Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 16, 2020

In this blog post, we pray for the health and safety of those at risk or sick during this time in human history.

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Gong.io

MARCH 19, 2020

Career shift? New sales model? Sales team temporarily grounded? There’s no shortage of reasons to make the case for moving outside reps to inside roles. Here’s what you – aka sales professionals – need to know to make the switch. . And keep knocking your number out of the park. #1 Master the Online Demo. It’s the ultimate test to becoming a world-class inside sales rep. .

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SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2020

Depending on who you are, and what you do, sales may or may not have slowed way down. But one thing I do know: the best SaaS companies will come out of this time with the strongest products. They will keep innovating. And I also know that the best investment you can make today is in your existing customers. The vast majority aren’t going anywhere, and may even upgrade to more seats.

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G2

MARCH 18, 2020

When it comes to digital marketing for businesses, as the saying goes: content is king.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 18, 2020

In sales, it’s normal to deal with slow seasons, bad seasons, and horrible seasons. But none of those compare to the current situation. The COVID-19 outbreak has been hitting the world where it hurts since February, ultimately affecting our lifestyles, our plans, and, naturally, our businesses. This is a lot to take in and adjust to. What to expect?

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Gong.io

MARCH 16, 2020

The future of work is uncertain, but one thing is clear: the end of quarter will be remote. The bad news: quotas aren’t going down. The good news: the principles behind managing a team are the same whether they’re in the same room… or remote in their living room. We put together a few no-bs tips, and pointers on how to implement them, to home-deliver some of that bullpen energy your team might be missing. . #1 Make Pipeline Reviews Strategic.

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G2

MARCH 19, 2020

Do you want your visuals to set your brand apart from the competition?

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 16, 2020

There’s been a shift in how B2B organizations communicate through follow-ups and outreach. They’re taking a more B2C-like approach, optimizing the buying experience to win more business. Eight out of ten business buyers want the same experience as when they’re buying for themselves. This means that even in the B2B space, your buyers want ultra personalized experiences, they want their needs to come first, and they want on-demand engagement.

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SalesLoft

MARCH 20, 2020

Guest post by Scott Leese, CEO & founder of Scott Leese Consulting , and founder of The Surf and Sales Summit. You’re home now, not in the office. Remote work is here for the foreseeable future. You’re used to having people right next to you to get advice. Or you’re used to coaching your team on the sales floor. Now you need to engage everyone from afar.

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Engage Selling

MARCH 20, 2020

With everything going on the world with coronavirus, remember that it’s not time to stop selling! I understand at the moment, depending on where you are in the world, your situation may not allow for selling like you normally do.

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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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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 16, 2020

It’s a unique time in history. We are all struggling with fear, uncertainty, risk. Physical separation and isolation is becoming increasingly important, both for our own safety, but also for the safety of others. Unfortunately, this separation and isolation creates social isolation–which is very unhealthy. Human beings are social creatures, we are used to and thrive on day to day interaction with our colleagues, suppliers, customers.

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Salesmate

MARCH 17, 2020

You’re the CEO and a proud founder of a new startup venture. You also have a reliable team of sales professionals. You are gearing up to launch your product’s sales process. Or maybe you are planning to expand your startup and are gearing up to explore the unknown territory. Your company is scaling at an affordable rate, giving you enough time to check how your operations are running right now.

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SalesLoft

MARCH 16, 2020

COVID-19 may be changing the way you work and where you work, but one thing it doesn’t change is the need to hit your numbers. We feel your pain because we’re feeling it, too. . Travel restrictions, temporary hiring freezes, changes in market demand, and remote teams all create new challenges and make it harder to sell. We get it. As a SalesLoft customer, our #1 priority is to help you hit your numbers , so let’s talk about how we can do that.

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Heinz Marketing

MARCH 18, 2020

By Matt Heinz, President & Founder of Heinz Marketing. I’m not usually one for hot takes, but this might be one. I’ve chosen the word “ethical” in this question intentionally because of its implied severity. I could have asked “is it uncomfortable to sell right now” or “is it inappropriate to sell right now”. And I think we’ve all seen examples of companies that clearly meet that bar in the past few days.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 17, 2020

Complex B2B buying is never easy. I’ve written, extensively, about how difficult it is for buyers to align diverse priorities and agendas, and navigate the buying process. The majority of buying ends in no decision made. The need hasn’t disappeared, the customer, for various good/bad reasons just fail to make a buying decision. We are learning, as sales people, what we need to do is help the customer organize to buy and navigate their buying process.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 18, 2020

Informed and actionable business decisions now happen easily, thanks to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). B2B salespeople can, at a single click, determine the customer’s buying behavioral patterns and personalize content and ads to align with their browsing history, industry trends, and interest. The stressful lead scoring and nurturing in the sales process is gradually becoming a soft work.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

“Rare is the business that has a formal disaster plan, let alone one that covers a global Black Swan event.” Tim Stewart, trsdigital. An article on growth and marketing in the middle of a crisis—the current one or any other—can seem tone deaf. But nothing gets better if we stand still. Work can be a welcome intellectual distraction. It can also keep your employees employed or help you retain your job—a modicum of security in uncertain times.

