LevelEleven

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Coaching is a hot topic in the sales world but we normally only hear about it in relation to personal development. Articles covering topics such as “how to be the best coach” or “coaching tips for sales managers” are great to assist in developing your own coaching techniques, but when it comes down to it, coaching isn’t about you. Coaching is about your team and your coaching methodology should be as well.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

By Tibor Shanto. Prospects expect to see product/demo and pricing on the first call. Why? Rather than accepting this pathetic stat, our focus should be on changing the cause. I mean seriously, what are you saying to have these two things pop up so early in the cycle? Stop blowing half your first calls! [link]. The post Stop Blowing Half Your First Calls!

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Nimble - Sales

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Data collection has become a priority for strategic marketers. Brands can collect information, as well as contextualize it in a way that allows them to understand what customers want and why. By incorporating customer data into your marketing plan, you can deliver highly personalized content to the right customers at the right time. Learn how […].

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Anthony Iannarino

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

There are four levels of value you can create for your clients. The first level is the value found in your product, a level that, while being important, lends itself to being commoditized. The second level is the experience of working with you and your company, a level that is mostly table stakes, and better for B2C than B2B. The third level is tangible business results, or the ability to execute what the client believes they need, even though it isn’t really what they need.

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Nutshell

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Founded in 1959, The Second City improvisational comedy theater in Chicago has produced some of the greatest comedic acts of all time. Such beloved performers as Bill Murray, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Amy Poehler, and Tina Fey have all performed on its stage at the start of their careers. Today, The Second City is just as well-known as a training ground, developing the next generation of comedic talent through its highly regarded classes.

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SBI

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Emerging Trends in Sales Learning & Development. Few could blame the sales organization for reconsidering its sales training investments. After all, sales training is difficult and expensive. It targets an independent minded audience challenging to reach, whose training appetites are unequal and needs diverse. Its outcomes are difficult to measure, and even harder to sustain.

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InsideSales.com

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

?? Thomas Parbs of SMS Magic talks about how to use texting in sales and how you can best use it to optimize the sales cycle. Read on to find out more. RELATED: When and Why Sales Professionals Should Text Clients In this article: Why You Should Use Text Messaging in Sales The Role of […]. The post How To Use Texting In Sales appeared first on The Sales Insider.

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G2Crowd - Sales Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

For some reason, a number of businesses tend to forget about the importance of customer onboarding.

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SBI

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

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Highspot

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

I currently have 130 emails in my inbox, 35 unanswered text messages, 13 voicemails, and seven Slack messages. With all of the distractions and channels we use to communicate, both personally and professionally, it’s no wonder that it’s nearly impossible to get through to buyers. Or is it? Through the RAIN Group Center for Sales Research , we surveyed 489 sellers in 26 industries and 488 buyers representing $4.2 billion in purchases across more than 25 industries.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

In April 2019, I stepped into a new job as Vice President of Enterprise and Commercial Sales. . I was excited to join a company with a strong reputation for sales excellence. Not only does the sales team have strong performers, but the entire company’s mission is focused on changing the industry’s approach to sales by giving sellers the information they need to close more deals. .

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SalesforLife

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

A couple of weeks ago, I had a phone conversation with Phil Howarth , Frost & Sullivan’s Managing Director of European operations. Phil is a fantastic leader of leaders, and highly accountable to his team in helping them become modern, digital sellers. Phil’s team has gone above and beyond modern digital selling, and have now hired an agency to superpower their lead generation efforts, using modern, digital sales actions to fuel leads and attain their goals.

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criteria for success

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

When training employees, it’s important to remember the big picture and end goals. Why? Because it’s easy to get lost in “just-in-case” training scenarios that can end up wasting a lot of time. If you are able to cover a broad spectrum aspects that add up to your big picture, training your employees will be [.]. The post 5 Guidelines for Training Employees appeared first on Criteria for Success.

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Guru

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

One of our core values at Guru is to Give First. While we’ve iterated on our values over time, this one has remained a constant, and for good reason. Instead of giving back once or twice a year, we look at making positive changes to ourselves and our communities as something we should have as a regular part of our work here at Guru. Giving First takes many forms , but one that we’re most proud of is creating an engineering apprentice program.

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Allbound

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

You wouldn’t tackle heaps of dirty laundry with a washing board and wringer anymore. You wouldn’t try to binge watch a TV show on dial-up. Are you still using outdated tools for onboarding and managing your partners? Old, disjointed processes just won’t cut it in today’s increasingly-complex B2B sales cycle. Next-generation, cloud-based PRM solutions can provide an engaging and completely-synchronized experience you need to onboard, educate and empower partners.

