Janek Performance Group

MAY 29, 2024

In B2B sales, business development is the activities and processes that promote growth and increase revenue. Here, then, are more detailed answers and insights for the top questions from our webinar: How do I create detailed and accurate buyer personas? In addition, 94% of marketers say it increases sales.

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Allego

APRIL 26, 2023

Frantically, she searched through the company’s sales content library, her computer files, and her email inbox, but to no avail. While the prospect waited, Kate from a competing company contacted them—with all sales materials, reports, and documents at her fingertips to share. The report seemed to have disappeared into thin air.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Building a sales funnel that aligns with your business goals is essential. Each funnel stage defines your steps to turn prospective buyers into customers, even if they’ve never heard of your business before. What is a sales funnel? And then there’s the sales funnel.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 5, 2023

The software buyer's journey has shifted dramatically over the past few years. As G2's Director of SMBs, Mike Buscemi , puts it: "Software buyers today act like B2C consumers because they have so many options. Buyers have an abundance to pick and choose from.". In 2022, many buyers don't trust sales.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 9, 2021

Rather, successful demand generation connects a brand’s value proposition to potential customers from the beginning of the buyer’s journey when they first start looking for your product, to the point of purchase and beyond. While the two terms are somewhat synonymous, demand generation strategies span the entire funnel.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 7, 2021

We’re diving into how and where to get started by sharing a few different frameworks so you can map your buyer journey to your sales process. What is the buyer’s journey? The buyer’s journey is an engagement model that takes a customer through three stages of evaluation before making a purchase.

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Openview

DECEMBER 21, 2017

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? Despite this, we give the middle of the funnel very little attention.

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Alice Heiman

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The sales funnel is a powerful tool. Once you understand what the stages of the funnel are and how the sales math works, your funnel will become a critical tool to manage your sales team, as well as the corporate resources needed to support sales and delivery. . What is a Funnel?

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 31, 2020

For the last fifty years, every company would live or die by the strength of their sales funnel. Closely scrutinized by everyone internal to the company — from individual sales reps all the way to the CEO — the sales funnel has been a staple of sales culture for decades. What Is A Sales Funnel?

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Nearly three decades ago, Bill Gates penned a famous article about how “content is king.” Today, this sentiment still rings true – especially in the world of sales. Sales enablement content is a key ingredient for sales success. However not all sales enablement content is created equal.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Rather, successful demand generation connects a brand’s value proposition to potential customers from the beginning of the buyer’s journey when they first start looking for your product, to the point of purchase and beyond. While the two terms are somewhat synonymous, demand generation strategies span the entire funnel.

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Mereo

JUNE 29, 2023

Content marketing is an important strategy but can be challenging to master. Your buyers desire meaningful content that is shares keen insights and is backed by facts (statistics, client testimonials). On top of this, content marketing is notorious for consuming valuable resources.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In an ideal world, your company has a truly close alignment between sales and marketing, and communication flows like a river between these teams. Despite those potential gaps in alignment, content marketing can help boost sales when deployed appropriately. Content didn’t make this deal happen. Let’s start with a story.

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Allego

AUGUST 24, 2021

Sellers are facing one of the most difficult buying landscapes in recent memory—and they need your help. It falls on marketers to support their teams while ensuring salespeople are armed with content that captures buyer attention and closes deals. Bottom line: you must be as agile as your customers to succeed.

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Highspot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In this blog post, we delve into sales content analytics, exploring its impact on modern sales techniques. What is Sales Content Analytics? Why Sales Content Analytics Matter? How to Measure the Effectiveness of Your Sales Content What is Sales Content Analytics?

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 29, 2020

You can credit Drucker for all the KPI’s you collect and measure, and for all the software that’s been created to measure all the stats in your sales process, i.e., calls, contacts, closing ratios, top, middle, and bottom of the funnel management, etc. And it’s the same thing with sales activity.

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Apptivo

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Companies across the world, irrespective of their industry type, often have a defined sales process. The concept of sales process came into existence after considering the redundancies faced by sales teams due to unstructured sales management. This applies to sales concepts and definitions as well.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 24, 2021

Whether you’re sales or marketing, putting out content is a never-ending task, a mountain with no peak. This article talks you, the reader, through ideation, creation, and then iteration of content. This article talks you, the reader, through ideation, creation, and then iteration of content. Content ideation.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Dedicated to creating high-value content for every stage of the customer journey, a content marketer’s role is well-defined. What is the difference between sales enablement and content marketing? How does content marketing help sales enablement? The three types of sales enablement content.

