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6 Lessons for Sales Organizations I Learned on Summer Vacation: Part 1

Anthony Cole Training

Everyday, there are things that can be learned that can impact our personal and professional lives.

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The Best Online Sales Training Ever

A Sales Guy

It’s here, We just dropped Gap Selling Online Sales Training and it’s going to blow your mind. It’s 5 – 8 hours of engaging, customized, choose your own journey experience. We are extremely excited about this training. It’s like nothing you’ve ever experienced. Each participants journey is there own as the training adjusts and offers different experiences based on each salespersons own experiences and engagement.

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How to choose your CRM for B2B Sales Effectiveness

Membrain

Choosing a CRM is a major decision that will impact every aspect of your sales performance. Choose the right CRM, and your team will be enabled to perform more efficiently and more effectively. Choose the wrong CRM, and not only will you sink a lot of investment into an inappropriate tool, you may actually make it harder for your team to do their jobs.

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FDR and Sir Isaac Newton on Why Salespeople Fail

Understanding the Sales Force

There we were, in the dark, in the middle of a hotel parking lot, at 3:45 AM. Why? The hotel fire alarm went off and we didn't want to ignore the warning that was so loud my wife and I couldn't hear each other speak. Why was every other guest in the hotel parking lot with us? Well, what if the hotel was on fire? What if our lives were truly in danger?

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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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9 Questions for B2B Buyer Persona Success

Heinz Marketing

By Win Salyards , Marketing Coordinator at Heinz Marketing. So you have an understanding of your buying committee and how to market to them , now it’s time to build out your buyer personas. Creating an accurate and actionable B2B buyer persona means asking the right questions about your targets, the outcome of an effective buyer persona isn’t a grouping of stereotypes or uninformed assumptions.

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5 Sales Trends COVID-19 Has Accelerated: And Why They’re Here to Stay

Sales Hacker

When COVID-19 first hit the United States in March, many sales organizations thought the adjustments they had to make would be temporary. But as the crisis continues, it’s becoming increasingly clear that many of the changes brought on by the pandemic will be permanent. Mary Shea, Principal Analyst at Forrester, addressed this in a recent Sales Hacker webinar. “ Many, if not most of these trends were already in play before COVID hit … I thought these trends were going to play out over the next 2

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The Top 10 Mistakes Made in Hiring Your First Sales Team

SaaStr

I know we’ve hit a number of these points individually before on SaaStr, but after getting asked about the top mistakes hiring your first sales team so many times over the years, I thought it would be worthwhile to assemble a Top 10 List. Because it seems like so many of us just make these mistakes again, and again. And again. Make fewer of them and you’ll scale faster with less stress.

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ABM: An Account-Centric Approach

Heinz Marketing

By Michelle Voznyuk , Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing. One could argue ABM is no longer considered a “buzzword.” What seemed revolutionary and maybe borderline controversial at first has become widely accepted in the world of marketing today. Account-based marketing (commonly referred to as ABM) is “a focused growth strategy in which marketing and sales collaborate to create personalized buying experiences for a mutually-identified set of high-value accounts” (source: H

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Want to be a top performer? These words and phrases are proven to win deals

Gong.io

Quick quiz: Which of the following describes the top sales reps at your organization? A: They show up early and leave late. B: They are veterans with years and years of sales experience. C: They are the hardest workers. Yes. Yes. Yes. All of these ring true for the best salespeople. . Turns out, time spent on your craft, experience, and hard work all contribute to success, regardless of industry or job type. .

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How to Equip Managers to Drive Lasting Results from a Sales Initiative

Force Management

First-line managers, more often than not, are the linchpin to whether a sales enablement initiative sticks or falls by the wayside. If your managers see how invested you are in the change initiative’s success, they’ll see the importance of driving long-term reinforcement and adoption. To get managers to put in the work required to drive results, 30, 60, 90 days after the launch of your initiative, you’ve got to put in the work 30, 60, 90 days before the launch of your initiative.

