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7 Ways to Get More Women in the Sales Profession (and Keep Them)

DiscoverOrg Sales

Gender diversity is making headlines these days, as the spotlight shines on the treatment and representation of women in one industry after another. While the issue may seem complicated, the outcome is simple: (1) Companies who recognize the importance of diversity and promote it actively are the inevitable winners in this equation. (2) Those who are unwilling to take an active stance on gender equality will suffer economic consequences.

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Stop Buying Digital Snake Oil for Your Account Based Sales Team

No More Cold Calling

Has digital communication killed traditional sales techniques? A sales VP was frustrated with her account based sales team, as they relied almost exclusively on technology for generating sales leads. Their outreach took too long. They spent plenty of time on social media and sent tons of emails, but they rarely reached actual decision-makers. She finally asked her team: “Did you ever close business over email?

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Only 1 in 7 Sellers Do This Crucial Skill

Jill Konrath

I never wanted to be in sales. I only entered the profession because I had an idea for a business. When I shared it with a consultant , he said it was a good plan and timely.

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Why Being Stuck In the Office Over the Holidays Is a Lucky Break

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Mike Scher If your sales teams reduce their outreach during the holiday weeks because they think anyone who matters is on vacation, they shouldn’t. This is actually an optimal time of year to reach decision-makers. Data has shown that the best sales-booking days of the year are holiday weeks. Move your fingers away from the cookie plate and back to your phone to get your sales pipeline jumping again.

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5 Inspiring B2B Marketing Campaigns to Take Yours to the Next Level

Your next big B2B marketing idea starts here. Get inspired with these five successful B2B marketing campaigns. Ready to generate more leads, interest, and revenue with your B2B marketing? In this comprehensive eBook, you’ll get: In-depth studies of five successful B2B marketing campaigns spanning a wide range of industries Key takeaways and lessons from each story to implement in your own strategy Resources to help your own B2B marketing thrive By submitting this form, you agree to have your con

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14 Sales Topics That Readers Cared About Most in 2017

Understanding the Sales Force

As 2017 comes to a close and we prepare for 2018, there are two things I do each year that have been very popular. The first is to list the most popular articles of the year which I'll share below. And the second is to republish the popular Nutcracker/Sales article for those who haven't read it and those who find value in a reread. I'll republish the Nutcracker article early next week.

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Millennials Matter: Coaching, Mentoring, and Developing Millennials

Steven Rosen

Book Review Millennials Matter: I have been asked by so many senior sales leaders “what is the best way to coach , mentor and develop Millennials?” With so many seasoned leaders retiring at a record pace, they are concerned that many Millennials just aren’t ready to fill the gap by moving into leadership roles. In fact, many of us complain about this generation.

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Technically, I Graduated

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Dan Seidman How to get smart — even degreed — online. The world is digitizing everything. My brother “Kenny B” was a DJ during the disco era, late 70s to mid-80s. His tools included 33 RPM records where the trick to keeping people on the dance floor (and increasing thirst or drink sales) was to blend songs according to beats per minute (BPM).

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What If I Hadn’t Called?

The Pipeline

By Tibor Shanto. As most of you know I am a regular proponent of making cold calling part of your prospecting mix. Beyond the logic of expanding your tool kit to include all things that lead to engagement, how you engage with your prospects will very much inform and shape the conversation you have with prospects. The dynamics of an inbound call are very different than those on a call that interrupts and disrupts their day, and their current direction.

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Are You on the Leading Edge of Sales Operations?

SBI Growth

Leading Sales Operations is an extremely challenging role. It requires a blend of strategic thinking, process improvement, data analytics and sales acumen. Consider the rapid evolution of Sales Operations, barely a recognized discipline 25 years ago. What was cutting edge five.

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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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How Not to Buy Leads

Pointclear

Last week a prospect told me that he needed higher quality leads than were currently being provided by two third-party outsourced solution providers. His definition of a lead was the loosest that I have ever heard. An employee of a targeted company needed only to download some content to be qualified as a lead. It did not matter if they were ready to buy – or even qualified to buy.

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Are You Pushing Yourself Hard Enough? Is “Average” Killing You?

The Sales Hunter

How hard do you push yourself? Being willing to accept average is what destroys the dreams of too many. We can’t allow ourselves to become comfortable with average. When we accept average, we eliminate our opportunity to become significant. Last week I spent 3 days with 19 peers in an intense program designed to help […].

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7 Key Ways To Become Excellent At Prospecting

MTD Sales Training

How do you feel when your manager asks you to do more prospecting? Do you jump with glee at the thought of making several hundred more cold calls? Or do you close your eyes, utter a deep sigh and think ‘why did I choose this profession?’. It’s probably something in between those two extremes, but it’s not difficult to see how you can become excellent at prospecting, especially when sales are dipping or you’re experiencing a sales dip.

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How New VP of Sales Operations Hit the Ground Running

SBI Growth

Congratulations! You just landed the VP of Sales Operations role you worked to achieve your whole career. You have toiled through managing different segments of sales operations. Now it is time to put what you have learned into a cohesive.

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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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Congratulations to PointClear’s Kimmy Netterville: Named Most Inspiring by SLMA

Pointclear

Our own Kimmy Netterville made the Sales Lead Management Association’s “Most Inspiring” list of 40 outstanding individuals in our industry, announced today. Kimmy was recognized in the category People in Lead Generation Companies for her many contributions in the last decade-plus helping PointClear clients as Program Director. She’s worked with scores of technology, healthcare, business services and other B2B companies grow their businesses by managing the agile processes that result in high-val

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Sales Motivation Video: Year-End Push and Next Year’s Sales Goals

The Sales Hunter

Don’t take your foot off the gas pedal now. You have a few weeks left in the year, so you need to keep your momentum going with meeting with prospects and closing sales. AND you need to think of next year’s goals. Check out the video to see what I mean: A coach can […].