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Zoominfo

JULY 24, 2020

In theory, your sales and marketing departments should be the best of friends. What if I told you that misalignment between sales and marketing technologies costs B2B companies 10% of re v enue or more per year? Why is Sales and Marketing Communication Important? It’s a win for both teams AND the company’s bottom line.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 30, 2022

Feeling a little overwhelmed by all the new sales tracking technology that seems to come out every month (almost every week)? How well does your sales team respond to the objection given at the end of the demo: “Can you send me those slides and let me share this with a colleague?”. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Score More Sales

JANUARY 25, 2012

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Middle of the Sales Pipeline – Acceleration. Most everyone focuses on the front of the sales pipeline, and there is much written about all of the things that happen early on. But what about once you have potential sales opportunities? Consulting.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 21, 2015

We were in control of the supply and the sales cycle. The Buyer’s Journey back then was from 37th and 6th (or as many blocks as it took to make our pitch and gain a commitment). But today’s Buyer’s Journey is more of a game of hide-and-seek than a linear process.

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Highspot

APRIL 13, 2022

If you work in or adjacent to marketing, you’ve likely heard of content engagement. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at content engagement. We’ll talk about why content engagement is important and share some ways to measure it, as well. What is content engagement? Why is content engagement important?

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 22, 2020

In fact, email banners can help you nurture leads in the middle of the funnel and convert clients at the bottom of it. Consider using your email banners to link to a new piece of content that is both educational and entertaining. People think of them as a sales tool for converting customers.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Due to the proliferation of marketing materials on the internet, the modern buyer is no longer dependent on salespeople for necessary purchasing decision information. Inbound salespeople see the need to personalize the sales experience to the buyer's context. Inbound Sales Methodology. Legacy Salespeople.

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Highspot

JANUARY 2, 2023

You already know a solid sales strategy can lay the groundwork for a successful, cohesive sales organization. But we’re here to show you how implementing a plan for sales enablement sets the stage for your sales strategy to align seamlessly with your sales goals. What Is Sales Enablement?

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Showpad

MAY 1, 2020

These professionals are not only responsible for creating content and ensuring customer-facing teams don’t share outdated, off-brand collateral, but understanding where and how content should be used in the buyer journey and its effectiveness in closing deals. Time spent managing sales content.

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Cincom Smart Selling

MAY 8, 2024

Audiences inherently vary in their interests, questions, and channel choices as they navigate their buyer journey. Businesses that wish to succeed in the modern economy understand the importance of superior customer communication. How a company communicates with its customers leads to increased customer lifetime value overall.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Most would agree that sales is not strictly a numbers game, but as with other issues such as closed ended questions , the pendulum at times seems to swing too far in one direction. Walking away is not forever, it for your sales success. The other which goes straight to numbers, has to do with the quality and quantity in you funnel.

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SalesFuel

APRIL 24, 2024

Have you hit a wall with a stalled sale? With some thoughtful effort, you can still make the sale happen. How To Identify A Stalled Sale It’s important that you can tell when a sale has stalled out. Sales Acceleration Group notes that reps often think a stalled sale is simply at a slow stage in the funnel.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

This past year, I’ve discuss content marketing with top marketers. Each took on a different strategy when it comes to producing content. Both at one point had to make a critical decision; “Do I outsource or insource content production?”. The marketing leaders’ content goals were the same.

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Mindtickle

MAY 30, 2024

A launch can also be a powerful way to set yourself apart from the competition and grow revenue. But anyone who’s ever been involved in a launch knows that success doesn’t happen by chance. Instead, it requires careful planning. The truth is that a lot of behind-the-scenes planning must take place before a new product hits the market.

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Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In 1996, Bill Gates famously penned an article titled “ Content is King.” Though the article is now a quarter of a century old, the sentiment has never been more true – especially for sales organizations. There’s no doubt sales content is a key ingredient of sales readiness and selling success.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Marketing and sales teams rely heavily on one another to drive business. After all, it’s the marketing department that generates leads, and the sales team that converts those leads to paying customers. Sales collaboration dramatically improves results, but bringing it to fruition can be more complex than it sounds. The result?

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Salesmate

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Now imagine, this happens to you while you try to make a sale. There’s a special name for such prospects in sales, and that’s what we’re going to learn in this article. Who are tire-kickers in sales and how do they look like? Who are tire-kickers in sales and how do they look like? We covered this issue a few days back.

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Alice Heiman

JUNE 20, 2018

Do you have a sales funnel? Many smaller companies use Excel or Word to keep a simple list with company names, the buyer’s names, a price and the date the deals are expected to close. For other companies, their sales funnels are reports from the CRM or are complex reports sales leaders build in Excel.

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