Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Issue Date: 2015-10-19. Teaser: Even with today's sales enablement software, there is one thing that sales still needs to ensure buyers act: a good pricing strategy. Even with today's sales enablement software, there is one thing that sales still needs to ensure buyers act: a good pricing strategy. read more

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ACT Software Software Sales Enablement 120

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 5, 2015

Issue Date: 2015-04-06. Teaser: In today’s competitive B2B environment, business intelligence software levels the playing field, is affordable, intuitive and gaining traction in sales and marketing. Author: Kevin McGirl. read more'

Software 120

Software Software B2B Competition 120

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 11, 2015

Issue Date: 2015-10-12. Author: Neal Gottsacker, President and CEO of airSpring Software. Today, enhancing and accelerating the sales process requires a new level of engagement and access to knowledge between the organization and its field sales representatives, and more importantly, between the sales representative and the customer.

Field Sales 120

Field Sales Software Software Sales Process 120

DiscoverOrg Sales

MAY 7, 2015

Anyone who has sold a B2B software or hardware product knows that the nuances in one software versus another are vast, requiring more education that can be gleaned from an eBook or datasheet download. Here is a link to the Supergraphic that will let you zoom to see all of the companies in 2015: [link] ). Source: [link] ).

Lead Rank 120

Lead Rank B2B Education Research 120

HeavyHitter Sales

JANUARY 18, 2014

I recently conducted an extensive research project involving more than one-hundred vice presidents of sales at top technology companies (software, Cloud, computer hardware, and telecommunications) to better understand the art and science of managing a sales organization today. million and software was $3.2

Telecommunications 126

Telecommunications Quota Inside Sales Field Sales 126

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 12, 2015

Issue Date: 2015-04-13. Author: Paige Musto, Director of Communications, Act-On Software. Teaser: Reckoning with mobile’s influence is no easy task, but it’s far from impossible – if you know what to prioritize and which minor adjustments to make to your existing marketing programs.

Marketing 120

Marketing B2B Influencer ACT 120

Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 19, 2018

Martin worked as a field rep with Pfizer Pharmaceuticals before making the transition to enterprise software sales, business consulting, and launching two start-ups in healthcare. He joined Conversica in 2014, where he has helped sell and lead triple digit growth for three consecutive years in a row since 2015.

Sales Qualified Lead 185

Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 185

DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 22, 2016

Many issues that Chief Information Security Officers faced in 2015 will carry into 2016. Cloud security software. The CISO of 2015 has been expected to be a business leader, IT leader, finance leader, and an excellent people influencer and navigator,” says James Carpenter, CISO at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children.

Banking 120

Banking Decision Maker Telecommunications Insurance 120

Xactly

AUGUST 13, 2018

Sales territory mapping software offers more benefits than sales managers may realize. The perspective you get from territory mapping software gives way to previously unseen patterns and insights that just don’t populate through spreadsheets alone. Do You Need Territory Mapping Software? Take Assessment. The answer?

Territories 70

Territories Software Software Benefit 70

No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

cloud software industry, discusses the importance of your online brand in this month’s guest post. billion people are online, according to a 2015 report by the International Telecommunication Union. Ian Moyse was rated #1 on “Social for Cloud” in both 2015 and 2016 by Onalytica , and “Top 20 for IOT” in 2016.

Social Media 120

Social Media Ideal Customer Profile Telecommunications Penetration 120

DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

According to Gartner, in 2007, spending on software rose 13% and overall IT spending grew 11% worldwide. The proliferation of software-as-a-service (SaaS) and cloud computing created huge changes to the software market. 5000 list as we provided IT-only data to our customers well into 2015. Why so high? Why the big change?

Decision Maker 120

Decision Maker Marketing Hiring Ideal Customer Profile 120

DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

At the end of 2015, we realized to grow the way we had forecasted to our Board of Directors, we needed better data on our prospects and customers. Many times, although tools are designed to help the sales department, the budget for this type of software lives in marketing. Here are the top five: 1. Aligning Sales & Marketing.

Data 181

Data Engineering Call-back Forecasting 181

Cincom Smart Selling

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Users have come to expect evolution in the technology, software and programs that they are using, and it’s important for vendors to make sure they are delivering on that front—whether it’s mobile functionality or something completely new. The post Takeaways from the 2015 Microsoft Dynamics® User Group Summit appeared first on Cincom Blog.

