Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Companies with low turnover rates are led by executives who understand that money alone is no longer an effective recruitment and retention tool. The post Cracking the Sales Compensation Code appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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No More Cold Calling

JUNE 25, 2020

Are you looking for your B2B sales leads in all the wrong places? Is your sales team searching too many faces, looking for traces of prospects, instead of narrowing the search to recruit only your ideal clients? There’s a better way, but it takes guts and conviction from every sales leader.

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Lead Generation B2B Lead Rank Lead Scoring 409

Steven Rosen

MAY 24, 2024

In this episode of the Sales Leadership Awakening Podcast, Rob Ulsh , VP of Dealer and International Sales for Great Dane, discusses the use of AI in sales leadership. He also explores the practical applications of AI in sales, including prospecting, customer retention, and pre-call planning.

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Company Sales Leadership Retention Loyalty 296

Vengreso

JANUARY 7, 2025

As the digital landscape evolves, video sales mastery has emerged as a pivotal element in modern sales strategies. Video sales are not just about creating content; they are about crafting experiences that resonate with the audience on a personal level. After all, who doesnt love a good story?

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Video Tools Top of Funnel Analytics 75

Janek Performance Group

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Sales training can be a significant investment in your sales team. Here are a few guidelines for organizations to boost the effectiveness of their sales training: Create a Culture of Training and Coaching Establishing a culture of training and coaching is one of the most significant things a company can do to achieve success.

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Training Hiring How To Retention 118

Vengreso

JANUARY 13, 2025

The landscape is being transformed by innovative tools designed for sales acceleration, optimize processes, and enhance productivity through an accelerated sales process. In this fast-paced world of sales enablement , staying ahead requires more than just traditional methods.

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Tools Top of Funnel Lead Rank Analytics 68

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Each successful referral earned both the referrer and the new user additional storage, up to a limit.This allows users to experiment with the tool before committing. Pricing becomes a tool to showcase the products scalability and value to mainstream customers.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 7, 2024

Delivering a product to a global audience in highly competitive fields requires impeccable organization, constantly improving customer retention, and top-tier relationship management — and some assistance from AI and automation can only help. An effective CRM is make-or-break for SaaS companies because of: Customer Retention.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 16, 2022

While neither sales processes nor SalesTech impacted sellers’ intent-to-stay in this same study, the tools a team uses can have a direct impact on a seller's pipeline volume, their sense of territory fairness, and their satisfaction with professional development — the three areas with the greatest impact on seller retention.

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Territories Intent Retention Study 312

Pipeliner

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In today’s digital landscape, businesses are increasingly turning to innovative strategies to enhance sales and build deeper relationships with their audience. One such strategy is leveraging AI in podcasting , creating a powerful synergy that transforms sales teams’ approaches.

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Top of Funnel Strategy Lead Rank Lead Scoring 105

Zoominfo

MARCH 12, 2025

Sales leaders need to make sure that every interaction counts and that means understanding which accounts are the best fit, when to reach out, and how to solve customer challenges. 70% reduction in data inaccuracy , saving time and effort for reps 1,100+ hours saved from manual data enrichment, allowing sales reps to focus on closing deals.

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Pipeline Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Sales Qualified Lead 130

Steven Rosen

APRIL 18, 2022

Hiring top performers has always been the lifeblood of any sales organization. COVID has changed sales forever. The 3 most important questions that we need to address when making hiring decisions for a sales position are: Can the candidate effectively sell virtually? Hiring Top Performers Post-COVID Recovery . Fit Interview.

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Hiring Lead Rank Retention Face-to-face 367

Cincom Smart Selling

MARCH 9, 2025

If your sales team is constantly stuck chasing approvals or fixing pricing mistakes, its time to rethink how you generate quotes. The Problem with Traditional Quoting Imagine this: A sales rep gets an inquiry from a high-value prospect requesting a custom quote. Deals slow down, errors creep in, and customers lose patience. Hours pass.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 14, 2025

Have you ever wondered what sets top sales performers apart from the rest? All sales champions employ specific strategies and have particular mindsets that allow them to constantly drive deals forward. Table of Contents: What is a sales champion? How to Attract and Engage a Sales Champion Want to Seal a Deal?

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

When combined with AI, these signals become powerful tools that reach potential customers much earlier in their journey — giving go-to-market teams a massive advantage over competitors who rely solely on ideal customer profile matches, traditional intent data, or account-fit scores. “Think about signals as triggers.

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Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Marketing Buyer 130

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

We surveyed over 11,000 revenue professionals to uncover exactly how GTM teams use ZoomInfo to expand markets, accelerate sales cycles, and drive revenue. By using real-time data and signals, sales teams are identifying high-potential accounts they would have otherwise missed. The results? Real-time insights power precision targeting.

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Report Account Based Marketing Sales Qualified Lead Customer 130

Pipeliner

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

With the rise of sales enablement technologies and changing consumer behaviors, it’s no longer a question of if, but when, cruise lines will adopt Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions. Customer Retention: Loyalty is the lifeblood of the cruise industry.

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CRM Loyalty Segment Retention 103

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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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 13, 2025

According to a 2023 survey of over 450 sales leaders, 91% of their teams missed quota that year. And even with revenue up in 2024 , reps are still struggling to meet their sales goals. Getting stuck on YTD sales. Projecting a sales cycle ahead of time gives sellers a better chance of making their numbers.

