SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

This post is focused on organizing sales talent to help you make the number. The cost of sales is increasing. Hiring ‘A’ player sales reps is expensive. A symptom of this is: your revenue trends haven’t increased with your sales expense. How to Make the Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute.

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SBI Growth

JULY 8, 2013

Social selling is a technique being adopted by many B2B sales organizations. However, company policies against social media are hampering many a sales team. I even provide a sample Social Media Policy for Sales. Without a policy to govern social media use, expect problems and inconsistencies. Policy – It all starts here.

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Sales Gravy

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Ask Jeb: How to Sell When Your Customer Has to Sell First Welcome to another Ask Jeb segment on the Sales Gravy Podcast! Im Jeb Blountbestselling author of Fanatical Prospecting, Objections, Sales EQ, and INKED. Im Jeb Blountbestselling author of Fanatical Prospecting, Objections, Sales EQ, and INKED.

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Customer Licensing Proposal Government 80

Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 8, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I''ve seen this happen in youth baseball so many times. Are there sales versions of this? An example of a successful, but not necessarily busy salesperson, would be the one whose two whale-sized deals generated three times more business than the rest of the sales force combined.

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Top of Funnel Proposal Coaching Networking 252

The Pipeline

JUNE 13, 2012

When you read job ads, one prevalent requirement is experience; when you talk to buyers, they will tell you they prefers to deal with experienced sales people. But experience can be a double edged sword, especially in sales. In sales the risk is real, and all to present in many organizations.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 6, 2013

If you don’t have alignment with sales then it will all be wasted effort. For proof, try to measure the return on marketing spend without sales alignment. Research conducted by the Aberdeen Group indicates when sales and marketing are aligned: Pipeline size increases by 18-27% and. Closing the feedback loop with Sales.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Lead Qualification 308

No More Cold Calling

MARCH 8, 2019

In honor of International Women’s Day, how can your sales team attract more female rainmakers? There’s always been bias against women in sales, and anyone with different color skin, ethnicity, or beliefs than decision-makers and hiring managers. Whatever the reason for the change, the rallying cry is to attract women in sales.

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Hiring Referrals Networking Conference 247

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 16, 2017

They’ve been through it so many times they can rattle off the typical objections from customers and prospects: “I don’t have time to hear this pitch”. Storytelling gives a prospect a compelling reason to hear you out. Storytelling is vital at every point in the sales cycle. It’s not a high priority for us”. “I Cold calls.

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Real Estate Construction Scale Hiring 243

The Sales Heretic

JANUARY 21, 2015

Whether you sell to businesses, governments or consumers, your buyers go through a variety of emotional states during the sales process. Sales business buyer consumers government objections product prospect service' When a buyer begins their [.].

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Buyer Government Consumer Objections 120

Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

From subject to signature, top salespeople know the importance of crafting great prospecting emails. After all, an email is often a prospect’s first impression, and it can be the difference between calling or deleting you. Also, too many sales pros think they just need the basic idea, and the prospect will do the rest.

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Prospecting How To Social Media Call-back 117

The Sales Heretic

JUNE 5, 2018

Sales has changed. And not just consumers, but business, government, and educational buyers as well. These days, buyers can get virtually anything they want online. Which brings up an important question: What do buyers need you for? If you don’t have at least one good answer at the ready, you have a problem. Because if [.].

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Government Education Consumer Buyer 183

DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 2, 2019

Most conversations around big data reference healthcare data, GPS/location data, data within government and education systems, financial data – all personal information at the consumer level. TOPO’s research suggests that, as Intent Data goes mainstream and becomes more integrated, it will become part of the prospect lifecycle.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 1, 2018

Managers of sales and marketing teams are charged with coaching up individual team members, enhancing their skill sets and improving overall team performance. Storytelling has stood the test of time as a critical skill in sales and marketing?—?and They are more often directly engaging with prospects and growth-opportunity customers.

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Marketing Telemarketing Education Scale 226

DiscoverOrg Sales

APRIL 3, 2018

“Sales acceleration” is a good buzzword, but all it really means is “sell more, faster” … without saying anything about “How?”. We’re excited to announce our redesigned Outreach integration, which will make sales processes faster and easier than ever. Sales research – fast. There’s no single source of truth.

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SalesForce Data System Sales Operations 33

Pipeliner

OCTOBER 28, 2024

From customer service and sales development to HR functions and cybersecurity, these agents can be customized for specific domains. Hence, this prospect of a tangible return on investment (ROI) makes AI agents especially appealing to businesses.

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ROI Government Lead Rank System 105

Zoominfo

JANUARY 8, 2020

If you’ve been given the task of setting up your company’s sales and marketing database, you’re probably not overly excited … especially if it’s something you’ve got to build from scratch. How do you find prospects quickly? But setting up a sales and marketing database from scratch is not as difficult as you may think.

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Sales Gravy

APRIL 6, 2025

As the new tariffs imposed by the US government were announced, kicking off what is expected to devolve into a global trade war, the Dow Jones plunged by over 2,200 points, the S&P 500 lost more than 10%, the Nasdaq entered into a bear market and more than $6.6 You need to bring your A-Game into every sales conversation. No mistakes.

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Government Intent Face-to-face Margin 56

SMEI

JANUARY 5, 2024

In today’s highly competitive job market, particularly in the dynamic fields of sales and marketing, standing out to prospective employers is more crucial than ever. Keeping Up with Industry Trends The sales and marketing sector is continuously evolving, with new tools, strategies, and market dynamics emerging regularly.

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Marketing Ideal Customer Profile Social Media Webinar Metrics 219

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Sales teams are juggling more tasks than ever. In this environment, your sales operations tools and platforms can’t just be effective — they need to be transformative. What Are Sales Operations Tools? However, there are a handful of solution categories that any sales ops team needs to focus on for success.

