SalesHood

JANUARY 31, 2023

The post Sales Enablement KPIs: How to WOW the C-Suite appeared first on SalesHood.

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RAIN Group

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Too many sellers have similar problems: Bloated pipelines filled with dead wood Lack of clarity on what opportunities to focus on No plan to win their biggest, most important opportunities Losing too often to the competition

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Sales 2.0

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This is the first in a series of interviews with sales management subject matter experts, examining the current and future states of AI in sales. This first interview is with Oliver Churchill , the founder and CEO of Acuity Sales Decision Science. Acuity enables B2B sales teams “to improve sales productivity in implementing prospecting and customer growth strategies using flexible process technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Sales productivity is always a concern for CEOs and their go-to-market leadership teams. There's pressure mounting due to buyer uncertainty in a sideways market, a renewed focus on earnings versus growth, and owners and shareholders hungry for good news. Facing the background of a tight labor market, companies risk workforce burnout and missed opportunities to capture new markets.

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Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 31, 2023

“I don’t have time for any distractions,” a CEO replied many years ago to my sales call. His comment was impactful because it made me think about my sales approach. I thought of myself as a helpful, well-intentioned sales professional. This CEO viewed me as a distraction. That ignited my life-long interest in influence and how decision-makers view sales professionals.

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One of a Kind Sales

JANUARY 30, 2023

Recently I’ve heard a lot about the value of Social Selling – a process that involves connecting and interacting with prospects on social media platforms. The objective is to create a relationship first and not to sell your product or service at the time of connection.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

JANUARY 31, 2023

Buyer-first mentality is simply defined as it’s a buyer’s world, and sellers are just living in it. In the past, traditional sellers could easily come in and build a case because they were a superstar, had great product knowledge, and were able to support the buyer’s organization. In essence, they were selling what they could accomplish for the client without ever knowing anything about them.

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Nutshell

JANUARY 30, 2023

Converting leads into clients isn’t always the simplest task. It takes work to find a company in your target audience and gradually transform that company into a lead, and from there into a paying customer. That process is called the buyer’s journey, and it’s facilitated by sales pipelines. For a business-to-business (B2B) company like yours, it’s helpful to have a specific structure to your sales pipeline.

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Corporate Visions

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Research-backed ways to improve your chances of maintaining a successful hybrid sales approach now, and in the future. The post How to Make a Hybrid Sales Approach Work for You appeared first on Corporate Visions.

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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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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

A sales consultant who knows that I geek out on sales data read that 84% of salespeople suck because they don't enjoy what they do. A huge percentage of salespeople do actually suck but the actual number is closer to 75%. Is it really because they don't enjoy selling? Most of the data I write about comes from Objective Management Group which has assessed more than 2.3 million salespeople.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 30, 2023

Focusing on the needs of your customers as well as those of your employees will help you build strong customer relationships while ensuring your team feels empowered to drive positive change throughout the company. The post Creating Success Through a Customer-First, Employee-Driven Approach appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 31, 2023

Creating Powerful Development Plans It’s the annual performance review (APR) time again. APR is a time-consuming process for the sales leadership team. It takes a lot of time to write up and give each review. If you take the traditional approach of spending 80% of your time reviewing the past year and 20% on goals for the new year, you will have missed one of the biggest opportunities to supercharge your team.

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Mr. Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Want some quick (and easy!) tips that will make you better Right Away? You’ll find them below, and I guarantee that if you use them, you’ll not only identify buyers faster, but you’ll feel more confident, you’ll close more sales, and your income will grow— starting today. Here are quick/easy things you can say to make yourself—or your sales team—better: Instead of saying, “I don’t know if you have any budget for this…” Say: “And what type of budget do you have set aside for this?

