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Pipeline Velocity: Why It Matters, How To Measure It and How It Helps

InsightSquared

Here in Boston, we love rowing. Every year thousands of us crowd around the Charles River to watch boats gracefully glide along the river as they race at the Head of the Charles Regatta. What most casual spectators don’t realize is all the components that go into making one of those rowing shells move as quickly down the river as possible (and it’s not nearly as graceful as it may look).

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How to create the perfect sales-stages journey

Zendesk Sell

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4 Buyer Personalities & How to Sell to Them

LevelEleven

A popular movie was released in 2005 called The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants , which told the magical tale of a pair of jeans that fit everyone in a group of four friends, all with different body types. Although this $40 million-grossing movie was massively popular, the idea of “one size fits all” is not always realistic. The world of sales is not like a pair of magical jeans.

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The Forgetting Curve Has a Cure

No More Cold Calling

What do you remember from your last training? The way we’ve been learning is all wrong. Remember cramming for tests? I do, and while I usually did well on my exams, I didn’t retain much of anything. I’ve heard for years that people forget 70 percent of what they learn in a professional training class within 24 hours of the event. That isn’t learning at all.

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Sales & Marketing Alignment: How to Synergize for Success

Speaker: Carlos Hidalgo, Co-Founder & CEO of Digital Exhaust, Author, International Keynote & TEDx Speaker

Recent research shows that only 50% of B2B organizations state that they have good alignment between their marketing and sales teams. This lack of alignment tremendously impacts the ability to meet business goals, and is a limiting factor for building and maintaining customer relationships. While many B2B organizations continue to struggle with aligning their marketing and sales teams, they can take practical steps to unify both teams and simplify their overall approach.

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Make Your Sales Force Your Loyalty Program

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: John Larson A few weeks ago I was having lunch with a friend, a successful executive who has run large sales organizations for three different companies. She is a forceful executive with clear ideas of how “things should be done.” On this particular day, she appeared a bit frazzled and distracted. I asked her what was the matter and she said, “For the last 12 years, I have had all my key financial accounts with Bank XYZ – a fund for my daughter’s college education and my mortgage, plus m

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Getting On The Right Timeline

The Pipeline

By Tibor Shanto. Many in sales believe that there will be no action by a buyer unless there is a compelling event. Not here to argue that, it certainly helps when the buyer is already motivated by a deadline, an immovable one is that much better. The challenge is that any given point in time, at best about 10% of your B2B market has a compelling event, these are Actively looking buyers, what we like to call the “57 percenters!

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Follow These 5 Steps When Preparing For A Sales Meeting

MTD Sales Training

Having achieved the goal of setting a sales meeting with a customer or prospect, what would be the best way to ensure, as much as possible, its success? Follow these five ideas in order to make sure you are fully prepared and confident when approaching the meeting: 1) Have a clear purpose. As the saying goes, if you have a big enough ‘why’ you can achieve any ‘how’.

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Empowering B2B Sellers Through Sales Technology

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Matt Suggs More than ever before, buyers can scan hundreds of reviews and articles about a product online, forming opinions before they even interact with a sales representative for the first time. Modern sellers must evolve their sales approach, reinventing their pitch to include information that can’t be found on the internet. To be successful, it’s time to focus on the value of the company and leave the stagnant sales decks behind.

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Building an Accurate Business Model is the Key to Ensuring Product Launch Success

SBI Growth

So, you have a new product investment you are excited about. How do you ensure that your idea holds up to leadership scrutiny, and has a big enough ROI to be considered a success? Understanding and building a business model.

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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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What Is Sales?

The Sales Hunter

Sales leadership is nothing more than interacting with others to make a positive impact. We can break it down even further and say that sales leadership is just people connecting with people. Sales and leadership are one and the same. Sales is only as complicated as we want to make it. I feel like we too often over complicate it and then wonder why our customers aren’t buying.

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Friday Five - Attitude for Success

Score More Sales

Positive and negative information is handled in different parts of our brains. Anything with a negative emotion tends to involve more thinking and this information is processed more heavily in our brain than positives.

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Mission Impossible: Making Hard Choices as a First-time CMO (Part 2)

DiscoverOrg Sales

Fear isn’t a luxury the CMO can afford. Neither is hesitation. Today’s CMO position – “ a minefield where many talented executives fail ” – requires the courage of conviction to survive. If you’re a first-time CMO, this goes double. As I wrote earlier this week, in the first few weeks on the job, first-time CMOs should plan a few quick wins and set a strong foundation.

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How to Get a Prospect’s Cell Phone Number

Mr. Inside Sales

Having trouble reaching your prospect after your initial call? Here are two ways you can ask for–and get–a prospect’s cell phone number. . The post How to Get a Prospect’s Cell Phone Number appeared first on Mr. Inside Sales.

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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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Monday Motivation Video: Celebrate Success!

The Sales Hunter

Look back at all that you accomplished last week. Take a moment to celebrate your successes! Don’t dwell on your failures. Keep your mind focused on the good and positive. This will give you the jumpstart you need to be successful this week! Don’t forget: A coach can help you excel in your sales career. Invest in yourself by checking out my coaching program today!

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Is Your Current Sales Opportunity Real?

