Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 27, 2014

It’s the time where you start seeing various pundits dusting off their crystal balls guessing what the big issues facing sales and marketing professionals in 2015. Go To Customer/Sales Deployment Models/Inside/Outside/Channel/Web/Hybrid. I remember participating in a “Prospecting Scavenger Hunt” in 1985.

Fashion 91

Fashion Face-to-face Social Media Analytics 91

DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2017

This is in spite of the fact that most of it is created for sales and channel enablement purposes. A similarly scary statistic came from Docurated’s State of Sales Productivity 2015 study, which found that salespeople only spent 1/3 of their time actually selling. As much as 80% of marketing content goes unused by salespeople.

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Alice Heiman

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Watch the podcast below or on our YouTube channel. A born entrepreneur, Torrance spent eight years in the Air Force before launching Teak & Twine in 2015. In addition, we discuss our favorite sales and entrepreneur-based podcasts and some hot business topics like EOS and account-based marketing. Listen in now!

Account Based Marketing 90

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 19, 2018

First came Mobilegeddon in 2015, heralding the end of (desktop) days. Do you collect and use the data of individuals in order to prospect? The customer experience – from prospect to lead to customer to advocate – is set to become the key differentiator in the very near future. Here’s how to best prospect in a post-GDPR world.

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Zoominfo

JULY 22, 2018

Think about it, the internet has given modern buyers an expansive list of options to choose from—what brands they buy from, what content they consume, which products they purchase, what channels they use, and so much more. These channels can range from a brick-and-mortar storefront to a company website to a text messaging app.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Here are our recommendations on how you can connect and engage more decision makers to achieve sales success in 2015 and beyond: 1. This is a simple and critical first step in identifying the team that will be involved in your prospect''s (or current customer''s) final decision.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 24, 2016

As part of the sales and marketing engine, you put in serious effort to connect with your prospects. Nowadays, you’re trying to reach prospects on the move who are more tech savvy – and therefore, more demanding than ever. In other words, every digital interaction you have with a prospect needs to be optimized for mobile.

Retail 133

Retail Travel Call-back Engineering 133

Alice Heiman

JULY 2, 2024

In 2015, Sujan Patel faced a common frustration: sales teams failing to follow up with prospects. His solution? Build a tool so effective that it turned into a successful company, Mailshake. Sujan Patel’s journey with Mailshake highlights the power of innovation driven by personal frustration and a deep understanding of market needs.

Scale 71

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Cience

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Utilizing multi-channel outreach and appointment setting best practices, our specialized SDRs walk prospects through a personalized prospect experience, resulting in more consistently-set meetings and higher performing top of funnel pipelines.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Think about it, the internet has given modern buyers an expansive list of options to choose from—what brands they buy from, what content they consume, which products they purchase, what channels they use, and so much more. These channels can range from a brick-and-mortar storefront to a company website to a text messaging app.

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SalesLoft

MAY 28, 2015

It’s 2015, why wouldn’t we use email in addition to phone for prospecting and outreach? In today’s ever-occupied society you should be using all channels available to break through the chaos that consumes prospects. Phone calls and voicemails will elicit a response from some prospects.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 2, 2013

As you’ll read below, she boldly predicts that by 2015 inside sales will overtake field sales, as that unfolds, she will be in greater demand. TS: You say that inside sales is going to overtake field sales by 2015. But in your book, you introduce the concept of potent prospecting. Potent prospecting works more holistically.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

ZoomInfo’s platform also allows for sales and marketing organizations to work from the same data and develop automated workflows across departments, bridging marketing and sales teams and helping them better target their prospects. We’ve done 15 acquisitions since 2015,” Schuck said. Get a Demo 3. Schuck said.

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Customer Centric Selling

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Sales Tips: How to Step Up Your Prospecting for 2016. By Gary Walker, EVP of Channel Sales & Operations, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Even in our recent 2015 CCS® Index, 50% of salespeople indicated cold calling as the least effective method of prospecting. No wonder salespeople hate it.

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 1, 2015

That’s what I set out to find when I presented this question to fellow industry experts: According to a report by SiriusDecisions, 2015 State of Account-Based Marketing (ABM), more than 60 percent of companies plan to invest in technology for ABM to better align sales and marketing over the next twelve months. I could not agree more!].

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 5, 2020

SDRs need to prioritize meaningful connections with prospects. Well, according to HubSpot Principal Channel Account Manager, Katie Carlin , curiosity is key. Editor's note: This post was originally published in September 2015 and has been updated for comprehensiveness and accuracy.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 1, 2021

There’s no question that email is still one of the best ways to get in touch with potential sales prospects. This is more than the 122 number from 2015, meaning workplace professionals are still very active in their inbox. Use social media to warm up your prospects. Need proof? This is more than the 3.8

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Sales Evangelist

AUGUST 9, 2020

The challenge is, not all salespeople know how to use these virtual tools and it’s inhibiting sales growth. Jeb Blount has been doing virtual sales since 2015. The question was how to utilize all these virtual tools for sales and blend these into a viable way to sell and prospect. Are you part of this selling process?

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Gartner predicts modest go forward growth into 2015 and beyond, between 3-4% annually through 2018, a far cry from the double-digit growth in the tech-booming 90s. These are the trends of Frugalnomics, and as a result we expect that IT spending growth for 2015 and beyond will remain challenged. Why Change Now? – Why Your Solutions?

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 8, 2020

Our customers and prospects are no longer "out there." They can interact with multiple people in our organization, via multiple channels. Increasingly, customers are as loyal to the channel as they are to the brand. Editor's note: This post was originally published in May 8, 2015 and has been updated for comprehensiveness.

