Sat.Oct 14, 2023 - Fri.Oct 20, 2023

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Motivate Your Sales Team with Five Non-Monetary Rewards

Sales and Marketing Management

Although competitive pay and financial bonuses are important, non-monetary benefits can boost motivation and address sales budget issues. The post Motivate Your Sales Team with Five Non-Monetary Rewards appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Sales Objections? Move from Concerns to Conversations

SalesProInsider

“ You get what you’re looking for.” It’s just one of dozens of “Jeanette-isms” I heard from my mom when growing up. And now as an adult, I can see how true this statement is. We do get what we’re looking for in many life circumstances, and in sales efforts. Here’s how I see it coming into play in sales situations, especially when faced with concerns or objections during our sales conversations.

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Data-Driven Sales: Modernizing GTM with Greater Insights

Zoominfo

More than ever, selling in today’s economy means discerning precious signals from a sea of noise. From VPs and CMOs to entry-level reps and account managers, everyone is inundated by data. Without a modern go-to-market strategy that can turn signals into action, the flood of data can mean greater administrative overhead, higher margins of error, and even lost revenue.

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Can a Single Question Unlock Behavioral Change on Your Sales Team?

Membrain

I’ve been reading Sharon-Drew Morgen’s latest book, HOW? Generating new neural pathways for learning, behavior change, and decision making , and I’m fascinated by her contention that the right questions can unlock behavioral change that can otherwise be unattainable.

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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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Driving sales velocity in a challenging market: Discover the 4 traits that set top sellers apart

SBI Growth

In the ever-evolving sales landscape , understanding what drives success can often seem like deciphering an enigma. However, if we look closely, patterns begin to emerge that delineate the attributes of successful sellers. To discern these traits, SBI studied 100 frontline sellers, managers, and SDRs. Their research has illuminated four definitive selling approaches, each characterized by specific competencies and behaviors.

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6 Things You Need Before Entering Sales Negotiation

The Sales Readiness Blog

In the modern, competitive sales landscape, negotiation is no longer simply about price. It is about value. Smart sales professionals know that a deep understanding of how the deal will unfold and who will be involved is crucial to setting yourself up for a successful negotiation. But what are the key elements you should focus on before entering into negotiations?

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Compensation Transformation: 7 Tips for 2024 Sales Comp Planning

The Spiff Blog

Believe it or not, the new year is right around the corner– and that means it’s time to plan your sales compensation strategy for 2024. Considering the volatility that most companies faced throughout 2023, you’re probably pondering a lot of significant changes to the way you design, execute, and manage your sales comp programs over the course of the next year.

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Bridging the Gap Between Likability and Trust in Sales

Janek Performance Group

Most people want to be liked. More importantly, they see it providing professional benefits. Salespeople are no different. While likability can be a huge plus in sales, it’s not the only reason buyers buy. Today, with tighter budgets and multiple decision makers, there’s much more to it. Buyers buy whether they like the seller or not. Research in the Harvard Business Review supports this.

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Empowering Women in Sales Leadership

Pipeliner

A Journey of Empowerment in Sales Leadership In a world where equality and diversity are at the forefront of discussions, the realm of sales is no exception. Empowering women in sales leadership positions is not just a matter of justice; it’s also a key driver of revenue growth and innovation. In this article, we’ll delve into the challenges faced by women in sales, the role of sales leadership, and the unique traits that female sales leaders bring to the table.

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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 Ultimate Guide to Creating Linkable Assets for Successful Link Building

Sales and Marketing Management

In the modern online space, a link is a marketing currency that helps to buy profitable positions. instead of non-stop content generation, it is better to work on its attractiveness for link building. The post The Ultimate Guide to Creating Linkable Assets for Successful Link Building appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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8 Inspirational Quotes to Enjoy

Mr. Inside Sales

Greetings to you on an early fall morning! I hope the changing of the seasons inspires you as much as it does me. Speaking of inspiration, here are some of my favorite quotes for you to enjoy today: “If one asks for success and prepares for failure, he will get the situation he has prepared for.” –Florence Shinn “Forget past mistakes.

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The time of "growth at all costs" is over

SBI Growth

Even with a promising outlook in sales pipelines for the coming year, many CEOs still feel the need to err on the side of caution and stay focused on EBITDA rather than pursue growth more aggressively. This seemed to be the general consensus among participants at SBI’s latest CEO Growth Forum.

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5 Keys to Fixing Prospect Indifference

Anthony Cole Training

Every time we onboard a new client, we have a kickoff event where we lay the foundation of the sales process we teach at Anthony Cole Training Group.Inevitably, at some point during that kickoff event we talk about dealing with the competition, specifically how to differentiate yourself from the competition you will face.

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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 Write One Great Cold Email

Zoominfo

Research, outreach, reminders, and tracking all limit the time your sales team has to connect with prospects and solve their problems. And although email is an extremely effective communication channel, it’s also one of the most time-consuming. Email automation makes the job a lot easier — but your automated emails can’t waste the prospect’s time or come off as hollow or impersonal.

