June, 2022

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5 Proven Tips That Can Increase Virtual Sales

Anthony Cole Training

Many people prefer purchasing things online nowadays. In fact, three-quarters of surveyed buyers prefer virtual sales over traditional sales. If virtual selling is already part of your business strategy, you might want to ramp your efforts up. Here are 5 proven tips to help you increase virtual sales.

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How to Use Lead Nurturing Content to Close Sales

Sales and Marketing Management

Lead nurturing content comes in multiple formats, but any sales enablement content should strive to accomplish these same few goals. The post How to Use Lead Nurturing Content to Close Sales appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Three Factors Impacting Contemporary Marketing and Sales Interlock

SBI Growth

Last week, SBI held an executive roundtable meeting for commercial leaders with the goal of unpacking Marketing and Sales interlock for revenue growth. The group combined leaders mostly from private equity backed companies in software, technology, SaaS, and business services.

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Selling and the Need for Speed

Understanding the Sales Force

We had Chinese for dinner and my fortune said, "Speed is not as important as accuracy.". When you think of speed what are the first things that come to mind? Fighter Jets? The 10 fastest in the world reach speeds of up to Mach 6.70 (5,140 MPH). Racing Cars? The 6 fastest in the world reach speeds of up to 304 MPH. Motorcycles? The 10 fastest in the world reach speeds of up to 273 MPH.

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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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Five Ways to Build Your Brand Image

Smooth Sale

Image Credit. Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Five Ways to Build Your Brand Image. Our collaborative blog offers ‘Five Ways to Build Your Brand Image.’ Building a brand image doesn’t happen overnight. The word “build” is quite correct in this sense; you must carefully construct your photo from the inside out to become a robust edifice.

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What Making Assumptions in Sales Does to Your Success

Anthony Cole Training

Doing research and preparing for a prospect meeting so that you know what questions to ask is important. However, it is even more important to have a healthy level of skepticism and not assume anything about what they may or may not need.

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5 Important Customer Care KPIs (and How to Improve Them)

Sales and Marketing Management

Customer care metrics are at the core of customer retention. So why aren't more companies measuring these key customer care key performance indicators? The post 5 Important Customer Care KPIs (and How to Improve Them) appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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A CRO’s View on How Digital CX Impacts CLTV

SBI Growth

As seen in SBI’s latest research, top-performing commercial leaders are balancing headcount additions with investments in sales, enablement, and digital selling, looking to boost productivity and sales capacity through strong digital buying experiences. These same companies are generating more revenue through digital channels than their peers.

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Salespeople close 172% more doing this to sell value

Membrain

Here’s a startling fact you may not know: Salespeople who uncover budgets are 172% more likely to close business than those who do not. This stat drives home the point that you must have a sales process that includes money discussions early in the conversation and you must help salespeople sell value by being more comfortable having those conversations.

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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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Navigating Product-Led Growth Complexities

Force Management

Product-led growth (PLG) is driving some of the fastest growing B2B companies. While these solutions can propel organizations forward, this approach requires business leaders to make strategic decisions around what’s needed to scale that success.

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Convert Consistently with Customs and Connections: Meet the Achieving Tribe

SalesProInsider

Meet the Achiever Buying Tribe: How soon? What’s the net or result of this? Those are two questions you might hear from the Achiever Tribal Type during your sales conversations. And an introduction to this Achiever Tribe is the focus for this installment of the series: Convert Consistently with Customs and Connections. Introducing the Achiever Buying Tribal Type.

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Terminating “Think it Over”

Anthony Cole Training

In the profession of selling there is a response or an answer we are often confronted with that causes great distress, delays in decision-making, or loss of opportunities. That response is: “I need to think it over”. There are three major areas that "think it over" typically appear- the initial phone call, the first appointment, and the presentation.

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Why Marketing Teams Are Getting Agile

Sales and Marketing Management

Agile Marketing leads to better orchestration, increased communication and, ultimately, doing more with less. The post Why Marketing Teams Are Getting Agile appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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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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Maximizing Growth Through Acquisitions

SBI Growth

Organic or inorganic growth? For companies with a historical success of organic growth, looking at acquisitions as a potential growth lever can appear overwhelming. But in the wake of accelerated growth expectations, acquisitions have almost become necessary.

