Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The present endless models on selling activities, outlining monthly and quarterly goals for demand/lead gen, outreach, meetings, top of pipeline, pipeline, renewal/retention, comp models and so forth. Other executives, whether they are in marketing/sales/CS execution, tend to get tunnel vision, focusing only on their organizations. .”

Lead Gen 106

Lead Gen Lead Rank Top of Funnel Analytics 106

Openview

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Second, Oracle had doubled down on college hiring and third, we had two senior sales leaders who were begging for the outbound model. But there’s one really important thing you need to understand in all of this – lead gen was not our our goal. We started the BDR team to “build” ERP sales reps.

Scale 73

Scale Lead Gen NetSuite Lead Rank 73

Marc Wayshak

DECEMBER 2, 2020

When it comes to sales, the Cliff Notes -version of learning the best sales training techniques is much harder to come by than a cheat-sheet of a high-school classic novel. That’s why I’ve put together my own sales Cliff Notes of sorts, so you can learn the basics of sales training at a glance before diving deeper as you go.

Course 62

Course Training Lead Gen Follow-up 62

No More Cold Calling

MAY 21, 2020

He said in an excited voice: “We need to train them how to do that!”. His so-called referral program couldn’t be measured and didn’t hold sales reps accountable for results. Most sales organizations don’t have an outbound referral program that zeroes in on their most neglected revenue channel—existing clients.

Referrals 331

Referrals Outbound Lead Gen Sales Qualified Lead 331

Pointclear

AUGUST 30, 2016

As a business-to-business marketing or sales leader you have numerous options for lead generation tactics and tools. Because a phone conversation efficiently replicates face-to-face sales activities, these one-on-one flowing and probing interactions are the most effective method to validate the quality of a lead.

Lead Gen 113

Lead Gen Telemarketing Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank 113

Marc Wayshak

MAY 25, 2022

Do you manage a sales team or an organization that has a sales team? If so, you might often find yourself thinking, “I feel like with just a couple of small tweaks, we could be making so many more sales…”. Simply put, small tweaks have an outsized impact in sales. That way, your sales team is starting with an advantage.

Sales Management 62

Sales Management Hiring Training Lead Gen 62

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. I blame outdated lead-gen strategies, metrics, and leadership.

Decision Maker 401

Decision Maker Referrals Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead 401

SalesProInsider

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Your belief is a major factor in the energy, effort, and activity that you put forth in the lead generation activity to fill your funnel and the sales conversations that convert those prospects. Beliefs’ Impact on Your Sales Your level of belief constantly changes. This baseline moves all day long. Nope, it is larger.

Top of Funnel 126

Top of Funnel Lead Gen How To Lead Rank 126

Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 24, 2022

Here are eight ways to break a sales slump: Focus on the Fundamentals. Be sure to do the following: Follow your organization’s sales process Update stale email templates and sales scripts Find the lost smile in your voice (yes, this is a thing) Utilize all aspects of social media, especially LinkedIn Overhaul your virtual sales stage.

Lead Gen 116

Lead Gen Social Media Face-to-face Networking 116

Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 19, 2024

Some showed how they were restructuring sales and marketing, moving to a Revenue structure. The presented the “before” and “after” org charts, the only thing that seemed to have changed is the CRO role and a RevOPs hierarchy combining marketing and sales ops. And our enablement approaches tend to be box focused.

Top of Funnel 117

Top of Funnel Lead Gen Face-to-face Software 117

Fill the Funnel

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Excited to announce the public launch of LearnAboutLinked.com and the best LinkedIn training focused on B2B sales and marketing professionals that understand the power behind social selling. Having the opportunity to partner with Viveka to bring this training to the market is a blessing. Meet LearnAbout LinkedIn.com !

Social Selling 120

Social Selling LinkedIn B2B Training 120

Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The Future of AI in Sales and Customer Support Chat with Thomas Ryan, founder of the AI sales software company Bigly Sales , on my podcast. His perspectives on how artificial intelligence transforms sales and customer service revealed a technology that’s not just a fad but a valuable productivity tool.

Customer 52

Customer Lead Gen Face-to-face Pivotal 52

Pointclear

JULY 19, 2012

Brian is Executive Director of Revenue Optimization at MECLABS where he leads business units that include Applied Research, Strategy Group, Conversion Group, Leads Group, Agency Group, Technology Group and Training Group. Brian is also CEO of InTouch and author of Lead Generation for the Complex Sale.

