ConversionXL
OCTOBER 2, 2018
Neuromarketing assesses how our brain reacts to stimuli, not simply what we self-report in qualitative surveys. These are truths that our impulses write onto MRIs. Sometimes, as several studies below illustrate, those two systems—the conscious and subconscious—offer conflicting interpretations. Importantly, scientific knowledge is almost always built incrementally.
A Sales Guy
OCTOBER 2, 2018
I think too many sales organizations, their salespeople AND their sales leaders are playing from the same playbook. Why? I don’t see enough innovation. I spend an incredible amount of time with salespeople and sales leaders, and the most common thing I see is how similar they all are. Most everyone hires based on the same hiring principles. Most everyone prospects using the same prospecting principles.
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Openview
OCTOBER 5, 2018
One of the biggest challenges for any scaling company is to bring a new sales rep up to speed quickly. Decreasing the time to productivity for new reps is crucial to meeting ever-expanding goals and closing more deals. While building a strong onboarding program that includes knowledge acquisition and skill development is key to sales ramp, it’s only part of the process.
Women Sales Pros
OCTOBER 5, 2018
What would it mean to you if you doubled your income—with the same number of customers? Think about how it would feel to give the same amount of effort and earn two, three, or many more times as much. Last month, I conducted a training with a large software company and discovered their top rep, Trina, earns more than five times as much as the lowest performer in her company—while talking to the exact same number of customers.
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RAIN Group
OCTOBER 3, 2018
One of the greatest difficulties in sales is helping buyers understand what outcomes they will achieve when they work with you. Creating a picture of what outcomes are possible with the solution you present is imperative for two reasons: Buyers need to be convinced of the positive outcome—and that you can achieve it—or they likely will not purchase.
Jeff Shore
OCTOBER 2, 2018
By Jeff Shore. ?I want to talk today about mastermind groups. I believe very strongly in the concept, strongly enough that I am a part of four different mastermind groups. For those of you who are not quite sure, mastermind groups are like-minded individuals who come together on a regular basis to share ideas, frustrations, best practices, etc. At times they are organic and self-led, but more commonly they are paid programs.
Technology Sales Today brings together the best content for technology sales professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Membrain
SEPTEMBER 30, 2018
The Challenger Sale has been called the best marketed but worse executed sales program in history. Is this assessment fair or evidence of sour grapes from a few industry experts who wish they could claim the 800,000+ graduates and 500,000+ books sold since 2011?
ConversionXL
OCTOBER 3, 2018
Stop selling yourself short, optimize your navigation menu the right way! Brian Massey, the Conversion Scientist, has been experimenting with optimizing the main navigation of websites and has found out that most people are doing it wrong. Sites that let the information architecture drive the main nav are selling themselves short. In this episode of The Pe:p Show, I ask Brian why and how menu navigation affects your entire site and what you can do to improve your navbar’s conversion rate.
Engage Selling
OCTOBER 5, 2018
???Recently, I have been working with a lot of professionals where selling isn’t their primary role. These may be account managers, recruiters, engineers, or project managers.
Hubspot
OCTOBER 2, 2018
What is Google Search Console? GSC (formerly Google Webmaster Tools) is a free platform for anyone with a website to monitor how Google views their site and optimize its organic presence. That includes viewing your referring domains, mobile site performance, rich search results, and highest-traffic queries and pages. At any given time, I have GSC open in two to 10 tabs.
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.
Partners in Excellence
OCTOBER 4, 2018
Playbooks are big. There are lots of tools and never ending content around playbooks for marketing and sales. Inevitably, these playbooks are intended to guide us through our marketing and sales processes–providing us relevant questions and content to move the customer through their buying process. Every playbook I’ve seen is very linear in its approach–start at the beginning of the customer buying process, then go sequentially.
Jeff Shore
OCTOBER 4, 2018
By Ryan Taft. ?“Micromanaging is one of the best management styles in existence,”…said no employee ever. If you are a manager reading this you need to ask yourself a question: Do I trust my team? Here’s how you know the answer…if you ask them to do it and then give them step-by-step instructions of what to do and are constantly checking (a.k.a. “nagging”) to see if it was done, and how it was done, then odds are that you are a micromanager.
Engage Selling
OCTOBER 4, 2018
A huge mistake growing businesses make is assigning an individual as a “player-coach.” That is, assigning a role that is both coaching and managing a team while also having their own territory or clients that they manage on their own.
Hubspot
OCTOBER 5, 2018
Attention Outlook users: we have something for you: a compilation of the best Outlook tips for organizing your inbox. These shortcut keys will change the way you email. In fact, after taking just two minutes to learn them, we've began saving 15 minutes a day in email. To help others do the same, we organized these keyboard shortcuts based on the three types of email views: Inbox View, Conversation View, and Compose View.
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!
Partners in Excellence
SEPTEMBER 30, 2018
We all know the importance of focus, of eliminating distractions. I’ve written about it in this blog. Book after book, blog posts all preach the concepts of disciplined focus, minimizing distraction, keeping our eyes on our goals, keeping our eyes on the ball. It’s very important, too few people do this–generally top performers are viciously focused.
