Sat.Jul 11, 2020 - Fri.Jul 17, 2020

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What Motivates Your Sales Team?

Anthony Cole Training

In today's blog post, we discuss motivation in sales. The problem, in many cases, is that the sales executive in charge of getting more out of their sales team has no idea what motivates those people on the team.

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Helping Our Customers Face Uncertainty

Partners in Excellence

Probably the single biggest issue anyone and every organization faces today is uncertainty. Each of us faces things few have every experienced in the past–at least at this magnitude. We have a global health pandemic, economic, political and social turmoil. We have businesses that are facing massive disruption. We face impacts personally, to our families and communities.

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How to Pitch Using Questions

Cerebral Selling

What’s your favorite movie? Chances are when you read that question your mind became both focused and very busy as you searched your data banks for a suitable answer. You were instantly focused, trying to reconcile both factual (which movies have I seen?) and emotional information (how did I feel about them?), if only for a moment. As a heuristic (or mental shortcut), your mind may have even contemplated whether you’ve been asked that question before, and if so, what you said last time!

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5 tips for working from home when your head and heart are distracted

Membrain

I spent the first six months of 2017 living in the hospital while my 5-year-old son, Ari, waited for, received, and rejected a heart transplant. During that time I’d spend my nights an hour away from him with our 3-year-old daughter and 6-month-old son. Each morning I’d fight Boston traffic to spend my days with Ari on the 8th floor at Boston Children’s Hospital.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Your #1 Management Hack: Weekly 1-on-1s

SaaStr

Folks. DO YOUR 1-ON-1s. i know they arent always fun pic.twitter.com/Sb1BWxsWj3. — Jason ?BeKind? Lemkin ?? (@jasonlk) July 10, 2020. When I catch up with founders on the march from $1m to $10m in ARR, the number one topic has always shifted to recruiting. Where do i find a great VP of Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Product, Customer Success, etc.?

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Why it is so Difficult to Compare Sales Effectiveness from One Salesperson to Another

Understanding the Sales Force

T. Today we'll discuss how to measure sales effectiveness of different salespeople despite there being so many variables to confuse the matter. You can scroll directly to that topic or, if you don't mind, please read my 3 paragraphs of context. In 1990, I founded Objective Management Group (OMG), and now, thirty years later, we are on the verge of evaluating our two millionth salesperson.

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Why your technology-neutral message is the wrong one

Membrain

“I don’t try to tell clients what technology they should be using. We work with whatever systems they currently have.”.

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Why Covid-19 Has Been Great for SaaS VCs. Or at Least, Their Portfolios.

SaaStr

Ok we are facing unprecedented times. As much as 33% of the U.S. is underemployed or unemployed, or has given up looking. Our airlines are barely hanging on. Retail is imploding. Schools are closing everywhere. It’s simply terrible and unprecedented. And yet … and yet. these are the Best of Times for SaaS VCs. Even better than Q1’20.

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Why Sales Leaders Make Sales Call Reluctance Worse (And How to Fix It)

Sales Hacker

Are you one of the millions of salespeople still searching for ways to overcome your phone fears and finally get over your call reluctance? Don’t worry. You’re not alone! In my 22 years in this industry, I’ve found that Telephobia is far more common than you think. Some of the best salespeople on the planet still have moments of fear when they reach for the phone.

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Payal’s App of the Week: PathFactory

Heinz Marketing

By Payal Parikh , Director of Client Engagement at Heinz Marketing. Are you one of those modern marketers who has a healthy arsenal of content your teams can use but just don’t know where to find it? At one point in my career, the prospect of developing an effective nurture strategy seemed overwhelming. I was madly looking at a number of case studies, whitepapers, webinars, blog posts, e-books.

