Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Q: What do sales leaders, meteorologists, and economists all have in common? It’s a tough ask, and in many ways, sales leaders have the most difficult time of them all when predicting the shape of tomorrow. Unlike meteorologists or economists, their industry doesn’t use data as the bedrock of forming their forecasts.

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SBI

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Six Essential Skills for Responding to Sales Objections. By Randy DeHaan, Director of Sales, Chorus.ai. Every sales rep has experienced it: A call is going well until a prospect voices objections that throw you off, leaving you searching for a response as the silence grows.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 17, 2020

Author: Steve Rietberg and Craig Riley, Gartner In uncertain economic times accurate, timely, and actionable sales forecasts are more important than ever. A combination of real and perceived data quality issues often drive skepticism from sales leaders and sellers. Poor CRM Adoption and Discipline.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JUNE 25, 2020

John Pattison, COO of Objective Management Group (OMG), dug into OMG's remote seller data, and learned that similar to the weather, things aren't always what they appear to be. The table below shows how this data changes according to sales experience.

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The Spiff Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Sales objections are a common occurrence during a typical sales cycle. Therefore, learning how to effectively handle objections is crucial to hitting goals, crushing sales quotas , and developing a successful sales career. Whether you’re new to sales or a seasoned professional, today’s post is for you.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JULY 10, 2018

If you’re dealing with an objection, congratulations! We should relish objections,” says Steve Bryerton , DiscoverOrg’s VP of Sales. I love objections. If you’re NOT getting objections, you’re probably not very close to a sale, because your pospect doesn’t have that uncomfortable feeling of taking a risk.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 2, 2020

Many B2B data providers claim to have the “best” data. But have you ever stopped to think about where these companies get their data and what makes it better than the rest? Data is a big investment – and as a buyer, you should never trust a data provider without first understanding where that information comes from.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 14, 2024

Hiring sales superstars is critical to building a high-performance sales team. These tools are designed to assess and predict, providing a scientific basis for forecasting a sales candidate’s success. They help identify cultural fit, manage different sales approaches, and offer developmental feedback.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Their success hinges on buyer engagement — getting the prospect’s attention, holding it throughout the sales cycle , and maintaining interest to build customer loyalty beyond closing. Here are three must-have data tips to engage B2B prospects and customers for more wins, renewals, and growth. And guess what?

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 7, 2014

How to Shift the Conversation from Product to Objectives. Objectives! In this webinar, sales expert, Tibor Shanto, covers how to shift the conversation from your product to your prospects’ objectives. Join me and Donato Diorio in this exciting and eye-opening journey to sales success. Join us on Thurs.,

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 22, 2020

Steve Taback and I started our respective sales training firms at the same time back in 1985. We became great friends and he became the second licensee of Objective Management Group (OMG) in 1990. He emailed me asking if I had seen a change in any of the scores of the 21 Sales Core Competencies since the Pandemic had hit.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 11, 2019

Author: Tessa Burg In a perfect world, your sales team and your marketing team work side by side to find and close customers. In the real world, however, less than half of companies believe their sales and marketing teams are in any sort of alignment at all. As each team gathers data, it must share that information with the other.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 20, 2024

Although this is an article about sales process, the first two paragraphs have more to do with religion than sales. I’m sure by now you’re thinking, but Dave, what the heck does that have to do with sales process? I mined some data from Objective Management Group, which has assessed around 2.5

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 22, 2018

PREVIOUSLY ON UNDERSTANDING THE SALES FORCE. This article will take the same approach and use the same data from Objective Management Group's (OMG) evaluations of 1.8 This article will take the same approach and use the same data from Objective Management Group's (OMG) evaluations of 1.8

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Zoominfo

APRIL 29, 2022

For go-to-market teams, data is critical to staying competitive, but not just any data. The quality of data matters greatly because bad data negatively impacts every step along the customer’s journey with your brand. To ensure the quality of their data, some organizations hire data quality managers.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 31, 2023

Having good data is no guarantee that a business will make good decisions. But being saddled with low-quality data at the most critical points of strategic decision-making is a recipe for failure — and a lot of lost money. Industry experts at Gartner estimate that poor data quality costs businesses about $13 million a year.

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Anthony Cole Training

JULY 28, 2023

Excerpt from Objective Management Group’s recent webinar on The Data Behind Sales Managers of Elite Teams. Through a deep analysis of sales evaluations and coaching frequencies, we uncover the impact of consistent coaching on various aspects of sales performance.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In this insightful blog post, we will delve into the world of prospecting, account selection, and the transformative impact of data-driven strategies. The absence of a clear, data-driven approach can render prospecting efforts less effective and less efficient. Securing valuable time and breaking through the noise.

