Veloxy
APRIL 28, 2021
A sales rep is only as good as the time they spend selling. Let Sales AI take care of all non-selling activities so your reps can focus on revenue generation. We already know that AI technology can drive vehicles, but did you also know that it can drive sales? AI has been around for a while now, but its applications have been relatively low before the pandemic hit in 2020.
Anthony Cole Training
APRIL 29, 2021
Storytelling is a powerful tool in sales. It can take prospects on a journey, assist in developing deeper relationships, and helps them connect to you as a sales professional.
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Membrain
APRIL 25, 2021
Far too frequently, competent salespeople are expected to channel their own activities into the areas that will produce the quickest wins. Unfortunately, left to their own devices, they don’t develop and pursue a formal strategy for moving a sale tangibly forward during each prospect interaction, neither do they have a clearly defined set of goals against which to measure the progress they are making.
ConversionXL
APRIL 28, 2021
My co-founder and I consider his sister to be a trusted confidant. So when she told us that she’s uncomfortable providing her email address to companies—including ours!—and didn’t want more email clogging up her inbox, it made us stop in our tracks. Could this be true across the board? We dug into our data and quickly discovered that our users shared her sentiment.
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The 5% Institute
APRIL 30, 2021
In this article, we’ll explore 8 x consultative selling tips to help you close easier and more consistently. These tips are commonly used by the top five percent of sales performers all around the world. Many people think that what they’re able to achieve is from pure luck. We’ll explore how this isn’t the case, and what you can do to improve your sales process , as well as your closing rate. 8 x Consultative Selling Tips To Close More Sales.
SaaStr
APRIL 24, 2021
A lot of our SaaS older times don’t quite know what to make with a lot of B2B startups these days, let alone some public SaaS companies. So many startups these days are claiming they have “ARR” from revenue that … doesn’t recur. Doesn’t ARR stand for Annual Recurring Revenue? Well of course it does. But like “Cloud” and “SaaS”, its definitely has evolved.
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G2
APRIL 26, 2021
If you’re running a small business, chances are you grapple with low productivity from time to time.
Heinz Marketing
APRIL 29, 2021
By Win Salyards , Marketing Coordinator at Heinz Marketing. I cannot overstate how vital sales and marketing alignment is to a successful ABM program sale. With a well-maintained sales-marketing partnership, prospects are participants in a seamless sales pipeline transition through to the end, with the right content and message served up to them at the right time.
Adaptive Business Services
APRIL 28, 2021
At least that is what I had hoped since … I have none. I’m about to bare my soul. Approximately ten months ago, I decided to set about creating an online course. I have since worked on this 7 days a week every week. Now, I’m about as dumb as a box of rocks in this particular endeavor. I still am. I had literally no idea as to …. How to create a course from scratch.
Partners in Excellence
APRIL 26, 2021
We tend to take for granted that our customers know how to buy. We think they know who should be involved and why. We assume they know how to get approval, how to contract, how to issue an order. The reality, unless they are in a role where they are buying frequently, they don’t know these things–yet we assume they do. Too often, our customers get derailed in their buying journey, they want to buy, they need to buy, but they don’t know how to navigate the process and the hurdle
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.
G2
APRIL 30, 2021
Content audits are a valuable process to help you identify weaknesses and opportunities in your existing library of content assets and your overall content strategy.
SaaStr
APRIL 30, 2021
120% NRR: Your revenue doubles in 5 years even with no new customers. 110% NRR: Your revenue doubles in 8 years even with no new customers. 100% NRR: Your revenue stays the same with no new customers. — Jason BeKind Lemkin (@jasonlk) April 20, 2021. We all have figured out now that top-tier NRR is the key to the winners in SaaS. Some best-of-breed examples: Snowflake’s NRR is 162%.
Heinz Marketing
APRIL 26, 2021
By Matt Heinz , President of Heinz Marketing. If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m Pacific on LinkedIn (also on demand) you can find the transcription and recording here on the blog every Monday morning. The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals.
Partners in Excellence
APRIL 28, 2021
I was involved in a fascinating Clubhouse discussion on the future of selling. There were all sorts of interesting insights with some drill downs into the implications of those. We all know virtual will play an increased role in how sellers engage customers, but the more interesting perspective is how customers want to engage sellers and each other.
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Sandler Training
APRIL 29, 2021
Mike Montague interviews Michael Coles on How to Succeed at Getting Tough. The post How to Succeed at Getting Tough [PODCAST] appeared first on Sandler Training.
