Crunchbase

APRIL 6, 2023

The combination of historically high turnover and burnout rates with the present day economic uncertainty is a major red flag for leaders. Incentives serve as a form of acknowledgement of an employee’s hard work and can make reps feel a sense of belonging. The key to selecting the perfect one?

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Incentive Incentives Hiring Top of Funnel 98

Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 22, 2014

The article also instructs readers to evaluate using a predictive tool. Interviews spotlight the candidate''s presence, show their ability to make first impressions, present, and answer questions. Trainable - whether or not the candidate has the incentive to change and adapt. References verify that information.

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Hiring Decision Maker Construction Incentives 241

Zoominfo

AUGUST 7, 2018

In today’s blog post, we discuss 31 B2B marketing tools you can’t live without. CRM Customer relationship management (CRM) platforms aren’t strictly sales tools. Marketers can leverage CRM tools for a number of tasks, including audience segmentation , project management, campaign management, and more targeted marketing.

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B2B Tools Lead Rank Lead Scoring 130

Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Companies that increased their reliance on technology to keep operating remotely also turned to tech tools to maintain their corporate culture. Another recognition tool that is proving invaluable in the WFH environment is gift cards. Companies are also using Tango cards as incentives to complete training.

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Incentives Incentive Face-to-face Survey 227

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Although company websites, content and sales presentations are highly used assets when evaluating an organization and its products, a Harvard Business Review study determined that customer references are an influential decision support tool too. Demo reference technology tools.

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Ideal Customer Profile Customer Policies Promotion 248

Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 14, 2020

Author: Liz Pulice In recent years, many companies have implemented remote work arrangements, driven by financial incentives, recruitment/retention initiatives and other factors. These conditions can present challenges for sales organizations, where in-person meetings and events are typically part of “business as usual.”

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Sales Enablement Scale Policies Distribution 227

Zoominfo

MAY 20, 2021

Email is the OG digital marketing tool. That statistic alone offers an incentive for brands to take a closer look at their email marketing strategy and to maximize return. A marketing tool with staying power. It’s ubiquitous, low cost, reliable, and provides high-impact benefits. You’ll get high ROI. Unsubscribe Rate.

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Email Marketing Benefit Webinar Metrics Marketing 264

Sales Gravy

APRIL 16, 2025

Create Tools and Guides. Develop clear documentation or ROI calculators that help buyers see beyond sticker priceespecially useful if the distributors rep isnt fully equipped to present your value. If possible, offer spiffs or incentives when they successfully sell your line. Create Tools and Guides. Co-Sell on Big Deals.

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Channels Engineering Gatekeeper Decision Maker 59

Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 19, 2018

Once the prospect has invested time in creating a deal plan, they have more incentive to move forward so their work doesn’t go to waste. Formally present it if you need to and ask how you can help them get buy-in. Not only does a deal plan remove this hesitation to act, it also helps accelerate the deal. After Creating a Deal Plan.

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Closing Tools Sales Cycle Face-to-face 145

LeadFuze

AUGUST 19, 2021

How to Do a Good Sales Presentation. Let’s face it, we all need to know how to do a good sales presentation. Even if we’ve been “in the game” for a long time, selling the same products — our presentations can get stale after a while. That’s the crux of how sales presentations work , right?

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Case Study How To Study Comparison 98

eGrabber

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

In 2025, the key is to use smart tools like sales automation and track real sales data. Giving your sales team the right sales content, sales automation tools, and sales data helps them do better. Sales Enablement Sales enablement means giving your sales team the right tools and resources.

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Closing Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Incentives 52

Sales and Marketing Management

JUNE 22, 2020

As Square co-founder Jim McKelvey explained to The Wall Street Journal, “We have a lot of tools that a lot of people need. And a lot of people didn’t know they needed those tools. Providing incentives for loyalty can also strengthen relationships while decreasing incentives to switch to a competitor.

