InsightSquared

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Guest blog by Joe Rodden, Sales Systems Manager at Catalant Technologies. In previous posts, I’ve discussed how to avoid the most common traps that lead to systems issues, and how to identify when the problem you’re solving really is a training issue. On to the last lever: Management. Train Managers, Too.

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Act-On

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In a perfect world, sales and marketing would be tightly aligned , working toward the same goals and achieving the best possible results. But marketers and sales teams know this isn’t always easy. From this challenge, sales enablement was born. As a result, B2B companies are investing heavily in sales enablement tools.

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SalesIntel

OCTOBER 20, 2024

In the field of B2B, sales success is dependent on understanding the B2B buyer’ss decision-making process. Using a buyer’s journey map and matching sales strategies can help you build lasting relationships and close deals. Online research significantly influences the information-gathering process.

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Seismic

MAY 10, 2024

Imagine your sales team repeatedly missing their goals. Why is this happening, especially after thorough training and onboarding? The answer could lie in the tools you’re using for sales training. Let’s explore the significant benefits enterprise-grade sales training brings to the table.

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Madison Logic

JUNE 5, 2024

While existing buyers know about your brand, they may not be aware of additional problems brewing within their routines, processes, or system infrastructures—which also means that they don’t know to seek out solutions and that you’re the best fit for them. A chart that compares upselling and cross-selling.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JUNE 14, 2023

Let’s face it: Hard sells and flashy demos can be effective ways to close. Today’s buyers come to the sales process more informed than ever, looking for in-depth information specific to their needs. And that’s a very good thing for reps looking to beat quota. But not always. The next step?

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Most of the advice I’ve heard about upselling is about making the sale. Maximize upsell opportunities with AI Learn how the AI insights and real-time data of Sales Cloud can help you identify upsell opportunities by surfacing relevant customer signals. Let’s say a customer hires me to do a one-time sales training session.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 12, 2022

When Sarena Wing took on a new international sales territory, she was excited to get started. My life would be a nightmare without it,” says Wing, a ZoomInfo global sales manager who focuses on Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. But she also knew she needed to get up to speed very quickly. Luckily for her, that era is over.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JULY 28, 2022

Fortunately, sales leaders can work to avoid these hardships by acting now. To ensure your company is recession ready, develop a game plan for your sales organization that focuses on investments in tools, training, and effective sales tactics. Upskill and cross-train your teams.

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ClickDimensions

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Many small to medium businesses (SMBs) often grapple with one common challenge: disjointed sales and marketing communications. The Impact of Disjointed Communications Inconsistent Messaging One of the most significant repercussions of misaligned sales and marketing communications is inconsistent messaging.

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Act-On

JUNE 13, 2024

So, if you’re looking to boost retention efforts, cross-sells, and upsells, we’ve shared our favorite multichannel marketing customer retention strategies to jump-start your efforts. Using customer retention tactics, such as multichannel marketing, helps keep your existing customers engaged. Bummer, right?

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Martech

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Traditional support methods include training, data-sharing, co-marketing campaigns, rebates, MDF (market development funds), and sales enablement, like content, events and sales playbooks. These ideas are organized into three categories: strategies, tools and tactics.

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Martech

AUGUST 2, 2022

For the most part, online retailers have a physical process to manage, and the outcome of all this is inventory — the stuff they must keep lying around, waiting to be bought. Indeed, an important factor in taming unpredictability lies in aligning your sales and marketing efforts with your inventory. And operations?

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Zoominfo

MAY 25, 2021

Yet a similar phenomenon has already happened with another technology: sales and marketing automation. . But more than 30 years later, we are still talking about these same productivity gains — and automation remains elusive for many sales and marketing teams. A Lack of Training. The Rise of Cross-Functional Teams.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The more control and visibility you have into your sales pipeline, the more revenue you’ll bring in. Growing a healthy pipeline is possible through careful assessment and management. Growing a healthy pipeline is possible through careful assessment and management. How to Build a Sales Pipeline. Sales Pipeline Metrics.

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Vidyard

APRIL 19, 2021

In the B2B world, managers and team leaders have developed tried and tested programs for onboarding new hires in the office, but the shift to a remote workforce has shaken up the sales onboarding process as a whole. Is the Virtual Sales World Here to Stay? Is the Virtual Sales World Here to Stay? Contents 1.

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Lead Forensics

JULY 18, 2024

But how do you navigate this overwhelming landscape and ensure your sales team is top-notch? The answer lies in data – specifically, tracking the right B2B sales metrics. Think of sales metrics as your compass and map. So, which B2B sales metrics should you be tracking? B2B Sales Metrics: A Deep Dive 1.

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ATAK Interactive

JULY 21, 2020

This is where sales enablement comes in. In fact, 74% of buyers choose to move forward with the sales rep that was the first to share value and insight. So with sales enablement, the marketing and sales teams are able to work together to deliver this value and convert their prospects into actual buyers.

