Sat.Mar 07, 2020 - Fri.Mar 13, 2020

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The Best Advice Sales Managers Can Give to Help Increase Sales

Anthony Cole Training

In this blog article, we discuss the best advice sales managers can give their salespeople, and that is to "keep moving." If you want to increase sales within your organization, you must keep moving throughout the ups and downs, the missed opportunities, the clients who "ghost" you, and more.

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The Startling Truth: How Cursing Impacts Sales

Gong.io

60-something years ago, sales was a very different game. . Back then, salesmen – I mean sales people (glad that’s changed) – would button up their best suits, court prospective clients in-person with bone-in steaks, and discuss business over a handful of dirty martinis. . Back then, the customer was always right, and calling them “sir” or “ma’am” was the norm.

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Why you can't buy sales training and consulting like you used to

Membrain

Sales training is important to a high-performing team, and there have never been as many options as there are today. Online training, in-person workshops, blended learning, off-the-shelf, customized, training with consulting, consulting with training.

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3 Steps You Must Take Today to Save Your Company From This Economic Downturn

Understanding the Sales Force

You know the stories of the Three Stooges, The Three Little Pigs, The Three Bears, and baseball fans have just heard about The Three Batter Minimum (how stupid!). We're not going to discuss any of those threes today but we will talk about the three things companies must do, right now, in this quickly disintegrating economy, to drive revenue.

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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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18+ Working from Home Tips: How to Set Up & Thrive with Remote Work

Sales Hacker

As the coronavirus sweeps across the country, more and more people are finding themselves working from home. How do you stay motivated, connected, and successful? What does it take to thrive with remote work? After working from home for more than a decade, I’ve developed some routines that keep me productive and happy. But I wanted to hear from others as well.

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Knowledge Is Power, Shared Knowledge Is….

Partners in Excellence

Knowledge is power. We try to accumulate as much knowledge as we can. It gives us deeper understanding, it gives us insight, it helps us learn things or become aware of things we may have missed. The more knowledge we have, the better prepared we might be in addressing challenges, recognizing new opportunities, and managing risk. Knowledge is power.

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9 B2B Instagram Marketing Strategies (w/ Examples)

ConversionXL

Some 73% of Millennial workers are involved in B2B purchase decisions, and 85% of that group uses social media to research products and services for their companies. Still, Facebook (91%), Linkedin (80%), and Twitter (67%) are the most popular social media platforms among B2B marketers. Despite it’s more than 1 billion monthly active users, Instagram lags behind. .

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2 Simple Solutions to Improve Your Outbound Sales Cadence

Sales Hacker

Inside Sales Managers are getting too hung up looking for the perfect sales cadence formula — the perfect combination and spacing of phone/voicemail + phone/no voicemail + email + social touch that will generate results. They’re driving themselves crazy, stressing out over finding the best outbound sales cadence, especially when the sales numbers aren’t meeting expectations.

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How Are You Being Sold To?

Partners in Excellence

Daily, my inbox, voicemail, texts, and social feeds are filled with prospecting outreaches–people trying to sell me, helping me sell more/better. As you might guess, most of it is appalling! One wonders, if they represent their company/products/services/themselves so poorly, how would they represent our company? If their attempts at selling themselves is so bad, how could they ever do anything that would produce the kind of results we want?

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Want to Keep Prospects from Ghosting You? Take These 3 Actions

SalesProInsider

“Never underestimate the laziness of buyers.”. That was the advice a mentor gave me. He was someone I trusted, respected, and would take all of his suggestions and put them into play. Yet this advice was very offending to me because I’ve never considered my buyers or my clients as lazy people. No, they’re hardworking, they’re really smart, and they care about what they’re doing.

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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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What Things in SaaS Were Like in ’08-’09. And What They Probably Will Be Like in ’20.

SaaStr

We’re obviously in a very unique situation today. The pace at which Corona is impacting us all right now is so fast, it’s hard to keep up. Even just in the past 2 weeks, SaaStrAnnual.com has gone from what we thought was one of the safest events out there to … rescheduled for September. Today is different from other times. But I suspect in SaaS, it will be like ’08-’09 downturn — just faster.

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Replacing the Magic of In-Person Sales Meetings (When You’re Forced to be Remote)

Heinz Marketing

By Matt Heinz , President & Founder of Heinz Marketing. For many sales teams, especially those who already sell remotely, the restrictions on travel due to COVID-19 haven’t changed the nature of how they sell. If you already sell primarily via the telephone, digital channels and video conferences, not a lot has changed. That is not the case for our clients who are in manufacturing, health care, pharmaceuticals and other industries that still rely on a field sales team that is very much “in

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The Present Opportunity

Partners in Excellence

Our societies, communities, workplaces and businesses are in turmoil. The Covid-19 virus, oil prices, and other disruptions are converging on creating business and economic crises–and opportunities. The natural reaction of many sales people is to sit back, saying, “The economy is bad, people aren’t buying!” The reality is, this is the time when there is a higher propensity to buy than any other time.

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The three W’s of text messaging for real estate sales (with templates)

Salesmate

Being a real estate agent, broker, or seller, you might have felt the heat in this unpredictable market. Real estate is no doubt a booming industry, but it is even one of the markets that experience extreme price fluctuations. So, you cannot afford to miss out on any opportunity that comes your way. A little delay and someone else might grab a profitable opportunity.

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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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7 Things as CEO You Can Do Now to Help The Team

SaaStr

If you are feeling a bit overwhelmed as CEO, remember it’s even harder on the team. I’m no expert here (at all) but a few ideas on what can help: 1. Share your cash runway and quantitatively why the company is OK, and going to be OK. You might think your team intuitively understands you have enough cash reach, but they probably don’t.

