Fri.Jan 26, 2018

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The More and Less of B2B Marketing

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Stephanie Kidder, Chief Marketing Officer, Azalead You Could Do With Less Leads, But You Do Need to Reach More People. When it comes to effective B2B marketing, sometimes less is more, and sometimes more is more, but it may not always be so obvious. Let’s start with why less is more. The simple truth for most B2B companies is you really don’t need more leads.

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Recruiting Better Salespeople: The Make-Up of Hall of Famers

Anthony Cole Training

Assuming for a second that when you think about hiring for a position in your organization, you are thinking about hiring the best- especially in the early rounds of looking for talent.

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Leaders Make the Call Without Delay

The Sales Hunter

How many times have you seen somebody fret and stew about needing to make a call? For one reason or another, they feel the more they stew, fret and worry about having to make the call, it will somehow be easier to make. Leaders, on the other hand, do not delay in making the telephone […].

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Beyond Cadence—The Importance of All Outcomes

Pointclear

For more than 20 years we’ve talked about multi-touch, multi-media, multi-cycle processes that multiply results. At least one software company literally took PointClear’s playbook, which includes details about the multi, multi, multi approach, and turned it into a red-hot piece of software. Wish I had thought of that. Multi, multi, multi (which is multiple dials, voicemails, emails and in some cases direct mail across several sales cycles) has been re-termed “Cadence.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

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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Eight sales and marketing vanity metrics to avoid at all costs

Nutshell

In sales and marketing, there are so many ways to pretend you’re doing well. All you have to do is find a couple of metrics that are increasing for your business—any metrics at all, really—and tell your boss, “The numbers are up!”. But here’s the reality: In a B2B sales organization, anything you measure that doesn’t directly relate to customer acquisition, customer retention, or revenue is a vanity metric , and vanity metrics are only there to make you look good.

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How to Overcome 3 Common Prospecting Conversation Challenges

SalesforLife

Prospecting conversations are some of the hardest conversations in the sales process , even for the most experienced sellers. Though difficult, they're also the critical beginning of what should be an enjoyable customer experience. As you're coaching your sales team, consider using these methods to overcome three common prospecting conversation challenges.

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4 Essential Email Marketing Tips to Know for 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. 4 Essential Email Marketing Tips to Know for 2018 — Salesforce. A lot has changed in email marketing over the last year. You need practical, actionable ways to revitalize your email marketing over the coming year.

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Making A Difference, Thinking Of Others

Partners in Excellence

In December, I launched my 2017/2018 Charity Water campaign. I set the goal to hit $7500, I’ll be matching up to $2500, so we have the opportunity to raise $10,000. We already have about $4K, Thanks to everyone who has supported and contributed to this program! It really makes a difference. I’d love to have others join and contribute at Charity:Water.

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Is CRM Dead? 2018 Trends Suggest Otherwise.

Sales Result

Some industry experts claim that “CRM is dead” , with 70% of senior sales executives believing their current CRM system needs to be overhauled. At SRi, we believe CRM is here to stay, but only if its used differently than in the past.

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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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Why Would We Ever Do Anything Outside Our ICP?

Partners in Excellence

I just read a good article on ABM, ABS, ABE (Account Based Marketing, Sales, Everything). It was well written and provided good advice on how to be more focused and effective in these areas. Here’s the link. In every article I read on the topic, one of the first things that comes up with ABM/S/E is focusing on your ICP–Ideal Customer Profile.

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TSE 756- Three Things You Must Know To Be Massively Successful

Sales Evangelist

A college dropout, Romacio Fulcher hustled his way to success in making millions by having found the missing link. Today, he dishes out his formula that includes three things that can help us become massively successful. A year ago he was broke. Now, he has made over $2.3 million with 43,000 people joining his network. He […] The post TSE 756- Three Things You Must Know To Be Massively Successful appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

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Non-Performers: Let Them Go Or Get Them Going

Sales Gravy

Have you ever found yourself hoping that non-performer would turn around? Have you ever wondered if you missed early signs that someone was not really well suited for their role? John is the CEO of a consulting firm in the Midwest.

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Using Product Demo Themes to Improve Your Sales Win Rate

Product Management University

Product demo themes can improve your sales win rate. The key? They have to be crafted in the customer’s vocabulary and mirror their business goals. Here are three guidelines for creating and using demo themes to improve your sales win rate. 1. Connect the Strategic and Tactical Dots. Your demo themes will be more effective and more credible if they connect tactical departmental/user issues (addressed by your product) to big-picture strategic issues that are top-of-mind with executive de

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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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Buyer, Buyer, Pants On Fire

Sales Gravy

Communication is always tricky. There are so many ways a conversation can be misinterpreted by either party. Both people in a conversation have expectations and objectives. ?Buyers are liars?? I hear this a lot and I used to say it even more.

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SugarCRM’s Winter ‘18 Release Has Arrived

SugarCRM

Our latest Sugar Cloud (On-Demand) release, Winter ‘18, is now generally available and comes with a breadth of exciting new features and capabilities. At SugarCRM, we’ve held a strong belief that the high-quality and efficient experience that consumers enjoy on their phones, tablets and laptops needs to replace the legacy designs of enterprise applications.

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3 Habits You Should Develop As A Sales Coach

Sales Gravy

Great sales managers I?ve observed over the years are very consistent in their approach to coaching because they developed specific habits. Here are three habits I think are most useful for great sales coaches.

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They’re Back! Live Events… | Sales Strategies

Engage Selling

?Someone once said that everything old will become new again eventually.

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Salesforce’s 8th State of Marketing Report

Discover today’s biggest marketing trends in the 8th edition of Salesforce’s “State of Marketing” report. Salesforce surveyed 6,000 marketing leaders worldwide to discover how marketers are: Embracing AI to operate more efficiently Removing silos and leveraging AI to enhance the customer experience Innovating to meet evolving customer needs Preparing for the retirement of third-party cookies By submitting this form, you agree to have your contact information, including email, passed on to the sp

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Close A Sale In 10 Seconds (Or Less!)

Sales Gravy

Understanding how to create an impression that stands out is the way to close the sale in 10 seconds or less. Actually, great sales people can do it even faster IF they make a great first impression!

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Forgiveness is Easier to Get Than Permission

Hyper-Connected Selling

The post Forgiveness is Easier to Get Than Permission appeared first on David J.P. Fisher.

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The Ultimate List of Words That Sell

Hubspot Sales

The pen is mightier than the sword. Which is good, because you probably don't want to threaten prospects into buying at sword-point. As the primary "weapons" to convert prospects into customers, w ords are incredibly important to salespeople. How sales reps deliver their messages and converse with contacts can have a dramatic effect on the outcome of a conversation.

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How NOT to Use LinkedIn

Pipeliner

For people accustomed to a typically aggressive interruption style approaches, sales on social networking sites such as LinkedIn can be tricky. This is simply because online communities disdain overt commercial messages. I’ve taken the time, over the past several months, to collect some of the ineffective ways people have reached out to me through LinkedIn.

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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 Best Time to Make a Sales Call in 2018

Hubspot Sales

Most salespeople are eager to know the best time to cold call their prospects. It’s an enticing idea: Rather than waiting for a compelling event, researching the buyer, and crafting a personalized message, the rep simply needs to know the best day and time of day to make the call. Unfortunately for legacy salespeople, this approach doesn’t work anymore.