Scoring Tools 45

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

In the face of frugal buyer sentiment, a majority of B2B vendors are now requiring more leads to generate the same amount of sales and are reporting a substantial increase in buying cycle time. Alinean's research revealed that new sales enablement strategies and investments are required to fight Frugalnomics.

Research 40

Research Buying Cycle Webinar Metrics Sales Enablement 40

The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

CFO Control Drives Frugalnomics Further This centralization of power to financial chiefs has important implications for the way the buying cycle is managed, and how B2B sales and marketing groups must navigate these more complex waters.

Buying Cycle 45

Buying Cycle ROI Journal Case Study 45

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. The Death of a Salesman?

ROI 40

ROI B2B Social Media Buying Cycle 40