July, 2019

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Fishing for Sales Prospects

Anthony Cole Training

Sales and marketing go hand-in-hand. Without leads, salespeople will have a hard time selling. Without marketing, salespeople will have a difficult time sharing their product and features with prospective clients.

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How to Increase SaaS Prices the Right (and Profitable) Way

ConversionXL

Have you ever gotten a bill that—inexplicably—is two or three times more than usual? What was your reaction? Probably something like this: [A SaaS vendor] pulled a massive price increase on us (over 300%!) and that was it. I don’t care how much I like their product, I’m gone. We use Drift now. I got that from a user who junked her paid account after a vendor jacked up their price by 300%.

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The Sale Happens In The Follow-Up

Women Sales Pros

5 Things You Need To Know Have you ever had that sales call? That sales call that goes so well. The client is great, and the conversation flows. Their challenges are made for your products and services, and the solutions you offer are just what they need. Budget is no issues, and your timing is impeccable because they say they are ready to buy. You shake hands, leave the call, then nothing.

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The Ultimate Guide to Asking Sales Questions (And 29 Questions You Can Use Today)

Gong.io

Are you looking for a rich list of sales questions you can use today? Sweet, because we have you covered. . Not only that, but you’ll also learn how and when to use these questions. In fact, we’re going to start with that foundation. Master sales pro know that this skill is as important as what they ask. It sets the tone to conversational. Take the advice below and shift your line of questioning.

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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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The Best Salespeople are 2733% More Likely to Have This Than the Worst Salespeople

Understanding the Sales Force

86% of all salespeople have beliefs that don't support ideal sales outcomes. That's important because beliefs influence behavior, and appropriate sales behavior drives results. Think about sales process, sales methodology, sales strategy and sales tactics. Salespeople who have the ability to execute those four elements of success are less dependent on their knowledge of selling than what they believe.

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9 Things Terribly Wrong With Sales Today: We’re Not Problem Centric

A Sales Guy

Sales is suffering from 9 brutal ills: The Bro Culture , . Lack of Coaching. Too Product-Centric and Not Problem Centric. Not enough salespeople understand the game/rules of sales. Too much reliance on selling tools. Not enough training in the industry/space. Too much activity management. Little respect for prospects and buyers time. Not enough humility.

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How to Create a High-Performing Analytics Team

ConversionXL

Every company dreams about creating high-performing teams. For us at OWOX , that dream centered on our analytics department, which included 12 specialists—junior analysts, mid-level analysts, senior analysts, and QA specialists. Collectively, our analysts were responsible for consulting clients on data analysis and improving our marketing analytics tool.

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Epic Sales Presentation Failures

Women Sales Pros

When I say sales presentation, I don’t just mean any sales presentation. This is the big one. Maybe you’re one of three finalists for a 5X deal (i.e. five times larger than your average deal size). Perhaps retaining your largest customer depends on your ability to convey why your customer should remain loyal to you against a sea of competitors. When it comes to TOP Line Accounts , your biggest and best opportunities often include a sales presentation.

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Goals And Activities Are Different!

Partners in Excellence

I had asked a coaching client to put together a 90 day plan, outlining his goals over the next 30-60-90 days. The plan was very thoughtful. He outlined a lot of important activities. As we spoke, I said, “I asked for your goals, but you identified activities. How do you know those activities help you achieve your goals, how do you know if you’ve achieved your goals?

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How to Give a Sales Presentation to Executives: 10 Essential Tips

Sales Hacker

The Executive Suite is considered one of the most challenging (and important) groups in an organization to sell to. It can be tough to get their attention, and once you do, giving a sales presentation to this experienced audience can also be tough. So how do you make sure your sales presentation is what stands out amid their sea of competing priorities?

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

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

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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Why Speed on Base Wins in Baseball and Sales

Membrain

Dave Roberts' stolen base in game four of the 2004 American League Championship started the Red Sox historic comeback against the Yankees that resulted in them winning the 2004 World Series.

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How To Build Rapport In Sales – A Guide

The 5% Institute

You’ve probably heard the age old saying – “People do business with people they trust, know and like”. I believe that not only does this still ring true in today’s world, but it does today even more-so. How To Build Rapport In Sales. So how do you build rapport in sales? We’ll be looking at that in a bit more detail, but first let’s revisit what rapport is.

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Email Testing: Going Beyond Open Rate and Click Rate

ConversionXL

Email is one of the few marketing channels that spans the full funnel. You use email to raise awareness pre-conversion. To stay connected with content subscribers. To nurture leads to customers. To encourage repeat purchases or combat churn. To upsell existing customers. Getting the right email to the right person at the right time throughout the funnel is a massive undertaking that requires a lot of optimization and testing.

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Sales Not Up to Snuff? Is the Problem Lead Gen or Lead Conversion?

SalesProInsider

Why aren’t your sales up to snuff? Is the problem your lead generation (not having enough leads) or lead conversion (not converting those leads to paid clients)? It’s an age-old business question like the chicken and the egg (which did come first?). The question then becomes: If my firm isn’t growing as desired, where should I put my efforts? In marketing and lead generation, or in stronger lead conversion?

