Sales 2.0

APRIL 16, 2020

Data from Bloomberg’s economists say we are in a recession. We’re starting to get familiar with how our lives are affected by the health issues inherent in this COVID-19 crisis but the economic consequences are just kicking in. These economic issues are very likely even bigger than the health issues, at least in terms of how many people are affected. (17 million unemployment claims in 3 weeks is off the charts vs. anything seen since the 1930s.).

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Zoominfo

APRIL 17, 2020

Breaking through the “noise” successfully requires a more personalized, relationship-based selling approach, and the staffing sector is no exception. Firms and businesses have to find new ways to differentiate themselves. So how exactly can a staffing agency stand out?

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 16, 2020

Why do you trust some people and not others? Trust is a word we use indiscriminately, but we do not trust indiscriminately. How do we define trust? How do we get our arms around such an emotional word? That’s a tough question to answer, because it depends on the person, and sometimes it depends on the times. Right now, in the midst of a global health emergency and a global financial crisis , we’re all asking ourselves who to trust.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 17, 2020

It's April 17 and nearly every salesperson is selling from home. It's just temporary, right? Maybe. But what if it's not? According to the President, Vice-President, Scientists and some Governors, the economy will begin reopening in stages, perhaps as soon as May 1. So it's back to the office and your territories, right? Wrong. You'll still be home.

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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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Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 17, 2020

There is always something going on in the market that makes selling difficult. However, you can choose to develop strategies and utilize virtual technologies to get in front of your prospects and clients.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 13, 2020

Are there differences in selling to women vs. men in B2B sales? Isn’t it all the same? If that’s the mentality you’ve adopted, it might be time to rethink. In partnership with leading sales linguist Steve W. Martin, ZoomInfo surveyed 350+ B2B buyers, and we put this question to the test.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

APRIL 14, 2020

Most of us have joined what Time calls "the World's Largest Work-From-Home Experiment." Without proper preparation, the COVID-19 outbreak has prompted business leaders everywhere to tell their team to work remotely until further notice. Sales managers—your direct reports need your individualized coaching more than ever! The best managers have always individualized their coaching, but doing so remotely requires greater focus and intentionality.

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MTD Sales Training

APRIL 12, 2020

You’re conducting an online sales presentation to a prospective new customer…. Just how can you increase their engagement and keep them interested – and how can virtual meetings and virtual presentations achieve this? This really comes down to a number of key points. I will outline these below, but owing to the detail and complexity that each possess I will hone in on the main points only.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 13, 2020

Author: Andres Lares, Shapiro Negotiations Institute There is a small truism about connecting with people that anyone in sales can tell you, and they learned it early in their careers. When speaking to somebody on the phone, they can hear the difference when you smile. It’s true. And it demonstrates a tried and true concept that is more critical now than ever before: It’s not just what you say, but how you say it. .

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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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The Sales Heretic

APRIL 14, 2020

These are difficult times. The death toll from COVID-19 keeps climbing. Unemployment is skyrocketing. Sports, proms, conferences, festivals, trade shows, concerts, seminars, and more have been cancelled. And uncertainty is everywhere. What can you do at a time like this? Laugh. Let me explain. We’re actually dealing with two pandemics at the moment.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 13, 2020

Sales Leadership Roundtable – Part II. This is the second post from the sales leadership roundtable. Click here to read part one. The awesome leaders shared over 30 great tips on how they are communicating during this crisis. The best section was how they are communicating with their boss. We all realized that we are all in unchartered waters.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 11, 2020

For weeks now, businesses have been impacted by COVID-19. While it has been difficult to predict the severity of the pandemic, the one thing that has been unwavering is people’s innate desire to connect with one another. As a Customer.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 16, 2020

Discord between marketing and sales departments is an age-old story. The marketing team gets annoyed at the sales team for failing to follow up on leads. And in return, the sales team is annoyed with the marketing team for generating low-quality leads in the first place. Enough! Learn tried and true tactics to better align these two critical teams for higher revenue.