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The Intersection of AI and Sales: Personalization Without Compromise

Speaker: Jesse Hunter and Brynn Chadwick

Today’s buyers expect more than generic outreach–they want relevant, personalized interactions that address their specific needs. For sales teams managing hundreds or thousands of prospects, however, delivering this level of personalization without automation is nearly impossible. The key is integrating AI in a way that enhances customer engagement rather than making it feel robotic.

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Virtual Sales Skills & Challenges: 18 Need-to-Know Stats

RAIN Group

Developing relationships, collaborating online, leading virtual sales conversations, gaining and keeping attention, leveraging technology, making the ROI case, delivering value—these are challenging regardless of the selling and economic environment. But are they more difficult in a down economy while many sellers are transitioning to virtual sales?

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The 21 Top Excuses for Not Closing A Deal

SaaStr

Sales is hard. And not only is it hard, but you shouldn’t be closing every deal you are in. Why? Well, if you’re closing even deal you are, you’re not been invited to the deals where your product has competition. Where it has gaps. You aren’t being invited to where you’ll want to be to grow, if you magically close every deal you are in.

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Grab Your Ticket to Long-term Sales Success by Developing these 17 Sales Habits

Sales Hacker

Sales can be intimidating to newcomers. You’ll struggle to find good leads and close meaningful conversations. You’ll get stuck in ruts, and you’ll compare yourself to top performers in your organization who are somehow faring far better than you are. Even experienced salespeople can struggle in a new environment. And unfortunately, there’s no surefire formula to succeed in sales.

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Like It or Not: It’s All Video by Default Now

Engage Selling

It used to be that in-person meetings in sales were the default, and video conferencing was the exception. Now, it’s the other way around. Stop fighting this fact!

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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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Task Automation with Smart Queue: How to design your entire day!

Salesmate

We have all used to-do once in our work life. Some of us (me) are purely in love with the concept and use every single day to finish tasks one by one. There is definitely a sense of accomplishment when you cross off a task. But, did you ever think beyond to-do? I mean, to-dos give us a broader picture of our day. But they are not making any addition to our work style.

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200+ VCs Coming to SaaStr Enterprise on July 29

SaaStr

SaaStr:Enterprise is almost here! Join 200+ CTOs, CIOs, CXOs, CDOs and more for networking, roundtables, 1-on-1s, and more. As well as incredible sessions with the top CEOs in SaaS, including the CEOs and CXOs of Box, Coupa, PagerDuty, Intuit, Adobe, Algolia, New Relic, Shopify and more!! But also tagging along are 200+ VCs. It’s a great digital event to quietly make a connection and maybe grab a term sheet or two.

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Your Competition Isn’t Who You Think It Is

Partners in Excellence

I was involved in a discussion with a team on a very large opportunity. It seemed an inordinate part of the discussion focused on the competition. People went back and forth on their strengths relative to the competitors, the relationships the competitors had with the customer, strategies to deal with the competition. And yes, we even got to the discussion, “How much discount to overcome where they thought the competitor would price their solution?

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10 Not-So-Sneaky Ways to Get Past a Gatekeeper

G2

There’s a particular character in the story of sales that can effortlessly install fear in even the most experienced reps: the gatekeeper.

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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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Salespeople: Have You Planted Your Garden?

Sandler Training

Back in the 1930s, in the wake of the stock market crash that led to the Great Depression, there was a social phenomenon in the United States known as the “Hoover Garden,” sometimes called a “Depression Garden.”. The post Salespeople: Have You Planted Your Garden? appeared first on Sandler Training.

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Which is Better — Annual or Monthly Pricing? It’s a False Choice. The Answer is Yes.

SaaStr

With SaaS sales, annual price or monthly price that’s billed annually? It is better for a very long time to let the customer buy how they are most comfortable buying. This removes friction from the sales process, leading to a higher and faster close rate. Let’s take a look at Zoom. Zoom is even crazier now of course, but Zoom was growing > 100% at $500m in ARR, in an already well-established space.

