Sat.Mar 24, 2018 - Fri.Mar 30, 2018

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Why These Noticeable Details Will Lead You To Greater Success

Bernadette McClelland

We’ve more than likely had people in our lives offer us advice or have given feedback that sticks in our mind. Possibly because it was repeated enough times that we had no choice but to remember it, or probably because there was an element of truth behind the message. In my case it was a sales manager who would use the phrase, ‘Attention to Detail’ quite regularly.

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It’s The Reaction – Not The Action

The Pipeline

By Tibor Shanto. “I may make you feel but I can’t make you think” Gerald Bostock. Those of you who have followed Gerald over the years know that he has dabbled in careers from banking to preaching, but had he picked sales as a career, he could have leveraged his observation above and found a stable, rewarding and reliable source of income.

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How to Measure Sales Fitness

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Peter Gillett, CEO and founder, Zuant. Despite the plethora of martech and sales enablement technologies now on the market, most sales teams are still performing at sub-optimal levels. With all these new tools making a salesperson’s job easier, there’s no excuse for your sales team not to excel. Sure new technologies in other industries can be a little daunting.

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10  Top of Funnel Fundamentals

Score More Sales

Whether you are new in your sales role or have been in sales for a while, it is easy to get wrapped in in the latest new sales tool that could help you, or that one magic bullet to specifically help YOU in your role.

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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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The Missing Link in Your Lead Generation Process [March Referral Selling Insights]

No More Cold Calling

One quarter down, only three to go. I’m pretty sure you don’t need me to remind you it’s the end of the quarter, but I’m doing it anyway. If you hope to meet quota by year-end, your most important task is quality lead generation, which requires a quality lead generation process. Of course, pipeline-building is a daily priority, year-round. Yet, it’s so easy to sit back and wait for leads from marketing or SDRs—or even worse, to spend hours sending connection requests on LinkedIn, thinking these

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The Sales Leader’s Journey from Public to Private

SBI Growth

Our guest on SBI TV is Paula Shannon, the Chief Sales Officer at Lionbridge. Paula shares her journey going from a publicly traded company, as a chief sales officer, to a company owned by a private equity firm. She discusses.

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How Effective is Your Prospecting? 10+ Questions to Ask Yourself.

The Sales Hunter

The number of salespeople and companies that share with me how they do not feel their prospecting plan works always amazes me. Then again, I have to admit I am continually assessing my own prospecting plan to determine its effectiveness, too. If we’re not prospecting effectively, then how do we expect to be able to […].

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Keep Calm and GDPR On: How Marketers Can Comply with GDPR

DiscoverOrg Sales

This post if for informational purposes only and not for the purpose of providing legal advice. You should contact your attorney to obtain advice with respect to any particular issue or problem. The views expressed are based solely upon DiscoverOrg’s interpretation of these regulations, do not purport to constitute official guidance, and may not be relied upon.

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78 Customer Engagement Statistics

Zoominfo

On the most basic level, customer engagement can be defined as the ongoing relationship between a brand and its customers. And, even though customer engagement is only a piece of the marketing puzzle, it shouldn’t be ignored. Engaged customers spend more money, actively support branding initiatives, and often become your company’s best ambassadors. No matter how big your company is, the industry you work in, or the products you sell, customer engagement is vital to the growth of your business.

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How Intent Data Helps Marketers Convert A-List Accounts

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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Diagnosing Your Sales Productivity Issue

SBI Growth

In this line of work, I run into many turtles on fence posts. If you have never heard the expression, it refers to a management fable that goes like this: When you walk down the road and see a turtle.

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Mobile Tours Can Replace Flagging Trade Shows

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Steve Randazzo Once upon a time, trade shows were deemed the kings of B2B marketing events. Top business leaders flocked to convention centers to learn about new equipment, technology and other tools. This gold standard of education brought awareness to potential clients and gave brands a platform to flaunt their latest products. If attendees were lucky, a little fun was mixed in for good measure.

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Why Consultative Selling Doesn't Work Anymore

Connect2Sell

Consultative selling doesn’t work anymore. I realize that's a provocative statement, but I think it's a fair one.

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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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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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Customer Success: Fundamentally Advance Your Business Strategy

SBI Growth

Either you’re launching Customer Success or have already started on this journey. This type of transformation involves many people, departments, and functions. To be successful, a change management program is necessary. While an established framework, John Kotter’s 8 step change management.

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Success Does Not Use a Timeline

The Sales Hunter

At 34,000 feet over the Pacific, on my way to Hong Kong, I did something I rarely do — I watched a movie. I found myself immersed in the movie “Darkest Hour,” the story of Winston Churchill during World War II. The movie shows truly a dark period of time for the United Kingdom. The […].

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2 Simple Ways to Calculate Total Addressable Market (and how it will impact sales!)

DiscoverOrg Sales

What kind of grocery shopper are you? Do you take your time, comb every aisle, look at every option and add to your cart whatever looks good in the moment? Or do you plan a little, consider meals you might like to eat, think of a ballpark budget, prepare a list, and aim to get in and out as quickly as possible? A survey by an online magazine Kitchn showed that 97% of grocery shoppers use a list.

