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

Martech

It’s a scene from a bygone era when companies could woo clients with flashy presentations and empty promises. One scathing review or a whiff of buyer’s remorse on social media can hurt a company’s reputation faster than a retargeted ad. User-friendliness should be the cornerstone of every martech product.

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1 Key SaaS Sales Metric to Fine-Tune Sales Productivity

InsightSquared

Sales is the Growth Engine. Sales is the engine driving SaaS company value. Top and bottom line performance are totally dependent on the sales organization and its performance. And sales expense is typically the largest expense item on a growth SaaS company’s income statement. Typical SaaS Sales Metrics.

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Are Companies More Productive Letting Employees Work from Home?

Zoominfo

Research Suggests Productivity Benefits of Working from Home. As far as overall productivity goes, there is an overwhelming amount of research that shows that, under normal circumstances, working from home increases productivity. So, what does this mean for our businesses?

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Why Your Product Is Not What You Sell

Marketing Insider Group

How does a playing card company end up becoming one of the world’s most enduringly popular video game makers ? Nintendo and Amazon understood the ageless principle that your product is not what you sell. Find out why your product is not what you sell. Then discover how to sell the solutions to people’s needs and wants.

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Forrester Research Report: How Sales and Marketing Intelligence Drive Improved Business Outcomes

Fact: Only 8% of sales and marketing professionals say their data is between 91% - 100% accurate. In 2019, DiscoverOrg commissioned Forrester Consulting to evaluate sales and marketing intelligence practices in the B2B space. of companies achieved a score indicating maturity in data management practices in the space.".

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Why Product and Engineering Teams Belong on Sales Calls

Zoominfo

Bringing product people into those brass-tacks discussions doesn’t come naturally for a lot of companies. But Henry Schuck, ZoomInfo’s founder and CEO, says a company really can’t deliver its best products unless the people building them hear directly from skeptical prospects. Schuck’s advice?

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KPIs that connect: 5 metrics for marketing, sales and product alignment

Martech

While businesses value the synergy between marketing, sales and product teams in theory, they often struggle to create a cohesive atmosphere and deliver seamless customer experiences in practice. Our head of sales also has two primary KPIs: new revenue and CR from SQL to the client. Why did we choose these KPIs?

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Buyer’s Checklist: How to Evaluate a B2B Contact Data Provider

Leveraging a data provider to help identify and connect with qualified prospects supports company revenue goals by alleviating common headaches associated with prospecting research and empowers sales productivity. Critical integrations that fit directly into your sales processes and workflows. So what’s the problem?

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How to Overcome the Pain Points of Your CRM

When used effectively, a CRM can be the lifeblood of your sales team – keeping everyone organized, efficient, and at peak productivity. However, as a company, sales stack, and database grow, it becomes difficult to uphold structure and governance to keep a CRM up-to-date. The result?

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The Impact of Direct Dials on Sales Productivity

Often, sales reps who fail to hit the phones hard are left wondering how they missed their quota. While dialing away at targeted prospects, it’s important for them to remember that not all sales outreach is created equal. How can you (and your sales team) benefit from this eBook?

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The Ultimate Sales Coaching Guide

Sales coaching is a training format that allows the leaders in your organization to share their valuable experience with the rest of your sales teams. It’s an interactive approach to sales training where sellers get to practice what they’re taught and use information in real-life scenarios. Why is sales coaching important?

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Using Connected Device Data to Improve Sales

Speaker: Charlie Isaacs, CTO for Customer Connection at Salesforce

There is an incredible opportunity for companies to take data from connected devices and use it to improve your sales pipeline, make your reps more effective, and even (with the help of AI) handle entire portions of the sales process for you! Come away with actionable insights for your entire sales cycle.

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Three Simple Ways To Increase ROI From Your Current Sales Process Immediately!

Speaker: Donald Kelly, Founder & Chief Sales Evangelist at The Sales Evangelist LLC

The average B2B sales cycle can take anywhere from 3 to 9 months to close, depending on the complexity of the product or service being sold. Now add the fact that we're facing a global pandemic and it could add an extra 2 - 3 months or more to a sales cycle. How can any company truly thrive? It seems impossible but is it?

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Buyer Intent Data Guide: How to Find Prospects Already Looking to Buy

Teams of all sizes can utilize buyer intent data to more effectively identify where prospects are on their purchase journey, and thus adapt marketing messaging and sales pitches to align with those specific interest signals collected. Download this special eBook to dive deeper into: Why intent data is crucial in B2B selling & marketing.

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Seven Things Marketers Need to Know About Lead Generation

Speaker: Douglas Burdett, Host of The Marketing Book Podcast, Founder/Principal of ARTILLERY

Lead generation is the process of attracting and converting strangers and prospects into someone who has indicated interest in your company's product or service. One of the biggest responsibilities and challenges for marketers is generating leads. How inbound and outbound marketing should both be used.