Sat.Oct 09, 2021 - Fri.Oct 15, 2021

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The 6 Books CEOs are Reading to Increase Revenue

Alice Heiman

The CEOs I work with often ask me what I’m reading. I, in turn, ask them the same. It’s always interesting to hear. I do read many sales books, and I recommend most of them, but the books that aren’t directly about sales are the ones that end up making me think about sales from a different perspective. . Sales revenue is on the mind of every CEO I know.

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Building Value during the Price Objection

Mr. Inside Sales

How many times have you been told to build value when you get the price objection? Managers tell reps to stress the quality, the warranty, the features and benefits, but your prospects have heard all that before, haven’t they? Want a better way? Often times, services and products are roughly the same, and prospects will buy from the people they like, know or trust.

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What Is Digital Consulting, and How Do You Start?

Hubspot Sales

The digital world grows larger every day, and it can be hard to keep up. Navigating the ever-changing digital landscape is a challenge — especially if you have a business of your own and are struggling to market yourself and make sales. But you don't have to tackle the trials and tribulations of digital transformation alone. Professionals known as digital consultants can help you reach your goals with their extensive knowledge — and you don't have to be a part of a massive corporation to invest

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Most Salespeople are Underdogs Like the Boston Red Sox

Understanding the Sales Force

Anyone who has followed this Blog over the past 15 years knows that other than sales, the only thing I write about nearly as much is baseball. A Google search from within the Blog yields 605 results, and a search on my son playing baseball over the past twelve years yields 208 results. I haven't really mentioned baseball 605 times, but I have probably written about it 150 times!

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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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How to Achieve Sales and Marketing Alignment to Drive Sales Success

Sales and Marketing Management

Given that only 35% of salespeople think their marketing team knows what they need to sell, there is clearly need to get marketing and sales to work together. The post How to Achieve Sales and Marketing Alignment to Drive Sales Success appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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“The Joy Of Selling…,” Have We Lost It?

Partners in Excellence

As a preface, my friend, Hank Barnes , wrote me saying he and several others are declaring October 12 as “World B2B Pet Peeve Day.” He asked me to contribute a post commemorating this occasion. I struggled a moment. Regular readers know that I write a lot about “pet peeves.” Whether it’s bad prospecting, bad Social Channel interactions, bad selling, weak sales management, ineffective training, and so forth.

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How sales and marketing can engage real buyers

Membrain

Marketing and sales could be so much more effective if they could find, engage, and facilitate not-yet buyers through their Pre-Sales, change management issues - the stuff that precludes them from identifying as buyers initially but who will be once they’re ready.

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Spread Your Message with Through-Channel Marketing

Sales and Marketing Management

As more B2B companies observe growing sales revenue through indirect channels, brands are realizing the need for effective, scalable execution of marketing campaigns through their channel partners. The post Spread Your Message with Through-Channel Marketing appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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How To Attract High-Quality Clients Without Wasting Money On Advertising And Techy Funnels

Predictable Revenue

The only reason a prospect will hire you is because they trust you can solve the problem they have. Learn how to hook them with solid proposals. The post How To Attract High-Quality Clients Without Wasting Money On Advertising And Techy Funnels appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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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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THE CAREER JOURNEY: An Experience Worth Living

Smooth Sale

Photo by Bruce Mars via Unsplash. Attract The Right Job Or Clientele: . Zach Loeb provides today’s guest Blog, The Career Journey: An Experience Worth Living. . Zach Loeb, Founder The New Agency. Zach Is the Founder of The New Agency , a corporate wellness agency that enables organizational leaders to build a custom employee wellness program for their team.

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Goal Attainment Is More Than Making The Number!

Partners in Excellence

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve had a lot of conversations about sales performance. It’s largely driven by planning for the next calendar year. Too often, I get the comment, “People are making their numbers, but we aren’t achieving our goals!” Too often, the driving metric for sales performance is “the number,” quota, or the revenue goal.

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Here’s what everyone gets wrong about sales, according to a buying facilitator

Membrain

If you’ve ever had a conversation with Sharon-Drew Morgen, you know she doesn’t mince words when it comes to what sales leaders get wrong about sales. For more than 40 years, she’s been a thought leader and a provocateur, challenging the way we think about what we do and how we do it.

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B2B Lead Generation: The What, Why, and How

G2Crowd - Sales Blog

Generating leads isn’t just a priority for small businesses and startups anymore. Corporations and larger businesses need to keep up with growth and profitability targets by bringing in new customers with the increasing competition from smaller rivals. A good lead generation engine can deliver outsized results and set the business to grow for several years.

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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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5 Key Ways to Get More Leads from Your Trigger Offers

SalesProInsider

Trigger events. Those events that trigger something that is changing, has changed unexpectedly, or may need to change soon also trigger some sort of emotional reaction for people! And those emotions create an opportunity for you to connect to people you already know and leverage those existing relationships into opportunities to meet new people. How?

