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Goal Setting is a Crucial Sales Step: Our 4th Sales Productivity Tool

Anthony Cole Training

In our fourth installment of the 9 Sales Productivity Tools, we bring you the next tool in our series, Goal Setting. When we talk about goal setting, we start with personal goals and then help our clients convert those personal goals into business plans. Those business plans have goals for activities that need to be performed, as well as practice management objectives to be accomplished.

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10 Of The Best Sales Books To Level Up In 2021

The 5% Institute

Best sales books; with so many articles, which one’s should you focus on reading? Personal development, such as listening to informative podcasts, business and sales related audio books, and sales training should be a part of your daily activities if you want to succeed and win more sales. Another important, yet sometimes forgotten activity (due to our busy lifestyles and schedules), is reading books.

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Learn to listen and ask questions like a natural with this game.

Women Sales Pros

When I hired a sales coach over a decade ago, things didn’t just start happening in my professional life; things started happening in my personal life as well. It started with a small change in the way I interacted with my husband. At the end of most days, he would come home, greet the dog, grab a couple of beers, and trek down the stairs to my home office.

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8 Little-Known Instagram SEO Techniques for Increasing Reach

Hubspot

Instagram is an undeniably viable platform for marketing in 2019. In fact, Instagram has officially reached more than one billion active monthly users -- which means it's now more popular than social media giants such as Twitter or LinkedIn. That's a lot of users sitting around, waiting to see your content. So, how can you reach all of those users and create opportunities for them to engage with your brand?

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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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You Can't Handle the (Sales) Truth!

Anthony Cole Training

In this article, we discuss the Zero Moment of Truth (ZMOT) and the notion that significant changes have swept over the sales landscape these past 20 years.

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How to Create a Strong Blueprint for Your Sales Management Team

Force Management

Sales managers deserve support from your organization, starting with a clear definition of what success looks like in their role. Great companies start with a strong blueprint that includes the processes and tools that enable sales managers to drive success at the team level.

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How to Plan Your Instagram Posts [+ Free Instagram Planning Templates]

Hubspot

When you're not following a plan on social media, it's easy to forget to post regularly. Additionally, creating image and video-based content that's meant to drive revenue for your business can seem far away from your bottom line. However, nowadays, 71% of businesses are on the platform -- to compete with other companies in your industry, then, it's critical you have a solid Instagram strategy in-place, particularly if your intended audience uses the app.

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Google BigQuery: A Tutorial for Marketers

ConversionXL

When it comes to Google BigQuery, there are plenty of articles and online courses out there. Most are “tech to tech” explanations—which are great. But they can be intimidating for those beginning their marketing-to-tech journey. So where exactly do you start? Or, if you’re already using BigQuery, how can you go further and do some really cool stuff with it?

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It Is ALWAYS About Execution

Membrain

I’ve been writing a lot about our Sales Execution Framework and a “Back To Basics” approach to sales management and selling. These articles have generated some interesting calls and reactions.

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Time-Based Branding: It Starts with What You Offer

Engage Selling

Every time your customer makes a buying decision, they deal with risk. They ask: “What if I make a mistake? What if things don’t work out? Can I be sure I’m making a good choice? What’s the cost of failure?

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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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The What, Why, & How of Social Bookmarking

Hubspot

As a marketer, you usually wear a lot of hats at your company. SEO expert? Check. YouTube aficionado? Check. When I was working at an agency, it was important to learn everything I could about SEO and drive results for our clients. But I was no SEO expert. In order to keep our SEO tactics competitive, I kept this SEO definitive guide bookmarked so I could come back to it whenever I was strategizing for a client’s SEO.

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10 Conversion Optimization Myths that Just Won’t Go Away

ConversionXL

Every industry is plagued by myths, misunderstanding, and half truths. This is especially true in digital marketing, and conversion optimization is no exception. Why do they persist? In part because content marketers are rewarded for producing highly shareable and linkable content—not always 100% accurate content. Myths create misunderstanding among practitioners and confuse beginners.

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How to stop losing sales – forever

Membrain

What if I told you that our organization never loses a sale? It’s true. We never do. We also don’t pursue opportunities.

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The Truth About Gatekeepers

Engage Selling

There’s a truth about gatekeepers that you need to be thinking about. Namely, that you create them. You read that right. You’re creating your own gatekeepers.

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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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Hunter Vs Farmer – What Sales Strategy Is Best?

The 5% Institute

Hunter vs farmer: chances are that you’ve heard this sales analogy before, but what does it really mean? And which one of the two is the best strategy to increase your leads, sales, and overall profit? In this article, we’ll look at what the hunter vs farmer analogy means, and which one you should focus on depending on where you are at with your business and required sales outcomes.

