Sat.Aug 06, 2022 - Fri.Aug 12, 2022

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5 Ways CEOs Can Lead Sales Through a Recession

Alice Heiman

Is a recession looming? I remain optimistic that the economy will continue to do well, but others feel the economic uncertainty. I see it in several sectors. CEOs are getting nervous and laying people off. . Traditional wisdom says you must hunker down during a recession and weather the storm. The focus is normally on cost-cutting and survival. And that is the behavior we are seeing from some already, even though a recession hasn’t been declared. .

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The Ins and Outs of Selling To the C-Suite

Sales and Marketing Management

Conversations with senior executives require a completely different approach and skill set compared to buyers at other levels of an organization. The post The Ins and Outs of Selling To the C-Suite appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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What Great Salespeople Do Not Do

Anthony Cole Training

I know you have heard it before. You know, the line that goes like this “if you keep doing what you have always done, you will keep getting what you have always gotten.” As a coach, the most development I have seen in salespeople comes when they alone decide enough is enough which leads them to make changes. And sometimes those changes are hard to make.

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Must Read - How a 15% Corporate Minimum Tax Will Impact Companies and Sales Teams

Understanding the Sales Force

You may have read that the latest legislation out of Washington DC provides $80 billion for the hiring, arming and training of close to 80,000 new IRS (Internal Revenue Service is the US Tax Agency) agents to nearly double the size of the agency. Did you catch the part about arming IRS agents? Wow. That makes the IRS larger than the State Department, Customs and Border Control, the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and the Pentagon (Military) combined.

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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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Lessons From the NFL to Close More Business

Mr. Inside Sales

Are you ready for some football? The first preseason games are in the books, and coaches are watching game film and teaching players how to improve every week. I read a piece by Peter King from SI.com about his conversation with Ellis Hobbs—former cornerback with the New England Patriots. He was talking about how much respect he had for Patriots head coach Bill Belichick.

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Do you have the right leadership to execute your 2023 growth strategy?

SBI Growth

Research from SBI’s 2022 CEO survey indicates that top CEOs are getting crisper on their value creation strategy, evolving that strategy to account for less commercial investment, and determining new productivity levers to still meet growth expectations. Strategic clarity leads top growth CEOs toward a small set of highly focused growth imperatives including placing a premium on commercial productivity to sustain growth.

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Can My Car Uncover Sales Qualification Criteria Better Than Most Salespeople?

Understanding the Sales Force

If your car was manufactured in the last few years, you probably have a rear camera that helps you see your surroundings when you need to back up, back into a parking space, or drive backwards on the interstate at 65 MPH. Okay, maybe not the last one. Somehow, my Genesis GV80 always knows to display its rear and overhead cameras when I'm pulling into the garage.

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Free Resources to Help You Sell More

Mr. Inside Sales

If you are new to receiving these sales tips, or even if you have been subscribed for a while, I want to give you something that will help you sell more. It’s not often that we get something for free, but I’m going to give you some resources, some inside sales techniques that will help you sell more with less resistance. Now here’s the crazy thing about this no-strings attached offer: Over half the people reading this won’t take advantage of these valuable resources.

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Channel Partnerships by the Numbers

Sales and Marketing Management

A survey or more than 100 B2B marketing managers revealed some telling statistics on the importance of their channel partnership strategies. The post Channel Partnerships by the Numbers appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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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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Stop Using These 5 Wimpy Words and Close More Sales

SalesProInsider

Words are powerful. And the words we choose to use during our sales conversations can make or break the opportunity to close that sale and help that person. Our words have the power to “make” the experience good, bad, or indifferent for that prospective client. Our words allow us to educate, excite, remove fear, and gain commitment as well as provide clarity, comfort, and hope.

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Elevate Your Talent Search With Company Culture Data

Zoominfo

No matter how turbulent or stable the job market is, company culture remains the differentiating factor in attracting and retaining top talent. Unfortunately, most recruiters have a limited view of how a company or client compares with others. Imagine how different your day as a recruiter would be if you knew what the culture was like at companies where your best-fit candidates work.

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G2 Review: “Sometimes, Salesforce Customer Service Will Disappoint You”

Membrain

Our team here at Membrain takes our customer reviews seriously. We see them as an opportunity to understand the customer perspective directly - what’s working, what’s not working, how we can improve, and how we can deliver more of the value that our customers actually, well, value.

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Double Down on Branding in a Recession

Sales and Marketing Management

Many companies do the opposite of what they should do with marketing efforts during a recession. When other companies are stepping back, smart ones push to the front of target audiences' attention. The post Double Down on Branding in a Recession appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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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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How To Optimize Your Sales Booking Process

Predictable Revenue

Tanya MFK joins the Predictable Revenue podcast to discuss how to optimize your appointment setting process for an improved show rate and better sales meetings. The post How To Optimize Your Sales Booking Process appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Accelerate Candidate Search with Advanced Smart Filters in TalentOS

Zoominfo

Filling the top of a recruitment funnel is often the most labor-intensive part of a recruiter’s job. After considering all the active applications, recruiters also spend considerable time trying to figure out where highly coveted passive candidates are employed — and what might convince them to make a move. To help solve that problem, ZoomInfo TalentOS is now equipped with Advanced Smart Filters that allow recruiters to fine-tune their candidate search.

