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5 Ways Marketers Can Close the Engagement Gap with Sales Enablement

Sales and Marketing Management

The answer lies in building a full-scale, comprehensive sales enablement strategy. The post 5 Ways Marketers Can Close the Engagement Gap with Sales Enablement appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Refining Your Closing Process to Accommodate Online Negotiations

Sales and Marketing Management

Body language and other aspects of in-person conversations won't play a role, but other strategies have become more important. The post Refining Your Closing Process to Accommodate Online Negotiations appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. Keep these tips in mind.

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Use a Sales Referral Strategy to Close 70% of Your Deals

Alice Heiman

If a referral closes up to 70% of the time, why are we spending most of our effort on strategies that close less than 1% of the time?! A typical B2B sales strategy relies on Sales Development Reps (SDRs) making cold calls or cold emails to try to set up an appointment for an Account Executive (AE) to deliver a sales pitch.

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How to Align Sales and Marketing to Close More Deals

Revegy

According to John Arnold, Principal Analyst at Forrester, technology and business decision-makers in sales are almost twice as likely as their marketing counterparts to say that marketing teams work independently of other internal functions.

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In the Race to Win More Customers, Sales Needs Digital Transformation

Salesforce users were surveyed about the forces shaping today's workplace. Discover the results and why investments in digital transformation and automation are pushing sales teams ahead.

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Lead Generation Marketing 101: How to Find Leads Your Sales Team Wants to Close

Zoominfo

All eyes are on you, Marketing Manager, to feed the sales team ready-to-close leads. Welcome to lead generation marketing. What is Lead Generation Marketing? Lead gen marketing is what businesses do to attract ideal customers. BTW: Are Your Sales and Marketing Teams Aligned?

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How to Keep Closing B2B Deals Amidst the Pandemic

Sales and Marketing Management

Until the pandemic is over (and maybe beyond that) businesses must adopt new strategies to close sales deals. The post How to Keep Closing B2B Deals Amidst the Pandemic appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Best Practices for Engaging Your Go-To-Market Sales Teams

Speaker: Ruth Stevens, President of eMarketing Strategy

As a B2B marketer, lead generation is likely your Job One. But guess what: It’s after the sales team has gotten into the act where marketing can have an even bigger impact on results. Ways to craft a personalized contact strategy for each buying role at each stage in the buying process.

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The ABM Benchmark Survey

ABM gets better with age — but unfortunately, marketers don't have the luxury of pouring it into an oak barrel for a couple decades to let it mature. It’s clear there’s a maturity gap in ABM strategies, so how can marketers start closing it?

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Boost B2B Sales Productivity & ROI Growth with Automation

It also provides valuable insights into customer behavior, which can be used to target the right prospects and close deals faster. Learn the following: The Pillars of AUTOMATING your B2B Sales & Marketing Strategy What to look for and what to expect when implementing a B2B Workflow & CRM Automation System

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Three Simple Ways To Increase ROI From Your Current Sales Process Immediately!

Speaker: Donald Kelly, Founder & Chief Sales Evangelist at The Sales Evangelist LLC

The average B2B sales cycle can take anywhere from 3 to 9 months to close, depending on the complexity of the product or service being sold. What if there was a way to hit quota while shortening the time it takes to close a deal without dropping your price? How to tap into growing markets for new sales opportunities.

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How to Successfully Coach Your Sales Team to Drive Efficiency

Speaker: Steve Benson, Founder and CEO, Badger Maps

Implementing the right coaching strategy leads to a better relationship between the sales manager and their team and enables everyone to bring out their true potential. To stay competitive in today’s market, you need to implement a formal coaching approach that is aligned with your buyer’s journey and internal processes to drive results.

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7 Must-Have Automated Documents for Sales Success

Companies are increasingly implementing technology to bring efficiency to their workforce. Data accessibility aside, teams continuously struggle with manual processes for document generation. Learn why automating your documents is key to sales success.