Wed.Dec 21, 2016

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10 Questions to Challenge You Next Year

The Sales Hunter

What are you planning to do differently next year? When I say “differently,” I mean really different. Too many times we make only minor changes, and then we wonder why we achieve only minor improvements. If we’re going to make serious changes next year, we have to step back and ask ourselves tough questions. Below […].

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Win More with a Sustainable Customer Experience Advantage

SBI Growth

Today’s article is focused on how to make the customer experience a competitive differentiator. As a guide to the conversation, download our 10th annual workbook, How to Make Your Number in 2017. Turn to the customer experience design phase on pages.

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Introducing the Glossary for Sales and Marketing Tech

DiscoverOrg Sales

If you’re in sales or marketing, it’s likely you’ve come across a new SaaS platform or startup in the past 6 months that begs your attention. Perhaps this intriguing tech flaunts a new approach to an old strategy or intertwines words like “predictive” and “intelligence” into its elevator pitch. As technology continues to plunge sales and marketing professionals further into transformative innovation and new opportunities, we must define the new terms taking us there.

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Imagine This Truly Forward Thinking Sales Kick Off Meeting

Increase Sales

A new quarter is quickly approaching. Sales managers and SMB owners are scrambling to schedule their next Sales Kick Off meeting. What would happen if the following took place? Credit www.pixabay.com. One the screen is the predetermined annual sales goal broken down into quarterly goals based upon the last five years of sales per quarter. Then the sales team (depending upon size) breaks into small groups and each group determines their own sales goals based upon their current sales funnel and

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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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Acting Beyond Ourselves, Having An Impact On Others

Partners in Excellence

Long time followers of this blog will recognize this is the time of year when I will make a full court press on my audience to take action. It’s the time when I am blatantly asking you for your money! It’s not for me (I can hear the collective sighs of relief with people realizing I haven’t turned into a slimy sales person.). It’s for a very specific purpose: To provide clean water to those that don’t have it.

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Standardize Your Sales Handoff with Salesforce

SalesLoft

The sales handoff between the Sales Development Rep and Account Executive is a crucial piece of the modern sales process. This is where a potential lead becomes a viable sales prospect. Having a set process established between the teams ensures that no leads fall through the cracks, and holds both the SDR and the AE accountable for their specific responsibilities in the qualification and selling process.

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Sales Leadership Secrets for Building a World Class Sales Culture

The Brooks Group

A healthy sales culture is the heartbeat of your organization. The efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity of your sales force will directly—and significantly—impact revenue and growth. . But high-performing sales cultures don’t just appear out of thin air. They’re born from deliberate and strategic actions, and they all have one factor that can make or break their success: the quality of sales leadership. .

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5 Secrets for Creating Lasting Personal Growth

Hyper-Connected Selling

I want to learn to speak Spanish fluently. I’ve had it on my list of New Year’s Resolutions for almost a decade. And it seem like I’m never going to get to crossing it off the list. Have you realized that New Year’s Resolution is a short-hand way of saying this part of my life that I’ve been trying to change for the last ten years ?

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Predictions for 2017 – The Year of Smart(er) Sales Enablement

Bigtincan

As the year winds down and we move into the holiday season, it’s a good time to think about the challenges and opportunities 2017 will hold. But often the best way to predict the future is to look to the past. 2016 was a banner year for the sales enablement industry. Around the world, companies of […].

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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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TSE 469: How to Drive Results with Emotion

Sales Evangelist

People buy based on emotions. But how can you tap into the emotions of your clients in a way that helps them make an informed buying decision? Today’s guest on Sales From the Street is master storyteller, Steve Heimerman, who shares with us some insights into how you can utilize video to drive results through […] The post TSE 469: How to Drive Results with Emotion appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

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3 Lessons Every Business Can Learn from Candy Crush

Klozers

Every business can learn something from Candy Crush even if like us you have never played the game. Running your business you probably don't get a lot of spare time to spend on Facebook however if you have ever been there it's almost impossible to not notice Candy Crush - or rather you might have been plagued by Candy Crush, and the constant messages from your own friends and family to encourage you to play/join or whatever it is you do with it.

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TSE 470: TSE Hustler’s League-“Following Up”

Sales Evangelist

One common mistake salespeople make is play the guessing game with their clients. You can’t let your clients guess your sales process or your next steps otherwise the whole thing gets so ambiguous. You have to be super clear when it comes to your sales process. And that includes letting them know when you need […] The post TSE 470: TSE Hustler’s League-“Following Up” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

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Jeb Blount Shares What Makes The Best Prospectors and Prospecting Organizations

Sales Gravy

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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.