Cincom Smart Selling

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

While configure-price-quote (or CPQ for short) solutions have been available for at least a decade, they are still new to many companies. The emphasis here is on “can help” because, unfortunately, not every CPQ project is successful. CPQ software buying decisions are flawed. Change management is undervalued.

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Cincom Smart Selling

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Sales Management and Business Intelligence. For sales managers and marketing managers, these systems will likely include CRM and CPQ. Marketing and Sales will evaluate higher-level questions in pursuit of the knowledge that equips them to define tactical processes more effectively.

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Cincom Smart Selling

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

While configure-price-quote (or CPQ for short) solutions have been available for at least a decade, they are still new to many companies. The emphasis here is on “can help” because, unfortunately, not every CPQ project is successful.

Vendor 62

Vendor System Remedy SalesForce 62

Cincom Smart Selling

JUNE 30, 2020

CPQ solutions have been around for quite some time and most customers of these solutions, industry analysts, system integrators, scholars, and CPQ vendors agree that these solutions can make a big difference to a company’s bottom line. Let us start by looking at common CPQ benefits before we look at how to measure them: 1.

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Cincom Smart Selling

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

On September 13, 1988, a small but mighty team of writers were sitting around a table in a smoky boardroom in the basement of a building adjacent to Times Square (here’s a clip of me playing sax there), or at least that’s how I’m imagining it in my head. Top 10 Considerations when Implementing/Evaluating CPQ Technologies.

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Relationals Vendor Banking Consumer 83

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 26, 2018

Author: Erik Charles When sales professionals look at artificial intelligence (AI), what do they see? And, at that point, the winners and losers will be separated by how well they combine their sales talents with skills for using AI. For example, sales applications should draw on a focused set of data? Additional data sources.

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PandaDoc

MAY 8, 2024

Such huge numbers equate to huge revenue potential in terms of SMB sales. Read on as we cover everything you need to know about the SMB sales process, and how your sales team can crush it in the competitive landscape. What are SMB sales? Small businesses are companies with fewer than 100 employees.

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Cincom Smart Selling

MAY 13, 2016

Successful sales people have always known that being successful in their job requires them to continually learn about the markets they serve, the products offered, the pricing and selling issues related to the product as it grows and changes over the years. For many years the easy solution was to bring everyone in for a sales meeting.

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Cincom Smart Selling

JANUARY 5, 2017

Did you think that CPQ system you just signed up for was plug and play? CPQ implementation is a process, not a moment. It is tempting to see CPQ as a “sales solution” or a tool that only requires Sales to spend a few minutes in learning to navigate the app with little participation from others in your organization.

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Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 13, 2017

Configure price quote software makes approving complex sales orders easy and fast. It is amazing what some companies do to make sure they want to accept a deal brought in by their hardworking sales force. Each order went through the following checks: The sales manager confirmed pricing and evaluated commission processing.

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Cincom Smart Selling

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Who is promoting sales enablement? The fact is, sales enablement is not located exclusively within one group or managed under one silo. Sales enablement is cross-functional in nature, and it spans Sales, Marketing, Engineering/Product Management, Operations, Finance and just about every department within your organization.

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Cincom Smart Selling

APRIL 30, 2020

In too many cases, the issue is only revealed following the loss of the sale to a competitor. I recently came across a nice little 2016 article by Sarah Niedoba writing for Canadianbusiness.com about 5 deal breakers that kill your sales. Issues and Sales Behaviors that Can Result in Deal Breakers. Inadequate Discovery.

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Distribution Pricing Journal

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Striking an optimal balance between remote and on-site work can bolster effective decision-making and foster a cooperative atmosphere among pricing managers and their teams. When you interact directly with top customers and local sales reps, you gain a valuable insight into what really drives buying behavior.

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Cincom Smart Selling

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

In the classic play and movie, Glengarry Glen Ross , Blake, the somewhat strident troubleshooter from downtown, informs us that “ Sales is a tough racket. ”. Selling is not only tough on the sales rep, it is also tough on the company. As a VP or director of sales, you’re ultimately responsible for the actions of your sales team.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 13, 2022

With over 100,000 loyal corporate users globally, the CRM helps sales teams to excel at their work and convert more leads. However, Pipedrive is frequently chided for failing to deliver on more advanced features like email marketing, project management, and automation. CRMs have always been about managing your sales pipeline.

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PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Every second counts — the pressure is on, and each word in your sales quote matters. Your sales pipeline is clogged, and your golden opportunities are wasted. Key takeaways CRM with an integrated quoting process reduces response time to customer inquiries, which is essential for achieving a cutting-edge sales pipeline.