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

It's been four months since the baseball season ended but college baseball begins in less than 4 weeks and it will be fun to watch our son play for his college team (while freezing our asses off!). It's also been a while since the last time I shared a top/bottom analysis but I completed one this week that I had to share.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The tech stack tools that helping power sales enablement efforts are only part of the solution. A thorough understanding of what sales enablement is and how to assess it in your company is vital. The post Why Sales Enablement Matters More Than Ever appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Last week, I shared 5 key things that have helped us grow and serve others in the last 30 years, hoping they will be helpful to others on their journey. Now, I'm taking a deeper dive into the 5 key takeaways with a more detailed on each. Starting with #5: Focus on the Best Version of Yourself.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 29, 2023

I read an important article by Elizabeth Spiers, Layoffs by Email Show What Employers Really Think of Their Workers. Please take the time to read it, it’s more important than this post. In the past year, we’ve seen 100’s of thousands of layoffs, particularly in technology segments. As Ms. Spiers outlines, as tragic as these are, the dehumanizing means by which too many of those people have been notified of their terminations tells us more about the absence of caring and respect

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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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Membrain

JANUARY 29, 2023

In the latest episode of the Art and Science of Complex Sales podcast, Paul Fuller sits down with Walter Crosby , CEO of Helix Sales Development , to discuss his unique perspective on the world of sales with us.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

It’s vital to ensure that sales teams have the skills to thrive during a period of revenue resilience and the skills to bounce back when enterprise spending goes back to normal. The post Top Skills to Reinforce During a Period of Revenue Resilience appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Go for No!

JANUARY 31, 2023

Go for No is a sales and marketing strategy that encourages individuals and teams to embrace rejection as a necessary step toward success. In sales, going for no is typically a one-on-one (or small team) endeavor. You make an ask, you get an answer. From a marketing perspective, you can get a ton of “implicit” nos. Meaning, people don’t say no, but they don’t take action, either.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

As my social feeds get filled with “gurus” talking about how AI can be deployed to do virtually everything critical to sellers, I started wondering about the “Human” element of engaging our customers and people in our own organizations. It seems AI and tools like ChatGPT are the answer for virtually every sales activity. It can generate endless amounts of well written content for email campaigns, blogs, and so forth.

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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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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

There isn’t one guaranteed way to win your next customer. But no matter which path works best for your team, you can’t prospect effectively without a deep understanding of your product, a firm grasp of your ideal customer, and the specific steps needed to connect the two. Let’s break down the various channels for finding prospects and look at how effective each is at converting leads to opportunities, and ultimately, to customers.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In good economic times, it’s important to be aware of every revenue opportunity. In uncertain times, it’s mission critical. Sales enablement helps reps reach out with the right message at the right time. The post Seizing Every Revenue Moment appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Nutshell

JANUARY 31, 2023

As 2023 kicks off, we’re excited for the future here at Nutshell. We’ve got a long list of improvements in the works, and we’re looking forward to continuing to invest in our product, service, and customers while advancing our mission of helping businesses grow their revenue with powerful, easy-to-use sales and marketing technology. Recently, some of the big names in the CRM space have been cutting costs and announcing layoffs.

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Membrain

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

People who buy drills don’t want drills. They want holes.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 31, 2023

Today’s sales teams have the ability to use tools that would simply blow the mind of someone who first came up in the industry just 10 years ago. But despite the speed of innovation in sales tech, there are still large corporations and small startups alike whose main sources of information for targeting are Google, basic contact-scraping software, and LinkedIn Sales Navigator.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Before chopping budgets and changing strategies, B2B decision-makers should first explore how their existing automation tools can forge new pathways to profitability amidst economic uncertainty. The post Weathering Economic Downturns with Sales Enablement Automation appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 30, 2023

Learning how to network effectively is one of the most important professional skills you need to master, regardless of your industry or expertise. In this post, you’ll learn why networking is important and how to network effectively based on your unique needs. Why Networking Matters 9 Networking Stats to Know Networking Best Practices Why Networking Matters Why Networking Matters Many of the benefits of networking seem obvious.

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