Anthony Cole Training

In this article, we discuss and identify the three main reasons why salespeople get duped into believing a specific opportunity will close and why some deals are not worth chasing. They are: Weak pipeline. Failure to ask tough questions. Afraid to pull the plug.

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87 Things You Can Control

The Sales Heretic

We all crave control. Not just in sales or business, but in every aspect of our lives. And yet life is frustrating and scary because so many things are beyond our control. Things like: • The economy • What your competition does • Your prospect’s budget • The weather • Traffic • The stock market [.].

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How to Overcome the Fear of Cold Calling

Mr. Inside Sales

Do you struggle with call reluctance when it’s time to cold call? If you do, then you need to remember a couple of things that will help take the pressure off you, and give you the perspective you need to “smile and dial… ” The post How to Overcome the Fear of Cold Calling appeared first on Mr. Inside Sales.

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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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Your Sales & Prospecting Assessment

The Sales Hunter

Ask yourself the following 10 questions to help assess how you’re doing with prospecting and selling: What do I feel is the #1 reason holding me back from being more successful? What is my plan to do something about it? What would I say is the strongest part of my sales process, and what can I do to leverage it more? What is the weakest part of my process and why?

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9 Things Terribly Wrong With Sales Today

A Sales Guy

Sales is suffering from 9 brutal ills: The Bro Culture, Lack of Coaching Too Product-Centric Not enough sales people understand the game/rules of sales Too much reliance on selling tools. Not enough training in the industry/space Too much activity management Little respect for prospects and buyers time Not enough humility. Sales is the greatest profession in the world in my opinion.

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Qualifying Buyers Using Greater Focus, Successful Sales Meetings & A Quote From Bob Burg

MTD Sales Training

Episode 25: To my sales professional connections (and trainers). This podcast includes: Qualifying buyers using greater focus. How to make your next sales meeting more successful. A quote from Bob Burg. Take a look at this episode on [link]. The post Qualifying Buyers Using Greater Focus, Successful Sales Meetings & A Quote From Bob Burg appeared first on MTD Sales Training.

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How to Get an Appointment With Anyone in 3 Simple Steps

Hubspot Sales

In order to sell someone, you first have to get them to book a meeting with you. And as salespeople know, this is far easier said than done. Reps make countless calls each day, hoping and praying that one of their prospects will pick up the phone. Finally, someone does -- and what do they say? "I'm too busy for this.". "Can you just send some information?".

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Gone in 8 Seconds: Overcoming Buyers’ Shrinking Attention Spans

Speaker: Jake Miller, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Allego

Buyers are savvier, buying teams are larger, and new research shows that buyers' attention spans have dropped to just 8 seconds. This means that the old approach of blasting buyers with email-heavy, generic communications no longer works. Instead, buyers need to be surrounded with relevant communications and personalized, self-service content throughout their journey.

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6 Ways to Establish a Trustworthy Brand

Zoominfo

The strongest brands have one thing in common– a loyal base of trusting customers. Trust is at the center of every business strategy – without it, you’ll struggle to, develop relationships, win business, and retain customers. Jim Stengel, former global marketing officer of Procter & Gamble puts it best, “We’re seeing more of an emphasis on brands building emotional relationships with consumers because it’s powerful and it works.

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How to Conquer Common Sales Objections in 6 Steps

Alice Heiman

Are members of your sales team having trouble closing deals because of the objections your prospects raise? . Objections are a natural part of the sales process. When you and the prospect are taking the steps to move forward in the sales process it’s natural that objections will arise. They are questions about whether it’s a fit, it will work, it’s affordable, valuable and if it’s the right choice. .

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3 sales team structures for building a high-performing sales organization

Close.io

Your product’s taking off. You’ve got traction in your market, and you’re looking to go even further. Your first basic sales model has accomplished wonders for your business so far, but after weighing the various factors involved and taking a close look at the market , you’ve decided to start building your sales organization. This is the time to determine which of the 3 sales team structures is best suited for you.

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5 Songs to Boost Sales Performance

The Center for Sales Strategy

Music can help you push through a difficult workout, it can calm your nerves, and it can even get you pumped up and geared towards success. Music can have a powerful impact on your mindset, and using music and the right rhythm to support positive thoughts could definitely get your sales performance headed in the right direction. Abba — Money, Money, Money.

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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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How to Raise Money

Grant Cardone

I’ve raised $125 million in the last 14 months. Why am I telling you that? Because you should be raising money too. If you have some cause you care about, if you want to change something in the world, then you WILL need to raise money. Want to help someone with their hospital bills? You’ll need to raise money. Want to start a new business? You’ll need to raise money.

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AI And Sales, What We Misunderstand

Membrain

Based on much of the press, much of it created by vendors of AI solutions, AI is the answer to all the problems we have with sales and marketing. We are presented a brave new world where we can engage the right customers, say exactly the right words at the right time, making sure we ask no more than 4 discovery questions, that our opening pitch (?) is no longer than 9.1 minutes, that….

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Why Your Losing Customers

Women Sales Pros

Strategies to Increase Retention, Expand Relationships and Drive Referrals This week I moved my business from one of my long-time vendors – hired someone new. The new vendor is not any less expensive, does not have a better product and is actually slightly less convenient to work with in terms of availability and response time. So why did a move? Good question and an important one to know the answer to if you want to know how to succeed in today’s marketplace.

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