Sat.Nov 07, 2020 - Fri.Nov 13, 2020

article thumbnail

How to Craft a Successful Sales Environment

Hubspot Sales

When I was in school, I played club volleyball. It was an intense environment — we traveled all around the country playing other teams in decked out conference centers and stadiums. Our coaches took our seasons very seriously. Practices were strict, physical training was mandatory, and we were encouraged to ask for anything we needed to prepare for tournaments — extra reps, a specific food or drink, even a certain playlist on our iPods.

B2C 136
article thumbnail

Ultimate Guide to the Data-Driven Sales Funnel

Zoominfo

Does your (sales) funnel have flow? Learn data-driven strategies that support each stage of the sales funnel, along with key performance indicators (KPIs). Contents What is a Sales Funnel? Tunnel Vision: The Sales Funnel in the Age of Buyer Empowerment Stages of a Sales Funnel: Two Perspectives Funneling Success: Using KPIs to Measure Effectiveness How Do I Create a Sales Funnel?

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Selling in a Crisis: Navigating Through Hard Times

Predictable Revenue

CEO and Founder of Close, Steli Efti, explains some of the strategies that companies can implement to successfully traverse the crisis, while maintaining an effective sales team. The post Selling in a Crisis: Navigating Through Hard Times appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

Revenue 127
article thumbnail

4 Ways Virtual Events Are Reimagining Themselves

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Jen Smith, VP Marketing, MarketingProfs In the “Before Times” – way before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic – virtual events were often seen as lesser-than to in-person, bigger-budget events. They were viewed as less compelling, less useful and, certainly, less fun. It turns out that in an always-digital, pandemicked world, that’s no longer true.

article thumbnail

State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

article thumbnail

The Ins and Outs of Prospecting

The Pipeline

By Tibor Shanto. Most people are focused on the future and the results their tasks and efforts will bring. Aligning with them involves helping them achieve their desired future. Meaning that we go further by leading with the output rather than the input, especially in the form of our product. While buyers will respond positively you an inputs based approach, prospects will not.

More Trending

article thumbnail

It's Goal Setting Time, Start Here

Anthony Cole Training

H. Personal Goal Setting from Anthony Cole Training on Vimeo.

Training 296
article thumbnail

Three Sales Strategies to Engage Your New Executive Buyer

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Thiago Sa Friere With the shift to a remote workplace, sales reps and account executives are engaging with the C-suite. From prospecting to discovery and demo calls, executives like CEOs and CFOs have become not just a name on an invite, but an active participant with plenty of questions and unique problems to solve. . Chorus.ai has seen this firsthand; our data of millions of sales calls shows C-suite participation is currently up an average of 80% compared to Q1 in months like January

Buyer 334
article thumbnail

The Problem With Having Crappy Sales Managers

Understanding the Sales Force

The lettering above the dials of our LG washing machine (pictured above when new) have worn off. I went online believing I could get a replacement decal and while LG does not provide replacements, they will replace the entire front panel for $125. While I was researching this stupid, preventable issue, I found that many LG owners have the same problem.

article thumbnail

The Winning Strategies of UC&C Market Leaders

SBI Growth

With the global shift to working from home, UC&C companies have witnessed a record amount of demand for their tools and services to carry on productivity away from the office. However, how are market leaders positioning themselves to be set.

Marketing 292
article thumbnail

Relevance, Reach, Revenue: How to Turn Marketing Trends From Hype to High-Impact

Speaker: Alexa Acosta, Director of Growth Marketing & B2B Marketing Leader

Marketing is evolving at breakneck speed—new tools, AI-driven automation, and changing buyer behaviors are rewriting the playbook. With so many trends competing for attention, how do you cut through the noise and focus on what truly moves the needle? In this webinar, industry expert Alexa Acosta will break down the most impactful marketing trends shaping the industry today and how to turn them into real, revenue-generating strategies.

article thumbnail

How successful account-based marketing starts with aligned, data-driven strategies — A Q&A

