Thu.Apr 06, 2023

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When Approaching Prospects You Probably Give Up Way Too Soon

The Center for Sales Strategy

So, what is the line between persistent and pest when it comes to securing appointments? Two calls? Three calls? Six? A national study published in the Harvard Business Review recommends at least six approaches. After six approaches are when 90% of appointments are set. So, how many salespeople make six approaches? About 4%. Yes, 4%. The majority of salespeople give up after two.

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Coaching Championship Sales Teams: Pat Summitt Says it All!

Anthony Cole Training

There are five pillars that make up a strong Sales Managed Environment which in turn will help you build a consistent, championship-quality sales team.

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Latest Podcasts: Leading Through Challenges

Force Management

As leaders, we serve as guides for our teams through challenging times. In the current economic landscape, when the challenges are unpredictable, it helps to have guides of our own. Last month on the Revenue Builders Podcast, we talked to multiple leaders who have guided teams successfully through crises. They spoke to the power of gratitude, communication, culture, and humility.

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15 Bad Habits Reps Need To Ditch To Improve Sales Performance

KLA Group

You know your reps don’t always follow up with marketing leads. Sometimes, they read directly from a sales script. You don’t think too much about it.

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How to Improve Email Deliverability and Optimize Each Send

Learn how to optimize email deliverability and drive greater email ROI. What lands your email in the customer’s inbox? Understanding those factors, otherwise known as email deliverability, is critical to getting the most return on your campaign investments. But the “rules” around which factors land you in the spam folder aren’t always easy to keep up with.

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Top 10 B2B Ecommerce Trends for 2023

Hubspot Sales

If you’re a B2B company, ecommerce is a necessity for your business. As a McKinsey & Company study found, 65% of B2B companies sold exclusively online in 2022. B2B ecommerce strategies also differ greatly from B2C (business-to-consumer) ecommerce. In B2B, transactions involve two businesses, while in B2C, businesses sell directly to consumers. To stay on top of the ever-evolving B2B ecommerce game, you need to pay attention to trends.

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Selling Is To Focus On Possibilities For All

Smooth Sale

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Selling Is To Focus On Possibilities For All Former salespeople who can claim top-of-the-chart success typically agree that selling is to focus on possibilities for all. The ‘for all’ refers to prospective and current clientele. In the entrepreneurial world, the mindset is to work toward a collaborative effort that benefits everyone within reach.

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How to Get a "Yes!" to Your Proposal

Selling Energy

Why might your prospect be willing to say “yes” to taking on a proposed energy solution? Is it about saving energy? Saving money? Saving carbon? Something else?

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How VoIP integrations can boost the effectiveness of sales agents

PandaDoc

VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is a good friend of sales agents. The technology allows you to call prospects and clients using just an Internet connection. But this is not all. Since VoIP software can be integrated with various tools — Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in particular — sales agents get new ways of reaching KPIs and boosting productivity.

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What Is Data Segmentation And Why Is It So Important?

Connext Digital

Data segmentation is one of the most useful strategies a business can implement when planning their marketing efforts. Segmenting your data is the process of dividing your audience of consumers based on commonalities and differences or grouping them together based on specific characteristics. Effectively utilizing segmentation in your marketing efforts can help your business and increase revenue.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

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The Real Value B2B Decision Makers Want to See in Your Thought Leadership

Mereo

As a fog of economic downturn hovers on the horizon, selling organizations must face a reality of steep selling challenges that will take all-hands-on-deck to overcome. The new B2B buying journey that cuts salespeople out of all but 5% of the process has already made things hard enough. The growing number of members in the buying committee has added pressures and roadblocks as well.

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6 Signs Your Business Needs to Switch Its Marketing Automation Platform

SugarCRM

Software change is a big decision for all companies. Many remain reluctant and, sadly, stuck with a tool that under-delivers and makes the easy things harder. Regarding marketing departments, having a tool that helps you automate and, most importantly, delivers complete insights into your audience is critical. Such tools directly impact your teams’ (Marketing, Sales, and Support) ability to deliver omnichannel experiences to your customers and affect business outcomes.

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How to Avoid the Spam Folder [8 Things Which Will Not Land You in Spam]

LeadFuze

Whether you are an independent blogger, an eCommerce store representative or a marketing expert, a chance is that email marketing matters to your cause. According to reports, the average RoI of email marketing investments currently sits at 3800%. This is a staggering number considering the sheer number of email users on the global scale. It also means that you should pay close attention to how you write your emails in order to be recognized as a trustworthy provider of products and services.