Smooth Sale

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Photo by 652234 via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: How to Save Money When Running Your Construction Business Like any other business, the construction industry depends on a healthy cash flow to stay healthy. It might seem counterintuitive, but it makes more sense when considering the nature of the construction industry.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Account-Based Marketing (ABM) always seems like a great idea … until you get into the nitty-gritty. In fact, with just a few simple steps, DIY customer data segmentation for account-based marketing is a great way to get started. Discover your best marketing account segments from within your current customer base. Sound familiar?

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Account-based marketing (ABM) is time-consuming; getting it right takes hard work, consolidation of resources and alignment on the part of both sales and marketing. I Zoom’ed with Hussam AlMukhat, Senior Director of Strategic Marketing at ZoomInfo, for all the details. Anastasia: Very cool.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 22, 2024

In that same home, I constructed a built-in bookcase that would fit into the opening of a bedroom closet that wasn’t being used. For comparison, the built-ins that cabinet makers have constructed in our current home, look like they came out of a page in Architectural Digest. ” He was right.

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The Pipeline

MAY 1, 2014

world, or as many around sales like to call it social selling, is to leverage a number of tools to improve and accelerate the quality of interactions, especially at the early part of the sales cycle. I can then initiate a sales-flow, either constructed or in response to the way things are unfolding. Tibor Shanto .

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Author: Matthew Sunshine If you’re a sales manager, you know this to be true: Having that tough conversation with a salesperson who isn’t meeting goals is never fun. As a sales manager, see whether this sounds familiar: You sit down with an underperforming salesperson and open with a statement like, “You’re not hitting your numbers.”

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Assessing an idea while looking at how it could manifest itself in market enables those involved, client-side and agency-side, to better determine where and how to invest time and money. Show or illustrate what you’re talking about and you’ll get a much more constructive response. Words are a mile wide and an inch deep.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 31, 2013

A field Sales Rep should be spending around 64% of those available hours selling. The statistics I share below are from SBI’s 2012 Sales & Marketing Research. These tools will help you excel in your current and future sales positions. A close second is “post-sale support” clocking in at 16.4%. of a rep’s time.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Storytelling is vital at every point in the sales cycle. Nearmap, the company I work for, captures, manages and delivers high-resolution aerial imagery to engineering and construction firms, governments, property and real estate companies, solar installers, telecoms, and others. Cold calls. Building relationships. There is a hitch.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 30, 2018

Davis Excellent sales managers aren’t made overnight. As a manager, you’re always learning and growing along with your sales team. Here are five off-the-beaten-trail tactics you can use to foster those relationships and move toward being an excellent sales manager. Is your sales team having troubles closing sales?

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SBI Growth

MAY 29, 2013

The concept of gamification is catching on in B2B sales and marketing. have brought software solutions to market recently. Their book does an excellent job of explaining what gamification is and how it can be applied to drive a sales result. There are six types of game approaches: Grand challenge- think sales contest.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 12, 2018

Author: Jim Ninivaggi Many companies have their annual sales kickoff (SKO) meetings approaching. A well-constructed theme should serve as the SKO’s center of gravity, and should support the overarching objective of the meeting (e.g., The goal is to ensure the field force is ready to execute the sales strategy for the upcoming year.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 22, 2020

At this year’s virtual event Henry Schuck, delivered a keynote presentation called “Hit Your Number: How To Fast-Track Your Outbound Sales and Marketing in Europe.”. How future changes with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will affect go-to-market motions. Best practices for going to market across Europe.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 3, 2022

Sales and marketing automation tools obviously suit sales and marketing teams, respectively — but that doesn't mean that the utility of those kinds of resources is siloed by department. The value of sales and marketing automation rests on your resources' ability to provide mutually beneficial intel between departments.

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Steven Rosen

JULY 17, 2013

Many of my clients are now in the process of doing midyear reviews with their sales people. Whether you are doing a midyear or year end review it is important to provide constructive feedback to help your sales reps improve. Some sales managers struggle when they have to highlight areas of skill improvement with their reps.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 24, 2020

Smarketing — the practice of integrating your sales and marketing efforts to foster closer collaboration between the departments that carry them out. A tight, well-constructed smarketing effort can have tremendous payoffs, but that kind of process requires careful attention and tracking. Number of SQLs. Quality of SQLs.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 4, 2019

You do a memorable job in making the sale. You provide impeccable service after the sale. To boost sales, make an impression, or get an audience. Align with a business that will deliver a gift of what they do at a reduced cost in exchange for the opportunity to make a sales call on your prospect or customer. FREE GitBit.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 4, 2021

You want to be on top in your market, but it’s more difficult when you’re pitted against enterprises. Follow these steps to create an effective lead generation strategy for your SMB: Identify your target audience – Think about who’s in your market and if they’re interested in your product or service.

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SBI Growth

MAY 13, 2013

Fix your sales problem in 5 easy steps – sounds great, doesn’t it? One of the biggest problems for sales reps is customer objections. As a sales rep, you have a variety of tools in your bag. ‘A’ Talented sales reps will use this customer insight to expertly handle customer objections. Seem too good to be true?

