June, 2021

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How to Prepare for a Cookieless Future

Zoominfo

The biggest change to the marketing landscape in years is fast approaching — and if you don’t have a plan, you’re already behind. Back in January 2020, Google announced it would phase out third-party HTTP cookies within two years. This called for marketers to find another way to track and analyze users’ online behavior in order to serve relevant ads.

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Sales Leadership on Steroids

Steven Rosen

Peer Group Discussion and Coupled with Leadership Coaching Will Pump you Up! Sales leaders need to remember that they, too, must regularly upgrade their leadership skills. Two critical areas will help you pump up your leadership quotient. The most effective ways are networking with a peer group of like-minded sales leaders who face similar challenges and utilizing a sales leadership coach.

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Why More Salespeople Are Being Recommended for Difficult Selling Roles

Understanding the Sales Force

We are finally doing things we haven't done for quite a while including dining inside restaurants, flying, staying in hotels, going to and hosting parties, attending packed stadiums for sporting events and more. Something else we haven't done for quite a while is revisit Objective Management Group's (OMG) sales selection statistics on the percentage of people that are recommended for various selling and sales management roles.

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Celebrating 25 Years in Referrals: My Story

No More Cold Calling

Why I made referral selling my life’s work. The year was 1996. I was working for a global consulting and training firm. The economy was booming, and my colleagues encouraged me to go out on my own. I had no name for my company, but I knew my focus. I would work with small companies to develop their sales strategy, sales process, and sales goals, and incorporate these into their business plan.

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The Trends You Need to Succeed This Holiday Season

October Prime Day is usually an early sign of how consumer spending trends ahead of the holidays. This one was no exception. Our October Prime Day Report breaks down what’s working: the products flying off the shelves, the categories winning big, big brands, and the search terms defining demand. All brought to you via Similarweb’s Shopper Intelligence platform.

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B2B Media Sales Opportunity With One Of The Most Prestigious Brands In The Sales And Marketing Space

Sales and Marketing Management

Sales and Marketing Management has a premier opportunity for a sharp, experienced b2b media sales professional with a healthy work ethic on a contract basis. The post B2B Media Sales Opportunity With One Of The Most Prestigious Brands In The Sales And Marketing Space appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Want to increase sales?

The Pipeline

Then make it safe to be ambitious and safe to miss targets. Guest Post by – Matt Roberts. Yes, you did read that correctly. I am proposing that you make it safe to miss a sales target. Hear me out. I have some research that makes this a great debate to have in your sales team right now. Psychological Safety is important to team performance. It relates directly to how goals, targets and quotas are set and hit.

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Less is More in Sales

Mr. Inside Sales

Sales people like to talk; if you don’t believe me, just listen to a recording of one of your reps (or of yourself!). This is a problem. And that’s because when your mouth is open, your ears are closed. And when your ears are closed, you learn nothing about your prospect’s buying motives, their possible objections, or whether or not they are buying into your pitch.

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8-Year Old Houston Astros Fan Demonstrates a Huge Secret of Sales Success

Understanding the Sales Force

Walter and I attended a recent Boston Red Sox / Houston Astros game at Fenway Park. It was my first visit to Fenway Park since 2019 and it was exciting to see most of the seats filled. It was exciting to hear all of the fan noise that has been missing for so long but there was one fan in particular that I heard louder than all of the others. Starting in the fourth inning, Timmy, the eight-year-old Astros fan sitting next to me, didn't stop chatting with me for the remainder of the game.

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Finding and Cultivating the Right Prospects for Your Business

Anthony Cole Training

Knowing how and where to reach our target persona will positively impact our ability to hunt, qualify, and discover potential new business.

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AI Strategies for Sales Managers: How to Cut Down on Tedious Admin Work

What if you could help your sellers stop wasting 72% of their day on non-selling activities and focus on bringing in revenue? Incorporating AI in your enablement workflows can help you cut down on busy work, get projects done faster, and let your team (and you!) focus on making a bigger impact. We put together this guide to show you how to use AI to cut time and costs for projects, including collateral creation, development of training videos, and automating tedious processes.

