September, 2010

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Getting to First Base - #5 Solution for Successful Selling

Anthony Cole Training

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. Does Your Team Need a Wake Up Call? Tony Cole can tailor a workshop or keynote that will help your team discover the spark of extraordinary motivation and success. Why Arent Your Salespeople Selling? Fix Your Problem Now.

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The 9 Worst Ways to Use Twitter for Business

Hubspot

Twitter is a fantastic network for businesses. You can monitor your brand to garner valuable feedback, keep tabs on the competition, engage your customers in conversation, or even choose to use Twitter as a customer service channel. But there are several common mistakes that companies make on Twitter. Here are 9 Twitter for business strategies to avoid , as well as how to remedy them. 1.

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Sales and Marketing Unite! Really.

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Rules for Ford Social Media Engagement are Simple and Clear

Closing Bigger

'While visiting The Ford Story in preparation for an upcoming project I came across their Rules for Ford Social Media Engagement. (Found at the bottom of their general rules of conduct) To my surprise they are simple and straightforward — common sense. As we know in many big companies common sense is uncommon. The lesson here is keep it simple and trust the people you have hired for their expertise, insight and knowledge.

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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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Grow Sales With This: ?Make What You Say Pay? ? Score More Sales

Score More Sales

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Blog. About. Consulting. Training. Press. Speaking. Grow Sales With This: “Make What You Say Pay” by Lori Richardson on September 1, 2010. A new book I read on my last flight is Anne Miller’s Make What You Say Pay! The Language That Opens Minds, Closes Deals, & Wows Crowds. It includes 50+ success stories about pictures, or metaphors that as Anne says, “really nail your point.” Miller says that you can turn confusion i

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GoldMail, Tungle & WiseStamp: Perfect Symbiosis

SBI

I couldn’t wait to write about the announcement today from GoldMail, Tungle, and WiseStamp. GoldMail has been a favorite of mine for awhile. In fact Josiane Feigon and I included them as a “must-have” tool in our InsideSales 2.0 Tools E-book (but it’s great for anyone in sales and marketing). . GoldMail solves so many problems that sellers and marketers face today.

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5 Steps to Reduce the Pain of Starting a Business Blog

Hubspot

Blogging can be intimidating for someone who hasn’t done it in the past or grown up in the age where everyone has a personal blog. It is, however, critical that business owners and marketers ‘ blog for business.’ Putting pen to paper or more appropriately, putting fingers to your keyboard is the biggest challenge for most people. So let’s talk about how to get started. 1.

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Day #2 Pardot User's Conference—Multiplying Results at Every.

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Rules for Ford Social Media Engagement are Simple and Clear

Closing Bigger

While visiting The Ford Story in preparation for an upcoming project I came across their Rules for Ford Social Media Engagement. (Found at the bottom of their general rules of conduct) To my surprise they are simple and straightforward — common sense. As we know in many big companies common sense is uncommon. The lesson here is keep it simple and trust the people you have hired for their expertise, insight and knowledge.

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The New Sales Strategists ? Need Revenues? ? Score More Sales

Score More Sales

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Blog. About. Consulting. Training. Press. Speaking. The New Sales Strategists – Need Revenues? by Lori Richardson on September 28, 2010. Last month I had the pleasure to get to know some amazing CEOs running some very successful businesses. They all have “million dollar ideas” and they exude passion for helping sales revenues grow, as well as enthusiasm.

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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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How to Use eMarketing to Increase Sales

SBI

Ardath Albee is CEO and B2B marketing strategist for her consulting firm Marketing Interactions, Inc. She helps her clients create customer-focused eMarketing strategies that produce more sales opportunities. In January, of this year - shortly after Albee’s book was published - she wrote a piece for the Smart Selling Tools newsletter called “How Sales Conversations are Changing” You can read the full article here: [link].

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Why is Sales Success So Damned Hard - Continued

Anthony Cole Training

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. Does Your Team Need a Wake Up Call? Tony Cole can tailor a workshop or keynote that will help your team discover the spark of extraordinary motivation and success. Why Arent Your Salespeople Selling? Fix Your Problem Now.

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10 Examples of Amazing Viral Marketing Videos

Hubspot

93 million. This number is the combined total of views for the 10 videos listed in the post below. That is nearly the number of people who watch the Super Bowl! These 10 videos provide great examples of what it takes to make a video that can capture the attention of millions and market your product in the process. Take a look at each of these videos.

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Day #1: Pardot Users Conference—Lead Management Live from the ATL

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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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Successful Sales Practices Use Success Metrics

Anthony Cole Training

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. Does Your Team Need a Wake Up Call? Tony Cole can tailor a workshop or keynote that will help your team discover the spark of extraordinary motivation and success. Why Arent Your Salespeople Selling? Fix Your Problem Now.

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5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success?

Anthony Cole Training

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. Does Your Team Need a Wake Up Call? Tony Cole can tailor a workshop or keynote that will help your team discover the spark of extraordinary motivation and success. Why Arent Your Salespeople Selling? Fix Your Problem Now.

