Alice Heiman

MARCH 21, 2023

With no background in sales, Kevin Warner, Co-founder, and CEO, originally decided to hire someone who knew sales and put his focus on delivery. He realized quickly it wasn’t working and took the lead sales role. He went back to a founder-led sales approach with a sales team to back him.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

With Attention you’ll be able to: Generate coaching scorecards after every call “Ask Attention anything” – ask questions across all of your customer calls Send follow-up emails to prospects or internal stakeholders on a deal Automatically alert key stakeholders of relevant deal info (churn risk, solutions needs, etc.)

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Pipeliner

JANUARY 6, 2022

To kick off 2022, Brian Sullivan interviews Jay McBain about the key trends impacting channels in the new year and beyond. Jay is one of the most visible and respected thought leaders in global channels, having been named 2021 Channel Influencer of the Year by Channel Partners Magazine. Currently, 64% of the $3.5

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Zoominfo

MARCH 1, 2021

Listed below are a few sales-related KPIs, but they’re just as important to measure since sales and marketing are intertwined. Here’s something to consider: B2B organizations making sales and marketing alignment a priority are better at closing deals by 67%. Digital Channels and Content. Budget and Resource Use.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Because retention is a team sport — and customer churn is the opponent. In this article, we’ll talk about how sales reps (along with Marketing , Customer Success , and others) can keep customer churn to a minimum. 10 Ways to Reduce SaaS Customer Churn and Create Loyal, Long-term Users. Customer support? Customer success?

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 20, 2025

Back to basics There may be no silver bullets, but there are what feels like endless options for tools, channels, and tactics to choose from. In-person interactions Digital channels drive reach, but the deepest connections happen in person. Silos between sales, marketing, and customer success are silent killers of revenue.

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Allbound

MAY 29, 2019

While there’s no way to completely prevent partner churn, there are steps you can take to reduce it. Understanding Partner Churn. That’s why the first step to reducing churn is to understand what exactly is causing it. Some of the commonly cited reasons for partner churn are: -Program complexities. -Low

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Tracking target accounts with these buying signals can streamline the selling process for your sales teams with data-driven efficiency. They also identify which buying signals are best for your sales team to engage in. Listed below are ways your sales team can utilize buyer intent data for driving sales: 1. Reduce Churn.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 8, 2019

While metrics are important in every aspect of any business, they’re especially critical in sales. Sales leaders can’t use their intuition to guide their decisions — not only are they dealing with a huge amount of information, but the risk of failure is high. Let's take a look at what sales metrics are. Activity Sales Metrics.

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Nutshell

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Your role as a sales manager or director comes with multiple responsibilities, from developing and overseeing sales strategies to coaching and managing sales reps. Generating insightful sales reports is a critical component of your role and can involve some heavy lifting. That’s where sales report templates come in handy.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 27, 2018

77% of strong omni-channel companies store customer data across channels, compared to 48% for weak omni-channel companies ( source ). 77% of strong omni-channel companies store customer data across channels, compared to 48% for weak omni-channel companies ( source ). Successful Customer Engagement.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 6, 2019

There are more answers to that question than ever before, thanks to the variety of tools and channels at a modern marketer’s disposal. A comprehensive referral marketing program treats referrals like any other marketing channel— which means it includes strategic preparation, targeted decision-making, analysis, and iteration.

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Close.io

APRIL 8, 2020

Many sales reps are too anxious to be communicating effectively with customers during this time. What do their marketing channels and social media look like? How are they handling sales prospects under these circumstances? The playbook to being proactive in times of crisis. What are your direct competitors doing?

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 13, 2021

Exceptional sales performances aren’t achieved through sheer willpower — they’re accomplished by understanding goals that are easily tracked and planned out. Sales reporting helps managers track and monitor progress to keep a pulse on sales cycle profitability. Purposes of a Sales Report.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 16, 2019

Not only do prospects have an unprecedented amount of information available to them, but they’re also spread out across innumerable channels and websites– making them much harder to reach. On either side of this image are several statistics that illustrate the effectiveness of the sales enablement platform.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 7, 2024

Dispersed teams can‘t afford to have a CRM that sales and marketing teams don’t actually put their data into. Reduced Customer Churn Every business fights customer turnover, but this is an even bigger issue in the SaaS industry because your competitors are just a click away. Data Powerhouse. Growth Potential.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 9, 2019

.” These might be the laws of sales, but they’re not great examples of real sales goals. Your business might be headed in a great new direction, and there might be a fantastic vision behind it, but without well-chosen, well-articulated sales goals, your sales team won’t be equipped to get where you want to be.

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Close.io

APRIL 10, 2020

New week, new Sales Brief! In this post, we've pulled together some of the best sales articles from around the web, featuring some superb content on resume building, churn prevention, onboarding, and much more. With that said, let's take a look at this week's sales content. CHURN BACK TIME ?. Don't miss it!