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Heinz Marketing

MARCH 16, 2020

Most of the “how to work from home” blog posts I read last week missed one important element – how do you do it when your kids are stuck home with you as well?! I posted this question on LinkedIn last week hoping that other parents facing this new reality for the new couple/few weeks would have some ideas (proven or otherwise). And boy did you guys deliver !

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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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Membrain

MARCH 18, 2020

Every great salesperson knows that a bad assumption can kill a deal. Assume that the buyer understands the cost of not acting. Assume that the buyer understands the benefits of your offering. Assume that they know where to find the budget for your solution. Assume that there's one primary decision-maker.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 20, 2020

The COVID 19 crisis is forcing all of us to deal with issues few of us have ever faced. The risk, complexity, uncertainties, fear are profound. It impacts every individual, organization, society. But it’s fascinating to see how tragedy brings out the best in people and the best in addressing crises. Everyday, we are learning things that help us deal with the challenges presented by the virus and it’s impact on our lives, companies, nations, and economy.

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G2

MARCH 20, 2020

Visual branding is of extreme importance for any business in multiple ways.

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SaaStr

MARCH 20, 2020

In talking to dozens of SaaS companies this week and past, it’s clear most of us are seeing a big slowdown in new deals. Not all of us, but most of us. But one thing is still going on outside of the most impacted industries — discovery. In fact, in some cases, tech companies that are WFH have more time as customers to do discovery for new vendors.

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Predictable Revenue

MARCH 19, 2020

To achieve exponential growth, a consistent source of predictable opportunities is needed. That source is outbound sales. Tom talks about how he sources and closes leads on every salesperson’s favorite social media site, LinkedIn. The post How to turn 100 LinkedIn profiles into 10 meetings with Tom Abbott appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 18, 2020

Technology is a double edged sword. We can use it to improve the impact, value, effectiveness, and efficiency in engaging prospects and customers. At the same time, we can use it to drive away customers/prospects by creating crap at the speed of light. Unfortunately, rather than doing the former, in focusing on our own self centered objectives, we end up doing the latter.

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Salesmate

MARCH 20, 2020

History repeats itself. The same dissatisfying sales result again. As per the sales reports, you’ve made many calls. However, the question is how many out of them were successful? Sales call failures are the root causes of many lost deals. Sales call is one of the main communication channels used to interact with potential buyers. 92% of all customer interactions take place over the phone – Salesmate .

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Heinz Marketing

MARCH 19, 2020

The CMO of a Fortune 500 company called me yesterday, livid. She’s up to her eyeballs in pivots, working around the clock with her team and peers to change strategy, redeploy resources, all in real time. And a young sales development representative (SDR) won’t stop calling her to get “15 minutes of her time” to show off their latest platform release. “I know they have a job to do, but it’s a little tone deaf to keep pushing when we’re scrambling for our

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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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SaaStr

MARCH 18, 2020

NIck Mehta, CEO of Gainsight and I got on a Zoom with almost 1,000 SaaStr folks and talked about what we are seeing now, sales cycles, logo retention, and more. As well as a deep dive on what happened during the last downturn. It ended up I think, a pretty valuable and unique discussion. Take a look and LMK your thoughts. If these are helpful, we will do more.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 19, 2020

Here’s an important, and often overlooked, fact about B2B sales and marketing: Your customer data holds all the keys you need to grow your business. To succeed, you need to trust the data and step into predictive sales. It’s not as easy as it sounds, though. Many sales and marketing leaders try to get cute and overthink their targeting, messaging, content creation, etc.

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Sales Gravy

MARCH 15, 2020

On this special unscripted and uncut podcast, Jeb Blount addresses questions leaders and salespeople are asking about whether or not they should continue prospecting during the Coronavirus shutdown. Listen to Coronavirus Talk #2 - On Excuses Listen to Coronavirus Talk #3 - On Time Listen to Coronavirus Talk #4 - On Excuses On this special unscripted and uncut podcast, Jeb Blount addresses questions leaders and salespeople are asking about whether or not they should continue prospecting during th

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Heinz Marketing

MARCH 20, 2020

By Michelle Voznyuk , Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing. Communicate, communicate, communicate. We all know communication is one of the most important aspects of a relationship. This is true not only for personal relationships, but professional ones, as well. When working in a B2B or consulting setting, there can be a lot of challenges when one side feels like the other isn’t holding up their end of the bargain.

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