Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 6, 2020

Author: Dan Templeton No one wants a stagnant sales team. On the other hand, the thought of scaling a sales team can seem overwhelming and difficult. . If your company is approaching the growth stage, it means that your organization has already identified a steady income base, a monetization procedure and proven sales techniques.

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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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Highspot

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Imagine having a sales team that hits or exceeds their targets without fail. It might sound like a lofty goal, but there’s a proven way to get there with sales enablement training. 54% of enablement teams that manage sales training programs report a six-percentage-point increase in customer retention.

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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. Middle- and bottom-of-funnel content is more critical than content at the top.

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Gong.io

OCTOBER 19, 2021

For a long time, sales leaders thought that the way to give sales teams a leg up was to help them target the right buyers in the right ways. But if you thought that gifted reps and some targeted marketing would get your team to the top, pull up a chair. Your sales reps have natural abilities, which is all well and good.

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Zoominfo

JULY 13, 2021

In just the last 12 months, we launched ZoomInfo Engage to automate sales outreach. We launched Workflows to activate market insights, buyer intent, and website activity. It’s impossible to listen to every sales call, every support call, and every recruiting conversation. The top 4 categories were Data Platform (e.g.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 15, 2013

Organizations that have achieved real sales and marketing alignment are as rare as unicorns. Sign up for SBI’s 7th annual research tour: " How to Make Your Number in 2014: A Sales Strategy You Can Execute.” Learn together what top companies will do differently next year. Brainshark provides solutions for sales enablement.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Dedicated to creating high-value content for every stage of the customer journey, a content marketer’s role is well-defined. What is the difference between sales enablement and content marketing? How does content marketing help sales enablement?

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Pipeliner

AUGUST 19, 2021

Can content marketing be of any use to a brand’s sales? Creating content is one thing and targeting the audience is the other. Therefore, when wanting to increase sales through content marketing, sit down with your team and analyze your target market. Understand the Working of the Conversion Funnel.

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Allego

DECEMBER 9, 2021

We observed the evolving role of sales learning from formal, instructor-led training to becoming part of the essential enablement experiences that reps count on day-to-day to help themselves. Here the four top sales enablement trends for 2022: B2B buyer journeys require smarter, virtual selling.

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SBI Growth

JULY 23, 2013

Sales Operations leaders have seen the power of Social Selling. The top of the funnel is filling with highly qualified prospects. Sales cycles that begin with an online referral are closing more rapidly. Your message is resonating with buyers earlier in their buying process. Discover the problems that still remain.

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Allego

APRIL 14, 2021

The era of rep-centric sales enablement has arrived—and it couldn’t have come at a better time. With the uncertain economy, the rise in remote teams due to the pandemic, and tightening budgets, it’s more important than ever for companies to equip their sales teams to produce at the highest level. 2 Content Activation.

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SBI

OCTOBER 30, 2018

If you’re like a lot of busy Sales Executives, you’ve likely noticed there are a lot of fantastic podcasts popping up. I recently had the pleasure of being the guest on the Sales Enablement Radio podcast hosted by the Brevet Group. Announcer: Welcome everybody to Sales Enablement Radio. Listen Here: [link].

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

The average tenure of a VP of Sales is (18) months. Chances are a marketing leader will engage with a new head of sales at some point. Think like a VP of Sales. Have you ever thought of your VP of Sales as a key Buyer Persona? Winning the Head of Sales over to your cause should be a top priority.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 21, 2013

Campaign objectives generally fall into these four categories: Building Awareness – Fill the top of the funnel by stimulating interest in the marketplace for your solution. Generating New Sales Leads – Move leads through early stages of buyer’s journey, nurturing them until sales-ready.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 5, 2021

Among many takeaways — about sales enablement , forecasting , hiring , and more — one thing was certain: Sales has changed a lot since the pandemic began. In these conditions, without the right knowledge, tools, and team assistance at their fingertips, your sales reps will find consistent sales success hard to come by.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Because ‘doers’ are willing to roll up their sleeves and work with sales to hit the number. Rather than focus on working with sales to drive revenue, they got caught up chasing shiny objects. The sales team lost confidence in their ability to fill the funnel. The ‘doer’ is concerned about sales results.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

When I joined a SaaS startup as the Head of Sales, we were an emerging upstart in a crowded space. Table of Contents What Is a Sales Enablement Framework? A sales enablement framework establishes a collaborative process and gets disparate departments on the same page. My first task?

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 16, 2021

If you could spend a day with sales teams from some of the most successful companies in the world, what would you see? They’re all on board – marketing, sales, product, customer success, and executive leaders. Their sales tools are integrated effectively, coaching is readily available, and sales reps are happily using their CRM.

