February, 2009

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Leadership in a Digital Age – Is there a Leadership 2.0?

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I’ve heard many people (including myself) talk about the fact that the rules of business have changed. In sales and marketing this is true. What’s interesting is that the rules of leadership are universal. Offline and online networking and building social capital follow a very similar strategy. Today’s podcast addresses this challenge and opportunity.

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Build the Confidence of A Champion

Sales Gravy

Here’s the secret to boosting your confidence today; make confidence a choice. Wait, I know what you may be thinking; it sounds too easy. It has to be more difficult than this.

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What’s Your Social Media Profile?

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Are you a Thought Leader? An Engaged Participant? Why not find out? This is my “beta” quiz on Social Media Profiles. Fill it out to find out your profile. After you complete it would great if you could share your results by posting them in the comment box below. Please comment and let me know how it could be improved or expanded. Have fun!

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Influencing Top Level Decision Makers

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Guest Blog By Bill Gibson bill@kbitraining.com. Top level decision makers are results-orientated. Both tangible results and intangible results appeal to them. When we talk about results we can talk about both tangible and intangible results. Tangible Results. The kind of tangible results that appeal to them are: Raising Revenues: Show them how their overall volume can be increased; in other words, an increase in sales.

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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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Leadership in a Digital Age – Is there a Leadership 2.0?

Closing Bigger

I’ve heard many people (including myself) talk about the fact that the rules of business have changed. In sales and marketing this is true. What’s interesting is that the rules of leadership are universal. Offline and online networking and building social capital follow a very similar strategy. Today’s podcast addresses this challenge and opportunity.

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Leadership in a Digital Age – Is there a Leadership 2.0?

Closing Bigger

I’ve heard many people (including myself) talk about the fact that the rules of business have changed. In sales and marketing this is true. What’s interesting is that the rules of leadership are universal. Offline and online networking and building social capital follow a very similar strategy. Today’s podcast addresses this challenge and opportunity.

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Make Me Feel Important! Winning Friends and Influencing Others

Sales Gravy

Last week I overheard three businessmen in a New York restaurant try to out-perform each other with stories of their latest victories. It was painful to watch… I can only imagine how small everyone in that conversation must have felt.

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Deal or No Deal? Six Tips for Getting Back on Track Now!

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Customers buy when they are ready to buy, not when you are ready to sell. Too many reps throw proposal after proposal out the door and then lose interest in following up because they get distracted chasing a newer opportunity.

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Time for a Media Diet? Managing Information During Tough Economic Times

Sales Gravy

To keep the faith amidst the negative news and uncertainty, each of us is responsible for managing our own mental and emotional state. We need to be on guard for anything that could drag us down.

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What’s Your Social Media Profile?

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Are you a Thought Leader? An Engaged Participant? Why not find out? This is my “beta” quiz on Social Media Profiles. Fill it out to find out your profile. After you complete it would great if you could share your results by posting them in the comment box below. Please comment and let me know how it could be improved or expanded. Have fun!

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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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Consistency and Sustainability in Selling

Sales Gravy

Certainly, these are unprecedented times, but fundamentals are fundamentals. When you stray from them, you get into trouble. When in trouble, return to the fundamentals and return to consistent and sustainable sales success.

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Rocks, To Do?s and Intentions

Sales Gravy

Over the years, I've discovered that when sales people tell me that they have prospecting on their "to do" list, what they really are saying is that they “intend” to prospect.

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The Two Things You Can and Must Control To Succeed

Sales Gravy

It's like my friend Jeffrey Gitomer once said, "Your boss can't stop you; your co-workers can't stop you; your territory can't stop you; the economy can't stop you. Only YOU can permanently stop you." (I'm paraphrasing, but that's the gist of it.

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Do You Create or Control The Sale?

Sales Gravy

Selling is the art of creating new possibilities and solutions. Salespeople are responsible for the creation rather than the controlling of solutions for their prospects.

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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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NEW DAY, NEW JET - How to Face Each Day With Courage and Fly to Your Highest Potential

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We’re all human and have our limits. But sometimes, when we’re stuck and full of doubt, we underestimate our power to overcome adversity and perform at our best.

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The Three ?Real? Secrets of Hiring Top Salespeople

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I have also found an easier way to identify who the potential top producers are, and I’ve boiled it down into three “Real Secrets.

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Are you giving your power away to the wrong coach or mentor?

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Today’s podcast is about the risks associated with mentoring and coaching. I have personally seen too many people give their power away or get off track from their own personal values by selecting the wrong coach or mentor. This podcast talks about the difference between certification and qualification. It also talks about how we may want to select and mentor or coach in the future.

