Xactly

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Few leading indicators are more predictive of a company’s future sales performance than its incentive compensation plans. As former Reliance Electric CEO Chuck Ames once said according to General Electric CEO Jack Welch, “Show me a company’s various compensation plans, and I’ll show you how its employees behave.”. While multiple factors influence the effectiveness of your sales incentive compensation plans, 5 tips stand out: 1.

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Connect2Sell

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Misunderstandings in the workplace cause productivity losses, hurt feelings, and unnecessary conflict. Communicating with clarity can prevent misunderstandings and keep things running smoothly and peaceably. Ensuring clarity in communication is the responsibility of each individual, particularly since our performance is so frequently appraised based on our ability to effectively communicate.

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 15, 2018

What do you say when you get this objection while prospecting? If you’re like many sales reps, you accept this stall and become a willing participant in the follow up drama that ensues. And you know how frustrating that is. Let’s face it: This blow off is just a variation that prospects have been using for years. It used to be: “Can you send me something in the mail?

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No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Getting referrals business should be top. priority in your sales prospecting techniques. Message to sales leaders: Your job is to get the rocks off the road so your team can close deals, exceed quota, and blow past revenue goals. That’s not happening with cold calling. Account execs remain overwhelmed with conflicting messaging, technology overload, and lack of resources.

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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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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 18, 2018

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MTD Sales Training

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Years ago, when the first bartering started (thought to be in the Middle East), metals were used as symbols to represent value stored in the form of commodities. Currency became recognised as stores of value, and traded between market traders and, eventually, nations. This idea of value was built on the concept of the importance, worth or usefulness of something.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Author: Olivia Ryan Business communication rarely goes beyond the borders of formal speech and writing, particularly in the B2B niche. Sometimes it’s reasonable to add a slight touch of humor as an icebreaker, but most of the time you should stick to the regular business language. According to the report, over 80 percent of B2B decision makers think sales reps are unprepared.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 16, 2018

By Tibor Shanto. Questions, specifically in sales, are like burgers, some are surprisingly satisfying, exceeding expectations, others leave underwhelmed, asking yourself why you bothered, again? In both, it’s down to how much strategy, planning, preparation, we do in advance; then the quality of execution, followed by review, and then over again.

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The Sales Heretic

OCTOBER 16, 2018

You have an amazing product or service. It’s awesome. It’s the best on the market. It’s unique. It has the most features and benefits. It has the longest and most comprehensive warranty. And it’s the best value. Naturally, you love your product or service. You’re proud to sell it. And you’re excited to extol its [.].

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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.

Marketing

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Your Design Thinking Needs Analysis and Abstract Reasoning to Align with the Customer.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Author: Lewis Robinson Great marketing involves catching the eyes of consumers. Once a viewer is hooked with an initial come on, he/she looks a little closer at what the seller is actually selling. Whether a buy is made or not remains to be seen. Without the initial hook, a lot of would-be consumers won't take a second out of their day to check out something for sale.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Today’s B2B buyers conduct most, if not all, initial product research online. As a result, your company’s website and related B2B product pages are critical to the success of your organization. If you’re creating a new business website or simply optimizing existing product pages, today’s blog post is for you. Keep reading! 1. Be concise. If your first instinct is to take a deep dive into product details—resist the temptation.

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Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Watch Sales Guy Unplugged: Are Your Sales Questions Courageous Enough?

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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!

Sales Coaching

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Joining us on the is Andrea Brody, the Chief Marketing Officer for Bravo Solution, which has sinced merged with JAGGAER to create the world’s largest independent spend management company. Andrea is one of the top B2B revenue generating marketers.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Author: Frank Moreno, vice president worldwide marketing, Datawatch Marketing budgets have never been higher, but neither has marketing team turnover. Why? As a CMO, if you were handed an extra million dollars of budget, under the condition that you had to show the exact ROI and demonstrate how you generated that return – would you take it? In this scenario, would you place your trust in a spreadsheet generated by marketing operations or your analyst teams to help you place your bets?

