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10 Ways You Can Make LinkedIn a More Powerful Sales Prospecting Tool

Sell Integrity

Just having a LinkedIn profile doesn’t mean you’re “on LinkedIn.” For it to be an effective sales prospecting and customer engagement tool you have to actively and regularly be visible, add value , and engage with people. by Will Milano. It’s pretty much a given that if you’re in a sales role, particularly in B2B sales or a complex selling environment, then you need to be on LinkedIn.

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Setting Expectations In A Low Barrier World

The Pipeline

By Tibor Shanto. I used to work with a fellow who insisted that I could reduce my frustration levels by reducing expectation. If I could accept to expect much less from people like him, I could avoid the disappointment of missed expectations. Probably true but there must be a more practical way to avoid disappointment. Here is a radical thought, people setting expectation should live up to them or learn to set more realistic or honest expectations.

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5 Sins of Sales Leadership

Sales Manager Now

Our best intentions don’t always lead to our best leadership practices but they can blind us from what’s not working. Here are 5 sales leadership sins you want to avoid. 1. Doubting or not believing in your sales people. The first… The post 5 Sins of Sales Leadership appeared first on Sales Manager Now.

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Referral Selling Insights: Q1 Roundup

No More Cold Calling

Here’s what you might have missed this year from No More Cold Calling. If you were asked last year how your day was, your answer would have been: “It’s 2020.” That said it all—at least for businesses that were negatively affected by the pandemic. Their clients weren’t returning calls, and budgets were constricted or put on hold. They freaked out. Too many companies accelerated what they knew—send more and more emails—knowing that strategy was never really successful, even in the best of times.

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Buyer & Customer Engagement: A Digital Exhaust Methodology

Unlock growth through customer-centric campaigns that deeply understand buyer journeys from awareness to post-purchase. This eBook shows how aligning marketing, sales, and customer service via an "outside-in" approach resonates with audiences, fosters trust, and drives loyalty - outperforming "inside-out" product-focused tactics. Gain a competitive edge through customer insights!

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The Art of Silence in Sales

Anthony Cole Training

Most salespeople are afraid of silence because they perceive it to be awkward or a sign that the prospect has mentally checked out. But that's simply not the case! It is critical that you let silence do some of the heavy lifting during your prospecting conversations.

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B2B Marketing Podcast Stirs Up Fresh Ears Amidst Pandemic

Sales and Marketing Management

Not long after I joined data-driven marketing agency Stirista, I pitched a company podcast to CEO Ajay Gupta. When the world seemingly screeched to a halt in March of 2020, the idea was fast tracked and the Marketing Stir podcast was born. Now a year later, with 50+ episodes under our, the podcast enjoys guests from companies like SAP, Regal Cinemas, Amazon, Discovery Networks and Zoom.

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Why I Believe We Should Blow up the Business Development Role in Sales

Understanding the Sales Force

Did you ever notice how most supermarkets place the least capable cashiers in the Express Lane? Drives me nuts! The Market's perspective: Small orders will be easier for them to handle. My perspective: Let's go!!! They call it Express for a reason! Did you ever notice that companies that utilize the Business Development Rep (BDR) role put their youngest, most inexperienced new hires in that role?

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How 3 Market-Leading Women Inspire Change

SBI Growth

On today’s special edition of the Revenue Growth Help Desk, we celebrate Women’s History Month and are joined by three inspiring women leading the charge in revenue growth: Debra Walton, Chief Revenue Officer, Data & Analytics, London Stock Exchange Group,

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Podcast 191: Kristina Finseth On A Quality Over Quantity Approach In Sales

John Barrows

Our guest this week is Kristina Finseth, Growth Marketing Manager at Interseller. Kristina is a strong leader with incredible insight due to her diverse marketing and sales background, and her Outbound FIRE Framework has been spreading rapidly through the sales community and making an impact. She and John talk about how her sales expertise has been sharpened and perfected by mixing elements of her marketing knowledge into her routines. .

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How B2B Buying Has Changed – And How Sales Teams Must Adapt

A dramatic shift has occurred in the B2B landscape. Buying has transformed radically in the last half-decade, causing growth rates to plummet, customer acquisition costs to skyrocket, and churn rates to surge. For SaaS companies relying on traditional sales strategies to grow revenue, these trends will only become worse, as they now falter in the face of modern purchasing paradigms.

