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How to Adapt & Succeed When Pivoting to an Inside Sales Strategy

Sales Hacker

Fortunately, by leveraging a few inside sales best practices, outside sales reps can successfully pivot to remote sales. Invest in Video Conference Tools. Maintain Professionalism: It should go without saying, but you should maintain a high level of professionalism during the video conferences you host.

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How the loss of trade shows changed the customer acquisition funnel

Zoominfo

Like everyone else, we had to pivot, and fast.” — Danny Daly, manager, marketing events at ZoomInfo. Since the start of Covid-19, in-person events, conferences, and tradeshows have come to a halt. The majority of live conferences have taken place internationally, where lockdown measures have varied depending on the country.

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GTM 86: Learnings From 6 Successful SaaS Exits with Katrina Wong

Sales Hacker

13:38) Marketing’s pivotal role in preparing for a successful exit. (20:29) Hyper-specific messaging and an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can break through the noise and make marketing efforts more relevant and effective. Highlights: (05:54) Unlocking the secrets to successful startups and exits. (08:19)

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How the loss of trade shows changed the customer acquisition funnel

Zoominfo

Like everyone else, we had to pivot, and fast.” — Danny Daly, manager, marketing events at ZoomInfo Since the start of Covid-19, in-person events, conferences, and tradeshows have come to a halt. The majority of live conferences have taken place internationally, where lockdown measures have varied depending on the country.

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Group travel is down, but not out

Sales and Marketing Management

Organizers of meetings and conferences can at least work around social distancing?—?respect Eidsvold says the company’s incentive travel clients have either pushed planned group travel events to the second half of 2021 or pivoted to an online platform where salespeople earn points that can be redeemed for rewards of their choosing.

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4 Ways Virtual Events Are Reimagining Themselves

Sales and Marketing Management

Since last March, when most of the world pulled the parking brake on travel and live professional events, marketing meetings, conferences and tradeshows have taken place virtually. More than three-quarters of event planners (78%) believe that moving forward, in-person events will pivot to hybrid models. . Even when (if?)

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Too Long.Too Boring.Too Many Distractions

Sales and Marketing Management

Event organizers swiftly pivoted. We give event organizations credit for trying to pivot to virtual, but none could recreate the energy, enthusiasm and engagement of a live event. When it came time to plan our own virtual user conference in December, we were determined to avoid the mistakes we experienced firsthand.