November, 2011

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How Images Can Boost Your Conversion Rate

ConversionXL

People hardly buy anything without seeing it. Usually they also want to touch it, hold it and take it for a spin. You really can’t do those things online (unless it’s web based software). So to compensate for all of that, you need to work twice as hard to make your products come alive via excellent photography and graphics. I know of a guy selling construction hardware online.

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Unsolicited Email, Cold Calling, Prospecting, Nurturing……

Partners in Excellence

So this is what’s happening this morning. I start the morning looking at email. Craig Rosenberg of Focus.com has posed an interesting question: “Isn’t sending an unsolicited email to someone the same thing as cold-calling them?” There’s an interesting discussion with thoughtful responses from people I respect. The responses are trending to “Yes it is the same, and it’s bad practice.” Hmm, interesting… I keep going through my email.

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The Best Sales People are Super Critical of their Customers

A Sales Guy

crit-i-cal: -involving skillful judgment as to truth, merit, etc.; judicial: a critical analysis . Are you critical of your customers and prospects? Do you skillfully judge them? Do you critique their environment, their choices, their current solutions, their approach? You should, it’s the only way to make a difference. Being critical or critiquing your customers and prospects allows opportunities to be found, problems to be uncovered, waste to be spotted, growth to be identified, etc.

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A Salesperson's Thanksgiving Thoughts | Sales Motivation and.

The Sales Hunter

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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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Colleen Francis Named to Canadian Speaking Hall of Fame | Sell.

Engage Selling

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YouTube Launches New and Improved YouTube Analytics

Hubspot

It looks like the marketer's cry for more data has reached YouTube's ears, and not too long after Facebook beefed up its analytics with new features for Facebook Insights. While YouTube had previously offered an Insights tool that let you view data for videos on your channel, the Google-owned online video giant announced on its blog this morning that, over the course of today, it will be replacing your YouTube Insights with YouTube Analytics.

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“I Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Sales Process!”

Partners in Excellence

That’s what I hear from lot’s of sales people—not in the meetings, but when we’re having a cup of coffee or a quiet one on one. To a large degree, I agree with them–but for completely different reasons. Too often, sales processes are designed, implemented, and mandated from the top down. The sales process is put in place to respond to management’s (legitimate) need to understand the state of the business—whether it’s a deal or an opportunity.

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A Killer Sales Story!

A Sales Guy

A great excerpt from the book The Challenger Sale : This is a great story and is exactly how people should approach selling. When I was an individual contributor, this is exactly what got my blood flowing and got me pumped up. This is the compelling element of sales for me. It’s where the challenge lies. The senior member of the company’s sales leadership team told us the story of a rep who was struggling to gain traction with a prospective customer.

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6 Great Sales Questions to Ask Prospects | Sales Motivation and.

The Sales Hunter

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Making Money Mondays: Rediscover the art of letter writing | Sell.

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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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12 Tips to Instantly Enhance Video Production Quality

Hubspot

Video content can be a valuable asset in your inbound marketing content mix. In fact, by 2013, 90% of internet traffic is expected to be video. But getting people to sit through your videos can be challenging, considering 33% of viewers say "no thank you" and move on after watching just 30 seconds. 44% lose interest and leave at the 1-minute mark, and 60% bail on your video after 2 minutes.

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Principles of effective blog design

ConversionXL

People judge books by the cover and other people by their looks. Take a look at these 2 men: Now answer these questions (you can’t choose “neither”): Which one would you rather ask investment advice from? Which one would you rather have babysit your children? Which one would you rather have cook your dinner? … and so on. You don’t know anything about these men.

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Being Present

Partners in Excellence

The other day, someone called me. He wanted to pick my brain (feeble pickings) for some ideas and ask for some help. I was delighted with the call, both because he’s a prospect, and it was ego gratifying to be asked for the advice. But the call ended up being a waste of time–mine and the prospect’s. See, the problem was the multitasking being done by the prospect.

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I Wear Pink Ski Goggles.

A Sales Guy

I’ve worn pink ski goggles for over 7 years now. Why? I thought the pink was really frickin’ cool. How many men do you know wear pink ski goggles? Based on my statistically inaccurate poll, taken from the ski lifts every year the answer is; -Men over 30: zero. -Men (Boys) under 30 a few hundred and the number seems to be increasing year over year.

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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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Why You Should Prospect During the Holidays | Sales Motivation.

