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Only You Can Decide and Act

The Pipeline

Only you can decide to act, to pick up the phone, make the call, and set a deal into motion. The post Only You Can Decide and Act appeared first on TiborShanto.com. Easier to live with the consequences of might-have-beens, than the consequences of their actions. Call Reluctance.

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The Psychology Behind Unexpected Rewards

Sales and Marketing Management

Skinner observed that the act of a random reward triggered the most dramatic changes in their actions: "The mice would press a lever and sometimes they’d get a small treat, other times a large treat, and other times nothing at all. Define your incentive goals and act strategically. What makes unexpected rewards so effective?

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Is Your Pipeline Taking A Summer Holiday?

The Pipeline

The challenge for most is acting counter to the mainstream, few want to be the anomaly, even when positive. The Catch 22 of sales; you can’t be the successful 20% and still act and behave the 80% of also-rans. But if you’re willing, there are things you can do to take summer holidays without taking your pipeline with you.

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Make Your Content Impossible to Ignore

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Carmen Simon People act on what they remember, not what they forget. So, if you want to persuade your buyers to act in your favor, you need your content to stick in their minds?—?you Thankfully, there’s a framework backed by brain science for getting people to act on the 10% you want them to remember.

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Evolving Beyond Intent: Create Customer Value with Signals

Speaker: Jam Khan, SVP, Product Marketing at ZoomInfo & guest speaker Amy Hawthorne, Principal Analyst from Forrester

Join Jam Khan, SVP, Product Marketing of ZoomInfo and guest speaker Amy Hawthorne, Principal Analyst from Forrester for this new webinar where you'll find out how marketing teams operate more efficiently and sales teams close more business when they act on buying signals, not just intent!

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Has Sales Lost Its Sense Of Humor?

The Pipeline

Balancing Act. If they don’t connect with you on that level, even the best product will not entice them to act. If they don’t ask the hard questions, their uncertainty will remain, and they’ll avoid acting. The same people who will tell you people buy from people are quick to forget one of the most human of attributes, humor.

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5 Tips for Asking Your Prospect Better Questions

Anthony Cole Training

You don’t want to look, act, or sound like every other salesperson when asking your prospect questions. There is an art and a science to being masterful at asking your prospect better questions and building a strong, credible relationship with them. Read on to learn 5 tips for asking meaningful, exploratory, and courageous questions.

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Contact vs. Company Intent Signal Data

Contact-level intent leads can be acted on immediately to reach active buyers, while company-level leads improve outcomes for account-based marketing and other programs. Contact and company intent data both have their advantages.

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10 Sales Leaders Share their Strategies for Writing Winning Proposals

This balancing act is crucial. But any sales leader will tell you that — love them or loathe them — these strategic sales tools are one of the most powerful instruments in their arsenal of deal-closing weapons. To wield them properly, you must approach writing sales proposals as both an art and a science. You don't want to get it wrong.

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Best Practices for Engaging Your Go-To-Market Sales Teams

Speaker: Ruth Stevens, President of eMarketing Strategy

But guess what: It’s after the sales team has gotten into the act where marketing can have an even bigger impact on results. As a B2B marketer, lead generation is likely your Job One.

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How to Transform Training with Conversation Intelligence Technology

Speaker: Jonathan Carlson, Senior Director of Marketing, Allego & Jake Miller, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Allego

Surface and act on coachable moments at scale. Join our live webinar on July 27th as Allego’s learning and enablement power duo, Jonathan Carlson and Jake Miller, guide you through the rapidly evolving world of Conversation Intelligence. You’ll learn how to: Get started with Conversation Intelligence and implement it for your team.