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I Would Sell More and Increase Sales If Only I Would.

Anthony Cole Training

In this blog post, we present a question that may force you to look yourself in the mirror and ask, "What can I do better as a salesperson to increase my sales in 2020 and beyond?".

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How to make sales investments add up to more

Membrain

Dear Company Leader, I see you. You’re frustrated by your sales organization. By its lack of growth. The missed forecasts. Failing to meet targets. Your sales leaders send people to training, and nothing gets better. They invest in new tools, but the problems remain. You pour tons of investment into strategic consulting and big, fancy new initiatives, only to have them peter out and yield nothing or less than nothing.

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On Door Knockin’ and Donuts

Adaptive Business Services

I have spent a lot of time recently contemplating the state of outbound prospecting. To be fair, most of what I am about to discuss is based on my experience as a buyer vs. as a seller. As a salesperson, I see this as a very serious concern. I also need to make it very clear that, as we discuss these methodologies, we are looking at them for use in cold prospecting.

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How to Use Google Data Studio to Build Better Dashboards

ConversionXL

Set up the measurement tool. Clean and process the data. Turn it into information. Analyze it. Extract insights. That’s hard work. But to have value, there’s still another step—the work must also be well communicated. You want data to form a straight line from KPIs to influencing business decisions. If you’ve worked in web analytics for a while, you’ve suffered the pain of building graphs and tables in spreadsheets and then, once a “decent” dashboard has been set up, trying to automate it.

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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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Increase Sales in 2020| What Makes an Elite Salesperson "Elite"?

Anthony Cole Training

In our second blog post focusing on increasing sales in 2020 and beyond, we discuss the differentiating factors between "elite" salespeople and the rest of the pack.

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The Most Successful Negotiation is The Negotiation That Isn't Needed

Membrain

The last few years it seems that each time it snows, even a little, they cancel school. Are school officials convinced that parents and bus drivers will put kids' safety in jeopardy because snow is falling?

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7 Powerful Sales Questions for Winning More Deals

Topline Leadership

This article provides seven powerful sales questions along with the reasons why you should ask them. These questions can help you expand customer needs, shift your prospect’s focus from price to value and improve your understanding of the buyer’s thinking. The questions you ask your prospects are more important than anything you say. Here are [.]. The post 7 Powerful Sales Questions for Winning More Deals appeared first on TopLine Leadership.

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Customer Meetings: How the Best Sales Reps Approach Them

Sales Hacker

In Sales, there are many areas where sales reps truly have control over the impact they make on a prospect to maximize their chances of winning the deal. One of these facets is being ultra prepared for customer meetings. . “Don’t worry about what you can’t control. Our focus and energy needs to be on the things we CAN control. Attitude, effort, focus – these are the things we can control.” — Tim Tebow.

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Does Being On Commission Make You Untrustworthy?

Partners in Excellence

I read a discussion between some wickedly smart people. One person took a position that one could not be a “Trusted Advisor,” and be on commission. He later extended the argument to include being accountable for achieving a quota compromised the ability of the sales person to be trusted. To be fair, there are people and organizations that are driven purely by self interest.

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How Sales and Marketing Work (Together): Seven Best Practices

Heinz Marketing

By Matt Heinz , President and Founder of Heinz Marketing. It’s one thing to have your sales and marketing teams agree on objectives. To stand together on stage at sales kick-off and claim commonality of focus on metrics that matter, that you can buy a beer with. That strategic alignment is common. Translating that strategy into tactics? Delivering front-line tactical alignment on Tuesday?

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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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What can you do to lower your customers churn rate?

SaaStr

Q: What can you do to lower your customers churn rate? A few basic thoughts: Have every customer have a named customer success rep. Every customer. Yes, this is hard if your price point is low. But it can be done. If every customer knows “Casey” is her rep, and who she can turn to … churn will go down. Measure NPS constantly, and set quarterly goals to drive it up.

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Answering the Top 5 Questions on How to Use LinkedIn

Sales Hacker

In my years of working in sales, I’ve tackled thousands of questions regarding the use of LinkedIn. Most can be summed up by one statement: “This is all so overwhelming….”. But, the truth is, LinkedIn and LinkedIn Navigator are unbelievably powerful tools that aren’t as complicated as they seem. In both, data and algorithms can be leveraged for your professional gain, and anyone can capitalize on their benefits — even at the most basic levels, without being an expert.

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Trusting Yourself, Trusting Your People

Partners in Excellence

Charlie Green and I were having a conversation about “Trust.” (Charlie is the world’s go to person on anything having to do with trust, particularly in sales.) We were discussing a concept I had, I’m still trying to work it out in my mind, Charlie helped in clarifying it. Let me try it on you, I’d love your feedback and ideas.

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Time to Revisit Your B2B Messaging Framework?

Heinz Marketing

By Stephanie Carrillo , Senior Marketing Consultant for Heinz Marketing. When was the last time you revisited your company messaging? Can’t remember? Then you’re probably overdue. Messaging is the key to connecting with your prospects and customers, but it’s also a framework to help guide communications and content development. Developing your messaging points and framework defines the main takeaways you want your audience to have when they think, read, or hear about your company.

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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 ‘Flashy Salesman’ Stigma – Avoid It At All Costs

The 5% Institute

The ‘flashy salesman’ – it’s a common persona that’s given the sales profession a bad name. And by flashy salesman – I mean someone who sticks out or is remembered by their potential clients for all the wrong reasons. In this guide, you’ll learn why you want to avoid the ‘flashy salesman’ stereotype, and what you should focus on instead.

