Vainu

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Succeeding in sales in the 21st century is not an easy job. In addition to needing empathy, grit, and drive, you also need to know your potential and existing customers intimately to be relevant at every touchpoint. Sales professionals who leverage sales technology outperform their peers. In this article, we'll introduce you to the eleven sales software categories that we think are the most important for you to be acquainted with.

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Funnel Clarity

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Virtual sales training has become an extremely popular choice for most sales teams. The shift away from in-person sales training towards virtual sales training was already happening, a trend that was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 1, 2021

While the current macroeconomic environment presents growth leaders with considerable opportunity, CEOs will benefit from showing commitment to the shortlist of growth initiatives that matter most to their annual plans as opposed to shifting gears with the market. SBI Research found that lower-growth companies are 250% more likely to take an agile approach to 2022 planning than their peers.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

If solid sales proposals are the key to getting your foot in the door with new clients (and they are), then why do so many companies take a lackluster approach to responding to requests for proposals and quotes? The post Better Sales Proposals Start with the Right Response Management Technology appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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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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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 3, 2021

We expect every member of our team to prospect every day as one of their sales activities. But now and then, it helps to put a focus on the effort and bring the team together on a call blitz. This works for many reasons.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

By Tibor Shanto. Despite booming times, there seems to be a cloud over B2B sales. Maybe it is the shadow cast by almost half of reps who fail to make quota? I find salespeople and others in the trade have difficulty focusing. Couple that with a distracted buyer who is also challenged to concentrate on one thing till it’s done. The result is a lot of wasted resources, and disappointed people on both ends of the journey.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Getting qualified sales leads is the fastest way to sales success, but these common mistakes in pursuit of referrals can be career-ending. The post Avoid These Mistakes When Asking for Referrals appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Scenario Demographics, firmographics, and technographics are crucial for identifying and building targeted audiences. But the real competitive edge comes when you can target accounts based on the behavior of their employees. Intent data captures which accounts are in the market for a particular solution. Intent signals are strongest when content consumption activities are much higher than average and multiple people at the company are involved.

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John Barrows

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In the spirit of giving thanks this past week, we are recognizing our membership community, who truly show up and show out for every webinar, livecast, AMA, and event we have. Thank you for bringing your greatness and energy! This episode, James Buckley talks with member Sterling Frandsen, inside sales representative at Tiled, about his career start in sales, early realizations, and how the JB Sales Membership has shaped his goals, performance, and mindset.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Subscribe today , and take the Breakfast on the go! Shane Lawrence – Managing Partner – SMB Acuity Shane brings real-world experience and insights into the development and implementation of successful business engagement strategies. With a proven track record of sales results and entrepreneurial thinking, Shane has spoken widely on topics such as engaging small businesses, building better customer experiences and effective segmentation and is an expert on Small Business research and insi

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Predictable Revenue

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Cold calling scripts approved by the most successful and reputable B2B sales leaders and practitioners in the sales development industry. The post The 4 Cold Call Scripts That Actually Book Meetings appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Whether your marketing department is a startup or well established, you should routinely assess which key performance indicators (KPIs) you’re tracking — and if you’re not tracking any, decide where to start. Every marketing team should have specific KPIs that align with their department’s goals and the organization’s goals at large. Picking the right marketing KPIs to monitor over time gives you a bird’s-eye view of how your program is performing and where to make improvements.

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Smooth Sale

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Photo by Mimi Thian via Unsplash. Attract The Right Job Or Clientele: . It was always curious as to why management from the top down does not treat employees as clients. Consider the fact that although employees receive a salary versus clients who pay the company, the business is highly dependent upon both components; that of employees and clients! The topic arises as the news is non-stop, providing statistics about high employee turnover and the difficulties with finding people who want to work

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

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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Allego

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The past year was like no other, with many organizations forced to move their entire workforce online. As the year winds down, companies in all industries are reviewing the impact of this dramatic shift on their businesses. One surprising finding is that many of the ways we work together actually improved in an online-only environment. That was one insight among many in a new research report from The Josh Bersin Company: The Sales Employee Experience.

