The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Earlier this year I had the great opportunity to be on the air with Todd Schnick , of Intrepid Radio ([link] We talked sales, some new nuggets, some familiar favourites, but always with an eye to execution. Demand Generation. CNi Rapid Research. Join the Renbor Sales Solutions LinkedIn Group. Intrepid Radio.

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SBI

JANUARY 18, 2018

Matt: LeadGnome’s reply email mining service gives Sales a competitive advantage by identifying actionable intelligence that presents an opportunity to connect with the right leads, at the right time, to drive more revenue. Identify sales trigger events – beat your competition to opportunities and increase your win rate to 74%.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

I was working with a group of sales managers earlier this week, including observing some pipeline reviews. Of course this is all well and good if you had a good role model, which it seems this group did; or it could turn out to be a disaster if you have the wrong type of manager, and now those habits get passed on to the next generation.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Stored in Attitude , Communication , Communication Strategy , Demand Generation , EDGE Sales Process , Funnel management , Impact Questions , Interactive Selling , Next Steps , Proactive , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales eXchange , execution , qualifying. Demand Generation. CNi Rapid Research. Book Notice.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 3, 2011

With so many opportunities to ensure customer satisfaction, it is a wonder how some companies keep blowing it. Decided to take a different tack and took my story to twitter, put out a tweet asking if Rogers had a customer service group or a customer obstruction group. Demand Generation. CNi Rapid Research.

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Emissary

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

You want to be sure that the verticals you select are narrow enough that your targets recognize themselves in the group of accounts. You’re looking for a group of accounts experiencing the same market conditions (regulations, consumer behaviors, and economic factors) in the same way. The key to everything is personalization.

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Pointclear

JULY 7, 2015

According to SiriusDecisions’ Research Brief 1 , the problem with lead scoring at many organizations is as follows: Lead scoring models are based on assumptions or inadequate sales input. Let's take a look now at what our first group of experts had to say. This forces them to process leads as opposed to qualifying opportunities.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

After all, if like most sales people you have a close ratio of 25%-30%, it is more efficient to remove those opportunities that won’t close early, leaving you the ones that, with effort by you, will close. Demand Generation. CNi Rapid Research. Join the Renbor Sales Solutions LinkedIn Group. Tibor Shanto.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Marketing and Sales Development groups tackle engagement, Sales covers execution, and Customer Success and Account Management handle continuity. Marketing Operations (MOPs) rose up in the wake of rising automation and omnichannel demand generation. Any rating differences are clear areas for coaching opportunities.

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The Pipeline

JULY 25, 2011

Some only want to look at their successes and ignore those things that did not go their way, fooling themselves by only looking at those things are familiar and ignoring the real opportunities to learn what went wrong, and what they could do differently next time out. Demand Generation. CNi Rapid Research. Tibor Shanto.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 19, 2011

” One of the things we discover are opportunities that have been there for some time, long term tenants. Eventually this build up does clog the flow of deals and opportunities through the pipeline and results in a massive attack on your income and success. This comes down to having active opportunities in the pipe vs. inactive.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

This concern applies to coverage for existing accounts, or harvesting the new business opportunities. If you focus is new accounts, the shrinking territory will create a focus on accounts that would be over looked in the perceived plenty in larger territories, take away the clutter and the opportunities become more clear. Book Notice.

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The Pipeline

MAY 20, 2011

You meet him for the first time and he’s done a ton of research. What was the last thing you bought without researching it first on the web? For anything important you’ll have looked up what you think your problem or opportunity is and the different ways of solving it. Demand Generation. JF Corporation.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 15, 2011

Even more than before the words Status Quo have become synonymous with a complete lack of opportunity for sales people. Demand Generation. CNi Rapid Research. Join the Renbor Sales Solutions LinkedIn Group. This has become much more the case since the introduction of the marketing term Sales 2.0. Book Notice.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

It is an opportunity for them to explore issues further. Chances are if you have not heard it before, it may provide an opportunity to move things forward with this prospect and to incorporate it in sales moving forward. Demand Generation. CNi Rapid Research. Join the Renbor Sales Solutions LinkedIn Group.

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The Pipeline

MAY 7, 2011

Now you have an opportunity to get direct input from 35 of the world’s best know sales experts, all part of the 2011 Sales & Marketing Success Conference , presented by Top Sales World. Demand Generation. CNi Rapid Research. Join the Renbor Sales Solutions LinkedIn Group. Book Notice. Book Review.

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Our meet the team series is a blog post series we created to give us the opportunity to introduce the faces behind the Spiff brand. After working for many years in software QA, Kevin jumped at an opportunity to become a product leader. Sine is UX Designer with a keen interest in research. Oscar Mares, UX Research Intern.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

A New Generation of B2B Buyers B2B buyers ’ needs have changed dramatically in recent years. Just as shoppers want to research, compare, and buy consumer products online, B2B buyers want the same flexibility and ease when purchasing business products and services. Heather has her B.A. in Journalism from Northeastern University.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

This can be an overview of new research, feedback from a recent customer briefing, review of new market trends or analyst data, or even a quick presentation or interview (live or recorded) with an actual customer. Demand Generation. CNi Rapid Research. Join the Renbor Sales Solutions LinkedIn Group. Motivation.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 23, 2012

It is an opportunity to sit down for a brief period of time, not rushed by the day or week, and ensure that everything is as it should be if you are going to move things forward in the right direction. Demand Generation. CNi Rapid Research. Join the Renbor Sales Solutions LinkedIn Group. Book Notice. Book Review.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The nearsighted perspective presents quantitative information including the number of sales opportunities, the stages they are in, and the expected revenue from each sale. Measuring soft intangibles will deliver better opportunity management by salespeople. Demand Generation. CNi Rapid Research. Book Notice.