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Darcy Rezac ‘s Networking Tip of the Week

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Here’s another great networking tip for the week from Darcy Rezac: No. 265- February 22, 2009 Dive Right In. Let’s talk about the job market in a positive way. Yes, people are losing jobs, but they are also finding new ones, or getting promotions. Here is some excellent advice on one of the first things you should do when you get that new job.

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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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Questions to ask before taking that high tech sales job offer

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– Careers in High-Tech and Web-Based Industries For every successful technology company there are dozens that fail and leave behind an array of lost promises, disappointed investors, and stressed former employees. This sector offers a highly engaging, and potentially lucrative career in sales. With that in mind, we must be willing to ask some hard questions about the company we are going to potentially work with.

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Operationalizing Your Sales Strategy

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Operationalizing your sales process and approach is vital to your sales success both in the short term and the long-term. Anyone can dream up a brilliant idea or strategy, in fact this world is full of great ideas that will never happen. The genius is in the implementation. Following are the five key elements of Operationalizing sales: 1. Tools In order to operationalize our sales process and achieve our goals we will need the right tools to get the job done.

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Selling Web Solutions and Technology

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Why Do People Buy Technology? People and companies do not generally seek out technology; they seek out solutions to their pains or positive emotional states. Technology for the sake of technology is not a great marketing strategy. When our clients purchase from us, they are really buying outcomes, feelings, results, and solutions. Too often those involved in the high-tech sector bury their prospects in endless streams of jargon, highly technical diagrams, and gratuitous numbers of acronyms.

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Are you giving your power away to the wrong coach or mentor?

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Today’s podcast is about the risks associated with mentoring and coaching. I have personally seen too many people give their power away or get off track from their own personal values by selecting the wrong coach or mentor. This podcast talks about the difference between certification and qualification. It also talks about how we may want to select and mentor or coach in the future.

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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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Darcy Rezac ‘s Networking Tip of the Week

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Here’s another great networking tip for the week from Darcy Rezac: No. 265- February 22, 2009. Dive Right In. Let’s talk about the job market in a positive way. Yes, people are losing jobs, but they are also finding new ones, or getting promotions. Here is some excellent advice on one of the first things you should do when you get that new job.

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Darcy Rezac ‘s Networking Tip of the Week

Closing Bigger

Here’s another great networking tip for the week from Darcy Rezac: No. 265- February 22, 2009. Dive Right In. Let’s talk about the job market in a positive way. Yes, people are losing jobs, but they are also finding new ones, or getting promotions. Here is some excellent advice on one of the first things you should do when you get that new job.

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Questions to ask before taking that high tech sales job offer

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– Careers in High-Tech and Web-Based Industries. For every successful technology company there are dozens that fail and leave behind an array of lost promises, disappointed investors, and stressed former employees. This sector offers a highly engaging, and potentially lucrative career in sales. With that in mind, we must be willing to ask some hard questions about the company we are going to potentially work with.

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Operationalizing Your Sales Strategy

Closing Bigger

Operationalizing your sales process and approach is vital to your sales success both in the short term and the long-term. Anyone can dream up a brilliant idea or strategy, in fact this world is full of great ideas that will never happen. The genius is in the implementation. Following are the five key elements of Operationalizing sales: 1. Tools.

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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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Selling Web Solutions and Technology

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Why Do People Buy Technology? People and companies do not generally seek out technology; they seek out solutions to their pains or positive emotional states. Technology for the sake of technology is not a great marketing strategy. When our clients purchase from us, they are really buying outcomes, feelings, results, and solutions. Too often those involved in the high-tech sector bury their prospects in endless streams of jargon, highly technical diagrams, and gratuitous numbers of acronyms.

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Risks Associated with Long Sales Cycle Selling

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A large complex sales opportunity can be very lucrative and offer great rewards for salespeople who pursue them. With these rewards also come risks because a large investment of our resources over an extended period of time is required for success. This large investment can be in vain if we have not addressed some of the risks associated with large complex deals.

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Risks Associated with Long Sales Cycle Selling

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A large complex sales opportunity can be very lucrative and offer great rewards for salespeople who pursue them. With these rewards also come risks because a large investment of our resources over an extended period of time is required for success. This large investment can be in vain if we have not addressed some of the risks associated with large complex deals.

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Selling Technology – IT Sales Tips

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Selling Technology. One sector that often comprises both intangible and complex sales is the high-tech sector. Many of the solutions are literally invisible—they run in the background and the majority of people are oblivious that they even exist. Saying that someone is in the high-tech sector or industry is somewhat ambiguous in this era, as most organizations harness technology to make their businesses run.

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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