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. Paula has been working in the technology field for 30 years and leads sales and marketing teams across the US, UK, Europe and currently expanding into Asia.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Ask any salesperson if they’ve had a tough 2020, and you’ll get a resounding “ Yes.”. I interviewed seven sales leaders from across the country to better understand how they overcame the challenges of 2020, what challenges they expect to encounter in 2021, and how they recommend readers combat both. Post-training materials.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 24, 2020

The State of Ecommerce in 2020. And this trend is set to continue, with ecommerce penetration rates set to rise from 15% in 2020 to 25% in 2025. A niche is simply a smaller and more specific subsection of a larger market. There are more than 24 million ecommerce stores in the world as of early 2020, according to Kommando Tech.

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The Pipeline

MAY 18, 2020

As a trained researcher and founder of Cerebral Selling. A critical message at the best of times, but more so given the changes in the market. Throughout this adventure we are going through this spring of 2020, I have been lucky to have some great voices on Sales Scrum, this episode is another great example.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 1, 2013

More recently, he pegged the failure rate of marketing automation software at 50%. He famously predicted that 75% of sales jobs will be eliminated by 2020. He said the number of sales people in the United States could decline from the then 18 million to 4 million by 2020. 2020 is still a long ways off. At least I do.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The train is in the station. The adoption of an ecosystem-led approach to growth is integrating into the go-to-market environment as an entire motion. So while I say train… it’s not a one-off, it has many trips. Today, we’ll look at how ecosystem-led growth specifically manifests in marketing. The tracks are laid.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

DECEMBER 14, 2020

No one imagined that we would exclusively have online events, online trainings, online meetings, online calls, and so on. Lessons learned in 2020 boil down to three words — Accept, Adapt, Accelerate. None of us fathomed that a year ago we could do business without traveling.

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Allego

JUNE 19, 2020

No one needs to be told that training has changed dramatically in the past few months. L&D and sales training professionals have tackled tough challenges in a short amount of time as we all figure out the best way to communicate and collaborate with each other. 15 Most Popular Sales Training Webinars.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The piece pointed to a prediction by Forrester around 2015 about the size and nature of B2B sales in 2020. What is the impact of that on the use of freed resources, training, managing, and more? Shouldn’t the freed-up time, resources, training, and more – resulted in increases in output? COMING MONDAY FEBRUARY 10, 2020.

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Salesmate

JANUARY 28, 2020

19 best sales influencers to follow in 2020. Gary covers a variety of topics like entrepreneurship, sales, marketing, motivation and many more. He shares valuable insights and tips on sales, marketing, business, startup and much more. His Twitter account is constantly ignited with sales, marketing, and growth hacking tips.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The shift to less face-to-face interaction with customers and prospects isn’t a 2020 development. Scott Galloway, a professor of marketing at NYU’s Stern School of Business, states in his book, “Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity,” that the pandemic’s most enduring impact will be as an accelerant of dynamics that were already trending.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 2, 2020

No, that’s not the setup for some obscure go-to-market joke. It’s the question that will help companies stand out as we put 2020 behind us. Sales Engagement is designed to promote consistent conversations, rapid sales motions, and sales and marketing alignment. Read More: The Forrester Wave : Sales Engagement, Q3 2020.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Today’s post is by Jake Miller, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Allego. At the recent ATD TechKnowledge 2020 , I heard from speakers, participants, and partners at the forefront of the industry. L&D professionals’ tasks were narrowly defined: onboarding new employees or conducting formal training or certification.

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Nutshell

OCTOBER 30, 2020

With in-person events temporarily postponed due to health concerns, virtual event platforms have taken center-stage in 2020. If you’ve been online at all in 2020, you’ve seen an advertisement promoting a virtual event. Event marketing options. The top 5 virtual event platforms of 2020. It makes sense.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

These days, emotional engagement with customers is a key differentiator for go-to-market teams. It’s also cheaper to keep an existing customer than it is to acquire a new one (think marketing campaign costs and new user training, for example). Are they sticking around? So what do these patterns mean in the bigger picture?

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DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 20, 2017

There’s a lot of buzz around Sales and Marketing AI, but what is real and what is hype? What can we actually expect from AI in the sales and marketing technology in 2018? AI for Sales and Marketing Tech: High Expectations Meet Reality. Responses included: “AI will manage customer relationships through predictive marketing.”

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SBI

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Qstream Achieves 30% New Business Revenue Growth in 2020. Burlington, MA, October 7, 2020 –. Qstream, leaders in microlearning software for the remote workforce, reports that through August 2020, achieved 30% year over year new business growth and expanded its revenue by 20% in existing accounts. About Qstream. Media Contact.

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Crunchbase

MAY 14, 2020

VP of Marketing at Outreach. Why he should be on your radar: Don’t be so quick to judge the “marketing” title–founder and former CEO of Sales Hacker, Max Altschuler now heads up Outreach’s marketing team. CEO of JBarrows Sales Training. Max Altschuler. Crunchbase Profile , LinkedIn , Twitter. John Barrows.

