SBI Growth

MAY 18, 2023

Data. Data. Data.

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Sales 2.0

MAY 15, 2023

This is the sixth in a series of interviews I am conducting with subject matter experts and practitioners in the sales profession. I am examining where we are today with AI in sales and where we are going. This interview is with Dave Brock. Dave is CEO at Partners In Excellence , a consulting firm that helps its clients OutPerform and OutSell their competitors.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 16, 2023

My wife and I were on a Mother's Day walk when we saw something I had never seen before. I should have snapped a picture but I didn't, and could not find a single picture on the internet that captured what we saw. The image above certainly doesn't do the view justice.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 15, 2023

The Keys to BOLD Leadership Traditional sales leadership approaches no longer suffice in today’s fast-paced and ever-changing market landscape. To achieve success, sales leaders must embrace a new mindset— BOLD. Bold sales leadership acts as a catalyst, enabling organizations to navigate challenges, take risks, engage in difficult conversations, advocate for their teams, seize opportunities, and ultimately achieve exceptional results. 5 Key Attributes of BOLD Leaders: 1.

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Speaker: Andrew Regan, Managing Partner at BlueSeed Retail Ltd.

Did you know that 70% of new retail technology fails to deliver expected benefits and can often decrease customer value, service, and experience? With that in mind, how can we empower our store associates to leverage new technology to optimize the customer experience and boost productivity? This exclusive webinar with Andrew Regan will dive into strategies to empower retail associates for success with new technology.

Retail

Nutshell

MAY 15, 2023

For outbound sales teams, prospecting software is essential to finding new leads and nurturing them into customers. Sales prospecting tools for lead generation are critical for helping sales representatives find, qualify, and reach more prospects. These tools streamline the prospecting process and can help sales teams close more deals. But if you don’t know which prospecting tools to use or whether your sales prospecting tools integrated with your CRM , you’re looking at hours of hunting down co

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 18, 2023

The ability to negotiate can bring you and your business tremendous advantages. Yet, many salespeople approach negotiations with trepidation. Part of the problem is that we rarely have the opportunity to practice. There are only a few occasions where we typically have the ability to negotiate, and they are usually high-stakes such as buying a house or taking a new job.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

MAY 17, 2023

Sales management is tough. On top of the economic uncertainties and dynamic changes in the market they need to deal with, sales leaders must also grapple with people issues like employee turnover, waning engagement, and time pressures that get in the way of onboarding, training, and coaching. When sales leaders are especially time-starved and overwhelmed, I often share something I once heard Naval Ravikant (investor and entrepreneur) say that stayed with me.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 15, 2023

Running a startup is easier said than done, especially when you have a tight budget and limited resources. It’s hard to know when you’re ready to hire a sales team — and the consequences can make or break your startup. Perhaps not surprisingly, about 40% of new companies go out of business because they run out of cash or fail to raise capital, reports CB Insights.

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Pipeliner

MAY 17, 2023

In this podcast episode, John Golden interviews Ryan Staley about the use of AI in sales and marketing. Ryan shares his experience with AI and how it can be used tactically and from a management perspective to get rid of time-consuming tasks and allow salespeople to focus on more high-value activities. He emphasizes the importance of understanding and owning the technical and business use case components of AI and warns that companies that don’t embrace AI will get replaced by those who do

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Speaker: Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, The Money Coach®

Niche markets represent a huge opportunity for the financial services industry in America. From college students and women to communities of color and low-to-moderate-income households, niche populations have specialized financial needs – but they often underutilize many valuable financial products and services. How can you better connect with these consumers?

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Anthony Cole Training

MAY 19, 2023

In this blog article, we discuss the best advice sales managers can give their salespeople, and that is to "keep moving." If you want to increase sales within your organization, you must keep moving throughout the ups and downs, the missed opportunities, the clients who "ghost" you, and more.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 18, 2023

The foremost priority regarding how next-generation sales and marketing teams work is to facilitate a digitally augmented frictionless customer’s experience at the center of every decision. The post Warming Up to Automation appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Force Management

MAY 18, 2023

The Chief Financial Officer is an influential voice in any sales conversation. If you’re looking to drive growth for your organization, your reps must be able to influence the CFO to close higher-value deals. Recently, due to economic pressure and budget constraints, many sales teams are seeing CFOs get involved in every deal, regardless of size. The ability to sell to the CFO is now a crucial skill every seller needs in order to hit revenue targets in today’s market.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 13, 2023

BHAGs are “Big Hairy Audacious Goals.” The term was, apparently, developed by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras. I first became familiar with it from TJ Rodgers, CEO of Cypress Semiconductor. What I find fascinating about BHAGs is to achieve them, you are forced to rethink everything you do. Doing more of what you currently do, or even doing better at what you currently do is, usually, insufficient.

