Fri.Nov 01, 2024

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Leading a Sales Team: 10 Keys to Success (Part 1)

Anthony Cole Training

This article is the 1st place winner of the 2022 Sales Pro Central MVP Awards on Sales Leadership! In our sales management training, we have developed 10 keys and a framework of activities that provide a new or tenured sales leader with a roadmap they need to put in place to help lead their team to greater sales success.

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Why Sales Leaders Need a Modern Sales Methodology

Iannarino

More sales organizations use a legacy approach than a modern sales methodology. Some of these sales managers may not be interested enough in studying the various ways to approach the sales conversation. As a sales leader, you need a modern sales methodology that teaches clients why they need to change and how they can make key decisions for their business.

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3 Keys That Determine the Length of Your Sales Cycle

Understanding the Sales Force

In Central Massachusetts, the 2024 Foliage season was dramatically different from a year ago when the leaves turned late in the fall, without much color, and they didn’t drop until the second half of November. Long Foliage Cycle. This year, much like when I was growing up, the leaves turned in mid-October and had mostly fallen from the trees by the end of October.

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Pega unveils latest Infinity platform

Martech

Enterprise AI decisioning platform and CRM Pega released a new version of its Infinity platform, Pega Infinity 24.2. The release fulfils a number of promises made earlier this year at PegaWorld 2024. In particular, it extends genAI coaches across the entire Pega platform, expands LLM choice and features Google BigQuery and Snowflake integrations. The enhancements are available immediately for Pega Cloud clients.

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AI Strategies for Sales Managers: How to Cut Down on Tedious Admin Work

What if you could help your sellers stop wasting 72% of their day on non-selling activities and focus on bringing in revenue? Incorporating AI in your enablement workflows can help you cut down on busy work, get projects done faster, and let your team (and you!) focus on making a bigger impact. We put together this guide to show you how to use AI to cut time and costs for projects, including collateral creation, development of training videos, and automating tedious processes.

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Is The Problem You Solve The Problem The Customers Have?

Partners in Excellence

Recently, I’ve been having a number of fascinating conversations with sellers on “the problem to be solved.” I’ve been asking them, “What problem do you solve?” The responses usually focus on what their products/solutions do. They aren’t feature discussions (which is great), rather they describe things like, “we improve data accuracy, integrity, and quality.” Or “we reduce time on administrative tasks,” or any number of things.

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Why account-based expansion is B2B’s next growth lever

Martech

As customer acquisition costs climb and economic pressures mount, B2B companies must look beyond the classic approach to chasing new accounts. But what if there was a way to unlock significant revenue by shifting focus? Account-based expansion — targeting growth within existing customer accounts — could be the key to sustainable growth, faster sales cycles and lower acquisition costs.

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Why starting small with AI pilots before scaling is a mistake

Martech

Many organizations start small with AI pilots before scaling. But what if this cautious approach is slowing you down? Starting small might feel safe, but it can keep you from achieving your larger goals quickly and effectively. It’s not the best approach for proving the value of AI to senior leaders in your organization. Ultimately, AI pilots lead to disconnected efforts and fail to meet the urgent demands for ROI that many marketing leaders face.

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AI-Powered Personalized Podcast Recommendations: A New SEO Strategy to Boost Sales

Sales Pop!

In the fast-evolving landscape of content marketing and sales, podcasting has become a powerful medium for brand visibility and audience engagement. Leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) for personalized podcast recommendations offers an innovative approach for sales professionals and marketers looking to connect with targeted audiences and boost conversions.

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What’s next for Google’s third-party cookie saga?

Martech

Google’s decision to leave third-party cookies up to the user was the latest twist in a long saga for the online advertising industry. But it won’t be the last. We still don’t know how exactly that’s going to happen and what the impact will be when it does. And there’s plenty of online advertising being done without third-party cookies, which were previously removed from other browsers and platforms.

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The Top Marketing Strategies for 2025 Growth with the CMOs of Snowflake, LinkedIn, and Carta 

SaaStr

Right now is one of the hardest times of the year for marketers. Most CMOs will be heads down wrapping up a year-end assessment and figuring out what to pitch for next year’s budgetary spend to drive revenue, all while navigating an ever-changing environment of inconsistent metrics, lower conversion rates, and a rapid rate of change with the adoption of AI in SaaS.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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5 Things You Can Do to Embrace a Growth Mindset

The Advantexe Advisor

Most of the readings and insights you will find about “Growth Mindset,” including my own blog on Developing a Growth Mindset in a VUCE Business Environment , are basically “telling” organizations and people what to do. Which is so counterintuitive because the very essence of the Growth Mindset is built on the principle of taking ownership and self-accountability to find solutions in a positive and constructive way without being told what to do or how to do it.

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Dear SaaStr: When Should a SaaS Company Allow Month-to-Month Contracts vs. Requiring Annual?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: When Should a SaaS Company Allow Month-to-Month Contracts vs. Requiring Annual? I think this is a topic where you get a lot of bad advice. Annual contracts combined with prepaid cash are a huge benefit, when done right: You get all the cash up-front (this is how I went cash-flow positive in fact) — IF you can collect it a timely fashion; and Your churn almost by definition goes down, at least nominal churn.

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Motivating & Incentivizing the Modern Sales Force

Salesfolks

Motivating a sales team requires more than the occasional bonus or a well-designed commission plan. Business and sales leaders must craft a dynamic and personalized compensation structure that addresses a range of motivators, from financial incentives to career development, lifestyle alignment, and recognition.

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Recognizing the Signs: When Your Organization Needs Marketing Orchestration

Heinz Marketing

By Carly Bauer , Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing Are you continually seeking ways to stay ahead of the competition and meet the ever-evolving demands of your customer s? One strategy that has gained significant traction is marketing orchestration. But what exactly is it, and how do you know when your organization needs it? This blog post will delve into the essence of marketing orchestration, what it helps accomplish, the repercussions of not implementing it, and how it can transform yo

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How to Prove Marketing Value: Demonstrate Content ROI and Contribution to Sales

Every marketer knows how important it is to prove their efforts drive sales opportunities, but that’s easier said than done. When problems like sales and marketing misalignment, lack of data, and wasted efforts persist, marketers can’t measure, prove, or increase their impact on revenue at a time when demonstrating marketing value is critical. Using analyst and expert data, this guide to marketing impact and content attribution explains: How B2B buyers use content The most common types of conten

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Product-Channel Fit: Finding the Right Growth Strategy for Your Product

Sales Hacker

Hello and welcome to The GTM Newsletter by GTMnow – read by 50,000+ revenue professionals weekly to stay up-to-date and scale their companies and careers. GTMnow is the media brand of GTMfund – sharing go-to-market advice from the top 1% of revenue operators including the 350 executives behind the fund, news, and our viewpoints from working with hundreds of portfolio companies.

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Spot Bonus: What It Is and How To Do It Right

Salesforce

Spot bonuses provide immediate rewards and recognition to employees who shine in their roles, making a significant impact or exceeding expectations. Think you need to wait for an annual review? With a spot bonus budget, you can show immediate appreciation for a sales rep’s efforts, providing fast recognition that boosts morale and encourages long-term productivity.