Close.io

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

First off, let’s make one thing very clear: sales enablement isn’t just another fun trend that’s here today and gone tomorrow. Just five years ago, CSO Insights ran a study about sales enablement and only 25% of the companies they surveyed had developed sales enablement for their teams. Today, we’ll see: ?

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Mindtickle

APRIL 30, 2020

With the sales function constantly evolving, it’s critical for sales teams to have up-to-date support and the tools they need to sell. This is where sales enablement comes in. Sales enablement is the strategy you use to ensure sales reps have the information, content, technology, and tools they need to sell effectively.

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SBI

JUNE 21, 2018

As a Senior Director of Sales Consulting at Oracle, Tod and his team of Sales Engineers and Solution Consultants support the sales team in their division and are responsible for onsite and remote demos. Like a lot of presales leaders, he was in a resource crunch, being asked to more with less. What did he do?

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 3, 2021

First-hand experience is helpful when it comes to improving your sales performance. However, this first-hand experience is sometimes hard to come by, especially if you’re a member of a marginalized group underrepresented in your field. Black Business Secrets (500 Tips, Strategies, and Resources for the African American Entrepreneur).

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

If you don’t have the time or resources to commission your own data, you’re in luck because we’ve compiled a list of important data points sales leaders need to know. Sales Leadership Stats. Sales Performance. 65% of sales leaders that outperformed against revenue targets have a dedicated sales enablement person or team.

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Alice Heiman

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Sales Enablement: A Master Framework to Engage, Equip and Empower a World Class Sales Force by Tamara Schenk and Bryon Matthews. Wondering how you can leverage sales enablement to win? This book shows how to build, orchestrate, and lead sales enablement as a sustainable system. Salz’s book now.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 13, 2018

With just the click of a mouse and a quick Google search, today’s sales reps have a whole host of resources right at their fingertips—resources that help them streamline and simplify activities like prospect research, sales outreach, and professional development. Featured Video: What is the Real Deal of Sales?

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Mindtickle

APRIL 30, 2020

With the sales function constantly evolving, it’s critical for sales teams to have up-to-date support and the tools they need to sell. This is where sales enablement comes in. Sales enablement is the strategy you use to ensure sales reps have the information, content, technology, and tools they need to sell effectively.

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Mindtickle

APRIL 30, 2020

With the sales function constantly evolving, it’s critical for sales teams to have up-to-date support and the tools they need to sell. This is where sales enablement comes in. Sales enablement is the strategy you use to ensure sales reps have the information, content, technology, and tools they need to sell effectively.

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SBI

MARCH 4, 2015

You’re proud of your Sales Enablement capability and programs but you’re smart enough to know it’s not a trophy to place on your shelf and admire; right? Because of its very nature, Sales Enablement should not be seen as static, nor should it be considered merely a set of KPIs. by Rebecca Bell Ellis. Here’s how!

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SBI

OCTOBER 10, 2019

We’ve seen customers triple their win rates, double margins, and exceed 100% quota attainment for teams that were at 50% previously. A holistic approach to sales training reinforcement, execution guidance, and tooling has immense power! The largest community of practitioners is the Sales Enablement Society (SES).

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

IDC research shows that because of frugal buyer sentiment, 62% of B2B vendors need more leads in order to generate the same amount of sales, and 72% indicate an increase in sales cycle time over the past 6 months. Sales Enablement Ineffectiveness? So why are the sales enablement investments not paying off?

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Sales and Marketing Management

MAY 6, 2019

Customer references shorten sales cycles, increase deal sizes, build trust and value with prospective customers and lead to higher revenue margins. and ultimately closed sales?—?why Until now, the priority of sales enablement has been creating and communicating the brand instead of letting customers do the talking.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 12, 2021

When the selling is good, it’s all about scaling, but when there’s less margin for error, it’s easier to pinpoint where your organization isn’t up to snuff and make improvements. Start by making sure that your team has access to robust buyer personas built out by sales enablement and marketing, using data from historical deals.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 14, 2025

But sellers may cave too easily if they havent mastered sales negotiation skills. It’ll cut profit margins if they cave too much in price. By mastering the right sales skills, a seller can ensure that a buyer is confident that their needs are being met while maintaining healthy profit margins.

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Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

This process will help you identify where more resources or tools are needed to reach the goal. Setting quotas and expense budgets require constructing a mathematical formula based on a number of variables, all of which impact the sales process. What can you accomplish with your existing resources? Download a free trial now.

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A Sales Guy

JULY 26, 2013

Being cooperative means that you work best with people who think just like you, and pay lip-service/marginalize everyone else. Collaborators won’t stop collaborating until the problem goes away for everyone. Then whine later when other people are getting in your way.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 26, 2016

For ‘mud’ you should read ‘resources.’ There are so many solutions available today which assist frontline sales professionals to accurately target potential clients/customers—not to mention resources like LinkedIn, etc. Challenge Two: Sales Enablement. Net margin is NOT simply selling price less buy-in price.

