The Center for Sales Strategy

APRIL 24, 2023

For any sales manager, it's incredibly frustrating when their salespeople don’t seem to be able to close the deal. A successful sale often depends on the product and customer knowledge of the salesperson, but what happens when the hard work isn’t translating into results? Let’s take a look at some of the top reasons why your team may not be closing deals - from common hurdles like difficulty establishing credibility and understanding client needs to more nuanced issues like forgoing preparation

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 24, 2023

Somewhere along the journey from hard sell to sales funnel, we have lost a key skill in the seller’s toolkit: the close. A closer look at what we're struggling with. The post The Step That Will Never Go Away appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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SocialSellinator

APRIL 24, 2023

Social media marketing is a powerful tool for insurance agencies looking to reach and engage their target customers. From increasing brand visibility to creating more meaningful relationships with prospects, the advantages of using social media strategies are limitless.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 24, 2023

When I read my feeds or listen to a lot of “experts,” the focus is always on hitting our quotas, maxing our commissions, achieving our goals. Listening to sales executives, the focus is, constantly, making your numbers. And then there are the consequences of not doing so. Our jobs are at stake, even our companies are threatened. One imagines a sword of Damocles hanging over seller’s heads with the constant threat of making quota.

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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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The Sales Readiness Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

Attracting new clients and closing deals in today's economy can be tough. And on top of that, you might be asked to renegotiate existing contracts or propose fee increases to keep up with market conditions and company profitability requirements. To help you and your team navigate these negotiations successfully, here are some practical tips and strategies.

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Smooth Sale

APRIL 24, 2023

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Are Your Offers Receiving the Results You Desire? Being memorable on a positive footing applies to creating and building an effective business on a positive note enabling you to earn your desired results. Often, the offers we receive have a double meaning, and we must carefully examine all aspects to ask methodical questions of the person extending the offer.

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Selling Energy

APRIL 24, 2023

Those of you in leadership positions know that the decisions you make on a daily basis are critical to the success of your organization. These decisions guide the direction of the company, and they have the power to greatly improve its success… or to drive it into the ground. Many executives take the “gut” approach to decision-making – they listen to their instincts and make solo decisions based on intuition.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 24, 2023

78% of reps are single-threaded on deals (LinkedIn). It’s the #1 reason why most reps lose big deals. In this masterclass, Jason Bay shares how to properly multi-thread your deals to gain access to power, increase win rates by 2-3x, and shorten sales cycles. Guest: Jason Bay – Founder and CEO Of Outbound Squad You’ll learn: Identifying the right stakeholders to help you close the deal (and how to spot a blocker) How to get prospects excited to introduce you to additional stakeholders

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One of a Kind Sales

APRIL 24, 2023

As a salesperson how you manage your business can communicate volumes about how you perceive your role and the solutions you offer. Ideally, a salesperson should be perceived as having a strong conviction that they are offering something of value to clients.

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Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an

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BuzzBoard

APRIL 24, 2023

Much like last year, this year too, small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) are moving forward with similar demands and implementations of technology as large enterprises. In my estimation, from talking to customers and prospects and reading the research, SMB IT spending might slightly increase in 2023, promising great opportunities for B2SMB companies in the year ahead.

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SocialSellinator

APRIL 24, 2023

Social media marketing is a powerful tool for insurance agencies looking to reach and engage their target customers. From increasing brand visibility to creating more meaningful relationships with prospects, the advantages of using social media strategies are limitless.

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BuzzBoard

APRIL 24, 2023

Much like last year, this year too, small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) are moving forward with similar demands and implementations of technology as large enterprises. In my estimation, from talking to customers and prospects and reading the research, SMB IT spending might slightly increase in 2023, promising great opportunities for B2SMB companies in the year ahead.

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Pipeliner

APRIL 24, 2023

A gaming website is a great online business to run, as people will always be on the lookout for interactive entertainment. It can generate a ton of traffic organically. But you won’t automatically generate traffic just because you create a gaming website. You need to get several things right. If you have set up a gaming website, but are struggling to generate a positive ROI from it, you are making one or a handful of the below mistakes that could be the culprit.

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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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PandaDoc

APRIL 24, 2023

You’re probably here because you want to build a successful sales enablement strategy for your business. You’ve come to the right place! Read on to discover how to create effective sales strategies through the power of enablement and turn your team into an all-star performance machine. What is a sales enablement strategy? So, “What does sales enablement do, anyway?

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Sales Evangelist

APRIL 24, 2023

You can’t control the changes that are currently happening with the economy, or the changes that are to come. What matters is how you respond in each moment. If you’re not sure how to approach selling in the current economy, fear not – our guest today brings the knowledge and experience that has helped him find great success in his business. Alex Levin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Regal.io , and he’s here today to sit down with your host Donald Kelly.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 24, 2023

If you’ve been on the internet long enough researching invoices, the one common element you’ve likely found while clicking links is that your invoices should have payment terms (also referred to as “payment terms and conditions”). The logical question you may very well have asked yourself after this is, “What on earth are invoice payment terms and conditions?

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Eyeful Presentations

APRIL 24, 2023

Let’s address the elephant in the room: PowerPoint presentations have become a bit, well, plump over the years. They’ve lost that lean and agile quality and have become weighty, unwieldy, and, frankly, rather cumbersome. We’ve all been there – you spend hours putting together the perfect presentation, only to find that the file size has ballooned to a point where emailing it becomes impossible, and even sharing via FTP sites like WeTransfer becomes a nightmare.

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APRIL 24, 2023

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APRIL 24, 2023

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