Sales Hacker

AUGUST 12, 2021

Not involving the decision-maker. Recent research indicates that at smaller sales organizations, the inability to identify decision-makers is still a major deal killer. Deals are 80% less likely to close when a decision-maker isn’t directly involved in the experience.?So How to prep and empower your team.

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BrainShark

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Reps need to know A LOT to be at their best in front of buyers, but has your sales training strategy kept up with the times? Many organizations’ sales training has grown stale by relying on old-school tactics, like on-site boot camps and long-winded presentations, causing information overload for new reps.

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Highspot

JANUARY 3, 2024

Read on to discover how reps can confidently approach each closing conversation with closing sales training that works. Sales leaders and reps can efficiently navigate this crucial stage of the sales process with ongoing coaching and training. Let’s explore the key benefits of developing a comprehensive sales training program.

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Vengreso

AUGUST 21, 2023

In the digital era, sales professionals need to embrace social selling training to remain relevant and successful. Tips for adoption of social selling training. Digital marketing can leverage this skill to establish lasting customer loyalty and improved brand awareness. Why some companies, teams and individuals resist it.

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BuzzBoard

MARCH 28, 2024

An Overview of the Marketing Agency Sales Process The sales process in a digital marketing agency is a multi-step journey that requires a thorough understanding, strategy, and execution. Before engaging potential clients, a marketing agency needs to first identify its target market and generate leads.

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Product Management University

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Product marketing roadmaps aren’t a staple in most B2B organizations, but there are a host of reasons they should be. The biggest reason metaphorically speaking, is they willingly “fence the salesforce” into your most lucrative markets and give them a shorter path to meeting sales quotas and revenue goals. The short answer is no.

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Shari Levitin

AUGUST 23, 2023

Did I strategically plan to stockpile various tape brands in the kitchen… or use Thomas Goetz’s decision-making tree in deciding to place the Nyquil next to the wrench? (I Your junk drawer, like your sales and sales training process, undergoes a natural sort of entropy. ” Unfortunately, most training programs are no different.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Marketing and sales have switched to account-based everything, which crystallizes focus on the customer. Revenue teams – Companies will move beyond simply aligning sales and marketing toward revenue teams?—?super super teams that include customer success in the same organization as sales, marketing and operations.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Closing an enterprise sale in a niche market follows the same sales funnel as any other deal, but a bit more fine tuned. Enterprise sales, also known as complex sales, refer to the selling strategy used by large organizations involving long sales cycles, multiple decision-makers, and higher levels of risk. Enterprise Sales.

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Lead411

APRIL 17, 2024

Mastering GTM Strategy: A Comprehensive Guide to Success The difference between skyrocketing success and stagnation might be a well-executed Go-to-Market (GTM) strategy. Grasping the Core Concepts of GTM Strategy: A GTM strategy, at its heart, is just a detailed plan for getting a service or product to market.

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HeavyHitter Sales

APRIL 7, 2013

During lengthy sales cycles, evaluators frequently become reoriented toward other emergencies and the decision makers disappeared. Increasingly, purchasing has more say over decisions that were previously made solely by business areas. Product Commoditization. Other Steve W.

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Corporate Visions

AUGUST 2, 2019

The post Can Online Sales Training Be Better Than the Classroom? When it comes to creating lasting behavior change, most sales leaders assume that online sales training is just a pale imitation of the in-person classroom. So, what are the pros and cons of online training versus classroom training? Not anymore.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 20, 2020

As a result, B2B sales and marketing teams are yanked towards inside sales strategies like account-based marketing and remote selling. Sales and marketing must banish silos and band together during this turbulent time. Why Account-Based Marketing Is the Right Response. Create a Crisis-Countering ABM Action Plan.

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

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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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Impacting a marketing team’s output in that short period of time requires a quick start. Marketing contribution as a % of Pipeline Opportunities. Marketing contribution as a % of Revenue. In many cases the CMO inherits a transitional marketing team not set-up to drive revenue. Marketing Team Assessment & Roadmap.

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Pipeline

APRIL 1, 2024

This could be a mix of email, content, social media marketing, cold calling, industry trade events, etc. Train your reps to understand a lead’s challenge and offer solutions accordingly. Assess customer data and market trends to lay down the attributes of your ideal customer. Lead evaluation: not every lead is worth pursuing.

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Igniting Sales Transformation

DECEMBER 1, 2019

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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SBI

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Sales tech decision makers suffer from information overload and have to wade through a lot of marketing hype. It doesn’t take long for decision fatigue to kick in. That’s why we publish helpful and free resources—to reduce those frustrations and cut through all the noise.

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Emissary

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

This trend results in additional pressure on sales and marketing organizations to speak the business language of their prospects and customers, not just demonstrate technical expertise. Most vertical marketing strategies are light in nature consisting of tabs on websites, vertical-oriented stock photos and key words added to headers.

