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Effective B2B Sales Coaching Via Situational Fluency

Marketing Insider Group

In the B2B selling world there is near universal appreciation for the value of sales coaching. Research from The Sales Management Association show sales people believe it’s the most important, least supported sales resource. Training prepares sales reps to execute. What Are We Coaching For?

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How Marketers Can Help Reps Use Sales Content Effectively

Marketing Interactions

Most marketers treat content like a tactic, not a product offering. Links to the next part of the story, process, or thinking about how to solve the problem or, in the case of customers, what to do now that they’ve solved the original problem. The Job of Sales Content. For this post, let’s focus on content’s job for sales.

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How to Differentiate Between Warm and Hot Leads

Zoominfo

Think of warm leads as the window shopping of sales. The creme de la creme of leads, hot leads are ones that are qualified, highly interested in your product, and ready for direct contact from a sales rep. Hot leads should also immediately be contacted by a sales team, as they will want to close a deal sooner rather than later.

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Tactical video for technology sales and marketing

Biznology

They need tactical videos that support their sales and marketing content strategy. Tactical videos have specific objectives: establish a value proposition in the prospect’s mind, put across a memorable product differentiator, describe a new use case. Different kinds of tactical video. Like this post?

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Improve Close Rates with a More Personal, Differentiated Sales Conversation That Stops Sales Drops

Marketing Insider Group

I learned that the firm: Experiences 12 to 18-month sales cycle on enterprise accounts with most efforts leading to RFP automatically reducing margin growth. Sales Is Calling for More Personal Account-Based, Conversational Support to Win, Protect & Expand Specific Accounts. If manufacturers, retailers, distributors, etc.

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Sales Call Analysis is a Game-Changer. Here’s How to Make it Better

Zoominfo

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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Martech’s moment of truth: Why product excellence beats slick sales pitches

Martech

The market is saturated with me-too products, copies of copies with little to differentiate them. This translates into product development, where features aren’t simply bolted on but crafted to address the needs of marketers and their customers. Marketing this then becomes a conversation, not a sales pitch.