SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

It is the first night of sales kickoff for a $400 million communications company. The title is “ Make the Number in 2013 ” and he comes unglued: “The number. My sales force tells me they can’t make it. This year I bought marketing automation software. Before that I spent a small fortune on sales training.

Banking 288

Banking Software Software Competition 288

HeavyHitter Sales

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

I’ve had the privilege to work with and study hundreds of companies and their sales organizations. Based upon my experience, here’s my list of the best companies to sell for in 2013. While it includes companies than range from start-ups to billions in sales, all of these businesses share three common qualities. Other Steve W.

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Company Analytics Enterprise Enterprise 152

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Selling to business can be a great profession for talented sales people who want to work in ‘big time’ sales. Especially as you work with medium and large size companies, B2B sales can mean large transactions and more opportunity to showcase advanced selling skills. Long Sales Cycles. Uneducated Buyers.

Telecommunications 312

Telecommunications Real Estate ROI Enterprise 312

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 20, 2012

HR leaders, get ready for the 2013 Sales Kickoff by fixing the flaws in your compensation plan today. And get your hands on a Competency Grader for compensation assesement providers as part of SBI's "Make The Number 2013.". Technology Company: More than 60% of the sales force are on a trajectory to miss their number.

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Compensation Incentives Incentive Lead Rank 267

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 4, 2013

Issue Date: 2013-07-05. Author: Atri Chatterjee, CMO, Act-On Software. In a company that has well-aligned sales and marketing departments with the common goal of revenue, the answer is: It depends on where the buyer is on the journey. Teaser: Whose job is it to send an email? Whose job is it to send an email? read more'

Marketing 205

Marketing ACT Software Software 205

Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Most of the calls and emails we receive come from companies with flat or declining sales. Mark Roberge, Sales VP at Hubspot , is responsible for building one of those kick-ass sales forces and he contributed a guest post to Software Advice on Building a Sales Team the Hubspot Way.

Lead Scoring 287

Lead Scoring Lead Rank Hiring Hubspot 287

Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 15, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan The lumber and building products industry is notorious for having weak salespeople (compared with the population of salespeople in all industries) who call on distributors and retail lumber yards and take orders. TheStreet.com published this article, The Digital Skeptic - Software Sales are Over.

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Industry Retail Software Software 243

Pointclear

MARCH 20, 2014

Which is relevant when you''re selling social media management software. Think about who uses social media management software? I wrote an article for my sales club about the " Best Answer to Sell Me This Pen I Have Ever Seen. " Let''s say you have a sales interview coming up. So after, when you make your sales calls.

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Inbound Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Webinar Metrics 262

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

More often than not, sales and marketing live in siloes. For a company to survive these days, sales and marketing must work in concert. The best marketing leaders know how to overcome the divide and gain credibility with sales. And they involve the sales team in the process. It will only help the sales team.

Buyer Persona 310

Buyer Persona Marketing How To Lead Rank 310

SBI Growth

JANUARY 17, 2014

According the “Year-End CEO Report” conducted by Challenger, Grey & Christmas, CEO turnover rose in 2013. There were “1,246 CEO changes in 2013, 2.6 Are my Sales & Marketing organizations prepared to meet my growth objective? If not, what are the Sales & Marketing leaders doing to get us prepared? Technology.

Remedy 281

Remedy Hiring Margin Guarantee 281

Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 17, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Yesterday I was in the office, preparing for the today''s formal introduction of Objective Management Group''s (OMG) award-winning, new and improved, fourth generation, Sales Candidate Assessment ( View the 25-minute Webinar here ) when the phone rang and I answered. It''s a must read.

Inside Sales 273

Inside Sales Oracle Examples Top of Funnel 273

SBI Growth

APRIL 30, 2013

Yet many front-line sales managers are slow to respond. Because speed requires more time and effort from a sales manager. The average sales manager will avoid these requirements. This post will explore ideas sales managers can implement to increase their speed. Agile was born in software development.

