Sales Hacker

JUNE 21, 2021

Mary Shea defines this term in her recent article Unleash: A New Cohort of Revenue Innovators Comes of Age : noun — a new cohort of revenue leaders who put buyers at the center of their strategies, who arm their sellers with the most innovative sales technologies, and who over-index on data, rather than intuition to inform their business decisions.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 26, 2018

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. Author: Peter Gillett, CEO and founder, Zuant.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Why the sudden interest in referral sales? Or rather, change them back —from digital marketing to relationship building. Sales leaders have an ongoing challenge to get more qualified leads in the pipe, but seller access has evaporated. You can ask: During the sales process when you’ve added value. What’s old is new again.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 12, 2020

For many sales organizations, it’s been a challenging few months. As Scott Barker, Sales Hacker’s Head of Partnerships, put it in our recent webinar, “ Mastering the Transition to Digital Selling ”: There aren’t very many jobs where you’re put in an environment where you almost feel guilty for doing your job.

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Allego

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The field of sales enablement—and the tools and tactics that organizations use to deliver this key capability—is in the spotlight. Gartner estimates that revenue in the sales enablement market was $1.247 billion in 2019, an increase of more than 20% over the prior year. Pivoting to a Modern Approach.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

They design sales processes, sift through sales data, and predict futures. Their role is to set up the sales team for success. Read on as we delve into the sales ops manager role, essential expertise, and challenges you must navigate to excel. What Does a Sales Operations Manager Do? To improve sales outcomes.

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Vendor Neutral

JULY 30, 2021

Join our free webinar to hear industry experts break down the evolving definition of RevOps, what it looks like today, and how to get the most out of this position when your teams aren’t always meeting face to face. Learn How to: How RevOps fits into today’s overall sales strategy.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 24, 2022

I suppose it’s not surprising, but there’s a lot of talk about the importance of sales stacks. As you would expect, much of it is driven by the vendors of sales technology tools. As an example, recently a vendor sent an offer for quick audit of our technology stack. Out of curiosity, I decided to take it.

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LeadFuze

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The Foolproof Formula for Finding Product-Market Fit. The path to finding product-market fit is formulaic, so I’ll be sharing the steps with you in coming months. But before we focus on diversity, it’s important to think about the market and not just product development. Who have more than 10 employees.

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Allego

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The event industry was shaky for a while, but the entire world has realized once again the important role of community and face-to-face engagement with others. In 2024, we’ll see plenty of top-notch conferences for professionals in all industries, especially sales enablement. Music to my ears! But wait, there’s more.

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

To stay competitive, organizations must now assess transformational technologies’ potential to support digital buying and selling. Fundamentally, a sales enablement platform should reduce the complexity of seller and buyer interactions, not increase it.”. Transformative Sales Enablement Technology.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 29, 2018

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 are actually sales leads. Just because someone agrees to connect on social media does not make that person a qualified sales lead. One quarter down, only three to go.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 9, 2016

We’ve simply forgotten what we know to be true: Face-to-face cannot be replaced for relationship-building. And when it comes to effective sales strategies, relationships are key to closing deals and getting referrals. Proving the Power of Face-to-Face. You Are the Ultimate Sales Technology.

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SalesLoft

JULY 11, 2023

Sellers face a daily battle to close every opportunity and renewal, and prospects regularly don’t show up to meetings, or worse — back out of committed deals. With so much on the line, you can’t afford to waste precious time and money juggling dozens of single-purpose sales tools. Over 60% of organizations are missing their quotas.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

One solution for making the most of our time during this uniquely digital age has been “ sales engagement ,” the careful sequencing of interactions between sales reps and their targets, designed to accelerate seller output and expand a company’s reach. . Your sales process is a living organism with many moving parts.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 28, 2019

Especially now, when new sales-related tech seems to crop up weekly: data management systems, sales forecasting, customer relationship management software, and automated email marketing platforms. But even with these advanced solutions, we’re forgetting one key aspect of sales: the human connection. And … Action!

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Highspot

MARCH 13, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping sales, transitioning from a buzzword to a core component of how sales teams connect, predict, and work. Let’s explore how AI can become your team’s MVP, making your sales efforts more competitive. It helps sales reps work smarter, not harder.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

I was complaining about the mind numbing volume and stupidity of the marketing messages I get. Most often, they are SaaS marketing and sales technology suppliers. It isn’t their job to understand the issues we face, or what we are trying to achieve. Stupid Works In Sales Your Marketing Is Driving Me Away!

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 1, 2018

Every sales rep asks that question, and surveys of sales leaders confirm that getting leads in the pipeline is their top challenge. Sales leaders have forgotten about their most powerful prospecting tool to get leads without cold calling : referral selling. Wait, wasn’t technology supposed to solve that problem?