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“How I Work”: Marcie Dickson, CMO at Miles Mediation & Arbitration @MilesMediation#HowIWork

Heinz Marketing

By Matt Heinz, President of Heinz Marketing. “How I Work” is one of my favorite recurring features in Inc Magazine as well as via Lifehacker’s This Is How I Work Series. Every Thursday we feature a B2B sales, marketing or business leader in our own series and our own version of “ How I Work ” questions. You can catch up on everyone we’ve featured thus far in the “How I Work” series here.

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The Golden Egg(s) Nestling in Your Basket

Membrain

From quite early on, in our sales careers, we are encouraged to explore every sales opportunity that presents itself – in fact, in some companies, they are brainwashed into believing that “all business is good business.”.

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Why the Selling Winner’s Circle Is Bigger Than You Think

SalesProInsider

When’s the last time you considered who’s in your winning circle when you’re successful in your selling efforts? After all, the goal of our selling activities is to win business, trust, and a long-term customer or client, isn’t it? Who Really Wins? Yet – who really wins when a sale is made? Is it: The buyer? The company providing the solution?

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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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Sales Enablement 2020: What’s On the Horizon?

Highspot

As the new year quickly approaches, it’s time for sales enablement practitioners to begin to research trends and strategize for 2020. Common questions such as, “How is sales enablement evolving?” and, “How do I ensure I’m driving business impact?” rise as enablement teams review current metrics and finalize goals.

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Maybe 80% of Public SaaS Companies Are in the SF Bay Area

SaaStr

In 2019, you clearly can build a successful SaaS and Cloud company outside the Bay Area. And it is just sooo expensive here in the Bay Area. Like crazy expensive. And aren’t we all moving to distributed teams? Still, networks matter. And finding veterans that have done it before really helps, especially as you scale. And where are these networks and veterans?

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The Ultimate Guide to Creating Compelling Webinars

Hubspot

Have you ever considered holding a unique and fun business event for your target audience and customers? An event with engaging content, interactive exercises, and networking — all with the potential of improving your brand awareness, converting more leads into paying customers, and boosting revenue? While the idea for and potential results of this event are great, you also may have thought, “. it’s impossible to host this event — our base of customers, colleagues, and members of our professiona

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How to Use Operational Value to Become Indispensable | Sales Strategies

Engage Selling

There’s one thing I’ve noticed with organizations and people who are really good at bringing new business: they are good at operationalizing value.

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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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Brand Monitoring (+7 Tips for Achieving Top Visibility)

G2

The internet is an endless virtual space that hosts thousands of platforms in which your brand can make itself known and reach a wider audience.

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What can entrepreneurs do to stand out to prospective investors during a pitch?

SaaStr

The best founders really know their sh*t. The best founders just know everything cold about their business: They know the competition cold. They don’t mock the competition, or say it doesn’t exist, or not acknowledge their strengths. They know where they are strong, and where the others are strong. They know their core metrics cold. Their ARR and ARR growth rate.

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Purchase Order: What It Is & How to Create One [Template]

Hubspot

Let's talk about supplier management. You need a specific product or service to run your small business, so you reach out to your suppliers and tell them what you need. They provide it. You pay them for it. End of story. Sound too easy? It is. Yes, the process of procuring goods can be more complicated than the description above. There can be payment issues, supply shortages, miscommunications that lead to incorrect shipments and scheduling delays.

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Facebook Advertising for B2B: Don’t just buy ads, build relationships

ConversionXL

How can you make Facebook Advertising work for B2B? I sat down with Curt Maly, Facebook Advertising Expert @ Black Box Social Media, and he says: it is all relationship building. Instead of just asking people to buy your stuff, we want to engage them with relevant, high-quality content in the way they want to learn. The key is leaning into the Facebook algorithm to deliver the right content at the right time.

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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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When Is An Interruption Not An Interruption?

Partners in Excellence

Recently, I had an interesting email exchange with someone who clearly had bad experience with sales people. The conversation started around the “intrusiveness,” and “obnoxiousness” of sales people “interrupting” this person’s day. I had a lot of empathy for this person. Every day, I can calls from numbers I don’t recognize (the majority of them are local, even the same exchange……).

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How to Uncover What Motivates Your Salespeople

Selling Power

When you understand what motivates salespeople, you can more effectively manage their performance. You can think of motivation in terms of six main categories.

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Permalinks: What They Are & How to Structure Them for Max SEO Value

Hubspot

What comes to mind when you think of SEO? "Permalink" probably isn't the first or second thing, maybe not even the tenth thing. The truth is, though, permalinks and SEO have a lot more in common than you may think, and — when done correctly — can only benefit your website in the long run. Luckily, permalinks are fairly simple to master, which is good, and vital to SEO value.

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Fake Prospects, Fake Buyers, Fake News

The Sales Hunter

The prospect agrees to take your meeting, and they even agree to your demo call. Both indicate that they are going to make decision quickly. Then, it’s time for you to close the deal and boom! You get hit hard as this new favorite customer tells you that they have to take it to others to get an approval to buy. Suddenly, the potential to make your quarterly number is going up in smoke!

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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.