Sat.Dec 16, 2017 - Fri.Dec 22, 2017

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Tackling the Impossible Sales Challenge

Jill Konrath

How do you get a targeted account if all your previous attempts have failed? If you want to catch a big fish, perhaps the sports fishermen of New Zealand can give you some ideas. After all, they face a very difficult, if not insurmountable, challenge that would stop most fisherman entirely.

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Santa Facing Increasing Pressure to Stop Using Reindeer

The Sales Heretic

Animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), added its voice to the chorus of organizations calling on Santa Claus to end his practice of using reindeer to pull his sleigh. “Reindeer are proud, majestic, noble creatures who deserve to live independent, cruelty-free lives with their families,” reads PETA’s statement. “By keeping [.].

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3 Lessons that Apply to Every Sales Call No Matter What You Sell

Understanding the Sales Force

It's a family tradition that each December we attend the Boston Ballet's performance of the Nutcracker. It's truly a magical show and even though the primary dancers change from year to year, the execution of the show's script and musical score is flawless. Several years ago, during one of the performances, it dawned on me that the orchestra's role in the show correlated very nicely to an effective sales presentation.

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8 Sales Enablement Predictions for 2018

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Jim Ninivaggi Time to dust off the crystal ball. As sales organizations look to succeed in 2018 and beyond, they need to stay abreast of important trends that will impact how – and how successfully – their reps sell. Donning the analyst hat I wore in my previous role – and also pulling from experiences I have with our sales team and customers every day – here are my sales enablement and readiness predictions for 2018: 1.

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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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Selling To Sybil

The Pipeline

By Tibor Shanto. I always find it amusing listening to sales people or marketing people talk about buyer persona, seems half have no idea what the word means, and if not for fashion could care less. I worked with a company that had very clear and detailed outline of the various personas (or is it personae?), they sold to, each based most on their corporate roles.

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In A Sales Slump? Here Are 7 Ways To Boost Your Confidence & Motivation

MTD Sales Training

It happens to us all. Even though you are doing the same things that you were doing when sales were up, you enter that phase where nothing closes, no-one wants to talk to you and the competition start taking over. It can be enough to drive you to depression. But it needn’t. Here are some tips that will improve your motivation and drive when things aren’t going according to plan. 1) Remember that ‘motivation’ is temporary.

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7 Conditions to Create a High-Performance Sales Environment

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Bob Junke, CEO, Adventace A vice president of sales recently said to me, “Creating a high-performance sales environment is what sales leaders dream about, but most have no idea how to do it.” But the dream is not as elusive as it might seem. A high-performance sales environment is one where the conditions conducive to a successful sales culture have been put in place – resulting in predictable, continuous, metric-based performance improvement.

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Is the Onboarding of New Reps Your Achilles Heel?

SBI Growth

Joining us for today’s show is Jeff Harris, the Chief Business Development Officer for Millar. Jeff answers questions out of SBI’s 2018 hbspt.cta.load(23541, 'b3b0ba05-3172-4e97-8fd8-29d6273cafc2', {}); to provide guidance on how to onboard and train reps quickly. Turn to the Sales Enablement.

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Why So Defensive?

The Pipeline

By Tibor Shanto. While sales people would have you believe they are a confident lot, able to get others to see their view and follow them with comfort. But when you watch them in play, on the sales field with the buyer, their behaviour comes across quiet differently. For the most part, they behave with great insecurity and defensiveness often not experiences since grade school.

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Streamlining Salesforce for Maximum Impact: A People-Focused Pocket Guide

Step inside the world of Salesforce consulting, stripped of fluff and jargon. Our guide provides a detailed exploration of five key success criteria, complete with actionable steps for immediate implementation. Elevate your Salesforce investment with insights on goal setting, system design, core object utilization, user adoption, and crafting a system tailored to your needs.

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The Top 10 Sales Blog Posts Of 2017 – As Voted For By You!

MTD Sales Training

2017 has been a great year for MTD having won the CIPD Best HR/L&D Supplier 2017 & the Personnel Today Best HR Supplier Partnership Award Winner 2017, and I hope its been a successful year for you too! We’ve brought you tips and techniques all year long and will continue to do so in 2018! So here we go, the best 10 blog posts of the year as voted for by you: What To Do When Your Experienced Sales People Have Lost Their Edge.

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Artificial Intelligence for B2B Sales & Marketing: Reality vs. Hype in 2018

DiscoverOrg Sales

When you ask your phone for directions, artificial intelligence (AI) serves up the optimal route. When you browse Netflix or Amazon, AI surfaces movies and products that fit your personal interests. Facebook surfaces ads in your newsfeed based on your mood, and it’s likely you’ve received medical treatment that was either diagnosed or treated with the help of AI.

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The Revenue Marketer’s Guide to B2B Field Events

SBI Growth

B2B marketing leaders drive hyper-growth by bridging the gap between the corporate office and the field. If you are investing in field events, and not generating desired outcomes, consider thinking like a B2C marketer. To do this, you need to.

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Sales Motivation Video: Are Swimming in the Right Sales Tank?

The Sales Hunter

How are you ever going to stand out if you are swimming with all the other fish? I want to challenge you to leave the comfort of the tank you are in and go explore some new possibilities. Key is to choose the right tank to jump into. Check out the video to see what […].

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How to Improve Email Deliverability and Optimize Each Send

Learn how to optimize email deliverability and drive greater email ROI. What lands your email in the customer’s inbox? Understanding those factors, otherwise known as email deliverability, is critical to getting the most return on your campaign investments. But the “rules” around which factors land you in the spam folder aren’t always easy to keep up with.

