Hubspot Sales

JULY 30, 2020

Warmer months mean more distractions, and with key decision makers on vacation, a potential drop in leads. This is a toxic combination for sales reps and their managers. Sales leaders that fall back on run-of-the-mill motivation techniques struggle to drive their reps toward aggressive growth targets.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 19, 2023

In 2023, many sales organizations will focus on measuring and improving sales productivity. But first… What is sales productivity? Simply put, sales productivity is how efficient and effective your sales reps are at hitting a variety of revenue milestones and goals. Forrester’s 2021 B2B Buying Study ).

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Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2023

In the not-so-distant past, a significant portion of a typical business-to-business (B2B) sales professional’s life revolved around in-person meetings with key prospects and high-value clients. Today, as much as 80% of B2B decision-makers prefer remote or even fully self-serve sales interactions.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 20, 2022

Creating an effective outbound sales strategy for your team can be a tricky proposition. But just because the days of cold calling and big email blasts are mostly gone doesn’t mean that the outbound sales process is dead. Here are four great methods to boost your ROI when using outbound sales techniques. Target your email list.

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Act!

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Each stage has distinct goals and should ideally involve the key stakeholders from your customer service , product development , data analysis, and marketing and sales teams. You can use various tools like feedback surveys , interviews, focus groups , live chat, and support tickets to collect customer data.

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Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

For as long as there have been sales, there have been referrals. Let’s look at how sellers can leverage referrals to boost their networks and grow their business: Advantages In sales, proof is gauged by measured and documented success. What specific incentives do you offer, such as discounts or special offers?

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

“We have a game-changing, disruptive technology, but the economic environment is slowing down our sales,” said a CEO recently. There needs to be more than technological innovation to ensure sales success. Companies with good sales strategies do. More than innovation is needed to ensure sales success.

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Emissary

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The days are starting to shorten, grocery shelves are stocked with Halloween candy, and annual sales goals are quickly coming due. Whether you’re pushing to meet targets or going for bonus incentives, it’s time to pull out all the stops, use every tool available, leverage every advantage you have, and leave no stone unturned.

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Zoominfo

MAY 13, 2018

It’s common knowledge that working in sales is hard. Yet—what most people don’t understand is the extent to which sales pressure can negatively impact an organization. In today’s post we explain the effects of sales pressure and provide ways to mitigate this stress productively. ” ( source ). ” ( source ).

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 3, 2012

I n 2011 you worked hard to produce new value-focused tools, empowering your sales team to meet the growing challenges of today’s more empowered, skeptical and frugal buyer. So how do you get the much needed sales tool adoption to occur in 20012. Is there a way to get sales to overcome this status-quo bias?

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Janek Performance Group

AUGUST 23, 2023

No one wants to miss a deal, and, in sales, time counts. For one thing, uncertain times mean tighter budgets and more decision makers. For every stalled sale, there are a multitude of excuses. For example, show the immediate effect of a Midwest supply chain issue on sales quota. Of course, B2B selling is different.

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Emissary

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Start with decision-makers who have influence over the next phase of your relationship. During the sales process, your organization did a lot of hard work to uncover your client’s needs and link a range of possible solutions to those needs. Create tools to help your client to be successful in collecting measures on their side.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Think sales has changed a lot? But while technology may power sales research, people still power the close. . And it certainly won’t solve our sales challenges. Technology is a great tool, but selling is still a person-to-person business. The #1 Sales Management Problem You Can Fix. B2C incentives work like magic.

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 12, 2013

You’ve worked hard to produce new value-focused tools, empowering your sales team to meet the growing challenges of today’s more empowered, skeptical and frugal buyer. And you are not alone, as SiriusDecisions reports that the average company now spends a whopping $43K on marketing content and sales tools per salesperson per year.

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LeadFuze

AUGUST 18, 2021

3 Sales Voicemail Statistics You Should Know. Are you leveraging sales voicemail as part of your prospecting process? There’s this dirty little rumor circulating the sales world that says voicemail is dead and gone this 2021. 80% of Sales Calls Just Go to Voicemail. Don’t become a sales voicemail leaving zombie.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 6, 2019

There are more answers to that question than ever before, thanks to the variety of tools and channels at a modern marketer’s disposal. But, regardless of the products you sell or the space you sell into, nothing sways a person’s buying decisions quite like a recommendation from their trusted peers.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 19, 2018

Whether you’re sending a sales pitch, a guest post, or asking for a quote -- these mistakes can kill your productivity and your chances. If you have no idea how to write a sales pitch, no problem. Mistake 1: Missing the decision maker. How to find the right decision maker? first.last@company.com.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 1, 2021

It’s a driving factor for how the world gets work done and where future sales potential lies. McKinsey notes that B2B decision-makers are pushing to e-commerce and e-commerce-like sales cycles, and up to 80% prefer either digital self-service tools or to contact teams remotely.