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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 Best Solutions for Hiring Great Salespeople for Your Company

Understanding the Sales Force

Would you fly on a huge jet from Minneapolis, Minnesota to St. Paul, Minnesota, usually a 15-minute drive? Would you take a train between intersections of the same city block, usually a 2-minute walk? Would you take a bus to the bottom of your driveway - usually a 1-minute walk or less? Would you walk from Boston to Miami - a 3-hour plus plane flight?

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How to Use the Buyer’s Awareness Level to Increase Your B2B Engagement

Heinz Marketing

By Shannan Seely. “Gallup research shows that fewer than three in 10 customers (29%) across B2B industries are “fully engaged,” meaning they are emotionally and psychologically attached to the B2B companies they do business with.” Gallup. In a post about declining account engagement , Maria Geokezas writes “an overwhelming amount of content and messages” is a contributing factor. .

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Good Revenue And Bad Revenue

Partners in Excellence

It might seem odd, particularly in these difficult economic times, to talk about the concept of “good and bad revenue.” Some of you may be thinking “revenue is revenue, all revenue is good!” What’s the difference between good and bad revenue? Good revenue has the following characteristics: It generates strong profitability because it is from deals that we know how to support well.

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How To Optimize Mobile Pages To Drive Phone Leads

ConversionXL

According to a study of 3,000 mobile searchers by Google & IPOS, nearly half indicated that they are more likely to convert elsewhere if they can’t call a business directly from the search result. That’s kind of a big deal. That same study shows that phone calls are a powerful measure of purchase intent and are most likely to happen when a prospect is ready to convert (see the full study here ).

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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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What’s More Important, New Customers or Retention? It’s a Trick Question

SaaStr

Q: What is more important, getting new customers or customer retention? It’s a trick question, of course — the crazy high net negative churn of top SaaS companies means that of course retention matters more than new customers. If you have 140% net revenue retention at, say, $100m ARR and want to grow 50% that year … well, 80% of that growth will come from your base and existing customers!

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Micromanaging Your Sales Metrics

Engage Selling

Make no mistake about it. Right now, you must be micromanaging your metrics. Micromanaging has been given a bad rap.

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Diversity Is Critical, And Not Just For The Reasons We Think!

Partners in Excellence

This is one of those posts that starts with an apology or a disclaimer. I hesitated writing it, because what I am writing can be so easily misinterpreted, or I may be very naive/poorly informed. (I’m less worried about the latter, I know I need to learn). Diversity is important–it’s critical for our organizations. We need to have diverse organizations across all dimensions: Gender, Race, Orientation, Religion, Nationality, Age and so forth.

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The fear of cold calling: 5 precise tips to get over it

Salesmate

“Cold calling” is one of the sales tasks that most salespeople wish to skip. Why? Well, because it is the first contact with a prospect who has no prior knowledge about the call. Most sales professionals dread that first interaction with the prospect as they have no clue how the prospect would react to the cold call. They fear that the call will end in rejection, or they might infuriate the prospects by disturbing them. 48% of sales are afraid to make cold calls.

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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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Why Founder-Led Sales Breaks Earlier Than You Think

SaaStr

Founder-led sales generally stops scaling around $1m-$2m ARR. Maybe you can wait longer, sometimes a lot longer. But you see growth start to decline in new bookings, that's a sign. A sign to hire a real sales leader. — Jason ?BeKind? Lemkin ?? (@jasonlk) August 26, 2020. Over the years at SaaStr we’ve talked a lot about hiring a great VP of Sales, when it works, when it does, and how it moves the needle.

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5 Tips for a Successful Video Call | Sales Strategies

Engage Selling

I have spent the last few months participating in a large number of video conferences. Sometimes, as many as six or seven video conferences a day because most of us are, indeed, now utilizing video.

