Sales 2.0

MARCH 31, 2025

Often when were talking about about sales, we seem to be saying the salesperson is in charge of when deals move forward and ultimately when they close. When you’re selling you are a steward of a buying process. You can influence when a sale happens, but you cannot overcome the inherent dynamics of how that customer wants to buy.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Today’s most effective go-to-market teams are increasingly embracing signal-based selling , a strategy that leverages real-time data and unique insights about promising prospects to gain a crucial edge in intensely competitive markets. Funding Funding rounds are among the strongest signals for both sales and marketing teams.

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No More Cold Calling

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Discover how a broken approach to social selling can damage your sales reputation, costing you business referrals and lost revenue. Steve thought he was a social selling pro, but his first message after connecting with me on LinkedIn proved that he wasnt. What is referral selling?

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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 25, 2021

If you know someone that runs a business with a sales team, or they lead the charge themselves, have them take a look at the areas below for ways they can increase their sales. Improving even one of these areas could take their sales to the next level. Sales process efficiency. Sales time sucks.

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Sales 2.0

MARCH 17, 2025

In the Ear of the Beholder One of my roles for this client is to help them sell more complicated services than their salespeople do on a day-to-day basis. This role is somewhat like a sales engineer. And up to this point, I thought I was doing well. And of course, the universe just showed up to shake me out of this delusion.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 29, 2021

This broken link is to blame for sales teams’ biggest closing mistakes. “My This is the frustrated lament I hear regularly from sales leaders. But not closing sales is never the real problem. The problem is that sales reps neglect important activities during earlier stages of the sales process. It’s just a symptom.

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Sales 2.0

JULY 8, 2022

Meanwhile most high tech companies accept this level of productivity in their sales departments. Before you can go setting up meetings, you need to figure out who you need to meet. Avoid banging your head up against the same wall over and over again. This content is for those who are not willing to accept those success rates.

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Pipeliner

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

The conversation delved into the evolution of sales strategies in response to changing buyer behavior, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of artificial intelligence. This blog post will break down the key insights and actionable advice shared by Wes, focusing on his five proven steps to making every sale.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 6, 2025

Top sales teams win with referrals. Are you keeping up? Without a referral-first mindset, pipeline uncertainty loomsleading to missed targets, longer sales cycles, missed quotas, and end-of-year panic. Referral selling isnt just a nice-to-have sales strategy. They do trust you when you share close contacts.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2024

Salesforce, for example, now requires 3X pipeline coverage for its sales teams — an increase of 50%. But it’s backing up those higher targets with support investments, a strong signal that executives view higher coverage figures as a new normal. Quickly summarize why this customer bought our product or service.

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Sales 2.0

MAY 29, 2020

In the sales domain, this big change has accelerated the trend to digital selling. As sales forces have been sent home and told their clients won’t meet them with them in-person, they have had to use new digital tools just to keep doing their job. Some of those new digital selling habits will stick. than before.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2024

To be successful, sales professionals need to be experts in many different areas at once: their product’s strengths and weaknesses, their prospects’ pain points and needs, and the broader economic and competitive landscapes. To give sellers a fighting chance, sales leaders need to build an effective, flexible sales enablement program.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Sales teams are drowning in tools. For too long, sellers have been forced to juggle a grab bag of tools that claim to make selling easier. Your sales engagement platform might tell reps when to send an email, but it has no idea if a prospect is actually in a buying cycle. Sell Smarter. Its time to make them intelligent.

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Sales 2.0

DECEMBER 17, 2024

I am continuing to report on findings from my new sales project. The project has already thrown up a few reminders I see time-and-time-again in the sales world. I am taking over a sales territory from a salesperson that has recently left the clients company. Reminder 2: Sales are driven by the customers.