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Sellers, sales leaders, marketers, and sales enablement teams all say that their enablement programs impact sales. In times of tight budgets and increased revenue demands, being able to prove your sales enablement ROI is critical. Common Challenges of Capturing Sales Enablement ROI.

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Allego

JANUARY 26, 2021

2021 will be a very different year for sales organizations. Innovative sales learning and enablement technology can help you deliver the learning, content, collaboration, and insights to drive results in the next normal—and you don’t have to spend a fortune on multiple solutions to do it. Build Your Best Tech Stack.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 15, 2020

If you started paying more attention to the sales enablement needs of your organization, you’re not alone. For sales organizations that have been waiting to implement dedicated sales enablement measures — the time is now. In 2020, Crayon placed even greater emphasis on sales enablement to support their sales force.

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 6, 2021

Read on to discover the latest CRM trends for sales and marketers to use in 2021—and beyond. They have always been crucial for valuable customer insights for sales and marketing teams to act on, with the shared goal of closing more deals. Share the same goals and tools between sales and marketing teams. Future Trends in CRM.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In an ideal world, your company has a truly close alignment between sales and marketing, and communication flows like a river between these teams. Despite those potential gaps in alignment, content marketing can help boost sales when deployed appropriately. Content didn’t make this deal happen. Let’s start with a story.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

As a busy sales rep, you don’t have a ton of time to spend perusing blog posts. But, what if we told you a quick reading break might actually increase your sales productivity? Here are 25 of our favorite sales blogs. Top 25 Sales Blogs for all Sales Professionals. 1. Factor8: Your Inside Sales Advisor.

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Vengreso

JANUARY 22, 2025

Ready to enhance your sales skills? Our list of the best sales training blogs offers expert tips and practical advice to help you succeed. These blogs provide insights and strategies tailored specifically for sales managers , focusing on leadership, productivity , team motivation, and effective sales strategies.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 24, 2021

Whether you’re sales or marketing, putting out content is a never-ending task, a mountain with no peak. This article talks you, the reader, through ideation, creation, and then iteration of content. This article talks you, the reader, through ideation, creation, and then iteration of content. Content ideation.

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Allego

APRIL 26, 2023

Frantically, she searched through the company’s sales content library, her computer files, and her email inbox, but to no avail. While the prospect waited, Kate from a competing company contacted them—with all sales materials, reports, and documents at her fingertips to share. The report seemed to have disappeared into thin air.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 6, 2019

Sales prospecting—a common source of misery for most sales reps—is a critical aspect of selling for nearly all businesses. Prospecting uncovers potential buyers, fuels an organization’s sales pipeline, and provides important context to future sales conversations. What is B2B Sales Prospecting?

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Manual sales prospecting and lead generation doesn’t get your sales and marketing teams where they need to be for their quotas — and it wastes time. However, when these teams are equipped with the right tools, such as sales intelligence, less important tasks can be automated so that reps can focus on lead strategies.

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Allego

JULY 28, 2022

Podcast hosts are turning to Allego experts for advice on improving sales results. That’s because sales teams are under intense pressure to win deals and hit quota. It’s understandable, as sales are what drive a large part of a company’s success. That demand, however, may cause sales reps to pressure buyers.

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SalesFuel

DECEMBER 27, 2024

But many other media hours during the day are perfect for taking in audio content. This content being enjoyed ranges from in-car radio to streaming apps to podcasts. Whether consumers are driving, working or exercising, audio content gets a big share of their ear. Audio has always served as a top of funnel influencer.

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SalesFuel

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Marketers can quickly place content, especially if they are managing organic social themselves. They consider whether or not the content can be expanded to other media channels to generate more impressions and engagement. Some CEOs want to vet content to be sure it contains the right tone. That practice doesnt always make sense.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 5, 2021

Among many takeaways — about sales enablement , forecasting , hiring , and more — one thing was certain: Sales has changed a lot since the pandemic began. In these conditions, without the right knowledge, tools, and team assistance at their fingertips, your sales reps will find consistent sales success hard to come by.

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Highspot

JANUARY 2, 2023

You already know a solid sales strategy can lay the groundwork for a successful, cohesive sales organization. But we’re here to show you how implementing a plan for sales enablement sets the stage for your sales strategy to align seamlessly with your sales goals. What Is Sales Enablement?

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Corporate Visions

JULY 2, 2020

The post The Three Waves of Sales Enablement by Tim Riesterer appeared first on Corporate Visions. But, just as the first wave of agricultural society gave way to the second wave of industrial society, so too Learning Paths transitioned to more situational, Territory Plan-based learning and enablement.

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SalesFuel

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Between 2022 and 2024, surveyed business leaders have given declining scores to their sales and profit performance. When sales and customer acquisition rates arent where they need to be, B2B market intelligence can help. Content Management You can also help clients develop the kind of content that interests these buyers.

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