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Can Free Sales Content Send You Down a Dangerous Path?

Understanding the Sales Force

There are free White Papers, which could be anything from a scientific report on Sales Selection, Longevity,Trust, or The Challenger Sale (the topics of my White Papers), to a marketing piece made to look like a scientific report. Was there value? Was it any good? Was it a process? Was it a playbook?

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Lead Generation Marketing 101: How to Find Leads Your Sales Team Wants to Close

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Here’s the thing, in a HubSpot survey, only 7% of salespeople said leads they received from marketing were very high quality. When a prospect starts your free trial or downloads a white paper, you need to keep them engaged with your brand. BTW: Are Your Sales and Marketing Teams Aligned? Email Marketing Lead Generation.

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Demand Gen vs. Lead Gen: Which is ‘Best’ for Startups?

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Demand creation Includes webinars, white papers, and product trials 3. This, combined with the conventional wisdom about inbound demand-generation pioneered by the likes of HubSpot as long ago as 2009, perpetuates ideas that no longer align with how companies do business.

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How Sales Has Changed in the Last Five Years and More

Understanding the Sales Force

Such is the case with this article I wrote for the Hubspot Blog on How Sales Has Changed in the Past 5 Years. A third article, with a link to my latest white paper, was originally posted here last year and it has the results of my Trust Project.

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Our Top 5 Blogs of 2021

Janek Performance Group

More importantly, content, such as blogs, white papers, and case studies, helps buyers see sales reps and their organizations as trustful advisors at the forefront of their industry. It’s part of an organization’s sales enablement strategy that primes reps to believe in and sell their products and services to the best of their ability.

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5 Skills Every Sales Development Rep Needs to Master in 2018

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Video prospecting” is a buzzword, but at HubSpot, we’ve seen great results. Brandon Kirsch , a principal BDR at HubSpot, is a fantastic example of someone doing this right. I’m curious how things are going with them & if you'd be open to a conversation re: HubSpot and using an all-in-one marketing automation platform?

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7 New Ways to Motivate Salespeople Through 20 Old Hurdles

Understanding the Sales Force

We want you to be part of our next White Paper on Sales Force Effectiveness. Hubspot''s Sales Blog published this post with some professional follow-up email templates. Trust me when I say that this is a great article, but before we get to it, I have a few post-vacation links for you. This is important!