Women Sales Pros

DECEMBER 28, 2018

WOMEN Sales Pros is on the lookout for more great videos like the one I’m sharing below which makes the case for more women in sales and sales leadership at companies around North America. This one is from Carbon Black, a Boston-area cybersecurity solutions company. In this video, Senior Sales Director Susan An talks about her seven years at Carbon Black and addresses things like having a culture in the company around discussions around maternity leave and support for work-life balance – without

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Jeff Shore

DECEMBER 27, 2018

By Jeff Shore. ?Mark Twain once said, “Those who do not read are no better off than those who cannot read.”. Have you been thinking that reading is a habit you should develop? Here are ten books to help you on that journey. ?1. Eat Their Lunch! by Anthony Iannarino. The smartest sales thinker around today with his third book in three years, and arguably his best.

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Engage Selling

DECEMBER 27, 2018

You need to get familiar with this important sales alignment. Did you know that customers that receive exceptional customer service are 86% more likely to reorder than those who have a subpar experience?

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 25, 2018

"We have a 9 a.m. meeting? Hold on -- let me just click around the internet like a maniac to find something for the morning tweet.". Sound familiar? Scrambling for social content is nothing new. We have meetings. We run late. Things come up. And it's really hard to get any meaningful amount of work done when you have the next social media update looming over your head every 30, 60, or 90 minutes.

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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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Women Sales Pros

DECEMBER 27, 2018

“Tell me who your friends are and I will tell you who you are.” This popular phrase has been attributed to Confucius. No, he wasn’t in sales, but his advice is great for the sales profession. Research shows that you will capture the mood, attitude, and beliefs of the people you hang with the most. It’s called “emotional contagion” and is defined as the “phenomenon of having one person’s emotions and related behaviors directly trigger similar emotions and behaviors in other people.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Here’s a recap of the best sales articles from 2018 from Sales Hacker! With 2019 is right on the horizon, I’m taking this as an opportunity to look back at the kickass year we had at Sales Hacker. As usual, we were lucky enough to play host to many brilliant people contributing amazing content. Thanks to ALL our contributors and readers (now over 106k!

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Despite the spattering of headlines that have popped up over the past several years proclaiming "infographics are dead," infographics are, in fact, alive and well. Infographics aren't just alive and well -- they remain a staple in many business's content strategies. And while there are a lot of them, marketers who spend the time aligning the topic, content, and style of their infographics with the needs and preferences of their target audiences are still finding success among their audience.

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KO Advantage Group

DECEMBER 23, 2018

In my videos and here on the blog, I always speak from a sales coach perspective. This time, I want to talk about what it’s like to be the buyer. About a year ago, I was in the market reaching out to different people who can help me revamp my website. I asked a few companies to give me a quote. The first person to get back to me asked me to fill out a Google form.

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Membrain

DECEMBER 23, 2018

I just read a provocative post. Sales Talent Is A Problem, Is it Worth Solving , by the folks at CSO Insights. It’s an interesting view, in the spirit of “Yes, and.” I’d like to add to the discussion.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Someone called seeking coaching on a specific deal. He had fallen into traps which blinded him in moving forward with a winning strategy. He started the conversation with, “The key decisionmaker is really a jerk! He’s power hungry, his people want to do something with us, they’ve presented compelling arguments, but he doesn’t want to go forward…… They are losing so much opportunity, if they only they would implement our system……” A few moment

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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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Hubspot

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Whether you want to free yourself from the personal and financial restrictions of employment, or you just want to supplement your salary with some extra spending money, working for yourself or starting and growing a business has never been easier -- and there's never been a greater choice of roles to choose from. Below are 22 incredible freelance and small business opportunities in a variety of different industries you can start working on today.

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CloserIQ

DECEMBER 26, 2018

2018 has been an amazing year for all of us at CloserIQ , and we can’t believe we’re just a few days away from welcoming another one. One of our goals this year was to create and curate the best sales content out there for advancing your career and building top sales teams. Every week we compiled our favorite posts on everything from sales strategies to hiring plans.

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Membrain

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Every year on the Membrain blog, we publish more than 100 articles. Of those 100, a few inevitably rise to the top in popularity.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 28, 2018

I don’t know why, but we never talk about consistency. Consistency is about what we do every day, day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year. Consistency is a key foundation for learning and improvement. We can’t develop new skills unless we apply them day after day, week after week… Somehow consistency seems to be anathema to how we work and behave.

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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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Jeff Shore

DECEMBER 26, 2018

In This Episode of The Buyer’s Mind with Jeff Shore: The purchase of anything is an emotional process. Joy. Fear. Confidence. Which is then backed up by the brain with a logical story support the emotional reason we are purchasing. When a customer is feeling that emotion, it is the worst time to remind them of a products amazing capabilities. As a sales professional we serve our customer best by not robbing them of the emotion they’re feeling and dragging them into a logical discussion.

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Outreach

DECEMBER 26, 2018

It's been a great year for Sales Engagement! The industry is growing rapidly with more integrations , podcasts , artificial intelligence , funding , and conferences than ever. . If you're reading this now, you are probably regularly (or at least dabble in) reading the Outreach blog to stay up to date on product news, the latest best practices, and what's going on in the space in general.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 28, 2018

The best sales conferences enrich your team, build knowledge, and offer plenty of networking opportunities (and fun)! Bad sales conferences just feel like a huge waste of time away from you prospects. To save you from that horrible fate, we put together our top 10 list of sales events in 2019 that we’re most excited about, in chronological order. Go ahead and add these to your calendar now.

