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Selling Innovation in a Slow Economy

Janek Performance Group

BlackBerry was a pioneer in the smartphone market but was slow to adopt the touchscreen technology that became dominant and was eventually overtaken by competitors such as Apple and Samsung. Xerox had a strong research and development team, but it could not effectively bring its innovations to market.

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4 Tips for Selling to the Social Savvy Buyer

Zoominfo

We know B2B decision makers are using social media to inform their buying decisions. In fact, a recent study suggests that 91% of B2B buyers are active and involved in social media, while 75% are significantly influenced by social content when forming their buying decisions ( source ). Be authentic and offer value.

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Your Sales Kick-Off Meetings Are a Waste of Time!

Igniting Sales Transformation

As sales teams mount their final push to finish 2019 strong, someone in a sales enablement, marketing or sales support role is planning what has become status quo in sales. Use your SKO time to train your sellers how to be better at selling; otherwise scrap the meeting. Lack of training? The annual sales kick off (SKO) meeting.

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Six Clues Your QBRs are Box-Checking Exercises … and How to Fix Them

Emissary

How to fix it: Work with marketing to create templates that are rich in value messaging, and which force customization to the specific client and the state of your relationship. Start with decision-makers who have influence over the next phase of your relationship. There are no sales-oriented calls to action.

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Top 20 Sales & Marketing Vendors to Follow on Twitter @Dreamforce ’14

SBI

More than 1400 sessions, more than 350 exhibitors, 18 keynotes, 20 parties, 2 rock concerts, and 5 opportunities to help charities on site, there is perhaps no bigger event for sales and marketers. Act-On’s streamlined user interface puts first-rate marketing tools at your fingertips, making campaigns and programs easier and faster.

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4 ways to use your CRM to power your sales and marketing feedback loop

Zendesk Sell

Aligning sales and marketing teams is a struggle for many companies. Therefore, marketing may become annoyed when sales doesn’t even use what they produce. Therefore, marketing may become annoyed when sales doesn’t even use what they produce. An MQL is a lead deemed by marketing to likely turn into a customer.

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Drive sales innovation by bottom up entrepreneurialism

Sales Training Connection

Many markets are undergoing a transformational change where the customer is demanding salespeople bring innovative thinking and new insights. A good case in point is the health care market where the Affordable Care Act plus other social and economic trends are transforming the health care landscape. Drive sales innovation.