BuzzBoard

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We have already discussed in our last post how managing a large sales team creates hurdles at tracking performance, analyzing sales data, providing personalized coaching, etc. Simply compiling exhaustive performance analysis no longer cuts it in today’s highly competitive enterprise sales climate. But what’s next?

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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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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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Allego

AUGUST 2, 2022

Is your sales team operating at its best? You can with sales enablement intelligence—a data-driven approach to learning, coaching, and content to maximize revenue per rep. Why is sales enablement intelligence important? Yet a surprising number of sales teams operate that way. Sales analytics can remedy that.

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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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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. Extensively research your prospect.

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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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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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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Having a bank of solid sales enablement content is more of a need-to-have than a nice-to-have for remote sales efforts. In HubSpot's recently published Sales Enablement Report , we explored the subject a bit further. In HubSpot's recently published Sales Enablement Report , we explored the subject a bit further.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

In Sales, there are many areas where sales reps truly have control over the impact they make on a prospect to maximize their chances of winning the deal. In a deal cycle, each meeting with a prospective buyer is a milestone activity, and a successful one propels the opportunity forward. . The Importance of the Meeting.

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MEDDIC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Well, you’re in for a treat because it turns out the old Greek philosopher’s ideas are not just for debating the meaning of life—they’re also pretty handy for nailing your sales targets. The main objective of a metric is to turn subjective gains into objective, measurable gains.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 15, 2021

Luckily, many are fairly easy to identify and remedy. If your entire draw is rooted less in a strong value proposition and more in showing how much money prospects can save, you might come off as sleazy or substandard. Prospects need to be sold on value , and value doesn't necessarily mean "bargains". Not Segmenting Customers.

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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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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 16, 2011

Eight Personal Barriers to a Sale | Top Sales Trainer | Best Sales Trainer | Top Leadership Trainer. Tweet Share There are eight personal barriers to a sale. These barriers are caused by YOU either before, during, or after the sale. When a sale is stalled or lost, it may be that the reason is below. •

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Then I remembered that in sales we see this all the time, over and over, people are trying to kill cold calling. Not only that but depending on who you are prospecting, it is important to note that some groups’ social media activity is in decline. Step back you don’t wanna get any on your shoes). . Sad but true.

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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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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Rather, it identifies the specific factors that will impact the way a product is received, such as target audience, marketing plan, and sales strategy. . Basic marketing and sales strategies no longer make the cut when it comes to modern go-to-market motions. When I say it’s a plan, it’s not just a broad outline. What does that mean?

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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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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. When it comes down to it, those are the only reasons prospects actually need reps. Sales Analysis Reports. Image Source.

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Carew International

AUGUST 6, 2020

On a normal day, we send emails, join virtual calls, participate in project chat streams, leave voicemails, give sales presentations via our digital sales tool, enter data into our CRM, and the list goes on and on! You send that routine email to a prospect without even having to think about what you’re going to type.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

As a sales professional, how would you describe yourself? One of the greatest obstacles to upholding sales ethics is taking a "sales by any means necessary" approach. However, cutting corners with customers during the sales process doesn’t result in greater returns. Sales Ethics. Share clear, truthful information.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 31, 2016

We all have moments of realization after the fact, you leave a meeting and just as you get on the freeway, you remember you should have asked a question of the prospect, or you should have highlighted something. I often have sellers tell me they should have… something, usually in a way that suggests that they can’t change or remedy things.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 21, 2023

Your sales manager has given your team a big pep talk encouraging you to dial, dial, dial. If you're in a hurry, skip to the script , or download free sales call templates.) Cold calling is a way to engage prospects one-on-one to move them to the next step in the buying process. You have your list of names and phone numbers.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Come week seven, you start to question your basic sales abilities. Here is the six-step action plan to employ when you're doing the work but not getting any sales. Powering through a dry spell in sales is virtually impossible if you're not confident. No sales" isn't necessarily a reflection of you as a salesperson.

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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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Customer Centric Selling

MARCH 26, 2018

Soon after starting my sales career I became aware there was a staggering list of things I needed to learn. In retrospect I’m not proud to admit that my objective when making initial calls was to see if I could get a second call with prospects. I had no concept or a sales process.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

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. ” ( source ) In today’s post we explain the effects of sales pressure and provide ways to mitigate this stress productively. Keep reading!

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 30, 2023

But what changes will it bring to the sales industry? Will it be the end of salespeople, or will it become the secret weapon to help sales reps work more efficiently? Furthermore, we’ve interviewed leading sales teams to collect 11 AI sales predictions that you should watch in 2023. Let’s jump to the nitty-gritty.

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Allego

MARCH 15, 2022

But they do want input from sales reps once their journey on the self-discovery road comes to a stand-still, Shea said. “In Companies can help sales reps with this by gathering and analyzing prospect and customer data and creating a view of the customer. They are C-suite execs who are signing contracts,” she said.

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Miller Heiman Group

MAY 12, 2020

Two out of three sales reps are more concerned about their paycheck than catching the coronavirus, according to a recent survey that we conducted. Survey the sales landscape in your organization. What’s happening with various accounts and in your sales funnel? Are new deals being delayed? Identify the Affected Roles or Channels.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In many — if not most — cases, uncertain financial times lead to what might appear to be significant dips in a sales rep's overall performance. Maybe, they don't deliver the kind of results you, as a sales manager, have come to expect from them. Maybe, they don't hit quota. Maybe, they lose out on accounts.

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Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

How Sales Enablement Leaders can Impact Business Outcomes. If the results of sales enablement programs are sometimes difficult to detect in business outcomes, it’s not hard to see why. Sales enablement leaders struggle to push change forward and make it stick. And “executive buy-in” can be hard to define, let alone secure.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 22, 2020

I often ask my colleagues — sales leaders and account executives — what we can do as a team to engage them, and equally, what they’re hearing from our customers about how they are keeping their teams engaged and thriving during this “new normal.” The remedy for this is bite-sized learning.”.

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Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

It’s no different for sales reps. They need proactive sales coaching to help build and improve their sales skills for long-term benefit. The benefits of sales coaching are well established, but coaching is often misunderstood. The benefits of sales coaching are well established, but coaching is often misunderstood.

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Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

It’s no different for sales reps. They need proactive sales coaching to help build and improve their sales skills for long-term benefit. The benefits of sales coaching are well established, but coaching is often misunderstood. The benefits of sales coaching are well established, but coaching is often misunderstood.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 27, 2018

Strengths and Weaknesses of a Sales Executive. A few year ago, I published an article about GPCTBA/C&I, the sales qualification framework we use at HubSpot. In the time since, a number of other sales teams have adopted it as their exploratory conversation framework too. Money Weakness vs. Budget Directness. Money weakness.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Rather, it identifies the specific factors that will impact the way a product is received, such as target audience, marketing plan, and sales strategy. 4 Steps To Fix Your Failed GTM Strategy Basic marketing and sales strategies no longer make the cut when it comes to modern go-to-market motions. What does that mean?

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