SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

HR leaders ask themselves, “How can I make an impact with Sales?” At the same time, Sales leaders ask, “Who can help me to make The Number?”. They have the unique opportunity to share this expertise with Sales. This is a chance to build credibility and earn a seat at the sales leadership table.

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Nyden on Negotiation

JUNE 7, 2022

While the price was once the primary desired outcome in deals, customers today are demanding outcomes like innovation and digital transformation in addition to value and performance. How do contract and procurement/sales professionals stay relevant and compete?” Deals are being completely rewritten to bring in robotics and automation.

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Pipeliner

JULY 26, 2023

I just listened to an amazing podcast episode that delved into the world of customer journeys and how they can transform your online business. Eric mentions a checklist offered by Optima Inc., A globally acknowledged Sales & Marketing thought leader, speaker, and strategist. After all, who doesn’t love feeling special?

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SBI

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Transforming Sales: How to Make Your Way of Selling Into Your Competitive Advantage. In this series, we ask Sales Tech Executives to describe how their solution can transform sales in a significant way. And have you made that strategy easy for your salespeople to learn, and for sales managers to coach?

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Highspot

JULY 6, 2023

In this guide, we’ll explore the key sales skills that will equip your reps with confidence and boost sales. With proven sales training strategies and ongoing coaching and enablement, reps will be ready to tackle the art of selling. Why are Sales Skills Important?

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 1, 2013

Whether you are CEO, vice president, or a sales manager , you have a central role in your company’s sales process and in the decision to transition to referral selling—the only business-development strategy proven to convert prospects into clients more than 50 percent of the time. And it all starts with you—the sales leader.

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BuzzBoard

APRIL 5, 2024

Indeed, lead generation spans more than simply driving traffic to the business website; it entails transforming visitors into potential customers. It’s not just about driving sales but empowering them to make informed purchasing decisions. ” It can be eBooks, whitepapers, checklists, etc.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 8, 2024

This article highlights how a deal desk functions and its ability to transform the way companies tackle their sales strategy. Key takeaways One of the primary functions of a deal desk is to bring together decision-makers from sales, legal, financial, and marketing departments to optimize the deal creation and execution process.

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No More Cold Calling

MARCH 16, 2017

It can take eight to 14 touches to just to reach a prospect who isn’t expecting a call from your sales rep. There has to be an easier way to score qualified sales leads! Cold calling is a demeaning sales tactic and an inefficient way to generate qualified sales leads. They’re the reason sales gets a bad name.

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Gong.io

JUNE 29, 2022

Whether through a free trial or a sales-led motion, providing a strong onboarding experience to new users is a must. . With a higher NDR, you can adjust your sales strategy (e.g., They may have watched a video tour or even gone through a personalized demo with a sales rep. Conduct a formal sales-to-success handoff.

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Highspot

JULY 20, 2023

Managers juggle many duties, from taking care of current business to training new sales reps. At the same time, account executives must keep up with new product features and customer needs, manage their deals, and meet their sales goals. Conversation intelligence is like having a smart coach for your sales reps.

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Allego

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Another sales kickoff season is upon us, and for the first time since 2019, these annual sales events are like kickoffs from pre-pandemic days. The virus hasn’t gone away, sales teams are dispersed around the globe, and remote work is here to stay. 5 Tactics to Transform Your Sales Kickoff. But not quite.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Of course, when we talk about the future of sales, it's less about the products we might sell (flying cars, anyone?) Here, I spoke to sales leaders at Bardeen.ai , Aircall , and HubSpot to get their top predictions for the future of sales. Sales professionals need to become influencers — kind of. Let's dive in.

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criteria for success

JANUARY 18, 2019

Read on to learn more about this week's Let's Talk Sales inspiration. Helen Keller Quote In this episode of Let's Talk Sales, it's all about this month's theme: planning, strategy, and staying organized. This quote comes [ ] The post Let’s Talk Sales! 18 Inspirational Quotes to Motivate Your Sales Team.

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Showpad

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Reps should be confident, adept at recognizing a buyer’s challenges, and quick on their feet—along with a long checklist of other sales skills that help them build relationships and close deals. They need thoughtful sales training and proactive coaching from their manager.

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criteria for success

JANUARY 11, 2019

Read on to learn more about this week's Let's Talk Sales inspiration. Warren Buffett Quote In this episode of Let's Talk Sales, it's all about this month's theme: planning, strategy, and staying organized. And today's quote is about preparing for the future [ ] The post Let’s Talk Sales! Unmotivated Sales Team?

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Believe that, and your account-based sales strategies are doomed from the start. The best account-based sales strategies aren’t reactive. They don’t need us to give them demos or canned sales pitches, because they can get all that online. Referrals Should Top Your List of Account-Based Sales Strategies. Big mistake!

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criteria for success

JANUARY 25, 2019

Read on to learn more about [ ] The post Let’s Talk Sales! Read on to learn more about this week’s Let’s Talk Sales inspiration. In this episode of Let’s Talk Sales , it’s all about this month’s theme: planning, strategy, and staying organized. Unmotivated Sales Team?

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Highspot

AUGUST 31, 2021

If sales strategy was a puzzle, then your sales model would be a corner piece: it helps frame your approach to businesses and determines how the other pieces of your strategy will fit together. The keystone nature of sales models makes choosing the right one all the more important. Why do you need a sales model?