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Score More Sales

DECEMBER 28, 2018

It is hard to believe that the new year is about to look right at us. Some in sales roles are pleased they hit quota this year and others (more than 57%) presumably did NOT make quota this year. No matter which camp you are in, January 1 brings a new quarter for all and a new year for most.

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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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Heinz Marketing

DECEMBER 24, 2018

By Matt Heinz, President of Heinz Marketing. It’s hard to believe it was about 3 years ago we started producing Sales Pipeline Radio , which is live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m. Pacific. It’s just 30 minutes long, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. We’ve featured an impressive list of guests and will continue to do so.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 26, 2018

When I first heard of cryptocurrency, I thought it was similar to PayPal or Venmo … a simple, digital exchange of money. You can imagine my surprise when I learned that cryptocurrency wasn’t only a digital exchange, but an exchange of a completely new currency. I could hardly wrap my mind around it. I was this emoji personified: ??. How could a brand new (albeit invisible ) currency work?

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Finding Balance and Happiness in a High-Pressure Sales Role. Coping with Stress in a High-Pressure Sales Role. Almost all salespeople struggle to find and maintain work-life balance. Sales is stressful. That’s a given. You live under constant pressure to meet sales goals. But when you’re overwhelmed by stress, your work performance and your enjoyment of life outside work both suffer.

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 26, 2018

I can’t say thank you enough. I am grateful for the opportunity to share my insights on sales, business and life. I count it an honor and I take it very seriously, because I know how important your time is. My hope is that what I share has and will continue to help you grow professionally and personally. Looking ahead, my biggest goal is to be more insightful in my blog posts and articles.

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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

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Heinz Marketing

DECEMBER 22, 2018

In addition to our Sunday App of the Week feature, we also summarize some of our favorite B2B sales & marketing posts from around the Web each week. We’ll miss a ton of great stuff, so if you found something you think is worth sharing please add it to the comments below. The Meeting Agenda Sample That’ll Help You Run Productive and Efficient Meetings.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Seeing your employees leave for new opportunities can be a bittersweet experience. At first, you’re sad to see them go, especially if you’ve developed a close bond with them. But you also know that they’re moving onto bigger and better things -- and you're excited for them. However, if employee departure starts to become a regular occurrence at your company, the feeling should become more bitter than sweet, and eventually turn into concern.

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CloserIQ

DECEMBER 28, 2018

The CloserIQ Weekly Roundup features a list of the best content we’ve been reading recently. We’ve compiled some of our favorite reads to help you advance in your sales career and build top sales teams. Featured Article. Our Favorite Sales Blogs From 2018. 2018 has been an amazing year for all of us at CloserIQ , and we can’t believe we’re just a few days away from welcoming another one.

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SalesLoft

DECEMBER 27, 2018

As we wrap up 2018, we took a look back at some of our most-read content. From email personalization to GDPR to an interactive sales personality quiz , there was a lot of variety in the articles you enjoyed this year! The tie that binds it all? A mutual commitment to delivering a better sales experience for customers. Did your favorites make the list?

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Speaker: Evelyn Chou

Choosing the right business intelligence (BI) platform can feel like navigating a maze of features, promises, and technical jargon. With so many options available, how can you ensure you’re making the right decision for your organization’s unique needs? 🤔 This webinar brings together expert insights to break down the complexities of BI solution vetting.

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Heinz Marketing

DECEMBER 23, 2018

By Lauren Dichter , Marketing Coordinator for Heinz Marketing. If you know me, you know I love food (probably a little too much). But it’s because new flavors, atmospheres, and sometimes even cultural experiences are so easy to find in a simple dinner outing. I truly believe variety is the spice of life, which is a mantra I also apply to restaurants.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 27, 2018

An employee handbook is a critical document for setting clear expectations for new employees, providing policies for all employees to follow, and making it easier for you know how to deal with problems with your employees when they arise. Among other things, your employee handbook should cover everything from dress code and vacation days to your code of conduct and nondiscrimination policies.

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PandaDoc

DECEMBER 26, 2018

E-commerce is all about selling and to sell more, companies use a variety of channels to communicate their message. Some of these marketing strategies can actually be applied to your own selling practice – read to find out the most efficient ones below. What is e-commerce marketing? E-commerce marketing is a set of activities aimed at promoting a business that sells goods or services online.

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criteria for success

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Are you interested in discovering more about coaching and mentoring? Today's quote from Ernest Hemingway discusses the importance of listening. Read on to learn more about this week's Let's Talk Sales inspiration. Ernest Hemingway Quote In this episode of Let's Talk Sales, it's all about this month's theme: coaching and mentoring. And this quote is [ ] The post Let’s Talk Sales!

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Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Sales at Allego

Maximizing sales rep performance is no easy task. 📈 Traditional sales training methods focus heavily on the first few weeks in the sales role. Companies dedicate time, resources, and budget to onboarding new hires, only for them to forget what was learned in those first few weeks, lose motivation, and struggle to come to grips with their role.

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