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3 Musts for Successful Sales Training Workshops

Anthony Cole Training

Sales training workshops are often critical cultural touchpoints, allowing salespeople and sales leaders to come together. Here are three musts to ensure that your next sales training workshop is as effective as it can be.

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The Behaviors and Skills Sales Leaders Care Most About

Sales and Marketing Management

In this podcast, we talk with Julie Thomas, president and CEO of ValueSelling Associates, which recently published an eBook on a study they completed called "The Behaviors and Skills Sales Leaders Care Most About - and How to Measure Them.". The post The Behaviors and Skills Sales Leaders Care Most About appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Are You Feeling Desperate?

Go for No!

No one wants to look desperate. We all know that salespeople desperate to make a sale, do not attract people. If anything, through gut-level instinct, it turns them off. The reality is that one of two situations exist. One, you really aren’t desperate. Great! So, don’t act in a way that looks desperate like: Don’t beg. (“If you could please, please buy just this once, I would owe you.”).

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Sales Excellence – a Comprehensive View

Sales and Marketing Management

The key features of the sales excellence sales policy based on clear objectives, professional sales management, plus measurement and management of customer satisfaction and loyalty. The post Sales Excellence – a Comprehensive View appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Sales & Marketing Alignment: How to Synergize for Success

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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Latest Podcasts: Catch up on Revenue Builders

Force Management

The Revenue Builders Podcast, hosted by John McMahon and John Kaplan, has quickly become part of the weekly routine for business leaders in all stages of their careers. McMahon, Kaplan and their guests get real, digging into timely topics with some of the most successful business leaders in all company disciplines (i.e., Sales, Finance, Product, Engineering, Customer Success, Executive Leadership, etc.).

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International Super Spy: Selling Techniques from a Veteran Salesperson

The Center for Sales Strategy

If you have kids or watch a lot of Tik-Tok, you're familiar with the Backyardigans song 'International Super Spy'. It's a catchy little tune that will not get out of your head. As silly as the song is, it reminds us that part of your job as a salesperson is to be a spy. No, not a real spy, but one that targets prospects and does some sleuthing to uncover inside information before your first Discover meeting.

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Being Interesting Or Interested?

Partners in Excellence

Spoiler alert, we really seek to be both interested and interesting, and we hope our prospects/customers are both interested and interesting. However, to maximize the opportunity for this to occur, there is important sequencing of this process. As sellers, we do everything we can to be interesting. We leverage provocative insights, we develop pitches we think are interesting/even compelling.

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Force Management and DecisionLink Partner to Help Organizations Achieve Better Sales Results

Force Management

CHARLOTTE, N.C. & ATLANTA--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- DecisionLink , a leader in secure, SaaS-based Customer Value Management solutions that simplify and automate customer value conversations at all stages of the customer journey, today announced a partnership with Force Management , a leading provider of sales force transformation solutions.

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WEBINAR: James Buckley hosts “How to 5x Leads With LinkedIn Cold Prospecting Tactics”

John Barrows

The post WEBINAR: James Buckley hosts “How to 5x Leads With LinkedIn Cold Prospecting Tactics” appeared first on JB Sales.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

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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From Prospecting to Proposals: Using Custom Videos to 2x Response Rates and Close Deals Faster

Sales Hacker

Personalized videos have emerged as one of the most effective ways to stand out and earn attention when prospecting for new business. And savvy SaaS sellers are also discovering new ways to use custom videos to educate prospects, build better relationships, and “walk the digital halls” of target accounts. Join Will Aitken (Sales Evangelist at Sales Feed), Ryon Addison (AE at Outreach) and Reva Pellerin (AE at Vidyard), for this live session and all of your questions about video best practices, v

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Are You Listening?

Alice Heiman

When was the last time you, as the CEO, listened to a conversation a salesperson at your company was having with a prospective buyer? . I’m sure it’s been a while. Further, you have sales leaders who do that, right? If you were listening to them on a sales call right now, what would you be listening for? . Most would listen to hear if there were any objections.

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Getting Commitments….

Partners in Excellence

All of us, as we develop as sales professionals, learn that we need to seek commitments from the customer. The commitments are, often, small. A commitment for a next meeting, a commitment to provide information, a commitment to check references, a commitment for a demo, a commitment for… These commitments help keep us engaged with the customer and, hopefully, they with us.

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Optimize Your Sales Team With These 3 Sales Enablement Metrics

Allego

“Go with your gut.”. We’ve all heard this philosophy. Trusting your gut is supposed to lead you in the right direction. The problem is our gut is emotional and irrational. And with so much data available, there’s no need for organizations to make decisions based on anything but facts. This applies to sales enablement as much as any other department.

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Supercharge Your Sales: 5 Steps to Effortless Selling

Sales teams often lose precious time hunting for updated sales materials, while marketing struggles to keep these assets accessible and current. It's not just about managing; it's about seamlessly finding, presenting, and sharing critical sales content. All of this takes place within an intuitive, unified platform. Dive into Showell's groundbreaking content management realm.

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Preparing Your Internal Champion

Selling Energy

People don't take action unless they're motivated, and people don't get motivated unless they're emotional about something. Your job is to figure out how to get your internal champion engaged with your project, enough to burn some political capital and get the attention of a decision-maker.

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Four Sessions You CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS at Repsly’s Retail Execution Roundtable

Repsly

If you haven’t had a chance to register for our free inaugural Retail Execution Roundtable yet, you’re in luck. We just finished an incredible day of sessions in Santa Monica on April 26th, but we still have seats available in Chicago (May 17th), and New York City (May 24th).

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Is Single or Multipage Custom Website Design Better for SEO?

