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8 Tips To Help End Sales Slumps

Sales and Marketing Management

Sales slumps happen. it's important for managers to know how to help their reps get out of a slump as soon as possible. The post 8 Tips To Help End Sales Slumps appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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4 Reasons for Restructuring Your Sales Team

The Center for Sales Strategy

A new sales structure can help improve productivity. Sometimes it becomes necessary to go back to the drawing board. Remind yourself what your original goals were for your team. What objectives did you have that still have not been accomplished or that are no longer being accomplished the way they used to be? How can you fix problems and begin reaping the rewards you once had?

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Houston, We Have a Problem (How to Avoid Selling on Price)

Anthony Cole Training

In all moments of selling, there are many things that can go wrong. And when something goes wrong, it is in fact time to say “Houston, we have a problem.” But who is the “we” that caused the problem?

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5 Actions to Create an Accurate Pipeline Management Program

SBI Growth

Pipeline Management is a critical exercise with which many organizations struggle. But those high-growth companies with consistent and disciplined pipeline management outperform their competition by 1.5x. As CEOs evolve into commercial visionaries, executive teams are regularly reviewing out-of-quarter pipeline; involving their counterparts in Marketing, Product, Business Development, and Pricing to proactively get a foothold on weak areas and holistically solve for potential challenges.

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Marketing Operations in 2025: A New Framework for Success

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.

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The New Rules of Salesforce Collaboration

Sales and Marketing Management

Clearly defined rules of engagement are critical to helping sales teams achieve their full potential, driving higher sales performance, and creating a positive and healthy competitive sales environment that helps to position the business for sustainable success. The post The New Rules of Salesforce Collaboration appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Objecting To Objections

Partners in Excellence

Lately, I’ve been watching some eLearning programs on objection handling. It suddenly struck me, there’s a unique arrogance we sellers have about the concepts of objections. Too often, the underlying thinking seems to be that salespeople are the only people that encounter objections. That objections are something unique that customers inflict on us.

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Four Ways Modern Hiring is Broken, and How to Fix It

Zoominfo

In my previous career as a staffing consultant, I once pitched a staffing product to the HR leaders at a big financial services company, which had recently completed a huge merger. The CEOs of both merging companies had told an industry magazine that cost-cutting would be a top priority for the newly formed organization, so my presentation was focused on highlighting this part of the solution.

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Sales Enablement and Digital Marketing Lead Sales Budget Increases in 2022

Sales and Marketing Management

2021 was a year of growth through transformation for many companies. In 2022, chief sales officers must invest their budgets wisely to return to growth through more traditional approaches. The post Sales Enablement and Digital Marketing Lead Sales Budget Increases in 2022 appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Discovery resistance in complex B2B sales

Membrain

At the peak of my Solution Selling business, in the mid-90s, I was speaking to one of our clients. He was the VP of Sales of an enterprise B2B salesforce of 200 reps, and he was frustrated. He was selling highly complex software as a service application to chemical, drug, and oil companies.

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Don't Let AI Pass You By: The New Era of Personalized Sales Coaching & Development

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!

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Should We Be That Surprised By The Digital Buying Journey?

Partners in Excellence

The “big news” in customer engagement is the customer digital buying journey. The shift to customers preferring the digital channels over dealing with sales people. Let’s be clear, a rep-free buying process, a preference for “self service,” is nothing new. Buyers have been doing this for decades, if not longer. It’s probably the dominant form of selling in consumer products.

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Weekly Roundup: Should Business Owners Be Raising Prices, Hiring Crisis + More

The Center for Sales Strategy

- MOTIVATION -. "I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.". - AROUND THE WEB -. > Should Business Owners Be Raising Their Prices Right Now?– The Great Game of Business. We asked the President of The Great Game of Business, Darin Bridges if he thinks business owners should be raising their prices right now. His response was, "hell, yes.". Protecting Margins Now, So You Can Fund Growth Tomorrow We've always had a saying at SRC.

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How a LinkedIn Cover Story Can Boost Your Profile

Sales and Marketing Management

LinkedIn's cover story feature with video capabilities can quickly communicate the skills, experiences and personality of a company, professional or client, helping profiles to stand out among others. The post How a LinkedIn Cover Story Can Boost Your Profile appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Driving Sales Success with Passion

Alice Heiman

Simon Sinek once said, “ If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears. “ When Founders create their company, they do it because they notice a problem that needs to be solved, and they have a passion for creating a solution that helps all the people facing that problem.

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Cracking the Code: Turning Intent Data into Go-to-Market Success

Speaker: Steven Bryerton, SVP of Sales at ZoomInfo & Robin Izsak-Tseng, VP of Revenue Marketing at G2

Join Steven Bryerton, SVP of Sales at ZoomInfo, and Robin Izsak-Tseng, VP of Revenue Marketing at G2 in this webinar where you're guaranteed to walk away with a fresh understanding of and a new perspective on intent data! Turn your go-to-market motions around with intent data! Instead of searching for ways to showcase your products, reach out to the customers that are searching for your solutions — then build your messaging around their needs to set you apart from the competition. 🚀 With

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Information Asymmetry, Turning The Tables

Partners in Excellence

In the old days, when I used to hail a horse drawn carriage to take me to my customers in Wall Street, one of the most important advantages salespeople had was “information.” Salespeople were a primary source of learning for customers. Not just information about products and services, but what customers were doing, trends and issues that were happening in the industry.

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Sales Pipeline vs Sales Funnel: Do You Know the Difference?

