Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Now, as we dive deeper into a new year, sales leaders are tackling another issue. Many sales organizations have pivoted to virtual events rather than simply canceling major sales events. Show prerecorded videos during virtual sales meetings highlighting top performers and organizational successes.

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BuzzBoard

MARCH 1, 2024

In your sales meetings, be sure to emphasize the importance for local businesses to have mobile-responsive websites. In the context of local business marketing, a mobile-responsive website plays a pivotal role. Proactively doing so is pivotal towards maximizing the potential of their digital presence.

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

And shifts in business require changing how sales processes are conducted. These changes require the ability to pivot and adapt. They note that, if their managers were poor coaches, more than 60 percent of sales reps would leave. This makes it essential that managers participate in sales coaching and training.

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Janek Performance Group

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In football, winning the fourth quarter is pivotal. Schedule Weekly Sales Meetings. Weekly sales meetings let reps share what they are doing to close deals, which can inspire the team to do more, try new things, or revive their enthusiasm.

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Showpad

DECEMBER 21, 2023

To maximize the almost unlimited possibilities that AI can offer, sellers will need to harness it in their sales meetings to drive better buyer interactions, stay one step ahead and be ready to add meaningful value to the conversation. The post 2024: The year that supercharges revenue teams appeared first on Showpad.

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Now, even if you’re not talking to a future sales superstar, this information is not breaking news. From here, most well-meaning sales managers pivot into the helpful, inspiring part of the conversation, discussing the need to increase activity, generate more proposals, ask for the sale, and increase the closing ratio.

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criteria for success

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Over time, sales managers will be able to compare the Prospecting Action Plans created by their sales team against outcomes to see what works and what doesn’t. Then, leadership can pivot prospecting strategies to focus on activities that were actually producing qualified opportunities. Qualify at least 20 prospects.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 26, 2018

We have to get our sales reps and channel partners to move from pitch to purpose, from features to value. And to do this you have to pivot from thinking of sales enablement as an advanced form of sales content management. Clearly, expectations are being missed.

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Shari Levitin

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

You will pivot from what you want to say, to reflecting on what your customer needs to hear and feel in order to move the sale forward. Here’s an example: Last month I spoke to a new prospect, Loretta, the VP of sales for a private school. .” What do I want my customer to do? What must I practice?

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Gong.io

MAY 4, 2021

I turned off the screen share and quickly pivoted to asking questions in hopes of sparking a dialogue. . Our data science team at Gong analyzed 803,402 recorded sales meetings from deals made on web conferencing platforms. I was four slides into my discovery deck, thinking everything was going smoothly. But it was too late.

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Troops

AUGUST 23, 2018

Everything they do pivots around that person.”. Who Comes to the Second Sales Meeting? Once you’ve started getting in the door, Craig recommends observing major players in the second sales meeting with a company. That’s totally part of a go-to-market pivot.”. Who gets brought into the room?

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Vengreso

JULY 20, 2023

Having a sales mindset rooted in positive thinking is what ultimately drives sales people to see opportunities for selling where others may not. In addition, the right mindset will also keep you agile, open-minded to change, and ready to pivot when things don’t go as planned.

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Gong.io

MAY 18, 2018

Treat sales meetings as precious assets. Those deals (and the sales meetings contained within those deals) are precious opportunities. If a smaller pipeline results in fewer sales meetings, you can’t afford to give those “at bats” to new hires who aren’t ready for them. Most sales meetings are a “black box.”

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Salesmate

DECEMBER 3, 2020

What obstacles are they facing on the path to sales closure? To find answers to these and many other questions convene your team fro a sales meeting. Example- Most of the sales reps aren’t able to push the deals from the presentation stage to the next one. Train your sales team . Make a list of the key issues.

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Showpad

MAY 7, 2021

With a comprehensive virtual sales platform, your sales team will be empowered to do everything from day-to-day tasks to higher-level activities, such as: 1. Conduct virtual sales meetings. Sales doesn’t stop even when the world slows down. Ramp up new hires virtually.

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Salesmate

MARCH 31, 2020

With a recession around the corner, it is pivotal to motivate your sales team. Sales teams are finding it difficult to face the challenges evolving due to COVID-19. Guide them on how to conduct effective sales meetings through video calls. Have a one-to-one virtual meeting with your team. Motivate them.

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SBI

MAY 5, 2020

Before Covid, sales meetings were moving more online anyway, but now there may be quite a long time before face-to-face meetings start up again. Here are some ways Sales will need to adjust in order to extract business from events in the future: Events will ‘start’ months before the actual show. Think ‘Big Picture’.The

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criteria for success

JULY 22, 2021

Do they seem like they'd be capable of handling pivots? Do they have the energy to lead team meetings or chat easily with clients? As part of your company culture, you want to promote a positive sales environment. Everyone is looking for that tidbit of wisdom that will take them to the next level.

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SBI

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The new feature shines a light on vital information that marketers are typically unaware of – high-performing, sales-generated content that they can evaluate and incorporate into existing materials to help reps sell in a value-driven, personal way.