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#9 Sales Solution - Presenting - 10 Critical Components

Anthony Cole Training

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. Does Your Team Need a Wake Up Call? Tony Cole can tailor a workshop or keynote that will help your team discover the spark of extraordinary motivation and success. Why Arent Your Salespeople Selling? Fix Your Problem Now.

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5 Signs Your Call-to-Action Needs a Makeover

Hubspot

A call-to-action (CTA) is an image or text that tells your readers what action they should be taking next on your site. Hopefully your calls-to-action lead to landing pages where you will collect your visitors’ contact information in exchange for some sort of offer that will benefit them. So an effective CTA equals more leads and conversions for you!

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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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4 Reasons Your Website Sucks

Hubspot

I know, you've been working really hard on your website. You've made sure that every pixel is perfect, every menu margin magnificent, and every title titanic. Unfortunately, it's entirely too easy to make a beautiful website that, well, sucks. Here are four ways things can go horribly, terribly wrong: Your website isn't findable. Some of the biggest companies in the world have websites that aren't well optimized and they still get found.

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Marketing Experts Say Google and Facebook Will Decline in Importance

Hubspot

I've been doing some research with Justin Levy from the Inbound Marketing Summit ( save 50% by using code EBOOK50 ), which included surveying 19 of the marketing experts who will be speaking at the event. Today we are releasing a free ebook and webinar of the results of our inbound marketing research. Today, 80% of the inbound marketing experts see Google or Facebook as the most important website for marketers to use.

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50 Killer Free Social Media Icon Sets

Hubspot

Social media is an incredibly effective tool for sharing content, boosting popularity, improving search engine optimization, and getting found on the internet. Using actionable icons that integrate with the theme of your site , content and online activities instead of bland generic ones will help encourage readers to share your content. Finding the perfect icon set can take time, so we have decided to do some of the leg work for you.

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9 Awesome Search Engines That Aren’t Named Google

Hubspot

Searching is one of the core utilities of the internet. Most websites today have a search function, and we all spend a lot of time searching. On Google, for example, 34,000 searches occur each second. For many internet users, Google has become the default search engine in web browsers and mobile devices; however, Google isn’t always the best search engine for the job.

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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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60 Proven Ways to Increase Your Online Marketing Influence

Hubspot

On July 7, in the late afternoon, I tuned in to The Influencer Project. For the next 60 minutes (actually it was closer to 62 minutes), I listened to 60 online experts tell at least one proven way to increase your influence online. We’re talking real experts like David Meerman Scott , Anne Holland , Brian Solis , Todd Defren and our own Mike Volpe , and all of the unmentioned names are equal in expertise to those I mentioned.

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Google Launches New Search Interface: Google Instant

Hubspot

Have you ever thought finding what you were looking for on Google took too long? Google did. Today, the search giant launched a new version of its search engine interface. Google is calling this new interface Google Instant. Google Instant provides real-time suggested results as a user begins to type a keyword into Google. See the video demonstration below from Google to get a better understanding of how this new search interface works: Google Instant is a major change to Google’s search i

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3 Search Engine Optimization Mistakes That You Are Making

Hubspot

Many website and marketing managers think that SEO is a very hard struggle that requires very specialized knowledge and software to get started with. That is a myth though – There are many common SEO problems that can be corrected with only a little knowledge and work, and no fancy software or tools required. It doesn’t need to be so much difficulty if you take away a few powerful lessons on search engine optimization, such as these three common mistakes. 1.

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Free Ebook: Understanding Blog, Social Media and Search Engine Usage by Industry

Hubspot

The four most important social media channels to marketers are Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube (See the 2010 State of Inbound Marketing for data). But which one(s) are the most active for your industry? HubSpot recently analyzed 33 industries to find out. An overview of data from our new ebook, the Online Marketing Opportunity Report is displayed below: So what does this data mean for your business?

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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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3 Steps to Turn Happy Customers into Cheerleaders

Hubspot

A few weeks back, I got some work done on my car at a local dealership. In all honesty, I took my car to this particular dealership, because I’m the Mayor of it on Foursquare. Even if I just needed an inspection, why not also use this as another check-in to continue securing my mayorship, right? So why is this important? There was something very interesting about the bill that I received at the end of my service.

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New Twitter Launches, Helps Multimedia Marketers

Hubspot

Twitter.com users will soon be using a new interface. Yesterday, the company announced that a new design for Twitter.com will roll out to users over the next couple of weeks. As you can see from the screenshots and video below, besides design changes, the major improvement to the new Twitter interface is the integration of images and videos in streams.

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6 Sales and Marketing Communication Tips to Build Smarketing

Hubspot

A key part of sales and marketing alignment is building strong communication between the two groups. At HubSpot, we have built Smarketing (a term that I think was coined by Dan Tyre over two years ago) which is a partnership between sales and marketing that uses a number of different techniques to align sales and marketing better. One of the most fundamental parts of this relationship is communication.

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4 Tips to Increase eCommerce Holiday Sales

Hubspot

The time for eCommerce holiday shopping is quickly approaching, and if you are not already developing your plan to maximize your return on the spike of online sales, you need to start now!! According to a report provided from comScore , the 2009 eCo mmerce Holiday S pending reached $27 billion. This year will be no different -- and I am willing to bet that this number will rise even higher.

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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