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Why People Hate Cold Calling – And What to Do About It

Mr. Inside Sales

The words “cold calling” still make sales people sweat. I was on the phone with a client just a moment ago, while writing this, and he told me the biggest problem with his sales team is call reluctance. When I asked him why they won’t make more calls, he said they hated being rejected. Here are two things you can do about cold calling to instantly make you, and your team, more effective at overcoming the “objections” they get: Number One: Recognize that objections while cold calling aren’t reall

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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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Is Your Sales Compensation Plan Aligned to Your Corporate Objectives?

SBI Growth

A new sales comp plan should seek to (a) attract and retain top sales talent, (b) motivate productive sales activity, and (c) remain within budget. One requirement of comp plans that is too often overlooked, however, is establishing and maintaining.

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Sales Motivation Video: Set a Monday Goal You Can Accomplish

The Sales Hunter

Start your profits NOW! Don’t wait until Wednesday or Thursday to get moving on closing sales. Set even a small sales objective TODAY, because momentum creates momentum. If you can start the week already moving toward your first close, then you are well on your way to building more momentum and sales motivation. Want […].

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What Mindset Should We Be Pursuing, React or Respond & Tony Robbins on Mindset

MTD Sales Training

Episode 5 – What Mindset Should We Be Pursuing, React or Respond & Tony Robbins on Mindset. Episode 5: Loads Bubbling Podcast. This podcast includes: What mindset should we be pursuing? Should we react or respond? Tony Robbins on mindset. The post What Mindset Should We Be Pursuing, React or Respond & Tony Robbins on Mindset appeared first on MTD Sales Training.

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Sales Management: The One Metric That Matters Most

Mr. Inside Sales

Greetings from Chicago! I’m here this week presenting at the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP) Leadership Summit. If you’re attending the Summit, then make sure and say hello to me. And if you’re in the city, then stop by and join the breakout session I’m giving tomorrow, Wednesday, at 4:15 pm in the Mayfair room, entitled: The Sales Manager: Seven Crucial Skills Every Inside Sales Leaders Needs Now. ”.

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Retail Tech: Empower Associates, Optimize CX, and Boost Productivity

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.

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Use Continuous Forecasting to Improve Your Chances of Hitting Targets

SBI

Forecasting is an evidence-based process that weights all the available evidence. The role of the forecast is to show what is probable and realistic, and it should confirm that set targets are achievable. It’s often the case that targets are set ahead of time and are not supported by hard evidence, e.g. this year’s target is, “last year + 10% because we feel good about the business and have some evidence of increased demand.”.

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A 6-Step Skill Assessment For Hiring Rockstar Salespeople

Hubspot Sales

What Is Skill Assessment? A skill assessment allows employers to test how well a job candidate can complete tasks required of them in their future role. Candidates might be asked to role-play a client phone call, submit a writing sample, or conduct client research. These exercises ensure candidates haven’t exaggerated their skill level and demonstrate how well they think on their feet.

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Generating Fresh Leads, When People Question Your Price, Zig Ziglar on Attitude

MTD Sales Training

Episode 4 – Generating Fresh Leads, When People Question Your Price, Zig Ziglar on Attitude. Episode 4: Loads Bubbling Podcast. Generating Fresh Leads, When People Question Your Price, Zig Ziglar on Attitude. This podcast includes: How to Generate Fresh Leads. What to do When People Question Your Price. Zig Ziglar on Attitude. The post Generating Fresh Leads, When People Question Your Price, Zig Ziglar on Attitude appeared first on MTD Sales Training.

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How Many Touches Does It Take to Make a Sale?

RAIN Group

How many touches does it take to make a sale? The simple answer is: more than most people think! According to our Top Performance in Sales Prospecting research, it takes an average of 8 touches to get an initial meeting (or other conversion) with a new prospect. But the initial meeting is just the beginning. It takes a lot more to make the sale.

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The New GTM Playbook: 18 Ways to Future-Proof Your Sales Team

Longer sales cycles. Increasingly discerning buyers. More meetings. Intensifying competition. Economic uncertainty. Go-to-market teams of every size, in every industry, are grappling with these challenges firsthand. Thankfully, there’s an answer. We’ve developed an entirely new way for GTM leaders to identify and execute proven, data-driven strategies that drive revenue.

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Here's how to set more realistic sales goals

Membrain

Goal setting is an important part of motivating and holding salespeople accountable. The right goals give salespeople something to stretch for, plus the satisfaction of achievement when they do. When goals are realistic, they will also improve forecasting. Unfortunately, many sales teams struggle to hit the sweet spot between “challenging” and “achievable.”.

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22 Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Sales Phrases That Turn Prospects Off

Hubspot Sales

Words Not to Use in Sales. "Sorry to bother you". "I'd like to connect.". "I thought you might be the right person to connect with.". "Could you direct me to the right point of contact?". "Is it a good time to connect?". "Can I tell you about. ?". "Just checking in.". "I'd like to have an informational chat.". "Touching base.". "I wanted to/I'd love to/I'd like to/I need.".

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How To Increase Value, How To Find Your Customer’s Value Perception, & Albert Einstein on Thinking at Different Levels

MTD Sales Training

Episode 3 – How To Increase Value, How To Find Your Customer’s Value Perception, & Albert Einstein on Thinking at Different Levels. Episode 2: Loads Bubbling Podcast. How To Increase Value, How To Find Your Customer’s Value Perception, & Albert Einstein on Thinking at Different Levels. This podcast includes: How to Increase the Value in your Product/Service.

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