SaaStr
APRIL 28, 2021
So many curious things have happened as Cloud and SaaS companies have exploded to $2T+ in market cap. One of them is a challenge to the rule that at some point, you have to go enterprise to really scale. Another is a related challenge to the idea that SMBs, since they don’t pay all that much, sort of “max out” These rules are still true in many cases.
Heinz Marketing
APRIL 24, 2021
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 Well Does Content and Marketing Help Sales Teams? How do marketers develop sales content within their companies?
ConversionXL
APRIL 28, 2021
More than 60% of marketers use 20+ marketing tools on a regular basis according to Airtable. For email marketing alone, more than half of small businesses use two or more tools according to Litmus. And the number of sales and marketing tools each company uses is forecasted to continue to increase rapidly as the number of available tools and the amount of customer data grows.
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.
Sales Hacker
APRIL 29, 2021
Your sales org is fundamentally different today than it was a year or two ago. With the advent of sales engagement platforms (SEPs) and other tools which make it easy to scale outbound sales communications, Rolodexes and spreadsheets are things of the past, with technology taking over many formerly manual steps. Those who have, until now, only flirted with the idea of operationalizing their sales content will need to make a call: create a distinct supply chain for your sales content or run the r
SaaStr
APRIL 29, 2021
Shopify’s first quarter revenue: Q1 2021: $989 million Q1 2020: $470 million Q1 2019: $321 million Q1 2018: $214 million Q1 2017: $127 million Q1 2016: $73 million Q1 2015: $37 million Q1 2014: $19 million Q1 2013: $9 million. — Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) April 28, 2021. It wasn’t that long ago we checked in at Shopify at $3B in ARR. But Shopify is growing so fast — 110% a year (!
G2
APRIL 29, 2021
Converting customers is like getting a second date.
Partners in Excellence
APRIL 30, 2021
Let me share a “secret” from my consulting/coaching practice. I ask to look at people’s calendars. Looking at someone’s calendar tells me a lot. I understand their priorities because I see where/how they are spending their time. I look for things that should be on their calendar that aren’t. This tells me what they might be missing.
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Sales Hacker
APRIL 27, 2021
No one wants to talk to a sales robot… Let’s be honest, most people don’t want to talk to any salespeople. But a one-dimensional salesperson whose whole life is sales is even worse. A healthy work-life balance, along with hobbies and interests outside of work will only make you a better salesperson. Join AJ in his sessions as he helps you find balance in your life: how to use the skills and talents you cultivate outside of work to take your sales game to new heights!
SaaStr
APRIL 29, 2021
Ah, the age-old question of if you really need salespeople these days. Isn’t that kind of … old school? Can’t bots replace them? Well, there are probably at least 3 core true-isms with customer buying: For a product much more than $299 a month, most prospects want to talk to someone before they buy. For almost any product that requires real business process change, most prospects will want to talk to someone before they buy.
G2
APRIL 29, 2021
For most of human history, it was widely believed that the Earth was the center of everything.
Capterra Sales & Marketing Software
APRIL 26, 2021
The post 3 Salesforce Alternatives for CRM appeared first on Capterra. Salesforce is everywhere, but it’s not the only option. We did the research to give you choices. One of the most popular ways to learn about your clients and improve their experience is by building a customer journey map , and one of the best ways to collect customer data to build one is customer relationship management (CRM) software.
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.
Sandler Training
APRIL 30, 2021
The results of the Sandler Research Center’s most recent survey offer important insights for sales leaders eager to create and sustain momentum in their sales team. The post Highlights From the New Sandler Research Center Survey, “Leading From the Front in Challenging Times” appeared first on Sandler Training.
SaaStr
APRIL 25, 2021
Missed some of the top SaaStr content of the past few months? We got you. It’s on YouTube! Here are the most popular sessions that 1000s of you were watching this week: #1. “How to Build a Unicorn in 8 Simple Charts with SafeGraph CEO Auren Hoffman” Safegraph CEO Auren Hoffman (and past co-founder/CEO of $2B+ Liveramp) takes some of his super-popular charts from Twitter and does a live session on how to build a unicorn in 8 simple charts.
G2
APRIL 30, 2021
Ad exchanges are primarily brokers for media trading on the open web.
The 5% Institute
APRIL 29, 2021
If you’re involved in B2B sales , high ticket B2C sales, or consultative selling; one of the key sales skills you’ll need to learn is how to negotiate price effectively. Discussing price and money is an important part of the sales process , and one that you do need to handle quite carefully. In this article, you’ll learn what negotiating on price means, as well as three important strategies to help you learn how to negotiate price effectively.
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