Jeff Shore

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

By Jeff Shore . ?Alright, it’s time to rattle a few cages and ruffle a few feathers. I’m a student of the sale. I hope you can say the same thing. As professionals, we should always be seeking to improve our craft, and that means we must regularly challenge long-held practices. The techniques of decades past must be put on trial. If they pass the test for how to take care of people today, then by all means – keep on keepin’ on.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Basho emails aren’t just alive and well – they’re thriving. They’re a critical part of personalized prospecting and account-based strategy. But to crush cold email outreach, you have to do it right. We looked to one of our internal experts, our Sales Development Rep with the 60% response rate, to show you how (and when) to write a perfectly personalized BASHO email.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

A Platform elevates your offerings from merely functionally adequate to a driver of an emotional bond with your customers. To get there, you must set the standard across four key facets of your organization: Product Management Operations Human Resources Customer Success and Customer Experience. You.

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MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

You’ll have heard many times that it costs more to attract new customers than to retain the business of current ones, and it’s true that the marketing costs plus all the other charges and outlays to attract customers far outweigh the time and effort to keep and increase business with existing clients. So, if your customer does leave you or ceases to repeat orders with you, it can prove to be not only a major disappointment for you, but also a big loss of profitability for your company.

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Speaker: Carlos Hidalgo, Co-Founder & CEO of Digital Exhaust, Author, International Keynote & TEDx Speaker

Recent research shows that only 50% of B2B organizations state that they have good alignment between their marketing and sales teams. This lack of alignment tremendously impacts the ability to meet business goals, and is a limiting factor for building and maintaining customer relationships. While many B2B organizations continue to struggle with aligning their marketing and sales teams, they can take practical steps to unify both teams and simplify their overall approach.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Growing a business requires investment capital. Scaling businesses need money to launch products, hire employees, service customers, and expand. There are numerous ways to raise capital, and each will have a different impact on your company and the pace at which you grow. The most common way to raise capital is through either equity or debt. But what do each of these entail?

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Troops

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Any salesperson will tell you that being single-threaded is one of the biggest risks you subject yourself to in any given deal. Your champion leaves… The people that matter don’t understand why your solution is important… You’re reliant upon someone who knows a cursory amount about your product to sell it internally… There is no shortage of reasons why being single threaded is a bad idea, and if you’re pinning all your hopes for success on a single person, well, you’re going to

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RAIN Group

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Seventy-five percent of purchases are strategic, meaning the buyer is making an investment and not required to buy. Yet only 14% of buyers discover these strategic opportunities from sellers. If you want to grow your sales in 2019, the opportunities are out there and very few sellers are taking advantage. How can you build a team that closes this gap?

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Categorize this post as “thinking out loud.” I’m not sure what I think about this issue, so I’m using the post to help me think through it and to get your input and ideas. We all know the story—buying has changed profoundly, complex buying is chaotic, we need to be customer focused/driven, we need to create value in every interaction… At the same time, customers have many more sources/channels for information to help in their buying decisions, AI/ML technolog

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The Center for Sales Strategy

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Well, you wouldn’t be alone — I hear this from sales managers all the time. Here are the reasons I see that salespeople too often select the wrong companies to pursue: They are opportunistic and therefore look for low-hanging fruit where getting access to decision makers is relatively easy. Sometimes that works out, but too often it translates into prospects that do not have the resources to be a key customer in your organization.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Gong.io

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

In the Gong Labs series, we publish what we learn from analyzing sales conversations with AI. Follow me to read upcoming research. I’m not a natural salesperson. I had to learn to sell manually. And I’m going to tell you about the time I went from good to great in sales. It happened in July 2014 during a one-on-one with my sales manager. “I can almost hear your mind racing during sales calls,” he told me.

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CloserIQ

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The most successful Account Executives (AEs) aren’t just smart and driven. They also know how to make efficient use of their time, and stay on top of client relations. Of course, using the right tools makes these tasks a lot easier. Here are seven indispensable tools every AE should try out. 1) Remote presentations/video conferencing applications. The ability to communicate with prospects and clients remotely is critical for sales success.

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Trinity Perspectives

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Almost a year ago, I hatched an idea to tap into the sentiment of business decision makers and procurement people around the world, to understand what really makes them tick. I’m delighted to announce the results of the inaugural Mood of the B2B Buyer study for 2018, conducted by the team at Trinity.

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Smooth Sale

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Attract the Right Job or Clientele: A guest arrived with a pumpkin pie, but a slice was missing, leading to my asking ‘are you missing a piece of business?’ As startling as the gift of the dessert was, it is an eye-opener for what salespeople and entrepreneurs occasionally overlook. My Story. Successful salespeople are entrepreneurial in thinking.