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3 Steps for Maintaining a Positive Culture in a Remote World

Sales and Marketing Management

What transpired as a necessity in the middle of a chaotic environment is finding its footing and is here to stay. We’re talking about hybrid work environments, and they are coming back bigger and better than ever. According to a recent study by PwC, 83% of employees claim remote work environments have been a success. Employees appreciate the flexibility offered by a blend of on-site and at-home work, and they value companies that allow them this flexibility.

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The Best Sales Book, That Isn’t a Sales Book

A Sales Guy

In celebration of over 50,000 copies of Gap Selling sold, I wanted to take a moment and highlight other books that influenced my perception or help expand on concepts within Gap Selling. Reading Gap Selling is a start to changing the way we sell, but the truth is, it is a sophisticated and inherently difficult sales approach. So with this in mind, the first book I recommend reading to continue your Gap Selling journey is my personal favorite sales book… Now, my favorite all-time sales book

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Expert Interview: How to Coach Sales Reps for Maximum Impact

Allego

How are successful teams adapting their coaching to ensure sales reps can find and close deals despite the challenges of virtual selling ? With reps working remotely, sales leaders are often no longer physically in the same building for observation and mentoring of their team. Practice, role playing, call coaching, reinforcement—all the traditional tools in a sales coach’s arsenal—have typically been done in person.

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Are You Solving For Symptoms?

Partners in Excellence

Symptoms are the indicators that something is wrong, something is not functioning/performing as it should. When we have symptoms of a cold, we already have the cold. We can’t do anything to prevent it, perhaps, we can just make things a little easier to manage through it. And, we may miss the opportunity to prevent the cold from recurring. In business and sales, we see similar things.

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Sales & Marketing Alignment: How to Synergize for Success

Speaker: Carlos Hidalgo, Co-Founder & CEO of Digital Exhaust, Author, International Keynote & TEDx Speaker

Recent research shows that only 50% of B2B organizations state that they have good alignment between their marketing and sales teams. This lack of alignment tremendously impacts the ability to meet business goals, and is a limiting factor for building and maintaining customer relationships. While many B2B organizations continue to struggle with aligning their marketing and sales teams, they can take practical steps to unify both teams and simplify their overall approach.

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The Sale’s Manager’s Guide to Performance Management

Sales and Marketing Management

A sales environment is heavily focused on the achievement of goals, quotas and targets. Staff are motivated and ambitious, and competition between sales agents or teams is often encouraged. It’s therefore no surprise that effective performance management is fundamental to a sales manager’s success. Without a rigorous monitoring, motivation and recognition system, a sales team […].

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How to ice cream boomerang the best out of your sales team

Membrain

Outstanding coaching can be the critical multiplier for any team. Kjell Enhager would know. He’s a globally recognized coach who works with corporations, orchestras, actors, and world-class athletes in golf, tennis, skiing, horseback riding, and hockey.

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The Adapter’s Advantage Podcast: Episode 22 Featuring Rhomes Aur

Allego

Welcome to The Adapter’s Advantage : Breakthrough Moments that Lead to Success. In episode 22, Rhomes Aur , CEO of First Horizons Advisors, shares insights on achieving the right kind of growth, the role of financial services companies in serving communities, and the opportunities of virtual selling. Listen and Subscribe Now: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn.

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Discounting And Defending Value

Partners in Excellence

We try to create value with our customers. Our value has various elements. The value we bring to our customers in helping them navigate their buying journey. After all, we are experts, while our customers struggle to buy. The value our solutions create in solving the customer problem, or enabling them to address new opportunities. Hopefully, this is quantified in terms of ROI or some other financial metrics.

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Brick & Mortar Retail Relevance: How to Stay Ahead of the Curve

Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an

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Why 2021 Requires a New Type of Sales Manager

Sales and Marketing Management

COVID-19 turned the world of sales upside down. Millions of reps now sell from their homes and sales leaders are in search of new ways to motivate their teams. One thing is clear to all of us: the pandemic made existing sales productivity challenges more pronounced and created new ones. As leaders, we need to find ways to shift our operating philosophy for this new age of sales.