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The Brooks Group

MARCH 18, 2019

When executed effectively, channel sales can provide multiple opportunities and benefits, including: Greater Profitability - Channel sales is like outsourcing the costs of having your own far-reaching sales organization, while still retaining an excellent portion of the sales profits.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JANUARY 6, 2017

Combining this depth of resources with our advanced technology, we increased the number of contacts in our datasets by 138% — in ONE YEAR! So…How Did 2016 Turn Out? Over the past two years we’ve made a massive investment in our U.S.-based based research team , which at nearly 250 is the best and largest in the industry.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 15, 2010

A new role has emerged at many leading B2B companies, Sales Enablement, and recent research from Forrester and IDC proves this new sales enablement practice as the key linchpin required to help a B2B company bridge the gap between their business strategies and how they execute in the field. says Mr.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 15, 2011

Today’s buyer is more empowered, skeptical and frugal than ever before, providing a greater than ever challenge to sales professionals, and shaking the very foundations of traditional selling models. With less resources than ever before, buyers demand more proactive consultative advice and support throughout the buying cycle.

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SalesFuel

OCTOBER 31, 2024

As Market Research Director for a leading network-affiliated television station, I tagged along with account executives on sales calls. This was an effective sales strategy, as the sellers would present me to their prospects as a useful resource. Syncing With the Buyer is Essential Your competitors have the same challenge.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The distributor may also augment the vendor’s resources by providing training, technical assistance, marketing, and sales support to all of the channel partners. Their margins are high on your product and you’ll end up paying frequent recurring commissions to sell your product. Value-added resellers (VAR).

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SalesFuel

JANUARY 31, 2025

According to the IAB research, the top interests are: New customers 62% Increased brand equity 42% Better media efficiency 39% New customers Its no secret that profit margins have been squeezed in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic. The resource will show the media formats that consumers use, along with their purchase intent.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Demonstrating a clear understanding of your buying cCommittee and enabling your go-to-market teams to employ this information as part of your sales playbooks will unblock deals, help you prioritize resources to impact, and chart mutual close plans with your customers.

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Vengreso

AUGUST 5, 2024

Our FlyMSG Sales Pro Plan for teams is an excellent resource for this. It offers on-demand courses that enhance prospecting skills, ensuring your sales team is always at the top of their game. Continuous learning and development are crucial for maintaining a high-performing sales team. Resources for sales enablement.

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The Digital Sales Institute

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Reduce leakage and sales costs while improving margins by getting salespeople to focus only on the “worthwhile” customers to boost productivity, conversion rates and value captured. All sales goals will be motivational, motivate growth, targeted to retain the salespeople, and align with the company’s overall performance.

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Babette Ten Haken

MARCH 24, 2017

For starters, you do not implicitly assume your marketing communications or sales enablement materials are relevant and valuable to clients. As a result, you continuously seek out valuable and accessible internal and external resources to best serve team members and clients. Read more about developing sales engineering mindset.

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

See the solution provided marginal benefit to the users, but it provided a massive value to a department supported by the user. We had the executive of the original group with us, and he outlined the help he needed in justifying investing in the solution with his resources (which were critical). We got immediate approval to move ahead.

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Janek Performance Group

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Alabama went 13-0, won the SEC and the National Championship with an average margin of victory of 30 points. Like football, sales is complex with many moving parts and factors to consider. Teams that have the experience and resources in place are better able to implement significant sales and business improvements.

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BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Imagine having the power to predict which leads will likely convert, or tailor your sales pitch based on an individual customer’s behaviors. These aren’t just daydreams – they’re tangible opportunities readily available with AI tools for sales. Let’s usher in the future of sales together!

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 13, 2018

With just the click of a mouse and a quick Google search, today’s sales reps have a whole host of resources right at their fingertips—resources that help them streamline and simplify activities like sales prospect research , sales outreach, and professional development. With Keenan the Sales Guy.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 24, 2018

2) Streamline Your Sales Process. Your initiative will likely not improve sales success overnight, but there will be marginal gains day-after-day once you incorporate prioritization. First, investigate if these data assets help before you commit to a resource-intense data integration project.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 30, 2011

If you are in sales and marketing, there is another forecast that is just as promising, especially if you recognize the pending fertile business opportunity and prepare accordingly. Buyers just don’t have the time, patience and resources for this “you figure it out approach”. What does the customer need to be successful?

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Miller Heiman Group

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Sixty-two percent of buyers find that sellers merely meet their expectations, and 77% of buyers don’t see sellers as a business resource, according to the 2018 Buyer Preferences Study from CSO Insights. To avoid becoming even more marginalized, sellers must take proactive steps to break the apathy loop. How to Get Perspective.

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Braveheart Sales

JULY 30, 2020

Resources are only consumed to produce a proposal if the ROI makes sense. Pricing and margins are maintained. What It Takes to Create a Sales Process. Salespeople need to have tools and resources in order to change their behavior. The post Can a Sales Process Help Sell Value? Profitability is strong.

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