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

One solution for making the most of our time during this uniquely digital age has been “ sales engagement ,” the careful sequencing of interactions between sales reps and their targets, designed to accelerate seller output and expand a company’s reach. . Your sales process is a living organism with many moving parts.

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InsideSales.com

APRIL 15, 2021

One of the most positive outcomes from the past year was the swift adoption and embrace of technology for sales and marketing. As teams moved out of the office, they learned quickly how to stay aligned and hit their targets without face-to-face interactions. SD Teams Under Sales More Likely to Hit Quotas.

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SBI

MARCH 30, 2021

Remote Selling has become an important focus for every sales organization. Digital sales technologies, by default, are what enables remote selling. In this interview series, we ask executives at leading salestech companies to describe how their customers are leveraging technology, what metrics are now possible, and more. .

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SBI

MARCH 18, 2021

Remote Selling has become an important focus for every sales organization. Digital sales technologies, by default, are what enables remote selling. In this interview series, we ask executives at leading salestech companies to describe how their customers are leveraging technology, what metrics are now possible, and more. .

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SugarCRM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Having had to rethink operational strategy and seek support from digital products and services to stay afloat during the past two years, companies face another scenario—the cost of the misalignment between sales and marketing teams. Breaking Down the Issue.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Staying up to date in an era of change means that you must continuously refine your sales practice. At Allego, getting to meet prospects and customers face-to-face at events is one of the highlights of our year. At Allego, getting to meet prospects and customers face-to-face at events is one of the highlights of our year.

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SBI

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Remote Selling has become an important focus for every sales organization. Digital sales technologies, by default, are what enables remote selling. In this interview series, we ask executives at leading salestech companies to describe how their customers are leveraging technology, what metrics are now possible, and more.

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Highspot

JULY 6, 2023

With proven sales training strategies and ongoing coaching and enablement, reps will be ready to tackle the art of selling. Why are Sales Skills Important? Sales skills enable sellers to persuade, negotiate, and communicate effectively. Many sales skills apply to in-person sales, remote roles , and many areas of life and work.

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SalesLoft

JULY 12, 2021

Let’s face it: we’re in a Golden Age of Sales Tech with more innovation and promise than ever before. Over the last decade increased broadband infrastructure, SaaS, APIs, and open source code have all helped lower the barrier to entry into the software market. . It can certainly be confusing.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Despite all the tools available, both for sales people to execute their craft, and for companies to “enable” them, the narrative for many in sales has remained woefully unchanged over the last thirty years. While it is easy to point at sales people, the pundits have to take credit, or blame.

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Braveheart Sales

APRIL 20, 2021

Face the Music. As the lyrics in David Bowie’s classic song “Changes” say, “Turn and face the strange!” Sales teams must face whatever comes next head-on. As a sales leader, you are going to have to lead your team, motivate your team and expect your team to continue to adapt. What’s Not Changing Back?

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 28, 2020

Change is constant in the age of the coronavirus, and it’s having deep effects on sales organizations. LinkedIn and Korn Ferry recently took a deep dive into the impact of the coronavirus on sales organizations. Below, we highlight five of the most critical of these trends affecting sales organizations.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 22, 2020

Overnight, face-to-face demos and sales meetings transitioned to digital connections and distance selling. If pivoting into the digital environment has tangled up your sales strategies , I’m going to share four guidelines that will help you iron things out so you can get back on track. Let’s get started.

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Salesmate

JANUARY 24, 2021

Just like every important element of our lives, technology has changed the face of sales. Both – Businesses and customers have grown comfortable with sales inside an office. With inside sales, businesses are putting more effort than just selling their products. So what exactly is inside sales?

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Marketers often employ brand storytelling in campaigns containing creative narratives, showcasing a brand or its product in more relatable, human contexts. Brand storytelling is a staple of B2C content marketing, but it’s less common in the B2B world. Keep reading! ZoomInfo MarketingOS Finally, ABM with data you can trust.

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SalesLoft

JULY 12, 2021

Let’s face it: we’re in a Golden Age of Sales Tech with more innovation and promise than ever before. Over the last decade increased broadband infrastructure, SaaS, APIs, and open source code have all helped lower the barrier to entry into the software market. . It can certainly be confusing.

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SBI

AUGUST 5, 2020

Q: What are the top ways companies can transform sales to improve their prospects’ buying experience in the next 12-24 months? David: The sheer number of MarTech stack providers is 10X what it was just 5-7 years ago and the Smart Selling Tools sales technology landscape grew 7X in the same period.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 14, 2021

The sales landscape won’t fully be what it used to be, so to thrive, sales leaders must push for sales transformation in their organizations. My guest in this episode of the Modern Selling podcast is an experienced leader from a 16-billion dollar company, who has a lot to say about digital sales transformation.

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