Zoominfo

APRIL 11, 2018

Whether you’re a hiring manager, sales leader, or the CEO of a company, you know it can be difficult to identify and hire top sales talent. Successful sales professionals are often very perceptive. Question: What are some common sales objections you’ve received? Often, sales objections aren’t always what they seem.

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Showpad

MARCH 3, 2020

Sales operations (sales ops) and sales enablement are terms used often within an organization. But how do they contribute to sales productivity and overall business performance? Sales Enablement versus Sales Operations. Sales Operations Roles and Responsibilities. Managing sales tech stack.

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Crunchbase

JANUARY 18, 2022

Behind these impressive figures lie a range of highly methodical, highly strategic SaaS sales processes. Today, we’ll be walking you through a comprehensive guide to the SaaS sales process, before rounding up with some best practices to help you get off to the best start possible. . What are SaaS sales all about?

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 21, 2019

Have you been in an interview and asked your prospective employer which sales metrics they value most? What if I asked you if you’d ever questioned your interviewer about their sales velocity? So, what is sales velocity? Sales Velocity. Creating Sales Velocity. The four factors of sales velocity.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

How should the top sales leader in the company utilize this limited time? Download the SBI Sales SVP New Year’s Guide here. Let’s look at several ways sales leaders misallocate their year-end days. These competencies correlate to sales success. I know one sales VP who took minimal vacation around the holidays.

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Highspot

MAY 3, 2024

Imagine that only 28% of your sales reps expect to hit quota. As a sales leader, you’d probably scoff at this. But according to Salesforce, this is the reality for many businesses, and the pressure to hit revenue targets has companies looking to improve sales processes to boost performance. Interested to learn more?

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Zoominfo

JUNE 10, 2018

As a B2B sales rep, you already know objections are an unavoidable part of your job. Yet, as we explained in a recent blog post , there are many tips and tricks sales reps can use to bypass common objections during the sales cycle. Customers don’t typically use the same sales or marketing speak that employees use.

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Vengreso

JULY 5, 2023

As the world of sales continues to evolve, Digital Sales Referrals have emerged as a powerful tool for driving business growth. In this comprehensive guide, you will gain insights into the transition from traditional to modern selling techniques and understand the impact COVID-19 has had on sales strategies.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 8, 2013

elements to build and grow a stellar sales team: 1. People get into sales because it’s got the potential for great financial rewards. Sales wars (battles between sales and production, administration and credit) end up killing the customer. Reward sales with money. Nothing happens until a sale is made.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

First, the very important disclosure that marketing spend effectiveness is highly dependent on company stage, industry, ideal customer persona, sales cycle, etc. TL;DR: Marketing spend effectiveness is highly dependent on company stage, industry, ideal customer persona, sales cycle, etc. There is no one-size-fits-all!

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 12, 2022

Our jobs, as sales and marketing professionals, is to drive change. Sometimes, it’s we that incent the customers to change, whether through our content at our websites, our customers talking to others, or our prospecting. first appeared on Partners in EXCELLENCE Blog -- Making A Difference.

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PandaDoc

MAY 15, 2024

Did you know that companies with a strong lead nurturing strategy generate 50% more sales-ready leads than companies that don’t do this? So, it’s clear that nurturing your leads and prospects is a great way to improve your sales and build lasting customer loyalty. Pushy sales tactics. What is lead nurturing? Engagement.

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PandaDoc

AUGUST 25, 2019

In today’s competitive market, sales organizations need more than just talented salespeople to generate qualified leads. Sales development teams need the right tools to communicate and grow pipelines. Software-defined radio (SDR) technology empowers sales teams to drive communications forward. Incentive costs.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

You need to close a few of the big ones in the late stages of your sales process to hit your number this year. This blog will focus on five ways to reduce the perception of risk associated with your solution. Early stage sales activity won’t get you to the number. Follow Sales Benchmark Index @MakingTheNumber.

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Crunchbase

JUNE 7, 2023

According to Marketing Insider Group, salespeople who used prioritized sales lists took 20% more actions per lead , meaning they were able to make more contact attempts and increase engagement time. By focusing on the right prospects, you can streamline your efforts, speed up the sales cycle and ultimately close more deals.

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Apptivo

MAY 26, 2023

What is a sales target? The benefits of setting a sales target 3. Things to consider before placing a sales goal 4. How to set realistic sales targets for your sales team? Tips to effectively communicate sales targets to your team 6. How to track sales targets with the help of tools Apptivo Sales CRM?

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The Spiff Blog

AUGUST 25, 2022

Although all professions require a certain balance of skill and motivation, sales in particular relies more heavily on motivation than others. The reason for this is simple, sales is a numbers game. When a sales rep doesn’t have the necessary selling skills, leaders have options. Let’s jump into it. Set SMART Goals.

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Vengreso

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

With so many channels available for sales reps to connect, engage, and nurture relationships with potential buyers, getting sales referrals has become even more critical than before to book more sales appointments and grow the sales pipeline. Not all sales or customer referrals are made equal.

