The Pipeline

AUGUST 24, 2011

A couple of weeks ago I posted the first in a series of conversations with Michael Bird, Chief Revenue Officer with NetProspex. The primary focus of the conversation is on various aspects of and best practices in B2B selling. Demand Generation. Cold calling. Communication. Communication Strategy. Customer Care.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 1, 2021

The risk of talking to long-term customers is the conversation tends to evolve into the product and features they like/don’t like. Build a rhythmic sales process — a true strategy — that predictably converts demand into revenue. SALES STRATEGY STEP 4: BUILD A CUSTOMER CONVERSATION MAP. Helpful, but not the full picture.

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Pointclear

AUGUST 20, 2015

These include: Lead and demand generation: How are we attracting and engaging the target audience in building a consistent flow of prospective buyers? You should also look at lead-to-revenue conversion rates across the flow. Your assessment should identify weaknesses and gaps in seven key components of your flow.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In this episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast, we have Nelson Gilliat , Demand Generation Manager at Brantr Media and Author of Death of the SDR , a book whose controversial central philosophy we discuss. Join us for a visionary conversation about getting rid of the SDR role and doing away with commission — and what should replace them.

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Pipeliner

MARCH 2, 2018

Beyond that, it’s providing viable territories and targets, proper support levels, tools for training and enablement, demand generation leadership, and the removal of internal roadblocks. By working closely with marketing, I ran demand generation initiatives. What more could possibly be asked?

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

This involves driving more new logo and renewal revenue, lowering customer acquisition cost, and increasing forecasting predictability. The customer journey can be thought of as a conversation-to-continuity lifecycle. Marketing Operations (MOPs) rose up in the wake of rising automation and omnichannel demand generation.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 22, 2011

The conversation quickly got around to compelling opening statements in an initial call. There are still too many reps I speak to who can’t articulate specifics, and rely too much on general elements, or pre-fab facts provided by their managers, the “old timers” or marketing. Demand Generation. What’s in Your Pipeline?

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Tony Hughes

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Then viable territories and targets, the right levels of support, training and enablement tools, demand generation leadership, and remove internal roadblocks. But before I had the difficult conversation about our future together I worked hard for 6 months ‘trail-blazing our value proposition’ into a new vertical.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

Towards the end of that conversation, I was asked how I felt about voice mail, I said I love voice mail, always leave a message, in fact went on to say that if you don’t leave voice mail messages, you should leave the business. Demand Generation. Cold calling. Communication. Communication Strategy. Customer Care.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 12, 2022

Join us for a great conversation about what account-based marketing is and what it means when it’s done well. If you missed episode #203, check it out here: Putting People at the Center of Sales Conversations with Andy Paul. I love that conversation with Auseh Britt. powered by Sounder. What You’ll Learn. The last is Pavilion.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 28, 2019

Download Our Free Sales Conversion Rate Calculator and Guide. Sales Forecasting. By studying and understanding past data and performance trends, Sales Operations can forecast future sales and report on future goals and needs. Sales Strategy. Sales Team Communications. You should also hold periodic meetings.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 13, 2012

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Buying Process , EDGE Sales Process , Forecast , Funnel management , Interactive Selling , Metrics , Proactive , Productivity , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Time Allocation , execution. Demand Generation. January 2008. December 2007. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Guest Post.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Sales Pipeline Radio features the brightest minds in B2B sales and marketing, sharing secrets to driving greater volume, velocity, and conversion of sales pipelines in any industry. Join the Quotable Sales Podcast for thought-provoking conversations with some of the greatest minds in sales today. Listen here. Listen here.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Some of the “propositions” developed by someone in marketing who base the “value” on “primary” and “secondary” research sources, rather than being based on conversation with live clients. Demand Generation. How The Game Is Won. Cold calling. Communication. Communication Strategy. Customer Care.

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Apptivo

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Pipelines also provide an overview of a salesperson’s individual account forecast and how close the salesperson and the team as a whole are likely to meet their quota. This enables sales representatives and sales managers to forecast more accurately the number and value of deals that will close in a given time period.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 30, 2011

One of the points raised in the clip, is the need to quantify things by using your goal and conversion rates as a means of pinpointing the amount of prospecting one needs to do. Demand Generation. The goal is not to convince you that you should love it, but that you should do it; do it in a methodical and productive way.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 31, 2011

Classes teach how to accelerate the sales cycle by leveraging recent business events, social conversations and social relationships (aka “social intelligence”). Demand Generation. What’s in Your Pipeline? Tibor Shanto. Cold calling. Communication. Communication Strategy. Customer Care. Dependability.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

What he used to do as part of his pipeline reviews, and in conversations with reps in general, that is, ask an uncommon question, one that complemented the obvious question all reviews have. Demand Generation. The obvious question was “what are you going to close this… ?” Cold calling. Communication.

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Miller Heiman Group

APRIL 18, 2018

Coaching services – Sales coaching is the process by which sales managers and others use a defined approach and specific communication skills, combined with domain expertise, to facilitate conversations with team members to uncover improvement areas and opportunities for new levels of sales success.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 30, 2011

3:45 PM EDT – John Doerr: Keys to Mastering Successful Rainmaking Conversations. Demand Generation. Also on Friday May 13, I share the bill with a stellar group covering some hot topics: 12:00 Noon EDT – Paul McCord: Build a Solid Business on Referrals by Knowing Who Your Client Knows. Thank you for your support!