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#ItStartswithConversation: On Priorities, Empathy, Growth, and Hard Work

Highspot

In an often chaotic world, meaningful conversations connect us to each other. After all, conversations are our primary vessels to pass along knowledge, laying a foundation of wisdom and experiences for the future generation. In celebration of Black History Month, we are spotlighting four Highspot employees who are sharing conversations that have changed their lives — and words they hope will inspire others. “Match your actions with your priorities.” When making significant life decis

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Understanding Customer Pain Points

Partners in Excellence

This morning, I had a conversation with an entrepreneur. He was building the sales capability, scaling the growth of the company. He discussed a problem I hear from too many sales people: “We have great first meetings. We understand the customer pain points, we talk about how our solution can help them… But after the first meeting, they go dark.

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The Equality, Inclusion and Balance Guide to 2020 SaaStr Annual!!

SaaStr

We’re almost there! The biggest and best SaaStr Annual ever — March 10-11-12 in the SF Bay Area. Each year, we work to improve our commitment to putting on one of the most inclusive events in Cloud and SaaS. This year, the team has put together a detailed guide on some of the key sessions, workshops, events and more that are part of our Equality program.

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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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Sales Training For Managers – What You Need To Know

The 5% Institute

Sales training for Managers is crucial for not only your Managers success – but also for their reporting sales staff too. Sales Managers require sales training for a number of reasons; it helps them have the knowledge to train their staff, ensure consistency is followed within their sales team, and to make sure all your potential clients have the same positive experience.

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52 Gen Z Stats Marketers Need to Know in 2020

Hubspot

When some business experts, bloggers, and journalists write about Gen Z entering adulthood, it sounds like they're talking about an incoming natural disaster. Headlines like, "Gen Z is Coming, Are You Ready," or "Prepare You Marketing to Survive the Gen Z Invasion" are circulating around the internet, but do marketers really need to make extreme preparations and start drastically changing their strategies to woo this age group?

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The Most Powerful One-Word Sales Question | Sales Strategies

Engage Selling

My very favorite question in all of selling is simply, “Why?” Why do I like it so much? There are a number of reasons. Short First, it’s short.

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The "Wanna Factor": What The Big Game Teaches Us

Force Management

I hope that you enjoyed this year’s Super Bowl as much as I did. I am just getting back into the office after a great first part of the week on the road. I have enjoyed writing my recent football recaps , as I'm passionate about what sports can teach us off the field. My own experience playing athletics has taught me a great deal about life. And in Sunday's game, there were plenty of lessons in action.

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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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Who’s Coming to the 2020 SaaStr Annual: Stage, Role, Countries, and More

SaaStr

I thought it might be helpful and fun to share some of the demographic data of who’s coming to the 2020 SaaStrAnnual.com on March 10-11-12 in the SF Bay Area. Right now we’re tracking to somewhere close to 15,000 attendees. We don’t know exactly how many, other than that it will be more than last year’s ~12,000. But who comes?

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What's The Best Time to Send Email Campaigns? (Research-Backed)

Hubspot

Consider this: you spend months creating a campaign to promote a new product launch, but once you've executed the campaign, you're noticing numbers are lower than you expected. People are looking at the blog posts and videos you posted on social, but unfortunately, there's almost no traffic from email. Timing isn't everything in email campaigns, but it's a huge thing.

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B2B Reads: CCPA, Email Pitching, and Future-Proof Marketing

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. 4 Future-Proof Marketing Tips from Top CMOs in 2020. With all the new tricks for staying up to date in the ever-changing marketing world, here are some things that will help you be future-proof.

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The Power of Shifting Left in Your Sales Negotiations

Force Management

"Shift Left" is a saying we often promote to our Value Negotiation customers. What we mean by this saying is that your salespeople need to start the negotiation strategy early on in the sales process. It needs to be a part of the far left columns in your sales process, not just in the late stages of the opportunity (the sections to the right of the page).

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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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What makes a startup a huge success?

SaaStr

Q: What makes a startup a huge success? My definition of “success” has changed over time. Yours may well too: At first, just being part of something “successful” was enough. Just being part of a hot start-up working with great people. That was all I wanted at first. This was my first start-up job. It was great. Then, I just wanted to be a founder and build something successful and have an “exit”.

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How to Use Pinterest for Blogging

Hubspot

Almost every time I read a blog post on a website, I see a button somewhere on the page, giving me the choice to pin the post. This got me thinking, "Why exactly is Pinterest so closely tied to blogging?". It could be because Pinterest is an outlet for education. Users create boards to save things like blogs, inspirational quotes, home decor ideas, and future purchases.

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Value Is in the Eyes of the Client

Sandler Training

In selling to and serving major accounts, we hear a lot about value. Certain buzzwords have emerged around this topic, terms that, more often than not, simply add confusion. The post Value Is in the Eyes of the Client appeared first on Sandler Training.

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February 2020 Product Updates

Salesmate

It’s the small things that often make a significant impact. And herewith we will like to share some improvements and changes that have been built inside Salesmate to increase your productivity. 1. Contact and Company types. We have introduced a new field for both contact and companies. This helps you categorize your records in a much more efficient manner.

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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.