Zoominfo

JULY 5, 2023

At the recent Forrester B2B Summit North America, ZoomInfo founder and CEO Henry Schuck sat down with leaders from Smartsheet, Sendoso, and BlueOcean to talk about the practical ways ZoomInfo has helped them optimize productivity and align their sales and marketing goals. See for yourself with a free trial.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 23, 2023

78% of sales professionals agree that AI can make them more efficient at their job – including sales outreach. Here, I spoke to sales experts to uncover what sales reps get wrong when leveraging AI for sales outreach and strategies to remedy them. Approaching AI as a copy-and-paste tool.

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Plugging the Leaks: Expert Strategies to Prevent Lead Leakage in Sales Funnels In today’s competitive business landscape, lead leakage poses a significant threat to sales success. This issue arises when potential customers slip through the cracks of the sales funnel, hindering revenue growth and overall business performance.

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Allego

MAY 17, 2023

As the pressure for sales teams to succeed increases, so too does the need for sales leaders to develop their sellers’ skills and potential. First, many sales leaders rely on an outdated sales leadership approach. In fact, 76% of sales leaders have too many demands on their time, Brandon Hall Group research shows.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 29, 2024

Welcome to "The Pipeline" — a weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable advice and insight from real sales leaders. Sometimes, the insight you get can help you shape more sound, thoughtful sales efforts — giving you a framework to help you better understand your prospects and how to cater to them. And you're in sales?

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 19, 2018

But difficulty and a lack of time are merely surface reasons explaining why sales teams often fail to generate more leads. Lack of a Plan - Sales teams might have a goal of generating leads, but they often don’t follow through on it. The Thrill of the Sale - Closing a sale is often the most rewarding phase for a salesperson.

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Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

While sales enablement is a critical function, it sometimes feels like a half-complete mission. Most sales leaders know they should enable sellers, but they often don’t really know if it works or not (adoption is not a surrogate for success). How do sales teams use conversation intelligence? What is conversation intelligence?

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Artificial intelligence (AI) for sales – buzzword or solution? AI-driven sales tech is emerging as a practical answer for many of the challenges facing sales leaders, trainers, managers, coaches, and sales enablement pros. B2B sales is evolving, and the Zoom boom of 2020 has only accelerated those changes.

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Mindtickle

JULY 7, 2022

A quick search on LinkedIn will return a lot of VP of sales enablement roles, but not so many equivalent roles for sales readiness. It’s not surprising; sales enablement is a more venerable concept, and it’s been widely adopted in the market. First things first as VP of sales readiness: building an ideal rep profile.

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Mereo

JUNE 24, 2021

The major offenders have not been in sales and marketing either, where metrics, pipeline and demand generation reviews abound and are, anecdotally, probably more tuned-in to the data and related analytics. Monitor and measure your progress against goals, tracking key metrics and doing remediation as needed.

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Highspot

MARCH 13, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping sales, transitioning from a buzzword to a core component of how sales teams connect, predict, and work. Let’s explore how AI can become your team’s MVP, making your sales efforts more competitive. Why Do You Need AI in Sales? Why Do You Need AI in Sales?

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Allego

MARCH 23, 2023

As a result, sales organizations are under intense pressure to achieve their targets and make sure their sales reps perform at a high level. High-performing sales teams can use this AI-powered tool to gather data to help sales reps overcome their unique challenges and raise overall team performance.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 6, 2022

Sales reps run into trouble when they try to go into a call totally cold. If you pick up the phone without gathering any background information, at best, you stand to annoy the person — and at worst, you could be hung up on mid-sentence. The 18 Best Places to Research Buyers Before Sales Conversations.

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Nutshell

AUGUST 28, 2023

Creating a structured sales process is one of the most effective ways to boost your sales teams’ efficiency and results. With a formal sales process in place, your sales team has a framework to follow, and it’s much easier to stay on the same page, track results, and onboard new team members.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Sales is a crucible, burning away excuses and bad habits. Go back to the phones and meet sales goals by providing prospects with solutions. To help get you start on the right foot for 2017, we reviewed our blog posts from the past year to find those that stood out in their mission to put a spark in sales efforts.

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Sellers, sales leaders, marketers, and sales enablement teams all say that their enablement programs impact sales. In times of tight budgets and increased revenue demands, being able to prove your sales enablement ROI is critical. Common Challenges of Capturing Sales Enablement ROI. Analyze Accelerated Revenue.

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Allego

JUNE 24, 2021

And now, AI has come to the profession of sales. AI-based sales enablement systems are used by a growing number of organizations to analyze and transform sales-related data to help sales leaders, trainers, managers, and coaches make better decisions. AI-Assisted Sales Solutions Are Here. And buyers will win too.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 26, 2020

That principle — the value of receiving permission — is the underlying premise of a brand of sales known as permission-based selling. It's an emerging strategy that more businesses are starting to explore and incorporate into their sales operations. Sales permissions can take on a few forms. Sales reps seem less pushy.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 23, 2019

This begs the question: Why are remote workers prone to hacks and what would be the best remedies for this? The shared files on the network aren’t exposed directly to the Internet, neither can data thieves access information such as employee login details from a remote worker’s computer. Security unpreparedness.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Firsthand experience at events gives your employees an opportunity to grow—to be the first in the industry to collect information on new tools and best practices. In the past, employees would go to events, do a little networking, and maybe bring back some useful information. For more sales and marketing solutions contact ZoomInfo.