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Trinity Perspectives

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Almost a year ago, I hatched an idea to tap into the sentiment of business decision makers and procurement people around the world, to understand what really makes them tick. I’m delighted to announce the results of the inaugural Mood of the B2B Buyer study for 2018, conducted by the team at Trinity. Among the many interesting and surprising findings, what stood out for me most is the blurring of lines between the B2B and B2C markets and the fact that our people and purpose, not just our produ

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Repsly

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Your product has hit shelves, but isn’t drawing the sales you expected. No worries, run a promotion. Maybe you start a “buy one get one free” campaign; you might instead opt for a massive, cardboard display -- one with posters, coupons, and free samples. These promotions come with clear benefits and expenses. Naturally, you want to know what worked and what didn’t.

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Bigtincan

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Employee training is hard. But, it’s vital. Especially in retail. Some companies see training as time-consuming and an unnecessary investment that can drain the budget. Retail managers feel the pain that comes with operating in an industry that is notorious for high turnover rates. Employees whip in and out as fast as the carousel door […].

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Guru

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Kirsty Traill, VP Customer at Hootsuite , has spent her entire career laser-focused on the customer and customer experience. She recently sat down with us to talk about how Hootsuite approaches customer experience, the practical implications of chatbots, and the future of AI.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Chorus.ai

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Is your crazy busy schedule getting in the way of devoting time to regularly coaching your sales team? We’ve all been there. Use these three tips to coach your team even when things are busy and you’re just one person. We get it. You’re overloaded and your team has a massive number to hit. There’s never enough time in the day, and unfortunately, regularly coaching your sales team outside of quick 1:1s or during the drive on a way to a big meeting just isn’t happening.

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Aviso

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

No one ever said the sales profession was easy. That’s why it’s so difficult for sales managers to recruit and retain highly productive, professional salespeople. Improving sales performance and stemming the tide of defectors is a hot topic, although managers have few answers or plans to address. The 80 – 20 rule is often […]. The post Turn Underperforming Sales Teams into Overachievers With AI appeared first on Aviso.

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Fill the Funnel

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

If you have a website based on WordPress, please consider this a MUST-READ. What is Gutenberg in WordPress 5.0? Gutenberg in WP 5 is the new post/page editor. This is a visual editor that replaces the traditional post/page editing experience, and it’s going to completely change the way you use WordPress (for better or worse). […]. The post Urgent WordPress 5.0 Gutenberg Update Warning appeared first on Fill the Funnel.

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Smart Calling

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

It’s Premier Day for “The Art of Sales Podcast” and I invite you to join me! The first episodes are up, and I plan to cover all things prospecting and sales from the how-to, what-to-say, sales pro level. Take a listen, and if you like what you hear, please subscribe, share, and join me twice each week for real world sales and prospecting methods that work, and that you’ll feel comfortable using.

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criteria for success

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

If you’re wondering how to prospect for sales effectively, you’re not alone. We’re all looking for that magic bullet. And while there might not be a magic bullet, there certainly is a magic formula. And today, I’m here to share that formula with you. So, if you’d like to learn how to prospect for sales [ ] The post How to Prospect for Sales: 3 Tips to Improve Your Company’s Prospecting Process appeared first on Criteria for Success.

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Sales Evangelist

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

On today’s episode of The Sales Evangelist, we talk to content marketing leader Pam Didner about the critical role content plays in sales and the importance of collaborative sales and marketing. Content plays a critical role in educating customers and prospects, making sales enablement a natural extension of content marketing. Pam is the author of Effective […] The post TSE 973: Achieve Sales Growth Through Collaborative Sales And Marketing appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

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Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Training programs aren’t exactly notorious for being flush with cash. But when workplace learning struggles to deliver the expected outcomes, a common reaction is to throw money at the problem. More content, more resources and perhaps even hiring an outside consultant to come in for some in-person training sessions. But is money the biggest factor in determining whether your workplace learning succeeds?

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Leading Results Rambings

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Matt Starnes, the host of Leading Results’s Marketing Monster Mashup podcast, sat down for a far-reaching conversation about analog vs. digital marketing with Jason Huddle, President at CabCo Media Group.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

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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Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Training programs aren’t exactly notorious for being flush with cash. But when workplace learning struggles to deliver the expected outcomes, a common reaction is to throw money at the problem. More content, more resources and perhaps even hiring an outside consultant to come in for some in-person training sessions. But is money the biggest factor in determining whether your workplace learning succeeds?

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CommercialTribe

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

“Characterize people by their actions and you’ll never be fooled by their words.”. If the sales process is WHAT to do, a sales methodology is HOW to do it. And in today’s modern sales organization, this investment is no longer nice to have, rather it is table stakes. You may choose to work with a vendor – Conceptual Selling, Value Selling, Challenger, SPIN Selling, Sandler, MEDDIC – or build your own.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

I was catching up with Peter Ostrow on his way to a Red Sox World Series home game last month. As a lifelong Boston fan, attending this game with his brother was a dream come true. Fortunately for us, Peter, a Practice Director for SiriusDecisions, still took time out from his World Series excitement to take our call and bring us up to speed on his latest research on Sales Enablement.

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