Sat.Dec 29, 2018 - Fri.Jan 04, 2019

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Starting At “Zero,” Again….

Partners in Excellence

Sales is about the only profession, where each fiscal year, we have the opportunity to start at zero. What we have done in the past year, good or bad, is past. We all have a clean slate to start all over again. As we look at this clean slate, we have an opportunity. We can continue to do the same things we have always done, replaying past years over and over, probably producing similar results.

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Put On Your Game Face and Talk Sporty To Me

Bernadette McClelland

If you’re wondering… then, yes, this is me getting my game face on and yes, I am wearing an authentic Super Bowl ring. My friend Jen Mueller is the sideline radio reporter for the Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks, part of the Seattle Mariners television broadcast team and also the proud recipient of this classic piece of jewelery. She was officially recognised as an integral part of the team, clearly not for playing, but for a stack of little things like fronting up at all practi

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When It Comes to New Year’s Resolutions, Think FAST, Not SMART

Guru

It’s officially a new year, which means that it’s time to set goals and tackle all the things you’ve been meaning to do since 2018. New year, new you, right? Whether your goals are personal or work-related, the first of the year feels like a good time to hit the reset button and double down on the things you’ve been wanting to accomplish.

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Dave Kurlan's 10 Surefire New Years Resolutions For All Salespeople

Understanding the Sales Force

Like most people, this year I intend to make good on my New Year’s resolution. It’s actually more of a life resolution than it is a New Year’s resolution in much the same way that salespeople should make theirs a career resolution. If it’s important enough then it shouldn't be for only one year. I’ve compiled a list of resolutions that all salespeople should make and follow.

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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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Why Curiosity Is Critical for Sales Success

No More Cold Calling

What is 7427466391? Imagine if you saw this on a billboard along your commute route …. What would you do? Roll your eyes, think this is nonsense, tell others about it, or go to the site and find out what’s going on? The curious solved the equation (answer: 7427466391.com) and went to the site, where they found another equation. The few who solved it learned the secret to the strange billboard.

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Why Consultative Selling Does Not Work for Prospecting

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Wendy Weiss, The Queen of Cold Calling™ I was recently working with a new client. His mission is to set up appointments on behalf of his manager. My new client was stressed and frustrated and having no success. He told me that he was reaching and having brief conversations with some prospects but those conversations went nowhere. He said he was trying to be consultative, to elicit details and to drill down on prospect objections.

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How To Set Big, Hairy A * Sales Goals

MTD Sales Training

We’re always told to think big, aim high and challenge ourselves. It can give us motivation and drive to go where we might not have thought we could and achieve things we might not have thought possible. How can we give ourselves that massive push to go for something that would inspire us to tap into our potential? One way is by setting ourselves a BHAG!

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The Top 5 Technologies to Support Revenue Enablement

SBI Growth

Your buyers are behaving differently. Now more than ever, they have access to increasing amounts of intelligence and will scrutinize every aspect of your solution against your competitors. Recently, HBR identified 40 unique points of value that your buyers consider before.

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The Science of Strategy – What Steve Jobs and I Have in Common

Bernadette McClelland

Strategy is one of those words that, to a right brain creative like me, every now and then sends ‘this does not compute’ messages through the brain. Not dissimilar to a strategist hearing words such as ‘creativity’, I guess. With the definition of science being: ‘a systematically organised body of knowledge on a particular subject’, and Michael Porter’s definition of strategy in the Harvard Business Review, ‘the creation of a unique position involving a distinct set of activities’. then th

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

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The Coming Customer Data Tsunami: 3 Predictions for 2019

DiscoverOrg Sales

“Big data” is very 2012. But big data has historically referred to gobs of behavioral data. Most conversations around big data reference healthcare data, GPS/location data, data within government and education systems, financial data – all personal information at the consumer level. As customers , we got used to the big-data treatment – fast.

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2019 Workforce Disruption Prediction - Hiring Non-tech Roles in Tech

Score More Sales

A couple weeks ago, Glassdoor published their 5 Workforce Disruptions to Watch for in 2019 and Beyond. One of those points – “The New Era of Tech Hiring Will Be For Non-Tech Jobs” (which includes SALES) supports our point of view about NOW being the time for more women and people of color to consider a career in B2B sales.

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Stop ‘Special’ Pricing and Start Value Pricing

SBI Growth

All businesses need to prove that their products are valuable; simply declaring it to customers will do little to grow the business. The window to prove your solution is worth the investment and is becoming increasingly brief. If there’s a.

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Asking for Referrals Is Darn Personal: December Referral Selling Insights

No More Cold Calling

Here’s what you might have missed this month from No More Cold Calling. It’s been a year of awakening. No, this is not a movie. It’s real life. Finally, after two decades of working with CROs, sales VPs, and CEOs on referral selling, the conversation has shifted. Clients now ask: “How do I create a referral culture?”. I suppose this is the work I’ve always been doing, but I was reticent to use the term “culture.

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2 Retail Sectors That Are Completely Changing the Game: FMCG & Q-Commerce

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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How To Stop Objections Before They Are Raised

MTD Sales Training

It’s one of the most-frequently asked questions on our sales courses – ‘how do we overcome objections to our proposals?’. It’s often asked by salespeople who face similar concerns and objections in every call, almost becoming an expected retort for every call. First, though, we have to understand that an objection isn’t always caused by the prospect trying to get you to lower your price or make you change your offer in some other way.

