October, 2022

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How To Recruit Top Sales Talent

Iannarino

If you look at any leader with a high-performing team, be it a college football team, an orchestra, or a sales organization, it is likely that they prioritize recruiting.

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Ten Truths That Will Increase Your Sales Effectiveness

Membrain

I want to share with you the ten principles on which we developed our platform. These are also available as a download in my Sales Effectiveness Manifesto.

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The Factor That Will Make or Break Your Sales Initiative - and How To Get It Right

Force Management

This blog is part of our Mission Critical Success Series, where we dive into the strategies leaders are using to execute on mission critical sales objectives during times of economic change. Each week, we will cover a different essential area of sales effectiveness. Check our blog next week for the newest installment, or subscribe for updates straight to your inbox.

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New Data: Is Sales Compensation Aligned With Changing Motivational Needs?

Understanding the Sales Force

My MacBook Pro is running Monterey version 12.6 and it has been charging to only 80%. This was driving me crazy so I did some digging and found that the default battery setting is "Optimized" where it says the following: "To reduce battery aging, your Mac learns from your daily charging routine so it can wait to finish charging past 80% until you need to use it on battery.".

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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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20 Mary Kay Quotes to Inspire Women in Sales

Veloxy

Mary Kay has been motivating women in sales and business for over fifty years. After repeatedly being turned down for promotions and raises in favor of male coworkers, Mary Kay quit her job and started a beauty company. This beauty company is now worth $3.25 billion dollars. Best known for the infamous “Pink Cadillacs” that were awarded to top sales directors beginning in 1969, Mary Kay is now awarding top women in sales with pink Mini Coppers and more!

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Why Sales Coaching Matters

Anthony Cole Training

It is an important distinction in sales – understanding the salesperson who can sell versus the one who will sell. A recent post by Dave Kurlan, on the Difference Between Selling Skills and Effectiveness does a great job of illustrating that difference. Think about your own business and those who consistently produce beyond the expected. There is something more than just their skills that drive their behavior and success.

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8 Guidelines for a Great 4th Quarter

Membrain

The 4th quarter is the accountability quarter. Some of you are thinking, “Hey, it’s been a great year,” because you’ve done well in Q1-3. Others are saying, “Ugh,” because you simply didn’t accomplish everything you hoped.

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SaaS Multiples Are Down 75% From a Year Ago

SaaStr

There are so many metrics out there these days on how public SaaS companies are doing. Versus last week, last month, etc. etc, So many metric sometimes it’s a little hard to get a handle on what they all mean. The latest Bessemer Parting the Cloud summarized it all I think with one helpful metric: SaaS multiples are down 75% from a year ago. .

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How Adidas builds metaverse experiences and partnerships

Martech

Adidas VP global marketing Erika Wykes-Sneyd at the DPAA Global Summit in New York. Image: DPAA. Over the last two years, iconic shoe brand Adidas has been establishing a metaverse presence by collaborating with tech partners and creators and also rolling out their own NFT. Leading the effort is Erika Wykes-Sneyd, who spoke about the brand’s journey at the recent DPAA Global Summit.

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5 Sales Tech Stack Tools You Should Use in 2023 (High ROI)

Veloxy

As a sales manager, you have a crazy number of options to choose from to build the ultimate sales tech stack. It was recently found that 67% of sales teams have 4 to 10 sales tools in their tech stack. This is great, however, B2B sales teams are struggling with low team adoption and unclear ROI. Why? The sales tool market is in the hundreds, if not the thousands.

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

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

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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Thou Shalt Always Be Prospecting: The 10 Commandments of Sales Success

Anthony Cole Training

Do you ever hear that your salespeople don't have enough time to prospect? Share this video with your people who might struggle with consistent prospecting. This video is a part of our new series with Mark Trinkle: The 10 Commandments of Sales Success. Today we dive into number two- Thou Shalt Always Be Prospecting.

