SBI Growth

AUGUST 26, 2012

I hear from sales and marketing leaders on a regular basis that they need more leads. The most common marketing efforts to drive leads include paid search, SEO, social media, outbound email, teleprospecting and trade shows. It is non-interruption marketing. It is non-interruption marketing.

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Pointclear

APRIL 30, 2013

I''m pleased to have as my guest today Jamie Turner, CEO and Founder of The 60 Second Marketer, an organization that provides tools, tips and tutorials on the newest techniques in marketing. Jamie was recently profiled in Advertising and Promotion , the world''s best-selling college-level marketing textbook.

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Smooth Sale

APRIL 8, 2024

Photo by SNCR_Group Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Maximize Your Trade Show Success And Business Growth Trade shows are vital to the business landscape, offering unparalleled opportunities for networking, learning, and showcasing innovations. Prepare marketing materials. Promote your attendance.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 29, 2020

Events and trade shows are expensive, even if you’re not a sponsor. Even so, they are still one of the best ways to get your solution in front of a crowd of likely prospects: 41% of companies consider event marketing to be their top channel for lead generation. Enterprise, mid-market, or startup/small business?

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Which means things shaking up in the B2B world — holiday emails are being blasted, sales deals are being closed, and 2021 recruitment strategies are finishing up. And to get there, you have to ramp up your visibility and engagement with your best sales, marketing, and recruiting teams.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 14, 2014

Earlier this month in a post title To Call Or Not , I cited some stats about the level of effort required to engage and sell new buyers. Having remembered that the company had recently done a trade show about a week before our conversation. I asked how many leads he picked up, he told me about a hundred or so.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Of the 365 days in a year, you can spend 232 of them selling (See Exhibit A). A field Sales Rep should be spending around 64% of those available hours selling. What if you spent an hour or two more per week selling? Without getting too deep into the weeds, below are 5 steps to sell smarter. How do you achieve that?

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Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

The ABCDE of Selling Wes introduces his unique framework, the ABCDE of selling, which he describes as a circular process rather than a linear pipeline or funnel. Trade Shows: Participate in industry events to showcase your products and services. Direct Mail: Send personalized mail to capture the attention of prospects.

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The Pipeline

MAY 21, 2019

Most trade shows I attend, I do so to prospect, not as an exhibitor. Organizers kindly line up prospect in neat little stalls, one after the other. A couple weeks back I went to an event where I was indeed interested in what they were displaying and selling. This time I got to experience trade shows like most mortals do.

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Pointclear

JUNE 28, 2012

As a member of the Executive Advisory Group, he delivers CMO and Sales Advisory Services that provide senior technology marketing and sales executives with insights into how to improve productivity and efficiency in their organizations. My PowerViews guest today is Rich Vancil, IDC Group Vice President for Executive Strategies.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

JUNE 14, 2011

NOTE: Often at a business networking event everyone’s trying to sell – you gotta be able to wear either the buyer or seller hat, and listen for your opportunity. The more you attend, the more you get known, grow, and succeed in your market. Trade shows. Woody Allen says 90% of success is showing up.

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The Pipeline

JULY 17, 2014

The reason I say this is the number of instances I have seen where people, who have a sales title of some sort on their business card, seem to be selling by using the ESP sales methodology. I was recently in the market for something that I can either buy some apps and do myself, or hire a service to do it for me. B) They are useless.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 11, 2019

Author: Tessa Burg In a perfect world, your sales team and your marketing team work side by side to find and close customers. In the real world, however, less than half of companies believe their sales and marketing teams are in any sort of alignment at all. CRM Data that Improves Marketing.

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Score More Sales

MAY 27, 2013

In past posts I’ve talked about how your social footprint is your 365 day per year, 24×7 online trade show where your buyers and potential referral partners can learn about you on their own schedule. First and foremost, work to build a robust profile in the right places where your target market and partners go.

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Zoominfo

JULY 15, 2019

A term like “brand activation” is almost guaranteed to inspire skepticism among modern marketers. In the age of information overload, marketers face the challenge of separating flash-in-the-pan trends from truly valuable business tactics. Experiential marketing. Enter, brand activation. .

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Sales and Marketing Management

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Author: Paige Musto In marketing, much like in life, success is often a function of how well you plan – how much you’re willing to research, strategize, optimize your approach. Mankind’s earliest marketers knew this: Umbricius Scaurus , a resident of Pompeii in the first century, A.D, Marketing adapted to taste and preference. .

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 23, 2012

A great sales person sells things, but also combines an air of expertise with a genuine feeling of concern for the client. In a market that is increasingly concerned with “inbound” techniques , the traditional sales call is more powerful than ever. Megan also specializes in marketing solutions for businesses. Immerse yourself.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 20, 2020

million B2B reps currently selling, as many as 1 million could be gone by 2020. It’s not just B2C companies that are selling directly from their websites, on Amazon or through affiliate relationships. And when you speak, ask questions that encourage your prospects to open up and talk about the problems that keep them up at night.

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Nutshell

MAY 7, 2024

Trade shows can be powerful platforms for showcasing your products, growing your brand, and winning new customers. However, figuring out how much your business actually benefits from attending trade shows can be challenging. Why measure your return from trade shows?

