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Keeping close to channel partners

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Paul Nolan As with everything else in 2020, many B2B companies’ relationships with channel partners, which are critical to their success, have been disrupted. The “surprise and delight” treatment that is widely used to keep internal employees engaged is equally effective with channel partners.

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COVID-19 churn prevention: Your customers are cutting costs. Don't just let them cancel.

Close.io

First, it’s important to remember that you can’t stop every customer from canceling your service or software. Many sales reps are too anxious to be communicating effectively with customers during this time. What do their marketing channels and social media look like? Either way, they can downgrade instead of canceling.

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Technology can improve your recognition efforts

Sales and Marketing Management

In April, Echo Market Research and Tango Card asked 500 newly remote employees how engaged they were feeling. Among those who decided to cancel their travel programs, 78% indicated they were providing alternative awards such as branded merchandise, individual travel options, points and cash equivalents.

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Activating Your Virtual Sales Force: Inspire, Educate and Connect Your Sellers Remotely

Sales and Marketing Management

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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Bringing People Together Virtually During a Global Pandemic

Sales and Marketing Management

With the emergence of COVID-19, we saw events (both personal and professional) get canceled, we lost the comfort of seeing loved ones without worry and had to shift into a more secluded world by working remotely and upholding social distance. Marketers also need to think through creative ways of keeping their attendees engaged.

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How the loss of trade shows changed the customer acquisition funnel

Zoominfo

“In March 2020, live events were canceled overnight. Like everyone else, we had to pivot, and fast.” — Danny Daly, manager, marketing events at ZoomInfo. So, what happens when the conference seat your marketing and sales team offers is your registrants’ preferred chair at home? Lessons learned from virtual events.

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How This CEO Bootstrapped A Sales Team

Alice Heiman

EventMobi’s early sales model was classic founder led with Bob doing it all from mining his network for leads to closing deals. His decision to bootstrap versus take external investment meant that hiring an experienced sales leader was out of the question. Growth was great, annual sales revenue soared. How did he do it?

Hiring 131