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Microsoft Groups CRM Trends 59

Sales Hacker

JUNE 12, 2024

She joined GitHub in 2015 after a career in the public sector, and has since held leadership roles in nearly all aspects of GitHub’s enterprise business. The impact of AI on GitHub’s business and the future of software development. Strategies for pricing new products and cross-selling within an existing customer base.

Engineering 110

Engineering Revenue Buyer Persona Account Based Marketing 110

Hubspot Sales

MARCH 20, 2018

Value-added resellers often specialize in software, hardware, and other technologies. Front-office SaaS development is booming, software is getting cheaper and more intuitive, and CEOs are concerned more about growth than point solutions. Four Software Trends IT Resellers, VARs, and Channel Partners Should Watch.

Lead Rank 111

Lead Rank Trends Lead Scoring Outsourcing Services 111

Crunchbase

MARCH 3, 2020

Companies around the world have become inundated with software solutions that promise to help them find the most talented workers and turn them into highly-engaged, productive employees. The startup was founded in 2015 but recently raised $7 million in seed investment. As investor interest in HR tech rises, so does the competition.

Outsourcing Services 113

Outsourcing Services Scale Retention Software 113

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Check out these seven key points from Schuck: M&A Can Grow Your Company In Serendipitous Ways Despite Schuck’s success in starting and growing his own software-as-a-service company (originally called DiscoverOrg) there was one problem he struggled with: He couldn’t build a strong engineering team. “I

Engineering 130

Engineering Hiring Software Software 130

Sales Training Connection

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Recently Ian Altman published a Forbes article entitled – Top 10 Business Trends that will Drive Success in 2015. In 2015 and beyond your sales team will need to be able to sell consultatively at a very high level of competency in order meet customer expectations and to differentiate you from the other guys who have gotten the message.

Consultative Selling 99

Consultative Selling Trends Selling Skills Training 99

Vendor Neutral

JULY 30, 2021

Prior to Alinean, Tom founded Interpose, a provider of total cost of ownership (TCO) measurement and analysis software tools and training. At Gartner, Tom served as Managing VP and was instrumental in Gartner’s software becoming the industry standard for TCO and ROI assessment.

Top of Funnel 132

Top of Funnel Face-to-face Scale Webinar Metrics 132

SBI

OCTOBER 5, 2017

in 2015), but only 5.2% Today’s post is by guest author, George Brontén, Founder & CEO of Membrain, a sales effectiveness software that makes it easy to execute your sales strategy by driving successful behaviors to consistently reach your targets in complex sales. Yet, as an industry, we’re failing badly at it.

Sales Enablement 139

Sales Enablement Survey Face-to-face Coaching 139

Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 16, 2017

Solutions like Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ), and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software are designed specifically to target areas of the sales process that can be tightened up and make a company more dynamic and efficient. CRM Software. CPQ Software. ERP Software.

Sales Cycle 54

Sales Cycle Software Software Tools 54

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The founders of Bryteboard , Sargun Kaur and Nicole Hardson Hurley, founded their business after recognizing fundamental flaws in the tech recruiting process — specifically when it came to technical interviews for software engineers. In 2015, Smith released AllHere — an AI-powered attendance intervention software for K-12 school districts.

Scale 140

Scale Apparel Sage Remedy 140

Zoominfo

MARCH 15, 2021

Diane Greene co-founded VMware , a public cloud computing and virtualization software company. LinkedIn acquired Lynda.com in April 2015 for $1.5 Explore the annual report for more. February 3, 2021 | 2 minute read. Diane Greene: VMWare. Dell EMC acquired VMWare in 2004 and is the parent company.).

Company 162

Company Networking Google Video 162

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 18, 2017

The surviving members of the band, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh and drummers Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, continue to play and tour in various iterations, but the July 2015 shows were, according to the band, the last time the core four will all play together. Like other daring visionaries, the Grateful Dead rejected conventional wisdom.

Lead Rank 149

Lead Rank Marketing Strategy Trade Show 149

Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 9, 2015

CINCINNATI, OH — March 9, 2015 — Cincom ( [link] ), the Microsoft Dynamics Global Strategic Partner for Manufacturing, announced that it is a Gold Sponsor of Microsoft® Convergence, the foremost event for the Microsoft Dynamics customer and partner community. Source: Smart Selling.