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5 Signs Your Company has a Toxic Sales Culture

Iannarino

When people are quietly quitting, working from home, and avoiding the office, it's important to make sure your culture isn't the root cause. Most sales cultures are okay, some are exceptional, and others are toxic. There is a saying attributed to the great management consultant Peter Drucker (even though there is no evidence he said it): "Culture eats strategy for breakfast.

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Assuming The Sale – How To Use It Correctly

The 5% Institute

One of the most powerful sales closes you can use to help your potential clients make a buying decision, is assuming the sale. A way that you can effectively do this, is by using something called assumptive close questions. In this article, we’re going to look at what assuming the sale means, as well as explore some examples for you to use and get inspiration from.

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Dear SaaStr: What Are Some Lies Founders Tell Themselves?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: What Are Some Lies Founders Tell Themselves? #1 Lie. That it will get easier. It never gets easy, but it can get less difficult: You get better. You constantly learn, and in not that long of a time, become one of the experts in your space. At some point, you stop being at risk of going bankrupt. This does let you breathe. At some point, you have a brand, and that makes your growth more predictable.

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Don't Let AI Pass You By: The New Era of Personalized Sales Coaching & Development

Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Sales & Devyn Blume, Sr. Account Executive

Are you curious about how artificial intelligence is reshaping sales coaching, learning, and development? Join Brendan Sweeney and Devyn Blume of Allego for an engaging new webinar exploring AI's transformative role in sales coaching and performance improvement! Brendan and Devyn will share actionable insights and strategies for integrating AI into coaching and development - ensuring personalized, effective, and scalable training!

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4 tips for navigating sensitive customer data

Martech

Consumer data collection has exploded over the past decade. As users, we’ve grown too accustomed to sharing very personal data in this loosely regulated digital age through every topic searched, email sent and double-tap on a friend’s post. All these signals build a rich profile for targeting and personalization. Data-driven marketing has had a transformational shift not only in how we engage with our customers but, even more importantly, in how we target new prospective customers.

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Here’s Why We’re Revamping Our Sales Methodology

Membrain

Come VIBE with us! We’re rolling out a new sales methodology, and we’re ready to let you in on it.

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Pre-Call Preparation: The 10 Commandments of Sales Success

Anthony Cole Training

Are your salespeople following the first commandment of sales success? Our new video series with Mark Trinkle introduces the 10 Commandments of Sales Success. Today we start with number one- Pre-Call Preparation.

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What Is a Trigger Event?

Iannarino

A trigger event is something that forces a company to change. For example, at the time of this writing, the Federal Reserve has raised the Fed Fund rate to the highest level in many decades. This is a trigger event for real estate agents, mortgage banks, and title companies. Real estate agents will have to change how they find potential buyers, mortgage banks may have to develop new lending programs, and title companies may be forced to take a little more time off.

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How to Optimize Call Monitoring: Automate QA and Elevate Customer Experience

Speaker: Laura Noonan, Chief Revenue Officer at CallFinder + Angie Kronlage, Director of Program Success at Working Solutions + April Wiita, Vice President of Program Success at Working Solutions

Are you still manually reviewing calls? 🤔 It's time for a change! The traditional method of manual call monitoring is no longer cutting it in today's fast-paced call center environment. Industry experts Angie Kronlage and April Wiita from Working Solutions are here to explore the power of innovative automation to revolutionize outdated call review processes!

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Selling Finance Products – 5 x Effective Tips

The 5% Institute

Selling finance products can sometimes feel a bit harder than selling other product types. Generally, when selling finance products, you’re selling the invisible; an intangible outcome products and results that’ll benefit them financially. Compared to that of a physical product – people can see, hear or feel what they’re buying. That’s why when selling finance products, you need to have a slightly different format and process to close more consistently.

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The Simple Reason Startups That Just Raised $100s of Millions Are Doing Layoffs

SaaStr

So this is a simple post, it would almost do better as a Quora answer, if folks still really read Quora. But I thought it was worth writing up, because what’s happening on Twitter and the internet these days is confusing on many levels. And one of the most confusing thing is that: Many of the best SaaS and Cloud companies. That are growing really quickly and.

