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2 Ways for Sales Operations to Improve the Sales Funnel

SBI Growth

You need to improve your ability to accurately forecast so the VP of Sales can make the number. One way is to control the top of the sales funnel. In fact, this year is the first time ever that online media spending will surpass that of traditional print stalwarts: newspapers and magazines. Hold Sales accountable.

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CMO Secrets to Impacting the Sales QBR

SBI Growth

For many marketing leaders the sales team’s QBR is an afterthought. Marketing typically provides updates to the sales team with a rear-view mirror approach. World Class CMO’s pursue involvement in sales QBRs. In some cases the sales team uses the QBR as an open forum to ambush marketing. The event is often reactive.

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This may hit your Sweetspot

Sales 2.0

It’s a framework aimed at getting you access, setting up those oh-so-important initial sales meetings. I first created this framework from stressing out about the lousy results my inside sales team was getting cold calling. Given that this is now 2014, Sweetspot is an iPad first (and only at the moment) tool.

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Sales Focus: Online Channels vs. Traditional Tactics

The Pipeline

And although this isn’t breaking news, people are coming up with new ways to utilize the web every day when it comes to sales. But are we letting more traditional sales practices fall by the wayside in lieu of solely committing to digital tactics? Consider these perks of focusing on online advertising and sales: • Less Expensive.

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10 Conversations to Retain Millennial Sales Talent

SBI Growth

Entering 2014, Sales and HR leaders face new trends causing turnover with top talent. As reported recently in AARP The Magazine , Baby Boomers are now outnumbered by Millennials. This post offers solutions to Sales and HR leaders who ask this question: “How do we respond to demographic trends and retain top sales talent?”

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Demand Generation Advice for the CEO

SBI Growth

When the prospect becomes aware of the problem, you win a sale. For example, Newsweek announced it is no longer going to print its magazine. The magazine focused on active demand for way to long and almost died. If not, use this tool from the Make The Number seminars to calculate how much stimulated latent demand you need.

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Sales Tech Game Changers Quarterly Magazine Released: 10 Executives Tell Us How Their Solution Changes the Game for Sales

SBI

The Smart Selling Tools community knows about our weekly Executive Interview Series. Everyone wants to know how and whether a sales technology will help them sell more, in less time, at the right price, or with less cost. We refer to those as the 4 Golden Goals of sales organizations. Pretty cool, right? Net it out.