Fri.Dec 08, 2017

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Podcast: How A-Player CMO’s Implement Account Based Marketing

SBI Growth

Joining us for today’s show is Mike Volpe, the Chief Marketing Officer for Cybereason. Mike answers questions out of SBI’s 2018 hbspt.cta.load(23541, 'b3b0ba05-3172-4e97-8fd8-29d6273cafc2', {}); to provide an in-depth view into how A-Player CMO’s guide ABM strategy. To follow along flip.

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36 Apps Every Sales Rep Needs on Their Phone in 2018

Hubspot Sales

The Best Mobile Sales Apps for Salespeople. Slack. LinkedIn. Twitter. 30/30. Profit Story. HubSpot Sales. vTie. CamCard. Keynote. Close the Sale. Mobile CRM app. Doc Scan. Dropbox. eSignature app. Evernote. Dragon. Wunderlist. QuickVoice. Mind Tools. Skill-Pill. Feedly. Pocket. SmartUp. Pulse Auto Dealer. DealApp Vantage. AutoPoint Driver Connect. NADA MarketValues.

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Don’t Let Marketing or Finance Hijack Your Sales Kick-Off Meeting!

The Sales Hunter

Each year I’m invited to speak at numerous sales kick-off meetings, and as such I can say I’ve been to some amazing meetings and some downright terrible ones. I don’t think anyone starts off with a plan of having a terrible meeting, but due to competing agendas, it happens too frequently. Sales kick-off meetings go […].

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The Perfect Day for a Salesperson - 10 Ways to be More Efficient and Effective in 2018

Understanding the Sales Force

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The New GTM Playbook: 18 Ways to Future-Proof Your Sales Team

Longer sales cycles. Increasingly discerning buyers. More meetings. Intensifying competition. Economic uncertainty. Go-to-market teams of every size, in every industry, are grappling with these challenges firsthand. Thankfully, there’s an answer. We’ve developed an entirely new way for GTM leaders to identify and execute proven, data-driven strategies that drive revenue.

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3 Ways to Achieve a Winning Sales Attitude

Hubspot Sales

In the competitive world of sales, everyone is seeking the magic bullet that will accelerate revenue. Companies run brainstorming sessions, hire consultants, and invest in expensive technology. But there’s a simpler way to increase market share: Make your sales organization more optimistic. Don’t roll your eyes; this isn’t going to be a Pollyanna article.

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How Forward-Thinking Organizations Are Shaping The Future of Sales [Roundup]

SalesforLife

If you are still following the same sales playbook today that you did in 1971 then something has to change, immediately. How we sell should reflect current B2B buying behaviours, this requires a more focused organizational process, strategic vision and elevated core competencies.

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It’s Not How Well You Sell, It’s How Well You Can Get Your People To Sell!

Partners in Excellence

I’m constantly amazed by the mistaken view too many sales managers have about their role. A reader called my attention to a discussion on LinkedIn. A sales manager was bragging about how he could “Sell Circles Around Anyone.” Clearly, he didn’t understand his job and with that attitude would fail his people, his company, and his ability to reach his goals.

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Tell More, Sell More: The Art of Storytelling

SalesEngine

There are many sales tactics and techniques that you can use to bolster sales and increase profit. Storytelling remains one of the more effective techniques. Simply put, people love stories. And every product or service has one to tell. Why do they work? They engage people emotionally. The best way to introduce your product or service to potential customers is to tell them a story.

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Defining the Balance of Automation & Personalization in Your Sales Process

SalesLoft

People want a human connection. They want to be a part of something bigger than themselves. To feel emotions. And these innate human wants extend to sales. Regardless of what you sell, adding personality, establishing rapport, and being human are an unequivocal necessity. But part of being human involves making mistakes. Our memories are limited and we’re driven as much by emotions as we are by logic.

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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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4 Things Successful Sales Teams Always Make Time For

BrainShark

Here are 4 things successful sales teams have in common and tips on how to develop these areas across your team.