Quota 308

Quota Promotion Social Media Territories 308

SBI

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Do you want to accomplish more in 2013? If you want 2013 to be better–in whatever way you define that to be–you will need to take charge of change. There are lots of sales tools to help you. There are lots of sales tools! We’ll each be recommending 6 sales tools for B2B sellers. Shorten the sales cycle.

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Webinar Metrics Guarantee Referrals Vendor 125

SBI Growth

MAY 5, 2013

Kathy is the CMO of an emerging software company. Kathy was going to pay more attention to the formal management of leads between sales and marketing. The rest of our conversation discussed the top insights most notable for B2b marketers supporting sales organizations. Kathy always has great insights to share. Top Insights.

Cost per Lead 323

Cost per Lead Inbound Buyer Persona Cost per Acquisition 323

SBI Growth

JANUARY 1, 2013

Mike Drapeau is famous for looking into the dusty corners of sales productivity. Sales leaders hire Mike to fix revenue shortfalls before they happen. For example, Sales VPs at HP, Phillips 66, and Dow Jones have relied on Mike’s advice to make their quotas. He wrote the book on sales benchmarking before most had heard the term.

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B2B Hiring Quota Social Selling 308

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Issue Date: 2013-01-01. Author: By Peter Mollins, Vice President of Marketing, KnowledgeTree. Teaser: Successful marketing increasingly depends on well-timed, relevant and proven content being delivered to prospects. The trend of buyers researching products well before they engage with a representative is only going to increase.

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Software Software Marketing Trends 176

SBI

DECEMBER 18, 2012

We’ve been very fortunate this year to work with many wonderful sales software clients who are each striving in their own way to improve the way sales organizations operate and the success they experience. Sellers experience difficulty getting in front of prospects and keeping their attention through-out the sales cycle.

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Vendor Sales Cycle Software Software 128

Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan You probably haven't read this article by Dan Pink (Thanks to Craig Ruhland for sending me the link). Pink points to research showing that extroverts and introverts are not as successful in sales as ambiverts, the people in the middle of the scale between both extremes.

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Scale Study Research Webinar Metrics 261

SBI

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Top Sales World just held their annual ceremony for the Top Sales and Marketing Awards. In all, there were 16 categories that honored thought-leaders; books, blogs and articles; software tools; and useful resources. It’s truly an exciting time for those in the marketing and sales profession.

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Quota CRM SAP Forecasting 135

The Sales Hunter

MAY 31, 2013

It is time to get it out on the table and say once and for all that if you are a sales manager, you are in a dead-end position. If you are a salesperson and you want to be promoted to a sales manager position, it’s time to change your thinking. Let me share with you 5 reasons why you don’t want to be a sales manager.

Sales Management 237

Sales Management Consultative Selling Policies Selling Skills 237

Score More Sales

AUGUST 12, 2013

Make it a good one – like: How one of your clients now has piece of mind for the first time in years since they started using your security software. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. Just try it and see how it goes.

Inside Sales 213

Inside Sales Lead Rank Lead Scoring Cold Calling 213

Pointclear

JULY 17, 2013

To read an excerpt from her latest book, Smart Sales Manager , click here. Today’s “new normal” sales landscape has sales leaders scratching their heads, wondering about the best way to structure their sales organizations. Should they keep their expensive sales duo: inside sales AND field sales?

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Field Sales Inside Sales Hiring Face-to-face 245

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Issue Date: 2013-11-01. Teaser: As the blathering bozos in Congress say (when they’re not reading from Dr. Seuss books), I yield my column this month to the distinguished gentleman Michael Chasen, who helped build the education software startup Blackboard into a booming business that sold for $1.64 billion in 2011. read more'

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B2B Education Software Software 214

SBI Growth

AUGUST 20, 2012

This article is written for the Sales Executive who believes that listening to Customers is a great way to drive revenue growth. This research yields compelling insights into how Buyers want to engage with your sales force. This research yields compelling insights into how Buyers want to engage with your sales force.

