Sales and Marketing Management
MARCH 20, 2024
Social media likes offer a surface-level view of engagement that doesn’t necessarily translate to real business value. Aim higher. The post Likes Galore, Sales Zero? appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.
Mr. Inside Sales
MARCH 17, 2024
What’s the number one blow off prospects use these days? “Can you email that to me?” If you think about it, that’s the perfect stall. They aren’t saying no, and it implies they might be interested. but face it—they rarely are. Not only is it hard to get prospects back on the phone, when you do, you usually lead off with the ineffective opening line of: “Did you have a chance to review that email I sent you?
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SBI Growth
MARCH 18, 2024
2023 presented a unique set of challenges for sales managers. Economic uncertainty, cautious buyers, and reliance on existing customers contributed to longer sales cycles and pipeline woes. However, 2024 brings new opportunities, and with these five lessons, sales organizations can get on track for a fast start in 2024.
Revegy
MARCH 18, 2024
According to John Arnold, Principal Analyst at Forrester, technology and business decision-makers in sales are almost twice as likely as their marketing counterparts to say that marketing teams work independently of other internal functions. Furthermore, a mere 10% of sales and marketing leaders report that their sales reps receive high-quality leads.
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.
Understanding the Sales Force
MARCH 20, 2024
Although this is an article about sales process, the first two paragraphs have more to do with religion than sales. To fully understand this powerful analogy, you’ll want to read the next three paragraphs and allow me to make my case. It will be worth it! My wife thought I would enjoy a book she found at the airport bookstore and I agreed that it looked compelling.
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RAIN Group
MARCH 20, 2024
Selling is about the whole experience from the first conversation to signing on the dotted line. One wrong move or poor interaction can drive buyers away. The best sellers strive to deliver value in each interaction, leaving the buyer wanting more and turning to them for advice. What’s more, the best sellers tend to have strong skills across the sale cycle.
Mixmax
MARCH 20, 2024
If you’re part of a revenue team, you know how cutthroat sales has become. If your messaging isn’t personalized or if you use outdated, wrong, or irrelevant data, you’re done for.
Autoklose
MARCH 18, 2024
Having a well-versed and highly-skilled sales team is an essential ingredient when it comes to the success of your entire business. When you’re starting out, and it’s just you and maybe another salesperson, it’s not difficult to make a sales strategy, implement it, and learn from the results. Over time, you’ll amass experience and expertise, and it will be easy to pass all the critical tips and tricks down to your first round of hires.
Highspot
MARCH 18, 2024
Sales teams often face hurdles in hitting targets and meeting revenue growth expectations. Luckily, tech advances have paved the way for new solutions to refine sales processes and improve performance. Enter Artificial Intelligence (AI) sales tools – a breakthrough development in the world of sales. In this article, we’ll share everything you need to know about using AI sales tools.
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!
Anthony Cole Training
MARCH 21, 2024
It's difficult to choose what the toughest part of any sales manager’s job is and it can vary by company, industry or geography. Undoubtedly, it will be about people – finding the right salespeople, hiring and onboarding, coaching them on important deals and for skill development. And don’t forget about holding them accountable to the goals established and their activity to achieve those.
SBI Growth
MARCH 22, 2024
Recruitment is a key component of any company’s initiative to build up talent in their organization, but without any clear guidance, leaders may end up overpaying for things that don’t make better sellers. What competencies should companies look out for in prospective sellers, and how can leaders leverage recent developments in generative AI to help them build their talent up?
Sales and Marketing Management
MARCH 18, 2024
With this three-step enablement plan, sales enablement leaders have the formula to customize content geared toward today’s digital landscape, build a proactive, nimble enablement function, and measure and clearly convey enablement’s impact to the commercial team. The post How to Create a Sales Enablement Plan for Outsized Commercial Impact appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.
Zoominfo
MARCH 21, 2024
As B2B prospects demand increasingly personalized experiences, incorporating account-based marketing (ABM) throughout the customer acquisition funnel becomes increasingly important. But what does full-funnel integration look like in practice? Here are some practical steps that marketers can take to improve outcomes at each stage of the ABM integration 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.
Force Management
MARCH 19, 2024
When one deal slips, that’s a deal problem. Nobody likes a missed opportunity, though sales professionals accept that some slippage comes with the territory. But when slipped deals are a consistent end-of-quarter occurrence, that’s an organizational problem with serious negative consequences. Companies that can’t rely on forecasts feel ripple effects across the organization, impacting manufacturing, delivery, operations, and finance.
SBI Growth
MARCH 18, 2024
For many firms, marketing is often relegated as a cost center, and marketing leaders often find themselves competing for a voice at the strategy table. Despite significant investments into MarTech, CMOs often struggle to demonstrate how they contribute to the company’s bottom line, unlike sales. This causes a funding gap between both departments and intense competition for attribution.