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A Day in the Life of a SDR

Funnel Clarity

How to push past the grueling aspects of the job and connect with a higher purpose. The sun is shining bright outside and it’s a perfectly crisp afternoon. I can see the wind rustling the leaves on the trees outside but all I hear are ring tones blaring into my right ear. Then, all of a sudden: “ Hello! You have reached John at Company X. Leave a message and I’ll be sure to call you back. ” John will not call me back. most likely.

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The Key To Small Business Growth

Sales Gravy

How can you satisfy your current needs while building up opportunities for growth in the future? I get asked questions about sales and small business on almost a daily basis.

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Shhh… the Eyeful Blog is officially rather special

Eyeful Presentations

Contrary to common belief, we’re not particularly keen on ‘bigging ourselves up’. It’s just not a very Eyeful thing to do. However, we hope you’ll allow us to have a quiet and ever-so-restrained squeal of delight at the news that our blog has been recognised as one of the world’s greatest Sales & Marketing blogs of 2017 by Top Sales World. The fact that this nomination puts us in the company of some of the greatest sales and marketing companies on the planet makes us incredibly proud.

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3 Sizzling Ways to Warm up Cold Calls

Even in today’s data-driven sales world, cold calling remains a fact of life for many go-to-market professionals. Fortunately, today’s sales leaders have a crucial advantage over their predecessors: market intelligence and outreach platforms that can warm up virtually any introduction.

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Facts Tell, Emotion Sells: 5 Tips For Connecting Effectively

Sales Gravy

Great teachers use stories as a way to make a point memorable. We read. We hear. We remember. Facts tell. Emotion sells.

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Putting Your Best Foot Forward: Using Data Analytics to Inform the RFP Process Before it Even Begins

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Jeffrey Weil, General Manager, Upland Qvidian The value of data to proposal and sales teams isn’t a secret – but many of them aren’t using the data provided by proposal automation software to its fullest extent. Teams of all shapes and sizes use data to look back at how a particular request for proposal (RFP) process went; according to a Qvidian-conducted survey of proposal and sales professionals from large U.S. companies, 62 percent of respondents use data insights to track the time it

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Sales Hacker’s Top Sales Trends & Predictions You MUST Be Aware Of In 2018

Sales Hacker

It’s that time of year again. The race to the 2017 finish line is in full throttle – While last minute closed deals are still trickling in, B2B organizations are researching how to shape next year’s sales strategy to align with the top sales trends that are expected to emerge in 2018. 2017 was a YUGE year in the world of sales, and we’re predicting that 2018 will be even bigger.

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The Ultimate 126 B2B Sales Tools Rankings For 2018

Nudge.ai

Going into the New Year as a B2B sales professional, you’ll likely have some software subscriptions coming up for renewal, so we wanted to prepare you for those decisions. We sifted through B2B sales tools on Capterra , G2 Crowd , Gartner and more to pull out our top 126 picks for everything from new-age social selling tools to B2B sales automation software.

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Redefining the CDP: 8 Data-Driven Designs for Successful Customer Journeys

In this guide, discover 8 use cases for how a customer data platform can tackle common challenges faced by marketing, commerce, service, and sales teams. With helpful diagrams and simple explanations in each use case, see how Salesforce’s CDP, Data Cloud for Marketing, powers personalized, real-time experiences across marketing, with capabilities that include: Optimizing ad spend Powering dynamic website content Increasing upselling and cross-selling Resolving service cases with marketing data B

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Getting Independent Reps and the Manufacturer on the Same Team

SugarCRM

“The people we sell to don’t buy our product,” Avi Barr, national sales manager at ASI during his presentation at SugarCon 2017. Getting sales reps on board with standard methodologies is a challenge for any business in any industry. But for manufacturers that often work with independent sales reps, who are used to their own best practices, it can be especially difficult.

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Why Your First Quarter Falls Short | Sales Strategies

Engage Selling

A big mistake that I see sellers and companies make at the end of the year is failing to not plan for the new year.

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What to Monitor on Social Media in 2018 + More

The Center for Sales Strategy

We hope you've had a great week! It's Friday, and today we're sharing what we've been reading online this week! Here are our "best" from around the web. 1. What to Monitor on social Media in 2018 — PR Daily. What should we expect from social media in 2018? Where are we headed next year with social media? What is hot or what is not on social media? This infographic shares some answers.