Connect2Sell

JANUARY 6, 2020

In a Qualtics panel study with 530 B2B buyers, we asked what buyers want from sellers. Here’s a sample of what buyer said. They want sellers to: be excited and eager about what you’re selling without “overselling” it. make eye contact with me. be honest and amiable. be natural, not fake. be polite, courteous and knowledgeable. have a positive outlook. follow through to project completion. have a deep understanding of our strategic goals and purpose. be proactive and adapt to changing situations.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 6, 2020

You seek out the best products, best stores, best websites and best experiences. Doesn't it make sense to wonder about where you can find the best salespeople? I asked Objective Management Group's (OMG) COO, John Pattison, to dig into some of our data from the evaluations of 1,931,772 salespeople from companies and provide me with some scores. I reviewed the data and have a number of very interesting and surprising salesenomics conclusions to share.

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MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 6, 2020

We often get salespeople on our programs discussing the most important aspect of sales, and many consider the sales processes that they follow as the most important aspects that will keep the sales and commissions rolling in. However, we always point out that you could have the best processes in the industry, the most valuable product in the market place, or the cheapest price in your area.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 6, 2020

Author: Colleen Honan and Liz Pulice As we head into 2020, many organizations are preparing for their sales kickoff meetings. These meetings are usually the one time of the year when companies can assemble their entire sales organization and get the team energized, engaged and prepared for the year ahead. . While many companies will focus all of their planning on the meeting itself, it’s what companies do before and after a sales kickoff that can make the difference between “meh”. and great.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 6, 2020

How good (or bad) does your sales team sound when prospecting over the phone? Have you recorded and listened to their calls lately? On Friday, (Jan 3 rd ), I received a sales call that went like this: Me: “Good morning, Mike Brooks here, how can I help you?”. Rep: “Ah, could I speak to the owner of the business?”. Me: (I was in a good mood, otherwise I would have hung up right there): “That’s me, Mike Brooks, how can I help you today?”.

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Nimble - Sales

JANUARY 6, 2020

If you are using social media to build relationships, then you already know the importance of having a personal brand that is in harmony with the authentic version of yourself. Many people within organizations understand that they are all working towards a common goal; it doesn’t matter if you are a cleaner, a security guard, an intern, or the CEO.

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Close.io

JANUARY 6, 2020

There’s a point in most sales processes where you’ve connected with your prospect, and you need to give them a demo, a call back, or the big closing call. Keeping track of those meetings can be a pain—did the lead reschedule, who attended, and what happened next? Today we’re launching Meeting Sync , a power feature that gives you instant visibility by bringing your meetings directly into the CRM.

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Canidium

JANUARY 6, 2020

A CPQ solution, although closely associated with a Customer Relationship Management (CRM), is not at all a CRM solution nor is it an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution or a Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) solution, but it falls somewhere in between.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 6, 2020

If you’re trying to optimize your sales process and empower your sales team to achieve better results, the answer lies in frictionless selling. Simply put, frictionless selling is a way of rethinking sales to effectively reduce friction and create more convenient experiences for both buyers and sellers. In this blog post, we’ll discuss why frictionless selling drives great results, and how you can incorporate this new approach into your sales model.

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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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Pipeliner

JANUARY 6, 2020

It’s not always easy to handle customers, which is why retail jobs can be so immensely stressful for people. You have to handle a variety of different people and oftentimes stay calm through their issues, which they may end up taking out on you. Retail jobs are no joke, and it’s no surprise that many people working retail jobs attempt to find a supplement that can help.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

JANUARY 6, 2020

The world of sales has rapidly changed as new technology evolved and became more accessible to businesses and sales teams. Over the last decade, the major trends in sales have included ideas like inbound marketing , social selling , and implementing sales enablement tools. From companies becoming more intentional about building a culture of engagement to sellers mastering the art of shared-screen conversations, predictions in sales trends for the next decade take a slightly different approach.

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Tenbound

JANUARY 6, 2020

Tell us about your role at Eightfold.ai? Eightfold.ai is a talent intelligence platform that allows companies to place the right people in the right roles utilizing AI to find those candidates. Therefore, at Eightfold.ai my role is to grow the pipeline and company brand by equipping the SDR organization. You’ve held Sales Development leadership positions at multiple companies.

