SBI Growth

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Like a championship sports team that needs great athletes , exceptional salespeople are the lifeblood of a high-performing sales organization. But if you have recently recruited new salespeople, you probably have also experienced how brutal it is to try to hire top talent in today's market.

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Zoominfo

JULY 13, 2021

In just the last 12 months, we launched ZoomInfo Engage to automate sales outreach. We launched Workflows to activate market insights, buyer intent, and website activity. It’s impossible to listen to every sales call, every support call, and every recruiting conversation. We’ve had some big moments at ZoomInfo over the years.

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Smooth Sale

APRIL 24, 2024

Photo by Tumisu via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Examples of Good First Impressions for New Hires Despite being different from what you advertised, you evaluate new hires in their first days and weeks to ensure they’re the best fit for your company. However, unlike dating, the stakes are arguably higher.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

There are two parts to the sales process: Part One: Getting meetings with decision makers. The biggest challenge for sales teams is seller access , according to Gartner’s recent report, The Chief Sales Officer’s Leadership Vision for 2021. New research from Dave Kurlan and The Objective Management Group (OMG) backs up my claims.

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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 9, 2020

OK, maybe keep it a secret between us for now, but when you kill your sales quota and everyone starts calling you a Rockstar, you may want to let on (in the right circumstances). Who would you want to hire anyway? No, not those blokes in marketing that never have time to help you, your own team.). Train Your team.

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Smooth Sale

AUGUST 18, 2024

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Recruiting Strategies to Hire Top Talent for Business Growth Today’s cutthroat employment market makes it harder to find and hire top talent. AI-powered chatbots can also help with candidate queries and informational updates throughout hiring.

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Sales 2.0

AUGUST 15, 2022

I’ve been using the summer to review some of the classic books in sales and marketing and refresh some of the fundamentals to building world-class “revenue engines” described. I started with Mark Roberge’s book “The Sales Acceleration Formula: Using Data, Technology, and Inbound Selling to go from $0 to $100 Million”.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 1, 2021

Some companies are augmenting current training practices and, as by-products, improving hiring, onboarding, best-practice dissemination and performance management as well as selling skills.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Last week I saw a piece on LinkedIn, that questioned the accuracy of predictions about the future of B2B sales and selling made in the past decade. The piece pointed to a prediction by Forrester around 2015 about the size and nature of B2B sales in 2020. Is sales is making the most of their newfound time and resources?”

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Sales 2.0

JULY 8, 2022

Meanwhile most high tech companies accept this level of productivity in their sales departments. Get meetings that give you important intelligence on an account. It can be a critical step in filling your sales pipeline with great opportunities. This content is for those who are not willing to accept those success rates.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

I’ve written more than 2,000 articles on my Understanding the Sales Force Blog and there are hundreds of other sales blogs. Some are written by sales experts. Some are written by marketing experts. I am concerned about the subjects being curated for sales and sales leadership professionals. Absolutely.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 6, 2018

If that sounds like marketing – you’re right! ). In order to consistently hire the best candidates, a strong recruitment strategy must appeal to passive talent. Skills can be taught with training. Market uncertainty inevitably creates potential leads for passive recruiters. How to find passive candidates.

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Sales 2.0

JULY 17, 2019

If you run a small company, you usually end up being one of your company’s early sales people. I graduated from Wharton’s MBA program in 1993 and had no sales training at all. Along the way I read every sales book I could find and then over time became friendly with many of the authors. Closing is easy. Baylor University.

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Zoominfo

MAY 3, 2021

Hitting an early impasse with a prospect is an age-old sales dilemma. “I I was working on an account and had talked to someone a little bit lower in the organization. They said, ‘You need to reach out to our CEO directly,’” recalls Megan Hanisko, manager of sales development at ZoomInfo. “So Who are the Buyers?

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 15, 2024

The stock market has lost nearly all of its gains and the only thing we haven’t yet seen is massive layoffs. This is a great time to upgrade your sales team. A sales team evaluation shows who will and won’t be able to develop the necessary skills to succeed in this worsening selling environment.

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Zoominfo

MAY 12, 2020

If that sounds like marketing—you’re right!). In order to consistently hire the best candidates, a strong recruitment strategy must appeal to passive talent. But, often, passive candidates make the best hires! Skills can be taught with training. Market uncertainty inevitably creates potential leads for passive recruiters.

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SalesFuel

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Sellers who understand and practice strategic account management tend to be top performers. times more likely to increase revenue by 20% or more in existing accounts than others. more likely to have effective processes for building and executing strategic account plans. What is strategic account management?

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

After hours of training, product reviews, company culture rah rahs, and riffling through bags of swag, many employees feel they have officially started their jobs. Truth be told, one of the most important events during new hire onboarding is getting set up on the wide range of digital tools you will need to do your job.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 9, 2024

Colleen Stanley and Steven Rosen from the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast discuss how building excellence in sales leadership starts with having the right team. Sales leaders must be willing to make tough decisions about non-performers and proactively recruit top talent. “The world is moving faster. .”

