January, 2020

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How a Pickup Truck Relates to Driving Sales Growth in 2020

Anthony Cole Training

In this blog post, we compare an IH 1210 pickup truck to driving revenue growth within your sales organization. Like an engine that needs three things to run, your sales organization also needs three things to run.

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How to Scale Organic Traffic (Without Writing a Million Blog Posts)

ConversionXL

In-house SEOs and consultants alike are routinely challenged to find new opportunities to expand organic traffic. But the classic approach of researching new keywords then writing articles for those that match your domain strength doesn’t work for all sites. Take Quora, for example. It’s one of the largest social platforms, with over 300 million monthly active users and nearly 54 million pages in Google’s index.

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How to harness cognitive bias to win more sales

Membrain

“I like the sound of your solution, but I’ve already spent a lot of money with this vendor, so we’re going to keep trying to make it work.” “You seem to have built an impressive solution, but we really put a lot into our in-house solution, and even though it’s not working right now, we like it, so we’re going to keep building on it.”.

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For Women in Business Who Feel Like a Fraud

Women Sales Pros

Guest post by Maria Tribble, VP, Enterprise Sales, PathFactory [Note from Lori Richardson: This is an important post and I’m so thrilled Maria wrote it to share originally on Linkedin and gave us permission to post and share through Women Sales Pros. If it resonates with you, please share it as well. ] Maria says: This has been my part of my internal narrative and experience as a woman, a mother, and a technology sales professional.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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New Data Reveals a Finding That Correlates to Sales Success

Understanding the Sales Force

We had a request for some data from one of our longtime partners. My knee-jerk reaction to her request was that it would be a big nothing burger. She asked for data that would show the difference between salespeople who are goal oriented and those who are not. I did not expect much of a difference except in the area of Motivation but I was wrong. Very wrong!

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19 best sales influencers you must follow in 2020

Salesmate

Back in the days, students and knowledge-seekers used to choose a guru. One man that can teach everything from skills to the meaning of life. Now the time has changed, and one guru is not enough! You have to suck every drop of knowledge from industry leaders to be in the legend league. Especially in sales, you need to know everything best and worst of the industry, from news to new sales techniques.

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7 Tips for Creating a Knowledge-Filled Online Course

G2

Creating and selling online courses is one of the best ways to create an additional stream of income.

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As a venture capitalist, what are some red flags that would make you reject a startup immediately?

SaaStr

Q: As a venture capitalist, what are some red flags that would make you reject a startup immediately? First, there is a lot of marginal behavior that doesn’t lead to an immediate rejection, but does lead to immediate skepticism: Metrics that don’t quite make sense. Weird metrics like “Quarterly MRR” or odd ways to describe revenue are immediate flags.

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Time to Put a Stop to Buyer Objections

Engage Selling

It’s a friction point that holds you back from achieving sales success: buyer objections. If left unchecked, those objections will stop you dead in your tracks from being able to present a compelling proposal to your prospective customer.

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Cold Emailing Executives: 10 Phrases to Avoid at All Costs

Sales Hacker

We all get a lot of emails. But if you ask anyone who has had a “C” or a “VP” at the front of their title, you’ll quickly learn that most modern executives face a firehose of sales reps, recruiters, marketers, and pick-your-brain-over-coffee-ers making direct requests for their time every day. Executives read so many cold emails, they get a front-row seat to the most overused email templates and the worst email writing habits.

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The Intersection of AI and Sales: Personalization Without Compromise

Speaker: Jesse Hunter and Brynn Chadwick

Today’s buyers expect more than generic outreach–they want relevant, personalized interactions that address their specific needs. For sales teams managing hundreds or thousands of prospects, however, delivering this level of personalization without automation is nearly impossible. The key is integrating AI in a way that enhances customer engagement rather than making it feel robotic.

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Part One: Introverts Can Sell | Developing a Sales System [Podcast]

Sales Gravy

Can introverts sell? Jeb Blount author of Sales EQ, and Mathew Pollard author of The Introvert's Edge, break down the myths about introverts and selling. In part one of this series, you'll learn why successful introverts employ a consistent, repeatable sales system. Listen to Part Two of Introverts Can Sell Listen to Part Three of Introverts Can Sell Listen to Part Four of Introverts Can Sell Listen to Part Five of Introverts Can Sell Listen to Part Six of Introverts Can Sell Can introverts sel

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The 5 Keys to Sales Coaching

Anthony Cole Training

In this article, we discuss the "5 Keys to Sales Coaching", or 5 critical steps you must know and execute in order to get the best effort and results out of your salespeople, to help increase sales in 2020 and beyond.

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Four Reasons Your Sales Training Fails

Membrain

Have you spent money on sales training without seeing rewards? Are its promises of increased revenue and the vision of stress-free management evaporating? Well, you are not alone.

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Should Your Free Edition … Be Even Free-er?

SaaStr

Aaron Levie and Karen Appelton, his ex-head of partnerships came to the 2018 SaaStrAnnual.com to talk partnerships and one point on “free” deeply resonated with me. Aaron said he wished his API could be 100% free for everyone , for everything. He said he lamented that the reality was that wasn’t practical for Box’s current business — but he wished it could be.

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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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15 Brilliant Landing Page Examples to Emulate in 2020

G2

Landing pages can be the make or break of your lead acquisition strategy.

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Using Conceptual Selling® to make better sales

Salesmate

Conceptual Selling® methodology is used for planning and executing customer interactions. This methodology ensures that businesses follow a customer-centric behavior and align sales activities with customers’ decision-making process. Conceptual Selling® was founded on one basic fact. Customers don’t buy a product or a service – they buy the concept that the solution is based on.

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Flip the Script Tour Be a Better SDR

Score More Sales

It is difficult to share the excitement and enthusiasm I have in having been invited to be part of the Flip the Script National Tour happening in nine (9) cities in sixteen (16) days in February.

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Being Sales Assertive in 2020

Anthony Cole Training

Are there certain characteristics that make someone (or a salesperson) assertive? We believe so.

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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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Buying Patterns: what are they, and how to influence them

Membrain

A buying decision is a change management problem well before it is a solution choice issue. People don't want to buy anything; they want to resolve a problem in the least disruptive way.

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The Playbook to Building a Thriving Sales Culture with PatientPop SVP of Sales Justin Welsh (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Justin Welsh, former SVP of Sales at PatientPop explains how he started in SaaS in 2009 as the second sales hire at Zocdoc. Justin used Sales Culture to grow a successful PatientPop team to 140 employees and 55 million in revenue. Want to see more content like this? Join us at SaaStr Annual 2020. Justin Welsh | SVP Sales @ PatientPop. FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW.

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43 Marketing Metrics to Show Your Boss You're Killing It

G2

Any smart marketer knows that creativity is just half of the job. The other half? Measuring the effectiveness of that creativity.

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Your Real Value Is in the Eye of the Buyer: Why What You Think Doesn’t Matter

SalesProInsider

Have you ever heard the saying, “ Beauty is in the eye of the beholder?”. It’s the same with value in the eye of the buyer. Buyers pay attention to the “beauty” or value that is most important to them; and can get confused, sidetracked, or start to debate the cost for items they don’t see of value. More Isn’t Always Better . That’s why, when I heard a speaker at a conference tell the audience they should have a long list of specific components and features for ALL the potential services they off

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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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How One Simple Strategy Changed the Candy Industry

Neuromarketing

A century ago, Edward Noble sold billions of Life Savers in a few years with a different approach to marketing mints. The post How One Simple Strategy Changed the Candy Industry appeared first on Neuromarketing.

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5 Strategies to Increase Sales and Have Your Best Year Yet

Anthony Cole Training

Welcome to our newest blog series titled, "2020: The Year For Sales Growth". These blog posts will specifically focus on helping you drive (and increase) sales in the new year.

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How to get better results out of AI for your sales team

Membrain

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all the rage in sales right now. But in my conversations with sales leaders, I’ve learned that AI is rarely delivering what it promises to sales organizations operating in a complex b2b environment.

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Why If You Can Get to $10m ARR, You Can Get To $300m ARR

SaaStr

Why If You Can Get to $10m ARR, You Can Get To $300m ARR. Woah. That may sound controversial, or even silly. VCs may mock this. But hold on. Let me prove it to you. If you can get to $10m ARR, with positive revenue retention, you can indeed get to $300m ARR. In fact, the odds might even be seen as high. How can that be? It’s just math. Three factors combining together: First, the overall market for SaaS continues to grow.

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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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Oops! Bad reviews – How to close deals?

Salesmate

Type ‘business reviewing sites’ on Google’s search and it will give you many results such as G2 Crowd, SiteJabber, Capterra, Yelp, HundredX, Manta, Zomato, TripAdvisor. Oh, there are seriously too many reviewing sites for anything and everything on the internet. Besides these sites, how can we forget the popular social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, where hundreds of customers post their positive and negative feedback.

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Tips for Successful Lead Nurture Programs

Heinz Marketing

By Lisa Heay , Marketing Planning Manager at Heinz Marketing. Lead nurturing tends to be a misunderstood tactic. We often see companies whose nurture programs are filled with product and company-centric messaging, and the cadence may last 4 weeks, yet their average sales cycle is 9 months long. These emails are sent to cold prospects, and companies wonder why response rates are low—their nurture programs “just aren’t performing”.

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How To Get a Sales Job in 2020: Do’s & Don’ts of LinkedIn That Could Make or Break The Decision (Part 3 of 3)

Sales Hacker

Job hunting can be a minefield. One wrong step, and your chances for a great job can go up in smoke. . This is part 3 of our sales hiring series. In Part 1 we had just begun our journey to fill one of our positions at Sales Hacker, and we shared how we got over 375k views on our job posting. In Part 2 we shared our selection process. In this part I’ll share the do’s and don’ts to follow on your LinkedIn profile that I learned from going through the 150+ applications, and I’ll explain how to get

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Top Habits of Highly Successful Sales Managers

Anthony Cole Training

The sales management activities that we perform today create the results that we achieve today. What activities are you doing now that are creating your current unsatisfactory results? How can you change them?

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!