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Apptivo

JUNE 22, 2023

Why is it important in sales management? CRM Functions to Speed Up the Sales Process 5. Footnotes In today’s fast-paced business environment, effective sales management involves more than just charm and persuasion. CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management. What is a CRM? What is a CRM?

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CRM Sales Management Lead Rank Lead Scoring 52

Crunchbase

MAY 14, 2020

This blog post was originally “The 25 Sales Leaders You should Get to Know in 2020.” We realize, after speaking with several sales leaders, that this methodology excluded some of the most impactful sales leaders, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds. VP of Sales at Mixpanel. Jordan Arogeti. Meka Asonye.

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Mindtickle

JULY 24, 2017

SiriusDecisions empowers marketing, sales, and product professionals to make better decisions, execute with precision and accelerate growth. Nancy Maluso has built and managed successful teams in the technology industry and now brings her passion for improving sales productivity to her research at SiriusDecision.

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Mindtickle

JULY 24, 2017

SiriusDecisions empowers marketing, sales, and product professionals to make better decisions, execute with precision and accelerate growth. Nancy Maluso has built and managed successful teams in the technology industry and now brings her passion for improving sales productivity to her research at SiriusDecision.

Conversion 52

Conversion Top of Funnel Coaching Webinar Metrics 52

Tenfold

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Back in 2014, gamification as a strategy for improving sales productivity was the trend – not that it was a new breakthrough idea then. For start-ups and businesses with experience under their belt alike, sales gamification is something to seriously consider if the goal is to improve sales performance.

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CRM Competition Motivation Software 40

Cincom Smart Selling

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Most of us deal with sales management every single day of our lives. Every day, somewhere, a sales manager is quietly contemplating a performance goal and a pile of data. Buying, Selling and Sales Management – It’s a Different World. For the sales rep, it is different as well.

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Cincom Smart Selling

APRIL 3, 2018

CPQ (Configure-Price-Quote) systems and sales portals are perfect for each other. Sales portals have been in the business-practices discussion for many years. The buying experience is greatly enhanced by ensuring accurate sales quotations that are delivered quickly. CPQ Solutions Work with Portals to Boost Sales.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Sales is the lifeblood of every business. While the sales process can be complex and time-consuming, targeted automation with the right tools can ease the burden on your sales team. That includes simplifying lead distribution and management. Explore the list and find the option that best works for your team.

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Cincom Smart Selling

JUNE 24, 2017

Imagine that you are a sales manager. You are gazing out through the glass windows of your plush office across the vast expanse of desks where your sales force performs their in-office tasks. Being a good manager, you periodically get out from behind your desk and walk around just to see what everyone is up to.

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Cincom Smart Selling

AUGUST 31, 2020

I was scrolling through LinkedIn , when my cursor landed on a video by “ Keenan ” the sales industry guru, CEO at A Sales Guy and author of this fantastic, recently published book Gap Selling. Fortunately, the team at Cincom has been excellent at analyzing our customers’ needs over decades of growth. Refreshing it was!

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 11, 2021

B2B sales tools are meant to automate day-to-day processes, increase efficiency in all aspects of the sales process, and simplify various aspects of a sales rep's day to save valuable time — time that can be spent focusing on prospects and deals. B2B Sales Tools. Why use B2B sales tools? 16 B2B Sales Tools.

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Sales Tools B2B Tools Hubspot 118

Cincom Smart Selling

AUGUST 10, 2016

Raw data can be deceiving when looking at an organization’s sales processes. You never know if you have “all of the data” or if the data you have is truly representative of the optimization of a sales strategy at a given point in time. Our service team is not customer-driven. How is this affecting our sales pipeline and process?

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Cincom Smart Selling

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

For sales pros, this is more than nice—it’s liberating. I well remember a specific day early on in my own sales career. Organized my contact files and updated my rolodex (I know, dinosaur sales epoch). I was a sales rep, and I had not done any selling. Sales reps don’t have to even print anything out.

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SugarCRM

AUGUST 22, 2019

If you’ve read our recent piece on emerging trends in manufacturing you’re familiar with learned how businesses are leveraging these trends to drive sales. The challenge: inefficient reporting and lack of visibility into sales and account performance. The challenge: lack of coordination between sales and marketing.

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Sales Hacker Training

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

It takes a lot to succeed in sales. And then, there are inside sales tools… The human element of sales will never go away — that’s a fact. But here’s another fact: sales is HARD! There are thousands of options when it comes to software for sales that promise to make your life easier as a sales professional.

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