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Inside Sales Hiring Scale Face-to-face 120

Cience

APRIL 2, 2020

In 2015, HubSpot published the result of their traffic research , stating that 46% of traffic that B2B companies across all the industries get to their websites is direct. At that time, we had a team of 8 SDRs who actively reached out to our potential clients via multiple channels (mostly email and telephone). Conclusion.

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Outbound Inbound Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 85

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 10, 2020

As recently as 2015, a sales pipeline was a rudimentary look at your ability to meet or exceed your quota on an aggregate basis. Meeting scheduled — typically referred to a scheduled introductory meeting where a salesperson would qualify the prospect and determine if they were worth pursuing. Discovery call.

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The ROI Guy

APRIL 14, 2015

Gartner has revised worldwide IT spending down for 2015, predicting a 1.3% These are the trends of Frugalnomics, and as a result we expect that IT spending growth for 2015 and beyond will remain challenged, with little reason for optimistic spending growth predictions. YoY decline from 2014. increase compared to 2014.

Forecasting 72

Forecasting ROI Proposal Decision Maker 72

Close.io

DECEMBER 3, 2019

They are used to consistent action: qualifying prospects , sending cold emails , booking meetings, maybe following up a couple of times, and finally closing the deal. Why salespeople need this book : It’s one of the best cold calling books on B2B sales prospecting—for both inspiration and insights. Fanatical Prospecting.

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Cold Calling Negotiation Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel 116

Pointclear

AUGUST 18, 2015

Instead, they embrace trendy marketing and sales concepts, ever-evolving marketing channels and the promise of technology to deliver the revenue results they need to grow. Think about all you’ve done in 2015 to improve sales and grow revenue: Launched a new website. Increased spending on lead generation. Hired a social media marketer.

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Pointclear

OCTOBER 6, 2015

First, here’s the question we’ve been asking our experts: According to a report by SiriusDecisions, 2015 State of Account-Based Marketing (ABM), more than 60 percent of companies plan to invest in technology for ABM to better align sales and marketing over the next twelve months. direct mail, personalized tele-prospecting outreach).”.

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Customer Centric Selling

DECEMBER 1, 2014

By Gary Walker, EVP of Channel Sales & Operations, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. For example, picture this: You engage with a prospect that simply says, “Prepare a proposal with pricing and have it to me by Monday. Save your seat now for the FIRST public workshop of 2015 in Boston, Feb 3-6!

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 1, 2016

YoY increase from 2015. Prospects will choose to stick with the status quo unless you can proactively and provocatively quantify that they have a pain worth addressing. Prospects will choose to stick with the status quo unless you can proactively and provocatively quantify that they have a pain worth addressing.

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ROI Decision Maker Proposal Forecasting 53

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 11, 2017

Consistently deliver – Implementing value communication and quantification, from marketing and inside sales, to channel, partner and account execs, to business consultants and value engineers. Leveraging customer intelligence data gathered from each engagement to deliver new and unique insights, benchmarks and advice.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 7, 2021

seconds in 2015 (and additional research shows it at about 8 seconds in 2020). Some is to increase the channels through which we are trying to capture attention. It’s not new, but the evolution of our attention spans is alarming. A Microsoft research report shows our attention span declining from about 12 seconds in 2000 to 8.25

Social Media 63

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Tenfold

AUGUST 30, 2017

This share spans across a variety of channels. It can be hard to sway them otherwise – unless you can overcome the three main hurdles in B2B marketing and sales: ineffective digital integration, unfocused content and an unoptimized mix of online channels. The Multiple-Channel B2B Buyer. Know the Modern B2B Buyer.

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Outsourcing Services Buyer B2B Lead Rank 79

Hubspot Sales

MAY 28, 2024

However, she still uses Etsy as a secondary channel for specific products that tend to do well there, such as printables and manufactured craft supplies. “I For any existing or prospective customers who order through your Faire Direct link, you’ll pay a 0% commission. I don’t feel it is an all-or-nothing situation,” says Cano-Murillo.

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Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

This is the question I posed: According to a report by SiriusDecisions, 2015 State of Account-Based Marketing (ABM), more than 60 percent of companies plan to invest in technology for ABM to better align sales and marketing over the next twelve months. Marketing provides air cover by nurturing and educating their known universe of prospects.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 23, 2018

2015: The Sales Stack Conference. In 2015 we ramped up. And in the Fall of 2015, we ran our first 1000 person Sales Stack conference. Brian Walton, Kyle Porter, Andrea Austin, and Armando Mann at Sales Stack 2015 delivering the SDR playbook for high performing sales teams. We kept pushing and knocking on doors.

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SalesLoft

JUNE 26, 2015

Adam’s Bio: Adam joined the Salesloft family in the spring of 2015, and has quickly become one of the strongest sales development reps on the team. His sense of humor and ability to make every situation positive and fun make him a powerhouse on the phone with prospects. What’s your ultimate sales development productivity hack?

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SalesLoft

JANUARY 17, 2018

But as you burn through your best prospects, you’ll realize this impersonal approach is also inefficient. Chris Smith joins today’s episode to share exactly how a Sales Engagement platform can unify your tools and help you execute each sale with the personality and empathy your prospects deserve. I think we can relate.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

CASE IN POINT: In 2015 Randy had grown sales from $800k to $4M in ARR. In 2015 Randy had kept pace with the growth in the market. One of the keys to growth in today’s business model is to identify the most effective and efficient GTM model using a variety of sales and marketing channels. Randy was let go in July.

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