Lead Gen 145

Lead Gen Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 145

Partners in Excellence

MAY 1, 2024

” And we are totally bewildered by things we see happening in sales. ” Andy made a comment, “Sales is becoming so performative… ” We started diving into what that means, I won’t discuss it much in this post, Andy’s writing a fantastic book that goes deeply into this.

Revelation 125

Revelation Lead Gen Scale Face-to-face 125

Score More Sales

MARCH 20, 2012

Are you a woman in the lead gen business in B2B selling? Do you work at the front end of the sales cycle generating hundreds or thousands of leads over time for your company (or companies)? There is a search going on for the Top 20 Women to Watch in Sales Lead Management. This is time-sensitive.

Lead Generation 185

Lead Generation Lead Rank Lead Scoring B2B 185

Partners in Excellence

JULY 1, 2024

” “We sell sales/marketing solutions, to CROs and their teams.” Customers don’t naturally view themselves in terms of solutions, particularly when we get more specific about the type of solutions (for example in consulting solutions, services, software, hardware, web, technology, training, etc.)

Ideal Customer Profile 112

Ideal Customer Profile Banking Lead Gen Insurance 112

SBI Growth

AUGUST 3, 2013

The CEO just introduced her to the new sales leader. The last VP of Sales got canned at the end of Q2. Kathy had done everything she could to support the sales team. The sales force neglected to utilize marketing developed sales support materials. Frees sales from day-to-day dependence on marketing for leads.

Meeting 303

Meeting Top of Funnel Marketing Lead Gen 303

Sales 2.0

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

I interviewed sales manager, sales person, sales trainer and all around smart guy Jorge Soto. I asked Jorge about how he uses Sales 2.0 Jorge, I know you are a fan of Sales 2.0 There is a cool tool called SocialPandas that I use to help with lead gen via Twitter. Are Sales 2.0

Hiring 384

Hiring Jigsaw Social Media Cold Calling 384

DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Congrats, you’ve just landed your first VP or Head of Sales role. I’ve met with hundreds of heads of sales over the years, and it’s easy to pick out the ones who are going to be successful and the ones who aren’t. Step 1: Train Your Account Executives. Hire smart, motivated sales reps and train them well.

Hiring 120

Hiring Inbound Engineering Cold Calling 120

Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Want to get slowed down as a sales prospector and waste a lot of time? Does Outbound Lead Gen Still Work? . We get calls from companies every week who want us to evaluate or use their sales tool. Instead the message is the same one they leave a VP Sales about how this tool will help my sales team.

Inside Sales 232

Inside Sales Buyer Lead Rank Lead Scoring 232

Green Lead's B2B

JANUARY 7, 2010

Yesterday I was using ConnectAndSell as a training tool and had one of our BDRs (Business Development Reps) live and working a list and three others listening in and critiquing. You can train with 5-10 pitches in an hour versus 1 or 2. I closed the training session with a quote from Yogi Berra; " It ain't over till it's over."

Lead Gen 37

Lead Gen Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 37

DiscoverOrg Sales

AUGUST 2, 2017

Sales and marketing teams operate on two sides of the same coin. As job discipline lines continue to blur , sales departments have discovered a few ways marketers can help them do their jobs even more efficiently. Companies that still score success only by the number of leads generated aren’t benchmarking the right data.

Top of Funnel 175

Top of Funnel Marketing Lead Rank Hiring 175

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.

Face-to-face 257

Face-to-face Lead Gen Hiring Google 257

PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Although 71% of companies say closing more deals is their top sales priority, further data from Forrester suggests that only 0.75% of leads generated become closed revenue. Compounding this issue is sales reps can spend up to 40% of their time looking for somebody to call, according to Insidesales. Adaptive Business Blog.

Top of Funnel 98

Top of Funnel Sales Management Hiring Lead Rank 98

DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

PRO TIP: A quick-win might be to create consistently across all lead-gen channels. A longer-term goal might be to get better aligned with sales by integrating a specific cross-functional tool, or improving MQL conversion rates by X%. get marketing aligned with sales’ talking points, and 2.) This will 1.)