Jeff Shore
OCTOBER 3, 2018
In This Episode of The Buyer’s Mind with Jeff Shore: Lee Salz joins Jeff to talk about how our customers commoditize us. In his new book Sales Differentiation, Lee shows that our customer is most likely using a matrix to try and find the lowest price. So, what will make you stand out in the sale? Experience? Service? As a sales professional. could it be as simple as asking for your customer’s mission?
Membrain
OCTOBER 3, 2018
I had an interesting conversation with the founder of a sales technology company recently. Their technology was designed to provide greater transparency into the inner workings of sales departments, sales managers, and individual salespeople, in order to equip sales directors to provide better leadership for more effective sales execution.
Hubspot
OCTOBER 3, 2018
What sets you apart from the competition? Successful companies like Coca-Cola and Band-Aid have one important thing in common: a strong brand. In fact, their brand names have become generic terms for all similar products in their niche. If you cut yourself, do you ask for a bandage or a Band-Aid? A strong brand should be a priority for all businesses striving for success -- and the proof is in the numbers.
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!
Partners in Excellence
OCTOBER 1, 2018
I have to admit being consumed with CSO Insights latest Sales Performance Report. If you haven’t had the opportunity to read it, make sure you take the time to download and study it. It’s filled with fascinating analysis, each chart presents huge opportunities for performance improvement. The chart I keep coming back to is their 2018 SRP Matrix, reproduced below: Usually, as we look at charts like this, we focus on comparing Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 performances, perhaps being som
Sales Hacker
OCTOBER 5, 2018
The Cautionary Tale of James and Kim. The call came in. It was like so many calls I had received before. Kim* was fed up because James,* the star salesperson her organization promoted, wasn’t making it as a sales manager. James had been killing it at sales. It was clear he knew the industry and how to convert leads into sales. When James’ supervisor left he made it clear he wanted to move up in the organization and Kim and the other members of management thought it was clearly the right thing to
SalesforLife
OCTOBER 4, 2018
Calling all sales leaders! 2019 is right around the corner and that means your 2019 revenue number is probably bouncing around your head right about now.
Hubspot
OCTOBER 5, 2018
Have you ever ordered an item online? Considering the fact that 1.66 billion people worldwide shopped online last year, there’s a good chance you answered “yes” to that question. Whether you know it or not, you used a web form when you placed your online order. Not only are web forms necessary for you to receive the information, goods and services you’re interacting with or buying, but they’re also crucial for the businesses that create them and embed them on their sites.
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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
Miller Heiman Group
OCTOBER 1, 2018
Notice anything different? Don’t worry, your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you. Miller Heiman Group is excited to present our updated website. The new look, tone and user experience reflect our commitment to our roots in sales, service and research, while recognizing our evolution into technology and analytics. I’ve been thinking a lot about the future as Miller Heiman Group prepared for this launch — and, in turn, about the past.
Sales Hacker
OCTOBER 5, 2018
Sales onboarding – every company does it, but few do it as well as they’d like. According to a report from The Sales Management Association, 62% of companies consider themselves to be ineffective at onboarding. When sales onboarding is ineffective, the costs are high – not only for the sales department but for the entire organization: Underprepared sales reps can damage your business reputation and may not sell to buyers the way they like to be sold to.
Heinz Marketing
SEPTEMBER 29, 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. Ann Handley on Why Jargon Can Be Detrimental to Your Brand Voice & Tone.
Hubspot
OCTOBER 4, 2018
Troubleshooting a HTTP 500 Internal Server Error is like solving a mystery. You don’t know what exactly happened or why it happened -- all you know is that something’s wrong and you need to fix it. To guide you through the hassle of troubleshooting the dreaded HTTP 500 Internal Server Error, let’s go over what it exactly means and its most common causes and solutions.
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.
Smart Calling
OCTOBER 4, 2018
A couple of weeks ago, on the beautiful Amalfi coast in Italy, in Positano, we had breakfast one morning at a small open-air restaurant perched high atop the hill, looking down on the postcard-like beach and bay. As we walked out Pam said, “Let’s take a quick look in here,” pointing toward the clothing boutique next door. The shopkeeper, a petite Italian woman in her 30’s greeted us with a smile and “Buongiorno.”.
Sales Hacker
OCTOBER 5, 2018
Have you ever wondered how to become a VP of Sales? I can tell you exactly how to do it, because I’ve lived this journey myself. By the time I was 30 years old, I was working at Oracle (via startup acquisition) helping them build the #1 performing SaaS sales team in my region. At the time, I had two years as a VP of Sales under my belt. And while there is no one perfect trajectory that a sales career follows, there are some key questions you should ask yourself before you start the journey
Heinz Marketing
SEPTEMBER 30, 2018
Typically I like to feature tools here that everyone can use right away. And although this app is currently only available in Seattle, the idea behind it was so inspiring to me this past week I wanted to share it with you. There are homeless and disadvantaged people all around us. Many of them aren’t just very similar to us, they are us. We are so similar in our hopes, our fears, the opportunities and luck and serendipity that helps some of us succeed while others struggle.
Hubspot
OCTOBER 3, 2018
Even the best on-page SEO efforts aren’t enough to rank on Google. Today, the search engine accounts for over 200 factors when it determines a SERP’s pecking order, so it’s nearly impossible to optimize your website and content for each of its ranking factors. But even though you can’t optimize for all of Google’s ranking factors, you can still optimize for one of the search engine’s most important ranking factors -- domain authority.
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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