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Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Every week I run into executives who are saying to me, “OK, I’m ready to put up my profile” or “I have a profile but don’t really know what to do next”. Like going to a trade show or Chamber of commerce meeting, it won’t benefit you unless you interact in smart ways on an ongoing basis. set up advanced searches.

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The Pipeline

JULY 16, 2019

Not a moto for successful selling and retention, but maybe it has some purpose. Many who sell in a “complex sales” environment continue to define their value in ways linked to features, not business impacts. That is how our clients get paid; by helping their clients deal with their market realities. By Tibor Shanto.

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Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

We used to pick up the phone to call customers when something came in that they would like. We kept lists of sizes and favorite colors for when husbands and fiancés wanted to pick up a surprise gift. You can grow your visibility and be like a non-stop trade show by creating a strong presence online. Don’t sell them!

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Score More Sales

OCTOBER 24, 2013

You think you are ready for social selling but then you realize there are some basics you have not fixed yet. It is like having a 24-hour a day trade show booth online. Knowing there are horrible trade show booths and amazing ones – the same goes for how sellers are represented online. Network Connections.

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The Pipeline

JULY 27, 2017

Try this experiment, if you are a manager or team leader, next time you have team together in a room, or call, ask them to respond to the following question: “What do you sell?” If you need to set it up, tell them the setting is a trade show and the person asking the question could be a viable prospect, so the answer counts.

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Sales and Marketing Management

APRIL 24, 2020

To help you power up your reps’ efficiency, boost the bottom line and deliver a customer experience that lasts long after the initial sale, here are a few ideas for leveraging data as part of your B2B sales strategy. Maybe they all found you in a similar way – social media, a trade show or sales outreach, for example.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

What is lead generation, and why is it a source of contention for sales and marketing teams? Lead gen occurs within the second stage of a marketing funnel—meaning it happens after marketers have attracted an audience and are ready to hand them over to the sales team. What does a “good lead” look like anyway? What is a Lead?

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DiscoverOrg Sales

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Especially if you’ve just been promoted to Chief Marketing Officer. Extending far beyond traditional marketing tactics, today’s CMO shoulders vast and complex responsibilities that now span technology, analytics, revenue and—above all—measurable impact. Don’t forget to show the ROI of your marketing team. This will 1.)

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Zoominfo

JUNE 14, 2018

Industry trade shows and professional events are an excellent way to learn new skills, network with others, and revive your creativity. Today we teach you everything there is to know about B2B event preparation—so you can get the most out of your next trade show or industry event. Let’s get into it! 5. Branch out.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 3, 2017

You’d be surprised how often I hear, “My account based selling team can’t close.”. Did the leads come from your website, SDRs , your marketing team, a webinar you conducted, trade shows, or referrals from trusted colleagues? What was their system for following up? Selling is never about closing.

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Don on Selling

JANUARY 3, 2020

Attending a Trade Show can be like walking through a maze unless you plan ahead. Attending trade shows is a huge investment. So, how can you be sure you are investing your money and time to be successful at trade shows? Why are you going to a trade show? Four, let the vendors pick up the tab.

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SBI

OCTOBER 1, 2014

It’s equal parts party, celebration, inspiration, philanthrophy and industry trade-show. More than 1400 sessions, more than 350 exhibitors, 18 keynotes, 20 parties, 2 rock concerts, and 5 opportunities to help charities on site, there is perhaps no bigger event for sales and marketers. Act-On Software. ActonSoftware.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Traditionally, marketing plans layout these steps, but we need to dig a little deeper. This is where a go-to-market (GTM) strategy comes in. What is a Go-to-Market Strategy? Evaluating the resources used on customers (old and new) within marketing and product development teams will help with overall GTM execution.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 29, 2011

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. The water backs up and nothing moves through. For example, get so-called leads from mailings, trade shows, advertising, networking, newsletters, and speaking. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Home About The Pipeline. Free Resources. 0 Subscribers. Subscribe by Email. February 2012.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Author: TIM RIESTERER Sales training and enablement leaders, it’s time to level up. There are four forever changes transforming sales training and enablement from here on out: Marketing is the sales development team. All selling is inside selling. Customer success is customer selling. All selling is inside selling.

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SBI

MAY 1, 2012

Marketers, as we all know and understand, are responsible for many critical business tasks. Today’s post is not to delve into those many responsibilities, or even their significance, which we invariably place on Marketing’s broad shoulders. Tweet Sales-ready leads. They are not, in other words, a worthy or sustainable match.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 5, 2017

For companies selling any construction-related products, finding shelf space on the largest home improvement retailer, The Home Depot (HD), is a dream. Who Are You Selling to? Contractors make up just 3% of HD’s base, however they generate 40% of the store’s revenue; easily making them HD’s most valuable customers.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 16, 2012

Sign up for our Email Newsletter. Stored in Attitude , Buying Process , Communication , EDGE Sales Process , Gap Selling , Impact Questions , Planning , Productivity , Prospecting , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales eXchange , execution. One way to this consistently is to use the GAP Selling model. Free Resources.

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