Lead Rank 230

Lead Rank Marketing Qualified Lead Lead Gen ROI 230

Highspot

JULY 18, 2023

Let’s dive into all these details, including how you can leverage marketing expertise to support sales and significantly impact business growth. Marketing enablement is all about empowering your marketing team to be more productive in their roles by creating a system to equip, train, and coach them. What is Marketing Enablement?

Sales Enablement 52

Sales Enablement Marketing Campaigns ROI 52

Partners in Excellence

JUNE 16, 2020

I’m stunned by the number of sales people that don’t understand the principle. Everyday, I encounter sales people who are very busy. ” Whatever the statement, read excuse, too many sales people fail to recognize, their job is to achieve their goals. They are working very hard to get what they get.

Lead Gen 101

Lead Gen Pivotal Coaching Maximizer 101

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 7, 2020

I’m at the ripe young age where I have seen a lot of different scenarios for marketing, demand gen, lead gen, and prospecting. We looked at the cost of every program we conducted, managing to a certain budget or cost per qualified lead. In F2F, we had the time of the sales person, the travel expense and so forth.

Lead Gen 62

Lead Gen Sales Qualified Lead Collateral Travel 62

Janek Performance Group

MAY 22, 2024

To stay competitive in today’s fast-paced digital landscape, sales organizations must continually adapt and evolve. The Sales Mastery Scorecard shows the emerging prevalence of AI. They note 75% of B2B sales professionals plan to evaluate, are evaluating, or are currently implementing AI solutions.

Lead Rank 62

Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Lead Qualification 62

Customer Centric Selling

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Sales Training Article: Taking the Path of Least Resistance. Marketing organizations by default now own the top of sales funnels. Proactively when sellers (lead gen or general territory) reach out to prospects. Bottom-up" selling is a path to long sales cycles and low win rates.

Top of Funnel 61

Top of Funnel Training Lead Rank Lead Scoring 61

Score More Sales

JANUARY 25, 2013

At a recent round-table with inside sales leaders, our topic was about effectively leading Gen Y / Millennials. We all agreed that generally speaking this group of employees match up to the tasks of what solid, successful inside sales professionals do – with one caveat. There is a larger need for feedback.

Inside Sales 235

Inside Sales Construction Lead Gen Lead Rank 235

Partners in Excellence

JUNE 25, 2018

The obvious answer is, “Duuugggh Dave, it’s Sales Enablement……” But if you think about it, sales enablement is about helping our sales people achieve the highest levels of performance/productivity in executing our business strategies in the face of the customer. So who else is involved?

Sales Enablement 68

Sales Enablement Lead Gen Lead Rank Maximizer 68

Crunchbase

AUGUST 19, 2021

As VP of sales for a CRM platform made for salespeople by salespeople, we felt it was imperative to better understand how our customers have dealt with the pandemic environment and how we can best help them move forward into a recovering marketplace. In early 2021, we sent out a survey to our customers.

Lead Gen 52

Lead Gen Sales Qualified Lead Scale Advertising 52

Cience

AUGUST 28, 2020

CIENCE pairs its emphasis on innovation in the lead gen tech space with a gaol towards optimizing its already powerful PaaS model. His expertise and knowledge in global processes will bring the sales research and outbound services to the next level – fully committed to the future of orchestrated outbound.

Lead Rank 77

Lead Rank Lead Gen Scale Lead Scoring 77

PandaDoc

JUNE 21, 2021

Like it or not, your business needs a lead generation strategy and a sales prospecting process. With the help of this guide, you’ll discover exactly what lead generation is. You’ll be better equipped to implement a strong lead generation strategy within your business. What is a lead generation strategy?

Lead Generation 98

Lead Generation Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring 98

DiscoverOrg Sales

MARCH 24, 2015

A year ago, if you had asked me what my biggest concern was around growing DiscoverOrg 60-100% annually, I would have told you that hiring great sales talent was our biggest roadblock. Quality leads with accurate contact info – what sales or marketing leader wouldn’t want that?

Hiring 120

Hiring Lead Gen Salary Ideal Customer Profile 120

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Every business dreams of a pipeline of well-qualified inbound leads that land in their sales team’s laps. But today’s outbound lead generation tactics are more than just dialing for dollars. Outbound lead generation is the process of identifying, qualifying, and proactively engaging with prospective customers.

Lead Generation 130

Lead Generation Outbound Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead 130