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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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Resources and Groups for Women in B2B Sales #WomenInSales

Women Sales Pros

I was able to contribute to the recent Sales Hacker post Top Communities for Women in Sales and Revenue written by Sales Hacker founder Max Altshuler. Max is a strong ally in the B2B sales world for diversity and inclusion. From the very first events that Sales Hacker put on six years ago, Max was asking for names of strong women keynoters and diverse speakers to change the face of the existing sales conference world which was full of all-male lineups on main stages everywhere.

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The New Virtual Handshake and How to Get It Right (Hint: It’s the Future of Sales)

Sales Hacker

When you think B2B sales, do you find you suddenly needing a nap? Does it bore you silly? I know it does me! That doesn’t bode well for the future of sales! I mean, think about it. The sales process today is about as exciting as standing in line at the post office: Pick up the phone. Say your pitch. Have your objections prepared. Convince the potential customer they need your service or product.

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Why you need to kick your addiction to data

Membrain

Millennials are killing everything. At least, that’s the message in the media right now–they’re killing the mortgage industry, they’re killing diamonds and golf, and they’re even killing napkins.

CRM 101
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Effective Phone Sales Tips, To Win More Sales

The 5% Institute

Whether you’re a business selling directly to customers, or perhaps even other businesses; the chances are high that you’re going to need to speak to them on the phone. Speaking and selling effectively over the phone is crucial if you want to win more clients and serve more people. In this article, we’ll be looking at some effective phone sales tips to help you achieve your goals.

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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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Marketing Project Management: A Reliable, Reusable Framework

ConversionXL

Lurking beneath every goal are dangerous assumptions. The longer those assumptions remain unexamined, the greater the risk. – Jake Knapp, Sprint: How To Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just 5 days. Imagine this scenario. You’re a marketer, and you’ve just launched a marketing campaign that you spent weeks or months building. You checked all your boxes: You assigned roles and responsibilities.

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“From Hackathon to Unicorn” Talkdesk Co-Founder Tiago Paiva and SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

In 2011, Tiago Paiva won a Twilio hackathon by embracing the overlooked call center industry. 7 years later that hackathon project achieved Unicorn status while transforming the call center space. Join Tiago as he shares Talkdesk’s unconventional journey and what it takes to build a top-valued brand. Also, don’t miss out on discounted prices for SaaStr Annual 2020 tickets.

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Cold Calling Never Went Out Of Style

Partners in Excellence

Recently, someone made a comment saying, “It’s interesting to see cold calling coming back into style… ” The comment startled me, and I can see where the speaker was coming from, but I couldn’t have disagreed more. The reality is cold calling has never gone out of style. As you look at the performance of consistent top sales performers, you see they always have held themselves accountable for making sure they generated a sufficient number of opportunities to achieve

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How to Build Confidence in Your Sales Team

Engage Selling

Have you given sufficient thought to building confidence in your sales team? It goes without saying, but confident salespeople perform better than those who lack confidence.

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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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Sales enablement technology - good or bad?

Membrain

Technology is great when it’s used effectively for the right reasons. But far too often sales enablement technology simply allows us to do harmful and ineffective things quicker and in greater volume.

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5 X Closing Questions To Win More Sales

The 5% Institute

Closing questions are a widely searched topic within the world of sales. As you read various articles, you’ll find that there is quite a variance of styles that people use and teach. In this article, we’ll be covering the five types of closing questions to use with your potential clients, but before we do; it’s important to know the context in which to use them so that you can use them successfully.

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How to Increase Ecommerce Conversion Rates

ConversionXL

If you run an ecommerce shop, you’re always trying to boost your sales. Here’s how to increase the conversion rate of your ecommerce site. What’s a good ecommerce conversion rate? Don’t worry about “average” ecommerce conversion rates. A good conversion rate is one that’s better than what you have right now.

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14 SMS Marketing Ideas (+Creative Uses)

G2

Text marketing has been continually growing in popularity with businesses of all sizes, largely due to the ability to reach customers on the go as well as having an extremely high open rate.

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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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Stop Procrastinating: 3 Ways to Get Started on Your Greatest Impact Activity

RAIN Group

Everyone is a periodic procrastinator. Twenty percent of people are chronic procrastinators. 1. Why? We all have something we want to do or know we need to do, but it seems difficult, so we avoid it. Often, that seemingly difficult task is the same activity that would provide you the greatest feeling of accomplishment, productivity, and return on your efforts.

Product 101
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Win Fast, Lose Faster

Partners in Excellence

Losing fast, having the courage to walk away from a deal that you are highly unlikely to win is tough for everyone. But it’s actually one of the important things you can do to drive your sales performance. In the past 4 weeks, I’ve walked away from 2 deals. The first, I knew I could win. It was a very small deal, but the CEO was putting constraints around the project that were unreasonable, they hampered our ability to produce the results he expected.

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What Makes The Perfect Leader? – Do You Report To One?

Membrain

Let me begin today’s post by saying that in my opinion, the perfect leader has yet to be born – and I have studied most of the significant leaders in history.

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How To Sell In Person – A Step By Step Guide

The 5% Institute

If you’re new to sales, you may be struggling with the idea about how to sell in person. Meeting new people every day – from different backgrounds and different personalities may seem daunting. In this guide, we’re going to show you a step by step process to follow, to help you on your way to learn how to sell in person. How To Sell In Person – A Step By Step Guide.

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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