Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 29, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan To thrive in the next normal, B2B companies will need to continue adapting to the new economic reality. A survey of B2B sales operations by McKinsey & Company shows the pandemic has accelerated previous trends?—?omnichannel McKinsey & Company offers these steps for B2B sellers to pivot effectively.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 5, 2019

What is channel sales? In a channel sales model, a company sells through third partners -- affiliate partners (who get commission on each purchase), resellers, value-added providers (who typically bundle your product with their own), or another entity that doesn't work for it directly. Some companies choose to hire more reps.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 20, 2020

Door-to-door sales have been on the decline since the 1980s, yet even today in 2020, on the heels of a pandemic that has forced dramatic changes to the way we conduct face-to-face business, there are still lots of companies that rely on some form of offline sales. The time has come to adapt to a digital-first world. Equip them.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Wyzowl, a provider of animated explanation videos, reports that 86% of businesses use video as a marketing tool. It’s an ideal time for companies to recognize the multiple uses of short videos. In the current remote work environment, video can help companies build camaraderie by fostering stronger relationships.??.

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Allbound

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Even for the most channel-centric companies, partner conflict is inevitable. To increase channel sales, it’s vital to keep your product top of mind with your partners. Channel managers are often the “face” of their organization within channel relationships. There are two sides to preventing channel conflict.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In this article, we discuss how sales and marketing collaboration makes a difference and provide tips and tools for making this collaboration more efficient. Types of Sales Collaboration Why Collaboration Matters Tools that Foster Collaboration 6 Tips for Collaboration How can sales and marketing collaborate? The result?

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The ROI Guy

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Rightly or wrongly, a growing number of companies perceive direct sales as ever more expensive. As a result, many companies are looking to channel partners as a more efficient revenue source. A survey reveals that the majority of B2B firms are now generating 60% of their revenue through indirect channels (The 2112 Group).

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Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 1, 2016

As a manufacturer, you know the important role of your channels. The ability to sell indirectly through channels gives you the ability to focus on what you do best: developing, designing and producing a product. Channel managers face many challenges, but some are more prevalent than others. Lack of visibility into the channel.

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Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

On top of that, without the proper tools, it’s hard to tell what problems make them miss their quota. But with sales enablement tools, you can understand the attitudes, content, and skills that help your sales reps reach their objectives. What to look for in a sales enablement tool. Only 43% of salespeople reach their quota.

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Considering the volatility that most companies faced throughout 2023, you’re probably pondering a lot of significant changes to the way you design, execute, and manage your sales comp programs over the course of the next year. Personalizing sales incentives is a difficult task for a number of reasons.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Not only has the economy provided an added challenge, but there has been a general drop in the effectiveness of most traditional marketing channels. This week we are peeling back the layers and digging into which marketing channels have been driving the strongest ROI. Most times working with another company or two, sometimes alone.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Companies should deploy customer-centric business models to deliver outcomes rather than just products. As companies adopt these models, the lines of sales and services begin to blur. They were also able to use analytical and predictive tools to determine which clients or prospects were most at risk and better develop mitigation plans.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 6, 2019

There are more answers to that question than ever before, thanks to the variety of tools and channels at a modern marketer’s disposal. It’s common for companies to have a system in place to encourage referrals. How do you convince someone to buy a product? What Are The Benefits Of Referral Marketing?

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Xactly

JUNE 7, 2018

Incentive Compensation Management (ICM) solutions help companies manage their sales compensation plans and calculate commission payments. When solutions don’t easily and fully interoperate with existing systems , companies can’t maximize full system ROI and business value. What Companies Want to Solve with SPM.

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Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 11, 2016

As a channel manager, you know that your indirect sales channel can be an excellent source of revenue. Unfortunately, it can also introduce new elements of chaos into your organization that extend beyond the channel management team. Channel Challenges. Are our sales incentives working? So what’s a manager to do?

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Act!

DECEMBER 19, 2023

That makes word-of-mouth recommendations the most trusted advertising channel, even above social media ads and TV commercials. That’s because you don’t have to spend on expensive marketing channels, such as paid advertising and influencer collaborations. Otherwise, even the most tempting incentives will fail to generate referrals.

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Sales Hacker Training

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

And then, there are inside sales tools… The human element of sales will never go away — that’s a fact. There are plenty of sales prospecting tools and sales management software to help automate your manual tasks while personalizing your outreach. Fortunately, we’ve been tinkering with many of these inside sales tools for quite a while.

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Cincom Smart Selling

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

In many ways, managing multiple sales channels is like climbing that mountain—it looks easy until you really get into the process, and then the challenges and difficulties become all too apparent. If you currently manage a multi-channel operation, you know how naïve this statement sounds. You Need Channel Management.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

By working closely with stakeholders across the organization, sales operations enhances sales success, improves customer relationships, and significantly impacts the company’s profitability. Modern customers expect personalized, connected experiences across multiple channels, from online to in-person.