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 14, 2018

With the rise of sales enablement technology and the variety of available communication methods, one might expect phone calls to become a thing of the past. Yet, cold calling is still a key component of B2B sales. In fact, 78% of decision-makers polled have taken an appointment or attended an event that came from a cold call ( source ). The Problem with B2B Cold Calling.

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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 13, 2018

We sales people have evolved. We don’t always pitch our product or service, sometimes we’re helpful enough to send over a white paper or blog post that may be of interest. But as it goes with good ideas, content is getting overused. I mean how many blog posts or white papers can a buyer read in a week? We’re all “frazzled” these days. If we’re not stuck in a meeting, we’re frantically working on some project that we hope will help us keep our job.

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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.

Hiring

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Customer Success has become one of the hottest trends and sources of growth in Revenue Management. In fact, if you are managing Customer Support, Renewals, and/or Upsell you are keenly aware how much impact a Customer Success Strategy can have.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Growth Hacking is a popular buzzword, but does anyone really know what it means? Neil Patel does a pretty good job explaining the concept and talking about its origin, saying that a growth marketer is someone who uses " analytics, inexpensive, creative and innovative ways to exponentially grow their company’s customer base. " But how can one pull off that kind of growth -- especially with a limited budget and resources?

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Event marketers have always been at the forefront of cutting-edge technology, as they strive to grab and keep attendee interest long after each event is over. So, it should come as no surprise that AI has become a staple at industry events. In fact—88% of event professionals said they plan to use artificial intelligence in 2018, a 107% increase from the previous year ( source ).

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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 13, 2018

We sales people have evolved. We don’t always pitch our product or service, sometimes we’re helpful enough to send over a white paper or blog post that may be of interest. But as it goes with good ideas, content is getting overused. I mean how many blog posts or white papers can a buyer read in a week? We’re all “frazzled” these days. If we’re not stuck in a meeting, we’re frantically working on some project that we hope will help us keep our job.

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Webinar Metrics Face-to-face Call-back Buyer 150

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.

Account Based Marketing

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Joining us on the is Mark Lister, he is the Chief Digital Officer for Ness, a digital engineering company that designs and builds digital platforms and software that helps organizations engage customers, differentiate their brands, and drive revenue growth.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 19, 2018

As a real estate professional, you want to grow your business, and marketing plays a large role in capturing the attention of potential clients. A 2018 study by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) found 87% of home buyers purchase their home through a real estate agent. It’s evident there’s a market for real estate agents. But how can you reach prospects?

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Reddit —the self-proclaimed front page of the internet—is a social networking site with more than 330 million monthly active users. These users—referred to as Redditors—use the platform to share, interact with, and consume the latest news and trending topics. Reddit is more than just a social networking site. The platform offers a unique and untapped goldmine of market research.

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SBI

OCTOBER 17, 2018

In this series, we ask Sales Tech Executives to describe how their solution can change a sales organization in a significant way. We call it Sales Tech Game Changers. This week I interview Mark Kopcha , Founder & CEO of Revegy. NANCY: WHAT ARE THE TOP 3 WAYS YOUR SOLUTION CHANGES THE GAME FOR A SALES ORGANIZATION? Mark: Revegy’s mission is to help companies secure and grow revenue in their most important accounts by: Providing easy to use visual tools to understand the many stakeholde

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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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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Dallas, TX – Oct 17, 2018 Sales Benchmark Index (SBI), a management consultancy specializing in revenue growth, today announced that Jacqueline (“Jacqui”) Davis has joined the firm as its global Pricing Practice leader. Jacqui has over 20 years of experience developing.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 15, 2018

What's the difference between the sales email no one opens and responds to and the one that generates dozens of new customers?Is it the subject line, the length, the way the copy is written, or the ideas contained in the content? The answer is a combination of all of the above. B2B Email Template. If you have a targeted lead list and your response rate is less than 10% with personalized emails, your emails could use some work.

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Close.io

OCTOBER 15, 2018

When you send a sales email, you could have the most compelling subject line. The most enticing content. The most exciting CTA. But if I don’t know you and your company, I’m always going to be left with one question: Why should I trust you? If you want to get a better response rate for your sales emails you need to answer that question. And one of the best ways to do that is with social proof.

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