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Nutshell

MAY 17, 2023

Copper CRM is a good choice for sales teams that live and breathe G Suite, but what about those of us who prefer a bit of software freedom? Copper CRM, formerly ProsperWorks CRM, is a unique CRM that is specifically designed to be used with Google products, like Gmail and Google Docs. Copper is used by over 30,000 companies, including some biggies like Shipt, Hello Fresh, and Atlassian.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 18, 2023

The tools in each sales team’s tech stack can make the difference between blowing past competitors or falling short of quota — again! The post Everything Everywhere All at Once appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 17, 2023

The average buyer in this day and age is shrewd — naturally skeptical of salespeople and having certain standards reps have to measure up to. That makes establishing credibility central to the success of any sales effort. But maintaining that kind of trustworthiness and legitimacy over multiple sales conversations can be easier said than done — a lot of reps run into hitches, hiccups, and human errors that undermine their credibility with prospects.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 15, 2023

Most of our marketing and selling efforts focus on becoming the “product/solution authority.” “We have the leading CRM solution on the market…… Our manufacturing technologies are the best solutions available… We are the leading provider of financial services solutions… ” Our content and our selling efforts focus on demonstrating the superiority of our solutions. “We have the best references, we have more features/functions, we are cheaperR

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Speaker: Ardath Albee, B2B Marketing Strategist and CEO of Marketing Interactions

Most buyers today spend approximately two-thirds of their journey digitally and anonymously before contacting vendors directly. Intent data can help B2B marketers reach active buyers earlier, influence their journey, and close more deals. However, not all intent data is created equal. Perceiving interest as intent will lead you down a rabbit hole with no program performance.

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Nutshell

MAY 18, 2023

Does your company use a customer relationship management (CRM) platform ? If not, it’s definitely something to consider. A CRM can help you gather, store, organize, and analyze data about your customers, which then helps you improve your sales and marketing efforts. But that’s not all a CRM can do. It can also integrate with different tools, including social media and advertising platforms.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 16, 2023

Automated demos are key for companies navigating today’s challenging labor market and tighter budgets. The post How Demo Automation Brings Sales Teams Into the 21st Century appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Membrain

MAY 17, 2023

Although my company explicitly serves the “complex B2B sales” market, I’ve never really liked the word “complex.” In its correct definition, “complex B2B sales” is an accurate description of a particular type of selling.

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Allego

MAY 17, 2023

As the pressure for sales teams to succeed increases, so too does the need for sales leaders to develop their sellers’ skills and potential. But there are a couple problems preventing them from doing so. First, many sales leaders rely on an outdated sales leadership approach. The old-school method of hiring sales reps, pushing them through onboarding that provides only the “need-to-know” basics, and sending them into the field no longer works.

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Crunchbase

MAY 17, 2023

In a world where growing at all costs is no longer accepted, pressure on sales teams to make the most of every interaction is at an all-time high. Companies and sellers no longer have an abundance of opportunities to sell into — every interaction with a potential prospect makes the difference between success and failure. While companies scramble to restructure and reevaluate their go-to-market motions, one role continues to unlock a better sales experience for buyers and sellers alike: solutions

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 15, 2023

These five essential marketing trends and strategies can give your business a competitive edge in a crowded market. The post 5 Marketing Strategies for Current and Future Success appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Membrain

MAY 14, 2023

In the latest episode of the Art and Science of Complex Sales podcast, Paul Fuller sits down with David Brock , Author of "Sales Manager Survival Guide,"​ & CEO at Partners In EXCELLENCE to chat about his problem-solving mindset and curiosity helps him understand problems and explore solutions.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 19, 2023

A lot of you might be scratching your heads, “What is Dave talking about, all our customers speak Mandarin, or English, or Spanish, or Japanese, or Australian (Yeah, I still struggle with Australian)?” I struggle with French and German, usually beginning conversations with “Parlez vous Anglais?” “Sprichst du Englisch?” I’m relieved when they say “Yes…” When we speak a common language, we are able to connect and communicate effectively w

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Nurturing leads through your sales funnel is a daunting task for many business development teams, especially at the scale required to achieve lofty growth goals. But personalized prospecting is possible at scale with the right resources in place. At ZoomInfo, we’ve found that a rock-solid go-to-market playbook is key. That’s why we’ve gathered some of the best go-to-market plays from our own B2B sales and marketing pros and packaged them here for you.

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Crunchbase

MAY 18, 2023

Sales teams are under immense pressure as businesses navigate economic uncertainty and mounting customer expectations. They must do more with less and move quickly to close deals at a time when the B2B sales cycle has slowed. According to Demand Gen Report ‘s 2022 B2B Buyer Behavior Survey , 55% of buyers say their purchasing timelines have grown, while 82% of sales professionals have had to adapt quickly to new ways of selling.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 18, 2023

Many companies focus too much on getting the “right” tech stack and ignore the overarching goals that technology is supposed to enable. Here are three sales areas that technology can impact on improving the rate and effectiveness of a seller’s conversation with their prospects. The post The Technology Advantage Requires Proper Application appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 17, 2023

Writing good emails is vital in sales, and every salesperson has their own email tactic. But you only get one shot at getting your sales emails opened, so it’s critical to do it right. In this episode of the Sales Hacker podcast, our host Colin Campbell welcomes Will Allred , the co-founder and COO of Lavender. They talk about the potential application of ChatGPT in sales, why frameworks are better than templates, and how to personalize your email sequence.

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