Igniting Sales Transformation

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Since our job as sellers is to solve problems for our prospects and customers, listening is a key component of being successful in selling. Dana’s background in building sales teams, why she left sales to study listening, and how that journey led her to bring back what she learned about listening and selling. Thanks to our Sponsors!

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Microsoft Ideal Customer Profile Conference Lead Rank 86

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 25, 2023

Now Google, HubSpot , and Microsoft are racing to develop their own versions of AI chat tools to compete with ChatGPT. Identify who your target prospect is and ask ChatGPT what's most important to them. Supplement your efforts with AI, like Andy has done, to save time while getting the insights you need to target the right prospects.

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Igniting Sales Transformation

MARCH 21, 2018

Many of us have found ourselves in situations where we had progressed to the end of the sales cycle only to have our prospect say that our product or solution “is just too expensive” That is probably one of the most frustrating things to hear, especially when you thought things were going so well. We thank our Elite Sponsor, Microsoft.

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SalesLoft

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Prospecting with B2B sales emails is sort of like asking a Magic 8 Ball. Plus, using a sales engagement platform, like Salesloft , makes it possible for you to scale your email prospecting and craft cold emails that truly have an impact. You are far more likely to get a response if you are adding value for your prospect.

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Construction B2B Case Study Lead Rank 52

Zoominfo

AUGUST 31, 2020

Let’s examine 3 data-centered predictions from the perspective of a prospective buyer , aspiring vendor, and B2B, at-large. But here’s the problem, a study from 2019 found that 40% of AI startups don’t actually use AI! 1) Buyer Beware: Cheap Imitations Are Likely To Flood The Market. ai” domains raise 3.5x more money than those with “.com”.

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Data B2B Industry Engineering 179

Pipeliner

AUGUST 18, 2020

If I wanted to become a world-class boxer, I might study Muhammad Ali’s or Rocky Marciano’s boxing techniques. Companies like Microsoft and Apple both continued to operate and function almost without skipping a beat, with the digital backbones of both companies proving an advantage. 54% actively designed training programs.

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Apptivo

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Every purchase, no matter how small or large, starts off on Google, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, or Safari. However, a common mistake made throughout the process is to move the sales cycle quickly with the assumption of the prospect is aware of what they will receive. How to nurture sales lead to conversion? Build a network.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Conversion 98

SalesLoft

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

That means sales reps must make the most of every chance they get to interact with a prospect. Customer relationship management (CRM) The CRM is a master record keeper of the most up-to-date information and all prospect and customer interactions across an organization. Shayne Jackson, Sr. Salesloft integrates with all popular CRMs.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 18, 2019

After an opportunity has been qualified, their focus is to understand the goals of the prospect, develop a solution, and increase the likelihood of winning the opportunity. They have a solid understanding of the prospect's business and goals and they determine a plan to achieve them. Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Microsoft Word.

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Sales Qualified Lead Salary Microsoft Analysis 66

SBI

JULY 1, 2020

Revegy and Finlistics , a B2B sales leadership company that promotes insight-led selling, collaborated on a content series detailing the critical ways in which delivering impactful insights to your customers and prospect positions sales and strategic account teams to develop strategic partnerships.

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Keith Rosen

JULY 30, 2020

It was day two of delivering my sales leadership coach training course for the talented leaders at Microsoft in São Paulo, Brazil. While you may not remember nor have known about this storm, you may remember what you were taught in elementary school when studying science. One more qualifying question during a prospecting conversation.

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Anthony Iannarino

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

The slides that followed the raw data were charts I created in Microsoft Excel; it was clear that I had not had the deck professionally designed, because I wanted the client to see the trend line for themselves. I have never developed theories and then set out to study them to create a framework or a book or some strategy.

