Sales Hacker

MAY 1, 2023

Providing feedback has been a challenge for busy sales managers for decades. In today’s world of virtual communication , providing personalized feedback consistently across teams is even harder. It helps that a majority of sales meetings are happening over video and being recorded. But sales managers simply don’t have time to sift through thousands of hours of calls to find the nuggets of feedback that will unlock greater potential in their salespeople.

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Iannarino

MAY 4, 2023

It isn’t easy for a sales manager to run a sales team. There are always obstacles, including buyers and decision-makers who want a better B2B sales experience. Improving your sales force’s results requires training, development, and sales coaching. The benefits of sales coaching include better engagement from your salespeople while helping you ensure they succeed in reaching their goals.

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Search Engine Land

MAY 4, 2023

We’re still not yet in a recession, but everything in life costs more. When everything costs more, sales are harder to come by. Especially if you aren’t the cheapest option, or worse, your website is less than ideal to encourage a purchase. If you’re selling an in-demand good or service, have an amazing website, and are at the lowest price point among your competitors, stop reading.

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Iannarino

MAY 3, 2023

Great consultative salespeople have many attributes that help them guide their decisions and interactions with prospective clients. Many good or average salespeople lack these important sales attributes. Great salespeople not only use a consultative selling approach, but they also lead the conversation with a prospect.

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Membrain

MAY 3, 2023

If you read a lot of business and leadership content or spent much time in product development circles, you’ve likely heard the term “design thinking.” Design thinking is a customer-centric way to approach problems and innovation, and according to McKinsey & Company , it’s one of the most effective ways to differentiate your company and products from competition.

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Adaptive Business Services

MAY 3, 2023

Full disclosure. I’ve never been much of a big data guy. Nor have I ever required extensive reporting from my salespeople. I never spent my time building, crunching, and analyzing spreadsheets. The only numbers that I was ever interested in were … How much is in my/our pipeline? What are my/our sales for the month? What was my/our closing ratio? How much money do I have in my bank accounts?

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Iannarino

APRIL 29, 2023

As a new salesperson, I won three very large clients in short order. One was the state of Ohio, and the other two were big brands that belonged to The Limited. I was making great money and taking care of my three giant clients. I visited the two retail brands daily and met with the state every month.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 1, 2023

The “new” sales mantra seems to be all about activity. Our managers measure us on activities, and it seems our performance is based on how many activities we complete. As a result, we measure all sorts of things to demonstrate our “busyness,” dials, emails, meetings, InMails, contacts, proposals, and on and on. The more activities we do, the better.

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RAIN Group

MAY 3, 2023

Have you met Morgan? A terrific sales rep. Except recently, Morgan has slipped out of the top tier of the leaderboard and I think I know why: she struggles to adapt to the new selling environment.

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Force Management

MAY 4, 2023

Last month, the Revenue Builders Podcast explored the concept of influence: how to identify it, access it, and wield it in the sales process. Our esteemed guests shared expert insights on core sales fundamentals as well as emerging strategies in the market. From nailing negotiations and upselling to converting champions and CFOs, this month's episodes are a masterclass on how to maximize your impact in a challenging sales environment.

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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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Iannarino

MAY 5, 2023

If you listen to salespeople in conversation with their prospective clients, you may notice that some salespeople are better than others. Some sales professionals engage their buyers and decision-makers by creating a better sales conversation. Other sales reps have a difficult time providing their contacts with the B2B sales experience necessary to win their business.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 2, 2023

Having anything to do with sales was the furthest thing from my mind when I was thinking about a job following college. I’d had a few selling experiences as a kid. In Boy Scouts, there was always an event of some sort that we had to sell tickets for. My Mom usually bought the allocation I was assigned to sell. Sometimes a neighbor would buy them (but I think my Mom had called saying she would pay for them).

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SaaStr

MAY 3, 2023

So Freshworks in another in our line of “hero companies” in SaaS. While Freshworks is very much a global SaaS leader, its history as perhaps the first with deep roots in India to IPO in the U.S. makes it one we all root for as a break-out global leader. It’s now at $560m in ARR, growing 23% on a constant-currency basis, and while that growth has slowed from the go-go pace of the last 2 years, it still beat Wall Street’s estimates for both revenue and adjusted profit!

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Martech

MAY 1, 2023

B2B marketers say pressure to prove ROI is increasing, but budgets are not. Some 41% are feeling more pressure to do this, 27% say it’s getting overwhelming and 14% say it makes them want to pull their hair out. That is according to a new report from B2B marketing solution provider Anteriad. Dig deeper: How clean, organized and actionable is your data?

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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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Iannarino

APRIL 30, 2023

If you feel like something has shifted with sales communications, you are paying attention. We have more ways to communicate with our prospective clients than ever, yet it is more difficult to reach them on the phone. And just try to get a prospect to read an email, let alone respond to one. I read a statistic that, worldwide, there are 4 billion people with email.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 1, 2023

I was talking to a colleague about the lost opportunity sellers have in helping customers focus on their business problems and challenges. Most of what we call selling forces the customer to do all the heavy lifting of recognizing there is an opportunity to change, identifying problems, understanding it, learning about it, engaging other in thinking about the issues and things they might do in addressing those problems by changing and leveraging solutions.

