Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

While technology transforms how we work, human connection drives results. Organizations that build cultures around meaningful conversations supported by smart automation will thrive. The post What 5 Million Cold Calls Reveal About Selling in 2025 appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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MarketJoy

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

A good sales strategy is an important part of any B2B business. It allows your business to grow along with your customers, plan for the future, and create a sustainable business model that thrives in the market. A sales strategy should have a concrete lead-generation process set up that can drive a consistent flow of interested prospects who can become loyal customers.

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SocialSellinator

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Master social media marketing for beginners with tips, strategies, and platform guides. Achieve your goals and boost engagement today!

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Cincom Smart Selling

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Are you losing valuable time in endless sales cycles, wondering if theres a faster way to get quotes to your prospects? Youre not alone. Picture this: A sales rep spends hours configuring a complex product, cross-checking prices, and waiting for approvals. Days turn into weeks, and just when progress seems within reach, the prospect requests yet another revision.

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Speaker: Jesse Hunter and Brynn Chadwick

Today’s buyers expect more than generic outreach–they want relevant, personalized interactions that address their specific needs. For sales teams managing hundreds or thousands of prospects, however, delivering this level of personalization without automation is nearly impossible. The key is integrating AI in a way that enhances customer engagement rather than making it feel robotic.

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SocialSellinator

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Master Facebook reach and frequency campaigns to boost brand impact, control ad delivery, and plan effective strategies effortlessly.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Data quality has always been a hurdle in go-to-market (GTM). For years, many companies were forced to work around this issue, thinking of bad data like sand in the gears not ideal, but operating models could be built to account for it. A good example of this is forecasting: we started with a terrible data set, but created motions, tools, systems, and processes that made it work relatively effectively.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

I dont know if its tacky or melodramatic to call negotiation an art, but that's probably one of the better ways to categorize it. While you can lean on certain tried-and-true methods when negotiating, it still requires a lot of touch and finesse and as with any other art, going outside the box can be the best course of action from time to time. But what can outside the box look like in this context?

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SalesFuel

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

With many marketers planning to invest in the same media formats this year, it will be challenging to stand out. Industry analysts encourage marketers to use creative advertising to improve media performance. Generative AI is one tool that can help in this process. Mediaoceans 2025 Advertising Outlook Report includes input from around 700 marketing professionals.

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Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Psychology Can Empower Career and Business Growth It would be a rarity for someone never to experience a ‘down day.’ When they do occur, many of us will question ourselves about what we are doing and why. The worst is beating ourselves up when mishaps occur, followed by behind-the-scenes demeaning commentary.

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Sales Evangelist

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Staying curious is one of the top skills a sales professional must have in order to succeed in this industry. But why is it so important? My guest, Denise Murtha Bachmann, a sales coach and founder of the Sellovatorz programs, is here to tell you about it in this episode. She's going to share how to flawlessly conduct a discovery call and get to the root cause of a problem to help close a deal.

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Emotional intelligence, or EQ (short for emotional quotient), has been a buzzword in the business world, and more specifically in sales, for several years. By definition, EQ describes the ability to recognize and regulate emotions within yourself and to recognize and respond to the emotions of others. Practically speaking, with a high EQ, sales professionals can recognize how our emotions and the emotions of others impact the actions that we take during the sales process.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

No, this isn’t a post on the importance of retention/renewal/expansion, though the underlying principles can impact retention/renewal/expansion. It’s a very different focus on our customers, what they mean to us and what we mean to them. This came up in a discussion, someone was asking about Partners In EXCELLENCE, our GTM process, and our strategies.

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Nimble - Sales

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Email marketing remains one of the most effective digital marketing strategies, and audience segmentation is the key to driving engagement and achieving higher conversion rates. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems play a crucial role in organizing customer data and enabling The post Best examples of Audience Segmentation for Email Marketing in CRM appeared first on Nimble Blog.

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Modern go-to-market teams know it takes more than one email to break through the noise. Multiple touchpoints means more ways to get your pitch right — and, potentially, more ways to be wrong. The good news? Once you know how to write compelling, one-off emails to entice prospective customers, you can easily do the same across a short sequence of emails.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Sales has never been an easy job. But for sales reps using a growing number of tools, things are becoming increasingly complicated with no end in sight. Your typical sales tech stack could include more than a dozen point solutions, covering everything from sales engagement to productivity to forecasting. Sales teams are also introducing new AI solutions , adding another set of tools to master while managing a web of customer relationships and trying to meet quota.

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PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Revenue operations (RevOps) is a must-have approach that helps create a unified revenue strategy for your business, which enables you to achieve sustained business growth. It helps break down silos across teams so you can align on a shared goal. But what does RevOps do, exactly, particularly in the B2B and SaaS setting? This article will explore just that.

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Awarathon

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

In the fast-paced world of automotive sales, staying ahead requires a deep understanding of customer expectations, seamless communication, and strategic execution. With evolving consumer behaviors and a highly competitive market, sales teams often struggle to close deals efficiently. This is where Generative AI for automotive comes into play, revolutionizing how sales reps engage with prospects, handle objections, and build long-term relationships.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Ive experienced both thorough employee training and being thrown directly into the fire. Guess which one went over better? Its easy to claim new hires can learn on the job. Its also easy to forego continued learning and growth opportunities for current employees. However, a SurveyMonkey study found that only approximately half of respondents think their employer provides the right quantity of training.

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SalesFuel

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

29% of Americans fear public speaking. For many, getting up and talking in front of people isnt a common occurrence. But for salespeople, public speaking is a vital part of their job. When you work in sales, no business skill is more essential than effective communication, Terri L. Sjodin. But for sellers who struggle with public speaking, presenting in front of others can be debilitating.

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