Iannarino
MAY 20, 2023
No sales leader will dispute that prospecting is critically important to generating new deals and net new revenue. Many sales leaders and sales managers worry their teams are not doing enough prospecting to achieve their sales goals and sales objectives.
Search Engine Land
MAY 24, 2023
Well, it’s 2023, and we’re still trying to convince businesses that SEO isn’t just a fancy acronym for “some extra options.” It’s like trying to teach an old dog new tricks, except the dog is a business and the trick is “not being invisible in the search engine results.” Some things never change. It’s not the company leadership’s fault.
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SaaStr
MAY 23, 2023
So leading growth stage VC Iconiq has published its latest and very detailed Definitive Guide to Sales Compensation here. It’s very detailed and oriented more toward growth-stage scale-ups — but it’s excellent. Everyone should have a read. I didn’t so much learn from it as confirm — confirm things I’ve seen, known, and put into practice, and seen it confirmed across many SaaS startups.
Iannarino
MAY 22, 2023
Many sales leaders believe that they will achieve their sales goals by increasing the number of new opportunities their sales team creates. The reason they demand more opportunities is because they know their sales reps will lose deals. However, demanding more coverage in the pipeline is a sign that the sales force has a low average win rate.
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Martech
MAY 23, 2023
Customer journey orchestration (CJO) uses different tools to provide seamless experiences for customers and increase revenue. Because customer journey orchestration casts a broad net across the entire customer lifecycle it’s essential to have a strategy for your technology. “When we talk about customer orchestration, we’re talking about much more than just a buyer’s journey,” said Carlos Hidalgo, CEO of martech consultancy Digital Exhaust, at The MarTech Conference.
Anthony Cole Training
MAY 26, 2023
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 2023 and beyond?
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Iannarino
MAY 23, 2023
In recent posts here, I have suggested that success in sales is going to require professional expertise. As the uncertainty in our environment increases, buyers and decision-makers are hesitant to make changes that would improve their results, worrying they might make things worse.
SaaStr
MAY 25, 2023
Have a strong M&A offer? Not sure what to do? Look at this pic or a similar one Do you want it? If so, say No If not? Probably just say Yes pic.twitter.com/K483lKnyzd — Jason ✨Be Kind✨ Lemkin (@jasonlk) April 21, 2021 So I wrote a version of this post years ago, about when to think about selling your startup, if you do get an attractive offer.
Membrain
MAY 21, 2023
In the latest episode of the Art and Science of Complex Sales podcast, Paul Fuller interviews Jacco Van Der Kooij , the founder and Managing Partner of Winning by Design. They delve into the various aspects of successful SaaS sales teams and businesses.
Partners in Excellence
MAY 22, 2023
Discovery and qualifying are critical to sellers. We use discovery to understand the customer’s needs, problems, requirements. We use discovery to understand the capabilities they seek in looking at solutions. We use discovery to understand their budgets, the alternatives they are considering, their knowledge of and interest in us, how they will make the decision, and when.
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.
Iannarino
MAY 24, 2023
Social selling promised sales organizations they would no longer need to make cold calls to create new opportunities. When this turned out to be false, many sales organizations turned to inbound marketing to fill their B2B sales pipeline.
Understanding the Sales Force
MAY 23, 2023
My wife chose some beautiful new shrubs and flowers and I was digging the holes to plant them in the garden. The largest shrub required the largest hole and it was to be placed in an area of the garden that I knew was quite rocky. Sure enough, after just three shovel fulls of dirt, I hit rock and it was bigger than both my shovel and the hole. I was stuck.
Membrain
MAY 24, 2023
What is the biggest lever in sales? The one thing you can upgrade to have the greatest impact on your win rates, deal size, sales cycles, and overall performance?
Force Management
MAY 25, 2023
Recently, we’ve all been living in a constant state of economic uncertainty. 2023 market trends show a leveling off of growth and consumer confidence is steadily declining across global markets.
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!
Iannarino
MAY 21, 2023
Something that helps you to be a good leader is to believe everything is your fault. A few days ago, there was a LinkedIn post about a CEO who fired 100 salespeople because they failed to hit their targets. My question was, “Why were the 100 salespeople allowed to fail?” This is evidence that the CEO and the sales management were checked out.
