SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Increasingly, companies are missing the number because they lack a formal sales strategy. Many are not making the number because a sales strategy is absent. You may be wondering how prepared your sales team is heading into next year. As you plan for next year, a defined sales strategy is a must have.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Every sales leader is told, “buy this sales enablement tool – it will help you so much.” It is true that never before have we had access to technology, metrics, and science to assist us in doing our sales roles better than ever. But sometimes these tools hinder our success. Increase Opportunities.

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InsideSales.com

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

A great inside sales representative can deliver many wins for a sales team. What Is Inside Sales? What Are Agile Inside Sales Professionals? The Importance of Having Agile Inside Sales Reps. The Importance of Having Agile Inside Sales Reps. What Is Inside Sales? .

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 24, 2012

How do you plan on selling your sales strategy recommendation to the CSO? Over the last month you, the Sales Operations leader, have been thick in the weeds identifying growth opportunities to support your upcoming sales strategy plan. Insert : Google’s Motion Chart Gadget. What is it? When would you use it?

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DECEMBER 11, 2014

Nancy Nardin , Expert on Sales Productivity Tools & Strategies , Smart Selling Tools. I predict we’ll see the use of more video tools for messaging and video integrated into websites like never before. Lori speaks, writes, trains, and consults with inside sales teams in mid-sized companies.

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JUNE 2, 2014

In Ken Krogue’s full day session on Business Development – inside sales tips, strategies, tools, and methodology, this acronym was one of the highlights of his session because it brings everything you need in sales together. C ampaign – (strategy). Ready for it? The word is CLOSERS.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

From a sales tools perspective, I have seen productivity gains as well as losses. It seems that there are so many tools to help professional sellers and marketers. What I don’t see is cohesiveness, and maximizing time through better management of all of the tools. Increase Opportunities. Expand Your Pipeline.

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APRIL 28, 2014

What totally HIT me during the presentation was when Sean talked about how WE as sellers have helped create all the tools on the web that now help our BUYERS without us – that isn’t new. Sign up here for the Google Hangout and complimentary e-book. If so, HOW? Then share your thoughts. Increase Opportunities.

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JULY 22, 2014

Midmarket companies and larger SMBs seem to fall into three camps: the ones who understand the power of social sales and actively work to build a plan of action, the ones who are coming around to this idea but not doing much yet, and those who are turning a blind eye and are missing a great window of opportunity. Keep Track of Your Buyers.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Sellers goof up big time by having a tool and not understanding the big picture about how it works. Sellers goof up because they don’t have a strategy in place to optimize it. They just see “tool” – they go online and start doing stuff. Learn about their buying cycle, not your selling cycle.

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OCTOBER 3, 2014

I will post the results AND will be sharing aggregated responses when I talk about sales productivity at Dreamforce on October 14th (9AM at the Marriott Marquis if you are going to Dreamforce) There are no names attached to this survey – so please be honest. It feels unprofessional and lame. Increase Opportunities. Close More Deals.

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JULY 31, 2014

Google alerts was the first to send emailed updates on what is happening with key words you’ve selected to monitor. Now there are bigger and better ways – from tools like GageIn to data tools like Avention we can track new contacts at our prospective customer companies – a key way to grow opportunities. Increase Opportunities.

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LeadFuze

JANUARY 1, 2022

How to Make a Go To Market Strategy With Our Proven Template. The Winning by Design Blueprint Series provides a step-by-step go to market plan for every part of the sales process, including developing a go to market strategy. This guide answers the following questions: What are the steps in creating a good GTM strategy?

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Zoominfo

APRIL 2, 2020

As the coronavirus pandemic has continued to worsen, large companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and many others have either encouraged employees to work from home or mandated it. of them have web conferencing software (such as Zoom or GoToMeeting ), let alone a full suite of collaboration tools. By comparison, 29.3%

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Your Sales Strategy. It is one thing to have a sales strategy. VPs of Sales are asking the question “What have I done before?”. Are my Sales Managers good enough? Do This— Start with a Sales Strategy Blueprint. To have a sales strategy you can execute, it must follow a structured path.

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JULY 30, 2014

If I can share some strategies that could help sellers be successful, and you can learn from my mistakes, it will assist you in being more productive sooner. There are hundreds of strategies for success incorporating some social tools into your business. Did you know that social tools could do that? Here is one example.

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AUGUST 26, 2014

I’m the kind of person who gets into an airplane and am still amazed how they always take off and land hundreds or thousands of miles away (at least all of my flights have, and nearly all flights do) To see the advances in marketing tools and sales tools – it’s really phenomenal what software can now do. Increase Opportunities.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Now, many tools will help you through assessments and there are books available to help walk newer managers through this. First, a couple of tools, then a book. Assessment Tool: Roundpegg. Assessment Tool: Objective Management Group Sales Candidate Assessment. You can find it on Amazon or from the author here.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Not only will those in sales be able to manage their territories this way but also sales leaders will have incredible access to data and insights – even being able to reinforce learning. There are new tools and ideas coming out now that will change forever how we think about business process, marketing and sales.