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Crunchbase

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Before technology, sales was primarily based on outside field salespeople making face-to-face sales meetings with prospective and current customers. In turn, they were supported by inside sales representatives focusing on helping them complete their daily tasks. Identify the right customers. Automate and analyze tasks.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 15, 2020

Sellers who were used to high-touch, in-person customer meetings have had to instantly pivot to remote virtual meetings. This new normal has left many sales organizations across the globe scrambling to provide their sellers the resources they need to operate successfully and efficiently from home and drive remote selling.

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Chorus.ai

APRIL 9, 2020

Director and executive level management joining significantly more sales meetings. This approach speaks to a pivot from automated sequencing to a more empathetic approach. “We’ve seen a spike in risk in our conversations. As risk increases, there’s more pressure to include execs.”. That has now dropped to just 61% of the time.

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Jeff Davis

DECEMBER 13, 2017

This event was so pivotal for me because I not only experienced a change in myself but I witnessed a change in my colleagues as well. Many years ago I was attending a typical sales meeting. There was an excitement after the presentation that was not typical for a sales meeting. So what happened? “

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Sales Hacker

MAY 5, 2020

Sales must go on. Pivot with Pressure-Free Follow-Ups. In a recent webinar, I worked with our sales team to share winning COVID-19 cold email templates SDRs can use. 40% are even vetoing sales meetings due to COVID-19. Right now, sales teams need to embed empathy into every outbound sales interaction.

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Vendor Neutral

MAY 13, 2021

5 Ways to Have a Successful Sales Meeting with an Executive. Especially with the pandemic, businesses are looking for ways to pivot and to innovate. You can’t fly through a rehearsed presentation stack, rattling off your features and benefits. Instead, take these five tactics with you into the (physical or virtual) boardroom.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 15, 2020

If the first few months of 2020 have taught us anything, it’s that uncertain times can call for quick pivots to sales and marketing plans. But even as we are navigating our new normal, there is one place that is experiencing an incredible boom in traffic: eCommerce websites.

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Sell Integrity

OCTOBER 6, 2020

They watch all the videos on the latest sales techniques. They participate in the sales process training and listen diligently in sales meetings. Removing the Barriers to Sales Success. They’ve got the product details down pat. There’s just one nagging problem: They don’t sell much! But they don’t do it.

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Jeff Davis

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

This event was so pivotal for me because I not only experienced a change in myself but I witnessed a change in my colleagues as well. Mother Teresa Many years ago I was attending a typical sales meeting. There was an excitement after the presentation that was not typical for a sales meeting. So what happened?

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Chorus.ai

JULY 9, 2020

Since then, there has been a slight return to normal, though there have been shifts in team sales processes. We had to accelerate our sales cycle to match the demand from the market. Sales Meeting Volume is Way Up in Security Since pre-COVID, overall meeting volume across all segments is down 8%. Get the Report.

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Sales Training Connection

APRIL 4, 2012

The sales team needs to see why the sales process needs changing, what the new process looks like, how others are also being asked to change and what the anticipated payoffs will be. There are 100s of viable training companies if you are selecting a training vendor for your national sales meeting.

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Gong.io

MAY 18, 2018

Treat sales meetings as precious assets. Those deals (and the sales meetings contained within those deals) are precious opportunities. If a smaller pipeline results in fewer sales meetings, you can’t afford to give those “at bats” to new hires who aren’t ready for them. Most sales meetings are a “black box.”

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Gong.io

MAY 18, 2018

Treat sales meetings as precious assets. Those deals (and the sales meetings contained within those deals) are precious opportunities. If a smaller pipeline results in fewer sales meetings, you can’t afford to give those “at bats” to new hires who aren’t ready for them. Most sales meetings are a “black box.”

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Sales Hacker

MAY 2, 2018

That means the number of sales meetings and qualified opportunities that come into your pipeline is at risk of being cut in half. If you’re a sales organization that relies heavily on your marketing list for pipeline generation, read on. Treat sales meetings as precious assets. Ramp new hires faster.

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Showpad

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The latter highlights just how important the relationship between the sales and marketing departments is. An example of this is the ability to readily engage with prospective or existing buyers who have been established through effective communication, adept relationship management and enlightening content that keeps customers interested.

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The Spiff Blog

AUGUST 11, 2022

Your change of commission letter shouldn’t be the first or last time your teams hear about changes in their sales comp. Ideally, reps will be participating in conversations about new priorities or pivots for weeks or even months before any changes are formally announced. Final Thoughts.

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Sales Training Connection

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

The sales team needs to see why the sales process needs changing, what the new process and skills sets look like, how others are also being asked to change and what the anticipated payoffs will be. The number is dramatically reduced for a sales transformation project. Spotlight the pivotal job.

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Allego

JANUARY 28, 2021

found herself asking the very question she poses during leadership conferences and sales training alike, this time to herself: . “Do She was able to pivot her 20 years of industry experience into online training seminars and workshops in a matter of weeks. Do you adapt and have the resolve to adapt?”.

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