Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Which brings me to sales cycles. Do you know what actually determines the length of your sales cycle? A lot of sales leaders and their salespeople believe that sales cycles are determined by their industry, or are specific to the industries they sell to. Short Foliage Cycle. Understand this.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 9, 2023

Google Ads Manager helps businesses get more from their ads and eventually see a return on investment. Here are five Google Ads Manager features for beginners to know. The post 5 Google Ad Manager Features Beginners Should Know appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Setting targeted Google Alerts for sales can give you invaluable insights into your niche. These sales alerts also give you a relatively low-effort way to keep tabs on your main competitors and ideal prospects. To help you get started, I’ll share insights on how experts use Google Alerts to help them sell. Bottom line?

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 5, 2024

Launched in 2022, ZoomInfo’s partnership with Google Cloud allows teams to access rich, engagement-ready data in the flexible, powerful environments they use every day. The bottom line: ZoomInfo and Google’s partnership allows sales, marketing and operations professionals to deliver the speed, personalization, and scale that buyers demand.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 17, 2021

I am proposing that you make it safe to miss a sales target. I have some research that makes this a great debate to have in your sales team right now. Setting sales goals where even a 70% level of achievement would be great. How would you know if your sales teams are Psychologically safe or not? Hear me out.

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 3, 2018

The What, Why, How, and When of Executive Sales Coaching. Traditionally, CEOs, presidents and business owners were the group that benefited the most from executive sales coaching. They need to determine which groups of leaders can benefit the most from executive sales coaching. Why Executive Sales Coaching .

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 23, 2022

But Google's algorithms for identifying reputable websites is constantly in flux. The post How to Leverage Digital PR in 2022 to Benefit Your SEO Strategy appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. Getting backlinks to your site from "reputable" websites is still a key way to improve organic search results.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 24, 2024

And in the age of AI-assisted sales, what was once a long process of research, targeting, and crafting outreach has now become remarkably fast. But today’s top AI sales assistants don’t just help sales teams work faster — with the right data, AI helps sellers make smarter decisions. What is AI Sales Assistant Software?

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Zoominfo

MARCH 3, 2019

In the world of B2B sales, company research is a critical aspect of any successful rep’s daily duties. In fact, access to the right research tools and information can make or break your ability to identify target accounts, personalize a sales pitch, and ultimately, close deals. Google Alerts. Let’s get into it! DiscoverOrg.

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Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 23, 2024

All salespeople and their managers want to understand the psychology of selling and in fact, is it a highly searched phrase on google. Giving credit where credit is due, The Psychology of Selling is a well-regarded book by legendary sales professional Brian Tracy that should certainly be on every salesperson’s list of must-reads.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Millions of people use devices like Amazon Echo and Google Home to find out more about products and services they need or to control their home environment. But for business, AI is having an early transformative effect on sales and marketing by helping people make better decisions and serve customers more effectively. So, what is AI?

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 3, 2018

The What, Why, How, and When of Executive Sales Coaching. Why Executive Sales Coaching . The group that I have had the most experience with is sales leaders. Sales leaders are responsible for meeting the company’s revenue objectives. I have chosen to be an executive coach and focus my efforts on sales leaders.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Anyone who has followed this Blog over the past 15 years knows that other than sales, the only thing I write about nearly as much is baseball. A Google search from within the Blog yields 605 results, and a search on my son playing baseball over the past twelve years yields 208 results. How does that tie into sales?

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Steven Rosen

APRIL 13, 2020

Sales Leadership Roundtable – Part II. This is the second post from the sales leadership roundtable. Create Google Hangouts. What a great group I had on the sales leadership roundtable. The post Sales Leadership Roundtable – Tips on How to Communicate appeared first on STAR Results. Find Out More.

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Sales 2.0

JULY 8, 2022

Meanwhile most high tech companies accept this level of productivity in their sales departments. It can be a critical step in filling your sales pipeline with great opportunities. Sometimes that need is something your product can address and hence a sales opportunity is created. Do you know how you help?

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eGrabber

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Google Maps is not just for navigation; it’s a treasure trove of data that can be incredibly valuable for businesses, especially small and medium enterprises. From local business information, customer reviews, contact details, to operational hours, the insights from Google Maps can power up sales and marketing efforts.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 20, 2022

I conducted a Google search for the Top Sales Blogs and it showed 616,000 results. I started browsing page by page and I found approximately 50 different lists of top sales blogs on the first 6 pages. I can work with that!

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 27, 2020

Sales territory maps serve as the game boards for outside sales, which makes field sales reps the game board pieces. Though it can be tedious, sales territory mapping provides a framework for strategic planning — ensuring that sales reps don’t go into meetings blind. What is Sales Territory Mapping?

