Sat.Dec 08, 2018 - Fri.Dec 14, 2018

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How to engineer stories that sell for you

Membrain

An interview with Mike Adams, author of Seven Stories Every Salesperson Must Tell.

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Problem-Centric Selling vs Product-Centric Selling: It’s Time We Change the Way We Sell

A Sales Guy

For years, I mean for most of modern day sales, we have been taught how to sell and pitch our products. The product has been at the center of all that is sales, and unfortunately, it’s a problem, and we need to stop. It’s not that we haven’t attempted to move away from product-centric selling, leveraging terms like; Trusted Advisor , or Consultative Sales, or Solutions Selling , but the reality has been these approaches have been little more than window dressing, in spite of so

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Stupid Works In Sales

Partners in Excellence

I’ve been writing a number of pieces looking at the future of the sales profession. I’d be remiss not to include a discussion of stupidity in selling. Stupid works, and as long as stupid works, we will continue to see organizations invest in doing things stupidly. Stupid behavior exists everywhere, and selling is no more immune to stupidity than every other sector.

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SALES MANAGERS ARE STRUGGLING

Steven Rosen

I have said it before and I will say it again – SALES MANAGERS ARE STRUGGLING! Only 10-20% of Sales Managers are Crushing It! The rest are struggling to make their sales numbers. They find themselves overwhelmed, overstressed and lacking the tools and training to be the best they can be. Here is the question you need to ask yourself. Where does your region fall in terms of sales to quota this year?

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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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Put Your Damn Phone Away

No More Cold Calling

No toys at the table! Answer this question: What’s more important than the person sitting in front of you, walking beside you, sharing a meal with you, or sharing your bed? If actions speak louder than words, your phone is more important. If you’re like the average American, the first thing you do when you sit down at a meal or a meeting is put your phone on the table.

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Should B2B Sales Be A Licensed Profession?

The Pipeline

By Tibor Shanto. There is a lot discussed about how sales and selling has changed over the years, be it the tech around sales, social attitudes changing what is acceptable and what no longer works due to many factors. What is lacking is a discussion about how sales should improve, not only functionally, but how the profession is perceived and valued and contributor to corporate success and social progress.

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The CX vs. CO Debate – Which One Wins?

SBI Growth

You know the importance of delivering on customer outcomes, while delivering a differentiated customer experience, but you may be struggling with where to start. There are many interesting perspectives on how these two key components work together to deliver Customer.

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A Bold New Model for Launching Brands in a Market that Demands Speed and Certainty

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Allen Adamson, Co-founder & Managing Partner, Metaforce Talk about old school. Today’s traditional, linear model of building brands is actually a manifestation of the manufacturing assembly line used to build Ford’s Model T. One department at a time working a piece of the production, handing off to the next department, and then the next. In the case of brand building, it’s a process overseen and commented on by not one, but two hierarchical bodies – client and agency.

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Why are Half of All Sales Reps Still Missing Quota in a Booming US Economy?

Understanding the Sales Force

Around this time ten years ago, the US economy was famously tanking. I remember it well as revenue at Objective Management Group dropped by more than 30%, almost overnight. During 2008 and 2009 more than half of all US sales reps were missing quota and considering the circumstances, that didn't seem to shock anyone. But during a slow crawl back to respectability between 2010 and 2016, and soaring revenue during 2017-2018, the percentage of reps making quota has not only remained flat, but the pe

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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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Friday Five - Desire and Commitment - Week 2

Score More Sales

Here are 3 tips, 1 quote, and 1 resource to end your week. Hiring tip #1: Does your sales rep / BDR / SDR candidate have the DESIRE & the COMMITMENT necessary to succeed? Hiring tip #2 : Is your sales rep / BDR / SDR candidate TRAINABLE & COACHABLE - they are not the same!

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What Is the Connection Between Setting a Product Vision and Revenue Growth?

SBI Growth

You’re 6 months out from the launch of an exciting new product, and your CEO wants to talk about it. As Product leader, you’ve been planning this launch over the last 6 months, and everything is right on schedule. Your.

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Marketing Tactics to Kick-Start Your Sales Skills

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Jacob Dillon The marketing environment never sits in one place. Trends come and go, strategies arise and disappear, and businesses launch and fade away quicker than ever before. As the digital era is here, every marketer and salesman must adapt to the most effective practices that bring the most results. Every business is looking for profits, and profits are accomplished when a business manages to sell its products and services better than its competitors. .

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The Ultimate List of YouTube Channels for Sales Professionals

Zoominfo

Thanks to the influx of information made available online in the last decade or so, modern business professionals are thriving. With just the click of a mouse and a quick Google search, today’s sales reps have a whole host of resources right at their fingertips—resources that help them streamline and simplify activities like prospect research, sales outreach, and professional development.

