InsightSquared

OCTOBER 15, 2018

When I think about sales operations, there is no defined route to take. In fact, my fellow ops colleagues have come from a variety of backgrounds: business majors, former teachers, sales reps turned ops pros, and more. With no clear path for sales operations, though, how can we get ahead? Attention to Detail.

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Veteran reps will tell you that sales isn’t as simple as prospect, pitch, and close. And it’s become more challenging: Two-thirds of sales professionals say sales is harder now than it was in previous years. One way to overcome the slog: finding inspiration in tactical and insightful sales motivational quotes.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 28, 2021

“Enterprise sales” and “fast” are two terms that don’t often go together. Here’s the good news: There are ways to move enterprise sales along quicker if you focus on areas you can control. Obstacles to Navigating Enterprise Sales Sometimes, navigating an enterprise deal is like walking through a thicket.

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Oktopost

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Hitting targets and meeting sales quotas has become harder for most sales teams over the past year. The impact of the economy has slowed down the pace of B2B sales, leaving sales teams wondering how to meet their KPIs.

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Hubspot

MAY 18, 2018

Sales Goals. Monthly sales goals. If your reps only have one goal -- meeting their quota -- they’re selling themselves short (literally). They also help track your rep’s progress toward larger goals, giving you more time to work with struggling reps. Below, find out how to set sales goals on an individual and team level.

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InsightSquared

OCTOBER 16, 2019

I was thrilled when the InsightSquared team asked me to guest post on their blog. It was there that I fell in love with sales readiness. But, they likely weren’t onboarded or coached well as they were the first set of reps and joined before you had the time to build out a proper training function.

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SalesIntel

MAY 13, 2024

Forget those old-school number-chasing tactics – it’s customer time! A customer-centric approach in B2B sales is all about understanding what your customers truly need, and then becoming their hero by helping them get it. Buckle up and get ready to transform your sales game! Heads up, salespeople! The golden rule?

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ViewPoint

MARCH 3, 2016

This is Part Two of a two-part blog (read part 1 here) about how to improve accuracy in lead/revenue projections in organizations with a complex sales process: To recap part one, simple lead generation calculators miss these four things: They don’t take critical metrics (like last year’s revenue) into account.

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Contently

MARCH 11, 2020

Quantifiable objectives headlined every case study we wrote. By addressing each point this way, we described how this success could only be attributed to the campaign at hand (and not any other marketing efforts from the brand). Then, after detailing the approach, the results would align 1:1 with the objectives. Get permission first.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

No one knows what it’s like to work in sales better than those in the trenches of the day-to-day — salespeople trying to hit their numbers while battling the ups and downs of the job. If you’re thinking about a career in sales, you probably want to hear the cold, hard truths about sales and what it entails.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 17, 2019

But, sales and marketing organizations must resist this instinct in order to constantly adapt to changing markets, new technologies, emerging trends and so on. But, there’s one business concept that’s stood the test of time like no other. We’re speaking, of course, of the sales funnel. The Sales Funnel. Let’s get into it!

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SalesIntel

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The efficiency and effectiveness of your sales team directly reflect on the success of your company. To counteract this problem, sales leaders need to find ways to identify possible sales challenges and their solutions quickly before your next sales meeting. Long sales cycles. Sales demos are failing.

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Sales Engine

OCTOBER 2, 2015

On October 1, the sales team began Q4 and the pressure is high as reps try to make club and hit accelerators while organizations try to hit revenue goals. For many companies, the pressure to hit Q4 numbers is so high they aren't even thinking about 2016 quotas yet. When does their quota start? How do I know?

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Zoominfo

JANUARY 15, 2019

This year, the ZoomInfo team published nearly 250 blog posts related to sales, marketing, recruiting, and business growth. It is our hope that our content helped spark your creativity, allowed you to discover something new, or made your life as a sales professional easier in some way. 12 Ways to Handle Sales Pressure.

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Seismic

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Developing a successful sales enablement strategy is an ever-evolving process that requires dedication and expertise. You need a sales enablement program that’s more than hypothetical; it needs to include tactical and actionable plans. It takes commitment and ongoing effort to ensure your sales teams function like a well-oiled machine.

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EveryoneSocial

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Although the concept of virtual selling is not new, it’s safe to say that this sales process has grown significantly as remote work has become more normalized over the years. Additionally, throw in the wild year of 2020 and Covid-19 – virtual selling has become a must-mastered technique for your sales department. Salesforce ).

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Biznology

JUNE 4, 2019

Having sold his call center business to a colleague and started a new venture, Dan offered me some fresh ways of thinking about how to treat top prospects. You’ve been involved in the lead generation world for a long time. How has it changed? Certainly, technology lets us deliver more leads to sales, faster than ever before.

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Vidyard

JANUARY 5, 2021

We’re failing to close sales. Every sales pro hits these roadblocks. But there’s good news: You already have the tool you need to beat them — sales analytics. Think about your sales career. And if we aren’t, how can we get there? How can we become the innovative disruptors within our space?