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Cut through the Clutter with Text Message Marketing

Sales and Marketing Management

Text messages invoke strong customer engagement, don't compete with spam, and reach prospects where they're at. The post Cut through the Clutter with Text Message Marketing appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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How Leading Finance Executives Drive Transformative Growth

SBI Growth

SBI recently held its first Chief Financial Officer Growth Forum to bring together like-minded finance executives to discuss common challenges and share best practices with their peers. These growth-focused CFOs gathered in an intimate virtual setting to discuss the following.

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Time To Demo Your Change

The Pipeline

By Tibor Shanto. I have always said that ‘demo’ is a four-letter word, as bad as any. Not the act of doing ‘a demo’, but more about timing and the purpose for one. All the people that came before you have taught buyers some bad habits. As always, you have a choice. You can cop out, and do the demo you think they want, or deliver a demo that moves deals?

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ZoomInfo acquires Insent.ai to enable sales and marketing teams to engage and convert more website visitors

Zoominfo

ZoomInfo and Insent combine to deliver intelligent chat experiences enriched by deep company and professional insights. We are at the dawn of a new era in B2B sales and marketing. In the last decade we’ve witnessed a technology revolution. The sales and marketing technology landscape has grown from just a few hundred applications to thousands—each one promising to streamline go-to-market operations, accelerate pipeline and generate revenue at scale.

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Buyer’s Guide: 5 Tough Questions To Ask a Salesforce Managed Services Provider

This guide is for leaders who recognize the importance of Salesforce but would rather trust a team of external experts to do the heavy lifting. Choosing the right managed services provider is a significant decision that impacts your business's efficiency and success. In this 10-minute read, you'll find 5 essential questions to ask any potential provider.

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Will Salespeople Travel or Continue to Work Remotely in 2022?

Understanding the Sales Force

May 29 was the day that nearly all COVID restrictions were lifted here Massachusetts. How liberating! Or so I thought. I went to the grocery store and was stunned to discover that I was the only person in the store not wearing a mask. Either everyone in the store was unvaccinated, didn't believe the vaccine would protect them, or they were afraid to go out in public without the mask.

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Why I’m Grateful for Referrals—and for YOU [Q2 Referral Selling Roundup]

No More Cold Calling

Plus, what you might have missed from No More Cold Calling. I learned a lot more about gratitude after recently celebrating the 25th anniversary of No More Cold Calling. People told me how much I impacted their lives and businesses. Colleagues I’d known for years and years expressed their appreciation for my work. One person even said that referral selling changed the trajectory of his business.

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The Digital Sales Revolution Has Happened. Is Your Team Keeping Pace?

Sales and Marketing Management

Are you considering retooling your technology for a digital sales future? That future has arrived and you're behind the curve. Here are five significant sales trends you can expect to continue throughout the current decade. The post The Digital Sales Revolution Has Happened. Is Your Team Keeping Pace? appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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How to Empower Your Sales Team to Have Meaningful Conversations

SBI Growth

It is the middle of 2021. Half of the year is in the rear-view mirror, and COVID is still looming. Your numbers are not where you want them to be, sales productivity is decreasing, your sales team is asking for.

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Beyond the Basics: How to Develop and Retain a Top-Performing Sales Team

Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Sales at Allego

Maximizing sales rep performance is no easy task. 📈 Traditional sales training methods focus heavily on the first few weeks in the sales role. Companies dedicate time, resources, and budget to onboarding new hires, only for them to forget what was learned in those first few weeks, lose motivation, and struggle to come to grips with their role.

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5 Patterns To Interrupt In Prospecting Outreach

The Pipeline

By Tibor Shanto. One thing that great prospectors have in common, is an understanding that at first contact, we are an interruption. If your email, InMail or phone call is not scheduled, you are an interruption. You are about to cost them 23 minutes of productivity , like it or not. That initial interruption is never welcome, leading many sellers to want to “normalize” the conversation too quickly.