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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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10 Top Qualities Of A Good Negotiator

MTD Sales Training

Negotiation comes from the root word ‘negotiat’ meaning ‘done in the course of business’. In other words, it’s a natural part of the conversation process when dealing with prospects, so if you feel you’re not good at negotiating, or you don’t have the assertiveness to get a good position for yourself during a negotiation, then you are certainly missing out on carrying out better deals and working well with the prospect.

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Benchmarking Marketing Performance for your Portfolio Companies

SBI Growth

If past performance is not indicative of future returns, then why waste marketing dollars by employing tactics that used to work yesterday but will put you out of business today? If marketing is becoming more agile and personalized, how can.

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Why and How to Assess Customer Needs After the Initial Sale

Connect2Sell

The sale was made. The customer is on contract. Your job is to look for upsell opportunities, to keep the customer happy, and to renew the contract each year. So why bother to assess customer needs after the initial sale?

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How Do I Motivate My Salespeople?

Anthony Cole Training

Ineffective motivation of the sales team is not uncommon and it is the subject of one of the more frequent questions people ask me: “Tony, how do I keep my salespeople motivated?” My first response is normally a question in return: “Do you know what motivates your people ?”.

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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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Corporate Gift Giving: A Beginner’s Guide

Zoominfo

It’s that time of the year again— the holiday season is upon us and festivities are in full swing. Your B2B sales reps are working long hours to close last minute deals. And your marketing team is busy too—fully entrenched in holiday 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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Are Your Portfolio Companies Optimizing Their GTM Resources?

SBI Growth

Imagine turning on Monday Night Football, and watching your favorite team break the first huddle with 3 Quarterbacks, 2 Offensive Linemen, and 6 Wide Receivers. Besides looking strange, you would immediately recognize this strategy is going to fail before they.

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The One Gift You Need to Give Yourself This Season

Mr. Inside Sales

What’s the ONE thing you all wish for this season? More money, right? If you’re in sales, then the way to make more money is to close more sales. It’s that simple, isn’t it? And if you’d like to make more sales, then you need to upgrade your selling skills. Would you be willing to spend just $18.30 on yourself to do just that? If so, then the easiest way to do that is to gift yourself the bestselling book inside sales guide that has over 500 Word-For-Word Scripts, Phrases and Questions that will

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What Makes a Champion Salesperson?

Anthony Cole Training

Welcome to our first audio blog here at ACTG! In today's episode, we talk about and explain the traits of what makes a champion salesperson.

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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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How Technology Will Change the Way Salespeople Sell in 2019

SBI

I bought a robot vacuum cleaner. I know, I’m a little late to the party. They’ve been around for a long time after all. Even so, I was reluctant. I work from home and leave the door open for the fresh air (and dirt) to come in. I have indoor dogs. In other words, there’s a lot to vacuum up. Seems my floor is always in need of vacuuming.

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Guru Secures $25M Series B Funding

Guru

We are excited to announce that Guru has secured $25 million in a Series B funding round. Thrive Capital is leading the round, with participation from our existing investors Emergence Capital , FirstMark Capital , Slack Fund , and Michael Dell’s MSD Capital. With this new funding, we will invest in further growth and innovation to transform how knowledge workers access the knowledge they need to do their jobs.

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5 steps to sales prospecting (for higher quality leads) in 2019

Close.io

When I first began selling, nervous doesn’t even begin to describe how I felt about sales prospecting. Picking up the phone to call leads that didn’t know who I was, to pitch them on why they should hand over their hard-earned money in exchange for my product, was enough to make my stomach turn in my early days of sales prospecting. But as with all things in selling. enough practice, the right training , guidance and a willingness to learn & experiment will help you push past the nerves and

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The Ultimate List of YouTube Channels for Sales Professionals

Zoominfo

Thanks to the influx of information made available online in the last decade or so, modern business professionals are thriving. With just the click of a mouse and a quick Google search, today’s sales reps have a whole host of resources right at their fingertips—resources that help them streamline and simplify activities like sales prospect research , sales outreach, and professional development.

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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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Put Your Shoes On! Plus 12 Other Tips to Do Travel Right

John Barrows

Last week I spent 40 hours on planes flying to India and back. Each year I log over 250,000 miles in the air, and with 25 training days booked in January and February 2019 will be no different. One of my most popular LinkedIn posts of 2018 was my rant about travel and 13 tips to make air travel better for everyone. Since it resonated with so many, I thought I’d share it again on the blog.

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The Undeniable Value in Custom Sales Applications

SBI

As a child, you learn the “golden rule” is to treat others the way you want to be treated. But as an adult in the post-digital world, I’m not sure that still rings true. In an era of Netflix, Amazon, and Uber, isn’t it more important to treat people the way they want to be treated? To offer them the types of personalized and customized experiences they’ve come to expect?

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Hungry People Push for More

Grant Cardone

Have you ever seen someone really hungry? If you put a pizza in front of a starving man, would he sell you that pizza for money? It depends on how hungry he is, right? At some point, the value of the pizza becomes so great he’s got to eat it, and no amount of money is worth it. There’s simply a different level of hunger you have for different things as you go through life.

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