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LeadFuze

JULY 13, 2021

Worrying about how to handle sales rejection? For now, let’s first talk about what sales rejection is. . What is a Sales Rejection? No matter how thick your skin is, if you’re not prepared for the inevitability of sales rejection, then it will be hard to overcome. Sales professionals eat rejection every day!

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 30, 2021

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Neil Ringers , EVP of Revenue Grid. Neil’s experience includes a long history of sales leadership, primarily in the Salesforce ecosystem, and is now running revenue for Revenue Grid. If you missed episode 153, check it out here: Learning Drives Sales Effectiveness with Paul Fifield?.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 29, 2016

The staffing industry is a well-established one in the business world, and money-based incentives have long been the primary mode of motivation. This should engage both the high- and low-performers, maximizing overall sales for your business. Generational Differences in Sales Motivation. Is Money Really the Best Motivation?

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Nutshell

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Read on for our top five tips on how to hold a sales team meeting that’s actually worth everyone’s time. The biggest hurdle when scheduling team sales meetings is finding a time that works for everyone. Pro tip: If you want to maximize attendance, offer incentives. Answering the sales team’s questions.

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SBI

OCTOBER 1, 2014

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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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

It’s common knowledge that working in sales is hard. Yet—what most people don’t understand is the extent to which sales pressure can negatively impact an organization. ” ( source ) In today’s post we explain the effects of sales pressure and provide ways to mitigate this stress productively. Keep reading!

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OpenSymmetry

OCTOBER 28, 2016

“Moving the needle” in terms of overall sales force performance is no mean feat. Sales Enablement – yes, big S, big E – is becoming an increasingly important function of many sales organizations, charged with increasing productivity, typically through the effective application of investments in people, technology, process and content.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 22, 2022

We surveyed over 1,000 sales professionals around the globe to find out the top sales trends of 2022, and one thing is certain – the pandemic made a lasting impact on the relationship between salespeople and their prospects. If you’re looking for a specific insight, you can skip ahead to these sections: The Top Sales Trends.

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Miller Heiman Group

DECEMBER 11, 2019

CRM technology was never designed to help sales representatives sell more. To meet the challenges of today’s marketplace, sales teams need more than a CRM. Today’s CRMs capture insights that relate to—and create incentives around—the underlying key factor that drives better sales results: seller behavior.

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SugarCRM

JUNE 6, 2023

As a learning lesson of our ample collaboration with such enterprises, we have insights into the niche that might help companies in such verticals better implement CRM tools, which is why we put together this CRM playbook. Most companies struggle with fragmented, siloed information regarding customers, global sales, and service teams.

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LeadBoxer

MAY 30, 2021

Business-to-business (B2B) sales involve companies selling products and services to other businesses. In B2B sales, you’re likely to deal with several decision-makers within one company. In fact, salespeople engaged in B2B sales will need to work with an average of seven decision-makers.

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 5, 2021

Building a new sales strategy in the face of a recovering economy is even more exciting when you’ve got a new or revamped product or a slew of new features to give to your customers. You have the product in hand, but without a high-quality sales strategy, it won’t attain the success it was made for. What is a sales strategy?

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OpenSymmetry

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

How likely is your sales incentive plan going to be dead on arrival, riddled with holes caused by requests for changes and exceptions? At least three months prior to the new year, finance teams slave over intricate details and policies for sales incentive plans to make for a smoother payroll cycle next year.

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Nutshell

AUGUST 28, 2023

Creating a structured sales process is one of the most effective ways to boost your sales teams’ efficiency and results. With a formal sales process in place, your sales team has a framework to follow, and it’s much easier to stay on the same page, track results, and onboard new team members.

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SBI

MARCH 18, 2015

This post is part of a series of Executive Interviews of top sales and marketing solutions company executives. What problem/s are you solving for sales and/or marketing organizations? .: Aviso provides the leading predictive insights software designed to help sales teams optimize their performance and exceed their revenue goals.

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LeadFuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

It has an effect on where future sales potential lies. The rise in eCommerce sales means there are both risks and opportunities for companies expanding to this region. As they get further down the sales funnel and process, this preference is even stronger. There are new markets that have been opened up and need your products.

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Chili Piper

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

This stat comes from a Harvard Business Review study and for today’s B2B sales and marketing teams, it has several problems…. The study which measured the correlation between lead response time and likelihood to connect with a key decision maker (i.e. Lastly, there is an incentive for sales reps to take their time.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 17, 2018

Best Sales Podcasts. Sales Gravy. Linking Into Sales Podcast. The Sales Evangelist. Bowery Capital Startup Sales Podcast. Get in the Door: Sales Prospecting Strategies & Tactics. The Sales Babble Podcast. Sales Pipeline Radio. Make It Happen Mondays -- B2B Sales with John Barrows.

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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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