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‘Live Your True Life’ — ZoomInfo Embraces its LGBTQ+ Workers

Zoominfo

Companies should strive to create a welcoming environment for LQBTQ+ employees that goes beyond putting a rainbow design on a corporate logo or making donations once a year. Much like Pride Month itself took decades to gain full influence — it originally commemorated the Stonewall Uprising in New York City in 1969 — building a supportive community at ZoomInfo has taken years of hard work and investment.

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A Properly Constructed Sales Process Can Help You Experience the Euphoria of a Walk-Off Win

Understanding the Sales Force

We attended last night's Red Sox Game. Unlike most games at Fenway Park, this contest was a pitcher's duel and the Red Sox held a fragile 1-0 lead over the Toronto Blue Jays heading into the top of the 9th inning. The Red Sox closer, Matt Barnes came in and quickly struck-out the first two batters and that brought up the best hitter in the major leagues, Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

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Answering Your Most Burning Referral Selling Questions

No More Cold Calling

How to ask for referrals and other FAQs. After more than 25 years as an expert on referral sales, I’m still asked exactly the same referral selling questions today. (Maybe even more frequently than before.) I’m going to answer them right now. In no particular order, here are the most common referral selling questions I hear … 1. How do I get over my reluctance to ask for referrals?

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How to Optimize Call Monitoring: Automate QA and Elevate Customer Experience

Speaker: Laura Noonan, Chief Revenue Officer at CallFinder + Angie Kronlage, Director of Program Success at Working Solutions + April Wiita, Vice President of Program Success at Working Solutions

Are you still manually reviewing calls? 🤔 It's time for a change! The traditional method of manual call monitoring is no longer cutting it in today's fast-paced call center environment. Industry experts Angie Kronlage and April Wiita from Working Solutions are here to explore the power of innovative automation to revolutionize outdated call review processes!

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Sales Development Reps: Your Strategic Sales Superpower

Sales and Marketing Management

Sales development reps protect your account execs' time, but they need the right data to be effective. The post Sales Development Reps: Your Strategic Sales Superpower appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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3 Keys to an Unmatched Account Segmentation Strategy

SBI Growth

A good account segmentation will keep the lights on, but a great segmentation is how market leaders surpass their competition. How does yours compare? On today’s show, we are joined by Malorie Feidner, Senior Consultant at SBI, to discuss what it takes to achieve.

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The Monday Morning Breakfast Podcast

The Pipeline

By Tibor Shanto. Does the world need yet another podcast? Normally I would side with the NO group, but in this case I’ll make an exception. As you know (or should know), I host a live broadcast every Friday morning called the “Breakfast For Champions.” It airs live on LinkedIn Live , YouTube live , and the usual outlets. And while it is available to view forever on YouTube or LinkedIn, you can’t take it on the go.

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Introducing ZoomInfo Recruiter

Zoominfo

Think about how long it takes to recruit a great passive candidate — someone who is currently employed and not necessarily looking for a new job. They’re a needle in a haystack and you have to find them, reach out to them, actually get a hold of them — and then come the weeks (or months) of back and forth communication and persuading them to join your company.

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Secrets of a Successful Sale: Optimizing Your Checkout Process

Speaker: David Nisbet, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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One Mistake to Avoid When Pitching

Mr. Inside Sales

Here’s a mistake I hear over and over again when listening to sales reps pitching or presenting their services over the phone: when they hear a possible objection or something negative from their prospect, they go into pitch mode. It’s as if they think they just need to tell the prospect more, or list endless benefits and that at some point the prospect will say, “Ah, yes!

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4 Questions to Ask Your Prospects and Gain Clarity

Anthony Cole Training

If we don’t fully understand the reason for a prospect's statement, the purpose of their question, or dig deeper to find the real problem, we will waste time and miss opportunities.

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The Vital Role of Motivation and Accountability on Your Sales Team

Sales and Marketing Management

Winning is an essential part of sales, and recognizing reps for big wins will not only make that person’s day but also improve company culture. The post The Vital Role of Motivation and Accountability on Your Sales Team appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.