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Igniting Sales Transformation

DECEMBER 31, 2019

I’m bucking the annual tradition of pitching predictions about what is or is not going to happen in sales, marketing and business in 2020 or the decade ahead. Could 2020 be that year? If you follow numerology at all, you know that 2020 represents a year of insight, perfect vision and accomplishment. It seems pointless.

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Bernadette McClelland

JANUARY 20, 2018

Whilst these are skills that every salesperson must have and is typically the focus traditional sales training provides, I don’t believe they are the basics , nor do I believe they are the focus for the future sales professional that business wants and needs. The Basics of any form of Leadership.

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Sell Integrity

MAY 12, 2020

When we say ‘sales enablement’, many people immediately think of tools: technology, data, research, marketing content, product information and other elements that help sales get closer to the client. Those tools, along with things like managing activities, processes and training, are all part of it.

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Salesmate

AUGUST 19, 2020

We’re excited to announce that once again, Salesmate is recognized as a market-leading sales CRM and automation platform by multiple Gartner’s top software advisory platforms – SoftwareAdvice and GetApp. Here is the summary of the awards and recognitions that Salesmate aced in 2020: 1.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Gartner had predicted that by 2020, chatbots would manage 85% of customer relationships. Titus emphasizes that the key to successful AI implementation lies in the data quality used to train these systems. Training and Development : Train your team on the importance of data quality and how to maintain it.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

What are the best sales conferences and events of the year, where you’ll find plenty of networking opportunities , training, and career-changing tips? Here are the 26 sales events in 2020 (organized by the season of the year) that we’re most excited about. Best 26 Sales Conferences in 2020. SaaStr Annual 2020. We’ll wait!

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Zoominfo

MARCH 10, 2021

It’s possible, if not likely, that the pandemic lowered installations in 2020. However, Q4 2020 CRM activity was similar to Q4 2019. market share in the CRM industry, according to prior analysis from Gartner. billion doing so, according to new analysis from ZoomInfo. Source: ZoomInfo. Source: ZoomInfo. Salesforce holds about 19.5%

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

WHAT : Five exciting days of advanced sales training and tips from some of the biggest names in Sales. Sales Hacker Success Summit: Level Up for 2020. If you plan to sell in 2020 and beyond — and that should be all of us — then you’ll want to see this. Top Sales Hacks That Will Give You An Edge in 2020. COST : Nada.

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Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 29, 2021

If 2020 was the year of the pandemic, 2021 was the year sellers adapted and turned the tide. Like in a post-apocalyptic movie, sales heroes valiantly fought a formidable foe, developing and broadening their skills to combat the challenges of uncertain markets, supply-chain chaos, rising inflation, and the great resignation.

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Salesmate

MARCH 17, 2020

In this article, I am going to tell you how you can equip yourself better for handling potential customers by creating a winning sales process for your startup in 2020. Startup owners must create a flexible sales process for accommodating the dynamic market, tech innovations, or the changes in your own way of operations.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Author: Umberto Milletti All trends point to 2020 being more focused on the B2B customer, with data and insights as the key to understanding their needs. Marketing and sales have switched to account-based everything, which crystallizes focus on the customer. Customers have more power and more information than ever?—?they

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Allego

MAY 6, 2021

This article originally appeared in LTEN Focus on Training Magazine. In Spring 2020, COVID-19 cases began to spike around the world. With so many different ventilators and unique operating methods, hospitals faced a ventilator training crisis. The medical field is generally seen as a hyper-competitive market.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 20, 2021

As a result, much of the evaluation, investment, and rollout of virtual training technology in 2020 was rushed, limited in scope, and poorly planned. How to maximize customer training investment. Intelligent, strategic investment in customer training is crucial to remaining competitive in the upcoming year.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 20, 2020

Author: Kris Belau Is there anything more quaint in sales and marketing than the door-to-door salesperson? And then in 1949, at the suggestion of a single-mother salesperson (who later became the company’s vice president of marketing), the Tupperware party, experiential marketing at its finest, was born. Train them.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 17, 2025

The Rise of Virtual Sales Programs As we enter 2025, the landscape of sales training programs is undergoing a revolutionary transformation. In an age where agility is crucial, companies can no longer afford the time and expense of conventional training sessions that require physical attendance.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 9, 2018

From industry events, to blog posts, B2B professionals can’t stop talking about this trending topic and its potential to revolutionize marketing. In today’s post, we’ll take a further look into the concept of AI and see how this new technology can have a real impact on your marketing strategy. But, does AI live up to all the hype?

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Highspot

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

SEATTLE, WA — November 19, 2020 — Highspot , the revenue enablement platform that makes every customer conversation count, today announced that it ranked No. Glassdoor’s Top 10 Best Places to Work 2020. As the world continues to change, our team will keep providing powerful solutions that our customers need to excel.”

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 30, 2021

I was working for a global consulting and training firm. If you have a big-deal prospect or client, you’d better jump on a plane, catch a train, or take a road trip as soon as possible. In 2020 and at least the first half of 2021, business travel and indoor socializing have been challenging and at times, impossible.

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Membrain

JUNE 24, 2020

Almost nobody expected 2020 to turn out like it did. At the end of 2019, we were all dutifully making our annual plans for the coming year, projecting revenues, segmenting markets, doing all the things that good sales departments do.

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