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Corporate Gift Giving: Guidelines for Compliant Policies

Zoominfo

It’s that time of the year again — the holiday season is coming upon us and your B2B sales reps are working longer hours to close last-minute deals. Your marketing team is busy too — fully entrenched in messaging and plans for the upcoming year. It seems like there’s not enough time in the day. Yet, there’s one last thing to consider before taking a well-deserved break for the holidays — corporate gift giving.

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Handling the, “I Need to Speak With….” Objection

Mr. Inside Sales

The holidays are upon us and guess what? The teams I’m working with are still getting the stall, “I need to speak with (my partner, my boss, purchasing, etc.).”. Oh by gosh, by golly, you’d think they’d cut you a break at the holidays and just buy all ready. Here’s the good news: Because this is a recurring selling situation, you shouldn’t have any problem dealing with this.

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Is Your Haphazard Tech Stack Killing Sales Productivity?

SBI Growth

Today’s show demonstrates how to improve the productivity rates of the sales team with smart sales systems design. Our guest is Steve Bonvissuto, the Executive Director for Innovation at MarketSource. Steve answers questions out of SBI’s 2018 hbspt.cta.

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What Was Your Impact This Past Year?

The Sales Hunter

Who did you have a significant impact on this year? The past few days I’ve been thinking back on the year by asking myself that same question, and I came up with a long but shallow list. I can list a lot of people I’ve impacted, but at the same time I don’t know if […].

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Brick & Mortar Retail Relevance: How to Stay Ahead of the Curve

Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an

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6 Soft Skills Every Salesperson Needs to Get Ahead

Hubspot Sales

To know how successful a salesperson is, just look at their numbers. Understanding why they’re succeeding is trickier. In sales, success is a reflection of two things: The strength of their hard skills and the strength of their soft skills. What are soft skills in sales? Unlike hard selling skills, which are relatively easy to teach and measure, soft skills are "fuzzy.

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Best of 2017: Top 10 Blog Articles of the Year

SBI

What a year it’s been. The Sales Tech space has grown dramatically as evidenced by the publication of our 2017 Sales Tech Landscape with 500 solutions. The buzz words for the year were predictive analytics, AI, ABM, ABS, and Coaching. Here are some of Smart Selling Tools stats for 2017: Published over 100 articles on our blog. Hosted 17 of our own webinars and participated in about a dozen others.

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Marketing’s Critical Alliance with Customer Success

SBI Growth

Our guest today is Tracy Eiler, the Chief Marketing Officer for InsideView. InsideView is the leading cloud-based market intelligence platform for sales and marketing professionals. Tracy is a revenue-driven SaaS marketing executive and co-author of Aligned to Achieve: How to.

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Are You Part of a Dream Sales Team?

The Sales Hunter

Who’s on your sales team? I’m not talking other salespeople who you work with at your company. I’m talking about your personal sales team. Sales is not a solo sport, although many would argue with me on that point. I believe strongly that sales is a team activity, and to succeed you need to be […].

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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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Identifying Sales Prospects: Gatekeepers, Influencers, and Decision Makers

Hubspot Sales

Today’s salespeople need to know more about their prospects before conducting outreach. And, chances are, they’ll need to know someone other than the decision maker pretty well. In days of old, salespeople could call the C-suite, marketing could email them, and it was much easier to gain access to the decision maker. Now, C-suites can isolate themselves with caller ID, email filters, and assistants.

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Creating Emotional Connections With Customers Through Video

SBI

Today’s buyer’s journey is very different. Instead of a serial progression from marketing to sales, buyers interact with both marketing and sales throughout the buyer’s journey. We see this with the advent of of social selling as well as the proliferation of digital content. However, even with the increased touch points, according to a Gallup poll, only 29% of buyers feel fully engaged in the sales process.

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The 12 Days of Increase Sales Leadership Questions - Day 7

Increase Sales

Many believe to increase sales leadership begins with sales training, learning more stuff to improve existing known weaknesses, but in actuality the foundation for sales success lies within the strengths of each salesperson, not their weaknesses, This leads to question number 7: If people succeed because of their strengths, then do you know with absolute crystal clarity what are your strengths?

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All Sales Floors Should Be Loud!

Membrain

Get off Facebook. Get off LinkedIn. Get off Twitter. Get off the 3rd appendage. If aliens descended they'd be confounded with why humans have only one hand. The entire society is glued to a piece of plastic, silicon circuits, and flashing light through gorilla glass. It's unnatural, unhealthy, and sociologically inept.

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.

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The 8 Skills Salespeople Will Need to Be Successful in 2018

Hubspot Sales

Selling Skills 2018. Video skills. Ability to be honest. Tech savviness. Framing skills. Challenger selling. Knowledge of Data Analysis. EQ. Product expertise. Imagine you wake up in 1958. Your job title hasn’t changed -- you’re still a salesperson, sales manager, sales director, etc. -- but of course, everything else has. Buyers are different; they don’t have the internet to guide their decisions.

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Selling to C-Level Executives: 8 Tips for Unlocking Access to the Busiest Buyers on Earth

Sales Hacker

Selling to c-level executives is a different ball game. You have to be concise, respectful of their time, and really think about how to differentiate yourself in order to break through the clutter and earn the right to ask for something. Here is a message to sellers from a real c-level buyer: Outbound tactics without strategy are sheer lunacy. We must lead with an insight-driven value narrative (‘hypothesis of value’), otherwise hammering away in blended channels is worthless.

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34 Million Data Points Show What Type of Sales Content Performs Best

Openview

At the top of the funnel, marketers obsess over attracting, capturing, and handing off qualified leads. At the bottom of the funnel, sellers fixate over deals won and revenue attained. But what about the middle of the funnel? It’s easily the most ignored – but, arguably, the most important – stage in any sales pipeline. The middle of the funnel is where relationships with prospects are built, and where reps learn what obstacles need to be overcome.