Connect2Sell
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Misunderstandings in the workplace cause productivity losses, hurt feelings, and unnecessary conflict. Communicating with clarity can prevent misunderstandings and keep things running smoothly and peaceably. Ensuring clarity in communication is the responsibility of each individual, particularly since our performance is so frequently appraised based on our ability to effectively communicate.
MTD Sales Training
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Years ago, when the first bartering started (thought to be in the Middle East), metals were used as symbols to represent value stored in the form of commodities. Currency became recognised as stores of value, and traded between market traders and, eventually, nations. This idea of value was built on the concept of the importance, worth or usefulness of something.
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Sales and Marketing Management
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Author: Olivia Ryan Business communication rarely goes beyond the borders of formal speech and writing, particularly in the B2B niche. Sometimes it’s reasonable to add a slight touch of humor as an icebreaker, but most of the time you should stick to the regular business language. According to the report, over 80 percent of B2B decision makers think sales reps are unprepared.
SBI Growth
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Dallas, TX – Oct 17, 2018 Sales Benchmark Index (SBI), a management consultancy specializing in revenue growth, today announced that Jacqueline (“Jacqui”) Davis has joined the firm as its global Pricing Practice leader. Jacqui has over 20 years of experience developing.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
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.
SBI
OCTOBER 17, 2018
In this series, we ask Sales Tech Executives to describe how their solution can change a sales organization in a significant way. We call it Sales Tech Game Changers. This week I interview Mark Kopcha , Founder & CEO of Revegy. NANCY: WHAT ARE THE TOP 3 WAYS YOUR SOLUTION CHANGES THE GAME FOR A SALES ORGANIZATION? Mark: Revegy’s mission is to help companies secure and grow revenue in their most important accounts by: Providing easy to use visual tools to understand the many stakeholde
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Hubspot Sales
OCTOBER 17, 2018
When I started selling HubSpot software in 2007, no one had ever heard of inbound sales and marketing. When I spoke with business owners, I had to explain what these concepts were and how they worked. Because HubSpot provided a solution that was completely unique in the market, we had no competition from other companies selling the idea of inbound. As the exclusive provider of inbound software, we were able to scale the company quickly from several hundred to several thousand customers.
Membrain
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Sales training is big business. Every year, organizations pour millions of dollars into sending their teams to workshops, conferences, online programs, and bringing in onsite training. Every year, most of that investment goes straight down the drain.
Go for No!
OCTOBER 17, 2018
How is momentum lost? The definition of momentum is, “ force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events.” For an object moving in a line, the momentum is the mass of the object multiplied by its velocity. And so that means that a slowly moving, massive body and a rapidly moving, light-weight body can have the same momentum.
RAIN Group
OCTOBER 17, 2018
This piece originally appeared in the August 2018 edition of Independent Agent magazine and is reprinted here with permission. Word of mouth, repeat business and referrals used to be enough to maintain a thriving sales organization. But today, buyers have more options than ever before, they're more educated, and the phone doesn't ring like it used to.
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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.
Predictable Revenue
OCTOBER 17, 2018
On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, we welcome Joey Maller, Google Cloud Sales Manager at UpCurve Cloud. The post The ins and outs of managing remote sales teams with upCurve Cloud’s Joey Maller appeared first on Predictable Revenue.
Partners in Excellence
OCTOBER 17, 2018
It seems in recent months, the sales and marketing world is suddenly waking up to the fact the buying process/journey is not a linear process. That customers don’t go through an orderly process of: 1. Define problem, 2. Identify priorities, requirements, 3. Assess solutions, 4. Select solution, 5. Implement. It seems we are suddenly recognizing that customers struggle in buying, they wander, they start/stop, the majority of buying decisions end in “no decision made.” Even
Xactly
OCTOBER 17, 2018
You may feel we’re being a bit too generous here with the word “party,” but considering how much we love flawless incentive compensation, we think a celebratory vibe is just what your planning committee really needs. That, and a few other things: probably snacks, definitely the right guest list. In fact, incentive comp planning process breakdown happens largely because companies fail to create the right guest list—resulting in a massive gap between sales compensation plans an
CloserIQ
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Do you have a sales strategy to capture all your referral business ? With a follow up system in place, you’ll know exactly when and how to ask your clients for referrals and actually get them. Because if you’re only asking clients for a review once after your sale and never again, you’re not tapping into this massive sales and growth engine. And unfortunately, it’s costing you serious revenue.
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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.
Jeff Shore
OCTOBER 17, 2018
In This Episode of The Buyer’s Mind with Jeff Shore: Scott McKain and Jeff talk about the four cornerstones of what it means to be ICONIC. While it’s easy to think of some large iconic companies, being ICONIC is something you can do through your thoughtful approach to sales. Being so good at what you do, that you become the standard by which all others are measured.
