Sat.Oct 27, 2018 - Fri.Nov 02, 2018

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Sales Lessons from the World Series

John Barrows

One of the great things about sales is that you can practice it everywhere you go. You can also use just about every opportunity as a teachable moment, including the 2018 World Series – GO SOX!! Regardless of my personal bias, there are a number of sales lessons we can learn from this year’s run. Analytics will Get You There. The current climate of sales is run by data.

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In Praise Of Boring Sales Organizations

Partners in Excellence

Over the last several weeks, I’ve seen a similar issue with 4 different companies. On the surface, each seemed to have a very disciplined approach to developing their teams and driving performance. Each spoke about the structured review process. They had pipeline reviews, deal reviews, 1 on 1’s, and others. I’d been asked to sit in on some of the reviews, helping the management team improve the results from these, as well as to help improve their coaching abilities.

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4 Steps to More Predictable Sales Growth

SalesLatitude

With closing deals and managing pipelines on the minds of every sales person, sales manager and sales leader on the planet, what are you doing to achieve predictable sales growth? When you look at your pipeline, does it put a smile on your face? Are you resigned to the fact that you are not going to make quota? Or are you just plain scared to death?

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Selling Above The Crowd

The Pipeline

By Tibor Shanto. A few weeks back I wrote about the state of sales from a broader and collective perspective , spoiler alert: we have issues. As I have been working with teams and individuals readying their 2019 plans, it is clear that there are specific steps individual sales people can take to ensure that they rise above the fray and continue to consistently succeed in delivering value for both their employers and customers.

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Evolving Beyond Intent: Create Customer Value with Signals

Speaker: Jam Khan, SVP, Product Marketing at ZoomInfo & guest speaker Amy Hawthorne, Principal Analyst from Forrester

Buying signals extend well beyond intent. They give go-to-market teams the chance to know everything about their customers. With buying signals, they can reach more customers and win more deals. Join Jam Khan, SVP, Product Marketing of ZoomInfo and guest speaker Amy Hawthorne, Principal Analyst from Forrester for this new webinar where you'll find out how marketing teams operate more efficiently and sales teams close more business when they act on buying signals, not just intent!

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Three Reasons Companies Struggle to Execute Value-Based Pricing Strategies

SBI Growth

Most companies acknowledge the merits of value-based pricing as an ideal. Why then, do so many companies struggle to execute it in practice? There are three reasons we frequently encounter: Confusing Product Value with Customer Value. Back in the early.

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Machine Learning Makes Life Easier

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Carson Conant The use of sales and marketing technologies has become a critical piece of the puzzle for organizations looking to increase their sales productivity. Yet, chances are most organizations are missing out on a substantial opportunity to boost their sales revenue. In today’s modern marketplace, enterprises must be able to confidently quantify and convey which content and messaging should be provided to sales reps in order to drive revenue and engage buyers.

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How I Realized That Selling is Just a Bunch of Crap

Understanding the Sales Force

Those are strong words and probably quite surprising coming out of my mouth but I'll explain it all. Earlier this week I was leading another Sales Leadership Intensive and during a break it came to me. I was emphasizing how important it is to role-play as part of every coaching conversation and that's when I realized that what I was sharing was a bunch of crap.

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5 Ways Artificial Intelligence Can Boost Productivity in Sales Ops

SBI Growth

Artificial Intelligence (AI) isn’t just a buzzword in the data world. When used correctly, it will save you time, which frees up your team to execute on strategic sales initiatives empower the sales team. AI is growing increasingly prevalent in.

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Why You Should Have A CLOSE A & A CLOSE B

MTD Sales Training

The excitement you feel when you get a positive response from your prospect is palpable. All that hard work, all that research, all that grafting and painstaking questioning and presenting has paid off and the prospect is heading towards buyers-ville. It’s all going so well. Then, when you ask the prospect for the order, they bring out another objection, or stall you for a few extra discount percentage points.