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Avoid this “Ghost” of Christmas Future

Mr. Inside Sales

When was the last time you read the classic book: “A Christmas Carol,” by Charles Dickens? If it’s been a while, I highly recommend it. Dickens is a superb story teller, and there is a reason this is a “classic.”. While reading this, it reminded me of an encounter I had that was a chilling reminder of the bad “Ghost of Christmas Future” I narrowly avoided all those years ago.

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Create an Inspiring B2B Brand

SBI Growth

Joining us for today’s show is Simon Mouyal, the Chief Marketing Officer for Medidata. Simon is recognized as one of the top 100 CMO’s in the world and knows how to make the number. Matt and Simon leverage the How.

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2 Retail Sectors That Are Completely Changing the Game: FMCG & Q-Commerce

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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5 Mistakes You're Making in Sales Conversations

Connect2Sell

Are you making these common mistakes in your sales conversations? If so, you're not alone. But if you can eliminate these common mistakes, you'll stand out and buyers will enjoy meeting with you. Sales conversations aren’t always smooth. That's why buyers avoid them. It's up to sellers to make these conversations more engaging and less awkward.

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It’s Time to Cut the Excuses as to Why You Don’t Like to Prospect

The Sales Hunter

Every time I hear one of the below excuses, I cringe. It’s a shame, because there’s no reason at to feel so negative toward prospecting. The leads we get are not worth anything! Nobody wants to be bugged, so there’s no reason to prospect. I’ll wait for them to call me. I can’t believe they […].

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7 Ways to Get More Women in the Sales Profession (and Keep Them)

DiscoverOrg Sales

Gender diversity is making headlines these days, as the spotlight shines on the treatment and representation of women in one industry after another. While the issue may seem complicated, the outcome is simple: (1) Companies who recognize the importance of diversity and promote it actively are the inevitable winners in this equation. (2) Those who are unwilling to take an active stance on gender equality will suffer economic consequences.

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How to Generate More Recurring Revenue

SBI Growth

Our guest today is Nick Mehta, CEO of Gainsight, the global technology leader in the customer success category. Many CEOs are moving their revenue models to recurring revenue. Why? This type of revenue creates higher enterprise value than transaction-level revenue. As.

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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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Sales vs. Business Development: What's the Difference? [FAQ]

Hubspot Sales

Sales and business development. Just two different ways to refer to the same activity -- getting your company’s product into customers' hands. Right? Actually, sales and business development should not be considered the same job at all.Instead, think of the two roles as complementary halves of a whole. It’s true that both positions exist to help grow your business, but they achieve this end in different ways.

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Sales Tech Simplified: How to Find ‘Selling Nuggets’ Through Relevant Insights

SBI

In this series, we ask tech executives to describe the why and how of their solution. We call it Sales Tech Simplified. This week I interview Alan Greenhalgh , Chief Product Officer of Vortini. Nancy: Why does the industry need your solution? Alan: We see a number of themes emerge with our customers and in the market more generally. We are constantly asked to demonstrate how they can improve efficiency and drive growth.

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The 12 Days of Increase Sales Leadership Questions - Day 6

Increase Sales

Now another simple increase sales leadership question: What is keeping you from changing that one behavior which would improve your results? Here is where as some say the rubber meets the road. Identifying what is keeping us from realizing the change we want requires us to look down deep inside and face the truth. This truth may not be pretty. Sometimes the fear of facing the truth is what prevents us from identifying what is keeping us from those desired results.

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Revenue Attribution: Connect the Dots between Marketing Spend and Revenue

SBI Growth

Joining us for today’s show is Milan Malivuk, the Director of Growth and Acquisition Marketing at Intellitix. We are going to take a deep dive into one of the hottest topics in B2B Marketing: Revenue Attribution. . Simply put, Revenue Attribution.

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Drive GTM Efficiency with Tech Stack Consolidation

Consolidating your tech stack is an effective cost-saving measure that drives GTM efficiency and adds value to your enterprise. With a cohesive, integrated tech stack, your revenue teams can deliver an excellent customer experience that sets you up to win faster than your competitors.

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Are Extroverts or Introverts Better Salespeople?

Hubspot Sales

Hiring salespeople is a high-stakes game. The cost of a bad sales hire can average from $25,000 to $50,000, not to mention the less quantifiable damage to team morale and culture. Conventional wisdom suggests that extroverts -- commonly thought of as outgoing and sociable -- would make better salespeople than introverts, who have been popularly represented as awkward in social situations.

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Teachable vs Thinkific: The Ultimate (No Fluff) Review

Sell Courses Online

The post Teachable vs Thinkific: The Ultimate (No Fluff) Review appeared first on Sell Courses Online. Teachable vs Thinkific Review Summary. Pricing Site Design & Customization Sales & Marketing Course Delivery & Engagement Customer Support Pricing Site Design & Customization Sales & Marketing Course Delivery & Engagement Customer Support What I like about Teachable vs Thinkific?

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LinkedIn Video: A Huge Opportunity or a Waste?

A Sales Guy

I’ve started using linked in video lately, and if you’re not doing it too, you’re missing out on a GREAT opportunity. I’m all over social, most of you know that. I used Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, this blog, and LinkedIn as my primary social channels. I use each differently for different reasons, but when it comes to business, I mean straight business, nothing is performing like LinkedIn.