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AUGUST 21, 2014

Google research has shown that 67% of mobile users are more likely to buy or engage with a mobile-friendly website, and that 57% won’t recommend a business with a poorly designed mobile site. Lori Richardson is recognized on Forbes as one of the “Top 30 Social Sales Influencers” worldwide. Increase Opportunities.

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MARCH 25, 2014

I am very humbled, and quite honored, since it seems that quite a process was put into place and many different tools to measure reach was used to take a list of 500 influencers down to the top 30. LinkedIn is certainly a social selling tool and Koka the perfect representative of how adding insight to help potential buyers builds your brand.

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CloserIQ

MAY 8, 2018

You can also send personalized mass email using a tool like SalesHandy that supports multiple customizable variables that you can insert in the email body. Recommendations you receive from a cross promoting partnership could also provide additional sales leads. Do you have any other sales personalization strategies?

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Sales Hacker

JULY 3, 2018

We’ve been compiling this sales automation tools list for a while, trying to figure out the best way to get the information out there. There are a number of existing resources available on sales automation, but they don’t offer use cases and examples of how to put the tools to action. What Is Sales Automation?

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AUGUST 28, 2014

I did an unscientific survey of webinar tool sites as if I was evaluating and making a purchase from my smart phone. For this experiment I looked up webinar tools and webinar platforms. In my search I looked for “webinar platform” and “webinar tool” to get dozens of choices. It could have been any B2B product or service.

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Webinar Metrics B2B Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile 214

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NOVEMBER 28, 2014

Use Google and Bing to see if you rank at all for any of the topics you should. This post was written as part of the IBM for Midsize Business program, which provides midsize businesses with the tools, expertise and solutions they need to become engines of a smarter planet. Not sure how you show up online? Increase Opportunities.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

Sales is all about seeing patterns and finding creative ways to reach out that begin or continue a two-way conversation. Are they on Google + or Twitter? Lori Richardson is recognized on Forbes as one of the “Top 30 Social Sales Influencers” worldwide. Do they create LinkedIn updates or actual posts?

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FEBRUARY 10, 2014

I had the honor and pleasure of being a panelist, along with two of my favorite sales and marketing experts, Nancy Nardin of Smart Selling Tools and Matt Heinz of Heinz Marketing. Nancy made some great points about sales metrics and hitting sales numbers. Increase Opportunities. Expand Your Pipeline. Close More Deals.

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OCTOBER 24, 2014

Last month, IBM announced IBM ® Watson™ Analytics , a natural language-based cognitive service that can provide instant access to powerful predictive and visual analytic tools for businesses. This cloud-based service could help your team sort through the layers of data your company has compiled from marketing, sales, HR, and elsewhere.

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OCTOBER 30, 2014

With a web presence optimized to attract “more probable” prospective customers, using a content strategy, keywords and search technology, you can organically bring potential buyers your way. This gives you MORE sales opportunities than if you did not optimize. Inbound Marketing. Your Virtual Trade Show. Increase Opportunities.

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APRIL 2, 2014

You have to focus on where your buyers are, and use the tools that you don’t mind using – or even enjoy. More on the other tools next. Lori Richardson is recognized on Forbes as one of the “Top 30 Social Sales Influencers” worldwide. Content (other content, such as video, audio and webinars).

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

. • Read about David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” GTD system – the best system I’ve ever worked with sales reps and sales leaders on to be more focused and organized. Take the How Productive Are You Quiz - and get ideas and tools to improve. It’s easy to get sucked in at work. •

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

This post was written as part of the IBM for Midsize Business program, which provides midsize businesses with the tools, expertise and solutions they need to become engines of a smarter planet. Lori Richardson is recognized on Forbes as one of the “Top 30 Social Sales Influencers” worldwide. Increase Opportunities.

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Twitter Engineering Compensation Inside Sales 210

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AUGUST 5, 2014

This includes regular times blocked out in your calendar, and a plan for the tools that you use with some metrics to know how successful you are. We will continue to share tools, stories, and ideas that help with this important area of staying organized and not losing potential future opportunities. Increase Opportunities.

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

This post was written as part of the IBM for Midsize Business program, which provides midsize businesses with the tools, expertise and solutions they need to become engines of a smarter planet. Lori Richardson is recognized on Forbes as one of the “Top 30 Social Sales Influencers” worldwide. Increase Opportunities.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2014

The tide has turned at IBM for the “S” in SMB and the “M” in midmarket – if anyone can further level the playing fields for smaller business, it is the technologists and innovators working on tools like these with big budgets. Stay tuned as we uncover more use cases and stories of real companies doing big things with these tools.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

With all of the technology, tools, methodology and sales process in place you’d think there was no real simple way to help with your sales messaging. Newer sales reps need to feel comfortable with what it is that they are saying and to whom. That’s why my best tool for doing this is…….drum drum roll…….your

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JUNE 27, 2014

Jill started asking sales conference leaders over 10 years ago to have more women sales experts on the main stage – it often fell on deaf ears and the conversation itself got misunderstood. Jill Konrath took matters into her own hands and created a conference for sales women with all women sales experts as presenters back in 2007.

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