Zoominfo

Account-based marketing (ABM) is time-consuming; getting it right takes hard work, consolidation of resources and alignment on the part of both sales and marketing. It’s also a significant upfront investment — in both resources and strategy. Despite 87% of marketers saying that ABM initiatives outperform other marketing investments , 78% of brands say they struggle with “data debt” or not having enough quick data about their customers to launch relevant personalization tactics (key to ABM suc

article thumbnail

Planning Ahead for Higher Yields

Connect2Sell

223
223
article thumbnail

Leveraging Digital for B2B Sales Requires Rethinking Your Business Strategy

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Zameer Baber and Garrett Kephart As organizations consider how their operations need to change in a post-COVID world, many are rethinking how their B2B sales teams will operate as many may no longer want – or are able – to travel to meet their clients. This is one of many reasons organizations are looking to implement digital sales tools, including: Companies that appropriately adopt digital B2B sales will drive 5 times more revenue growth than their peers. 53% of companies plan to incre

B2B 177
article thumbnail

SBI Alumnus Ryan Tognazzini Returns to Private Equity Practice as Managing Director

SBI Growth

November 10, 2020 | Dallas, TX – Sales Benchmark Index (SBI), a management consultancy specializing in revenue growth, today announced that Ryan Tognazzini has joined the firm’s Private Equity practice as a Managing Director. Ryan originally joined SBI in 2010 as one of.

Revenue 196
article thumbnail

Streamlining Complex Sales Processes: The Ultimate Guide for Industrial Companies

Are you struggling with slow quoting cycles, complex product configurations, and disconnected data in your manufacturing/distribution business? This article will help. Learn how industrial companies are revolutionizing sales processes with an integrated platform that includes quoting, inventory, and service, providing real-time data and offline access for field teams.

article thumbnail

Executive Interview: Mark Kopcha of @Revegy

SBI

Q: SHOULD SELLING BE VIEWED AS A BUYING EXPERIENCE AND WHY. MARK: The buying experience is absolutely one of the most important parts of a salesperson’s job. Providing a good customer experience is not only the right thing to do, but beyond that, research shows that a great experience has a significant impact on whether or not someone buys from you.

Lead Rank 177
article thumbnail

Seven Essential Steps To Streamline Your Business

Grant Cardone

Whatever your goals are for next year, there are seven essential steps to streamlining your business that you can take right now. While everyone else is still stuck on the election results and all the news (good or bad) about Covid-19, I’m already thinking about 2021. I’m using what’s left of this year to plan for next year and I suggest you do the same.

Scale 174
article thumbnail

Project Management And Sales Methodology

Partners in Excellence

Recently, I wrote, The Next-Gen Sales Methodology. In it, I posited that project management and problem solving methods are core to a much more modern sales methodology. Be sure to read that, to understand the thinking and rationale. Let’s first understand the basics of project management. Project management is basically a work plan/process that enables us to accomplish our objectives in a disciplined, effective, and efficient manner.

article thumbnail

How to get a free trial of Membrain

Membrain

When we launched Membrain, offering a free trial was not the right move for us. We felt that we needed to educate customers during the sales cycle because our offering was too different from traditional CRM platforms.

How To 164
article thumbnail

AI in Marketing & Sales: Today’s Tools, Tomorrow’s Potential

Speaker: Kevin Burke

AI is reshaping marketing and sales, empowering professionals to work smarter, faster, and more effectively. This webinar will provide a practical introduction to AI, focusing on its current applications, transformative potential, and strategies for successful implementation in your organization. Using real-world examples and actionable insights, we’ll examine how businesses are leveraging AI to increase efficiency, enhance personalization, and drive measurable results.

article thumbnail

CEOs and Sales Leaders: Be Your Company’s LinkedIn Evangelist

Alice Heiman

Chief Lead Generator. As the CEO you probably don’t think it is your responsibility to generate leads. But imagine if your actions drove traffic to your website or caused someone to email or pick up the phone and call your company to learn more. . LinkedIn Builds Brands and Drives Traffic. Senior leaders of companies, like sales leaders and especially CEOs, can make a tremendous difference by using social media, especially LinkedIn , for the B2B sale.

LinkedIn 153
article thumbnail

Good Luck or Bad Luck? You Decide If Your Perception is Actually Reality

Keith Rosen

Download Keith’s New book, FREE! The 60 Second Sales Coach! Would you say you’re a lucky or unlucky person? Do you know someone who, whatever they touch, turns to gold? Then, there are those with the proverbial black cloud looming over their head. So, do you have good luck or bad luck? Is there such a thing, or is your perception your ultimate reality?