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The Best Goal Setting Technique

Mr. Inside Sales

Happy New Year! If you’re like most people, then you’ve got a lot of goals in a lot of areas, don’t you? If you are feeling overwhelmed with all you’re going to accomplish, you may be wondering where you’re going to get the time to do them all. I’ve been goal setting for years, and while I (and the rest of the world) may get pumped up by all the wonderful things I’m going to accomplish and all the changes I’m going to make, what I’ve learned is that there is only so much time.

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The CMO Guide to Data: Why Your Marketing Database Is Broken, and How to Fix It

SBI Growth

Technology has fundamentally changed the role of Marketing. What was once seen largely as an art, has increasingly become less about fancy pictures, and more about deploying revenue generating messaging to the masses. The rise of radio and television made.

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7 Practical Sales Books You Haven’t Heard of Yet

Connect2Sell

In no particular order, these are my recommendations for the seven best sales books you don’t already have on your shelf. These are written for front-line sellers. You haven’t heard about them yet because they’re too new, self-published, or from first-time authors. Don’t let that stop you! Each of these is absolutely worth the read.

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1st, 2nd, and 3rd Party Intent Data: Which Is Right for You?

How do 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party intent data compare? 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party data each have specific advantages and disadvantages. It comes down to four factors: accuracy, cost, control and quantity. This infographic explains the pros and cons of each and helps you understand which one is best for meeting your business objectives. Intent data can be a great way to fill your pipeline and close more deals.

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The 19 Keys to Selling Success

Anthony Cole Training

2018 was a great year here at ACTG and we are excited to wish you a Happy 2019! However, the new year can be a bit overwhelming, don't you think?

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19 Closing Phrases to Seal a Sales Deal in 2019

Hubspot Sales

Heading into a closing conversation with a prospect is always nerve-wracking. No matter how impressed they seemed during your demo or how enthusiastic your champion is, there's always a chance you'll lose to the competition, they'll decide to postpone their decision until next quarter, or they'll ask for a price you can't deliver. A "yes" or "no" hinges on far more than just the specific closing sentence or question.

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Resolving the Customer Success Tension

SBI Growth

Dave Moore is the SVP of Sales for Businessolver a leading provider of benefits administration, technology, and services. In a phrase, they help organizations manage their healthcare spend as it relates to employee benefits. Tune in to hear more from Dave on the.

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Goal Setting

John Barrows

January can be a tough month. The holidays are past us, winter won’t end, and there is a good chance our quotas have gone up. For me, it’s my busiest time of the year, which is why I rely on goals to keep me on track. Without goals you get lost. I’m a shiny object guy, meaning I easily get distracted. It’s fun to try new things and test stuff out but without writing down goals, it’s way too easy to get off course.

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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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Success is Not a Resolution but a Revolution!

Anthony Cole Training

Sales success starts with a resolution, but finishes with a revolution.

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You’re Not Perfect Just the Way You Are

Grant Cardone

You’re Mom Is Wrong. You know how your mom might tell you, “ I love you just the way you are “…? Be forewarned, nobody who is super close to you and in charge of protecting you, keeping you safe, and securing your environment is fit to give you advice about growing, expanding, or doing anything that might rock the boat of status quo.

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SBI’s December 2018 Pricing Newsletter

SBI Growth

3 Tips to Avoid Teaching Your Buyers to Expect a Q4 Discount Learn three best practices for Finance to enable Sales to close year-end deals without the use of heavy discounting… Ways to Use Bundling to Drive up Your Average Sales.

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How to Hit Your Sales Goals

Alice Heiman

Every sales leader is on a mission to hit or exceed their goals. So, why do so many fail? They’re missing crucial steps that will help them succeed. I have worked with hundreds of sales organizations over the years. They have allowed me to see what separates the sales winners from those who don’t make their goal. Below, discover how YOU can hit your sales goals.

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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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4 Pillars to Make You an Exemplary Sales Leader

Jeff Shore

By Amy O’Connor. I recently had the privilege of presenting a leadership legacy award at my company’s annual leadership summit. I had to give a short speech before presenting the award, and it forced me codify my thoughts on what traits create a lasting leadership legacy. All leaders set out with the best intentions. They all desire greatness.

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5 Results-Oriented Sales Tips To Give You a Head Start in 2019

Openview

The sales profession is one of the most difficult in America and it is constantly changing. Hundreds of books have been written on how to excel in it, and with good reason. It is an occupation filled with pressure, high risk and endlessly overwhelming opportunities. Despite this, more than one in eight jobs in the United States are full-time sales positions according to a study done by The Brevet Group.

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Get ready for BOUNDLESS 2019! What to expect at Nutshell’s first virtual event

Nutshell

How would you like to attend the best sales event of the year without leaving your desk? Nutshell is proud to present BOUNDLESS , an all-day virtual conference dedicated to our wonderful customers and designed to offer the inspiration and sales hacks you need to make 2019 your most successful year ever. BOUNDLESS 2019 will be streamed live on Friday, February 22nd , and you can see the current agenda and speakers’ list here.

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