SBI

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

In this series, we ask Sales Tech Executives to describe how their solution can change a sales organization in a significant way. We call it Sales Tech Game Changers. This week I interview Ian Levine , Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of RO Innovation. No database searching or guessing.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

Sales reps can easily lose a successful sale if they don’t have the right tools or framework to work with. Both market and sales intelligence fall under the umbrella of lead intelligence, which collectively gives comprehensive insights about prospects. What is Sales Intelligence? What is Market Intelligence?

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SugarCRM

JANUARY 17, 2023

Over the past three decades, Sugata has worked for companies like Honeywell, Phillips, and Dell, building global teams across direct and indirect channels. Sugata has a unique specialty in solving complex industry problems that create new business opportunities through channel ecosystems, which led him to found his company ZINFI in 2008.

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PandaDoc

MAY 30, 2019

A slow sales cycle is kryptonite to good sales teams. In today’s highly competitive business environment, it’s the fastest-growing technology companies that end up dominating the market. So, to be the best, you need to speed up your sales cycle. Leverage team-based selling.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 20, 2021

Overflowing the sales funnel with leads doesn’t necessarily guarantee more paying customers in the end. Abundant lead conversion can happen when sales reps practice meaningful engagement with them throughout the sales funnel. Leads transform into customers by stepping through a carefully curated sales funnel.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 13, 2018

Social media has completely transformed the way people interact with each other—including the way sales professionals interact with customers and prospects. Social selling is one of the hottest trends in the business world, yet many sales professionals remain skeptical of its effectiveness. As a sales person, we must be visible.

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Allbound

DECEMBER 5, 2018

At the core of channel sales enablement is the assurance that channel partners can function autonomously while vendors maintain and manage consistent branding, messaging, and more. According to the CSO Insights 2016 Channel Sales Optimization Study , 46.9 Increase sales productivity. Organize your assets.

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Alice Heiman

APRIL 11, 2023

Is your sales team struggling to have conversations with the right buyers? Better prospecting is the most direct path to increase sales conversations. Wendy Weiss takes us through the four steps to improve your sales team’s ability to schedule sales calls. Watch the podcast below or on our YouTube channel.

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Autoklose

MAY 6, 2024

Many people wonder whether sales is an art or a science. Here are some tested-out and working selling techniques that have been corroborated by numerous stats. Table of Content What Is Science-Based Selling? Yes, You Can Sell on Social Media 5. Leverage EQ Closing Words What Is Science-Based Selling?

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The Brooks Group

MARCH 18, 2019

When executed effectively, channel sales can allow your company to grow and expand rapidly. In order to be successful, you must strategically build your distribution channel network and follow the right steps to develop a strong, ongoing relationship with each channel partner. What is a Channel Sales Program?

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PandaDoc

MAY 9, 2024

Sales velocity is a robust metric used by sales managers for good reason. It presents a snapshot of how your entire sales process is performing. This guide will explain the sales velocity formula and what it means for your business. Sales enablement tools like CRM platforms help increase sales velocity.

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SalesHandy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

You need to stay updated with the latest sales statistics for setting up your goals, defining the KPIs, and measuring the performance metrics of your sales team. But, the sales statistics frequently change depending on the buyer’s behavior and sellers’ persona, economic conditions, and market sentiments to reflect trends.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 13, 2021

Exceptional sales performances aren’t achieved through sheer willpower — they’re accomplished by understanding goals that are easily tracked and planned out. Sales reporting helps managers track and monitor progress to keep a pulse on sales cycle profitability. Purposes of a Sales Report.

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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. So, what is ACTUALLY working? There is no one-size-fits-all!

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Allbound

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Even for the most channel-centric companies, partner conflict is inevitable. Conflict can occur for various reasons such as pricing, poor communication, or even deals poached by the direct sales team. To increase channel sales, it’s vital to keep your product top of mind with your partners. Let’s face it.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 31, 2024

Here’s how your GTM team can capitalize on high-value buying signals to sell smarter and win faster. When another key account hits the pricing page, the team-wide coordination you set up to triage the first account should click into action more or less automatically — you’ve done the work, now put it on repeat.

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SBI

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

We call it Sales Tech Simplified. It is the primary objective for CEO’s and for Sales and Marketing executives. For Sales teams, Model N solutions streamline the Quote to Cash process with smart selling solutions like CPQ and Contract Lifecycle Management, designed to shorten sales cycles and maximize deal value.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Author: Matt Suggs More than ever before, buyers can scan hundreds of reviews and articles about a product online, forming opinions before they even interact with a sales representative for the first time. Modern sellers must evolve their sales approach, reinventing their pitch to include information that can’t be found on the internet.