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SBI

AUGUST 13, 2013

“Inside Sales now generates more than 50% of company revenue and is being tasked with more responsibilities and expectations—to grow territories, form partnerships, and generate new business. In 2009, there were 800,000 inside sales departments. They are savvy and cynical about sales techniques. Customer 2.0 Customer 2.0’s

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Highspot

JANUARY 4, 2024

A sales training strategy is your blueprint to equip sales teams with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel. It addresses all of sales, from product knowledge to customer relationship building. The strategy ensures reps are well-prepared to meet and exceed sales targets.

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criteria for success

JANUARY 4, 2019

Read on to learn more about this week's Let's Talk Sales inspiration. Charles Kettering Quote In this episode of Let's Talk Sales, it's all about this month's [ ] The post Let’s Talk Sales! Read on to learn more about this week’s Let’s Talk Sales inspiration. Unmotivated Sales Team?

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criteria for success

JANUARY 14, 2019

We're talking about our Sales Management Planning eBook and how it can help you and your team to stay on track. [ ] The post Let’s Talk Sales! Sales Management Planning eBook Interview – Episode 117 appeared first on Criteria for Success. Other resources that will help support your checklists. *

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criteria for success

JANUARY 28, 2019

We are so excited about this fresh NEW episode of Let's Talk Sales! We shook it up a little for this episode: it's training-focused and is all about creating a sales plan. If you already caught the episode and [ ] The post Let’s Talk Sales! We are so excited about this fresh NEW episode of Let’s Talk Sales!

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Pipeliner

JANUARY 25, 2024

Below, we’ll dive into eight transformative ways content marketing can boost your brand’s reputation and revolutionize its image. Recognizing the power of educational content means going beyond the sale and genuinely enriching your audience’s professional lives. This involvement increases engagement, comprehension, and retention.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

In this series, we ask Sales Tech Executives to talk about Selling as a Buying Experience. NANCY: WHAT ARE THE TOP WAYS COMPANIES CAN TRANSFORM SALES TO IMPROVE THEIR PROSPECTS’ BUYING EXPERIENCE IN THE NEXT 12-24 MONTHS? . Companies must be aware of this expectation and transform their sales process to reflect it.

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Babette Ten Haken

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Especially when these omitted details surface, often inconveniently, both pre- and post-sale. Most of the time, these professionals are involved in the post-sale care and feeding of customers, once a sale is consummated. At “that” final meeting, when the sale is assumed, but not yet closed. Something different?

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No More Cold Calling

MAY 12, 2015

Gartner’s Tiffani Bova identifies three dangers looming over modern sales organizations. What is predictable is the challenges sales organizations face. Sales organizations are finding it harder and harder to deliver predictable revenue, and historical sales models are beginning to show cracks. Conference. Conference.

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Lessonly

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

And, if you’re trying to become an expert in an industry that’s constantly changing, like sales, it takes a lot of dedication and focus to be the best seller possible. There are plenty of skills, best practices, and cutting-edge strategies that sales pros have to stay on top of. So, how can organizations create a sales ready workforce?

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Allego

JANUARY 14, 2021

As sales managers reviewed results at the end of last year, many faced a stark reality: the virtual sales training programs they had cobbled together to get through the pandemic had not produced the desired results. These businesses didn’t have the time, or maybe the knowledge, to transform to modern learning.”.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

We have seen firsthand the power that customer advocates wield in B2B buyers’ decisions in our own sales cycles, as well as those of our customers. The advocate program is simply a case study/customer testimonial video factory to appease Sales leadership. It shouldn’t come as any surprise. Yes, it’s work, but persistence will pay off.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 20, 2018

But the first step to harnessing this power is understanding just what referral selling is and how it feeds your sales machine. Sales is hard enough. Those were the exact words of a sales executive when asked about the top business development activities for sales reps. Is Winning Cheating? I almost fell off my chair.

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Babette Ten Haken

MAY 8, 2019

I read articles and listen to webinars and hear speakers talking about digital transformation of the IoT workplace. Frequently, these end-user stakeholders hold the keys to the type of practical and cost-effective problem-solving which retains customers, post-sale. Yet, their voices are excluded from how the story eventually is told.

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Keith Rosen

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Sales training isn’t dead, it’s evolved. Instead of training salespeople with recycled techniques your competitors are using, developing high performance sales teams requires transforming the traditional salesperson into The Selling Coach. Transforming Salespeople Into Selling Coaches who Coach Customers to Succeed.

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Showpad

MAY 18, 2020

And it’s the responsibility of chief sales officers to ensure their teams have the content, tools, knowledge, skills and coaching necessary to optimize every buyer interaction. That’s why now, more than ever, is the time for CSOs to invest in sales enablement strategies and technologies. Our new reality intensifies sales challenges.

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Showpad

JUNE 8, 2020

Fortunately, the act of equipping salespeople with the content, tools, knowledge, skills and coaching required to optimize interactions with buyers – otherwise known as sales enablement – serves more than just sellers. Now is the time for product marketing directors to put sales enablement strategies and technologies to full use.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 21, 2020

If your sales team is struggling to speak to the right customers or close deals, try the MEDDIC sales qualification process. What is the MEDDIC sales qualification? The MEDDIC sales qualification process is a framework of questions used to qualify prospects and potential buyers. Why is MEDDIC so powerful?

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