No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Here’s what you might have missed from No More Cold Calling this quarter. He is a sales stalker—someone who blasts out dozens of invites and then lies in wait, ready to pounce with an unwelcome sales pitch the moment anyone responds. The second you respond, you get a sales pitch. They weren’t even close to making quota.

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Sales 2.0

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

This is the second in a series of interviews I am conducting with subject matter experts and practitioners in the sales profession. I am examining where we are today with AI in sales and where we are going. Paul is the Director of Field Enablement at Groove , a leading sales engagement platform.

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The Pipeline

MAY 25, 2020

Sales Scrum Podcast Episode #11 – Guest Steve Gielda. Most salespeople do not know why they win or lose deals. Steve brings unique insights as to why and how sellers win and lose deals. Connections Matter More Now Than Ever, It’s not about just increased social selling activities but IMPROVED social selling.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

Do we have the right sales process? How can we close more deals faster? Gone are the days when companies sold one product into one market for one customer. Many companies nowadays sell multiple products or solutions to various markets.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 31, 2021

Hiring and onboarding are an expensive undertaking, so companies are incentivized to train new sales reps quickly and ramp faster. But, many organizations tend to rely on these programs and miss the golden opportunity to continue upskilling sales reps throughout their time at the company. That’s where sales coaching comes in.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 9, 2019

When it comes to B2B sales calls, the primary goal of the sales rep is to extract valuable information from the other person on the line. If you’re a seasoned sales professional, you already know the best way to get information is to ask smart questions. But this is often easier said than done. How did you hear about us?

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Mr. Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

You’ll find them below, and I guarantee that if you use them, you’ll not only identify buyers faster, but you’ll feel more confident, you’ll close more sales, and your income will grow— starting today. As you can see, the point is to be more assumptive, instead of beating around the bush and not asking.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

While dialing a list of phone numbers might not sound that complicated, it’s a lot more nuanced than just going down an alphabetized list of names. You might not think that automatic sales dialers have that much to offer you. What Is A Sales Dialer? You’re a sales representative. Here’s where the sales dialer comes in.

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Predictable Revenue

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Kevin Snow joins the Predictable Revenue podcast to discuss how automating outbound sales can help close deals faster and more efficiently. The post Using Sales Automation to Close Sales Deals Faster appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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SalesLoft

MAY 13, 2024

Salesloft’s data science team recently gathered insights from over 2,000 meeting recordings and transcripts associated with more than 1,200 deals. If they did talk about timelines, they only spent about 20 days in each stage of the cycle across all deals, won or lost. Here we’ll take a deeper look at two trends we found.

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Engage Selling

JANUARY 25, 2022

If you want to close more deals faster, it’s important to make your buyer part of the solution. Primarily, they want to co-create the solution with you and be a part … Read More » The post Close More Deals With This Strategy first appeared on The Sales Leader.

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Close

JANUARY 20, 2023

Sales operations help your sales team close deals faster by streamlining sales processes, building compensation plans, analyzing data & more.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 4, 2021

On the other hand, a faster sales cycle keeps your buyer’s attention on your offering. Understanding the sales cycle in separate stages helps predict buyer behavior and selling outcomes. Sales reps can also pinpoint specific obstacles and make improvements with a stage-focused sales strategy. Prospecting.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 11, 2024

For the last six years, I’ve been an avid user and champion of using async video in my day-to-day as a seller — well before joining Loom to lead its Sales and Customer Success teams. I’ve seen the benefit of async video messages to close deals and build prospect relationships as both a quota-carrying seller and a sales team leader.

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Nutshell

MARCH 28, 2024

As a startup, having a well-running sales pipeline is vital to facilitate sales actions and help your team close deals faster. Read on to learn more about the importance of sales pipelines for your business and how to manage a sales pipeline for your startup. What is a sales pipeline?

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eGrabber

JUNE 1, 2024

Every sales rep knows the importance of a healthy sales pipeline. It’s the lifeblood of your sales efforts, ensuring a steady stream of qualified leads that ultimately translate to closed deals and happy customers. Struggling Sales Pipeline? But what happens when your pipeline starts to crack?

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

What rules your sales team – order or chaos? Do your reps follow a consistent and repeatable process that makes it easy to predict quarterly sales? There’s no shame if your team aligns more with the latter than the former. Some of the best sales teams start that way. Some of the best sales teams start that way.

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Mixmax

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In this exclusive interview with Chris Orlob , sales guru and CEO at Pclub.io , he shares new sales trends, best practices for using SMS in sales, how to personalize emails, how to boost engagement during discovery and demos, and tips to help reps close more deals, faster.