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Vengreso

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

With so many channels available for sales reps to connect, engage, and nurture relationships with potential buyers, getting sales referrals has become even more critical than before to book more sales appointments and grow the sales pipeline. Not all sales or customer referrals are made equal.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s The REAL Problem with Sales Training. Stored in Guest Post , Productivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , Sales Training , e-book , execution. Tags: Attitude , Coaching , execution , Guest Post , Leadership , Sales Success , Sales Training. December 2007.

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Igniting Sales Transformation

DECEMBER 1, 2019

As sales teams mount their final push to finish 2019 strong, someone in a sales enablement, marketing or sales support role is planning what has become status quo in sales. The annual sales kick off (SKO) meeting. As the term implies, a sales kick-off meeting is meant to be a sales reset.

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The Spiff Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Last week we explored gender bias in sales. Today, we’re continuing the conversation by celebrating a group of incredible women from a variety of sales organizations who have made their mark in the world of sales. In doing so, we hope to show the next generation of women that sales is a viable career path for women.

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The Spiff Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

New research from Gartner has revealed a startling truth– almost 90% of B2B sales reps are experiencing burnout ( source ). Although it’s no secret that sales is a high-stress job, uncertain market conditions have only amplified the pressure to perform. We answer these questions and more in today’s blog post.

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Apptivo

MARCH 9, 2023

3 Ways sales automation can help your reps sell more! Bye-bye manual tasks, hello sales automation! Omar Periu said- “Sales success comes after you stretch yourself past your limits on a daily basis.” However, at times no matter how long one stretches, sales tasks eat up a lot of productive hours.

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Emissary

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

During the sales process, your organization did a lot of hard work to uncover your client’s needs and link a range of possible solutions to those needs. Over the course of a many-month sales cycle, that was refined into an acceptable solution. There are no sales-oriented calls to action. How to fix it.

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 12, 2015

Gartner’s Tiffani Bova identifies three dangers looming over modern sales organizations. What is predictable is the challenges sales organizations face. Sales organizations are finding it harder and harder to deliver predictable revenue, and historical sales models are beginning to show cracks. Conference. Conference.

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Your Sales Management Guru

MAY 23, 2016

Building a Culture of High Performance: Sales Games. At this time of year sales management must be looking at pipeline levels and goals for the 4th quarter and determining if there is the necessary level of activity to ensure targets will be exceeded. If it isn’t fun, it isn’t selling”. If it isn’t fun, it isn’t selling”.

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The Spiff Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

With a new year around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about your sales compensation plans for 2023. We recently sat down with Chris Semain, Principal and Tech Practice Leader at the Alexander Group to discuss the future of sales comp. Pivoting your focus mid-operating period rarely goes over well with the sales force.”.

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The Spiff Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Sales objections are a common occurrence during a typical sales cycle. Therefore, learning how to effectively handle objections is crucial to hitting goals, crushing sales quotas , and developing a successful sales career. Whether you’re new to sales or a seasoned professional, today’s post is for you.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 18, 2022

We’ve a robust hiring market for sales people. Huge salaries, bonuses, other incentives are being offered; all to fill vacant positions. I thought it might be interesting to do a thought experiment, imagining a year in the life of a modern sales person. Day 1, month 1: The sales person is starting a new job.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 20, 2022

Creating an effective outbound sales strategy for your team can be a tricky proposition. But just because the days of cold calling and big email blasts are mostly gone doesn’t mean that the outbound sales process is dead. Here are four great methods to boost your ROI when using outbound sales techniques. Target your email list.

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OpenSymmetry

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

How likely is your sales incentive plan going to be dead on arrival, riddled with holes caused by requests for changes and exceptions? At least three months prior to the new year, finance teams slave over intricate details and policies for sales incentive plans to make for a smoother payroll cycle next year.

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Allbound

JANUARY 2, 2020

They tend to be big believers in, and advocates of, your product, but also usually get an incentive for completed sales. Their referrals tend to have a strong close-ratio, shortening the sales cycle and reducing your expenses. What’s an affiliate partner? Affiliate partnerships are an evolution of referral partnerships.

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Emissary

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The days are starting to shorten, grocery shelves are stocked with Halloween candy, and annual sales goals are quickly coming due. Whether you’re pushing to meet targets or going for bonus incentives, it’s time to pull out all the stops, use every tool available, leverage every advantage you have, and leave no stone unturned.

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A Sales Guy

AUGUST 13, 2012

One of the most common sales leadership complaints is sales people don’t use the CRM. Getting sales people to use the CRM has been an on going challenge for sales leaders for far too many years. They just end up frustrating the sales people and irritating leadership. There are two ways to show value.

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Markempa - Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

There’s something I wish I would have known when I wrote my best-seller, Lead Generation for the Complex Sale. Anyone who has worked in inside sales knows that sales professionals are always informally testing to learn what works and what doesn’t. As an incentive, we also offered content addressing that motivation.

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 5, 2021

Building a new sales strategy in the face of a recovering economy is even more exciting when you’ve got a new or revamped product or a slew of new features to give to your customers. You have the product in hand, but without a high-quality sales strategy, it won’t attain the success it was made for. What is a sales strategy?

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