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Negotiating On The First Tee (Part 1)

Anthony Cole Training

In this blog post, we discuss the practice of negotiating with your prospect before you begin your presentation. As is often said in golf, "All bets are won on the first tee," and you must be ready to negotiate price before you present to your client.

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What is strategic account planning and how does it drive growth?

Membrain

What is strategic account planning? The question seems simple on the surface, but ask five salespeople, and you’ll get five different answers.

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77% of You Aren’t Going Back to A Traditional Office. What That Means.

SaaStr

The pace of change recently has been breathtaking. Just a few weeks ago, Stewart Butterfield, CEO of Slack, was kind enough to join us at SaaStr Summit: Bridging the Gap. He said Slack wouldn’t be going back to the office until September. Now, just a few weeks later? Slack is going work-from-home forever. Along with Twitter and Square and Shopify.

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Social Media Monitoring: How to Listen to Your Audience

G2

Having your finger on the pulse of customer sentiment is essential, no matter what’s being said about 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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Negotiating on the First Tee (Part 2)

Anthony Cole Training

In Part 1 of "Negotiating on the First Tee, we discussed the practice of negotiating with your prospect before you begin your presentation. In Part 2, we continue this discussion and add more to the conversation.

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The Continuing Education Of A Privileged White Male

Partners in Excellence

As are so many, I’m astounded, horrified, ashamed, saddened, and angered by the events of the past weeks. Several weeks ago, I felt compelled to write, to express my outrage. I shared the initial article with a number of friends, many black, some women, several different nationalities/religions. Fortunately, a few friends called me. They said it was “OK.” One was so honest to say, “Dave, nothing is wrong, I’m glad you are taking a position, but it’s not your b

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5 Reasons for Low CRM Adoption and How to Tackle It

G2

Most organizations rely on sophisticated customer relationship management (CRM) tools to manage their orders and revenue and organize business flows.

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A new normal - or a better normal?

Membrain

It’s become common for commentators to refer to the fast-evolving reality of B2B selling as the “new normal”, and I’ve often used this phrase myself. But in some interpretations, seems to imply an acceptance that we’re going to have to learn to live with a situation that is somehow worse than what we had before whilst we strive to get back to the “old normal”.

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Why Change?

Partners in Excellence

The salesperson was getting frustrated. We were doing a deal review. It was a huge deal for him, and important deal for the company, for the quarter. He’d been working on the deal for several years. In recent months, he’d finally gotten some key users interested in the product he sold. They had committed to take the proposal to senior management to get approval. “I’m confident this will close this quarter,” he stated.

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“Best Way Out: Always Through”

Engage Selling

It’s not a coincidence that the word crisis—borrowed from the Ancient Greeks—meant “the turning point in a disease.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

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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Enterprise SEO: Don’t Outsmart—Out Execute

ConversionXL

Enterprise SEO has been my topic of choice for extracurricular “thought leadership” over the years. Last year, I gave a presentation on how we generated 40% year-over-year organic revenue growth by focusing on out executing the competition, not outsmarting them. While my presentation focused on the in-house side of enterprise SEO, I’ve also experienced (and written about ) getting things done—or trying to get things done—at an agency.

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The Triple Touch: How to Easily Accelerate Prospect Responses

Sales Hacker

What if I told you there was a simple, 3-step strategy that takes the guesswork out of your sales cadence and accelerates prospect responses? It may sound like magic, but it exists. We caught onto this in about 2016 and haven’t looked back since. For those of us on the front lines, sending emails, making our phone calls, and getting the attention of B2B prospects can be an uphill battle.

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“Do Or Not Do, There Is No Try”

Partners in Excellence

I’m dating myself with this quote from that master philosopher, Yoda. This goes back to the first Star Wars movie in 1977 (Of course, I was in kindergarden at the time. I’m stunned by the number of sales people that don’t understand the principle. Everyday, I encounter sales people who are very busy. They are working very hard to get what they get.

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The Two Types of Sellers

Engage Selling

Have you noticed that the crisis has brought to light the two different types of sellers? The first type of seller is choosing to “wait out” the crisis and hopes for things to get back to “normal.

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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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5 Simple Tips to Quickly Improve Sales Performance

SaaStr

Q: What are the best 5 points to improve poor sales performance? Here are my 5 simplest ideas to quickly improve sales performance. They don’t solve bigger problems, but they usually work — and work quickly. Concentrate leads in those who can close. If you have a rep or two that just can’t close, that doesn’t work in the early days. Leads are too precious.

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3 Things You Can Improve With Sales Automation Workflows

Sales Hacker

64% of a salesperson’s time is spent on non-selling tasks on average. That’s a lot of time doing simple, repetitive tasks that don’t result in revenue. If you want to maximize productivity in your sales team and want them to spend more time selling and closing deals , then you can’t ignore sales automation and workflow setups. We’ll show you how to create automated workflows to jack up your sales pipeline and easily go from leads to deals.

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Outsourcing Coaching….

Partners in Excellence

It started as an intriguing call. The VP of Sales called to ask for my help, “I need you to coach my people.” I started asking my normal questions, “What’s going on with them, what are the areas they need the most help in, how is this impacting their performance, what behaviors to you want to see, why is this important to them, why is it important to you…… ” I went on, “Are there specific skills you are looking to develop?