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Zoominfo

MAY 13, 2018

It’s common knowledge that working in sales is hard. Yet—what most people don’t understand is the extent to which sales pressure can negatively impact an organization. In today’s post we explain the effects of sales pressure and provide ways to mitigate this stress productively. ” ( source ). ” ( source ).

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MTD Sales Training

AUGUST 21, 2012

However, over the years I have noticed that sales people also have some distinct traits or selling styles as well. So, I thought I would share this educational, Water Cooler titbit about a few Sales Personality Styles and some of the potential drawbacks of each. Which one of the sales styles below most resembles you? The Doctor.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 2, 2024

A pillar of success for any sales organization is an effective business development strategy. Of course, changes in the sales landscape and marketplace have a profound effect on your business development strategy. Of course, changes in the sales landscape and marketplace have a profound effect on your business development strategy.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

For B2B sales and marketing teams, having a 360-degree view of customers and prospects is key. Along with other modern B2B data, NAICS codes can provide a fine level of granularity that’s useful when prioritizing and routing accounts across a sales organization, developing personalized, relevant messaging, and many other applications.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 25, 2020

Others might only apply to certain sales methodologies , serving as pillars of individual selling frameworks and philosophies. But sales techniques aren't always so niche. Here, we'll take a look at five of the most important sales techniques that fit that bill. Understand and preempt your most common sales objections.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 15, 2021

Luckily, many are fairly easy to identify and remedy. With that information in mind, you can start to refine your pricing strategy to more effectively appeal to multiple kinds of buyers. That offers a new dimension of sophistication to your pricing strategy — allowing you to make the most out of your sales efforts.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 5, 2020

And as a sales leader, you already know this. Your sales reps have a deep knowledge of how prospects can leverage your product, and they can craft customized plans about the best ways to do so. Those are what allow you to tweak your sales process and fill gaps in knowledge as needed. Sales Analysis Reports. Image Source.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 3, 2023

First, let’s start with a definition of revenue productivity: Revenue productivity is a set of processes, strategies, and technologies used to enhance sales performance by utilizing seller data, revenue analytics, sales enablement, and front-line sales coaching. Read on for more information on those pieces.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

To achieve success in the B2B sales world, this is a rule you must live by. Now, if you’re a sales rep, this statistic might leave you scratching your head. And, how can you remedy this issue? Prepare for your sales conversations with better prospect research. Why is prospect research critical to the sales process?

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The Spiff Blog

AUGUST 19, 2022

Developing an effective sales compensation plan requires a lot of brain power. It makes sense to focus on behaviors you’d like to incentivize, or pulling certain levers to impact other components of your sales engine. The only remedy is a formal incentive communication strategy. Let’s dive in! Who owns each step?

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 3, 2020

Now, it’s time to do the 10-year challenge with your sales strategy. Let’s take a look at what a successful sales approach looked like 10 years ago, and review some necessary updates in order for your company to remain competitive. 2010 Sales Strategies. of online sales made on a mobile phone. Oh, how things have changed.

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SBI

AUGUST 2, 2018

In this series, we ask Sales Tech Executives to describe how their solution can change a sales organization in a significant way. We call it Sales Tech Game Changers. Nancy: What are the top 3 ways your solution changes the game for a sales organization? This dramatically speeds up sales productivity.

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Mindtickle

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Sales leaders at most high growth companies are constantly training and upskilling their teams to be more effective in the field and/or hiring new talent and ramping up them faster so they can start selling and closing deals as soon as possible. Gain a greater level of visibility and insights into your teams’ readiness.

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InsightSquared

APRIL 30, 2020

Every sales organization is experiencing a new level of sales uncertainty in this current climate. While we can all hope for a silver-bullet solution to arrive, the best remedy right now is actually within our grasps right now. The post Is Pipeline Visibility Hurting Your Sales? I’m talking about pipeline visibility.

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The Digital Sales Institute

JANUARY 18, 2021

Sales Training Programs Online. Sales training programs online could become the preferred delivery channel over the next few years. Online sales training has both advantages, disadvantages, and parity with the more traditional approach to upskilling salespeople. So, sales skill development remains essential for any business.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Social media can inform and improve your entire content strategy. Fortunately, social media allows you to access the insights you need to remedy this issue. This tactic can inform every aspect of your content strategy, from the topics your cover to the format in which you deliver it. Social media accelerates the sales pipeline.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

To achieve success in the B2B sales world, this is a rule you must live by. Now, if you’re a sales rep, this statistic might leave you scratching your head. And, how can you remedy this issue? Prepare for your sales conversations with better sales prospect research. Why Is Sales Prospect Research Important?

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