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Sales Operations Tools Scale Lead Rank 130

Mindtickle

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Sales content is poorly organized in disparate systems, and sellers spend much time looking for what they need. Every revenue organization must have a governance strategy and the right tools to support it. If you’re unsure what corporate governance is, you’ve come to the right place. What is content governance?

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Government Pharmaceuticals Remedy Buyer 52

Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 28, 2014

I started that post with the comment that I thought my dad could have been a good sales manager. He was a little rough around the edges and would not have survived current HR and political correctness constraints… BUT he would have had a highly productive sales team. Tell your sales people to say, “Great! See next lesson.).

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PandaDoc

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Sales prospecting acts as the first stage in the sales process. B2B sales organizations may often find that this process is highly time-consuming and requires significant investments in manual labor. And poorly managed prospecting lists will result in seller fatigue. B2B sales prospecting in a nutshell.

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Ideal Customer Profile B2B Prospecting Top of Funnel 98

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 19, 2018

As of a year ago, 57% of surveyed marketing and sales reps were not aware of GDPR or how it would impact them, and only 29% of organizations label their approach to data protection and organization as “mature.”. Do you collect and use the data of individuals in order to prospect? Here’s how to best prospect in a post-GDPR world. .

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Prospecting Social Media Policies Vendor 104

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Your B2B sales reps are working long hours to close last minute deals. In many industries, gift giving is governed by a very specific set of compliance laws. Gifts to government officials. Gifts to government officials for expedited service. It seems like there’s not enough time in the day. Generally Unacceptable.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 2, 2018

What you learn when you hold down a police beat, cover a major research university or monitor local government is that everyone has a story. In fact, the sources we reached for this cover story made it clear that being a great storyteller isn’t merely an advantage in sales and marketing, it’s an essential job requirement.

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Government Report Relationals Research 168

PandaDoc

MARCH 25, 2025

The sales process varies greatly depending on the purchase. In this article, well explore the challenges of complex sales and the strategies your team can use to close deals more efficiently. What is considered a complex sale? Complex sales typically involve high-value products or services, which are often highly customizable.

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Crunchbase

MAY 9, 2023

I often hear from startup founders who are interested in selling to government agencies but don’t know how to get started. It’s easy to understand why: Each year, 90,000 state and local government organizations spend more than $ 1.5 Plus, selling to governments represents an incredible opportunity for real impact.

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Government How To Competition Scale 59

Zoominfo

MARCH 28, 2023

A strong data management framework combines data governance, quality control, security, analysis and automation to make sure data is both accurate and reliable. Develop a Data Governance Framework A data governance framework defines who can access data, what types of data are available, and how that data is accessed.

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Data Government Policies System 130

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 31, 2019

So you missed your sales quota last quarter. When people fail to meet their sales quota, I can almost always point to one of three reasons: An unhealthy sales pipeline Poor messaging Selling to a single point of failure. Problem #1: You have an unhealthy sales pipeline. How long is your average sales cycle?

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Quota Decision Maker Segment Hiring 178

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 5, 2022

How to Align Marketing and Sales with a Gap Analysis. Aligning marketing and sales is a lot like making out in junior high. The reason for that is that there’s no real guide for marketing, sales, and RevOps leaders at software companies as to how to do it… until now! Governance. from Marketo. What is a gap analysis?

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Analysis Top of Funnel Lead Rank Lead Scoring 129

DiscoverOrg Sales

MARCH 29, 2018

The GDPR does not just govern sensitive personal information like health records (as is the case with HIPAA in the U.S.); rather, the GDPR governs all information relating to an individual. If anything, it forces us – as sales and marketing professionals – to follow good business practices and to be better at our jobs.

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Marketing Outbound Government Data 198

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 19, 2022

Content is one of the most critical components of your sales engagement strategy. As a sales content manager, it’s strongly recommended to review your content strategy if you’ve been using the same sequences, templates, and snippets that you initially launched with. The final stage is the “expert” level. RELATED: Use Outreach?

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Strategy Government Lead Rank How To 113

Alice Heiman

JUNE 17, 2020

With numbers of COVID-19 cases rising, the government, at both the federal and state-level, enacted extraordinary measures to preserve health and safety. None of this is good news for your company or your sales team – unless you happen to be one of the companies serving a market or industry that’s actually experiencing growth.

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Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Qualified Lead 135

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Almost any bureaucratic task can be done virtually , including safe online elections and online income tax declarations — making it the world's second leader in e-government development, according to the UN's E-government Development Index (EGDI). But Estonia‘s contributions to e-learning don’t begin and end with its government.

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Government Education Banking Remedy 52

PandaDoc

MARCH 25, 2025

Big-budget enterprise sales teams arent out-selling you because they have deeper pocketstheyre winning because they have better systems. Chamber of Commerce, yet sales tech providers often leave smaller businesses hanging. Their sales process has guardrails. This means less focus on high-value sales and more exhaustion.

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Enterprise Enterprise Proposal Sales Qualified Lead 52

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Since 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been the EU’s law for governing data privacy and security. So, for B2B cold calling, your legitimate interest might be to market your products to existing customers to increase sales. Train sales teams for compliance. Really, it can be that simple.

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Cold Calling How To Guidelines Hubspot 80

Zoominfo

MAY 14, 2018

In fact, 61% of B2B marketers send all leads directly to sales, but only 27% are sales qualified ( source ). And, how can you generate more high-quality leads for your sales team? SQL: SQLs or sales qualified leads are further along the sales funnel. This statistic highlights a huge discrepancy.

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