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Search Engine Land

MAY 3, 2023

Google now says the canonical link element is not recommended for syndicated content; instead, block the syndicated content from being accessed to avoid duplication. Google posted this new piece of information in this help document over here. What’s new. Google posted this paragraph under the section “syndicated content:” “The canonical link element is not recommended for those who wish to avoid duplication by syndication partners, because the pages are often very differe

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Martech

MAY 2, 2023

On May 2, designated as International Martech Day, Scott Brinker unveiled the latest edition of his marketing technology landscape. From 9,932 last year, the total number of solutions in the landscape has grown to 11,038. This represents something like a 7,000% growth in the space over the last 12 years. One new feature launched alongside the landscape is the Marketing Technology Capability Heatmap.

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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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Iannarino

MAY 2, 2023

Sales leaders use many KPIs to assess their sales teams. These metrics help sales managers improve their results and achieve their sales goals. While these sales KPIs are helpful, sales leaders and sales managers need their own set of KPIs to assess their own performance.

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 5, 2023

Often, we have solutions and capabilities that address a wide range of customer challenges or problems. It may be we have a solution that have a wide range of capabilities (A lot of IT solutions, enterprise wide solutions, professional services, etc.). Or we may have a portfolio of solutions that address a range of things that are helpful to the customer.

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Search Engine Land

MAY 3, 2023

One of my biggest challenges with designing link building campaigns is that a successful strategy for one website may not work on another. For instance, the technique for an information-heavy affiliate marketing site may yield a different number of links for an ecommerce product page or localized service pages. The techniques below can be used for almost any situation, with varying degrees of scale depending on many factors.

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Martech

MAY 5, 2023

See something — like something — want something — buy something. That’s how people shop. Marketers know this as “the sales funnel”. The concept has different names and maybe an additional element or two, but it works pretty much the same way since the concept was first described—in the late 19 th century. The advent of AI and the avalanche of data has distorted the shape of the funnel.

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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

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Iannarino

MAY 1, 2023

Do you wish you could remember the details of your conversations with prospects and clients? The more time that passes, the less likely you are to recall the details of any conversation. Have you ever promised to send something to your client and then forgotten because you were overwhelmed with work and life? Have you ever been reminded about a commitment you made?

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 3, 2023

We, our customers, colleagues, managers are time poor! In reality, we will always be that way, we will have more demands on our time than we have time to commit. For years, I’ve been lobbying for a 30 hour day or a 9 day workweek, somehow thinking things would be better if we just had more time. But, as much as I argue for these changes, they seem unlikely to be accepted.

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SaaStr

MAY 4, 2023

So Cloudflare is one of our hero Cloud / SaaS companies and even under tougher macro conditions, still grew a stunning 37% at $1.2 Billion in ARR ! But it’s getting harder for Cloudflare, just like it is for many of us. The toughest metric is new customers. While NRR remains high, new customer growth as slowed to 13%, down from 24% a year ago and 32% in 2021.

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Martech

MAY 2, 2023

This week digital platforms and streaming services are in New York to show off new programming and digital ad opportunities at IAB’s NewFronts. It’s a chance for digital publishers to show how they are capturing audiences who cut the cord and now choose digital channels. They also want to convince advertisers that their platform innovations and programming are the best way to connects with viewers, especially younger ones.

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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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Heinz Marketing

MAY 3, 2023

By Win Salyards , Senior Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing Developing an accurate and actionable understanding of the B2B buying committee and the buyer personas that make it can be challenging, especially when your buying cycle is complex. The titles in an active buying committee can vary widely depending on the size of the company, the vertical, the industry, or one of the many other differentiating factors that makes your customers unique.

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Salesforce

MAY 5, 2023

We’re thrilled to officially announce the 2023 class of Marketing Champions. These people have achieved expert-level product knowledge and serve as active and involved leaders in our Trailblazer Community. This group will begin a year full of career development that amplifies their voices and honors their contributions to help others in the Salesforce ecosystem.

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SaaStr

MAY 1, 2023

So we’re getting closer! It’s the 4th SaaStr Europa, coming to LONDON for the very first time ! And we’re adding the very last batch of speakers A new incredible addition is Daniel Dines, founder and co-CEO of UiPath. UiPath has had an incredible history, taking 10 years to get to that first $1m in ARR … and then turning into one of the fastest growing software companies to $1 Billion in ARR ever !

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Martech

MAY 4, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) is sprouting everywhere in marketing technology. While it has been a part of many products for some time, ChatGPT’s launch made the topic white-hot. As a result, more and more AI-powered solutions are being announced every day. Dig deeper: MarTech’s marketing AI experts to follow Here is a roundup of actual AI-powered martech products, platforms and features announced this week.

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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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