Zoominfo

APRIL 24, 2020

Risk Management with Vendors. Normally, vendor-related topics like Vendor Managed Inventory and Vendor Risk Management are not hot topics in the business world. It’s not the time to start asking: Who are my critical vendors? It doesn’t look like hiring was on many decision-makers’ minds either.

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SBI

APRIL 3, 2012

Poor use-ability blatantly translates into sales reps never using the system with any regularity, nor ever realizing its promised benefits. Implementing a CRM system that ultimately fails can significantly harm sales productivity, morale, and a company’s top and bottom-line. CRM vendors certainly know how critical ease-of-use is.

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Crunchbase

JUNE 16, 2023

Some sales teams are currently focusing on prospecting automation features — such as email alerts, CRM integration and email templates — to create highly targeted campaigns. They also use sales performance dashboards to see leads generated and meetings scheduled to help improve customer interactions. Here’s why.

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The global pandemic forced sales teams to change their processes and go digital. Organizations must adapt their sales strategies post COVID-19 to meet customer expectations. Whether you’re looking to implement a remote sales strategy or improve your current strategy, keep reading. What is remote sales? Image Source ).

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Emissary

JANUARY 31, 2023

That’s a challenging environment for sales teams. So you need understand how execs buy enterprise software in this environment. For the best intelligence, move beyond the typical sales research to answer key questions, such as: How are business and technical pain points related? How are buying decisions made?

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DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Back when DiscoverOrg was founded in 2007, our goal was to provide sales and marketing professionals with accurate intelligence on IT decision-makers. According to Gartner, in 2007, spending on software rose 13% and overall IT spending grew 11% worldwide. Why did our co-founders Henry and Kirk pick Information Technology?

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 5, 2023

There are many things to consider if you are interested in starting your career in sales. You’ll also need a thorough knowledge of sales trends and stats to succeed. With a modest, go-get-'em attitude, you can learn the stats you need to know to anticipate what a career in sales has in store for you.

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LeadBoxer

DECEMBER 8, 2019

You’ll also discover 7 ABM software solutions; since there are more moving parts in an ABM strategy versus a one-size-fits-all marketing strategy, you’ll need the right tools to keep everything running smoothly. This strategy requires that a business’s sales and marketing teams work more closely together.

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Vengreso

JUNE 27, 2022

Gone are the days when B2B sales were about making a hundred cold calls a day or visiting clients in person. Also gone are the days when ideal customers from your target companies are knocking at your sales team’s doors in droves. According to a review from HBR, 90% of B2B decision-makers don’t respond to cold outreach.

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eGrabber

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Sales prospecting is the key for any business to sustain and grow. However, prospecting for sales leads, in general, doesn’t yield you much results. But, on the other hand, if you prospect for high-converting sales leads, you will be able to see the difference. Automate Sales Prospecting: Get 500 Qualified Leads Every Day!

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Emissary

DECEMBER 20, 2022

With a market growing this fast, your sales team has wide open opportunity for significant growth. We took some time to survey our network of Emissary Advisors who’ve served as senior IT executives with Fortune 500 companies about how they make buying decisions in this space. Key decision makers are hard to reach. .

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 13, 2012

Most of the time in sale we focus on ensuring we connect with and sell to the key decision makers, influencers, those driving the strategy, in order to build a solid understanding of the buying organization’s objectives and capabilities to realize those objective.

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Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Maybe it was the price, or your seller couldn’t sway a decision maker. These include: Sales process Buying process Competition Marketing Product development Finance A win-loss analysis can reveal your customer’s perspective of your sales process. For example, it can address how your sales team engaged the prospect.

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SalesLoft

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

How much time are your sales reps spending looking for prospects? And more to the point, how much time should they be spending on sales prospecting? Indeed, you may find a sales team aggravated by the time spent on the administrative tasks associated with prospecting. What is sales prospecting? It’s a careful balance.

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Pipeline

APRIL 1, 2024

In fact, most sales teams rely on long-term accounts and word-of-mouth to maintain revenue, which is not a sustainable approach. Create a Formal Sales Process The first step in elevating your lead generation process is to build a definite sales process. Lead evaluation: not every lead is worth pursuing.

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eGrabber

AUGUST 20, 2020

But ironically, this is also the time to ramp up your sales and grow your business. Increasing sales? Read on to know how you can ramp up your B2B sales during COVID. Read on to know how you can ramp up your B2B sales during COVID. B2B Sales in the New Normal. Increased B2B Sales Demos.

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Emissary

MAY 30, 2023

Although we collect dozens of metrics in these studies, there are four recent tech sales stats which should be top of mind for revenue teams, enablement leaders and field marketers… 67% of technology buyers have the same, or increased budget versus last year. Buyers expect more value from their sales partners from the very first interaction.

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Nutshell

MAY 1, 2023

This is why sales qualifying questions are so important. In this article, we’ll share eight sales qualifying questions you can use to weed out bad fit prospects, and why it’s vital that you ask these questions during the sales process. ^ What is the qualifying process in sales? How did you hear about us?