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Sales Hacker Training

MARCH 14, 2023

Here’s a list of the best lead generation tools on the market today. These solutions range from CRM tools to exit-intentlead capture to sales management tools to marketing software and beyond. We’ve broken down the best lead generation tools into four distinct categories. Visit their pricing page to learn more.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Games that are simple to understand, easy to operate, and connected to company goals are better-received by workers. Employee engagement increases when the incentives are worth the effort required to do well. When executed properly, contests can dramatically boost sales productivity by offering incentives for high performers.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 1, 2021

Expansion to new territories is never easy, but the coronavirus is providing a wakeup call for enterprises and established companies to start looking at how customers say they prefer you to sell to them. The digital push has changed many markets, bringing some in-line with the sales channels you can make available to them.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 27, 2019

Word-of-mouth marketing, on the other hand, refers to marketing initiatives that actively influence and encourage word-of-mouth discussions about your brand, company, or products. Consider all review channels: From Yelp to Glassdoor to G2 Crowd, there are so many platforms your customers can use to leave reviews. The question is, why?

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Cience

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Why has a multi-channel approach become more important? It’s the seller’s responsibility to adapt its approach to the market ; it’s not the market’s responsibility to adapt to any company. Online tools are a complement to, not a substitute for, in-person dealer visits, and car buyers are very discriminating in their use of these tools.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Have they set up their profiles to reflect both their personal and the company brand? Incent them correctly and you get what you want. Mis-align incentives and you get nothing. This means that getting Sales to use the tools requires you to be the best salesmen in the company. Getting the Most from Sales Cavemen.

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Nutshell

MARCH 19, 2024

As the backbone of any business, the sales team needs to be efficient to meet targets and ensure the company remains profitable. We’ll also explore some of the challenges sales reps face that impact their productivity, detail how to calculate your team’s sales productivity, and discuss the best tools to help you increase it.

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Zoominfo

MAY 20, 2021

Email is the OG digital marketing tool. That statistic alone offers an incentive for brands to take a closer look at their email marketing strategy and to maximize return. In fact, for the past ten years in a row, email has been the channel that produces the highest ROI for marketers. A marketing tool with staying power.

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Zoominfo

JULY 1, 2018

30% of companies say their social selling training needs ‘a complete overhaul’ ( source ). Even better than trying to control negative reviews, offer an incentive to customers who leave positive reviews of your product online. As highlighted in our previous point, it’s important to hear what people are saying about your company.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

51% of people think "thorough contact information" is the most critical element missing from many company websites. Choose a primary content channel (like a blog, social media platforms, or a podcast), and focus on creating content that is: High-quality. Informational. SEO-friendly.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 29, 2021

An ecosystem of related products and channel partners exist around every B2B product. If you look at the 10 largest SaaS companies and the five leading cloud providers , for example, 14 out of the 15 have hundreds or thousands of technology and channel partners. Moving data securely between a company and its partners.

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SBI

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

As a means to drive that profitable growth, companies are implementing digital transformation projects to more effectively engage with their customers and build stronger relationships. To be successful, companies must deliver a sales experience that is equal to or better than what buyers expect or risk getting quickly left behind.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 10, 2013

Are the tools we’ve invested in generating a return? Use the Expense to Revenue Reality Check tool to do this. Perhaps you raised quotas and incentives to get more rep productivity. A “Mid-Cap” software company’s numbers are in light blue. The company is spending 18% of revenue on sales expense and the benchmark is 20%.

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The Spiff Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

To make the referral beneficial for both the company and the referring party, the call center offered a $500 bonus once the employee was hired and actively employed for 90 days. Leverage the channels your team uses most frequently for important notifications. Super motivating right? Well, not exactly. Consider these questions?

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Allbound

MAY 28, 2019

6 Ways to See Real Growth in Your Channel this Spring. Your channel partner program is sure to be a beneficial stream of revenue for your company, but there are rainy days to balance out the great ones. I have and it’s almost as fun as losing a channel partner. Give your partners the incentive to grow. Let it Grow.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 13, 2013

Or sales recruiting to staff a new go-to-market channel. This post will help you answer this question – and it includes the tool “SFE Funds Finder”. To learn how other top companies fund initiatives, register for this event: How To Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute. Your Challenge. Who Should Pay?

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Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 10, 2016

Channel Strategy: Building a Sustaining Partner Community. -A What I would like to do in this blog is attempt to document and tell the story of one Worldwide channel focused software organization that did it the best– at building their channel. Constantly invent new sales or partner incentive programs.

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Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

A typical definition of a lead is any potential customer who has expressed interest in a company’s goods or services. From sales to marketing to overall business benefits, there are many reasons to invest in B2B lead generation tools and strategies. Tools Defining your ICP is essential, but it can also be time consuming.

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