Microsoft 48

Microsoft Channels Margin Engineering 48

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

I'd like to walk away having a better understanding of your pain points with global logistics, your team's 2020 goals, and how our international logistics software can help you achieve them. Editor's note: This post was originally published in August 1, 2015 and has been updated for comprehensiveness. Here's the link: [Insert link].

Meeting 136

Meeting How To Case Study Relationals 136

SBI

JULY 14, 2021

ZoomInfo (NASDAQ: ZI), a global leader in modern go-to-market software, data, and intelligence, today announced it has agreed to acquire Chorus.ai , a leader in Conversation Intelligence with the industry’s most advanced technology. It also appears in the top of five G2’s “Best Software Product” lists. “We About Chorus.ai.

Conversion 85

Conversion Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring 85

Drift

JANUARY 3, 2019

59% of customers prefer to do an extensive amount of research before talking to a salesperson when buying a software product, according to a Forrester report from 2015. Email Gail Axelrod at gaxelrod@drift.com. Does that mean sales is an unnecessary job? Some products have to be sold by people.

Closing 69

Closing Strategy How To Software 69

Tony Hughes

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

In the last few days I have been facilitating focus groups for a research study in Australia being conducted by The Eventful Group who are running a big CRM conference in Melbourne in July 2015. But CRM software quickly emerged as a burning issue and I made the comment that some research states 70% of CRM software implementations fail.

CRM 82

CRM Strategy Customer Epiphany 82

The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

A predicted anemic increase in IT spending at the beginning of 2015 has now been replaced with a 5.5% In 2015, the trend for business unit control has accelerated, with business leaders and their reports for the first time in history in control of the majority of IT decision-making. Decline in IT Spending for 2015 - [link].

Decision Maker 74

Decision Maker Marketing Proposal Channels 74

Hubspot Sales

JULY 2, 2019

So you've decided to get a CRM software. Whether your company has three deal stages or 15, you should be able to program these levels into the software and attach associated values. According to Docurated's State of Sales Productivity 2015 study, salespeople spend 31% of their time hunting for or creating content.

CRM 109

CRM Buyer Hubspot System 109

The ROI Guy

JULY 5, 2011

Leading the recovery is a resurgence in infrastructure investments, with Computing Hardware expected to grow 11.7%, followed by Enterprise Software (9.5%), Telecommunications (6.9%) and IT Services (6.6%) and IT Services (6.6%). Enterprise Software 244 8.4 Enterprise Software 244 8.4 growth) and now again in 2011.

Telecommunications 73

Telecommunications Enterprise Enterprise Vendor 73

Nimble - Sales

JUNE 13, 2024

billion in global revenues and 53K professionals in 2015 to $15 billion and 104K coaches in 2019. This skyrocket expansion of the industry has been accompanied and expedited by the evolution of software: industry-specific as well as CRM systems for coaches. The coaching industry has been growing exponentially, going from $2.3

CRM 59

CRM Coaching Software Software 59

Zoominfo

MARCH 15, 2021

Diane Greene: VMWare Diane Greene co-founded VMware , a public cloud computing and virtualization software company. LinkedIn acquired Lynda.com in April 2015 for $1.5 Leonard Bosack co-founded Cisco.) Dell EMC acquired VMWare in 2004 and is the parent company.) Weinman’s husband Bruce Heavin was a co-founder of the company.)

Company 130

Company Networking Google Video 130

Sales Hacker

MARCH 1, 2021

This is more than the 122 number from 2015, meaning workplace professionals are still very active in their inbox. Thankfully, with the help of marketing automation software, we can automate a lot of our work. These days, outreach emails are being sent automatically with software. This is more than the 3.8

Data 130

Data Social Media Scale Follow-up 130

Customer Centric Selling

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

I found the results of a recent Software Advice™ study encouraging (Software Advice™ is a sales software reviews firm ). Save your seat now for the FIRST public workshop of 2015 in Boston, Feb 3-6! They’re busy and just want to understand the potential value that can be realized through the usage of an offering.

Hiring 81

Hiring Buying Cycle Education Inbound 81

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 19, 2019

But an even better solution, according to experts, is to implement the best CRM software you can find. Many sales teams rely on Excel spreadsheets to track leads and opportunities before they deploy CRM software. Editor's note: This post was originally published in February 19, 2015 and has been updated for comprehensiveness.

CRM 122

CRM Sales Process Top of Funnel Hiring 122