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 16, 2019

Author: Chanan Greenberg The sales landscape is shifting – customer service is becoming the most important factor for buyers, expected to surpass both product and price within three years, according to the Customers 2020 report. Sales is no longer conducted exclusively by salespeople. What Is Omni-Channel? Omni-Channel Fundamentals.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 15, 2025

Last week, I noticed that people are still using this archaic and overly simplistic sales qualifying process, and too many are still writing about the benefits of BANT (Acronym for Budget, Authority, Need, Timing). The first page of this Google search reveals 10 articles written about BANT in 2024 alone.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

If one of your goals in 2021 is to grow your online sales, you’re not alone. If you’re not sure who your core audience is, try using Google Analytics to see who’s already visiting your site and buying your products/services. Make each piece of content valuable to your audience (read: not just sales copy). Never fear.

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SalesFuel

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

If youve been managing search marketing for your accounts, you may be checking out the recommendations from Google Ads. Google advice alerts you to new features and suggests ways to optimize results for your accounts. And Dennis Moons, at storegrowers.com , breaks down Google advice into specific categories.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 12, 2022

it's the same with sales teams. You won't find the answer by doing a Google search as that search turns up exactly nothing on the subject. Now, each time I stand up, I crack my knee and foot and I can walk without pain. The most important thing was that my symptom screamed ankle but the root cause was my leg and foot.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 4, 2019

Why would your B2B sales prospects be any different? In B2B sales, the quicker you build trust with your prospect, the more likely it is that you will close a deal. In fact, only 3% of buyers trust sales reps ( source ). We’ve compiled a comprehensive guide to building trust in sales. Yet, it’s easier said than done.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Prospecting workflows are established so that sales reps don’t spend their whole day looking for prospects. Here are just a few common pain points associated with sales workflows. Sales reps often juggle multiple prospects at one time. Prospecting isn’t the only thing on a sales rep’s to-do list. Let’s learn more.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 26, 2019

I was surprised to hear him talk about the fact that his company was now embracing specialist sales roles. The CMO said this “breakthrough” strategy was the foundation of the company’s sales and marketing plans. The days of the sales generalist are over. The time spent with sales is decreasing.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Simply put, your site needs to rank among the top websites that Google or other search engines list on the search engine result pages (SERPs) for the keywords you’ve optimized in your web content. There are many factors that Google ranking algorithms consider when ranking websites, so you must satisfy as many of those as possible.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 7, 2020

The economy seems to grow in line with the average sales, or is it the other way? Reminds one of the old joke about a salesman introducing technology to a VP of sales. There is no doubting the demonstratable benefits that technology has delivered to sales. That is exactly what many are experiencing with sales.

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MTD Sales Training

APRIL 12, 2020

You’re conducting an online sales presentation to a prospective new customer…. WebEx, Google Hangout, Fuze etc…. Having observed this on so many occasions, if the answer to any of the above questions is in doubt by the customer, the chances are you won’t get the sale. Improve your online sales presentation skills….

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 9, 2023

My Chrome home page often displays articles that Google thinks I might be interested in. Red Sox, Patriots, politics, software applications, gadgets, and for the first time, sales assessments! The first article was the 7 Best Personality Assessments for Your Sales Team. I thought, "Is this for real?".

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Google Marketing Live. Google Marketing Live provides an overview of all the new tools, ad formats, reporting features, and any changes coming to Google in the new year. This year’s conference is set for June 1-3 in San Francisco, which is about an hour from Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California.

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This kind of content positions you as a thought leader in a given field or industry, does not contain a sales pitch, and should never mention your company or brand except as the source of the content. I get my news and headlines from Twitter, Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn (to name a few). 4 Examples of Product-Agnostic Content.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 22, 2020

At this year’s virtual event Henry Schuck, delivered a keynote presentation called “Hit Your Number: How To Fast-Track Your Outbound Sales and Marketing in Europe.”. So, if you’re looking for opportunities to grow sales, to grow revenue and to hit your number, this post is for you. Final Thoughts on EMEA Outbound Sales.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2017

Can sales managers influence the buying process? If sales close, you win. Calls with their sales managers become about justifying why prospects should be in their pipelines in the first place, and discussing ways these account based sales reps can accelerate the buying process. You can’t manage revenue.

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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. I was curious to hear what he thinks.

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Force Management

OCTOBER 24, 2023

It’s easy to find a sales training company to help you enable your teams. Google it and you’ll find plenty of options that run the gamut of experience and cost. The challenge lies in finding the right sales transformation solution to help you solve the challenges you’re currently facing and drive the outcomes you need.

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Sales 2.0

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

I am working on a new sales project and I am sharing what is happening, hoping that it may help you in your selling. Summary When looking for quick sales wins, one great place to look is in dusty old CRM records. Use Excel (or Google Sheets) initially to do mass clean up and data appending. More on that in future emails.

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