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The Pipeline

MAY 12, 2011

Is there a lost opportunity cost associated with this? Your salespeople must be able to identify the questioning opportunities in real time while their prospects are responding to the question currently in play. Dave is the founder and CEO of Objective Management Group, Inc., Demand Generation. CNi Rapid Research.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 10, 2011

If the buyer has objections or concerns about where you want to go, and how you plan to get there, they can voice those before the meeting, giving you the opportunity to adjust in advance rather than at the fatal end. Demand Generation. CNi Rapid Research. Join the Renbor Sales Solutions LinkedIn Group.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 30, 2011

Tohoku earthquake and a tsunami which delivered 46ft waves, we learn that the death toll is likely to top 25.000, and recovery is going to take not years, but possibly decades, maybe even a generation, at a cost of at least $250 billion. Demand Generation. CNi Rapid Research. Friday May 13th 4:30 – 5:00 EASTERN.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 12, 2011

The fact that they may be seeking a solution, suggests that they are facing some challenges, obstacles and gaps in their ability to attain those objectives, or what I call opportunity. The bonus to the no decision camp is the opportunity to rekindle the opportunity with elements learned, and create a win in shorter time frames.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 3, 2011

Get it right, and each of your campaigns can deliver you fresh sales opportunities within days, and sometimes even minutes. At KLA Group, we have a rule of thumb: no prospecting or lead-generation email should be more than 175 words, and they all need to be three paragraphs or less. Demand Generation. Book Notice.

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The Pipeline

JULY 19, 2011

As for the statement: “Gartner, a research organization, predicts that by 2020, 85 percent of interactions between businesses will be executed without human intervention. Rather than discussing how we will be replaced by machines, he outlines the advantage and opportunities presented to B2B sales people in the future.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 26, 2011

Last Friday I had the opportunity to be part of a high power panel as part of a Focus RoundTable, looking at best practices in nurturing leads. As you would expect the topics covered many aspects of lead nurturing, lead conversion, and interaction between sales and marketing not only in nurturing leads, but nurturing prospect/opportunities.

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Pointclear

APRIL 18, 2012

My guest today for this third PowerViews interview is Trip Kucera, Senior Research Analyst at Aberdeen Group. Prior to joining Aberdeen Group, he spent years in the trenches with companies including Progress Software, LogMeIn, and SuccessFactors. This might be a perfect opportunity to start influencing them. Stay Tuned.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 7, 2020

The Bridge Group, Inc. The Santa Fe Group. Executive Vice President & Group CEO – Verizon Business. Jim Pattison Broadcast Group. Finsight Group Inc | Deal Roadshow. UnitedHealth Group. Group Vice President, Advertising Sales and Partner Solutions for Inclusion Audiences. Shari Begun.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 5, 2012

At this point, you usually have the following options: Try something different, not captured in the process, this where you can improvise, and get “creative” Often the most obvious choice of letting the opportunity go for now and work on one that conforms to the success pattern. Demand Generation. CNi Rapid Research.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 7, 2011

The following Monday, I took inventory of all the people at the Monday opportunity review meeting, since this was a must attend all the sales people were there. Demand Generation. CNi Rapid Research. Join the Renbor Sales Solutions LinkedIn Group. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 13, 2012

But what if you know you cycle was 10 weeks, and you diligently added four new viable opportunities to your pipeline every week, and continued to close one a week, would it really matter if it was the first day of the year, last day of the month, last day of the quarter, or February 29. Demand Generation. CNi Rapid Research.

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Mereo

JULY 14, 2022

According to a past Objective Management Group analysis , only 1% of salespeople new to sales — those often with the onus of sales development — can get past the shield of gatekeepers to access decision makers. Research has shown that decision maker participation drops by 81% from the first sales engagement to the second. Inaccessible.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 27, 2012

But without the ability to reason things out, it will facilitate an opportunity for you to review the facts and issue you covered during Discovery. Demand Generation. CNi Rapid Research. Join the Renbor Sales Solutions LinkedIn Group. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process. Cold calling.

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Miller Heiman Group

APRIL 18, 2018

According to our latest research, sales enablement only creates about 16% of the content salespeople use. This messaging goes into online content, demand generation campaigns and all the customer-facing materials marketing produces. appeared first on Miller Heiman Group. Sales creates 18% themselves.) Tweet this.

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The Pipeline

MAY 4, 2011

This all presents a number of opportunities to leverage e-mail and the culture that goes with it, to engage with potential buyers. Demand Generation. CNi Rapid Research. Join the Renbor Sales Solutions LinkedIn Group. Book Notice. Book Review. Business Acumen. Buying Process. Cold calling. Communication.

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