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Hiring Call-back Microsoft Policies 95

Janek Performance Group

JULY 6, 2022

Recent studies support this hypothesis, according to Gartner , 77% of B2B buyers reported their last purchase was complex. Buyers are so educated prior to the initial conversation with a salesperson, how can a sales rep present a solution prior to assessing the prospects’ current thinking?

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Sales Methodology Face-to-face Penetration Buyer 62

SBI

AUGUST 31, 2020

Seismic’s Storytelling Platform TM delivers innovative capabilities for marketers to orchestrate content delivery across all channels, and for sellers to engage with prospective buyers in a compelling, resonant manner at every step of the buyer journey.

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Marketing Scale Sales Enablement Microsoft 65

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 15, 2021

Sales gamification is the process of turning pipeline tasks, like calling prospects, setting meetings, and closing deals, into a game. Employees at Microsoft are 3.5 Much like a flywheel, a salesperson who has wins under their belt will create more confidence and more wins with new prospects.”. What is sales gamification?

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Sales Qualified Lead How To Motivation Lead Rank 131

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 30, 2023

85% claim their prospecting efforts have become more effective with AI. All that happens simply during Zoom, Webex, or Microsoft Teams calls. “I That said, the future of AI in sales is moving toward predictive prospect analytics and hyper-personalization. But drafting custom snippets is the most tedious task after prospecting.

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Lead Rank Data Top of Funnel Cost per Lead 84

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Now when we are ready to engage decision makers with the new hot sequence, we can find them faster than a new version of anything by Microsoft needing to be patched. It’s helpful to get the granular reason to know how to process that prospect in the future. Create, understand and study your results via reporting.

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Top of Funnel Decision Maker Webinar Metrics Report 82

Allego

JUNE 23, 2022

It is faster, is cost-effective, and allows reps to interact with more prospects. Mastering virtual selling involves learning a set of tactics, processes, and technology solutions that equip sellers to successfully nurture prospects, share information, conduct demos, and host meetings without the benefit of being face to face.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 10, 2015

You probably get a lot of the same prospecting emails that I get. Whether it’s someone trolling groups in LinkedIn, or somehow they’ve gotten your email address, I get dozens of prospecting letters each week. I see lots of sales people making huge mistakes with their use of references and prospecting value propositions.

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Oracle Scale Microsoft Case Study 48

Showpad

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Zoom and Microsoft Teams for workplace collaboration. Video has dethroned the phone as the communication channel of choice in most B2B sales situations—including internal collaboration, existing customer communication, prospect meetings, and vendor syncs. COVID-19 changed everything. We hunkered down in our apartments and houses.

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Accent Technologies

JULY 20, 2023

During initial prospecting, it researches buyers and assists in identifying key pain points and tailoring the approach. During the sales cycle, It studies past successful interactions to provide insights into the most compelling messaging and value propositions for each buyer. Wrap Up We are at a significant inflection point.

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Customer Follow-up Lead Rank Buyer 52

OutboundView

JULY 14, 2019

We’ve also linked to case studies for each of the appointment setting companies as well! Their team syncs their messaging with your brand’s and finds prospects so that your sales staff doesn’t have to. Case Studies: [link]. Case Studies: [link]. Case Studies: [link]. Case Studies: [link]. Still confused?

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The average person’s attention span is only about 8 seconds, according to a study by Microsoft. Also, make sure there’s a place in your script for at least one specific detail about your prospect or their company. The prospect is rejecting your talk-track, not you. How many prospective customers are there?

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Mindtickle

MARCH 11, 2022

A 2021 study by Gartner found that 88% of CSOs have already invested in, or are considering investing in AI tools and technologies for their sales teams. For example, agents can ask Rollio to update a prospect record in Salesforce using conversational language, for example, “Update my opportunity with Mindtickle.

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Customer Centric Selling

MAY 30, 2016

A recent study funded by Microsoft reached what I view as a disturbing conclusion. I can’t help but wonder what the result would have been if it the study had focused solely on senior executives. Studies show decision makers like to be involved early and late in buying cycles.