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LeadFuze

JULY 25, 2021

9 Overcoming Sales Objections Strategies for Getting Your New Product Launch Marketing Plan on Track. Even when they do, overcoming sales objections needs to be your next goal. Overcoming sales objections of all of those leads is possibly the biggest differentiator between those who succeed and those who don’t.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 25, 2019

Data decay happens naturally because of how often people change jobs or titles, companies go out of business, and mergers occur. Dirty data impacts all areas of an organization, including marketing, lead generation, customer relationships, and finance. Don’t Let B2B Business Data Decay Ruin Your B2B Database.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 12, 2021

Selling in the face of sales objections can be tough. We analyzed 224K+ sales calls spread over 2 million minutes to uncover the truth about the impact of the most common sales objections on deal outcomes. Are sales objections just a mind game? I know just how tough sales can be. “No

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DiscoverOrg Sales

APRIL 12, 2017

Data is no different. The problem with data is that it changes slowly over time, decaying, typically at minimum, 30% per year. Data decay happens similarly to how motor oil ages in your engine. The last thing you want is to spin cycles on bad data until your sales and marketing teams wear out.

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Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This is from the deep data warehouse of Objective Management Group, our partner and the pioneer of the sales assessment. Unfortunately, we also know that less than 10% of sales managers are considered highly effective at this critical role of coaching.

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Zoominfo

JULY 13, 2020

personas based on poorly sourced data, or worse, no data at all), they can be highly misleading and result in failed product launches, subpar marketing campaigns, and lost sales. In order for personas to serve your goals, they need to be data-driven. So what, exactly, does a data driven persona look like?

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Pivoting to sales, and staying with correlations and KPI's, could there be one between how sales managers spend their time and why so few salespeople hit quota? There was a clear correlation between 4 baseball KPI's and the outcome of the World Series.

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 14, 2022

It’s not hard to set sales objectives. Any sales leader can ask their team to increase sales by 50% or cut customer churn in half. . What’s difficult is setting achievable, effective sales goals that have a genuine impact on your company’s long-term strategy. . What different sales objectives look like .

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The Pipeline

MARCH 16, 2017

Not everything prospects say that does not align or agree with your view is an objection, and more importantly, you shouldn’t react to everything as if it was. Some objections/questions, especially when you know when and where they will appear, are actually good. By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca .

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Brands use market intelligence data to guide decision-making in all areas of their businesses, from product development to marketing campaigns to their entire go-to-market strategy. Market intelligence involves two primary data types: external and internal data. This type of data is not meant or public consumption.

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Allego

MARCH 23, 2023

As a result, sales organizations are under intense pressure to achieve their targets and make sure their sales reps perform at a high level. High-performing sales teams can use this AI-powered tool to gather data to help sales reps overcome their unique challenges and raise overall team performance.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Now, I don't want to equate my news with the enormity of Hurricane Harvey or Hurricane Irma, but when I first saw the data, my reaction was exactly the same. This summer, Objective Management Group (OMG) added and began testing for Altruistic Motivation as one of 3 types of Sales Motivation. You can read more about that here.

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Objections. Objections. Objections. Cold call objections are par for the course for outbound sales reps. Follow this 3-point framework to overcome any and all cold call objections you will face. Bonus: We’ll also share 4 cold calling tips to avoid cold call objections entirely. Label their objection.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 27, 2018

From marketing, lead generation and customer relationships, to sales and even revenue, dirty data can have an insurmountable impact on all areas of your business. Let’s look at the consequences of inaccurate data. Here are 36 statistics about dirty data that highlight the importance of database maintenance. source ).

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 12, 2023

Countries around the globe are implementing stricter regulations and larger fines in order to protect the rights of the individuals whose data is being collected. As a data privacy specialist in the UK, I often hear this question from customers and prospects: “How do we remain compliant as we expand into new regions?”

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 2, 2018

I wrote a very popular article about using the phone 3 years ago called, The Next Can't Miss Game Changer for Sales. I have data that shows that the very people who don't score well at hunting (reluctant, ineffective or both) also score poorly at Social Selling while those who score the highest for Hunting score higher for Social Selling too.

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LeadFuze

JULY 18, 2023

Learning how to handle objections in sales calls is a crucial skill for any sales professional. In this blog post, we’ll delve into the art of handling sales objections effectively. We will also highlight the importance of building trust with prospects through effective objection handling.

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Nutshell

APRIL 17, 2023

For today’s sales teams, using data to inform sales strategies is essential. Data enables you to make better-informed decisions, stay on track toward goals, and ultimately, win more sales. How can you use data when creating your sales strategy? Table of Contents What is a data-driven sales strategy?

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The moment a customer voices a sales objection, it’s tempting to do two things. Hearing sales objections make a rep want to: Say these words: “I’ve got the perfect solution for you!”. Handling sales objections well is a skill that separates good reps from their top-performing peers. Smokescreen Objections.

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