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3 Keys That Determine the Length of Your Sales Cycle

Understanding the Sales Force

Short Foliage Cycle. Which brings me to sales cycles. Do you know what actually determines the length of your sales cycle? A lot of sales leaders and their salespeople believe that sales cycles are determined by their industry, or are specific to the industries they sell to. Understand this.

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Top Five Benefits of Sales Process and Methodology

Understanding the Sales Force

A well designed sales process has so many benefits.

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Follow the Sales Cycle to Improve Business Growth

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While most people are not ‘officially’ in the sales profession, anytime one desires to communicate their ideas and make requests successfully, it’s vital to know the elements of the sales cycle to be successful. Check-ins after the sale are critical to ensure satisfaction exists on all levels. Celebrate Success!

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What is Sales Enablement? Steps to Building an Enablement Strategy

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What is Sales Enablement? Sales enablement is the process of providing content, guidance, and training for sales teams to effectively onboard, interact with buyers, shorten the sales cycle, and ultimately win more deals. Sales should use this same messaging throughout the sales cycle.

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

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

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Follow the Sales Cycle to Improve Business Growth

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Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Follow the Sales Cycle to Improve Business Growth While most people are not ‘officially’ in the sales profession, anytime one desires to communicate their ideas and make requests successfully, it’s vital to know the elements of the sales cycle to be successful.

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Trust Is the Currency of Referrals

No More Cold Calling

Research shows that referral business closes 50 to 90 percent of the time and moves through the sales cycle faster than any other lead source. High-trust introductions don’t just convert more often—they convert faster. In other words, referrals aren’t a bonus. They’re your fastest path to predictable revenue.

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Outrun Your Competition: Best Practices for Accelerating Sales Processes

Longer sales cycles. Every go-to-market team knows the frustrations that come from a drawn-out sales process. Larger buying committees. Slow-moving compliance reviews. How can you speed it up?

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Intent Signal Data 101

How can B2B marketers reach active buyers sooner in the sales cycle and influence their purchase decisions? “B2B buyers spend just 15% of their time interacting with brands before making a purchase decision” (Gartner). That means B2B marketers miss out on 85% of a buyer’s journey! Intent signal data can help.

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The 5 Stages of Account-Based Marketing — and How to Win Them All

The benefits of account-based marketing are clear: internal alignment, shorter sales cycles, higher conversion rates. But none of this is possible without the most important element of a successful ABM program: good data. Data is the fuel that powers your ABM engine. Without it, you can’t find and reach your target accounts.

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Essential Guide to Sales Engagement – Overcome the Challenges of Remote Selling

Sales teams are trying to prospect, connect, and manage an effective sales cycle, yet many companies are falling short of hitting their sales numbers. It further works to ensure that these efforts are part of an excellent buying experience that leaves the buyer feeling confident that you are the vendor for them.

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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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Aggregage Intent Signal Service

Shorten sales cycles and close more deals. Aggregage Intent Signal Service allows you to reach more active buyers sooner! Get leads for specific in-market buyers. View companies and titles signaling intent. Influence active buyers earlier in their journey. Download the Aggregage Intent Signal Service overview to learn more.

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7 Ways to Supercharge Your ABM Strategy with Real-Time Intent

Learn how capturing buyers’ search behavior in real time can shorten your sales cycle. In this guide, we’ll walk through how streaming real-time intent data can supercharge your ABM strategy, including: How streaming real-time intent works The benefits of real-time intent in your ABM strategy How you can box out the competition

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Three Simple Ways To Increase ROI From Your Current Sales Process Immediately!

Speaker: Donald Kelly, Founder & Chief Sales Evangelist at The Sales Evangelist LLC

The average B2B sales cycle can take anywhere from 3 to 9 months to close, depending on the complexity of the product or service being sold. Now add the fact that we're facing a global pandemic and it could add an extra 2 - 3 months or more to a sales cycle. How in the world are you supposed to survive as a seller?