Inside Sales 276

Inside Sales Face-to-face Sales Qualified Lead Customer 276

The Sales Hunter

MARCH 29, 2013

If you know me or have been reading my blogs for some time, you know I like to use the phrase, “Sales is leadership. Leadership is sales.” “Sales is leadership and leadership is sales” is all about realizing how both those words are intertwined. Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

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Sales Leadership Insurance Insurance Face-to-face 206

Score More Sales

MAY 11, 2012

Ashley Furness, CRM Market Analyst at Software Advice recently wrote about this very issue – teams of salespeople have received or will received tablets but do not have clear deployment plans. While 78% of businesses plan to deploy tablets by the end of 2013, more than half lack an articulate deployment plan. Do you have a plan?

Marketo 214

Marketo Lead Rank Lead Scoring Outbound 214

The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 8, 2013

An example of how it works is you might be selling B2B in the software industry. Prospects you’re trying to reach are end users of software and typically work for either an IT company or in the IT department of a company. Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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Cold Calling Prospecting Customer Software 181

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 20, 2024

How to Avoid Choice Paralysis Whether you’re buying enterprise software or deciding which car to buy, complex choices aren’t going anywhere. In the case of something like buying B2B software, consider your budget, the business objective you’re trying to fulfill, integration needs, etc. Train your sales reps.

Examples 111

Examples Conversion Customer Licensing 111

Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 29, 2019

Author: Paula Sanders There’s a lot of hype around artificial intelligence, but the reality of its impact to sales and marketing strategies promises to be positive. However, just as technology has evolved, so has the customer’s sales approach. That’s a significant opportunity. Artificial Intelligence Is Here – Embrace It.

Marketing 209

Marketing Webinar Metrics Software Software 209

The Sales Hunter

JULY 16, 2013

An example might be if you’re selling software with multiple year service upgrades. Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” ” Sales Motivation Blog. Blog pricing discount discounting high price price sales discounting'

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Discount Comparison Objections Examples 234

Velocify

DECEMBER 3, 2012

The Ultimate Contact Strategy provides a ready-to-use road map to rev up your sales process in 2013. And if history repeats, Sales leaders are undoubtedly spending a significant amount of time strategizing on how they’ll hit a bigger number in 2013. Improves sales processes and top line sales growth?

Leads360 90

Leads360 Sales Process Inside Sales Study 90

Score More Sales

MAY 15, 2013

Lucy works for a software-as-a-service company. She is building a big, solid sales pipeline and gaining referrals from existing clients. Subscribe to the award-winning blog and the “Sales Ideas In A Minute ” newsletter for sales strategies, tactics, and tips in selling. Gee, thanks. Energy is consistency.

Energy 222

Energy Inside Sales Face-to-face Lead Rank 222

SBI Growth

AUGUST 28, 2012

." - Jack Welch Are you questioning the ability of your sales leader to take your revenue performance to the next level? In your next board meeting, they will ask what you will do differently to make the number in 2013. To hire a top-performing sales leader, you have to remove legacy aspects of your recruiting strategy.

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Hiring Buyer Persona Solutions Selling Buyer 267

The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

They spend their day talking with others about how they could make a lot more sales if only they had some new brochure or PowerPoint or whatever. Sure, let’s put the whole reason why sales aren’t made all on a piece of paper or some stupid software. Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

Discount 238

Discount Cold Calling Consultative Selling Follow-up 238

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 16, 2012

And Sales Leaders are handed their 2013 goals by the CEO. At SBI, our findings indicate that over 65% of Sales Goals are driven by Executive and Corparate expectations. Consider one catastrophic scenario we witnessed: Jeff was the newly appointed CSO at a rapidly growing Software firm. How did they come up with this? ”

Quota 282

Quota How To Territories Guidelines 282

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Issue Date: 2013-01-01. 5 post titled “Ridiculous ramblings about the marketing automation market,” Rosenberg talked about the changes this new software platform has already experienced. In his Jan. In his Jan. In his Jan. read more In his Jan. read more

Software 185

Software Software B2B Research 185

SBI Growth

JULY 13, 2013

You will learn if you possess the relevant skills of an “A” player sales leader. Dave was promoted to be Acme’s VP of Sales for the Americas. He did it as a District Sales Manager. Dave became VP of Sales for the Americas. In the first 6 months he: Did monthly pipeline reviews with every sales manager.

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Promotion Fashion Trends B2B 310