Pointclear

JANUARY 2, 2018

A 2017 MARTECH TODAY infographic lists the almost 5,000 companies that are part of the marketing technology landscape, up from just 150 in 2011. A 2017 list of marketing statistics from HubSpot included the following: Only 8% of salespeople said leads they received from marketing were very high quality.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 31, 2018

Forty-seven percent of sales professionals were outbound sales professionals in 2017, with 43 percent doing inbound sales. Our 2017 “State of Sales” report showed companies spend around $4,581 annually on technology per rep. Reps Use Around 5 Tools. categories of sales tools per rep. Sales Tech Spend Is Going Up.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Blog post for December 31, 2016: It’s that time of year where blogs fill with predictions for sales and marketing for 2017. Others focus on tips for success in 2017. So rather than giving predictions or tips for success in 2017, perhaps the best thing is to challenge each of you (and myself). How will you measure success?

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Value is a vital element to sales success for 2017, according to insights from Peter Ostrow, Research Director of Sales Enablement Strategies for research firm SiriusDecisions. Peter was quick to reveal research that shows just how hard it can be to achieve these goals in 2017, as the buyer’s decision-making journey has become more complex.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 16, 2017

Issue Date: 2017-01-01. Author: Brad Rawls. Teaser: Prospective clients will likely discover a lot about your business before you ever have a real conversation with them. Public relations is about creating the right impression before prospect hear your sales pitch.

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Bigtincan

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Thank You Smart Selling Tools for naming us to your list of “Top Ten Blog Articles 2017,” and much, much more. With the end of 2017 clearly in sight, I along with the entire team at Bigtincan are looking back with a sense of real accomplishment, and look forward to the coming year with both […].

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InsightSquared

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Quip, a new collaborative tool, changes the way teams work together by way of a living document, where users can chat and work at the same time. Salesforce CPQ (formerly Steelbrick CPQ) is a single tool where your organization can build quotes, create proposals, bill customers, process payments, and complete revenue recognition.

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InsideSales.com

MAY 12, 2020

Create an efficient and productive sales team with the right sales cadence tool. In this article: Give Your Sales Team the Right Tools What Is a Sales Cadence and Why Do You Need it? Sales Cadence Tools | Use Predictive Analytics to Increase Preciseness, Efficiency, and Productivity. Give Your Sales Team the Right Tools.

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Bigtincan

MAY 9, 2017

A big thank you to sales tech blogger and selling guru Nancy Nardin and Smart Selling Tools @sellingtools for featuring Bigtincan in their fifth annual Top Sales Tools of the Year Guide!

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A Sales Guy

MARCH 14, 2017

It’s 2017, and we’re failing our customers, prospects, the companies we work for and ourselves. The CRM is a tool, like any other tool. It’s 2017. The post Note To Sales People in 2017 — It’s Time To Up Your Game appeared first on A Sales Guy. It’s never been easier to sell.

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Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 6, 2017

A Sales Manager’s Recipe: What’s Cooking in 2017? The last three years have been tough and she was looking for new ideas for 2017 to excite her team and also to simply change up the routine. So if 2016 left a bad taste in your mouth, use the following ingredients to create a new recipe to make 2017 your best year ever.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Sales Statistics [2017]. Nine in 10 companies use two or more lead enrichment tools to learn more about prospects. Use an email scheduling tool -- like the one in HubSpot Sales -- to send your message at the perfect time. Using social selling tools can increase win rates and deal size by 5% and 35%, respectively.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 11, 2017

As you and your team kickoff the New Year, there are some important research findings you should factor into your 2017 sales enablement and content strategy. Measure and improve –Tracking the adoption and use of tools and practices, and the impact that the approach has on sales success, measuring win rate improvements (vs.

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SalesLoft

DECEMBER 7, 2016

While no one knows exactly what 2017 will bring, we predict that the future of sales software will introduce more customization and the power of big data analysis to all industries. What’s new with this data for 2017? 2017 will show continued growth in sales software that analyzes and connects sales with their social media audience.*.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Conversational presenting is a big trend in 2017. A recent Harvard study found zoomable, canvas-type tools like Prezi are more effective, engaging, and persuasive than slideware or verbal-only presentations. Treating each meeting like a conversation allows you to navigate presentations based on your prospect’s needs.

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InsightSquared

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

A Sales Ops Playground: Dreamforce 2017. I learned early on in this position to stay on top of the tech ecosystem because it moves so quickly and you do yourself a disservice to underutilize your current tools, or be under informed of the landscape, so this was a glorious opportunity to kill two birds with one stone.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

If you’d like to set up a time to meet, click this link to book time on my calendar: [Link to Meeting tool]. If you’d be interested in learning how we can get your house back on the market and competitive, grab some time on my calendar here: [Insert link to Meeting tool]. Regards, [Your name]. Regards, [Your name].

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Bernadette McClelland

JULY 11, 2022

Understanding a powerful tool of trade – our brain. . In 2017 I visited the Amen Clinic in Orange County where I had my brain scanned. In future publications, we’ll get practical and break those concepts down. But for now, there is one key principle I’d like to share around the power of effective connection. .

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Apple introduced QR code scanners in smartphones in 2017. Inside the HubSpot CRM is a native payments tool that streamlines your entire sales process so that you can get paid early, take on more customers/clients, and grow your business. Then, users put in the amount they need to pay and submit. HubSpot is a great example of this.