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How to Market and Sell to the B2B Buying Committee

Heinz Marketing

By Josh Baez , Client Engagement Manager at Heinz Marketing. Last month, I talked about how to create an ideal customer profile. Today, I want to continue the conversation and talk about how to map the B2B buying committee. What is the B2B buying committee? The B2B buying committee is a group of people involved in a purchase decision. When you think about how you sell and market your solutions, you might think you’re only addressing a single person – maybe it’s the one who signs on the dotted li

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The 2 personalized touches that generate 80% of Chili Piper’s opportunities

Predictable Revenue

Learn how, in the middle of Covid-19, Michael’s team had their best month ever, Michael’s philosophy on cadences, writing the first email, how to find the right messaging for your company, and much more! The post The 2 personalized touches that generate 80% of Chili Piper’s opportunities appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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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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Why, What, How, Who, When, Where

Partners in Excellence

We see versions of these words in different contexts. If you’ve ever been a journalist, these are the fundamental issues the journalist must address in any story. If you are a Simon Sinek fan, by now you have internalized his principles of “Start with why.” We don’t talk much about these principles in selling or as managers in leading our people/organizations.

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The 10 Most Popular Sessions for SaaStr Annual at Home (So Far)

SaaStr

We’re off to the races for registration for 2020 SaaStr Annual at Home on Sep 2-3. 1000s of folks haven’t chosen their sessions yet. And also note a handful of super-popular sessions like the COO of Github and SVP Product at Zendesk have just kicked off reg, so those likely will soon be in the Top 10, just give it a day or two. But for now what’s the most popular — so far?

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Strategies for Powerful, Virtual Sales Conversations: Stop Stalling Virtual Sales – Episode 6

SalesProInsider

Concerns, challenging questions, and objections can stall our sale…whether we’re live and in person or connecting through a phone or video conversation. In this episode of Virtual Selling, Concrete Results, I’ll share practical and actionable strategies for you to stop the stall and move forward with a willing buyer. Let’s set the stage.?. Objections Are an Opportunity.

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Virtual Sales Coaching Skills – How to Effectively Lead Your Remote Sales Team

SalesHood

It's no secret that in order for your sales teams to be successful and make an impact, they need excellent training. Sales has evolved over the years and will continue to evolve - we no longer carry a bag and rely on acting, smooth-talking, and pressure tactics. Instead, modern sales performance depends [ ] The post Virtual Sales Coaching Skills – How to Effectively Lead Your Remote Sales Team appeared first on SalesHood.

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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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B2B Reads: Japanese Businesses, Third-party Cookies, and Jerks

Heinz Marketing

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. How to Sell When You’re Not A Salesperson. It’s pretty common for “non-salespeople” to ultimately have to be a salesperson.

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How to A/B Test Your Pinterest Ads: A Step-by-Step Guide

Hubspot

Pinterest is ideal for sharing visual content and discovering new ideas. Personally, I’m a huge fan of the platform and use it as a source of inspiration — I make Pinterest boards related to my interests (travel, style, etc.). Pinterest is a unique social platform in many ways but one similarity it has with many other platforms is that it has ads located throughout the feed.

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How to Eliminate Cold Calling By Talking With People You Know | 5 Minute Selling – Part Two

Sales Gravy

On this episode of the Sales Gravy podcast, Jeb Blount's (Virtual Selling) and Alex Goldfayn (5 Minute Selling) teach you how to eliminate cold calling by talking with people you already know. Jeb: On Why Talking to People You Know Can Eliminate Cold Calling “Welcome back to part two of my conversation with author Alex Goldfayn about 5 Minute Selling Skills.

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#1 Ranking Objective for CROs: Cracking into New Accounts

Force Management

Cracking into new accounts is the top challenge of sales leaders in the current environment. Sales Mastery just released new data after asking 200+ sales leaders for their top sales objective moving forward. While new accounts topped the list, selling more in existing accounts, optimizing lead generation and conversion, and decreasing churn rounded out the top challenges for sales leaders and managers. as they plan to hit their numbers in 2020.

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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.