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This starts with not rushing the close and should include: Aligning decision makers Gaining consensus Confirming agreements In complex sales, there is often more than one decision maker. This includes: Coachability Continuous learning Sales training All sellers, no matter their rank or title, should remain coachable.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Access to high-quality contact data, market trends, and emerging predictive analytics tools allow for rapid segmentation of high-quality accounts and prospects. Yet, studies show that most sales conversations only get started after repeated attempts to contact one or more decision makers. Why TiLT, Why Now.

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Janek Performance Group

MAY 2, 2023

We’re all familiar with economic fluctuations, emerging markets, new products and technology, and organizational turnover. Uncertainty brings skepticism, tighter budgets, and more decision makers—for new and existing customers. Regular customers still buy, but it’s often prolonged sales cycles with more decision makers.

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Pointclear

JULY 16, 2013

According to recent research, B2B companies are using multiple lead generation tactics including, email marketing, search engine optimization, teleprospecting, inbound marketing, direct mail and trade shows. The same inbound marketing experts will tell you that it might take 50 blogs to impact your website visits.

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Highspot

JANUARY 29, 2024

7 Sales Negotiation Strategies to Close More Deals Sales Negotiating Training Example Sales Negotiating Training Program Work With Sales Enablement to Provide Negotiation Materials and Training What is Sales Negotiation? Case Studies: Analyze real-world case studies to illustrate successful negotiation strategies and tactics.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Sales enablement is the systematic approach of providing your sales team with content, tools, strategies, and training to help them succeed. It provides sales teams with the latest product information, marketing collateral, and L&D, and is a one-stop shop for everything sales- and product-related. Case studies. Objections.

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Zoominfo

JULY 1, 2018

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 ).

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DiscoverOrg Sales

MARCH 30, 2017

Sales reps aiming to displace the current provider were stuck dialing into dead-end corporate switchboard phone numbers, getting stonewalled by gatekeepers, never to reach their buyer’s voicemail box—let alone pitch their product to a decision-maker. According to Hubspot, only 3% of the market is actively ready at any moment.

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Score More Sales

APRIL 30, 2014

Recently we posted about a study that showed the power and necessity of follow up in building relationships with buyers who ultimately do business with you. good rule of thumb is to contact a targeted decision maker (someone who you know is involved in a decision for your products or services) five times by phone with a varied message.

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Highspot

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Incorporating value selling into sales training can help your company stay ahead of the competition. Remember that proper sales training equips sellers with the skills to excel in this approach. This is a must-have for sales training to enhance sales productivity. Know your customer Dive into their motivations and challenges.

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

What really caught my attention though was the discussion around the buyer in today’s market and how the buyer has hi-jacked (my term) the selling process from sales people. With that premise in mind, this article caused me to wonder if we shouldn’t re-examine our sales process at Anthony Cole Training Group.

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LeadBoxer

DECEMBER 8, 2019

If your primary marketing strategy has been to “cast a wide net”, consider only going after your white whales – your ideal accounts – instead. Known as account-based marketing (ABM), companies that treat individual prospects like an entire market can generate 208% more revenue than those who don’t according to MarketingProfs.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 13, 2018

Would you like to reach more decision makers with your sales team's calling efforts? Our company can deliver the names and contact information for thousands of decision makers at Fortune 500 companies. Would you like to reach more decision makers with your sales team's calling efforts?

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Highspot

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Read on for a list of essentials for lead sourcing, nurturing, and actionable tips to outperform in a competitive market. It harmonizes sales and marketing to ensure focus on unified business targets. This results in a more powerful go-to market strategy. What Is a Sales Development Playbook?

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Crunchbase

JANUARY 13, 2023

Today’s average B2B buyer is typically more than halfway through the sales funnel before interacting with a rep, having done their own market research, competitive analysis and price comparisons online. All this is to say, upping your sales strategy won’t mean much unless marketing and enablement teams are empowered in tandem.

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Alice Heiman

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Together, coauthors Byron Matthews and Tamara Schenk have a combined 48 years of experience and expertise in the areas of sales-performance improvement, sales enablement, and sales training. Concerned your team might be bombard ing C-level decision makers with digital outreach? More decision makers. Less loyalty.

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Highspot

JANUARY 14, 2024

Why Virtual Sales Skills Training Matters The shift from in-person to remote work demands new skills. With only 33% of salespeople effective in virtual environments , training in virtual sales skills, emphasizing digital communication and platform proficiency, is crucial to adapting to customer needs in a virtual setting.

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Highspot

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Effective sales onboarding and training: New team members can hit the ground running with a clear sales process. Relationships with customers can lead to future case studies or testimonials. It involves understanding your team’s unique strengths and the specific needs of your market. What are your goals?

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