The Center for Sales Strategy

Often, a sales funnel and sales pipeline are confused. They are not the same, and both have a distinct purpose along the path to purchase. They both provide an incredible amount of intelligence when examined in part and as a whole. Marketers and sales leaders that collaborate closely will learn that ensuring the sales funnel and pipeline are both full, healthy, and clean defines some of the biggest indicators of revenue success.

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Metaphor Minute: Think “Bug Spray?”

Anne Miller

What do you spend your marketing time thinking about? When you ask life insurance marketing guru Lynn Lavender that question, she’ll tell you she spends a lot of time trying to create compelling social media posts. She knows that compelling posts strengthen her brand and help bring in business. How does she make them compelling? “I think of creative analogies and then create a graphic that reinforces that analogy or metaphor.” .

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What is Revenue Operations and Why Does it Matter?

Chorus.ai

What does building a truck factory have in common with selling software? If you’re the kind of person who likes unwinding complicated puzzles, it turns out they’re not so different. That’s how Scott Sutton sees it. Sutton started his career with Daimler Truck, where he spent more than 10 years wrangling complicated supply chains, overseeing technology spending, and yes, even helping build a semi truck factory in Mexico.

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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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WEBINAR: Leslie Douglas hosts ‘3 Quota-Crushing Pipeline Management Techniques for Building Q2 Pipeline” SPONSORED BY ZOOMINFO

John Barrows

The post WEBINAR: Leslie Douglas hosts ‘3 Quota-Crushing Pipeline Management Techniques for Building Q2 Pipeline” SPONSORED BY ZOOMINFO appeared first on JB Sales.

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Sales Training vs. Sales Coaching: What’s the Difference

Predictable Revenue

Learn the difference between sales training and sales coaching, the unique benefits, and why you should be using a combination of both in your organization. The post Sales Training vs. Sales Coaching: What’s the Difference appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Key Focus Areas for Accelerating Growth

Force Management

There’s not a sales leader out there who isn’t trying to accelerate growth. Even if you are working at a company that is driving record numbers, you're likely focused on ensuring you can scale that growth and avoid stalls. How do successful leaders ensure that they are able to maintain their company's growth rate over time?

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Engaging the Decision Makers

Engage Selling

??? Do you know who the decision makers are in the buying process? More and more individuals are involved in the buying decision than ever before. There are a number … Read More. The post Engaging the Decision Makers first appeared on Colleen Francis - The Sales Leader.

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Buyer & Customer Engagement: A Digital Exhaust Methodology

Unlock growth through customer-centric campaigns that deeply understand buyer journeys from awareness to post-purchase. This eBook shows how aligning marketing, sales, and customer service via an "outside-in" approach resonates with audiences, fosters trust, and drives loyalty - outperforming "inside-out" product-focused tactics. Gain a competitive edge through customer insights!

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The Center for Sales Strategy Recognizes the Recent Class of Talent Superhero Winners

The Center for Sales Strategy

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WEBINAR: Leslie Douglas hosts “How the Top 1% of Sales Reps Sell Into Big Enterprise Accounts”

John Barrows

The post WEBINAR: Leslie Douglas hosts “How the Top 1% of Sales Reps Sell Into Big Enterprise Accounts” appeared first on JB Sales.

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Startup Financing: How It Works & How to Get It

Hubspot Sales

There's no shortage of options if you're looking for money to start a business. Startup financing ranges from news-worthy venture capital rounds to credit cards, grants, and small business loans. All entrepreneurs need to raise capital at some point — whether to get their business up and running or accelerate growth. But every lending choice comes with advantages and disadvantages.

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California’s New Privacy Agency: Is Your Company Ready?

Zoominfo

California has been setting the pace on consumer privacy protections for nearly two decades, passing laws that regulate how businesses like Amazon, Google and Facebook can collect, store and use consumer data. This includes the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and its successor, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), which takes effect in 2023.

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The Resurgence of Direct Mail as a Growth Marketing Strategy

Speaker: Jeff Tarran, COO, Gunderson Direct & Margaret Pepe, Executive Director of Product Management, U.S. Postal Service

Learn the secrets to direct mail success for growth marketers! Industry veterans Jeff Tarran and Margaret Pepe are here to delve into how direct mail has completely evolved in recent years, and has rightfully earned a seat at the table alongside the email and digital marketing plans of SMBs, enterprise companies, and agencies as they look into strategy for 2024 and beyond.

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To Develop People, Remember Their Differences

criteria for success

As a sales manager, one of your most important responsibilities is to develop people. We like to say that sales managers should focus less on developing sales and more on developing salespeople. For sales managers who started out as salespeople, though, this can be especially hard. It's tempting to guide your team to follow your example, and you might wonder why what worked for you isn't working for them.

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Pipeliner’s Powerful Details and Forms

Pipeliner

Because of the sheer number of features we are regularly releasing (more than any other vendor in our space), we haven’t had the chance to spotlight two very powerful new features that came out with the last Pipeliner CRM release. Now we will—for you should really know about them. Customizing Details. For every one of the entities viewable in Pipeliner—opportunity, account, contact, lead, task and activity—the user has always been able to view various entity details.

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10 Business Resolutions for Salespeople in 2022

Hubspot Sales

New Year's eve isn't the only time you can set resolutions for yourself or your business. When you're noticing a slump in performance, a lack of motivation, or an opportunity to grow in your career, try putting some business resolutions in place to get back on track. In this post, we give you 10 of the most revitalizing business resolutions to work toward this year. 1.