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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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MTD Sales Training

APRIL 12, 2020

Are you using online sales meetings throughout your sales process? More and more companies are going down this route especially those that sell software, SAAS products and online services. Sometimes it can save you a ton of time if you can jump on a video conference call with screen sharing capability. Do it correctly and it can work wonders for you.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 17, 2020

By now, we’re all settled in at home and seamlessly conducting our business by phone and Zoom meetings, right? Well, not so fast…. Like you, I’ve greatly increased my Zoom meetings, and I’ve been disturbed by what I’ve seen. There has been a surprising lack of professionalism, lack of preparation, and in general an unorganized and ineffective approach to conducting Zoom meetings.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 15, 2020

By now, we are fully entrenched in the COVID-19 crisis. We have moved beyond the “shock” phase and into an “acceptance” phase of the new normal, at least for the time being. As market leaders, we must adapt to the current.

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Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 14, 2020

Most Sales Managers would agree that completing prospecting activities and hitting sales goals are critical to success.

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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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MTD Sales Training

APRIL 15, 2020

When customers step through the door, they expect a certain level of customer service. Your customer will expect an experience that is free-flowing and completely hassle free and can set you apart from your competitors if you do it right. Each and every customer wants a unique experience where they feel like they are the only customer you have – they want it to be quick and painless but at a certain level of quality too.

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Alice Heiman

APRIL 15, 2020

A month ago, you knew what to say when you picked up the phone or composed an email to prospect s. You knew your ideal customer profile, your target market, and your value propositions. You had all the tools you needed to prospect efficiently and effectively. . Now, some (or all) of that may be out the window as we adjust to social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. .

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SBI Growth

APRIL 13, 2020

Throughout this past week, there has an overwhelming interest in the concept of going “back to base” During these uncertain times, your most significant opportunity for revenue growth is through retention. How will you create more value for your existing.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 13, 2020

Are there differences in selling to women vs. men in the B2B sales process? That was the question we set out to discover. My husband and I are avid remodelers, which means I’ve spent a lot (A LOT) of time at Home Depot and Lowe’s over the last 15 years. I remember clearly, during those Saturday afternoons walking up and down aisles looking for just the right tile, how much I preferred shopping at Lowe’s to Home Depot.

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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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Anne Miller

APRIL 14, 2020

Explaining what is happening with Covid-19, getting people to follow directions, and reassuring listeners that things will eventually turn out all right is the challenge every corporate, local, state, and national leader faces today. Though you may never be in such serious straits with your clients, it is instructive to look at how often Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York, who has gotten high praise for his daily briefings, has reached for metaphors to explain and underscore his messages as wel

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 12, 2020

There’s a certain feeling of helplessness we each feel as we look at the current global health crisis, things happening in our companies, in our communities, even with our families. We are all facing things few of us, individually or organizationally, have ever faced. We each are struggling to find answers and to make sense of what’s happening.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 11, 2020

It can be difficult to keep up with current updates and regulations surrounding this new normal. Without knowing the full implications of how long this crisis will last, how are business leaders adapting their strategies, especially when working with customers.

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Membrain

APRIL 15, 2020

It’s no secret that I believe that many sales organizations are overspending on technology. Right now, while many organizations are cutting payroll and looking for other ways to grow lean during a challenging time, I want to encourage you to take a good, hard look at your tech spend.

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Every marketer knows how important it is to prove their efforts drive sales opportunities, but that’s easier said than done. When problems like sales and marketing misalignment, lack of data, and wasted efforts persist, marketers can’t measure, prove, or increase their impact on revenue at a time when demonstrating marketing value is critical. Using analyst and expert data, this guide to marketing impact and content attribution explains: How B2B buyers use content The most common types of conten

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Grant Cardone

APRIL 13, 2020

A depressed economy or personal business downturn requires that you relinquish any restrictions about your “ideal” or preferred customer. This isn’t a time to be selective with your criteria; you may have to break some of your previous rules for those with whom you do business. For instance, let’s say you normally only have Fortune500 companies as clients.

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Nutshell

APRIL 13, 2020

Nutshell’s BOUNDLESS 2020 virtual event was chock-full of amazing sales, marketing, and customer success advice from some of the top minds in their fields. One of those minds belonged to John Barrows , the CEO of JBarrows Sales Training as well as an in-demand speaker and author. John has helped mega-companies like Salesforce, Box, and LinkedIn drive results with proven techniques for filling the funnel and improving tactics throughout the sales cycle.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 17, 2020

Appointing a Chief Customer Officer Who Owns the Retention Number. Corporate leaders around the world are all reacting to the tragic events and economic impact of the past few months. In order to weather the storm and come out on top.

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