Harvest 152
article thumbnail

It's Time to Move From 'Always Be Closing' to This New Sales Mantra

Hubspot Sales

One of Hollywood’s most famous depictions of the sales world is found in Glengarry Glen Ross. Alec Baldwin’s character, Blake, is the epitome of the high-powered, low-empathy, money-driven salesperson, and gets what he wants through fear, intimidation, and profanity-laced speeches. After threatening and terrorizing a group of salesmen (no women allowed in this boiler room), Blake gets to his point – salespeople should "ABC": Always Be Closing.

Closing 144
article thumbnail

Improving Sales Performance: Sales Calendars and Sales Planning

The Center for Sales Strategy

Many large-scale surveys routinely find time management skills are among the most desired workforce skills, but also among the rarest skills to find. It comes as no surprise that one of the biggest challenges sales leaders face is time management. And while there are many articles and time management tools readily available, there’s also the old-fashioned sales calendar.

Scale 134
article thumbnail

The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

article thumbnail

Retaining Clients leverages an Innovative Customer Retention Strategy

Babette Ten Haken

Are you creating an innovative customer retention strategy for what is new and next? (And nowhere near to whatever has been normal.). Consider that retaining yesterday’s clients just may not be the primary focus of this strategy, either. Because the clients who helped you get to where you were yesterday may not have the capacity for innovative transitions.

Retention 134
article thumbnail

Sales Lessons from Careers on Camera: Sports Broadcaster Amanda Borges

Julie Hanson

What do salespeople and sports broadcasters have in common? Connecting with people on video and getting them to open up! Salespeople are discovering first-hand how difficult it is to connect with customers on video. Talking to a camera is not a natural skill. Yet actors, sportscasters, reporters and news announcers are proof it is possible to connect and engage with audiences virtually. .

Sports 134
article thumbnail

What Is Industrial Selling?

Hubspot Sales

Business to Business , or B2B, sales occur between companies that sell products or services to other companies. This could look like a technology company selling marketing software to other companies and wholesalers selling products to supermarkets. While there are specific shared characteristics between all B2B sales, the industries they take place in require different levels of understanding and preparation on behalf of the salesperson.

Industry 137
article thumbnail

Tech Trends to Take Your Sales Tech Stack to the Next Level: The Startup Sales Stack Report 2020

Sales Hacker

Having the right technology in place is often the difference between success and failure, and this is even more true for startups and SMB, where you have a small team and limited resources. But with the rapid advancement of tech and so many options on the market, choosing the right technology for your sales team can seem like a tall mountain to climb.

Lead Rank 132
article thumbnail

Campaigns that Click: Practical Personalization Strategies to Boost ROI

Speaker: Jennifer Hodroge, Omni-Channel Strategic Leader, Forrester CX Certified

Marketers know that personalization is the key to engagement—but with limited budgets and time, how do you prioritize what, where, and how to personalize? Aligning your content, campaigns, and buyer experiences requires a deep understanding of customer needs. In this new webinar with expert Jennifer Hodroge, we’ll explore how to leverage insights and customer journey mapping to build personalization strategies that deliver real impact.

article thumbnail

Nimble CRM Supports U.S. Veterans’ Entrepreneurship with Free License

Nimble - Sales

We’re honored to announce that we’re now offering a free one-year license to all veterans and active-duty members who have served in the United States military! The Nimble team admires and respects the loyalty, dedication, and sacrifice of the U.S. service members and wants to support their entrepreneurship. Nimble believes that the gained skills from active-duty […].

Licensing 128
article thumbnail

The Framework For Creating a Product – And a Brand-New Category

Predictable Revenue

If you’ve ever thought about designing a brand new product to capture a brand new market - Michel Feaster has you covered! The post The Framework For Creating a Product – And a Brand-New Category appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

Revenue 127
article thumbnail

Get a 74% Acceptance On New LinkedIn Connection Requests

Vengreso

One of the most common social selling questions I’m asked is: Can I send LinkedIn connection requests to cold prospects? . The answer: Yes, you can. BUT… Don’t mess it up. In this post, I am going to discuss the following: The Goal of a connection. Ways to Grow your network. How to send a cold connection & get it accepted. Can I send a #LinkedIn connection request to a cold #prospect?

LinkedIn 125