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Virtual Selling is Here to Stay (Statistics That Prove It)

The Center for Sales Strategy

The most successful and resilient organizations have adapted to all things virtual — including events and learning, talent acquisition, as well as their sales strategy. What has the data and trends from the past year shown sales leaders? That virtual selling is here to stay. Companies of all sizes, across multiple industries, have proven that virtual selling isn’t just for certain sectors or digitally native businesses.

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20 Stats That Make the Case for Sales Automation

Hubspot Sales

Every aspect of a sales process is prone to human error when carried out manually. As a sales professional, there's a good chance you've slipped up here and there. Maybe, you lost a deal because you forgot to follow up with a prospect. Maybe, you lost valuable time hashing out a meeting time with a potential customer. Or maybe, you struggled to find the right deck or piece of sales content to best convey your value proposition at the right time.

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10 Proven Sales Prospecting Techniques To Book More Meetings

Gong.io

Sales prospecting is dead. *Dramatic pause*. Kidding (obviously). Deals don’t just fall into your lap – if they do, tell me how. Sales prospecting is an essential part of your process. . Without it, you’re stuck waiting for things to happen. And that’s not a strategy, that’s just dumb luck. That’s why I stole these 10 sales prospecting techniques from the best-of-the-best sales pros.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Leadership Lessons from Our COVID Year

Sales and Marketing Management

Business leaders have been forced to make difficult decisions in the past year, resulting in clarity around leadership. Let’s call this COVID Clarity?—?key realizations borne out of the pandemic. One of the key takeaways in clarity is that your people are your most important asset, especially in challenging times. The post Leadership Lessons from Our COVID Year appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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4 Key Steps to Pre-Boarding New Hires

The Center for Sales Strategy

Google the phrase “Pre-Boarding a new hire” and over 8 Million results appear in.66 seconds. Your top results are ads with On-Boarding check lists, software, and packets. So, what is pre-boarding? Harver.com describes pre-boarding as “whatever process your company has up and running when the candidate accepts their job offer, right the way through to their first actual day working for you.

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5 Challenges Entrepreneurs Will Face in 2021, According to Data

Hubspot Sales

This might not be particularly mind-blowing or revolutionary to say, but being an entrepreneur isn't easy. It takes a lot of guts, persistence, business acumen, and strategic thinking — and even having all those qualities in spades might not be enough for a business owner to stay afloat. Certain challenges exist well beyond any entrepreneur's control.

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9 Women Sales Leaders You Need to Follow Right Now

Drift

To wrap up Women’s History Month, I wanted to take a moment to recognize nine amazing women who are changing the game in sales – a field traditionally dominated by men. These women show us everyday what it takes to lead their teams and companies while also building and supporting the next generation of sales leaders. So, we asked them to spill their secrets – what’s propelled them to where they.

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Supercharge Your Sales: 5 Steps to Effortless Selling

Sales teams often lose precious time hunting for updated sales materials, while marketing struggles to keep these assets accessible and current. It's not just about managing; it's about seamlessly finding, presenting, and sharing critical sales content. All of this takes place within an intuitive, unified platform. Dive into Showell's groundbreaking content management realm.

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5 Keys to Better Performance Reviews

Sales and Marketing Management

If your one-on-one reviews leave employees rolling their eyes?—?managers often are the last ones to discover this?—?here are five tips from HR service provider Primehr to make performance reviews more meaningful for everyone involved. Continuous feedback. Don’t wait until annual or semiannual review time to offer feedback. Provide suggestions and guidance throughout the year.

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What Ted Lasso Can Teach Us About Leading a Sales Team

Sales Readiness Group

“I think that’s what it’s all about: embracing change and being brave.”. While this line is very applicable to the events of this past year, it is actually taken from the Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso.” The comedy is about an American football coach who moves to England after he’s hired to manage an English Premier League soccer team. Though the premise is somewhat absurd, his leadership philosophy struck a chord with me.

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How to Sell to Decision-Makers & Influencers, According to Sales Leaders

Hubspot Sales

According to Gartner , a 2020 sales trend was that salespeople had to convince multiple stakeholders and evaluators at a company to buy their product. These evaluators can be at any level and position within an organization, from team managers to CTOs. People in these different positions have varied interests, goals, and overall desires towards the products and services they use to meet their business needs.