Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Author: Mark Kovac, David Deming and Sushant Khandelwal Virtual selling in business-to-business markets, often associated with inside sales, has carried a bit of a stigma within field-dominated sales organizations. Myth 1: Field sales reps sell primarily in person. Myth 1: Field sales reps sell primarily in person.

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Troops

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Top sales organizations are using Slack more than ever. We wanted to see in detail how—exactly—top sales teams are using the platform, so we recently analyzed Slack usage at hundreds of sales organizations, including leading companies like HubSpot, WeWork, Slack, and Intercom. customer: In Use at 45% of Sales Orgs.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 5, 2021

It’s a new year and time for a fresh approach to sales. That’s why I’m introducing Back in the Black , my new monthly sales TV show on the Sales Experts Channel! I’ll cover a different sales topic each month to help you get comfortable asking clients for referrals. Think of it like watching the news.

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PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In order to develop an efficient sales process, every company must develop a sales prospecting strategy as a priority. The goal is to move from the status of a potential buyer to that of a customer by using different communication channels. According to Hubspot, 75% of sales reps use Facebook to find new leads.

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PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In order to develop an efficient sales process, every company must develop a sales prospecting strategy as a priority. The goal is to move from the status of a potential buyer to that of a customer by using different communication channels. According to Hubspot, 75% of sales reps use Facebook to find new leads.

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Paid Content Channels Webinar Metrics Ideal Customer Profile 52

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

in 2013 on hiring sales training companies, one of the top five outsourced training expenditures, according to Training Industry. Clearly, if your team needs sales training, there's a lot of options out there. Warning: If you’re supposed to be productive today, bookmark this post and come back to it. Best Sales Videos.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

One of the challenges any leader has is making sure that people are fully versed in the products and in their stories, so that they’re confident when they face off against clients at the point of sale. In my space, we did that through national sales meetings where we brought people in once a year.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 30, 2024

Sales trends come and go. In this post, I’ll review some sales trends we could see fizzle out throughout the year based on findings from our 2024 State of Sales Report. 6 Sales Trends That Could Fizzle This Year 1. 6 Sales Trends That Could Fizzle This Year 1. Salespeople acting as primary information sharers.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Author: Doug Bushée and Shayne Jackson Last March, sales leaders had to quickly shift from enabling in-person sellers to enabling virtual sellers. Now, as we dive deeper into a new year, sales leaders are tackling another issue. Many sales organizations have pivoted to virtual events rather than simply canceling major sales events.

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Showpad

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Were sales development reps securing meetings? The pandemic had upended the sales industry. Even veteran field sellers had pivoted to inside sales. They’d replaced their steak dinners with phone calls, their site visits with emails. They’d replaced their steak dinners with phone calls, their site visits with emails.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 31, 2021

Here’s what you might have missed this year from No More Cold Calling. Their clients weren’t returning calls, and budgets were constricted or put on hold. Even so, emails and cold calls aren’t going to help your business recover. Why the sudden interest in referral sales? They freaked out. They were smart. Big mistake!

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 26, 2021

I wrote that in 2013, back when virtual sales meetings weren’t the only option. We’ve had to make do with virtual sales meetings, and that has affected many B2B sales pros’ ability to access new customers and to make real-world connections. The Problem with Virtual Sales Meetings. But not referral sellers.

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MTD Sales Training

MARCH 31, 2020

We’ve had over 82 sales training programmes postponed! Some have moved over to virtual channels like webinars and online training but a lot are just waiting it out. Don’t Panic – Step Back. Take a step back and start to plan what you can do. I’m being bombarded with sales pitches at the moment. Get Social.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan Is your sales team disengaged? While not all sales teams may be struggling with demand (in fact some technology companies are experiencing record years), disen­gage­ment seems to be prevalent across all organizations and industries regardless of financial success. We took a keen interest on those in sales roles.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 4, 2021

During the holiday break I was listening to the Beatles channel (18) on SiriusXM radio and it helped me to realize just how similar the Beatles are to selling! Their songs had calls-to-action, like, "Get Back.". Isn't this all pretty much the same as sales? Most of you probably know dozens of Beatles tunes!

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

With a daunting array of tools, an endless list of growth strategies, and constantly evolving communication channels, there’s compelling evidence that modern work is facing a crisis of disconnection. Channel Use: 80% of companies responded on only one communication channel and neglected to use multiple channels, particularly phone calls.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

One major key to success in sales is a salesperson’s ability to reach decision makers. A salesperson who messaged me last week is a great example of how successful salespeople are when they call on Decision Makers. However, working with them also lengthens the sales process. In my space, that is our buyer and signer.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 11, 2024

For the last six years, I’ve been an avid user and champion of using async video in my day-to-day as a seller — well before joining Loom to lead its Sales and Customer Success teams. I’ve seen the benefit of async video messages to close deals and build prospect relationships as both a quota-carrying seller and a sales team leader.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Why the sudden interest in referral sales? Or rather, change them back —from digital marketing to relationship building. Not a cold calling stranger or someone pitching them on LinkedIn. Sales leaders have an ongoing challenge to get more qualified leads in the pipe, but seller access has evaporated. Think about it.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 4, 2021

Some of the easiest methods of lead generation include increasing traffic to your social media channels and website. Cold calling — or really any form of cold outreach. Find out more about cold outreach for lead gen — 9 Cold Calling Tips to Generate More Leads. And what are one of the most difficult methods of lead generation?