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Mindtickle

MAY 1, 2024

The human connection has always been important in B2B sales, and that’s not going to change. According to McKinsey & Company , organizations that add the human touch to digital sales consistently perform better than their peers. In this guide, we’ll explore AI in sales and what it means for modern sales teams.

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Alice Heiman

DECEMBER 5, 2023

She always worked in a team to do sales but didn’t like the lack of transparency to the team members as the deal progressed. This keeps her close to her customers today, even though she has a sales team. Listen to her tell the story of starting a company and a category and growing her sales.

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SalesLoft

MAY 3, 2024

If you’re struggling to maintain productivity and close deals with a leaner revenue team, you’re not alone. Hard Choices: Lean Revenue Team Options When revenue teams shrink, it feels like you have two choices: Work fewer deals, or Work the same number of deals but see sales cycle times increase. businesses $1.2

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Gong.io

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

We analyze sales conversations and deals using the Gong Reality Platform’s proprietary AI, then share the results to help you win more deals. We analyzed three years of data, across 184 companies, and hundreds of thousands of deals to identify key shifts in buying behavior since 2020. A global pandemic.

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Allego

MAY 21, 2024

Being in sales enablement these days can feel like neverending work. You’re constantly training and coaching sales reps, creating reinforcement learning, ensuring sellers have the right content, and helping them connect with customers and create personalized buying experiences. And why not?

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Allego

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Companies are taking a close look at their investments in employee learning and development (L&D) and looking for innovative ways to retain top performers in today’s volatile economy. Two key questions for sales leaders are: Can the sales organization keep producing at a high rate with fewer resources? Long story short?

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Janek Performance Group

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

As more technology gets added to the sales tech stack, more reports are needed to keep track. If you’ve ever felt more like a data scientist than a sales leader, the sales KPIs we list below will help you streamline your reporting, save you time and keep you focused on what matters most, winning new business.

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Highspot

JUNE 15, 2023

Often, the sales department is a company’s highest expense, which means that maximizing the potential of every rep to scale productivity is mission-critical in today’s economy. Increasing sales productivity ensures that you drive more revenue with each rep you have. Why is Sales Productivity Important? Every deal matters.

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The Spiff Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

And, due to the economic fluctuations of the past few years, many of these leaders are prioritizing cost-efficiency and embracing a “do more with less” philosophy. What does this mean for sales teams? Unfortunately, accomplishing this will require a bit more than a motivational speech. Let’s get into it!

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Crunchbase

MAY 18, 2023

Sales teams are under immense pressure as businesses navigate economic uncertainty and mounting customer expectations. They must do more with less and move quickly to close deals at a time when the B2B sales cycle has slowed. A few years ago, sales teams could rely on inbound leads to meet their quotas.

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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? Which approach and tools should you implement to make the most of this potential?

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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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Mindtickle

APRIL 9, 2024

In the past, most B2B sales were conducted face-to-face – perhaps in a prospect’s conference room or at a golf course. Many deals are closed today without the buyer and seller meeting face-to-face, a practice known as inside sales. The shift to remote sales accelerated during the pandemic. What is inside sales?

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Allego

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

If your sales organization hasn’t felt the impact, you’re probably on edge, hoping to get through this economic crunch unscathed. You’re watching your reps very carefully and doing everything you can to ensure they close deals and hit their numbers. As such, sales reps must think about how to create presence in their absence.

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Emissary

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Most technology revenue teams include a sales enablement function, but its mission has been evolving over the last several years. Recently, enablement has flexed to provide better support for sales in the face of the post-pandemic business environment and increasingly demanding technology buyers. Train Early, Often, and in Small Doses.

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Chorus.ai

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

One of Chorus’ newest reps, Amanda Jones , ramped 80% faster by leveraging Conversation Intelligence. She was able to go from her first day to a closed-won deal all within 24-days. The average ramp time for a sales rep is 4.2 Onboard Faster with Conversation Intelligence Amanda came to Chorus with an eager mindset.

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SalesLoft

JANUARY 16, 2024

In a recent episode, Sarah talked with Kristin Swindle , Salesloft’s Manager of Enterprise Sales Engineering, about how Salesloft AI, including their new product Rhythm, can be the AI co-pilot sellers need to be more effective. With everything in one place, they can take action faster than ever.

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PandaDoc

MAY 9, 2024

Sales velocity is a robust metric used by sales managers for good reason. It presents a snapshot of how your entire sales process is performing. This guide will explain the sales velocity formula and what it means for your business. Sales enablement tools like CRM platforms help increase sales velocity.

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