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12 Common Ways You Undermine Your Chances of Closing (& How to Avoid Them), According to The Virtual CRO's President

Hubspot

Salespeople frequently undermine their chance of winning sales when they allow value leaks — instances where your email, proposal, word choice, presentation, or body language diminishes the perceived value of your solution — to creep into their sales processes. An outreach email sets the tone for your entire sales process.

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3 Approaches to Sales Planning — And They Don’t All Start at the Top

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Before we get into planning approaches, a quick definition: Sales planning is the process of building a roadmap to reach revenue targets. Sellers use this plan to prospect, sell, and close. Diverse perspectives: Starting the sales planning process with input from the broader sales team introduces a wealth of different perspectives.

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Make Your Sales Kickoff the Party of the Year

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Team selling is more important than ever, and sales kickoffs help us sell faster and smarter when we learn more about each other’s working styles. It’s true: I once fell asleep during a sales kickoff. I didn’t mean to, but nature is bound to take over when you’re sitting through the sixth presentation in a row.

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6 Red Flags to Avoid When Purchasing Lead Management Software

LeanData

When purchasing lead management software, you’re typically looking to eliminate pain points like lead leakage, unmanageable Apex code, unwieldy CSV spreadsheets, manual triage, poor handoffs between Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success departments, and sometimes, an entirely broken sales process. These risks directly impact revenue.

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What Is Email Automation? A Beginner’s Guide to Email Marketing Automation

Optinmonster

Email automation is exactly what it sounds like: a process where emails are sent automatically. Potential customers need to hear your message an average of 7 times before purchasing. Email automation helps you win those sales. By getting the right email messages to your subscribers at the right time. What Is Email Automation?

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Reframing Procurement: Hurdles to be leapt or allies to be won?

Heinz Marketing

Procurement , also known as: vendor management, supplier management, or even sometimes supply-chain management, are the folks who need to ensure that all the i’s are dotted and t’s are crossed. The two need to move in lock-step, as one without the other can destroy an organization, be it a company, a friend group, or even a society.

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The Prophets of Profit: Predictions for ABM Success in 2021

Engagio

ABM, in theory, is a simple strategy that relies on sophisticated processes and technologies to execute. But this year is quite different than years past. And I wonder if anyone really wants to be in the predictions business after all the challenges we’ve had to confront in 2020. Maneeza Aminy. CEO at Marvel Marketers | LinkedIn.