Partners in Excellence
MARCH 18, 2024
We have become masters at describing our “how.” That is, we present all the capabilities of our products and solutions, the “how” of achieving a goal or solving the problem. We provide endless content, demos, and discussions focused on the capabilities of our products. But are we addressing the most important issues our customers face?
Smooth Sale
MARCH 18, 2024
Photo by wal_172619 via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: The Funding Opportunities Your Business Is Missing Out On It is damaging to a business to not take advantage of funding opportunities as appropriate. Generating capital for your company helps you support its growth. Funding is one of the main reasons small businesses die within their first few years—missing out on funding is the primary way this happens!
Speaker: Jeff Tarran, COO, Gunderson Direct & Margaret Pepe, Executive Director of Product Management, U.S. Postal Service
Learn the secrets to direct mail success for growth marketers! Industry veterans Jeff Tarran and Margaret Pepe are here to delve into how direct mail has completely evolved in recent years, and has rightfully earned a seat at the table alongside the email and digital marketing plans of SMBs, enterprise companies, and agencies as they look into strategy for 2024 and beyond.
Grant Cardone
MARCH 21, 2024
For eight years, Oprah Winfrey was a spokesperson — and major shareholder — for WeightWatchers. However, the Chicago megastar has had a change of heart and is leaving the brand behind. Which has had catastrophic consequences for WW stock. What does this mean for the weight-loss industry? How Oprah’s Exit Impacted WW Stock In 2015, […] The post Oprah Leaves WeightWatchers Tanking WW Stock appeared first on GCTV.
SBI Growth
MARCH 17, 2024
From the dusty, agricultural heart of Central California, a young Tracy Edwards begins to make her legacy on our world. Independent, high-achieving, and always ambitious, Tracy began her journey at UC San Diego with chemistry and evolutionary biology, but it was not to be. At just 18 years old, she had to stop and reconsider what exactly she wanted from education, and to find her footing at the very start of her illustrious journey.
Partners in Excellence
MARCH 20, 2024
Our feeds are filled with hacks, prompts, “cheat sheets” offering things like, “What are key decision maker roles for this… ? What are qualifying questions… ? What are trends… ? How do I handle objections… ?” I take these hacks, trying them out myself. At best, I get responses that are mediocre and non specific.
Smooth Sale
MARCH 21, 2024
Picture – Pixabay License Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Empower Your Influencer Status and Business Growth If you have the charisma, the perspective, and the unique viewpoint to make it work, you might have some dreams of becoming an influencer. For example, you may have begun posting online to be active with social media, YouTube, or another platform and found that a following naturally gravitated towards you.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
Longer sales cycles. Increasingly discerning buyers. More meetings. Intensifying competition. Economic uncertainty. Go-to-market teams of every size, in every industry, are grappling with these challenges firsthand. Thankfully, there’s an answer. We’ve developed an entirely new way for GTM leaders to identify and execute proven, data-driven strategies that drive revenue.
Grant Cardone
MARCH 21, 2024
Closing sales is not some mysterious process known only to a select few. It is an extremely teachable and repeatable formula. However, there are definitely mistakes you are making if you are not closing deals. This article reveals them and how to get out of your own way… 10 Barriers to Closing Sales Closing is […] The post 10 Mistakes Keeping You from Closing Sales appeared first on GCTV.
The Center for Sales Strategy
MARCH 21, 2024
In this Quick Take episode, Matt wraps up our coverage of The 5th Annual Media Sales Report by spending a few minutes thinking about what this year’s findings can tell us about the future of the media sales industry. In short, you’ll find that while obstacles are ever-present and, in many cases, more difficult than ever, media sales managers and salespeople alike seem to be up to the challenge.
SalesFuel
MARCH 21, 2024
When a customer comes back and a client continues to do business with you, they’re happy — right? Maybe. Maybe not. Customers may be less than satisfied but they’re too busy to find another vendor at this time. Consider if clients want to seek a new partner but feel it’s too much to take on right now. How would you know? Each industry is challenged to provide a personalized client experience (CX) for their set of unique customers.
Smooth Sale
MARCH 19, 2024
Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Will You Humanize Your Effort for A Better Tomorrow? Will You Humanize Your Effort for A Better Tomorrow? Frequently, people who strictly focus on their work and goals (corporate leadership included) lose sight of the fact that they and the people they serve are humans. Staff not recognized as people desiring to learn and advance will soon quit corporate employment.
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Grant Cardone
MARCH 20, 2024
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The Center for Sales Strategy
MARCH 20, 2024
We can all agree that finding top talent is a daunting task. It's essential for organizations to adopt innovative recruitment strategies to attract candidates. Leaders who create a recruitment strategy and think beyond the traditional approaches have been able to attract more top performers and build stronger talent banks.
Hubspot Sales
MARCH 18, 2024
Welcome to “The Pipeline” — a weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable insight from real sales leaders. This week's installment comes from Arash Asli, CEO of Yocale. Want more “Pipeline” Content? Subscribe to our newsletter. Research shows there is a weapon you can use to increase your sales performance — a sales strategy that's effective no matter where you work or what you sell.
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