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Margin Discount Airlines Incentives 194

Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 9, 2020

A savvy sales manager is always on the lookout for new practices, new tools, new ideas to deliver additional motivation and focus to the team. BI WORLDWIDE identifies how to use Fast Starts as a tool with a gamification lens. Fast Starts, initiated with meaningful Fresh Start dates, can help deliver the best results for the period.

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Incentives Incentive Proposal Twitter 120

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 20, 2020

Sales contests are a tried-and-true tool in most sales managers’ arsenals and for good reason. Every sales competition should be data-driven, so it’s important to have a gamification tool that you can tie directly to your sales data. Nail Down Incentives. If your incentive funds got slashed, you’ve still got options.

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Incentives Incentive Competition Distribution 129

Bigtincan

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

They loved your presentation and gave you the go-ahead to move ahead. In either case, with so many great platforms on the market, how do you know which is the best sales coaching tool for your business? Discuss the standard coaching tool capabilities. What makes a good sales coaching and sales enablement tool?

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Sales Coaching Coaching Tools Sales Enablement 98

No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Technology is a great tool, but selling is still a person-to-person business. Tomorrow is your company’s biggest presentation of the year, but everyone involved is down with the flu. B2C incentives work like magic. It’s both a fantastic business tool and a huge time-waster. Never has and never will. Absolutely!

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Referrals Incentives Incentive Cold Calling 120

Nutshell

MARCH 17, 2023

The right software tools can help you automate the process and make it easy to include your customers’ names in your emails. Use online tools to monitor your grammar and spelling and never send a message without reading over it carefully. Introduce the incentive: Offer an overview of the program and its purpose.

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Customer Discount Incentives Incentive 154

SBI

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Act-On’s streamlined user interface puts first-rate marketing tools at your fingertips, making campaigns and programs easier and faster. KnowledgeTree surfaces the best presentations, datasheets, and other collateral for every sales situation. Act-On Software. ActonSoftware. Avention ToolSkool. Bloomfire ToolSkool. CallidusCloud.

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Vendor Twitter InsideView InsideSales 139

The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

There is no doubt that you’re a+ Primo players, should be recognized, even rewarded for their contribution, (which is what I thought the incentive plan was for), but that reward should be one that resonates with them, not with current company leadership. Many companies default to either monetary rewards or hierarchical promotion.

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Hiring Incentives Incentive Collateral 120

Nutshell

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Developing good rapport with customers may take some time, but your team can use tools like text messaging, personal email sequences, and live chat to encourage stronger ties even when you’re not working face-to-face. Incentivize upselling Incentives can be a powerful way to encourage upselling.

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How To Top of Funnel Incentives Incentive 128

SBI

JUNE 25, 2013

I enjoyed being one of the presenters for last week’s InsideSales Virtual Summit. There were more than 60 amazing presentations by the likes of Guy Kawasaki , James Rogers , and Jill Konrath. After-all, incentive-based compensation (commissions) is just a form of Gamification. And there’s a science behind Gamification.

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Hiring InsideSales Commission Incentives 122

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 12, 2014

As a result, I’ve been inundated with emails from people and companies inviting me to one of their presentations or to their display or for any other type of meeting. ” or just “doing pre-call research,” or “using this methodology,” or “leveraging this tool,” or “doing that methodology.”

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Hiring Social Selling Quota Social Media 115

SBI

OCTOBER 16, 2012

A close examination of the agenda indeed reveals that the two day event will be packed with presentations and discussions about many elements of the big-data/social-selling eco-system. Gerhard Gschwandtner, Founder & CEO, Selling Power, will again present the opening keynote. Chris Jones, Chief Sales Officer, PROS.

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Conference Social Selling Data Marketing 131

Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

” These discussions are good discussions, but the present a relatively static view of the organization, of sales strategies, and of performance management. Our processes, systems, tools need to change to support our goals. Do you have the right processes, systems, and tools to support this shift and your people? .

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Hiring Incentives Incentive Coaching 108

PandaDoc

MAY 2, 2025

A positioning tool. Sometimes, all it takes is rethinking how you present, package, and position what youre already selling. Sometimes, all it takes is rethinking how you present, package, and position what youre already selling. Its a narrative. And when done right, its a revenue multiplier.