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Sales 2.0

MAY 30, 2023

This is number 7 in a series of interviews I am conducting with subject matter experts and practitioners in the sales profession. I am examining where we are today with AI in sales and where we are going. Traditional sales models vs. AI-enabled selling. More time on actual selling activities. Think about that.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

A sales consultant who knows that I geek out on sales data read that 84% of salespeople suck because they don't enjoy what they do. Is it really because they don't enjoy selling? A huge percentage of salespeople do actually suck but the actual number is closer to 75%. million salespeople.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 23, 2025

Sweeping changes to commercial technology and data processes can leave sellers overwhelmed and distracted, taking up valuable time that could be spent selling. Fast starters , however, take a different approach, by prioritizing productivity and immediate impact over compliance and lengthy ramp-up.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 30, 2025

For close to two decades, we’ve been driven by a scaling philosophy, stated differently, a volume, velocity approach to selling. So we had to ramp up the volume velocity. And we could step up to that through the same tried and true methods: hire more people, leverage more tools and technology. What should we change?

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Sales Gravy

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In this episode of The Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount sits down with Andy Matheou from RHM Staffing to dive deep into the challenges and triumphs of selling in the staffing industry. Competitiveness and resilience are essential traits in both sales and personal life, helping individuals push through challenges and setbacks. –

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Bernadette McClelland

MAY 22, 2022

When I was a sales rep in Corporate Australia, it was quite common to receive multi 5-figure commissions for selling certain solutions – and most often selling those deals involved a series of detailed stages: Your normal sales discovery calls. And isn’t that what selling is really about?

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Sales is, in large part, the art of developing trust in a tight window — making credibility one of the most valuable assets you can have when engaging with prospects. With that said, cultivating and projecting credibility can be extremely tricky in a sales engagement. Deliver tailored insight and strategies.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 8, 2025

Youre selling something to someone who just wouldnt budge. If I just described a familiar struggle one you might know all too well Im here to share a solution that might be the answer to your prayers: Gap selling. Truthfully, gap selling takes patience, practice, and persistence to master. Lets get into it.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 26, 2024

I remember it like it was yesterday — I was just starting out in SaaS sales, and I had identified a promising account I wanted to target. I woke up to my alarm clock shattering that fantasy. It’s a time consuming but necessary process, which means mastering the AI sales follow-up can be a game-changer.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 26, 2024

In a recent episode of the Sales Pop Online Sellers Magazine, host John Golden sat down with Gail Kasper , a master sales trainer, author, television host, producer, and humanitarian. Introduction to the Cockatoo Selling System What is the Cockatoo Selling System? To stand out, sales presentations must be exceptional.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Lead-to-account matching and routing software addresses this problem head-on, automating key processes to help sales teams work smarter and faster. Heres how lead-to-account matching and routing software benefits businesses: Time Savings : Sales teams can focus on selling rather than administrative tasks.

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Sales 2.0

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

I am working on a new sales project and I am sharing what is happening, hoping that it may help you in your selling. Clean up starts I merged both CSV files together and then I used my favorite Excel function Remove Duplicates. Summary When looking for quick sales wins, one great place to look is in dusty old CRM records.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 25, 2024

Rusty sales skills won’t win the gold. It’s the same for your sales team. If you want this to be a game-changing year, it’s up to the CRO to make skills-building and practice a requirement, an integral part of your culture, and a major component of your sales strategy. What sales lessons can we learn from them?

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Sales 2.0

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Sales is not getting any easier. About a decade ago, certain subject matter experts came up with a solution to this problem. What should you do then if you want to sell your stuff in the age of AI? Most businesses have sales and marketing plans. Buyers have become even better at screening out salespeople.

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Zoominfo

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Sales teams face constant pressure to close deals faster and more effectively. Sales acceleration platforms provide a powerful solution, helping businesses optimize workflows, engage prospects, and convert leads more efficiently. What Are Sales Acceleration Platforms?

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Getting anything over the finish line as the holidays approach is a struggle in any facet of life, and sales is no exception. The end of Q4 is one of the — if not the — most stressful, frustrating stretches of any sales professional's year. Q4 Sales Strategies 1. Incentivize performance with contests and rewards. NONE AT ALL!

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