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Sales 2.0

MAY 1, 2023

This is the fifth in a series of interviews I am conducting with subject matter experts and practitioners in the sales profession. I am examining where we are today with AI in sales and where we are going. Scott is the Founder of Sales Success Media and hosts the Sales Success Stories and Daily Sales Tips podcasts.

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No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Referral selling is by far the most effective sales strategy out there. Sale s has always been social. Or you can make the connections you already have stronger—a strategy that’s much more likely to grow your referral network and fill your sales pipeline with hot leads. Learn more.) But their needs have changed. Read more.)

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In 2011, Scott Brinker compiled the first of many marketing technology “Supergraphics,” illustrating the rapid growth of companies supplying digital marketing tools. The original displayed the logos of 140 prominent marketing tech brands. What is a Marketing Technology Stack? Get a Demo 2.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Your credibility, value and career in Sales Ops hinges on your use of data. Below, I offer the Sales Ops Analytics Guide to help. Let’s take a hypothetic scenario involving two Sales Operations analysts. Big Brain Bill supports eastern US sales. He constructs dashboards with elegant user-interfaces. Big Brain Bill.

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Zoominfo

MAY 17, 2018

Are your sales forecasts tied to reality? Is sales forecast accuracy more of a pipedream within your sales organization? Does the speed of your sales pipeline resemble molasses? In fact, less than half of all forecasted sales opportunities actually result in a sales win. Ditch the weighted sales pipeline.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 31, 2024

Earlier this week, I was interviewed by John Radkins, for his Sales Machine Blog, and he asked me to explain sales process for those who don’t want to be restricted by sales process. Construction: A formal, staged, milestone-centric, buyer-focused sequence of events. Milestones are anything but restrictive.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 21, 2019

Author: Lauren Boutwell As the field of sales enablement has evolved and matured, so, too, have its supporting technologies. Accordingly, video coaching has become a popular tool for driving readiness in sales organizations of all sizes and across industries. Sales reps are often most receptive to learning from each other.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 12, 2019

Author: Marc Demetriou Many people, including sales and marketing folks, tend to overthink things. It’s a set of strategies sales executives should remind themselves of from time to time. It forces you to construct your best possible plan and, maybe, just maybe, to replace the one that you originally cobbled together.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 18, 2017

Author: John Bennett, Sales & Business Development Leader with Peak 10 Sales success is about much more than converting prospects to customers. Here are nine sales and business development lessons I learned from a 22-year career in umpiring. A lot of variables impact the sales cycle. Embrace self-criticism.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Olivier helps Sales and Marketing leaders and their teams at companies operating in COMPLEX B2B and B2G ENVIRONMENTS improve SALES PERFORMANCE and CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT for RETENTION and GROWTH. Working with Sales or Marketing organisation with KAM/GAM programme, a Sales Enablement & Effectiveness Team or a Sales Academy.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Author: Staff Meg Scales is chief marketing officer of SlickText , which helps businesses market through short message service (SMS), aka text messages. Incorporating constructive comments from attendees is critical to creating more great events in the future. The key to using texting in marketing is creativity.

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Alice Heiman

APRIL 22, 2020

And while it’s true there’s no real historic precedent for teams being suddenly told to work from home , this also isn’t the first down market we’ve ever seen. Stay Focused and Keep Sales Strong in a Crisis. Here are my top insights for staying focused and keeping sales strong during tough times. #1:

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 11, 2020

Building out ideal client profiles is the same idea — creating something in the short term that will help you market and sell to your audience in the long term. Ideal client profiles are crucial for any account based marketing (ABM) strategy, and are important for understanding your customers better. What does that even mean?

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Steven Rosen

MAY 15, 2023

The Keys to BOLD Leadership Traditional sales leadership approaches no longer suffice in today’s fast-paced and ever-changing market landscape. To achieve success, sales leaders must embrace a new mindset— BOLD. Adaptabilit y BOLD sales leaders recognize the significance of adaptability in a dynamic market landscape.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Salz At a young age, I was told that I should pursue a career in sales. Why did people tell us that we should pursue a sales career? People not in the sales profession think that “talking” is the key to sales success. People not in the sales profession think that “talking” is the key to sales success.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 22, 2013

Some sales candidates look great during the hiring process. HR has worked hard to find capable talent, and Sales has committed time and money to ramp the new hire. If you’re a Sales or HR leader, this may be happening all too often. Sales can learn a lesson here. Here''s a 7-step overview of a tryout for a sales rep. (To

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 27, 2017

Will they ever be able to have a conversation or build the kind of relationships that lead to success in account based sales? In fact, it can be a competitive advantage for account based sales teams. The post Do Generational Differences Matter in Account Based Sales? Maybe, maybe not. But it’s time to stop pointing fingers.

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Sales Hacker Training

OCTOBER 11, 2024

GTMnow is the media brand of GTMfund – sharing go-to-market advice from the top 1% of revenue operators including the 350 executives behind the fund, news, and our viewpoints from working with hundreds of portfolio companies. But when done right, it can transform your sales organization into a high-performing revenue machine.

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