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Gong.io

MARCH 30, 2022

Building software for enterprise customers is never easy. . As a software vendor, your enterprise customers usually represent an important segment—often a strategic one. Gong recently won the #1 spot on G2’s enterprise software list for 2021 (across all software categories).

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eGrabber

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Remember, whether you are launching a new product or hosting a free webinar or introducing an irresistible sales deal, you need a B2B contact list to reach out to them. You need to first find a reliable list vendor. You get to know the outcome only after you have spent enough on your sales & marketing campaigns.

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SBI

JANUARY 14, 2020

Nowadays, buyers and vendors can be so focused on technology that they overlook the single most important component when it comes to a successful CRM project which are the humans who design, sell , implement , adopt and administer the CRM solution. Consider asking the sales person how long he or she has held their current position.

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eGrabber

MARCH 25, 2022

A vast majority of the sales reps feel that B2B prospecting is more challenging than closing sales. Sales reps are even averse to prospecting because of the time & effort it involves to find the prospective customers. With this B2B prospecting software, sales reps would get addicted to sales prospecting.

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PandaDoc

AUGUST 29, 2022

Closing a deal is definitely the most challenging and demanding part of sales negotiations with the customer. An average deal negotiation process typically consists of these steps: Submission of a proposal Promotion to the shortlist Becoming a preferred vendor Scope approval Quote sending Contract sending Contract signing.

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Emissary

JANUARY 19, 2023

With the right sales intelligence tools, you can accelerate and better inform your sales process. TechTarget TechTarget’s powerful data-driven marketing services help tech vendors stay ahead of the ever-changing landscape by leveraging purchase intent information from over 140 technology-focused websites.

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LeadFuze

JUNE 2, 2021

What do Top Sellers Know on How to Close a Sales Deal. Negative comments can drag down the success of a sale, so it’s important to eliminate them. 7 Techniques on How to Close a Sales Deal. The assumptive close is a technique that assumes the sale and continues to go through the motions of completing it. Soft close.

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Sales 2.0

JUNE 29, 2014

It’s a framework aimed at getting you access, setting up those oh-so-important initial sales meetings. My prospecting framework has 3 elements: Define your prospects and get their basic data : for example what industry are they in, how big they are and then data like decision-makers’ emails and direct dial phone numbers.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 21, 2013

5 years ago, the two black boxes of reliable data were Sales and Marketing. Armed with Marketing Automation Software, CMOs are tracing new customers back to their campaigns. However, it leaves sales as the sole department with spotty metrics. These are "inward out" metrics that only Sales leaders care about.

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Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

APRIL 18, 2023

High vs. low switching costs If you’re selling highly differentiated and/or complex products, the switching costs for your existing customers are naturally high: For example, for someone buying an enterprise software solution, switching could mean costly downtime or lost data. Get involved in creating them.

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SugarCRM

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

And yet, in one survey, almost 60% of business decision-makers pointed to lead generation as a top challenge. Someone who signs up for a webinar to find out more about project management is a lead for a project management software vendor. The emails people enter into your site need to go into a sales database or software.

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Allego

MAY 25, 2021

What is AI-assisted sales? Today, AI is used across industries to help decision-makers draw insights from vast quantities of data. And now, AI has come to the profession of sales. AI has also been adopted in other fields, including sales. The Evolution of Sales Enablement. AI-Assisted Sales Solutions.

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Zoominfo

MAY 7, 2020

If you’re dealing with a sales objections…congratulations! You are working with a decision-maker who has some skin in the game, and they’re taking your proposal seriously. We should relish objections,” says Steve Bryerton , ZoomInfo’s Vice President of Sales. ” Most Common Sales Objections.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Effective sales prospecting is a multistep process that requires systematic prospect discovery, qualification, and outreach. In this post, you’ll learn the 19 best sales prospecting tools to help you engage with your ideal prospects. But first, we’ll dive into the benefits sales prospecting tools have for your organization.

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SBI

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Its solution combines access to decision-makers with a technology platform for creating online events. TechTarget was advised in the transaction by BrightTower, a software, information, and business services-focused investment bank. BrightTALK is expected to help accelerate this trend based on its subscription offerings. “We

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 5, 2021

The remote sales landscape is getting stuffy. Research by McKinsey confirms that today’s decision-makers will, in their ideal post-pandemic world, continue to research and make purchase decisions remotely. Across the table (or buffering screen on Zoom), sellers are embracing digital sales and prospecting.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 29, 2012

If you are a Sales Rep in this reality, ask yourself these two questions: Is my new quota fair? Sales Reps with fair quotas and BANT qualified buyers blow away their numbers. This truth was reaffirmed recently when I interviewed a software sales rep named Geoff. He consistently performs in the top 5% of his sales team.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 1, 2020

There are many challenges that come with any part of a sales process — and prospecting is no exception. That’s probably why 42% of sales professionals say prospecting is their least favorite part of their job. Here is a breakdown of the easiest and hardest campaigns I have taken part in to book sales appointments with various clients.

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Crunchbase

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Sales organizations are still adjusting to changes that have upended the industry over the past 18 months. In the world of B2B sales, this reshuffling adds a new layer of risk to an already uncertain buying process. Now is the time for sales professionals to invest in fortifying connections and making new ones.

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