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Marketing Operations in 2025: A New Framework for Success

Speaker: Mike Rizzo, Founder & CEO, MarketingOps.com and Darrell Alfonso, Director of Marketing Strategy and Operations, Indeed.com

Though rarely in the spotlight, marketing operations are the backbone of the efficiency, scalability, and alignment that define top-performing marketing teams. In this exclusive webinar led by industry visionaries Mike Rizzo and Darrell Alfonso, we’re giving marketing operations the recognition they deserve! We will dive into the 7 P Model —a powerful framework designed to assess and optimize your marketing operations function.

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Volunteer to be an insider

Sales 2.0

I am the Chairman Emeritus of the Wharton Club of New York. I’ve been the president and the chairman. Over the years these titles have been very useful for my various business and sales endeavors. Probably not surprising as that Wharton word carries some credibility and I’ve found having the title president or chairman of the largest alumni association for the school has some credibility too.

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Cold Calling vs. Asking for Referrals: Which Is Scarier? (October Referral Selling Insights)

No More Cold Calling

Here’s what you might have missed this month from No More Cold Calling. Most sales reps dread cold calling, but they don’t exactly fear it. After all, they have no skin in the game. If someone hangs up or sprays them with expletives, they move onto the next name on the list. No harm, no foul when you’re talking to strangers. But whether or not they want to admit it, most salespeople do fear asking for referrals.

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Maximizing Throughput in the Indirect Sales Channel

SBI Growth

Joining us on SBI TV is Joe Vitalone, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at Razberi Technologies, and the top expert at developing and executing a sales strategy at scale through channel partners. Razberi Technologies offers a reliable, secure, and network-friendly.

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The Other Half of Sales Team Development

Connect2Sell

As a seller, your job was to deliver results. You were measured by and rewarded for performance. Your priority was to reach your sales quotas.

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Don't Let AI Pass You By: The New Era of Personalized Sales Coaching & Development

Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Sales & Devyn Blume, Sr. Account Executive

Are you curious about how artificial intelligence is reshaping sales coaching, learning, and development? Join Brendan Sweeney and Devyn Blume of Allego for an engaging new webinar exploring AI's transformative role in sales coaching and performance improvement! Brendan and Devyn will share actionable insights and strategies for integrating AI into coaching and development - ensuring personalized, effective, and scalable training!

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Why Product-Agnostic Content Wins in B2B Marketing

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Ryan Gould In the context of content marketing, a product-agnostic approach is one that focuses on your expertise and knowledge around a product, technology or service rather than your brand. This kind of content positions you as a thought leader in a given field or industry, does not contain a sales pitch, and should never mention your company or brand except as the source of the content. 4 Examples of Product-Agnostic Content.

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The Role of Face-to-Face Interaction in the Modern Sales Process

Zoominfo

It’s no secret, technology has transformed the way businesses communicate with customers and prospects. Modern sales reps rely on a variety of tools and technologies to conduct their work—including email, social media, video chat tools and more. As a result, the traditional in-person sales meeting has become far less common than it once was. But, even as the B2B sales process becomes increasingly digital, face-to-face meetings still provide certain benefits that no technology can replicate.

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How Better Storytelling Generates More Revenue

SBI Growth

Joining us on SBI TV is Jim O’Gara. And Jim is the CEO of StoryDimensions. StoryDimensions is a sales enablement technology company that captures, develops, and delivers real customer insights and stories that B2B sales professionals can use to establish.

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How To Articulate Your Value Proposition In 5 Minutes Flat

MTD Sales Training

What’s most important to your prospects? When we ask this question, many salespeople we train will answer “to save money!”. And, while that’s often the main topic of conversation, it rarely transpires as the REAL criteria prospects use to make a decision to go with you. You have to be absolutely clear on what’s driving their decision-making. And it’s necessary for you to know how quickly that decision is made.

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Increase Revenue With Better, Faster Sales Onboarding

Quotas need to be hit. Revenue goals need to be met. This reality makes shortening sales onboarding time a top priority. Organizations with a standard onboarding process boost employee retention by 58% and increase productivity by 50%. Unfortunately, many companies struggle with inefficient processes that lead to high turnover and missed revenue opportunities.

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Five Words That Will Make You a Better Salesperson and Leader

The Sales Heretic

Whatever your job is in your organization’s sales channel, you want to be better at it. Which means you’re always on the lookout for tips, tricks, and hacks to make you more effective and productive. Well here’s a simple yet powerful one. It’s a five-word question that can significantly increase your influence and performance. It’s: [.].