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Membrain

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

At a time when the level of public trust in the UK's elected politicians has never been lower, it's an opportunity to reflect on the critical role of trust in sales, which is what I chose to focus on in this article from the latest edition of the International Journal of Sales Transformation.

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Force Management

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Each of our November episodes share ways sales leaders, managers and reps can prepare for a successful new quarter or year. Each episode digs deep into tactics your salespeople can use to plan for aggressive growth goals, reduce competitive losses, and minimize margin cuts. Peruse each episode to find those worth listening to or sharing with your sales team.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Not long ago, I was on a Zoom call with a bunch of CROs. At some point in the conversation, someone started talking about all the inept prospecting being inflicted on her. She complained about the emails, the constant junk calls on her mobile, the inept and inappropriate LinkedIn and other social media outreaches. Everyone piled on, sharing their experiences and their “favorite” bad prospecting ploys (Found a lot of great materials for Hank Barnes’ #FridayFails.).

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Chris Hays is the COO and president at ZoomInfo, but because he isn’t the stereotypical salesperson, it took him a while to hit his stride. As an introvert, he struggled with the expectation that salespeople are outgoing and gregarious. But as the sales process became more of a science, he was able find a groove. In this week’s episode, Chris talks about how sales has changed over time, and a deal that got way more personal than he thought it would.

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Membrain

DECEMBER 1, 2021

BS stinks, and everybody knows it. When you’re just trying to get a straight answer and you know you’re being sold a “bill of goods,” it can be frustrating.

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John Barrows

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The post WEBINAR: Morgan J. Ingram hosts “Alternative Prospecting Tactics to Help You Book More Meetings” SPONSORED BY SENDOSO appeared first on JB Sales.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

When you first start out in business, you can probably manage to keep all of your customers or clients top-of-mind … because you don’t have that many. At this stage, sticky notes are your best friend. As you become more established, your customer base grows. It becomes harder to keep every customer and prospect straight. Contacting them at regular intervals to follow up on something they plan to buy or have already bought gets trickier.

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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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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Scenario A competitor’s customers can be a great source of new business—if you can get plugged into the right signals. Companies that churn from your competitors are already educated on your value proposition and understand its potential. This makes them well-positioned to find a better solution—you. You can use technographic data to monitor and alert you when a target company in your total addressable market (TAM) drops a technology from their stack.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 1, 2021

I watched a fascinating short film, “Work, I Think It Numbs You, Somehow.” It got me reflecting on much of what I see when working with executives and sales people. Add onto that, all the we read about the Great Resignation. About two minutes into the film, a factory worker is interviewed. He talks about how so much of work causes you to stop thinking, we go through the motions and don’t have to make decisions.

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Vainu

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Thousands of people are heading towards Pasila, Helsinki this week to join Slush, one of the largest startup events in the world. At Vainu, we analyzed 1,000+ startups joining the conference and picked some interesting verticals and companies to keep an eye on.

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Janek Performance Group

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

When did selling get so complicated you need a Ph.D. in Data Statistics to manage your CRM? As more technology gets added to the sales tech stack, more reports are needed to keep track. Determining which metric to track can feel overwhelming. If you’ve ever felt more like a data scientist than a sales leader, the sales KPIs we list below will help you streamline your reporting, save you time and keep you focused on what matters most, winning new business.

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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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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Scenario Your current customers make a good conduit to new ones. When one of your customers closes a deal, go and prospect their competition for it. Because they’ll have a similar profile to your customer, you know that these competitors should be a good fit for your solution. Target them with an automated email campaign that references the missed deal.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 1, 2021

We’ve long known (whether we use it or not) about the “sales process.” Virtually every organization has some variant of a sales process with stages we move through and, possibly, critical activities we should be executing within each stage. Usually, these are all focused on what we have to do to achieve our goal–getting a PO.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

DECEMBER 1, 2021

It's more important than ever to engage with your sales team. Sales teams that are not engaged are much more likely to underperform, experience low budget attainment, and unwanted turnover. Data shows that less than 30% of today's workforce is truly engaged. This is especially true for end-of-the-quarter and end of the year! According to HubSpot, if a seller is disengaged and underperforming, it costs 150% of their salary to replace them.

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