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5 Simple Gestures That Can Make an Initial Client Meeting Unforgettable

Sales and Marketing Management

Grand gestures or massive mistakes will certainly impact the memorability of a first business meeting. The post 5 Simple Gestures That Can Make an Initial Client Meeting Unforgettable appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. More often than not, its success hinges on the culmination of subtler details.

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Busting Myths About Corporate Cruise Meeting and Events

Sales and Marketing Management

There are a lot of mistaken concepts about holding meetings and other corporate events on cruise ships. The post Busting Myths About Corporate Cruise Meeting and Events appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. Here's your chance to get the truth.

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Zoom Into The Future of 3d Virtual Meetings

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You arrive for your meeting, and the customer ushers you in. The post Zoom Into The Future of 3d Virtual Meetings appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. The post Zoom Into The Future of 3d Virtual Meetings appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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My Latest on Using Email to Book New Meetings

Understanding the Sales Force

Using email to book new meetings sounds awesome. After I moved all of the legitimate and very illegitimate emails into trash, I identified 26 emails – all from yesterday – that were cold solicitations from BDRs, account managers, customer service reps, marketing reps, and even CEOs. The writing is cringy awful.

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Sales & Marketing Alignment: How to Synergize for Success

Speaker: Carlos Hidalgo, Co-Founder & CEO of Digital Exhaust, Author, International Keynote & TEDx Speaker

Recent research shows that only 50% of B2B organizations state that they have good alignment between their marketing and sales teams. This lack of alignment tremendously impacts the ability to meet business goals, and is a limiting factor for building and maintaining customer relationships.

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3 Non-Obvious Meeting Strategies to Drive Inclusion

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A meeting is a snapshot of culture. If meetings are inclusive, it is likely that the culture is inclusive. The post 3 Non-Obvious Meeting Strategies to Drive Inclusion appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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How Fractional Executives Meet Revenue Targets During Recessions

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The post How Fractional Executives Meet Revenue Targets During Recessions appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. Everyone's talking about fractional executives. Here's a look at the pros and cons and how to make the most of fractional executive hires.

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The New GTM Playbook: 18 Ways to Future-Proof Your Sales Team

Longer sales cycles. More meetings. Go-to-market teams of every size, in every industry, are grappling with these challenges firsthand. Increasingly discerning buyers. Intensifying competition. Economic uncertainty. Thankfully, there’s an answer.

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In the Race to Win More Customers, Sales Needs Digital Transformation

Discover the results and why investments in digital transformation and automation are pushing sales teams ahead. Salesforce users were surveyed about the forces shaping today's workplace.

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100 Pipeline Plays: The Modern Sales Playbook

Meet your modern sales playbook - See how high-performing sales and marketing teams increase pipeline year-over-year. For the first time, we’re sharing the winning plays that took us from scrappy startup to a publicly traded company. Use our proven data-driven plays to grow your pipeline and crush your revenue targets.

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Virtual Sales Coaching 2.0: How Time-Shifted Video and AI are Changing the Game

Speaker: Jonathan Carlson, Senior Director of Marketing, and Jake Miller, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Allego

Many sales leaders are struggling to adapt their coaching programs in a virtual-first environment—and falling short on coaching means falling short of revenue targets. In fact, 62% of sales professionals say they’ve lost a sale because they couldn’t meet face-to-face with a buyer. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

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How to Successfully Coach Your Sales Team to Drive Efficiency

Speaker: Steve Benson, Founder and CEO, Badger Maps

A great sales team starts with a manager who’s a great coach. To enable your team to perform at its best and increase sales efficiency, it’s important that you give them the training, knowledge and tools that they need to be successful. In this webinar, you will learn how to: Coach your sales team and set them up for success.

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7 Must-Have Automated Documents for Sales Success

Learn why automating your documents is key to sales success. Companies are increasingly implementing technology to bring efficiency to their workforce. Data accessibility aside, teams continuously struggle with manual processes for document generation.

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Intent Signal Data 101

That means B2B marketers miss out on 85% of a buyer’s journey! How can B2B marketers reach active buyers sooner in the sales cycle and influence their purchase decisions? Which type of intent data is best for meeting specific goals? Intent signal data can help.

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How to Leverage Intent Data for Better Outcomes

Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals.