Openview

JANUARY 26, 2021

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 21, 2021

In the 3rd article of our series Hiring No Assembly Required Salespeople , we cover the Sales DNA competencies a successful candidate must have and how to identify these traits prior to making a hiring decision.

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Cerebral Selling

JANUARY 18, 2021

“How do you justify forcing small businesses to close while letting big-box stores stay open?”. “Lockdown measures aren’t working! Why should people follow your government’s advice?”. “Why are you putting teachers and students at risk by not mandating smaller class sizes? ”. The pandemic has thrust politicians into the spotlight like never before.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 21, 2021

The world’s best marketers don’t get to the top of their field by accident. They consume the right sources ; they read the right books. They take what they learn and put it into practice. But with the daily demands of most marketing professionals, it’s often an uphill battle to take a step back and set aside time to learn new skills.

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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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Membrain

JANUARY 6, 2021

Research shows that most New Year resolutions are abandoned within the first three months. In fact, if you made a resolution and have stuck to it firmly after even just a few days, you’re already ahead of a large portion of resolvers.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 27, 2021

We are surrounded by complexity–in our business, in our communities, in our lives. Complexity can be, by it’s nature, overwhelming. Ironically, too often our approach to dealing with complex situations is to make them more complex. We do this, because we don’t understand what we face or what we may be trying to do. We do this, because we’ve never experienced the situation before.

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 14, 2021

In our first blog on How to Hire No Assembly Required Salespeople series, we discussed the four critical steps you must take to minimize hiring mistakes and identify top talent. In this article, we cover critical selling competencies you must look for when sourcing and interviewing salespeople for your organization.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 18, 2021

Among all the product shortages we have experienced in the past ten months, there has been no shortage of crappy movies. It's almost like the movie studios decided to release all the movies filmed in the past several years that weren't ready for prime time and hope that people would stream them at home during the pandemic because we had watched everything else.

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Force Management

JANUARY 5, 2021

Proof Points are a critical component to the sales process. They provide proof that you do what you say you can do. The more they’re aligned to your buyer through industry, problem or positive business outcome, the more effective they’ll be. Sales organizations that have a process for developing and maximizing the effectiveness of their proof points are able to leverage this important tool in a way that creates and preserves value in the sales process.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 6, 2021

Google is always changing how it displays search results. The starting point for any effective SEO strategy is understanding what Google chooses to show and why. Only then can you figure out what you need to create or adjust on your site to show up more often—and in higher positions. In this article, you’ll learn a key part of that process: analyzing SERPs.

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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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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 3, 2021

Some readers will suggest I’m playing with words, I don’t mean to be. I’m playing with your mindset, hoping you consider a different perspective. We use a lot of words to talk about the function of sales. We focus on the organization, the various jobs and things that exist within the sales function. When we focus on sales, we focus on that function and how it works most effectively and efficiently.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 17, 2021

In theory, many things can kill a SaaS startup after $4m-$5m ARR. In practice, quitting is the only thing. In theory, many things can stop a SaaS startup after $4m-$5m ARR from getting to $100m. In practice, high churn is the only thing. — Jason BeKind Lemkin (@jasonlk) January 17, 2021. Part of my job when I invest in a start-up is to get folks excited about the company.

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 28, 2021

In today's world of selling, it is increasingly more difficult to get the attention of a prospective buyer after only a few outreach attempts. We know that they're busy but let's face it, we're all busy. So, how do you stay consistent (and persistent) in your outreach with a prospect while remaining sensitive to their daily lives and the distractions they face?

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 21, 2021

You finally have that big new 4K flat screen mounted on your wall but now the movie you are streaming isn't sharp because your inconsistent internet connection negatively affects the resolution and the big screen makes it even more obvious. Bringing it closer to sales, you invested in the CRM application you needed but your salespeople aren't using it the way you had hoped.

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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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The 5% Institute

JANUARY 21, 2021

The one call close is widely touted in the world of sales training and comes in various forms depending on the type of person teaching the techniques. Some use old school always be closing methods, and others a more consultative approach. In this article, we’ll give you the exact one call close blueprint – which help you close more sales consistently, without being pushy or breaking rapport.

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Membrain

JANUARY 24, 2021

In his best-selling sales guidebook “SPIN® Selling”, Neil Rackham identified four potential outcomes from every significant conversation with a prospective customer in a complex B2B sales environment: a win, an advance, a continuation or a clear “no sale”. I’ll define these outcomes in a moment.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 6, 2021

As we look at complex B2B enterprise level solutions, without a doubt, they are complex. When a customer talks to us about our solutions, we can always solve their problems, but as we look at proposing a solution we pummel the customer with endless questions, “How many people will need this, what are the other systems/processes we must interface with, how should we customize the solution to your specific needs, what are the average loads/utilization, what are the peak loads,… ”

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SaaStr

JANUARY 13, 2021

Burnout is a real risk in SaaS. Not usually in the early days. But as time marches on — It’s a huge risk. . One piece of “evidence” — a lot of fairly successful SaaS startups all sell at about the same point in time … about 5 years in.

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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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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 7, 2021

Hiring sales talent is often a costly, difficult, and time-consuming task. However, it's mandatory in order to grow an organization and sales team. In this blog, we discuss how to identify top talent and minimize hiring mistakes by following a 4 step process.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 28, 2021

I hope this is one of my more entertaining articles, although most of the enjoyment will come from the links within. Each year around this time I start thinking about Baseball because I miss it so much. Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron just passed away becoming the 9th baseball HOFer to pass in the last 12 months. Today there were multiple videos showing wild triple plays in my Twitter feed.

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The 5% Institute

JANUARY 27, 2021

In this article, we’ll uncover the five selling basics you need to consistently close more sales. Whether you’re a Sales Professional, Business Owner or Entrepreneur; these details will help you win more sales in a consultative way. Read on to learn our recommended selling basics, and how and why you should implement this into your sales strategy. 5 x Selling Basics to Close More Sales.

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Membrain

JANUARY 17, 2021

What happens when a salesperson isn’t an effective negotiator? Often, they simply write a proposal. I’ve observed it happen many times. Somehow the salesperson thinks that if they put the information in writing the prospect will buy.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 26, 2021

In the past 10 years, we’ve done everything we can to take the “human” out of complex B2B selling. We’ve mechanized the process, focusing on our efficiency and less the customer buying experience. We inflict mass, meaningless outreaches across increasing numbers of channels and increasing volumes of suspects. Sales growth has become a “predictable” math equation. “If it takes so many emails/dials to produce a conversation, to double the conversations, we

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SaaStr

JANUARY 12, 2021

One of the most tiring things for founders can be always being compared to Unicorns and now Decacorns. Certainly sometimes it’s inspirational. I loved it when many of the founders come out of each SaaStrAnnual saying they needed to grow faster: But the reality is as a founder there are different ways to make real money and build something meaningful.

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Heinz Marketing

JANUARY 14, 2021

By Brenna Lofquist , Senior Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing. A new year has begun and while 2020 wasn’t a great year (to say the least), it’s time to move on and take a look at helpful marketing trends for 2021. Majority of businesses experienced changes due to the pandemic including working remote, cancellation of in-person events, change in business/services provided, and more.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 26, 2021

Just before dark each day a Fox visits our property and drives our dog, Dinger, crazy. If you don't know Dinger, you can learn about his listening skills in this article. Last week, the Fox stole Dinger's green ball, brought it home to his own family, and that really pissed off Dinger! My wife and I have both scared the Fox away but he's a creature of habit and he continues to appear at the same time each day.

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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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The 5% Institute

JANUARY 22, 2021

If you’ve been involved in sales for a while, you may be familiar with the term hot buttons. But what do hot buttons mean? And more importantly in a sales context – how do you use this throughout your sales process ? In this article, we’ll unpack the meaning of hot buttons, as well as what you need to do to use them during your sales conversations. Hot Buttons – Your Ultimate Guide.

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Membrain

JANUARY 27, 2021

Many of the greatest ideas and advances in history occur when someone takes an idea from one area of expertise, and applies it in another. For this reason, I spend a lot of time listening to, reading about, and speaking with experts in a wide variety of disciplines outside of sales.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 19, 2021

We focus a lot of our sales enablement and related efforts on making our products and services easier to sell. We provide training, tools, coaching, support to our sales people. We want them to master everything about our products and solutions so they can easily sell them. But we are missing something important. Just because we are making our offerings easier to sell, doesn’t mean we will sell more.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 4, 2021

Q: Why are so many VCs moving to Miami and Austin? . Why? It’s taxes first — although this isn’t new … and. Quality-of-life second. QOL has declined dramatically during Covid in San Francisco. And third — investing over Zoom is now routine. This is the real new part. When before Covid, it was rare. This is the true disruption that has pushed folks over the edge to finally … move.

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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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