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How to Define Differentiation that Matters in a Changing Economy

Force Management

Competitive differentiation is at the core of every organization’s sales strategy. It’s why customers choose your solution and why sellers get excited about bringing your product to market. As markets change, though, customer needs change too. It’s possible that your differentiation may need to adapt to fit these changing customer behaviors.

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One Size Doesn’t Fit All!

Partners in Excellence

Everywhere, we see insights and advice. Some well intended and sometimes effective, some pure wastes of time. The advice usually starts out with the following: “If you just to this thing… ” “I made millions doing this one thing, you can too…… ” “Top performers do this better than everyone else… ” “Our process is this…… Just execute it……” “The script for this offering is this, it will make you su

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4 Must Read Books that will Change your Plan for 2024

Alice Heiman

This year, I set a goal to read at least two books a month. One for fun and one for business. Most months I get two read, and occasionally more depending on how much time I have on airplanes. I find I get more books finished these days if I listen rather than read. For the business books, I like to listen and take notes but if the book is packed full of things I want to refer to, I will purchase a physical copy after I finish listening and mark it up.

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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 to Create Sales Email Sequences That Convert

Zoominfo

Now more than 50 years old, email is quite simply how business gets done. And email sequences are an excellent way of demonstrating the value you can deliver for prospects. With a multi-step email prospecting motion, you can craft messaging that appeals to specific customer pain points, showcase several different use cases of your products or services, and invite engagement in multiple ways.

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Unleash Your Brand's Potential: Discover the Leading Content Marketing Agencies

SocialSellinator

Looking for the best content marketing companies? Discover the top content marketing agencies reviewed in this comprehensive article. Find the perfect partner to boost your brand's potential today.

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Prisoners Of Our Own Experience

Partners in Excellence

Jeremy Donovan published some fascinating data in a post on LinkedIn. He stated 5 years ago, the number of touches, per opportunity, for cold outbound was 200-400. Today, he says it is 1000-1400 touches per opportunity. His observation, “Simply Speechless” is, if anything, an understatement. He does offer some clarification, these touches are across all channels, for example email, phone, social, text.

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The Value of Being ‘Top of Mind’

One of a Kind Sales

Recently, I attended a group meeting with other sales experts focused on sales growth and best practices. They suggested a simple challenge: see what happens when you pick three prospects that you haven’t spoken to in several months and reach out just to reconnect. I was inspired to take this challenge to the next level.

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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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Do You Seek Poetic Justice?

Smooth Sale

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Do You Seek Poetic Justice? Speaking with a friend today, she was sharing her adventures in writing poetry. With ironic humor, I relayed that while I can write blogs and books, poetry was never my style – but the one exception is I seek out poetic justice! According to a Google search, ‘Poetic justice is a literary device that rewards virtue and punishes misdeeds.

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Mastering the Power of Effective Channel Sales Strategy

SocialSellinator

Learn how to master your channel sales strategy with our step-by-step guide. Discover different types of channel sales, create effective strategies aligned with your business goals, and measure success. Boost your visibility and increase your bottom line with SocialSellinator.

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The CRO Revolution: Bridging the Sales and Marketing Divide

Pipeliner

Transforming Sales and Marketing Alignment: The Rise of the CRO In the ever-evolving landscape of business, the harmony between sales and marketing departments has been a long-sought-after goal. In this article, we delve into the transformative role of the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) and how it is reshaping the traditional boundaries between these two crucial pillars of an organization.

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How to Bridge the Content Chasm Between Sales and Marketing

Sales Hacker

After three weeks, today is the day. We finally have the whole team in the office together. We’ve all been alternating being on the road, so it’s good to have the gang back together. Anyway, let’s get into it. This week is brought to you by Demandbase: Hit Your Revenue Goal. Use Fewer Resources. Bridging the Content Chasm Sales is increasingly using strategic content creation and distribution as part of the sales process – from outbound, to advancing pipeline along, to awareness and edu

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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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Can You See Who Viewed Your LinkedIn Profile?

Hubspot Sales

Networking on LinkedIn brings you something a cocktail hour doesn’t: data. So you might be wondering, who viewed your LinkedIn profile? Well, you can find out. However, it’s what you do with the knowledge that matters. In this article, we‘ll dive into how you can see your profile views. You’ll also learn how you can increase your visibility. Let's dive in.

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Unlock Success with These Expert Social Media Marketing Tips

SocialSellinator

Looking for social media marketing tips? Discover the 7 C's and 4 P's of effective social media marketing. Learn how to engage, convert, and succeed in the digital age. Partner with SocialSellinator for measurable results.

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Product Portfolio Management & the Strategic Ripple Effect 9 of 10 – The Best Product Launches Launch the Story, Not the Product

Product Management University

The best product launches are like the cream cheese frosting on a decadent chocolate cake! You’ve just built some cool new A.I. enabled product or feature set and everyone’s totally energized over the upcoming announcement and marketing launch activities. The new product is going to boost your differentiation in the competitive space. Existing customers have greater confidence you’re keeping pace with or staying ahead of the technology curve in ways that benefit them.

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