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5 Ways Your Sales Team Can Get More Out of CRM

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Xavier Musy CRM platforms are already firmly ensconced within the sales technology and strategies of most small and midsized businesses. Sales teams have been using their CRMs for basic, day-to-day-functions -- such as managing customer information and tracking purchase history -- for decades. In that time, CRMs have faithfully served as a place to store data, log notes, and manage contacts.

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How To Ensure Your Annual Corporate Planning Event Is Time Well Spent

SBI Growth

Leaves are changing and executives are huddling in the boardroom. The annual corporate planning process has begun. For some it’s a time to plan scaling and growth activities. For others, it’s a desperate cry for “better” and “faster” with no.

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Social Media Demand Generation: A Q&A

Zoominfo

B2B marketers have long since understood the benefits of social media—yet many still struggle to leverage its full potential as a demand generation tool. In fact, 49% of B2B marketers rank social media marketing as the most difficult lead generation tactic to execute ( source ). Although demand generation and lead generation aren’t the same, they do go hand-in-hand.

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How to Find Common Ground: Account-Based Marketing (ABM) for Team Alignment

Speaker: Alex Moore, Co-Founder of Stratagon Marketing & Technology

Ever wondered why sales and marketing teams often struggle to collaborate effectively? Diverging goals, poor communication, and conflicting strategies frequently create silos, leading to a disconnect where marketing efforts fail to translate into substantial sales conversions. Enter Account-Based Marketing (ABM). ABM aligns marketing and sales efforts toward specific target accounts, fostering personalized interactions with high-value prospects.

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World Series MVP Has Lessons for Sales

Score More Sales

Years ago, our company name was intentionally changed to Score More Sales because of the great analogies between professional, collegiate, Olympic sports and professional selling.

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Whiteboard Wednesday: 3 Ways to Scale Your Inbound Sales Team (Chaz Knauft)

DiscoverOrg Sales

Welcome to another Whiteboard Wednesday! I’m Chaz Knauft , Manager of Sales Development at DiscoverOrg, and I’m going to walk you through how to scale your inbound sales development team – and make sure your SDRs are efficient and effective while you do it. Now – if you’re anything like us, you probably have some pretty lofty revenue goals to hit.

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Inside the Art of Developing Talent

SBI Growth

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15+ Helpful YouTube Channels for HR and Recruiting Professionals

Zoominfo

With the abundance of information available online, modern professionals are able to learn new skills and broaden their knowledge with a simple Google search. Think about it, how many times have you found yourself stuck on a task at work and turned to the internet for assistance? If you’re like most of us, the answer is a lot. Now that YouTube has become as ubiquitous as Google—business professionals have an additional resource to prime themselves for success and development.

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Data Modeling for Direct Mail: Boosting Multi-Channel Reach and Response

Speaker: Jesse Simms, VP at Giant Partners

This new, thought-provoking webinar will explore how even incremental efforts and investments in your data can have a tremendous impact on your direct mail and multi-channel marketing campaign results! Industry expert Jesse Simms, VP at Giant Partners, will share real-life case studies and best practices from client direct mail and digital campaigns where data modeling strategies pinpointed audience members, increasing their propensity to respond – and buy.

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Unleashing the power of frontline sales management

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: BRAD WILSTED Companies pour enormous resources into growth. From sales force training and compensation to investments in sales processes and technology, organizations relentlessly seek to pull the right levers that will drive revenue growth and improve sales effectiveness. These efforts frequently end up with disappointing results, however, because most companies neglect the most powerful lever in their arsenal: their frontline, field-level sales managers.

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Why Storytelling Is Becoming The #1 Sales Skill To Master

MTD Sales Training

As we were growing up, one of our fondest memories is often associated with sitting on our parent’s knee, being read a story. It created that initial and long-lasting bond between us. Maybe we were intrigued by a fairy-tale, or inspired by a true story of courage and bravery. Whatever it was, the fact we were regaled with a story gave us a taste for using our imagination.

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How to Spot, Develop and Retain Top Talent

SBI Growth

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