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Early Warning System: Retain More Accounts As You Grow

Engage Selling

How do you retain more accounts as you grow? Collecting and analyzing sales data indiscriminately is like endlessly tossing buckets of coins into a wishing well…and believing the act itself … Read More. The post Early Warning System: Retain More Accounts As You Grow first appeared on Colleen Francis - The Sales Leader.

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Selling and the need for speed

Membrain

We had Chinese for dinner and my fortune said, "Speed is not as important as accuracy." When you think of speed what are the first things that come to mind?

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Are You Doing What You Want?

Go for No!

The other day I read a terrific post from a marketing expert. The subject is irrevelant. In the comments section, someone posted a “yes, but…” reply with a couple of excuses about why they couldn’t do what was being recommended. In my 15+ years of training people on our ‘Go for No’ strategies, I have seen a good amount of excuse-making. (And I have made plenty of excuses myself in my life don’t get me wrong!).

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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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Relationship Selling is the Key to Your Sales Challenges

Anthony Cole Training

Most organizations and advisors have been working long term to be more customer-focused. The challenge is for advisors to be productive and assertive without coming across to customers as sales-driven. One of the key sales challenges is to stay focused on adding value and leading with relationship selling.

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Understanding the Three Stages of the Buyer’s Journey and Audience Behavior

Sales and Marketing Management

Now more than ever, companies should consider each stage of the buyer’s journey to fully capture leads every step of the way leading up to a purchase. The post Understanding the Three Stages of the Buyer’s Journey and Audience Behavior appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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How to Successfully Run a Remote Business

Predictable Revenue

Michael Zipursky joined the Predictable Revenue podcast to discuss how to successfully run a remote business and tips for working remotely. The post How to Successfully Run a Remote Business appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Partner With Your CMO on the Path to Revenue Growth

Force Management

While the delineation between marketing and sales can vary from one organization to the next, establishing a close working relationship between both areas remains critical. The most successful companies are the ones with leaders who can mitigate any silos and ensure the entire customer-facing organization is aligned with what’s most important to their buyer.

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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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You call it “social selling” - but is it really?

Membrain

What is social selling, really? The term has been around a while but if you Google the definition, you will get a different answer on every site that pops up.

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On Time Management, A Non-Traditional View

Partners in Excellence

Time management is, more than ever, an issue for each of us. While so many of us have been working from home, our travel and F2F meetings have been restricted, somehow it seems our challenges with managing time has become a much bigger challenge. We can understand this, in the last two years, it’s been difficult to separate our work and personal lives.

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Understanding the Customer Buying Motives

Anthony Cole Training

Knowing and understanding your prospect's buying motives allows you to make better decisions on whether to engage and pursue a potential sales opportunity.

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To Keep Your Best Employees Start Spelling ‘Retention’ with Three Rs

Sales and Marketing Management

Every individual you hire is weighing the balance of the job’s requirements with the combined weight of the rewards and respect they are getting in return. Here’s how that works. The post To Keep Your Best Employees Start Spelling ‘Retention’ with Three Rs appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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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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Round-Up: Top 9 Podcasts for Sales Leaders

Predictable Revenue

The team at Predictable Revenue has rounded up a list of the top 9 podcasts for sales leaders, so you can listen and learn from industry experts on the go. The post Round-Up: Top 9 Podcasts for Sales Leaders appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Priorities for the Modern Leader

The Center for Sales Strategy

Work and career are areas that are ever-evolving. New ways of working emerge, skill sets and experiences change, and employee expectations shift. As a leader, it's important to understand where your priorities need to be and how you can position yourself to help your employees grow.

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The Ideal Buyer in Today’s Marketplace | Sales Strategies

Engage Selling

??????? Is there such thing as an ideal buyer? I recently have been interviewed on a number of podcasts because there’s great interest in my new book, Right on the … Read More. The post The Ideal Buyer in Today’s Marketplace | Sales Strategies first appeared on Colleen Francis - The Sales Leader.

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