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SalesIntel

OCTOBER 9, 2024

AI alters B2B sales approaches and increases effectiveness when it comes to data and forecasting. As Gartner research suggests, 75% of B2B sales organizations will decide to implement AI by 2025 to increase sales efficiency and profitability. It allows sales staff to focus on complex conversations and address clients.

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Sana Commerce

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Learning how to improve sales performance is the key to driving organizational focus and success. Great sales seasons are inevitable but turning them into sustainable strategies that can steady your business requires more effort. This blog explores 16 actionable steps that can help you enhance sales performance.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 10, 2020

What does it really take to be successful in sales? For some reps, attaining their quota each month means they’re crushing it. Though one’s idea of success can vary from person to person, there are some core proficiencies top reps and sales organizations have in common. Core Competencies in Sales.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 30, 2023

But what changes will it bring to the sales industry? Will it be the end of salespeople, or will it become the secret weapon to help sales reps work more efficiently? Furthermore, we’ve interviewed leading sales teams to collect 11 AI sales predictions that you should watch in 2023.

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ATAK Interactive

JULY 21, 2020

This is where sales enablement comes in. In fact, 74% of buyers choose to move forward with the sales rep that was the first to share value and insight. So with sales enablement, the marketing and sales teams are able to work together to deliver this value and convert their prospects into actual buyers.

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Seismic

OCTOBER 22, 2024

When it comes to rolling out programs or initiatives like sales plays, product launches, or onboarding programs, business leaders need to create a collaborative environment that connects strategy with well-defined objectives and execution. They can empower sales teams with collaborative, goal-driven coaching plans.

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InsightSquared

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

We recommend that every quarter you pick one thing to improve about your sales process. If you improve the conversion rate during each key moment in your sales process by just a small percentage, you can end up doubling your revenue or more. Are there any noticeable differences from rep to rep?

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ANNUITAS

MARCH 21, 2023

Updated 21 MAR 2023 Adobe Updates Focus on Chat, Event Management and Advanced Analytics Adobe is holding its annual Summit event in Las Vegas this week. New advancements include improved sales routing, to get prospects inside an automated or assisted chat routed to the proper sales rep faster. conversations to date.

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ANNUITAS

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

All three groups have distinctly different levels of comfort around digital interactions and distinctly different preferences for how they want to progress through the buying process. When it comes to accommodating generational divides in the buying process, most companies fall into one of three categories. This presents a challenge.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

That may seem like quite a hurdle, but we’ll show you how to build a healthy sales pipeline, step by step. Table of Contents What is a sales pipeline? Why is a sales pipeline important? How do sales pipelines work? What are the stages of a sales pipeline? How do you build a healthy sales pipeline?

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Vision Edge Marketing

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Targeting a niche market might mean selecting companies who run their business using Nimble for their customer relationship management (CRM), QuickBooks for their accounting, or Hootsuite to schedule social media. In a niche strategy, the number of prospective customers can range in number and cross industries.

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Martech

MAY 6, 2024

I am trained with MarTech content. While the focus of lead scoring is typically on identifying and prioritizing new leads, it can also be applied to existing customers to determine their level of engagement, satisfaction, and potential for upselling or cross-selling opportunities. Here’s something somebody asked me!

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Hubspot

JULY 27, 2023

This is a significant drop from just a year before when sales success reached around 26%. They need to achieve more with less, making sales enablement more important than ever. Companies have access to AI tools to support their sales efforts. In this post, you'll learn how AI can power your sales enablement strategy.

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Zoominfo

MAY 25, 2021

Yet a similar phenomenon has already happened with another technology: sales and marketing automation. But more than 30 years later, we are still talking about these same productivity gains — and automation remains elusive for many sales and marketing teams. Why has automation failed to gain traction despite its obvious promise?

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Hubspot

JUNE 8, 2021

If you hear "ABC" and "Always be closing" pops into your mind, a sales career may be the perfect match for you. You've come to the right place to learn what it's like to have a career in sales, and it's about much more than the close. Sales seems like a fast-paced, hardball kind of career. What's a typical sales career path?

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Seismic

MAY 18, 2023

If you’re interested in partnering with our strategic consulting team, you can get more information here. These include decreased ramp time, increased time actively selling, increased deal sizes during decreased sales cycles, and so much more. If not , we’re going to get you ready to move forward on the path to maturity.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

JANUARY 3, 2024

According to the State of Sales report, cross-functional alignment is sales leaders’ #1 tactic for driving growth. With sales budgets expected to increase , sales teams have an exciting opportunity to work together to try new things and drive revenue for their companies, but this requires a strategic mindset.

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DiscoverOrg

MARCH 3, 2017

Evaluating and hiring a winning Sales Team is not unlike the process of evaluating character attributes in a video game. No sales rep is perfect in every category. Sales Team Attributes. The sales team attributes we assessed were: Adapting to change. Sales Skill. It’s a game of give and take.

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Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Sales development representatives tend to think of the job as an important stepping stone in our careers , with challenges and opportunities that will shape the rest of our working lives. Find Your Groove Your workflow is the foundation of your day-to-day sales process that determines your productivity and future success.

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