Partners in Excellence
MAY 26, 2023
Warning: There is no redeeming value to this post. Call it Friday musing or Fun and Games with AI. It does provide a warning for many of us blindly jumping on the ChatGPT bandwagon, it does make many very obvious errors and struggles to understand them. I continue to discover new things to challenge ChatGPT with. I’m working on an interactive self study program for sellers to actually use ChatGPT in developing their own business acumen skills.
Search Engine Land
MAY 26, 2023
Google will look much different in 2033 – where conversation is the interface rather than the search box. That’s according to Mustafa Suleyman , cofounder of DeepMind (which Google bought in 2014 ), in an interview on the No Priors Podcast. Why we care. ChatGPT , the new Bing and Google’s new Search Generative Experience are all huge signals of a major shift in search.
G2
MAY 23, 2023
Personalizing your B2B sales strategy connects you with your customers and drives better sales. It helps you stand out from the crowd and earn better customer loyalty.
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!
Iannarino
MAY 26, 2023
Are you tired of using the same old sales techniques that fail to close deals and bring in new clients?
SaaStr
MAY 24, 2023
So it’s tougher out there for many of us, but many Cloud and SaaS leaders are still growing at epic rates, even if not quite at the torrid rates of 2021. SaaStr favorite Monday.com is one of them. It’s crossed $640,000,000 in ARR, growing a stunning 50%! Wow. 5 Interesting Learnings: #1. $50k+ Customers (Their “Enterprise” Customers) Are Growing the Fastest, at 75%.
Partners in Excellence
MAY 25, 2023
Daily, I get connection requests from all sorts of people. There are those that promise to bring us 100s of qualified leads if we connect, then buy. There are those that say we have common businesses and interests, but nothing in their profile shows me where that commonality is–and they have never bothered to look at my profile. And there are a lot of genuine connection requests with intriguing people.
Martech
MAY 22, 2023
I’m amazed at how fast ChatGPT has progressed from “It’s the coolest thing ever” to “It’s going to take our jobs” to “We have to tweak it because it doesn’t have enough information” to “It’s ‘Terminator Genisys’ all over again.” Dig deeper: Three things ChatGPT needs which only you can provide Many marketers are using ChatGPT to write subject lines.
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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
Iannarino
MAY 25, 2023
“You can’t learn to be good at sales, it’s just something you’re naturally good at.
Heinz Marketing
MAY 22, 2023
By Cameron Katoozi , Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, video marketing has emerged as a dynamic and engaging medium for businesses to connect with their target audience as opposed to traditional methods. While video marketing is commonly associated with B2C marketing, it’s becoming increasingly popular in the B2B space as well showing immense opportunity.
Partners in Excellence
MAY 23, 2023
For decades, sellers have been instructed to “find the pain!” We’ve been trained, almost like doctors, to diagnose our customers’ pains; “Does it hurt here? What about when I do this? How often do you experience it? Is it most severe after a poor earnings report? Once we and the customers have diagnosed the pain, we prescribe a solution.
Martech
MAY 23, 2023
Marketing operations can be chaotic, and mastering leadership skills in such a dynamic environment can be an uphill battle. While the web is overflowing with leadership listicles, these suggestions must be taken further to determine what skills are needed and why. It’s time to move beyond advice like “become a better communicator” and use language that makes this actionable for everyone.
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.
Search Engine Land
MAY 26, 2023
Here we are over two decades into the 2000s, but bad B2B content marketing still exists. Digital content marketing has existed for at least 10 years, but some businesses still make elementary mistakes that wreck their potential for results. That’s a shame because most content marketers ( 71% ) will tell you that content has only become more important over time.
Heinz Marketing
MAY 24, 2023
By Payal Parikh , VP of Client Services at Heinz Marketing When the economy slumps, businesses have a tough time keeping up with growth and making profits. But you know what? Customers are always super important, no matter what. Their happiness, loyalty, and support can make or break a company, especially when things get tough. In this blog post, we’ll explore why customer-led growth is a game-changer for businesses in a downturn economy.
G2
MAY 25, 2023
In a crowded online market, it's hard to stand out as a business. But with social listening tools, cutting through the noise has never been easier.
Martech
MAY 26, 2023
When inflation is high the cost of living rises and wages, although rising too, never quite keep up. This has an impact on our pockets. But in addition to the economic consquences of inflation, there are subtler cultural consequences too. That’s something marketers need to understand. Kate Muhl, a consumer insights expert and VP, analyst at Gartner, shared this insight. “It’s important to think about the idea that there’s more happening with inflation than just economic i
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.
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