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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Adaptive Business Services

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Sales has a talent problem. There is a shortage of skilled entry-level sales professionals across the country. To remedy this issue, we need to rethink and better coordinate our recruiting practices and the distribution of entry-level sales tasks. One novel way to do this is to build a Sales Farm System.

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

The asset management industry’s ongoing evolution is creating significant change for distribution leaders. We’ve had a front-row seat to watch leading distribution teams reinvent sales learning and development to ensure their reps succeed in today’s tough environment. Fund wholesalers in particular are under enormous pressure.

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Highspot

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

But what happens when your sales performance has stagnated? A number of factors can affect whether or not your sales team can close deals. Using the tested tips below, you can assess your approach to sales — and ensure your team is set up for success. We’ll be covering: What factors affect sales performance.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In this episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast, we have Nelson Gilliat , Demand Generation Manager at Brantr Media and Author of Death of the SDR , a book whose controversial central philosophy we discuss. The problems with the SDR to sales handoff. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Welcome to the Sales Hacker podcast.

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Smooth Sale

JULY 10, 2018

The owner did not distribute their weight well. Not all sales experience smooth sailing. She explained the incorrect weight distribution, the accident, and the loss of the iPhones. Not every sale goes as we expect. Top sales producers build a full sales funnel primarily with a returning and referring clientele.

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Smooth Sale

AUGUST 23, 2022

Consider whether it’s time to revise how you treat your staff, distribute opportunities, and provide salaries. An excellent sales approach is to speak to the people ‘in the trenches.’ Upon realizing you may be overlooking essential elements for business, it is likely you can remedy the situation sooner than later.

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Highspot

MARCH 30, 2021

But what happens when your sales performance has stagnated? A number of factors can affect whether or not your sales team can close deals. Using the tested tips below, you can assess your approach to sales – and ensure your team is set up for success. We’ll be covering: What factors affect sales performance.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Every company has its eyes on its bottom line and, in turn, is mindful of its profit margin — the most definitive metric of how successful your sales efforts are, relative to your expenses. Find gaps in your sales process where a disproportionate number of prospects fall off. Oil and Gas Distribution: 0.96%. Machinery: 6.58%.

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The Spiff Blog

AUGUST 11, 2022

Sales commission plans constantly change to reflect shifting business priorities, unstable market conditions, new product releases, and more. With these changes, businesses typically provide reps with something called a change of commission letter– or, sales commission agreement letters. Sales turnover is at an all time high.

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Mindtickle

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Financial service institutions looking to thrive shortly should look to augment sales readiness methodologies of technology companies – here are some of their proven practices we’ve observed that yield high ROI. Technology sales are dynamic and highly competitive: often you’re in a crowd of many fighting for buyer attention.

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Mindtickle

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Financial service institutions looking to thrive shortly should look to augment sales readiness methodologies of technology companies – here are some of their proven practices we’ve observed that yield high ROI. Technology sales are dynamic and highly competitive: often you’re in a crowd of many fighting for buyer attention.

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Highspot

MAY 8, 2020

In the world of business-to-business sales, coaches are just as essential to ensuring reps have the skills they need to close deals with confidence. Why is sales coaching important? How do you coach and develop a sales team? Top sales coaching techniques. What makes a sales coach great? What Is Sales Coaching?

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Xactly

JUNE 4, 2018

Technology is becoming more and more important in corporate businesses as both an enabler for competitive advantage and a means to successfully reach sales goals and drive growth. In a sales-driven organization, data is extremely important. For effective insight, CFOs must understand their company’s key metrics/leading indicators.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 19, 2022

What does your market look like? Pore through as much industry-relevant content as you can — whether that be through magazines, blogs, podcasts, or any other medium that can give you a fleshed-out picture of your market. You want to land on a product that has active demand, a breachable market, and viable logistics.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 24, 2019

The answer to each of these questions and the key to content marketing success is something called content mapping. If you don’t understand the prospect’s path to becoming a customer, your marketing will always be subpar. They’re not looking for a sales pitch and will likely shy away from branded or salesy content.

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Pipeliner

MAY 28, 2023

This article continues our series on mega-threats to the sales industry, inspired by the fascinating bestselling book by Nouriel Roubini entitled MegaThtreats: 10 Dangerous Trends that Imperil Our Future, and How to Survive Them. We would also want to know if we lost any customers in a given sales period. What Should We Do?

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 20, 2018

The answer to each of these questions, and the key to content marketing success, is something called content mapping. If you don’t understand the prospect’s path to becoming a customer, your marketing will always be subpar. They’re not looking for a sales pitch and will likely shy away from branded or salesy content.

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Crunchbase

JULY 27, 2022

If you own a business, lead a sales team, or are otherwise interested in how best to create a solid sales ecosystem within your organization that is conducive to growth, this article on sales operations (sales ops) is for you. What is sales operations? Sales operations vs. sales enablement.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

With the rise of AI, new sales technology and automation at the forefront of the sales echo chamber these days, we thought we’d take a moment to bring it back to BASICS – that’s why we’ve rounded up this complete glossary of sales terms and definitions to help you remember where it all started.

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Showpad

JANUARY 5, 2021

The employment life cycle of every sales rep always starts in the same place — with a set of strong training and onboarding processes that establish a blueprint for these rookies to find success in their time with the company. In this post, we’ll look at key features of an ideal sales coaching solution.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 1, 2021

Businesses are subject to increased fines and penalties if they do not take adequate measures to safeguard the personal information they have collected from sales prospects and customers. Ownership of Personal Information The CCPA grants consumers the right to know what information businesses are collecting about them.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 9, 2020

Every company wants its sales to exceed its expectations. What's less obvious is tracking whether a product's sales are underperforming, to what degree they might be lagging, and figuring out how to remedy that problem at hand. If your sales volume variance is favorable, it means your business is on the right track.

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LeadFuze

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

89 percent of marketers cite email as their major lead generating medium, and with cause. The first and most critical stage is to develop a comprehensive assessment of your target market. Adhering to this step will help you save time and increase the effectiveness of your marketing efforts. However, is cold email effective?

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