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 13, 2024

But lately, when I talk with the Kurlan & Associates team, the topic is consistently about salespeople who push back when our sales training and coaching is specific to RFPs. When training and coaching salespeople, the theory of how to sell to companies that buy via the RFP process is not enough. Replace them!

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 10, 2023

Stock Market down. We are now seeing these events in sales organizations: Missed forecasts. Instead of laying off salespeople, hire salespeople. Let’s discuss the concept of hiring salespeople when the knee-jerk reaction is to lay-off, fire or initiate a hiring freeze. All the requirements have been met.

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Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Whichever way you slice it, Jake Shaffren, former Sales Development Representative (SDR), Account Executive (AE) and current Director of Sales and Brad Metz former SDR and current AE made a pretty dynamic duo. Jake stepped into my new hire meeting one time, and that was the first exposure that I got from Jake.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

There has been no shortage of new sales related books during COVID, the usual mixed bag, with scale. But one stands out, The Building Blocks of Sales Enablement , by Mike Kunkle. Not only because of the author, Mr. Kunkle and the subject, sales enablement, but because way Mike approaches the subject. By Tibor Shanto.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 22, 2024

Referrals solve the key problems that modern sales leaders face. But that growth stalls when your sales team isn’t booking enough meetings, generating qualified leads, or building a reliable pipeline. Top CRO Challenges What stands in the way of sales growth and keeps CROs up at night? Marketing is not the answer.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 25, 2024

Tried everything to optimize your sales processes but still need new ways to drive growth? We have one simple phrase to add to the mix: sales acceleration. With a high-quality sales acceleration formula, you’ll develop a more skilled sales team, greatly refine your sales processes, and modernize and automate your sales tools.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 17, 2024

In B2B sales and marketing, companies employ various strategies to drive growth and expand their client base. Here, we’ll explore the role of BDRs, the pros and cons, and best practices to utilize them effectively: The Role of BDRs Typically, BDR is an entry-level position in larger, more complex sales organizations.

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Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

. _ Reducing Human Error Photo by George Becker Train Your Team Mistakes happen when people have clear instructions on what to do or take shortcuts because it’s easier, and they need proper training. That’s where training comes in. Ensure everyone receives training and that top-up training takes place regularly.

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Smooth Sale

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Training Programs to Empower Employees and Business Growth In today’s dynamic business environment, investing in employee training isn’t just a luxury—it’s a necessity.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2024

To be successful, sales professionals need to be experts in many different areas at once: their product’s strengths and weaknesses, their prospects’ pain points and needs, and the broader economic and competitive landscapes. To give sellers a fighting chance, sales leaders need to build an effective, flexible sales enablement program.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 7, 2020

At first glance, good times are continuing for selling organizations; revenues are up and it looks like everybody is hiring. 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. You’re A Prospect – I’ll Sell You.

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Smooth Sale

APRIL 3, 2024

The next step is to include the approximate time each daily task requires on average to realize the time savings by hiring help. The Virtual Assistant Virtual assistance can include scheduling, email, project management, social media, billing, and marketing. Sales Tips: Business Began, But Now I’m Stuck, How Do I Scale?

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Steven Rosen

MAY 5, 2024

In today’s highly demanding sales world, the difference between achieving good and outstanding results often lies in the effectiveness of the sales leader. Sales leaders who consistently guide their teams to high performance know that their role extends beyond management; they are motivators, strategists, and coaches.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 26, 2024

I want to stay in the game long enough to see the old sales practices retired and the new digital selling model take hold.” ” Why I’m So Interested In Selling I worked as a finance manager for a large tech company early in my professional career. Initially, I provided the models to sales teams.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 30, 2023

There are simple, easy, fast and powerful solutions for sales problems too. Hire hunters. Salespeople aren’t prospecting as required because sales managers are not holding them accountable. Salespeople aren’t prospecting as required because sales managers are not holding them accountable.

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Smooth Sale

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Helpful Recruiting Terms for Job Seekers to Familiarize Back in the job-hunting market? Still, understanding five of these crucial recruiting terms allows you to navigate the job market effectively and master the sometimes confusing hiring language.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 9, 2024

Colleen Stanley and Steven Rosen from the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast discuss how building excellence in sales leadership starts with having the right team. Sales leaders must be willing to make tough decisions about non-performers and proactively recruit top talent. “The world is moving faster. .”

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 9, 2024

Colleen Stanley and Steven Rosen from the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast discuss how building excellence in sales leadership starts with having the right team. Sales leaders must be willing to make tough decisions about non-performers and proactively recruit top talent. “The world is moving faster. .”

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