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Pivoting to Virtual Events? Six Ideas to Make them Stand Out

Heinz Marketing

By Matt Heinz , President & Founder of Heinz Marketing. If replacing the value and ROI of a 20,000-attendee in-person conference was as simple standing up a couple webinars, I believe more companies would have done it a long time ago. Unfortunately, it’s not that easy. Attendees didn’t sign up for delayed flights and days out of the office to attend your general session.

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“Playing The Game,” Measuring The Right Things, Measuring Things Right

Partners in Excellence

A great client and I were having a conversation about sales performance. He’s the manager of a high performing sales team–but it hasn’t always been that way. We were discussing the “before” and “after.” He characterized the “before” as heavily activity oriented. Each sales person had activity metrics–numbers of prospecting calls, numbers of customer meetings, numbers of proposals, numbers of bathroom breaks—OK, just seeing if you

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Treat Your Territory Like Your Own Business | Sales Strategies

Engage Selling

The very best reps I know own their territories as if it were their own business. They plan for success in those territories proactively, rather than just taking whatever comes their way, crossing their fingers, and hoping for success.

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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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The Virtues and Opportunities in Being #2

SaaStr

I used to hate the idea of “power laws” That the advantages of being #1 compound over time. It seemed to turn all startups into just numbers on a graph. But has time has gone on, I’ve learned it’s often right. Just look at Zoom’s incredible run to dominate an existing category. Being #1 in a category often takes 80%-90% of the value and benefits.

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Positioning In Sales – How To Sell Effectively

The 5% Institute

Positioning in sales is very important if you want to stand out from the competition, win more sales and serve more people. But how does effective positioning in sales work? What is it – and what strategies and tactics can you use to position yourself in a way that’ll build confidence and certainty with your potential client? In this article, you’ll learn: What positioning in sales means.

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Give Good EX To Get Great CX

Heinz Marketing

By Maria Geokezas , VP of Client Services at Heinz Marketing. Most conversations about customer experience involve consumer brands. Even when talking with B2B customer care professionals, examples of consumer customer experiences pervade. More often than not, the sentiments expressed revolve around a negative customer service experience related to a customer care specialist who either didn’t give a damn – didn’t listen, didn’t understand the problem or didn’t have the power to resolve it regar

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Are You Prepared To Lose Your Biggest Customer?

Engage Selling

Are you prepared to lose your biggest customer? It’s no secret that losing clients is never a good feeling, but some client losses are felt harder than others.

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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

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How do you acquire customers on a zero dollar budget?

SaaStr

Q: How do you acquire customers on a zero dollar budget?/strong> You use “sweat dollars” instead: Get any press and PR you can. It doesn’t have to be TechCrunch. Get every blog, every publication, anyone with any on-point audience to write about you. Anyone with an audience, even a small one, in your target industry can get you at least a handful of leads if they write about you.

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5 Remote Work Myths to Leave Behind in 2020

Hubspot

When you Google image search remote work, you'll find photos that tell fascinating stories about the work style. For example, you might find a relaxing image of a woman working with her laptop on the beach -- without a care that sand or water could destroy her hard drive. Or, you might discover a scene where a man logs into a team video chat after a treacherous climb to the top of a mountain.

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5 Inspiring Women Leaders in Sales to Follow Today

InsightSquared

This International Women’s Day, we’d like to give a shoutout to women leaders in the tech industry, especially those in sales leadership positions. These women have been nominated by our own team, as people who inspire and empower us to strive, thrive and grow in our careers. Looking for sales leaders to follow for inspiration and best practices? Jill Konrath.

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Brenna’s App of the Week: Splitwise

Heinz Marketing

You might remember, or you might not, I wrote a blog post for a similar app called Tricount BUT I found a better one – Splitwise. I’ll give you a quick run down of the app, why I like it better than Tricount, and provide a quick comparison between the two. If you aren’t familiar with Tricount or Splitwise, they are apps that help keep track of shared expenses between housemates, trips, groups, friends, family, and whomever else.

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Business Intelligence 101: How To Make The Best Solution Decision For Your Organization

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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Winning Business through Channel Selling

Sandler Training

In the complex world of enterprise accounts, team selling is the name of the game. When it comes to winning, selling to, growing, and serving major accounts, team selling needs to be much more than just a tag line. It needs to be the way you do business. The post Winning Business through Channel Selling appeared first on Sandler Training.

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40 Remote Work Stats to Know in 2020

Hubspot

In 2020, workplaces are embracing remote work options more than ever before. This is definitely apparent at HubSpot, where we have a quickly growing fleet of more than 300 full-time remote employees as well as partial remote options for those who work in our offices. As someone who'd never really understood the perks of remote work, my time at HubSpot has allowed me to embrace this work style.

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Building and evolving a successful sales team with Oliver Williamson

Predictable Revenue

Collin and Oliver discuss the use of software, robotics and automation to offer impeccable quality, affordable pricing and lightning speed. The post Building and evolving a successful sales team with Oliver Williamson appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Buying Journeys vs Prospect Experience: Why the Difference is Critical

Heinz Marketing

By Matt Heinz , Founder & President of Heinz Marketing. A home is one of the most important purchases most people will make. The process (from first looking at listings to signing closing documents) typically takes many months, and you’re going to have to live with the result (literally) typically for a long time. Same with vehicles. Most people go at least 5-6 years between new car or truck purchases.

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Beyond the Basics: How to Develop and Retain a Top-Performing Sales Team

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.