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Lead411

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Time is always a key factor in sales. However, there is nothing worse than reaching out and getting “ghosted” Never hearing back and having to deal with the anxiety of “do I reach out again? ” This uncertainty is nothing new to any seasoned sales person. ”, “am I bugging them?”,

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Mindtickle

APRIL 9, 2024

In the past, most B2B sales were conducted face-to-face – perhaps in a prospect’s conference room or at a golf course. Many deals are closed today without the buyer and seller meeting face-to-face, a practice known as inside sales. The shift to remote sales accelerated during the pandemic. How is it different from outside sales?

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The Pipeline

APRIL 2, 2019

One reason many anti-phoners, will give you for not using that most noble sales instrument (the phone), is that no one picks up. As though that was some form of barrier or obstacle or a reason for not leveraging the phone in your sales and prospecting success. Let’s be real, anti-phoners are the sales equivalent of anti-vaxxers.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 14, 2021

Register for Back in The Black Sales TV—first episode on January 19. The Gatekeeper Died: Why That’s a Good Thing” is the topic for my new, monthly, live Sales TV Show on the Sales Experts Channel. Why am I doing a monthly Sales TV Show? And certainly not when you cold call. Always free. Think again.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Let’s break down the various channels for finding prospects and look at how effective each is at converting leads to opportunities, and ultimately, to customers. Cold Calling Cold calling gets a bad rap. In fact, 41% of salespeople consider cold calling their most powerful tool for making a sale. The bottom line?

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Author: David Satterwhite In 2020, I reached my 30th year in business-to-business technology sales. Then, everything I thought I knew about sales blew up. . The hive-like atmosphere of our sales offices was replaced by Zoom calls. . The hive-like atmosphere of our sales offices was replaced by Zoom calls. .

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Zoominfo

APRIL 16, 2022

On an average morning in early 2020, sales reps left their team huddles pumped up on yesterday’s success stories and a few cups of dark roast, ready to start dialing for the day. They had a system of tried-and-true tactics for making sales calls and historical data that supported what worked best. The worst day to call?

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Today’s sales professionals have more ways than ever to get in touch with prospects. And yet, sales reps can’t escape the most common and often the most frustrating method of sales prospecting communication—and that’s voicemail. . Consider these statistics ( source ): 15% of a sales rep’s time is spent leaving voicemails.

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Allbound

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The 4 Types of Channel Marketing Partners. Navigating the world of channel marketing can be tricky, especially when common industry terms overlap. Channel Partnerships, Untangled. There are four different types of channel-marketing partnerships: 1. Which benefits will you offer to your partners?

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Allego

MARCH 28, 2024

What separates the best sales teams from the rest in today’s unpredictable market? For David Ashe , director of sales development at Allego, it’s about ensuring your SDRs retain their human approach. We’re opening up different channels to say, ‘This is happening. Are you staying on top of new sales techniques?

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Allbound

AUGUST 12, 2018

Why the “Channel Stack” is a Terrifyingly Outdated Idea. “If But, why not the Channel? Because it was made all too evident yet again in a recent article where it was very boldly proclaimed that “The Channel Stack is the Future of Channel Management.” And what can we do to change it?

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Apptivo

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Best sales automation examples. How does Sales automation help the sales team to boost sales? Creating efficient sales and marketing workflows eliminates the need for repetitive tasks. Best sales automation examples. How does Sales automation help the sales team to boost sales?

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 12, 2021

For example, sales people can make back to back sales calls through the whole day. Rather than making a few calls, they can schedule every hour of the day with Zoom calls. Customers are buying differently–and they are reducing their need/preference to use sales people in that process.

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LeadFuze

JANUARY 6, 2020

As you may be familiar with the term “direct sales”, especially since the name itself is very straight forward, but what is channel sales and how your business can benefit from it? What is Channel Sales? A business can be sold through multiple “channels”, which is why it’s called channel sales.

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SalesLoft

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Big growth targets are driving enterprise businesses back down to small and midsize businesses (SMBs), where there are hundreds of millions of dollars in incremental revenue available for the taking. Find your omnichannel cadence Our data shows that customers require 10-14 steps across 3-5 channels. of US businesses.

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Allego

JUNE 8, 2023

But what can AI really do for Life Sciences sales ? The following section is written entirely by ChatGPT’s AI: “As an AI language model, ChatGPT can assist Life Sciences sales in several ways. This can help free up sales representatives’ time to focus on more complex customer inquiries. How Is Life Sciences Sales Using AI Now?

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 1, 2024

GTMnow is the media extension of GTMfund – sharing insight on go-to-market from working with hundreds of portfolio companies backed by over 350+ of the best in the game executive operators who have been there, done that at the world’s fastest growing SaaS companies. The B2B playbook is changing.

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