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Sprout Social

JULY 8, 2021

Affiliate marketing represents a form of advertising where a creator (or publisher) promotes a product on behalf of a business, receiving a cut of revenue from sales attributed to the affiliate. Commission disclosures in blogs. How exactly does affiliate marketing work? What is affiliate marketing, anyway? ad posts on Instagram.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Salespeople are perpetually busy throughout the year, as they strive to find their next customer and hit their quotas. While it’s great to see a motivated sales team working hard day in and day out, it’s important for them to take a step back and regroup every once in a while. How do we achieve these goals?

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Vidyard

JUNE 15, 2020

They see the writing on the digital wall, see how prospects grow harder to reach by the week, and adopt it as a way to break through the attention barrier. These are the salespeople who need convincing, because sales teams get the best value out of video when they hunt in packs. The Benefits of Video in Sales 4. Ask around.

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Albacross

MARCH 12, 2020

As of today, you can natively integrate Albacross with Hubspot CRM so your sales team can put their pipeline expansion on autopilot. So, how does this integration benefit you? Prospecting is time consuming and when your sales team is up against the clock to hit their quota, every minute is precious.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Today, we’re sharing the ultimate list of sales podcasts. If you work in sales, it’s our hope that this list of sales podcasts provides you with some fresh listening material, newfound inspiration, and the tips and tricks you need to excel in the world of sales. The Ultimate List of Sales Podcasts. Listen here.

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Hubspot

JUNE 16, 2020

What is sales performance? It’s the measurement of sales activity and corresponding results compared to the sales expectations and quota. Good sales performance is highly valued but it can also be elusive to achieve for many salespeople and organizations. The key to good sales performance is consistency.

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Sprout Social

JULY 14, 2023

An effective way to achieve this is through sales and marketing alignment. The new reality is that sales and marketing are continuously and increasingly integrated. Marketing needs to know more about sales, sales needs to know more about marketing and we all need to know more about our customers.

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ANNUITAS

APRIL 7, 2016

Every B2B marketer walks a lead qualification tightrope, and to fall to either side imperils the reputation and success of their entire department. Sales begins to ask, “what marketing even does,” and marketing struggles to provide an answer grounded in financial results. How does a marketer stay balanced? Know your buyer-.

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Vidyard

JANUARY 5, 2021

We’re failing to close sales. Every sales pro hits these roadblocks. But there’s good news: You already have the tool you need to beat them — sales analytics. Think about your sales career. And if we aren’t, how can we get there? How can we become the innovative disruptors within our space?

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Author: Chris Gillespie So you have a new sales job. Having been through this many times myself, I’ll share my top 11 tips for ramping quickly in a new sales role: 1. If you aren’t assigned one, approach someone who’s at the top of the sales leader board. Learn How a Deal Gets Done. Leverage Your Mentor.

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Heinz Marketing

MARCH 29, 2021

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m Pacific on LinkedIn (also on demand) you can find the transcription and recording here on the blog every Monday morning. This time we are talking about sales management intelligence. .

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DiscoverOrg

OCTOBER 27, 2016

As a newly hired sales rep, I began the way I did at every new company, spending the first several weeks typing furiously into a growing Excel spreadsheet. My manager liked the approach and asked me to present the process to the entire sales team. While it’s not a complicated process, it most certainly is a time-consuming one.

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MKT1

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Many founders, sales leaders, product leaders, and even marketers themselves think B2B marketing teams are just a service organization to sales—marketing only exists to generate leads this quarter. Marketing gets a bad rap. And that’s partially because it’s incredibly misunderstood. One covers the others blindspots.

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PureB2B

JULY 6, 2021

At various phases of the sales process, sales professionals often have to manage a large number of prospects and deals at the same time. Monitoring every sales deal without proper organization might lead to a lot of missed chances. An Overview of Sales Pipeline Management.

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Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 30, 2021

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m Pacific on LinkedIn (also on demand) you can find the transcription and recording here on the blog every Monday morning. Matt: Welcome everyone to another episode of Sales Pipeline Radio.

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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. But what is a sales pipeline and why is it so instrumental to selling success? In this guide, you'll learn everything you need to know about sales pipeline management, including: Sales Pipeline Definition.

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SalesIntel

MAY 5, 2023

This well-known platform is used by companies of all sizes to equip sales teams with lead-generation tools , a vast pool of business contacts, and analytics to support successful outreach campaigns. Let’s see how much ZoomInfo costs for what you need. But, their pricing model can be a little confusing to understand.

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Zoominfo

APRIL 17, 2019

But, sales and marketing organizations must resist this instinct in order to constantly adapt to changing markets, new technologies, emerging trends and so on. But, there’s one business concept that’s stood the test of time like no other. We’re speaking, of course, of the sales funnel. Why is the Sales Funnel Outdated?

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EveryoneSocial

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Social selling is about leveraging your social networks to find the right prospects, to build trusted relationships, and ultimately, to help you achieve your sales goals by answering prospect questions and offering thoughtful content until the prospect is ready to buy. Social Selling Defined, Why It Matters, & Much More.

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