Sat.Aug 17, 2019 - Fri.Aug 23, 2019

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After the Lead Magnet: How to Nurture B2B Leads

ConversionXL

When a prospect downloads your lead magnet , their journey to paying customer has only just begun—it may never finish. Most B2B leads don’t become customers. Benchmarks for download-to-customer conversion rates are scarce. But Salesforce revealed that less than 0.5% of webinar leads ever convert to customers. That’s a grim portrait, even if conversion rates for other lead magnets are multiples higher.

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Know What You Aren't Looking for in a Prospect!

Anthony Cole Training

Prospecting isn't always the easiest task we are required to carry out in sales. It can be daunting, monotonous, and inconsistent. However, it must be done and it must be done well!

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Customers And Rational Behaviors

Partners in Excellence

Too often, I’m in reviews with sales people whining, “The customer is irrational!” They go through a litany of complaints, including: “They don’t understand our products and why they are superior… ” (Of course it’s not their job to do that.) “They keep changing their minds… ” “They aren’t being logical, we’ve presented all the data/analysis, it should be obvious… ” and on and on and on… The net

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Don’t Underestimate Testimonials

Engage Selling

Are you underestimating the power of testimonials for your sales? You may consider your own behavior when purchasing something from Amazon, for example.

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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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How to Make Your Google Search Snippets More Clickable

ConversionXL

An alarming digital marketing trend should scare all online publishers: Organic traffic from Google is vanishing: Google’s latest search elements (featured snippets and People Also Ask) steal clicks from organic listings. The first three positions account for over 50% of clicks. This means that you’re still “buried” on the bottom or middle of Page 1.

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Do You Have Sales Growth Problems? 

Anthony Cole Training

Of course you have sales problems. If it’s not a production problem, it’s a productivity problem. If it’s not a productivity problem, it’s a servicing problem.

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45 Essential Social Media Marketing Statistics for 2019

Hubspot

Social media is everywhere. For many people, social media is used daily for entertainment, socialization, and even news consumption -- myself included. Additionally, over the last two decades, it has risen as one of the primary marketing channels. With over 40% of the world's population on social media, it's critical your business devise an effective social media strategy to reach your intended audience.

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How Big of a Role Does Age Play in Sales Effectiveness?

Understanding the Sales Force

I'll be 64 in November which means that just like everyone else, I'm getting older. There are certain things that younger people do that change when they get older. For example, younger adults : go to bars and night clubs but tend to choose dinners out or nights at home binge watching TV when they become more mature. go to concerts but tend to choose movies when they get older. backpack across the US or Europe but tend to choose cruises as they age. want freedom at work but are more open to stru

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5 X Ingredients To Enhance Your Sales Motivation

The 5% Institute

Whether you’re an absolute stud performer or fairly new to your sales role, it’s completely natural that your sales motivation will dwindle from time to time. The reason being is we get stuck in our day to day activities of prospecting and speaking with potential clients; and then lose sight of the reason why we may be in sales in the first place. This article isn’t written to give you a quick pump up which will be short lived (there’s plenty of that stuff already out there).

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Improving Sales Performance Without Changing “How You Sell”

Partners in Excellence

Too often, as executives look to improve sales performance, they look to doing something new or different. It may be adopting a new methodology, new technologies or tools, changing your go to customer strategies. Any of these can improve sales performance, but the come with their costs. Since these represent major changes, the change management process and time involved in solidifying changes can be very long.

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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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How to Master Non-Awkward, Effective In-Person Networking

Hubspot

Remember the good ol’ days when we found jobs through ads in the daily newspaper? Hard to believe, especially considering the fact that 70% of jobs are found through personal relationships , according to John Bennett , director of the Master of Science at the McColl School of Business. Whether you're trying to develop your personal career or forge new business relationships, making offline, personal connections has become even more critical as online social networking becomes the norm.

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How to outrun the coming avalanche in the sales training landscape

Membrain

I love to ski. It’s one of my top “flow” activities, and I especially love the alps, which has some of the best ski slopes in the world. But as any skier knows, it’s a sport with some very specific risks. One of the most dangerous things that can happen, is to get caught in an avalanche.

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5 Must-Read Books, According to Top Sales Leaders

SalesLoft

Have you ever wondered what top sales leaders are reading? Have you ever wondered what their #1 sales book recommendation for success is? If you have listened to even one episode of the Hey Salespeople podcast (if not, what are you waiting for?), you know that SalesLoft’s self-declared sales nerd and podcast host, Jeremey Donovan asks every guest two questions: What is the first thing you remember selling?

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Persuasive Words and Phrases: the Good, the Bad, and the Silent

Sales Hacker

The right words have the power to overcome most of the objections faced by every salesperson , and the best salespeople know the words that sell. They also know which words work against them… and which moments call for no words at all. “ What you do and say during sales conversations is the most decisive separator between mega-successful salespeople and average salespeople,” says Gong CEO Amit Bendov.

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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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The Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit Fundraising

Hubspot

Nonprofit fundraising is exciting. It’s the lifeblood of charitable organizations and can serve as a way to raise awareness of a cause and drum up interest among donors. Fundraising is also a massive undertaking. Because it’s likely your primary means of income as a charitable organization, raising money can be a burdensome, never-ending effort. It can even seem scary.