KLA Group

Almost every custom website design meeting starts with the same question. Business owners want to know which is better, a single or multipage website design. The answer is complicated and about more than aesthetics. Your website design decisions directly impact the efficacy of your SEO lead generation strategy. To help you make an informed decision, […].

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How to Leverage Zoominfo & JobGrabber to get New Clients Faster

eGrabber

Are you in staffing or outsourcing sales looking to leverage Zoominfo to get new clients? If yes, then this post will help you to learn how you can get new clients faster. Reaching out to your prospects in general cannot get you new clients. You need to identify those companies that are hiring and then reach out to them to get a positive outcome. Fastest Way to Get New Clients for Staffing/Outsourcing Firms Try for Free!

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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 Proof is in the Profiling: Why Profiling Data is Essential to Maintaining its Quality

Appbuddy

Data is your company’s most valuable asset. It can be used to make executive decisions, streamline marketing campaigns, increase customer retention, and develop winning ideas that increase overall growth. But if the quality of your data is poor, it can have the opposite effect. A strong data quality plan is crucial to your business’s success—and the best place to start is with data profiling.

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Replicate and Celebrate Winning Sales Performance with Gong and Highspot

Highspot

Seventy percent of organizations report that selling has become more challenging over the past 12 to 18 months. In our digital, work-from-anywhere world, sales teams have traded in the company office for the home office. Reps no longer have water cooler conversations or overhear their peers debriefing about calls. Without these interactions, reps could lose both a sense of camaraderie and point of inspiration.

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Real estate software and its importance

Apptivo

Real estate is a business based on trust and loyalty, and it is to be noted that more than 80% of new sales in property businesses come from referrals either through friends, family members, existing clients, current contacts, relatives, and peer groups. In real estate businesses, selling and buying usually is a tediously long process, which involves multiple negotiations and follow-ups.

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How to Quickly Generate Low-Hanging Leads from your Company LinkedIn Page

eGrabber

Your company LinkedIn page can become one of your most powerful marketing tools if you can leverage all its features to its fullest potential. I am sure you would agree that LinkedIn is the largest professional networking platform with over 720 million users. LinkedIn keeps evolving its product periodically by bringing in the latest features such as LinkedIn Newsletters, LinkedIn Articles, LinkedIn Live and so on.

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2 Retail Sectors That Are Completely Changing the Game: FMCG & Q-Commerce

Speaker: Joe Heather, Deliverect GM (UK&I) & Noah Hayes, Deliverect GM (US&CA)

Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and Quick Commerce (Q-commerce) are two vibrant sectors that have undergone significant transformations with the advancements in digital technology. With growing internet penetration and the proliferation of smartphones, consumers' purchasing habits have unsurprisingly evolved. They now demand quick, convenient, and seamless shopping experiences, which both FMCG and Q-commerce sectors strive to provide.

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Investing in environmental and business success

Anaplan

The time is now to act on ESG strategy.

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Call mapping: 7 steps to structure your sales calls effectively

Close

Call mapping is a route you desire your call to take to reach its destination. Learn how to build a call map with intimate customer knowledge.

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3 Paths to Organizational Alignment — Leading to Sustainable Revenue Performance

Mereo

At my alma mater, every Baylor Bear — student, professor, athlete, fan and spectator — acts with respect, support and honor. It is a code, the values, we Baylor Bears adhere to as a member of the Baylor Family, because being a Baylor Bear means we get to be part of something bigger than ourselves. We get to take part in traditions like running the Baylor Line, lighting Pat Neff green, heckling the right fielder from the “berm boys seats” or singing the Good ‘Ol Baylor Line.

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4 Presenting Lessons You Can Learn from Apple

Eyeful Presentations

Apple’s September keynote presentation in which they announced the launch of the iPhone 11, Apple Watch series 5, the new iPad and more was yet another reminder of how well Apple has mastered the art of introducing new products. It’s true that Apple certainly know how to keep their presentations very visual and product focussed. And while they’re not immune to certain flaws, such as the overuse of the word ‘awesome,’ an obsession with battery life and wider screens and are slightly exploitative

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How Intent Data Helps Marketers Convert A-List Accounts

One of the biggest challenges for any B2B marketer is understanding your prospects’ next move — who is most likely to buy and when. Without these insights, marketing campaigns can feel more like guesswork, with high investment and little return. We’re here to tell you there’s a better way. By tracking buyers’ digital footprints and online activity, such as website visits, product reviews, and spikes in content consumption, you can engage prospects with a message that really resonates.

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The Ultimate Sales Performance Checklist

The Spiff Blog

20 Questions Sales Leaders Must Ask Themselves When Reps Underperform. Modern media will have you believe sales motivation is best delivered in the form of an inspirational quote. But, while an inspirational quote can go a long way, it’s simply not going to fix any deep-rooted sales performance issues. Unfortunately, there is no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to diagnosing and fixing a performance issue on your sales team.

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How To Increase Customer Support For Your Brand

Smooth Sale

Photo by Mohamed Hassan via Pixabay. Attract The Right Job Or Clientele: How To Increase Customer Support For Your Brand. Our collaborative blog provides insights on ‘How to increase customer support for your brand.’. Companies are nothing without a customer base. After all, they generate your income and help you speed up business growth. As a result, it’s essential to find as many ways as possible to drum up support for your brand to grow your customer base.

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How to Combat the Great Customer Resignation

SugarCRM

Customer acquisition is costly. It takes time and considerable effort and requires significant expertise. It makes sense to keep your existing customers happy as the cost of churn is so high. New research from SugarCRM reveals that almost two-thirds (63%) of sales and marketing leaders agree that keeping existing customers is more cost-effective than closing a new deal.