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Revenue Strategy Lead Rank Scale 52

Partners in Excellence

MAY 8, 2014

However, all the writing, training, and tools around Insight are important in helping build nimbleness around developing, communicating, and engaging customers in commercial teaching. All presenting compelling infographics, the latest analytics, and data. They can create great incentive and ownership in changing.

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Construction Enterprise Enterprise Incentives 118

Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Here are some elements that could be included in a sales rep development plan to help them build their skills: Required training for sales enablement tools. Having clear, visible goals and incentives builds well-rounded sales professionals. About: Xactly seeks to automate and simplify the incentive compensation process for sales teams.

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SAP Oracle Compensation Territories 142

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 6, 2020

I think there’s a way we can use this existing tool in our sales stack to improve XYZ? They may find out managing people certainly presents uncomfortable situations and requirements which may not be for them. When They Ask About Expectations and Incentives. Have you tried this response to XYZ’s objection?

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 169

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

You may also see many reps are skipping the discovery call and jumping straight to the demo, which saves time but leads to generic, low-value presentations … and, therefore, decreasing win rates. These reps should give a presentation on their winning strategy — perhaps during your next team meeting. Sales Coaching Tools.

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Sales Coaching Coaching Top of Funnel Lead Rank 145

Cincom Smart Selling

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

CPQ software is a specialized tool designed to help businesses manage complex product and pricing configurations. However, if sales reps are not trained to use CPQ’s guided selling tools, they may misconfigure solutions, add incompatible components, or leave out essential features. What is CPQ Software?

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Crunchbase

DECEMBER 18, 2020

There are numerous survey tools you can use to learn what your existing customers want from your company. Tools like Crunchbase Pro can give you a high-level overview of a company before you spend time on outreach. When you’ve qualified your leads, you can begin presenting your offer. Step 4: Making your offer.

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Ideal Customer Profile Sales Cycle Sales Qualified Lead How To 111

Xactly

JANUARY 18, 2019

Download our "Ultimate Guide to Sales Compensation Planning" for incentive best practices and everything you need for a sales comp plan design project. Data is the most important and useful tool for any part of a strategic sales plan. Ideally you need a sales incentive planning team of six people.

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Commission Incentives Incentive Compensation 81

Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In this article, we discuss how sales and marketing collaboration makes a difference and provide tips and tools for making this collaboration more efficient. Types of Sales Collaboration Why Collaboration Matters Tools that Foster Collaboration 6 Tips for Collaboration How can sales and marketing collaborate? The result?

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Lead Rank Top of Funnel Marketing Qualified Lead Ideal Customer Profile 111

The Pipeline

DECEMBER 16, 2011

I would add another disconnect that prevents sales training from achieving a positive return on investment is a lack of alignment between the organization’s strategies, structure, processes/operations, incentives and people. Presentation. Sales Tool. Interactive Selling. Lead Management. Negotiations. Next Steps.

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Anthony Cole Training

MAY 3, 2010

Sales Presentation (7). Sales Presentations (17). sales tools (25). Selling requires that you are motivated by incentives rather than effort. Click here for more information on a tool so reliable that you can eliminate 96% of the mistakes made when hiring salespeople. Sales Jobs (5). sales management (49).

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Motivation Webinar Metrics 120

SBI

APRIL 24, 2012

I soaked in the information presented at the breakout sessions that covered relevant topics such as, how to lead a Gen Y team and drive results, effective on-boarding, compensation and incentive strateiges, account planning; and the art and science of online sales calls. Commit to continued learning.

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Inside Sales Cold Calling Webinar Metrics Sales Qualified Lead 122

Zoominfo

JANUARY 14, 2019

Offer a unique discount code, an exclusive free trial, early access to a new product, or some other promising incentive. For example, you might recommend a product that integrates with a tool the recipient recently purchased. We have the tools you need to scale your marketing efforts and grow your revenue today!

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Campaigns Discount Segment Email Marketing 166