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Tenbound

JANUARY 28, 2025

Top Trends in RevOps Today Data-Driven Decision-Making Companies are investing heavily in tools and practices to unify data from marketing, sales, and customer success for better visibility and insights. Emphasis is on aligning goals, KPIs, and processes across sales, marketing, and customer success teams.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 10, 2019

They believe the more prospects, the better — but pursuing the wrong types of prospects wastes precious time, cash, and sales resources. There’s a high opportunity cost to chasing someone who won’t buy (or buys and quickly churns). more than $200 million in annual sales). Determine the best outreach channel.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 10, 2021

As a sales leader, you want your sales reps to be the best they can be. However, if 100% of your sales reps are hitting their quota every single quarter, it may not be cause for celebration. A healthy sales organization should aim for about 60% of reps hitting their quota. Even as adults, we strive for 100%.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 17, 2019

But, sales and marketing organizations must resist this instinct in order to constantly adapt to changing markets, new technologies, emerging trends and so on. We’re speaking, of course, of the sales funnel. The sales funnel represents the theoretical customer’s journey to making a purchase. The Sales Funnel.

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SBI

AUGUST 29, 2019

Overcome Common Sales Onboarding Challenges. The sales development team has established itself as the cornerstone of successful sales organizations; a recent study found that 88% of companies consider their sales development team a key channel of their sales strategy. REGISTER NOW. REGISTER NOW.

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Cience

APRIL 30, 2020

Though B2C industries may be leading this change, B2B sales are not far behind. To avoid treating your clients as a number, create a personalized approach to marketing and sales. With B2B companies, it’s common to need multiple channels to complete purchases and get the job done. Start by evaluating your customer churn rate.

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DocSend

DECEMBER 12, 2019

If you’re in the customer success world, you’ve heard it a million times: It’s critical to reduce churn so a customer revenue stream can flourish. Customer success teams are always on the hunt for silver bullets to reduce churn—but you can’t wipe it out overnight. Collect feedback from churned customers. Prioritize onboarding.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 18, 2021

Modern CRM tools can now be used to manage customer relationships across the entire customer journey, which spans marketing, sales, customer service, and more. But how can you make an informed decision when the data is coming in from sales, customer service, marketing, social media, etc? So, what’s the overall goal?

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In sales, it's no different. A good sales hook can prevent your prospect from hanging up the phone, or deleting your email entirely. And a great sales hook can start your entire conversation off on the right foot. Here, we asked six sales reps their tips for creating a convincing sales hook to turn prospects into customers.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 18, 2018

Sales Goals. Monthly sales goals. Below, find out how to set sales goals on an individual and team level. How to Set Sales Goals. Calculate your monthly sales goal. If you’re setting personal or team goals, they should align with annual sales goals. Personal Sales Goals Examples. Waterfall goals.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 26, 2023

The Calculus of Growth is Changing (Just Like Your Buyers) In a recent panel discussion for enterprise CMOs and revenue executives in Seattle, Lee stressed that productivity has become a central force for growth in this economic era, replacing the previous cycle’s focus on growth through added sales capacity. Sales Efficiency Matters.

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Alice Heiman

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In today’s competitive business landscape, having an effective sales strategy is more important than ever. Many companies manage their sales teams separately from other departments such as marketing, operations, and customer enablement. The goal of sales is getting to revenue. The traditional SalesOps pipeline approach.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 30, 2023

This weekend, late evening, I turned on the TV, paging through the channel guide. We have our classic, “marketing catches them/sales skins them” approach. Marketing creates awareness/demand, sales qualifies/closes. I realized, 90% of the content is repeats.

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SBI

MAY 2, 2018

In this series, we ask Sales Tech Executives to describe how their solution can change a sales organization in a significant way. We call it Sales Tech Game Changers. Nancy: What are the top 3 ways your solution changes the game for a sales organization? This week I interview Jared Aho , Sr.

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Alice Heiman

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Anthony Iannarino has some bad news for sales leaders who are depending on 20 year old sales models. Sales teams must be retrained to create value not sell benefits. Sales teams must be retrained to create value not sell benefits. Unlearning old sales habits is only the beginning. They just don’t work anymore.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 11, 2021

B2B sales tools are meant to automate day-to-day processes, increase efficiency in all aspects of the sales process, and simplify various aspects of a sales rep's day to save valuable time — time that can be spent focusing on prospects and deals. B2B Sales Tools. Why use B2B sales tools? 16 B2B Sales Tools.

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Chorus.ai

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Market downturns are troubling times for any business — but the concerns can suddenly hit home if you find out that your company needs to cut your sales department’s budget. A budget cut doesn't need to completely disrupt your sales department, however. It will, however, take all your skill and experience as a sales manager.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 23, 2022

Having powerful software is an undeniably critical component of any strong sales strategy. Fortunately, we did some digging to determine which areas of the sales cycle leaders are investing in most heavily for 2022 and beyond. So here's a breakdown of sales tech that can deliver quantifiable results for sales teams in 2022.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

AUGUST 3, 2016

Most companies’ growth strategies typically revolve around new products, new markets, and new channels. For DiscoverOrg, Henry found that hiring someone who doesn’t fit into the culture just to fill a role led to high churn rates, high opportunity costs, and it stalled the ability of the company to grow.

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