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Loyalty Is an Inside Job, Too

Engage Selling

Recently, I talked about customer loyalty and how it’s your job—not theirs—to create ideal conditions for them to stick with you. But what about within your organization? It matters here, too. Especially now: everyone’s scrambling to keep their best people … Read More » The post Loyalty Is an Inside Job, Too first appeared on The Sales Leader.

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The Best Networking Email Subject Lines, According to HubSpot Reps

Hubspot Sales

Networking is when you connect with people with shared professional interests, help each other achieve goals, like getting a job, or sometimes simply build confidence in having conversations with others. As a sales rep, networking can be incredibly helpful when it comes to obtaining new leads. People in your same industry will be pre-qualified as being able to use and benefit from what you have to offer, which makes it easier for you to make a value proposition that sells.

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6 Strategies for Sales Prospecting Success

RAIN Group

I recently conducted a webinar for a client on sales prospecting. Leading up to the webinar, I asked what questions the client had about prospecting so I could tailor the content to their particular challenges. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised when I only got one response. And that’s not because they are masters of prospecting—quite the contrary.

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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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How Small Gifts Can Create Big Marketing Wins

Zoominfo

Customer delight is the ultimate goal for any business. And nothing surprises or delights quite like a gift. A 2018 study by the University of Zurich found that even a small gift from a sales representative makes customers much more likely to make a purchase. In the study, reps gave customers six tubes of toothpaste — a trivial offering. The results?

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The Pathological Mindset for Crushing Cold Email

Predictable Revenue

The best path to improving cold email outreach is to become obsessed with it. Logging it. Tracking it. Analyzing it. Course correcting it. Learn how Jed Mahrle used this mindset to become the youngest & top-performing SDR at PandaDoc. The post The Pathological Mindset for Crushing Cold Email appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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The Keys to Building and Sustaining a Recession-Proof Business

Hubspot Sales

It might go without saying, but a business can't thrive if it can't survive — and you, as a business owner, are almost bound to be confronted with situations that throw you into survival mode at some point. A recession is one of the more probable, pressing challenges that can put you in that position. Broader economic uncertainty and turmoil can kneecap virtually any business's operations.

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Who to Promote to Sales Management

Janek Performance Group

Your company is growing. Sales are up and it’s time to expand the sales department. But before you do, you need to find a new sales manager to support the additional sales reps. Peter was your first business development rep hired in the sales department. He was promoted to sales development and currently, he is the senior SDR on the team. Logic is telling you that Peter is the right candidate for the role. .

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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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Build a pipeline of diverse candidates by using ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ filters

Zoominfo

Scenario You want to ensure diversity and inclusion are important considerations throughout the hiring process. Leverage ‘Smart Filters’ in ZoomInfo TalentOS to build a diverse talent pool that considers candidates with a range of backgrounds. Triggers Diversity and inclusion are being prioritized in the hiring process. Actions Select the ‘Smart Filter’ button and select ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ filters to discover diverse candidates.

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The Adapter’s Advantage: Daniel Perry on Private Equity Growth

Allego

Welcome to The Adapter’s Advantage : Breakthrough Moments that Lead to Success. In episode 31, sales strategist Daniel Perry shares an insider’s look at the fast-paced world of private equity. Learn how he helps companies “sell quicker, sell for more, or sell for higher valuation” by enabling their sales organizations to increase productivity and accelerate revenue growth.

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The 10 Best Single Property Websites for Real Estate

Hubspot Sales

If you’re a real estate agent who wants to get more eyes on available listings, it might be time to start building single property websites. These websites can show off beautiful properties for sale, share your contact information, and ultimately help generate leads and sales. But before you start imagining that commission check, you might be wondering how you could possibly have the time or resources to create websites for every single property you're listing.

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Assess Your Sales Team Skills for 2022

Janek Performance Group

Many CEOs are creating ambitious goals for 2022. But most of them are also concerned if they have the right people in place to accomplish those strategic goals. The best way to accomplish sales goals is to have the right salespeople on your team. To achieve your sales goals in 2022, there is one essential question you need to ask before you spend a dime on marketing. .

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How to Prove Marketing Value: Demonstrate Content ROI and Contribution to Sales

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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Use org charts to identify hidden talent within company hierarchies

Zoominfo

Scenario Sometimes the right person for your role is hidden in the hierarchy of another company. Use the company’s organizational chart on ZoomInfo TalentOS to figure out where a likely passive candidate might be located. Org charts are useful when you’re trying to assess whether the candidate’s job title and role in their current organization align with the requirements defined in your ideal candidate job description.

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WEBINAR: John Barrows hosts “How Top Sales Reps Drive Urgency in Q4”

John Barrows

The post WEBINAR: John Barrows hosts “How Top Sales Reps Drive Urgency in Q4” appeared first on JB Sales.

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Building Virtual Customer Relationships

BrainShark

Cutomer relationships have not been easy over the past 18 months, but we have developed best practices that have helped us build strong relationships without being in the same room with our customers.

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