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How to A/B Test CTAs Like HubSpot Experts

Hubspot

The call to action is a put up or shut up moment that can turn curiosity into a legitimate business opportunity. It's the bridge between visitors and leads — a point of entry that allows you to capitalize on the web traffic you generate. Despite its potentially massive business implications, your average CTA is generally pretty small and unassuming — maybe a button or a line of text.

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The Importance of Lead Generation

criteria for success

Many businesses are struggling right now—especially when it comes to growth. Let's talk about the importance of lead generation and its impact on business growth. The Importance of Lead Generation in Sales. Sure, many of the business struggles as of late are due to the poor economy. But many businesses are having a “lead generation” problem.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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Selling Financial Services – 5 x Powerful Tips

The 5% Institute

Selling financial services can sometimes feel a bit harder than selling other product types. Generally, when selling financial services, you’re selling the invisible; an intangible outcome products and results that’ll benefit them financially. Compared to that of a physical product – people can see, hear or feel what they’re buying. That’s why when selling financial services, you need to have a slightly different format and process to close more consistently.

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11 Signs To Predict If a Venture Investment Will or Won’t Work Out

SaaStr

Q: What was your failed investment experience and where will you never invest funds again? Why? I’ve made about 30 material investments. More on them here. Most have been successful, but of course not all have and I’ve been reflecting on the ones that didn’t, because they still had attractive elements when I invested. My learnings: What Works — That You Might Think Wouldn’t Work: High employee/VP churn.

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25 Stats That Prove Why You Need Link-Building in Your SEO Strategy

Hubspot

You probably already know how crucial SEO is for your website's traffic. One of the most important sub tactics within an SEO strategy is link-building. Not sure what this means? Here's the quick explanation. When websites link to your website, search algorithms determine that you have "authority" in your industry because other brands are referring to you.

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Fueling Explosive Revenue Growth with a Kick-Ass Sales Incentive Program

Sales Hacker

The post Fueling Explosive Revenue Growth with a Kick-Ass Sales Incentive Program appeared first on Sales Hacker.

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AI in Marketing & Sales: Today’s Tools, Tomorrow’s Potential

Speaker: Kevin Burke

AI is reshaping marketing and sales, empowering professionals to work smarter, faster, and more effectively. This webinar will provide a practical introduction to AI, focusing on its current applications, transformative potential, and strategies for successful implementation in your organization. Using real-world examples and actionable insights, we’ll examine how businesses are leveraging AI to increase efficiency, enhance personalization, and drive measurable results.

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Solving The Communication Challenge

Partners in Excellence

“The future is virtual,” seems to be the conclusion many are reaching as a result of the pandemic. I don’t disagree–at least virtual meetings leveraging tools like Zoom, Teams, or the dozens of other tools, will be a large part of how we engage customers. (I actually prefer thinking the future is digital, which addresses the engagement process more broadly than video meetings.).

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Our Marketing Learnings From 350+ Podcasts with 130,000+ Downloads a Month

SaaStr

Since Covid-19 we’ve spent more time on our digital assets in general, and on those for our partners and sponsors in particular. We’ve added sponsor inventory on our core newsletters (some of which weren’t sponsorable before) ? the Insider (15k/day) and the Daily+Weekly (80k a week). We’ve grown our YouTube views 50%. Our digital events have attracted almost 100,000 attendees already, and we’ve added sponsor workshops there.

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Do Consumers Actually Engage With In-Stream Ads? [New Data]

Hubspot

In 2020, video outpaced blogging and infographics as the most common content marketing strategy. As users increasingly turn to video content for entertainment and education, most social media platforms have become more focused on expanding their visual and video capabilities. Now, the average social media user sees videos in the form of live streams, Stories, or Newsfeed posts on a daily basis.

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Josh Braun’s Buyer-Centric Approach to Defusing Objections

Sales Hacker

The post Josh Braun’s Buyer-Centric Approach to Defusing Objections appeared first on Sales Hacker.

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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