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The Adapter’s Advantage: Ryan Thompson on Driving Diversity & Fueling Growth

Allego

Welcome to The Adapter’s Advantage : Breakthrough Moments that Lead to Success. In our 50th episode, Medtronic global training executive and proud member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Ryan Thompson describes bringing his whole self to work, how to fuel growth through world-class training, and the power of driving inclusion and diversity across the organization.

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Are Your Channel Relationships Where They Need to Be?

Sales and Marketing Management

Channel partnerships are an effective means of putting more qualified leads in your pipeline and expanding to new markets, but only if the strategy is approached smartly. The post Are Your Channel Relationships Where They Need to Be? appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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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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Learning Through Lived Experience- Quotes to Savor!

The Center for Sales Strategy

Things you can control around you are countable within the parameters of a single digit. Did that line stress you out? It's true, though. In a perfect world, you're in charge of every action that affects your life. However, the reality is strikingly different. So what is your contingency plan when things are not mirroring that vision board you have built so passionately?

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Want to Keep Your Employees? Invest in Career Development

Zoominfo

With unemployment rates steadily hovering around pre-pandemic lows , the power in the US job market has shifted into the hands of applicants — with competition that goes far beyond who has the best craft beers on tap. But while job-seekers aren’t struggling to find roles, companies are finding it difficult to hire talent that wants to stick around. Leaving a job is no longer an anxiety-inducing endeavor.

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3 Secrets of Better Sales Content

Allego

Many companies find that their teams work in silos. Instead of collaborating, they operate in parallel. But the pace of change means these companies can end up off the mark if they don’t work across teams, toward common goals. This is a common problem when it comes to creating sales content. Marketers don’t collaborate with sales and end up creating content that is ineffective and goes unused.

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Why Would People Want to Work for Your Company?

Sales and Marketing Management

People are the intrinsic component to any company’s success. So, any business owner or operator must ask a very important question as they build their infrastructure: “What would make people want to work for my company?”. The post Why Would People Want to Work for Your Company? appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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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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7 Valuable Sales Training Techniques, According to Real Sales Leaders

Hubspot Sales

Most salespeople aren't born ready to take on the field — with no need for guidance or insight. That's why leaders need to leverage effective sales training techniques to set reps on the right course and facilitate their professional growth. But training sales reps can be every bit as challenging as it is necessary — so to help you navigate the process, we asked real sales leaders to share some methods they use to bring new salespeople up to speed.

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Cold Email Outreach: The Ultimate Guide

The Center for Sales Strategy

Sales professionals know that cold email outreach is one of the most effective ways to land new clients. But, despite its effectiveness, many people are hesitant to try it because they don't know how to do it properly. If you're one of those people, don't worry. This guide will teach you everything you need to know about cold emailing. We'll cover the basics of creating a great cold email campaign, as well as some tips and tricks for increasing your chances of success.

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Kaizen and Feeding the Sales Pipeline With Cumulative Prospecting

Sales Gravy

Putting Aside Time Every Day to Prospect Will Keep Your Pipeline Full Kaizen is a theory that developed in Japan after World War II and revived the country, their spirit, and their commerce. It’s similar to what we call “feeding the pipeline,” and involves the art of cumulative prospecting. If you set aside time every day for prospecting, you will find a steady flow of success and less stress!

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Go and Grow

Sales and Marketing Management

Forming channel partnerships is distinctly different than growing them. Here are 9 steps for each effort. The post Go and Grow appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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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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What We Lose In Our Focus On Tactics….

Partners in Excellence

My social feeds are filled with advice and tips proclaiming, “If you just do this, you will blow away your quotas and max your comp plan!” Many of these seem to be focusing on that very first conversation with the customer. “Just use a pattern interrupt… ” “Say these words… ” “Do these sequences… ” There are others, focusing on specific objections, others may address closing, or how to handle the demo.

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Consumer Data Laws in the US: Tracking the Latest Legal Updates

Zoominfo

If you spend any time online, you’re bound to eventually encounter a pop-up at the bottom of the screen that reads something like, “this site uses cookies to improve your browsing experience,” along with the option to accept or decline all cookies and an explanation of how the website uses them. This policy disclaimer is required under privacy laws like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy Directive , to give consumers more control over how their data is collected

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Everything You Need to Know About Payment Gateways

Hubspot Sales

Imagine you run a brick-and-mortar store and a customer comes into the shop and wants to pay for a product. But, they don’t have any cash and would like to pay with a credit card. To accept the customer’s payment, you’ll need a payment gateway, or point of sale (POS) terminal to obtain payment information by card or mobile device. If you can’t accept their card, you might lose them as a customer to the competing store next door.

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