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SalesLoft

APRIL 25, 2019

This capital will empower companies to deliver the ultimate prospect and customer experience and generate the most revenue for their business. We commissioned a study conducted by Forrester Consulting to assess the Total Economic Impact TM of SalesLoft and how companies who use the SalesLoft platform can achieve: 329% return on investment.

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Sales Qualified Lead Networking Commission Top of Funnel 90

Crunchbase

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

SaaS vendors themselves were forced to swiftly change their sales strategies amid lockdowns by implementing remote interactions with prospects and thinking digital-first. Regardless of their stock market status, SaaS technologies like video conferencing have fundamentally changed the way we conduct business during this pandemic.

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B2C Scale Face-to-face Vendor 56

Nudge.ai

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Today we interview Doug Gould , an experienced partnership development executive who has worked in B2B roles with incredible companies like Microsoft , Xamarin , and Cloudability. Ensure these initial partner contacts are successful and build a case study of that success. Building Your Partnership Programs. Interview With Doug Gould.

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Demand Generation Agencies B2B Microsoft Ideal Customer Profile 54

The ROI Guy

MARCH 6, 2017

I had the opportunity to lead a Thought Leaders panel from the best business value solution providers, including our own, Mark Schlueter, who shared his great experience from decades of enterprise selling and team leadership at HPE, and business value tool development Microsoft, Intel, Dell and many other B2B firms.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring ROI Microsoft 45

CloserIQ

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

A comprehensive study on remote work from Stanford University found that remote workers are, on average, 13% more productive than their office-based counterparts. Well known names like Salesforce, Oracle, and Microsoft Dynamics allow sales teams to coordinate the countless variables of thousands of prospects and leads remotely.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 7, 2021

A Microsoft research report shows our attention span declining from about 12 seconds in 2000 to 8.25 I think we need to study those things that capture people’s attention, learning from them and leveraging them in our engagement strategies. It’s not new, but the evolution of our attention spans is alarming.

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Social Media Media Microsoft Sports 58

PandaDoc

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Studies and research across multiple generations of workers bear this out: If behavior is rewarded, it’s most likely to be repeated. This might include factors like the number of leads generated, the conversion rate of prospects to customers , or highest average order value for closed deals. Get the ebook 2.

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Vengreso

JUNE 16, 2022

Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Adobe, SalesLoft, Outreach, and every other sales organization of companies globally have as a result of Covid-19 been forced to pivot. companies spend more than $70 billion on training every year (an average of $1,459 per salesperson ), but studies show that the ROI is minimal or non-existent.

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Benefit Training Retention Ideal Customer Profile 59

Crunchbase

DECEMBER 6, 2021

There’s no shortage of paid and free sales prospecting tools on the market these days, all touting time-saving features. But who of today’s busy sales professionals has the time to vet hundreds of lead generation and sales prospecting tools, let alone road test them to find the best fit? What is sales prospecting?

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Ideal Customer Profile Tools Prospecting Lead Rank 111

Groove.co

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Another recent study from HubSpot shows that 40% of sales teams have missed their 2020 revenue targets, which is a tough pill for their leaders to swallow. Start by using other digital platforms or channels to establish and grow relationships with prospects and clients. And another way to strengthen those tactics?

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Webinar Metrics Strategy Face-to-face Top of Funnel 26

Vengreso

DECEMBER 13, 2022

You or your sales reps can use these to message a prospective buyer. The sales process refers to actions and procedures sales reps follow to convert a prospect into a paying customer. It teaches sales managers and reps to study their prospects and tailor their communications to a specific target audience. Here’s why.

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Sales Process Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel How To 59

DialSource

JULY 27, 2020

As reported in one study , sales reps only spend approximately 37 percent of their time selling — often due to a lack of automation implementation. For example, a prospect may have sounded interested during a call, whereas the next individual requested a demo, followed by someone who was not interested at all.

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