Accent Technologies
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Discover blogs and podcasts from some of the most productive people on the planet. Follow your favorites to begin the journey toward a more productive you. Productivity. Everyone wants more of it, but few people have achieved it to the fullest. To be truly effective in business and life, we need to adopt new mental models. Armed with better ways of thinking and optimized habits, productivity becomes a way of life where anything is achievable.
The Center for Sales Strategy
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Media sellers today have more capabilities than ever to drive results for their clients. With all of the potential options, you would think that it has gotten easier to build a solution that will drive results, right? Nothing could be further from the truth! If anything, the sheer number of solutions has made it more challenging to determine when to use what when.
Janek Performance Group
OCTOBER 17, 2018
There’s been increasing attention given to the need to train sales reps in a business environment that features customers who are far more informed than ever before. This is certainly true. And yet, lost in that emphasis and focus is the other crucial element – the need to train sales managers in addition to reps.
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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
Babette Ten Haken
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Competitive mimicry abounds in today’s overwhelmed, often socially-driven, marketplace. Not only that: we have daily cognitive overload trying to discern whether content and “facts” are real, let alone original. Let’s face it. At this point, there are very few original ideas. Unless, of course, these ideas are so unique, novel and provocative that they shift paradigms.
Pipeliner
OCTOBER 17, 2018
The Benefits of Being an Outrageously Authentic Salesperson. Most people would probably agree that authenticity is a good quality, especially for salespeople. Yet, many sales professionals struggle to embrace genuine expression of their thoughts and feelings with others. In reality, there is a fear of being outrageously authentic that is keeping sales professionals from engaging with their customers in real ways.
Marc Wayshak
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Want to learn the 7 keys to set the appointment with any prospect in sales? Check out this video to learn the best tips for scheduling that meeting with the right person to close the deal. The post 7 Keys to Set the Appointment (IMMEDIATELY) with ANY Prospect in Sales appeared first on Sales Speaker Marc Wayshak.
SalesforLife
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Are you implementing Account Based Marketing? If not! It’s time you started applying it in your organization! Studies have shown that the most effective marketing approach in recent times is proving to be Account-Based Marketing. This marketing strategy is more focused and results in better ROI compared to any other marketing method. Account Based Marketing entails identifying prospects that are key stakeholders and strategizing marketing to resonate with the specific personas.
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Longer sales cycles. Larger buying committees. Slow-moving compliance reviews. Every go-to-market team knows the frustrations that come from a drawn-out sales process. How can you speed it up? By building a modern GTM motion that uses data, automation, and proven best practices to unlock insights, engage customers, and win faster.
Bigtincan
OCTOBER 17, 2018
by Tim Keelan Complexity in sales means many things. More buyers per deal. More parts of the solution. Longer sales cycles. More diverse and complex selling moments. Differing messaging based on persona, industry, and situation. And today the selling moment can happen anywhere – phone, web meeting, elevator, or conference room. This is a lot for […].
MJ Hoffman
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Cold calling is commonly avoided by all reps – seasoned and new alike. We all feel a little bit of anxiety when we pick up the phone to dial. And that’s a good thing! If you feel a bit of anxiety, you are taking your role seriously. However, there are ways you can reduce the amount of fear we all experience as you dial out to an unknown prospect.
Allbound
OCTOBER 17, 2018
For businesses, technology has the power to streamline workflows, create a more efficient operation, and boost revenue. However, sometimes the pace at which technology advances can be dizzying, making strategic planning and managing channel partner relationships more complicated. From communicating needs to lead management to distributing content marketing materials , the pain points of partner management can easily be solved with a partner relationship management (PRM) solution.
criteria for success
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Everyone involved in sales management has at one time or another wondered how to be a better sales manager. It’s a hard job, and there are a lot of ideas out there about how you could do it better! We’ve found that the foundation of how to be a better sales manager is to focus [ ] The post How to Be a Better Sales Manager: 3 Focus Areas appeared first on Criteria for Success.
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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
Carew International
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Many believe that experience is the best teacher. Every sales professional was new at one point. If you are starting a new position in sales, you most likely do not yet have a thorough understanding of how to be successful in that particular position. Mentors and mentorship programs can be an invaluable resource to pass on valuable information that took them years to obtain, as well as serve as a trusted friend and ally.
Sales Evangelist
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Your prospects are inundated with cold communications every day. Your job is to make sure that your communications don’t wind up in someone’s spam folder. Personal communication is an important part of modern-day sales, and video cold outreach is an important tool. On today’s episode of Sales From The Street, John Simpson, Director of Business […] The post TSE 944: Sales From The Street: “Video Cold Outreach” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.
Contact Monkey
OCTOBER 17, 2018
If you’re a business owner, you know how imperative it is to get the most out of your sales team in order to maximize key business results. This is especially pertinent today as the sales process has become much more challenging , evolving with the needs of buyers over the years. . In order to do this, however, leaders within the business need to work with individual salespeople, helping them develop the kind of professional selling skills that lead to long-term success.
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