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Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

About Frank Donny: Frank Donny is an experienced executive with more than 25 years of marketing and sales operations leadership. Founder of two reporting and analytics software companies, he has 20+ years executive experience in the CRM, ERP and collaboration solutions. He owns the ability to integrate process and rigor into daily team workflows and provides a pragmatic foundation for business decisions, long-term relationships, and achievement of strategic objectives.

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Chorus.ai

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Working in sales can sometimes be a rollercoaster. Between phone calls, emails, meetings and juggling the needs of prospects it can be difficult to stay on top of everything. It doesn’t matter if you’re a seasoned sales pro or just starting your career in business development , the struggle to stay productive is very real. So, how do you stay on track toward hitting your number without burning out?

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Aviso

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Guided Selling As Gartner and Bain have recently pointed out, algorithmic-guided selling is changing how sales organizations operate. Sales leaders are adopting this technology and combining human and artificial intelligence to augment the sales coaching experience. To learn more about how our own sales leaders feel about guided selling, we sat down with Michael Thome […].

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Chorus.ai

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

You need a strong personality to succeed in sales - a combination of grittiness under pressure and true smarts makes for the perfect sales rep. In order to manage a whole team of those personalities, a sales team manager has to have a pretty strong personality themselves. Faultless interpersonal skills, ability to empathize as well as strategize, motivational chops, organizational ability - the list of requirements is daunting.

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Predictable Revenue

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Tips on how to accelerate your managerial career - including suggestions on effective decision-making frameworks. The post Climbing the ladder: How early sales managers can grow, stand out, and take on senior roles with Intercom’s LB Harvey appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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The Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Chasing unqualified prospects that never close is one of the largest wastes of your sales team’s time and resources. For this reason, it’s key to equip your salespeople with the ability to quickly assess whether a prospect is truly qualified, and throw them back to sea if not. Having process in place and a tight lead qualification process will improve your forecasting accuracy, decrease wasted time and resources, and allow your salespeople to focus their attention where it has the greatest impac

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Showpad

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Sales Enablement technologies are becoming increasingly popular for an innovative sales organization that wants to empower their Sales reps to deliver great selling experiences — and increase win rates. Your Sales teams can also leverage Sales Enablement technology for your Sales kickoff, the annual sales meeting that sets the stage for Sales performance for the remainder of the year. .

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Mereo

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

When B2B leadership has spent months doing their due diligence to develop a solution that has (1) a market and (2) a compelling business case, they are just half-way done before they can go to market. For that new solution to ever get in the hands of the right buyer, leadership needs to engage and enable internal teams first, including sales, marketing and product teams — otherwise suffer from a solution launch that putters instead of soars.

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Braveheart Sales

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

There are no perfect salespeople born into this world. At least I haven’t met any. Sure, there are numerous “natural born” salespeople. You know the type. They had a paper route growing up and by age thirteen had numerous other kids doing the route for them while they slept in and counted their profits. Or they were the cub scout or girl scout that sold the most popcorn or the most cookies (unaided by their parents).

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Selling Energy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

What do you say when a prospect insists they’re not interested in entertaining an efficiency upgrade until their existing equipment fails? Unfortunately, this objection is ubiquitous, as too many execs don’t invest time or money addressing things that aren’t “urgent.” In fact, most of them have so many “urgent” things already on their plate, they can’t be distracted with other initiatives.

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SalesLoft

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

You’ve probably heard of life hacking, but what are simple ways you can hack your sales game? Jean-Édouard Silva and Stephanie Salomonsen are both Account Development Executives at iCIMS. In this episode, they share tools and strategies that have made their lives easier as salespeople. They discuss how team cadences have made an incredible difference for their sales team, actionable tips for making cold calling less awkward, and the perfect balance of automated and personalized content for sales

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Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

In every industry, there is a constant ‘new normal.’ The new normal is change. As we get used to something, so it changes again. This creates a dynamic where we are never really comfortable with how things work. Ryan Hogarth talks about how to get ahead of the constant change in this interview with John Golden. This podcast is also a recorded live event you are welcome to view here: Sales the New Normal. iTunes Podcast .

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SugarCRM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a topic of fascination of science fiction fans for many years, and it’s been typified in classic entertainment such as Star Wars, Star Trek, and even the Jetsons. As AI advances and as we explore its practical applications, fear of an impending “Matrix-like” future occupies the minds of many. People understand that AI has moved from an outlandish topic for nerds and science fiction enthusiasts to an approach employed by the few rich and powerful companies wh

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