SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The first half of 2023 has not been smooth sailing for many businesses but based on responses to SBI’s CEO survey for Q3 2023, we may be seeing market demand finally moving in an encouraging direction.

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Pipeline Trends Survey Report 177

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Consistently high spending on marketing technology over the past few years is now a key risk to the budgets and credibility of chief marketing officers. According to Gartner’s 2022 CMO Spend Survey, B2B organizations devote approximately one-quarter of their marketing budget to technology.

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Trends Strategy Survey B2B 156

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Over the past year, we’ve had tons of founders ask where they should be prioritizing their marketing dollars and resources considering the wild economic year that 2023 has unfolded as. The annual Gartner 2023 CMO Spend and Strategy Survey was conducted in March and April 2023. Thanks for reading The GTM Newsletter!

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 6, 2021

It’s important to reconsider your tech stack when markets shift, and now CRMs are top priority for customer engagement. Read on to discover the latest CRM trends for sales and marketers to use in 2021—and beyond. Share the same goals and tools between sales and marketing teams. Future Trends in CRM.

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SBI Growth

JULY 13, 2022

In a recent survey SBI conducted of nearly 150 CEOs, we asked how they anticipate commercial spending in 2023 relative to 2022 with a positive shift, negative shift, or no shift. Most revealed that they still plan to increase their commercial budgets in 2023, but with a more conservative approach by spending 50% as much as they did in 2022.

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Zoominfo

JULY 23, 2024

It’s a maddening feeling that every sales professional has to deal with a few times each year. We analyzed out-of-office (OOO) reply rates to outbound sales emails and explored seasonal trends — with some predictable spikes and a few surprises. Autumn is when sales teams can make the most of the calendar.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A survey from SBI in Q3 2023 shows that commercial leaders are feeling the effects, with a staggering 69% of CEOs seeing lower seller productivity. For sales leaders seeking to escalate growth projections in 2024, it’s time to rethink how sales enablement should be done.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 16, 2023

10 Characteristics of Bold Sales Leaders. Sales leaders have had to adapt to virtual selling, work from home, supply chain issues, passing on price increases and sales rep turnover. In 2023 there is a strong possibility that you will be dealing with cost-cutting and lower demand due to recessionary pressures.

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Marketing Qualified Lead Leads Face-to-face Sales Leadership 317

Zoominfo

MAY 31, 2023

Industry surveys show that account-based marketing is consuming an ever-larger share of B2B budgets, and it’s easy to see why: smarter targeting, increased efficiency, and better ROI are enough to make any CMO’s eyes light up. The good news? Wondering how to incorporate AI and automation into your ABM strategy?

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 31, 2023

Note: The available generative AI tools for sales are evolving insanely quickly. Let us know: marketing [at] saleshacker [dot] com. Generative AI is all the craze, mostly because of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and their freemium go-to-market motion, which made them go viral for being the fastest ever application to reach 100 million users.

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Face-to-face Facebook Trends Relationals 113

The Center for Sales Strategy

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

With less than six weeks until 2023, let’s dive into a few things to check off or add to your list. This is the glorious time of year when most leaders are engulfed in budgets, planning, meetings, and deadlines.

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Meeting Leads Marketing Qualified Lead Marketing 129

Allego

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Sales technology has come a long way in recent years and has become an integral part of most organizations. During that time, however, sales teams have amassed a large number of tools, and that’s created some problems. 4 Sales Technology Trends for 2023 1.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 17, 2023

If you have an interest in tech — and an even greater interest in helping people — a career in tech sales could be a smart move. Here, we'll cover the basics of tech sales, the pros and cons of working in this industry, and how you can kickstart a career in tech sales in 2023. What is tech sales? Table of Contents.

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How To Sales Qualified Lead Networking Software 135

Lead411

JULY 25, 2023

5 Top B2B Sales Books for 2023 Keeping up with the newest sales tactics is always a point of emphasis for any successful sales team. This bombardment of stimuli has changed the way we communicate and market content both online and off. So why is marketing it so hard? Yet revenue growth remains…lumpy.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 15, 2023

While things may feel unsettled, the good news is that there are clear priorities for B2B marketers to focus on in 2023. My sense is that marketing has three core responsibilities: to drive revenue, nurture the brand, and optimize the customer experience.

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Allego

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Sales managers and sales enablement folks face a similar challenge. Sales teams start out on what they think is a true path, and then the economy changes course, sales reps leave, or new technology comes along. Sales leaders and sales enablement managers must then rethink their strategies.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Some of the research that SBI has done this year highlights a trend of sales cycles getting longer and deal sizes getting smaller. This can be attributed partially to customers and prospects having more stakeholders involved in any buying decision—combined with tendencies for more conservative buying behaviors in 2023.