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4 digital marketing pain points SMBs face today by Microsoft Advertising

Martech

To succeed as a small or medium-sized business (SMB), employees must work smarter. Tight budgets and scrappy teams require innovation at every level — from the Founder and CMO, e-commerce Marketing Director to VP of Marketing, Social Media Director to Paid Search Strategist. This opportunity to bring creativity and agility to the table is one of the many reasons why employees find SMBs rewarding workplaces.

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3 Best Cold Calling Scripts and Tips

RAIN Group

Many people want to believe that cold calling doesn't work because they don't want to have to get on the phone. Indeed, there are many ways to do it wrong and fail. Many cold callers use deceptive tactics to get through and leave a bad taste in buyers' mouths.

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How to Improve Email Deliverability and Optimize Each Send

Learn how to optimize email deliverability and drive greater email ROI. What lands your email in the customer’s inbox? Understanding those factors, otherwise known as email deliverability, is critical to getting the most return on your campaign investments. But the “rules” around which factors land you in the spam folder aren’t always easy to keep up with.

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6 Steps to Start the Sale

Anthony Cole Training

The start of any undertaking is the most important step. When it comes to building the confident and trusting relationship associated with a strong seller / buyer relationship, the start is especially important. I'm not just talking about the immediate "bonding and rapport" part of selling or a 5-minute segment of chitchat. The start I’m referring to is the entire first contact process whether it is a phone call or an association meeting or the initial meeting after the phone call.

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The Only Way to Overcome Sales Call Reluctance

Iannarino

If you or someone you know has sales call reluctance, you have come to the right place. I am perfectly qualified to help you overcome it. When I was 12 years old, I knocked on doors and asked people to buy the Sunday newspaper. When I was 15, I was making cold calls for a charity. Before my 19th birthday, I was making cold calls in my family's staffing business.

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How To Have A Selling Advantage – 8 x Tips

The 5% Institute

In this article, you’ll learn how to have a selling advantage, by learning proven sales tips and techniques that you can start implementing straight away. These successful sales techniques are centred around consultative selling. This means that you’ll take a question based, and solution approach rather than purely presenting up front or using any old school and gimmicky techniques.

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Seasoned VPs Cost 10x a Stretch VP Now. Is It Worth It?

SaaStr

So That VP That Has Done it Before always cost more than the stretch VP. They ask for more salary, and a bigger team. As they should. But in the past few years, the gap has grown and grown. Recently I talked with a founder who had hired a seasoned VP of Marketing at $3m that had an 8 person content marketing team. Not an 8 person team at $3m ARR, but just 8 on content alone!

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Brick & Mortar Retail Relevance: How to Stay Ahead of the Curve

Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an

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Market research focus groups get new lease of life

Martech

Big data should have replaced the focus group by now. But it hasn’t. That quaint 20th century practice of getting people to sit around a table and talk about a product is still with us. Marketers still use it to gain insights into why consumers want to buy something. Only the venue has changed. Now focus groups meet up in a zoom call, not in a conference room.

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Mine Is Bigger Than Yours!

Partners in Excellence

Get your minds out of the locker room! I’m talking about your Sales Stack! Is it big enough, is it bigger than others in your industry? I suppose it’s not surprising, but there’s a lot of talk about the importance of sales stacks. As you would expect, much of it is driven by the vendors of sales technology tools. Apparently, at least according to them, the secret to sales success is the number of sales technology tools an organization deploys–less the strategies the organ

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Sales Goal Setting

Anthony Cole Training

Sometimes that means just go do the work! Early on in our business, I established rules for our sales success. One of my rules was No Cold Calling. Even though there is lots of information on effective cold calling, by having that rule, I was forced to get introductions and network with centers of influence. This has worked well over the years and our entire team follows that path.

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How Sales Managers Help Their Team Reach Sales Quotas

Iannarino

At the start of each year, the sales manager is given a sales quota, which is the total of their salespeople's individual quotas. For example, a sales manager with 10 salespeople who each have a goal of $1 million has a $10 million quota. A sales manager can only reach their sales quota by ensuring each member of their team reaches their targets.

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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