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How to Create and Support a Learning Culture in Your Organization

Sandler Training

I believe we should start by simply acknowledging the reality that telling our employees that we have a learning culture does not mean that we actually have a learning culture in our organization. The post How to Create and Support a Learning Culture in Your Organization appeared first on Sandler Training.

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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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10+ Simple Tips To Help Any Account Executive Close More

SaaStr

Q: How can I boost my sales if I am in B2B sales? My top tips for AEs: Grab your CEO and bring her into bigger deals. Ask your CEO to join you on a few sales calls a month. Deals will close at a higher rate if the CEO joins. Customers love to talk to the CEO. Even the CEO of a 4 person startup. Slow it down and hyper-personalize your emails and communication.

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Land that First Job: Advice for the New Grads

Heinz Marketing

By Lisa Heay , Marketing Planning Manager at Heinz Marketing. Can you believe it’s June already? It’s graduation season! Though graduations look a little different in 2020 than we’re typically used to, there are still new college grads entering the workforce and probably wondering how best to transition from student to professional. Inspired by a recent conversation I had with our own University of Washington Sales intern ( Go Dawgs!!

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The Future Of Sales Is Virtual….

Partners in Excellence

It seems the pandemic has created a new future for selling. Apparently, it’s virtual. According to so many, we’ve discovered that we can accomplish so much more through Zoom, Teams, Skype or any number of video conferencing platforms. While there will be a need for face to face, it will be the smallest part of the customer engagement process.

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10 Email Preview Tools For Different Inboxes

Hubspot

You know the expression, "What you see is what you get" ? Well, when it comes to email marketing campaigns, that might not always be the case. Since everyone uses different email providers such as Gmail, Outlook, or Yahoo, emails can appear differently for various subscribers. Sometimes images are blocked, alt text is missing, or fonts won't render.

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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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Before You Hire That Awesome SaaS Veteran — Just Make Sure They Are Willing To Do The Work

SaaStr

One of the biggest changes since we started SaaStr is the massive number of SaaS veterans out there. The decade-long run of next-generation SaaS start-ups, and the explosion since 2015 of SaaS unicorns and decacorns has led to a lot of experienced execs on the market. This is great. I wish there had been even a fraction of this many SaaS execs when I was getting going.

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How to Master Virtual Sales Training

Highspot

Elements of digital training have always been core to empowering your sales team. But the transition to working from home has surfaced old questions: how can you keep remote teams engaged? And which skills should we be teaching??? We spoke with the experts at ValueSelling , Corporate Visions , and Sandler Training to help answer these questions and more, including: What is virtual sales training?

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Emotional Intelligence for Sales Leadership - Colleen Stanley

Score More Sales

When a great new sales leadership book emerges, I want to be one of the first ones to share it. When a fantastic book about emotional intelligence comes out – I want to shout it from the mountain tops. When a book with BOTH comes out – sales leadership AND emotional intelligence, I’m doing a happy dance.

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8 Google Shopping Ad Strategies That'll Drive Sales

Hubspot

I love online shopping. In fact, online shopping is almost the only way I shop. And I'm not alone. In 2019, there were 263 million digital buyers in the U.S. By 2024, this figure is projected to increase to 282.7 million online buyers. As a marketer, these figures prove that businesses should invest in Google shopping ads. Google shopping ads, the ads that appear on the search engine results page when someone is searching for a product, can be confusing to set up.

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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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Free Trials Done Right Work. But Here Are 5 Times They Don’t.

SaaStr

Q: Is free trialing still an effective way to get customers in your B2B SaaS these days? Free Trials are Great. And really, it would be great if every app had one today. It’s 2020! But they don’t always work. It depends. We aren’t all Zoom. 5 Interesting Learnings From Zoom. As It IPOs. Downsides to Free Trials: The Free Trial Has To Work — and Be Great.

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Future-Proof Your Team: Creating A Team Of Superheroes

Sales Hacker

The word diversity can be seen as divisive in today’s society. Sometimes leaders can view it as something thrust upon them without choice. Companies are hiring Chief Diversity Officers and sending management to inclusion and diversity training. It’s natural to feel that this is forced and being done in the name of political correctness and not good business.

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Sales Leader Resources: Book List for “Overcoming Fear, Anxiety, and Depression in Sales”

SalesLoft

Ollie Sharpe, SalesLoft’s VP of Revenue for EMEA, recently spoke at our Virtual Summit for Sales Leaders on “Overcoming Fear, Anxiety, and Depression in Sales.” As he puts it, “mental health can feel like a difficult topic to discuss in the fast-paced and quota-driven world that many of us live in,” so he demonstrates how and why to start that conversation.

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12 Reasons to Integrate Visual Content Into Your Marketing Campaigns [IG]

Hubspot

With some 1.7 billion websites worldwide , it's fair to say the web of 2020 is a cluttered place. Plus, there are over 2 million new blog posts published daily. To help stand out from the crowd, it's vital publishers create compelling and engaging content. But how do you go about creating attractive, engaging, and memorable content? The key is to make it visually appealing.

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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.