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SalesFuel

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The past few years have been hard on sales with consumers increasingly worried about recession. Your clients need to focus on marketing promotions to stay ahead of the competition in coming years. One of the easiest ways to spot value is marketing promotions. Marketing information (e.g.,

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Promotion Marketing Retail Margin 59

Tenbound

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Tenbound, your source for intelligence and insights to grow your Pipeline & Revenue, today announced their virtual Pipeline & Revenue Conference series scheduled for 2023. Attendees of each event gain the skills and assurance to.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 11, 2023

Your sales team plays an essential role in driving revenue and reaching goals that stretch across the organization. So should you be worried about churn in your sales department? Sales teams have higher-than-average turnover rates than other business units. Why do sales teams experience high turnover? In short, yes.

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Lead411

JUNE 22, 2023

15 Best Sales Lead Databases for 2023 In the digital age, the best sales lead databases have become indispensable tools for businesses aiming to drive sales and achieve growth. Integrates with popular CRM and sales engagement platforms. Higher pricing compared to other sales lead databases.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Intent Data Marketing Qualified Lead 98

Crunchbase

MARCH 1, 2023

The Crunchbase 2023 Influential Women in Sales List is a submission-based list. They’re launching sales podcasts, YouTube channels and startups of their own. They’re creating safe spaces to empower female professionals and championing diversity in sales, both inside and outside their organizations.

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Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring Enterprise 130

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In 2023, ZoomInfo retired 1,500 verified emission credits, significantly reducing the environmental impact of our operations. Ongoing Social Impact ZoomInfo doesn’t just strive to be the world’s leading go-to-market platform and a great place to work — we also seek to maximize the social benefit of our success within our communities.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Sales productivity is always a concern for CEOs and their go-to-market leadership teams. There's pressure mounting due to buyer uncertainty in a sideways market, a renewed focus on earnings versus growth, and owners and shareholders hungry for good news.

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Remedy Sales Talent Face-to-face Buyer 156

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 12, 2023

Multiply, add, and subtract your way into a dreamy 2023. The point is: If you want uncommon results — revenue that’s literally unmatched by anyone else on the leaderboard — then you’ll need to develop a set of uncommon sales practices. Tested, hard-won uncommon sales practices. And adds an extra zero to my commission….

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Buyer Lead Scoring Lead Rank Demand Generation Targets 117

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Sales compensation planning can be a tricky beast to tame — but know that you’re not alone. I asked 12 incredible sales leaders across the SaaS industry to share their biggest challenges with comp planning and how to overcome them. Read on, take notes, and avoid these roadblocks as you get 2023 comp planning underway.

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Compensation Lead Rank Commission Engineering 125

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

If there’s one market trend that’s been stressed repeatedly in more recent SBI research findings, it’s that many CEOs have been noticing a dip in commercial productivity, with sales cycles getting gradually longer. This poses a difficult challenge to CEOs: How do we do more with less?

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Very rarely did a sale require just a single signature, which meant the sales process and accompanying assets needed to be built around a variety of personas. Very rarely did a sale require just a single signature, which meant the sales process and accompanying assets needed to be built around a variety of personas.

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Gong.io

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

We analyze sales conversations and deals using the Gong Reality Platform’s proprietary AI, then share the results to help you win more deals. In fact, Gartner finds nearly 3 out of 4 buyers say they would prefer to make a purchase without ever engaging with a sales rep. Subscribe here to read upcoming research. Understandably so.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 9, 2020

You’re the ultimate sales technology—and this is the ultimate sales conversations book. If there ever was a time for real, authentic sales conversations, it’s now. Do you know how to have that kind of sales conversations? Reps told me they didn’t need to have sales conversations. The phone works. INTRODUCTION.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 5, 2023

There are many things to consider if you are interested in starting your career in sales. You’ll also need a thorough knowledge of sales trends and stats to succeed. With a modest, go-get-'em attitude, you can learn the stats you need to know to anticipate what a career in sales has in store for you.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 6, 2023

In this post, we highlight the top 10 for 2023: 1. Personalized Online Shopping Will Get More Personal Source No one wants a shopping experience that sounds like a car salesman copied and pasted their sales pitch — it is incredibly grating and generic. Pro tip: Read more about social commerce in this blog post.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 17, 2024

It’s a classic sales tactic. Maybe you’ve done this yourself (there’s no shame in the sales rep game, though). Telephone Protection Consumer Act (TPCA) The Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) Explained Best Practices for Cold Calling in Non-U.S. You may hate it. It’s often classified as a little annoying. That’s right, people.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Effective sales prospecting is a multistep process that requires systematic prospect discovery, qualification, and outreach. In this post, you’ll learn the 19 best sales prospecting tools to help you engage with your ideal prospects. But first, we’ll dive into the benefits sales prospecting tools have for your organization.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 5, 2023

Here, I spoke with Mike about how the software buyer's journey has changed, according to new data from G2's 2022 Buyer's Behavior Report — plus, how your sales strategy should pivot in 2023 to meet new buyers' expectations. How to Shift Your Sales Strategy to Match the New Buyer's Journey in 2023. Let's dive in.

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