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How likely is your customer to take action?

Membrain

One of the most significant mistakes any sales person can make is to assume that their prospective customer is inevitably going to buy something, and that the only remaining questions are what, when, and who from.

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The Customer That Needs a Champion: Your Free Customers

SaaStr

I am a big believe in Free editions — when they work. At EchoSign, we launched not only with a Free edition, but we launched 100% Free. We thought it was a great marketing strategy, back in the day. It really wasn’t for a B2B product. At least, not at first. Just having a “Free” version doesn’t get millions of folks to use your product.

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[Infographic] 10 Ways to Achieve Your Top Sales Priorities

RAIN Group

We recently surveyed 423 sales and enablement leaders and discovered their top 10 sales priorities for the year ahead:

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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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How to Sell Without Value Proposition Metrics

Jill Konrath

Knowing the business impact of what you sell makes a huge difference. It's how your prospects decide whether or not your products or services are a match. Yet so many companies fail to quantify the business value of their products/services. And sometimes, it’s just not possible.

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“How I Work”: Julian Lina, Head of Demand Generation and Sales Development at Fond @JulianLina #HowIWork

Heinz Marketing

By Matt Heinz, President of Heinz Marketing. “How I Work” is one of my favorite recurring features in Inc Magazine as well as via Lifehacker’s This Is How I Work Series. Every week on Thursday we feature a new B2B sales, marketing or business leader here answering our own version of “ How I Work ” questions. You can catch up on everyone we’ve featured thus far in the “How I Work” series here.

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How to Get Better at Sales (Essential Guide and 4-Step Checklist)

Sales Hacker

If you’ve struggled to succeed at sales, you have 3 options for responding. You can quit and move on… give it your all and try to get better at sales… or transition out of sales and accept a different role with your employer. There’s no shame in leaving a sales job or changing roles. . But I want to assure you that most people CAN get better at sales — if they’re willing to do the work. .

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The Complete Guide on Turning Your Side Hustle Into a Full-Time Business

G2

Some people have a burning desire to run their own business , but there are also those who prefer the stability of a nine-to-five job.

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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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Is Self-Absorption Affecting Sales Success?

Women Sales Pros

Is it possible that living in a selfie society is affecting sales results?Sales success? You know, that insatiable desire to take a picture of yourself–regardless of what you’re doing–and immediately post it on all the social media channels. The goal is to make sure everyone knows just how cool and successful you are. This self-absorption can adversely affect your prospecting and sales efforts because the best salespeople are other-absorbed, not self-absorbed.

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Your Name Came Up….

Partners in Excellence

Yes, I’m whining about inept, manipulative prospecting. This might also be titled, “How stupid do you think your prospects are?” Several weeks ago, I get a LinkedIn Invitation: Dear David, Allow me to ask to be connected with you as I remember that your name and Partners In EXCELLENCE were mentioned during a conversation at the [Organization Name] conference, last December in Berlin.

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How to Control Sales Conversations

CloserIQ

Many sales representatives only start to think about closing the deal later in the sales process. However, to really set yourself up for closing, you need to be setting the groundwork from the very beginning. The best way to do this is to exercise control over sales conversations. If you can do this, you can successfully deploy a solution-selling approach.

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Examples of Blogs From Every Industry, Purpose, & Readership

Hubspot

When you hear the word “blog”, what do you think of? Maybe your mind goes to stories about travel, yoga, and exciting new restaurants to try. What if I told you that, although these thoughts may be valid, other terms and phrases should be coming to mind? These include conversions, a boost in revenue, calls to action, inbound marketing, and improving customer relationships.

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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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How Many Follow-Ups Does It Really Take?

SalesProInsider

How Many Follow-Ups Does It Really Take? At the risk of aging myself, there used to be a commercial for Tootsie Pop suckers in which a young child asks the wise owl, “How many licks does it to take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?”. It was a set up to the premise that no one really ever knew because the lollipop was soo good people “bit” before licking their way to the center.

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Discovery, What’s Your Customer Learning?

Partners in Excellence

We get discovery wrong in so many ways: We fail to do discovery. We jump straight to the pitch. We ask all the questions we are supposed to ask, without knowing what they mean and why we are asking them. Or we don’t pay attention to the answers. (This is a variant of 1, but we want to make the customer think we care when all we want to do is pitch.

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High Ticket Sales – Your Definitive Guide

The 5% Institute

Insert Video. High ticket sales have always been a popular choice for seasoned Sales Professionals, because of the earning potential. More importantly, high ticket sales open gateways of potential that aren’t necessarily always available when selling lower priced, commodity type products. In this article, we’re going to look at the definition of high ticket sales, some examples of if, and also the type of training required to close high ticket products.

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Facebook Live vs. YouTube: Which One Increased HubSpot Views by 58%

Hubspot

Video marketing is an undeniably powerful opportunity to reach your target audience -- in fact, more than 50% of consumers prefer video content over other forms of content, including email, social, and blog posts. Additionally, in the last few years we've seen a rise of live video as an effective marketing channel. And for good reason -- live video is watched 8.1 times longer than video-on-demand.

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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.