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Julie Hanson

JANUARY 6, 2020

As a demo and presentation skills coach, I have seen more than my fair share of software demos – along with their associated screens, tabs, search bars, drop downs, notifications and text fields. Some screens are so busy Lewis and Clark armed with a GPS would get lost! But even simpler interfaces often beg the question: “ What the heck am I looking at ?

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Xactly

JANUARY 6, 2020

Less than 1/3 of CEOs receive comprehensive data on critical matters. Here’s how sales performance management (SPM) helps eliminate this executive data gap.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 6, 2020

The number one thing I grade candidates on is how well did they run their sales process on me? If you’re a job candidate in sales, you should be managing your job application process just like you’d run your sales process with a potential customer. Th is is arguably the most important sales process your candidate will be running, as it’s a reflection of how they are likely to manage relationships with prospects. .

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 6, 2020

We are only a few days into a new quarter, but I’m deep into forecast reviews. We are both discussing performance on last quarter’s forecast and doing the forecast for the current quarter. I was talking to one manager about his forecast. His team typically pursued very large deals. The average deal size was well over $1M, they were typically long cycle (12-18 months).

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Xvoyant

JANUARY 6, 2020

John Barrows joins the podcast to talk about how companies can “get sales right” by starting with the leaders who are fully involved in creating that amazing sales culture and drive improvement for each individual rep. John warns that sales leaders who just chase a number will lose out on developing their teams and will end up not reaching the high growth levels that are possible.

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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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Badger Maps

JANUARY 6, 2020

What sales trends will dominate in 2020? ? Be ready for the changes that will take place in the field of sales this new year.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 6, 2020

Hiring has changed, big time. Old school recruiting is out, social recruiting is in. I think this is the first time I’ve actually realized just how true that is. I haven’t had a resume in years. Many of my hires in the past have been through the network and hired out of opportunity, not necessarily need. That’s why, when faced with needing a new head of partnerships a few years ago, this was a relatively new process for me.

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Showpad

JANUARY 6, 2020

Let’s say you’re presented with an example of one Sales organization versus another. They are mostly identical in terms of the budget, resources, and personnel provided to their separate Sales and Marketing teams. . Imagine that you’re asked to determine why one of them has low Sales revenue and the other is doing reasonably well. Not exactly an easy matter to parse, at least not on the surface – but there’s a good chance the difference between good and bad is the e

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Sandler Training

JANUARY 6, 2020

Mike Montague has been involved with Sandler for over 20 years as a client, certified trainer, VP of online learning, and now global head of content. The post How to Succeed at Having 2020 Vision [PODCAST] appeared first on Sandler Training.

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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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Close

JANUARY 6, 2020

There’s a point in most sales processes where you’ve connected with your prospect, and you need to give them a demo, a call back, or the big closing call. Keeping track of those meetings can be a pain—did the lead reschedule, who attended, and what happened next?

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Bigtincan

JANUARY 6, 2020

What are mobile sales app benefits? The benefits of mobile sales apps for businesses may seem obvious, but some still need convincing. The fact is, we’re all doing business differently, which requires a new set of tools. Mobile sales app fill that gap. As a society, we’re more on-the-go than we’ve ever been before. More […].

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Pipeliner

JANUARY 6, 2020

Restaurant owners face a plethora of challenges. Widely known as having one of the highest failure rates in business, restaurants can be difficult to sustain over long periods of time. A variety of otherwise innocent mistakes can inevitably compound, costing owners their investments and dreams. Whether the restaurant is newly established or a long-standing local institution, there is always room for improvement.

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Hyper-Connected Selling

JANUARY 6, 2020

There are basically two ways that personal growth happens: gradually or suddenly. I’ve been in a few debates over the years about whether it’s really just one or the other (ironically, on both sides). Do you evolve so slowly you don’t notice the changes, or does growth come as a “Eureka!” moment and all of a sudden you’re a new person?

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

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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Pipeliner

JANUARY 6, 2020

Podcast interview with David Meerman Scott who is an American online marketing strategist and author of several books on marketing, including The New Rules of Marketing and PR. David has a truly global mindset born from ten years working in countries outside of the U.S. and as an international speaker in over 40 countries and on all seven continents.

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LeadFuze

JANUARY 6, 2020

As you may be familiar with the term “direct sales”, especially since the name itself is very straight forward, but what is channel sales and how your business can benefit from it? I will break it down for you! What is Channel Sales? Essentially, it is a method of distribution, which is typically done by segmenting sales operations through a third-party.

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Selling Energy

JANUARY 6, 2020

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