The Sales Hunter

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2011 Top Sales & Marketing Awards Nominations

Pointclear

I am deeply honored to be selected as a finalist in two categories for the 2011 Top Sales & Marketing Awards. Now in its second year, the Top Sales & Marketing Awards combine peer voting with a judging panel of industry experts to recognize leading sales and marketing books, articles, thought leaders, solutions, resources and tools. " target="_blank">.

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5 Awesome Examples of Engaging Social Media Campaigns

Hubspot

So you want more Twitter followers, eh? You want to increase your 'likes' on your Facebook business page ? Social media sites make great tools to engage prospects and customers as well as share content and messages about your brand. Since as a marketer, you're primarily using these tools for promotional purposes, you need to make sure you're attracting new fans and followers through content and campaigns that will attract the types of prospects your brand wants; followers that may be interested

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How to Get Subscribers to Actually Consume Your Content

ConversionXL

You have an opt-in form on your site and somebody filled it in. Hooray! You just gained another subscriber on their way to read your content and buy your stuff. Or did you… A large part of your visitors that complete signup forms WILL NOT actively consume your offer. They might download the pdf document, video or audio file you provide – but often they won’t actually go through it.

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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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Do You Have A Plan?

Partners in Excellence

Do you have a plan? Do you have a plan for winning this deal? Do you know the key activities you must execute to win the deal? Do these activities align with the customer’s buying process? Do these activities align with your selling process? Do these activities align with the target decision date? Do you know who is inovled in the decision, their priorities, concerns, attitudes and role in the decision?

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Liking Hard

A Sales Guy

The average person correlates hard with like. If it’s hard it’s not something to like. This is an unfortunate correlation. Hard means it’s new, different, unfamiliar, outside of our comfort zone. When things get hard it means we are growing. When things become hard, that’s when the learning begins. If it’s not hard, there is no learning.

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The Secret to LinkedIn that You May Be Missing | Sales Motivation.

The Sales Hunter

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Giving Thanks | Sell More, Word Less Blog by Colleen Francis of.

Engage Selling

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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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5 Disastrous Misconceptions About Marketing Automation

Hubspot

There's a lot of buzz around whether marketing automation software is worth the investment of time and money, or whether it's a waste. Here's the thing: marketing automation can be a really great complement to your inbound marketing strategy IF it's used correctly. Many marketers, however, have come to believe some things about marketing automation that simply aren't true, which leads to misuse of the software and ultimately ends in a lot of disappointment and dismal results.

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Let's All Champion Sales Resources! Sellers, See This ? Score.

Score More Sales

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Blog. About. Consulting. Training. Press. Speaking. Let’s All Champion Sales Resources! Sellers, See This. by Lori Richardson on November 22, 2011. There are three reasons you, as a seller, sales leader, or C-level executive should know about the Top Sales Awards voting process that is going on now. This is the second year of the awards, put on by the JF Corporation.

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When Sales People Don’t Change?

Partners in Excellence

“Selling has changed more in the past 3 years than in it’s cumulative history.” states Dave Stein of ESResearch. I couldn’t agree more, but would tinker with that a little, “Buying has changed more in the past 3 years than in the cumulative history of buying.” While it may seem a small point, I think it may more clearly illustrate the problem I think is happening in sales.

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Sales Strategies in a Social and Mobile World

A Sales Guy

I’m in Santa Monica today for a Sales 2.0, Social and Mobile conference. It kicked off last night with a VIP reception. The reception talked about the challenges and opportunities for todays sales managers. As you can imagine, much of the conversation evolved around social media and the changes sales leaders are facing today. Frost and Sullivan was one of the panelists and provided some interesting stats outlining sales leadership challenges and opportunities.

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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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5 Sales Negotiation Strategies that Work | Sales Motivation and.

The Sales Hunter

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| Sell More, Word Less Blog by Colleen Francis of Engage Selling

Engage Selling

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Facebook Launches Revamped Insights Tool for Business Pages

Hubspot

Inbound marketers of the world, today was a good day. Upon logging into your Facebook business page , you may have noticed a little box pop up that read, "Introducing New Insights for Pages." (This is the point where you realized today was a good day.) The revamped insights feature comes fully loaded with metrics that are truly insightful and can help you super-charge your Facebook marketing.

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Sales: It Takes Work to Be Mediocre ? Score More Sales

Score More Sales

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Blog. About. Consulting. Training. Press. Speaking. Sales: It Takes Work to Be Mediocre. by Lori Richardson on November 1, 2011. Why not excel if it takes the same amount of energy to be average? OK, so it takes a bit more than average to be exemplary in your inside sales position, or your outbound sales position.

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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