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Paul Cherry's Top Sales Techniques

OCTOBER 29, 2016

But now’s the time to get your sales team charged up so they can hit the ground running and make 2017 their best year yet. What’s the best way to get your sales team pumped up for 2017? The post Free Webinar — Identify the GAP to Propel Sales Team Performance in 2017 appeared first on Paul Cherry Sales Training & Coaching.

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Adaptive Business Services

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Face-to-Face Meetings: The Ultimate Guide – Thanks to communication tools like Skype, chat, and email, face-to-face meetings sales meetings are less common than they used to be. Case in point: An April 2017 study from Cornell University found in-person requests are 34 times more successful than those made over email.

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Your Sales Management Guru

DECEMBER 20, 2016

First Quarter 2017. But as budget planning begins and business strategies begin to be set, it is your responsibility to be ready for 2017. What are your revenue objectives by each quarter for 2017? Have your business objectives changed and therefore your 2017 compensation plans may need to be altered. Sales skills.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

If you need a sales tool that works for you and not the other way around, try HubSpot’s free CRM today.). For the last few days of the month when you need to close deals and create new opportunities at the same time. 5) “Bright Future in Sales” -- Fountains of Wayne. Closed-won. 6) “Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)” -- Omi.

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Your Sales Management Guru

JANUARY 2, 2017

Life Enrichment: Why 2017 Can Be Your Best Year Ever! A friend of my recently wrote a blog on the “ One Person That Impacted My Life in 2016” I think it was a fabulous idea, today is a good day for you to reflect on that thought, name that person and thank them, make them aware of your feelings and then go make 2017 Your Best Year Ever!

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 24, 2017

It goes into a lot of the principles and tools in TPS in greater detail. Related Posts: Bits And Pieces, June 18, 2017 What Sales Can Learn From Lean Manufacturing — Part 5 What Sales Can Learn From Lean Manufacturing — Part 4 Applying Lean Practices To Sales And Marketing When Less Is More!

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Your Sales Management Guru

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Ten 2017 Sales Kick-off Meeting Ideas. . While working with a client last week it became obvious that we are moving into the time to finalize 2017 budgets, compensation plans and something most sales managers don’t take enough in developing their 2017 Sales Kick Off meeting. see previous blogs for ideas).

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Mereo

DECEMBER 14, 2017

As the year comes to a close, you are probably finding yourself recapping what you and your team achieved in 2017. Whether 2017 was filled with missed quotas or benchmark successes, as the leader of your team, YOU have the power to create change and move into 2018 with positivity and purpose. Are there tools they need?

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Pipeliner

AUGUST 17, 2018

Radio As a Marketing Tool For B2B Marketers and Social Listening. In the digital era, brands shouldn’t write off the radio as a marketing tool – it offers the same key perk of programmatic ad buys: attribution. Paul shares how radio as a marketing tool can be a powerful medium for promoting B2B sales and brand building.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

The reality is that most sales and marketing automation tools and CRMs use data from a variety of sources: usually a combination of (1) purchased third-party data, (2) user-generated data from form-fills, and (3) information that is manually entered in-house. Let’s just say the results were staggering.

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Increase Sales

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Tools such as DISC can provide additional insight as how to better communicate. Since facilitate is to make easy, then it creates a top of mind awareness on the part of the seller to be more conscious of non-verbal communications as well as to his or her own communication style. The fourth advantage is emotional intelligence.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 14, 2020

MagnifyMoney, a division of LendingTree, provides online personal finance tools for consumers. growth in wages from 2017 to 2018, resulting in the second-place spot for that metric. The office as a recruitment tool. The one metric that sales representatives had a low ranking in was wages. 63 spot for that metric.

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Membrain

JANUARY 22, 2020

Smart Selling Tools (SST) released its 2019 sales technology benchmark survey recently*, with data comparisons against 2017. Much of the report validates what we already know about sales tech: That it continues to grow at a breath-taking rate.

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Zoominfo

MAY 6, 2020

“We do not want to grow too fast,” said Eric Yuan, CEO of Zoom, in a 2017 interview with Saastr. This turn of events feels slightly ironic (and maybe even somewhat eerie) considering Yuan’s statements about the company’s commitment to sustainable growth back in 2017. His reasoning? We do not aggressively pursue the new prospect.”.

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Your Sales Management Guru

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Now is the Time to Build Your Pipeline for 2017. HINT: This marketing campaign idea could incorporate messaging from your vendors utilizing their marketing materials, email campaigns, telephone scripts and partner involvement, if their marketing website allows you to download quality tools. Need more sales management resources?

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Hyper-Connected Selling

DECEMBER 20, 2017

One of the most powerful ways that you can kick-off 2018 is by actually wrapping up 2017. Dig Into 2017. What initiatives did well for us in 2017 that we want to continue? It’s a powerful tool to communicate to the whole team so everyone knows where we’re focused in the coming year.” Clear Out the Past Year.

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The Brooks Group

DECEMBER 27, 2017

2017 was a big year for The Brooks Group. 2017 was the year of the sales training revolution, with the world-renowned IMPACT Selling being released in an eLearning platform, IMPACT-U® ! 2017 heard quite a few gong rings! The entire team at The Brooks Group is feeling motivated and charged up after such a strong 2017.

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