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Sales is Storytelling. Marketing is Storytelling. Business is Storytelling.

Sales and Marketing Management

Managers of sales and marketing teams are charged with coaching up individual team members, enhancing their skill sets and improving overall team performance. Get them proficient with more marketing technologies? Storytelling has stood the test of time as a critical skill in sales and marketing?—?and But where to begin?

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Outbound Sales vs. Inbound Sales: How to Win Big With Each Strategy

Crunchbase

Below, we’ll delve into outbound sales vs. inbound sales and how to nail the best practices of each. In the outbound selling arena, your team will be making first contact with leads using techniques such as email marketing, social selling and cold calling. However, smart companies know the value of each.

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4 Trends Shaping B2B Marketing in 2011

Pointclear

Today's guest blogger, Ann Handley, is the Chief Content Officer of MarketingProfs and the co-author of the brand-new book, Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and More) That Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business. How do you foster engagement on Facebook? Wiley, 2011).

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The Future of AI for Sales (And How to Prepare for It)

Sales Hacker

Marketers have been much quicker to jump on the tech-adoption bandwagon. For instance, marketing language software — powered by machine learning — helped JPMorgan Chase increase headline clicks by as much as 450%. Sales and marketing have always had different ways of approaching the same problems. AI does have its limits though.

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26 CRM Techniques and Strategies for Customer Retention

Cience

Your customers are one of your company’s most important assets. Although new sales are important, smart companies also focus on retention. You know how hard it is to get new customers. The CRM: A Key Customer Retention Tool. Educate New Customers about How to Use Your Product or Service. Special Offers.

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Smart Selling Visions: Up-Close with Top Revenue Leader Brian Leach, CEO of @unboxedtech

SBI

This post is part of a series of Executive Interviews of top sales and marketing solutions company executives. What problem/s are you solving for sales and/or marketing organizations? Plus, our tools are versatile. Second, human capital and marketing are often two of the largest expenses for any business.

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How to Communicate Effectively with Customers: Best Practices

Cincom Smart Selling

Smart companies research target audiences thoroughly in order to tailor messaging: Develop specific persona profiles exploring both demographics and psychographics of ideal customers Identify optimal communication channels—email, web, mobile, etc. Reinforce your differentiation. Make their journey easy.