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The Pipeline

MAY 7, 2011

3:45 PM EDT – John Doerr: Keys to Mastering Successful Rainmaking Conversations. Demand Generation. Here is the line up for Day 5: Friday May 13, I share the bill with a stellar group covering some hot topics: 12:00 Noon EDT – Paul McCord: Build a Solid Business on Referrals by Knowing Who Your Client Knows.

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The Pipeline

MAY 13, 2011

Buyers want to have an intelligent two-way conversation, and this won’t happen with some over-cologned “closer.” I understand you still need to get the order, but the route to getting the order requires salespeople who can converse appropriately, from the top of the funnel to the bottom. Demand Generation. Cold calling.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 23, 2012

Track your key conversion rate between stages of the sales to ensure you can create balance in your pipeline and calendar. Demand Generation. Much like in running, you need to ease up a bit in regular intervals if you hope to sell, improve, and stay sane in the process. Cold calling. Communication. Communication Strategy.

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SalesLoft

JANUARY 7, 2016

When we think about sales development metrics, we need to think about them the same way we think about demand generation metrics, marketing metrics, and sales metrics: across the entire revenue chain, you need to map out your entire process. Craig’s game plan behind his sales development metrics? Map out your process.

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Gong.io

APRIL 10, 2018

Fortunately, generating more revenue is simple. It can be deconstructed into two levers : More sales conversations. Better sales conversations. VP of Sales Lever #1: More Sales Conversations. Now that you know your numbers, including the required 40 opportunities, get your forecast from demand generation.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 12, 2011

The experience had left her drained, and she needed to update me, in case Darren decided to take the conversation up a notch and call me. But she couldn’t get Darren past generic grievances. There are times when we would like to move a conversation out of complaint mode and straight into resolution. Demand Generation.

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Gong.io

APRIL 10, 2018

Fortunately, generating more revenue is simple. It can be deconstructed into two levers : More sales conversations. Better sales conversations. VP of Sales Lever #1: More Sales Conversations. Now that you know your numbers, including the required 40 opportunities, get your forecast from demand generation.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 15, 2011

Continuous Nurturing: By creating a post-handoff nurturing program jointly with your sales team, marketers can continue to provide late-stage “touches” that help to prove the value sales reps bring to the conversation. Marketing automation software generates the data marketers need to provide new levels of support to sales. Guest Post.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 26, 2011

As you would expect the topics covered many aspects of lead nurturing, lead conversion, and interaction between sales and marketing not only in nurturing leads, but nurturing prospect/opportunities. Demand Generation. Cold calling. Communication. Communication Strategy. Customer Care. Dependability. Don't Wait. Gap Selling.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Conversely, HR may see amiability or sociability as an important attribute, while a sales manager may see that attribute a distant fourth behind trustworthiness, inquisitiveness or other attributes that will help a sales person in formulating a solution. Demand Generation. Cold calling. Communication. Communication Strategy.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 11, 2011

Say the speed with which an athlete run 100 metres, the batting average of a ball player, the length of time from hand shake to close, or the rate of conversion of prospects to proposals, etc. Demand Generation. Metrics measure productivity and effectiveness of key activities in a process. Cold calling. Communication.

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Mindtickle

JULY 24, 2017

It then created a certification program to ensure each member of its frontline team was on message before they had customer conversations. “We In fact, public tech investors like revenue growth rates above 30% in the two forecasted years after the IPO. Then we formed a group of best performing reps and managers who we call black belts.

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Mindtickle

JULY 24, 2017

It then created a certification program to ensure each member of its frontline team was on message before they had customer conversations. “We In fact, public tech investors like revenue growth rates above 30% in the two forecasted years after the IPO. Then we formed a group of best performing reps and managers who we call black belts.

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Mereo

MARCH 26, 2020

At Mereo, we have developed a unique approach to revenue performance that leverages the inherently interdependent operational disciplines of demand progression, solution marketing, solution management, sales operations and sales enablement. We have touched on demand generation and solution marketing the past couple weeks.

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The Pipeline

MAY 16, 2011

One example is prospecting, more specifically for many lead gen and lead conversion to appointments and then prospects. Demand Generation. If you follow this blog, you know that I believe in allocating time, and managing activities , rather than the simple notion of managing time. hours or 2.7 hours per day. Cold calling.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 16, 2011

then it goes to follow that you have a good chance of engaging with the next shipping manager if you lead the conversation based on the list you created. Demand Generation. Cold calling. Communication. Communication Strategy. Customer Care. Dependability. Don't Wait. EDGE Sales Process. EDGE Selling. Funnel management.

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The Pipeline

JULY 4, 2011

I still see many people call, as well as receive calls from sales people who start the conversation by asking: “can you tell me who is in charge of your receivables?” Your lack of confidence distracts from the conversation, you may think you are being polite and respectful, but you’re not. Demand Generation.

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