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Sales Processes Research 2020 – Something Old, Something New

Sales Hacker

Despite the huge growth in marketing and sales automation, along with the growing popularity and acceptance of self-service sales processes, reports of the death of the salesperson are greatly exaggerated, to paraphrase Mark Twain. Higher value B2B sales still need a competent salesperson to close the deal.

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'Gold Calling' Is Alive and Well

Pointclear

In the 1980s, I made a living running direct mail marketing companies, or catalog companies as they were known. A Gold Calling program requires that sales-accepted leads move to sales-qualified within a reasonable period of time (no more than 10 to 15 days). Whether you call it Gold Calling or cold calling 2.0,

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The Worlds Number 1 B2B Sales Tool

Klozers

. Its inexpensive, easy to use and there is more business conceived and concluded using this B2B sales tool than any other.. It may not be fashionable, and it may not be your own personal favorite, but nevertheless, it is the worlds number one Sales Tool.

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Creative Ways to Use Customizable “Other” Steps in Your Sales Cadences

SalesLoft

Whether it’s sending an old-fashioned letter, reaching out over social media, or other unique steps that give your sales process the razzle-dazzle it needs to stand out, Salesloft “Other” steps have the flexibility to be used in limitless unique and creative ways!

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Deploy the Marketing Team: How ABM Can Take Sales to the Next Level

Sales Hacker

Most sales and marketing strategies focus on casting a wide net to attract new customers, but ABM starts by identifying key accounts and then tailoring your communications to directly address that specific account or decision-maker. Direct mail. Email marketing. Social media. Reaching out to your one-to-few accounts.

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Tying Your ABM Strategy to Revenue

Chorus.ai

That might include lunch invitations from your CEO to the account CEO, super-targeted ads or even good old fashioned direct mail. This is what it takes to get to engagement, which nowadays, is the hardest part of the sales process. Artificial intelligence for the ABR organization.

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Increase Sales Productivity: 50 Proven Methods

LeadFuze

4 Top-performing companies are twice as likely to have automated their sales processes. If you’re not automating your processes, you’re leaving money on the table. Look at the top-performing companies and whether or not they automate their sales process. We talk (a lot) about the sales process.

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