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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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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

When developing a sales strategy, many leaders aren’t sure where to begin. There are various stakeholders, priorities, markets, and channels to align, and the right mix for your business may not always be clear. To craft an effective modern sales playbook , data and analytics must reign supreme. What is a Sales Strategy?

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Every business dreams of a pipeline of well-qualified inbound leads that land in their sales team’s laps. The goal is to connect and cultivate buyer interest, screen prospects, and eventually convert them into sales-ready leads. Marketers and sales reps generate outbound leads by actively reaching out to prospects.

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Alice Heiman

APRIL 2, 2024

On “Sales Talk for CEOs,” Alice Heiman was joined by Mark Fershteyn of Recapped, whose journey from sales struggles to CEO offers a roadmap for innovation in sales strategies. Embracing Adaptability and Process Reflecting on his early days in sales where he was struggling and almost got PIP’d.

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BuzzBoard

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

For example, a manufacturer might sell raw materials to another manufacturer, who then uses those materials to produce finished goods. B2SMB strategies aim to address the unique challenges and requirements of SMEs, who make up a significant portion of the overall business landscape.

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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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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

This multitouch buying experience poses a difficult question for marketers: Which channels actually contribute to an eventual conversion—and how much did each channel contribute? Attribution models don’t just give marketers credit for the sake of credit—they also help assess the effectiveness of various campaigns and channels.

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Highspot

MAY 3, 2024

Imagine that only 28% of your sales reps expect to hit quota. As a sales leader, you’d probably scoff at this. But according to Salesforce, this is the reality for many businesses, and the pressure to hit revenue targets has companies looking to improve sales processes to boost performance. What is Revenue Enablement?

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Zoominfo

MARCH 9, 2021

Marketing teams work in a cross-functional capacity to develop ongoing, omni-channel strategies that utilize a portfolio of tactics to connect value propositions to the right audience. Demand Gen = Sales + Marketing. Demand generation is a joint effort between a business’s marketing and sales organizations.

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Janek Performance Group

JUNE 10, 2024

Because sales is more complex than ever, professionals in the field have to keep in mind they face the very real possibility that they’ll be selling to a group of decision-makers, rather than a single final decider. This is particularly true when a sale to an organization involves more than one department. How to go about it?

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Nutshell

MAY 7, 2024

Revenue includes new sales and opportunities resulting from the show, while expenses may include entrance fees, booth rental fees, employee time, and other costs. ROO measures how well participating in a trade show helped your company meet its non-sales objectives. What is return on objectives (ROO)?

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Mereo

MARCH 21, 2024

A multi-national software provider’s sales cycles was running 12-18 months on average. When they engaged Mereo to address this, we conducted a win-loss analysis and discovered that the majority of the sales cycles were really about three to four months. To say deal velocity was slow would be an understatement.

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Believe it or not, the new year is right around the corner– and that means it’s time to plan your sales compensation strategy for 2024. But, in this era of constantly shifting market conditions, it can be difficult to know what changes will best set your sales organization on the path towards success. Don’t worry, we’re here to help!

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Crunchbase

JANUARY 26, 2021

Every year in the sales industry brings new trends and processes for business leaders to consider. Over the last few decades, we’ve seen the rise of everything from e-commerce, to virtual reality sales. Channels in the sales playbook are evolving. So, how do you speed things up for your team?

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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. Keeping an eye on your team’s sales productivity is one of the best ways to track performance and nip bottlenecks in the bud. Table of Contents What is sales productivity? What is sales productivity?

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 18, 2022

I recently read a LinkedIn post, one of the statements was, “Sales are math.” The noun form of the word, Sales, is about accounting for a transaction. When I was EVP of Sales, every day I would call my sales ops VP, asking her, “What did we book in sales today?” What is selling?

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Ideal Customer Profile Face-to-face Retail Sales Cycle 88

Engage Selling

APRIL 6, 2015

Are all of your channels and platforms reflecting this? Learn real strategies to make boom & bust sales cycles a thing of the past. Pick up Nonstop Sales Boom today! It could mean the difference between attracting or repelling potential clients.

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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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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 23, 2022

Having powerful software is an undeniably critical component of any strong sales strategy. Fortunately, we did some digging to determine which areas of the sales cycle leaders are investing in most heavily for 2022 and beyond. These included: Following up on sent contracts 35.92%. Following up cold prospects 33.25%.

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