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Revenue Meeting Top of Funnel Forecasting 95

Zoominfo

JANUARY 16, 2025

Turning Signals to Action Once youre successfully stacking those signals, consider using advanced GTM AI tools to draw out insights at scale. Sales and Marketing Alignment: The Real ROI of Intent Data One of the most significant benefits of intent data is fostering alignment between sales and marketing.

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Allego

MARCH 20, 2025

In industries like pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and financial services, sales teams must do more than just train. They need sales certification to ensure compliance, consistency, and credibility. A strong sales certification program ensures they are prepared. How will certification impact sales performance?

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Retention Analytics Video eBook 62

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Customer retention is an excellent method to increase customer lifetime value (CLV). So let’s get into how CLV plays into sales and marketing campaigns and how to calculate it. And this requires your sales and marketing teams to prioritize retention strategies over acquisition strategies. Average Sale Value.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Revenue Customer 246

No More Cold Calling

APRIL 26, 2021

I wrote that in 2013, back when virtual sales meetings weren’t the only option. We’ve had to make do with virtual sales meetings, and that has affected many B2B sales pros’ ability to access new customers and to make real-world connections. The Problem with Virtual Sales Meetings. But not referral sellers.

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Mindtickle

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Modern revenue leaders understand that sales coaching is key to sales success. Sales coaching can help every team member achieve their full potential when done well. In fact, recent research found that nearly all (91%) of sales managers feel coaching positively impacts team performance.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2021

Sales reps can easily lose a successful sale if they don’t have the right tools or framework to work with. Both market and sales intelligence fall under the umbrella of lead intelligence, which collectively gives comprehensive insights about prospects. What is Sales Intelligence? What is Market Intelligence?

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Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Qualified Lead Marketing Top of Funnel 207

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. And RevOps has the tools and analytics to run all these models to give us the answers needed to achieve our goals.

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Lead Gen Lead Rank Top of Funnel Analytics 127

Allego

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Your top rep just completed a high-impact sales training session. This rapid decline in knowledge retention leads to inconsistent sales execution, wasted training investments, and a constant struggle to keep teams aligned on best practices. Highly effective sales teams are 4.8 What Is Reinforcement Learning in Sales?

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Training Hiring Retention Exercises 62

Vengreso

JANUARY 6, 2025

In the fast-paced world of sales , aligning Sales KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) with your company’s unique goals is crucial for driving success and ensuring every effort contributes to the overarching mission. Understanding the Importance of Sales Metrics and KPIs Sales KPIs are the keystones of any successful sales strategy.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring How To Top of Funnel 68

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 5, 2025

When we get a PO, we focus on our retention, expansion goals. How can we leverage technology, tools, and AI to do the work? The “customer” is reduced to a number–net new logos, retention/renewal, number of strategic accounts, major accounts, SMB. And the concept of a customer never arises in these equations.

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Customer Analysis Retention Social Media 100

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 23, 2025

Win rates plummet, % making quota plummet, retention rates declining, sales cycles lengthening, deal size decreasing. ” And we are using these tools to…… ramp up the numbers even more. Are we providing the tools, training, programs, processes they need to help them perform at the highest levels?

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Allego

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

B2B sales isnt what it used to be. They conduct extensive research, engage with sales reps late in the process, andperhaps most challenging of allrarely make decisions alone. To succeed in today’s B2B landscape, sales teams need personalize coaching, real-time feedback, AI-driven insights, and adaptive learning strategies.

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Alice Heiman

JANUARY 15, 2025

Referrals are an often-overlooked yet highly effective way to boost sales. Learn why referrals outperform cold outreach, how they lead to higher-quality leads, and why they drive stronger customer retention. In this episode, Alice Heiman dives into the transformative impact of a formal referral selling process.

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Nutshell

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Before the advent of CRM systems, sales teams relied heavily on manual processes. Sales representatives must keep track of customer information through spreadsheets; each of them has their own method of maintaining their sales records. How does sales busywork affect overall productivity?

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System CRM Lead Rank Lead Scoring 71

Smooth Sale

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: How To Know If an App Will Help Your Business In todays digital age, businesses constantly seek tools and technologies to streamline operations, engage customers, and boost revenue. Among these tools, mobile and web applications have emerged as powerful assets.

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How To Hiring ROI Networking 97

Zoominfo

JANUARY 6, 2021

Read on to discover the latest CRM trends for sales and marketers to use in 2021—and beyond. They help improve customer experiences and boost customer retention with ever-progressing data analytics features. Share the same goals and tools between sales and marketing teams. Future Trends in CRM.

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Tenbound

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The State of EMEA Sales Development Survey 2024 highlights key trends shaping the Sales Development Representative (SDR) landscape across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Here’s a breakdown of the findings and their significance for Sales and Marketing leaders. Download Report Here. Download Report Here.

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Survey Hiring Compensation Lead Rank 59

Zoominfo

JANUARY 23, 2021

Sales account management, like sales, is selling. For the sales account manager, getting processes down can mean the difference between achieving massive growth and losing customers to the competition. The lines between sales and account management get blurry — while they’re both revenue powerhouses, they’re different beasts.

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