InsightSquared

MARCH 9, 2020

This International Women’s Day, we’d like to give a shoutout to women leaders in the tech industry, especially those in sales leadership positions. Looking for sales leaders to follow for inspiration and best practices? Jill Konrath is one of the most recognized women in sales. Jill Konrath. They stopped learning.”.

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Valasys

JUNE 28, 2023

In the fast-paced and competitive world of commerce, maximizing sales productivity is of utmost priority for businesses. To accomplish this, sales leaders and managers must employ effective strategies that drive performance and foster team collaboration. Here, programmatic coaching can be pivotal.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 12, 2019

The B2B sales arena has a few social celebs of its own. In today’s post, we’ve compiled a list of the top sales influencers on our radar. Leading off our list is sales consultant and coach, Jeb Blount. Jeb carries his sales wisdom over to all his social media channels and spreads his expertise to the masses.

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Vidyard

MARCH 30, 2022

If you’re in sales, chances are you’re hungry to find the top sales experts to follow. Anything from best practices, new tactics, and really, anything that will help you get better at booking more meetings and closing more deals. There is no shortage of great sales resources out there. Onboarding Your Remote Sales Team 1.1

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Hubspot

AUGUST 9, 2022

That's why leaders need to leverage effective sales training techniques to set reps on the right course and facilitate their professional growth. When we reached out to Sunny Sandhu — Director of Sales Development at Guru — for his insight, he stressed the importance of covering the "why" behind a topic. Start with "why.".

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Vision Edge Marketing

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Worked in a sales conversation. Less friction in the customer buying journey and more alignment between the Marketing and Sales processes. Developing a customer-centric message map takes data and a process. And of course, we have a process which we’d be happy to discuss with you. We see in comments to social media.

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B2B Digital Marketer

MAY 9, 2024

It sets the stage by highlighting the potential pitfalls of sticking to outdated sales and marketing approaches and the consequences this can have on the effectiveness of these functions. The core of this episode revolves around the need for collaboration and feedback loops between the sales and marketing departments.

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Hubspot

APRIL 11, 2023

Your sales team plays an essential role in driving revenue and reaching goals that stretch across the organization. Your seasoned, super-star reps lead the way. So should you be worried about churn in your sales department? Sales teams have higher-than-average turnover rates than other business units. In short, yes.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 31, 2023

Customer journey mapping tools can range anywhere from cloud-based platforms to collaborative design tools, but they all have the potential to help you better understand your customers, improve your marketing efforts, and drive more sales. The customer has narrowed down their opinions and is ready to make a purchase decision.

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Martech

OCTOBER 11, 2022

One of the most brilliant tactics is a practice called “pair programming.” Having a stipend is an easy way to manage your investment in the team’s skills while also providing flexibility. Imagine getting most of your website traffic, leads and sales from Google Ads. What tactics should they pursue instead?

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

It drags down demand and lead generation and sales-ready opportunities. Demand gen encompasses the sales, marketing and customer service actions that find, attract, convert, keep, and grow the value of customers. Affiliate sales support independent publishing. Then comes lead gen, which leads to sales-ready leads.

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Hubspot

MARCH 7, 2023

Account managers are the liaison between a company and its clients. Whether you’re a candidate or a hiring manager, you’ll need to brush up on account manager interview questions before making any big decisions. You can practice formulating answers that highlight your skills as an account manager. Let’s get started!

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Vision Edge Marketing

MAY 2, 2019

In their report, B2B Buyers Mandate A New Chart for Marketing and Sales, Forrester Research posited that, “The misalignment between sales and marketing teams continues to be a hot topic, even after a decade of B2B firms trying to solve this problem.” higher levels of sales and marketing alignment than other companies.

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Contently

JANUARY 26, 2023

Any organization can deliver thought leadership content if it has a system for generating ideas and a process for turning them into engaging assets. The same C-level decision makers that leverage it in their decision-making processes are difficult to impress— only 17% of them rate the content they read as “very good” or “excellent.”

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Vision Edge Marketing

MARCH 29, 2022

In the B2B world one thing is for sure: the Sales team expects the Marketing team to generate qualified leads that will ideally convert quickly to sales. One metric that is worth considering is the Qualified Leads to Sales Ratio. How the Qualified Leads to Sales Ratio Serves as a Leading Indicator. That’s a ratio of 6.25.

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Launch Marketing

MARCH 13, 2024

Company-level messaging includes components such as a brand promise, positioning statement and a mission statement that speak to who your brand is and what you want to accomplish as a company. Reach out to schedule a FREE Growth Blocker Workshop to get started! Experiencing stalled business growth?

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MKT1

AUGUST 7, 2023

The process of buying software is typically a complicated mess with roadblocks around every corner—and I think it might be getting worse. When I run through a bad demo request process (which is nearly every time I go through one), I find myself saying “Just take my money [startup] and stop wasting my time!”

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Hubspot

JUNE 21, 2022

However, it's also a recipe for stress, frustration, and low morale — which, when left unchecked, can quickly affect sales performance. It's no surprise that sales is a tough game, making it essential for sales leaders to keep their team's morale high. How Mood Impacts Sales [Stats]. How Mood Impacts Sales [Stats].

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Valasys

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

It’s no longer just about employing traditional marketing tactics; it’s about adopting strategic approaches that fuel sustainable growth and propel your business forward in the dynamic marketplace. Your mission is crystal clear: to boost revenue, expand your market footprint, and cultivate enduring relationships with your clients.

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 28, 2020

LinkedIn’s State of Sales Report shows that 44% of sales and marketing teams are seeing a significant drop in responsiveness to social and email messaging. So, why are sales and marketing teams challenged to build strong social relationships so they can overcome sales plateaus, sales drops, and sales troughs?

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ClearVoice

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

They are going to severely disrupt your process. Positions that are extremely vulnerable to this include: Social media manager. Marketing manager. 7 ways to manage outside feedback as a teamlancer. Have several junior and mid-level managers from the company present to weigh in and ask questions.

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NetLine

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This data enables sales teams to focus marketing spend on prospects who are actively ready to buy. How to leverage intent data in 8 steps Gone are the days when banner ads on a popular review website could funnel hundreds of leads to your business. Fortunately, intent data has become a mainstay among business analytics to do just that.

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Exo B2B

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

From the outset, we should say “buyer persona” because B2B personas are semi-fictional representations of the people involved in the decision-making process in your target companies. You can’t rely solely on the perceptions of your sales reps. Those who often get in the way of the decision-making process.

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Martech

APRIL 20, 2023

CX involves every interaction current and potential customers have with a brand — from customer service to packaging to digital presence to physical store maintenance to positioning around external events and much, much more. He is author of the books “Dare” and “The Process Tactics Playbook” (with James Dodkins).

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Contently

APRIL 4, 2023

Our ad budgets will be reduced, departmental positions will be reevaluated, hiring will be put on hold, and that new software or upgrade we asked for? Bottom-of-funnel content conversion rates (i.e., To calculate, divide total bottom-of-funnel content page views by the number of conversions. ” Why? Because we know.

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Martech

JUNE 28, 2022

Marketers play a large, proactive role in the buying-selling process to generate revenue across the entire buyer lifecycle – from generating a new customer, to contract renewal, to solution expansion and cross-sell/upsell. The B2B buying process has gone primarily digital; most B2B sellers and teams have not. We know the facts.

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ClearVoice

MAY 10, 2024

In people management, the right content turns the mundane into the memorable, boosting retention, engagement, and overall morale. A recent Glassdoor Study by the Brandon Hall Group showed that effective onboarding processes boost retention and new hires by 82%. Absolutely.

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Seismic

APRIL 24, 2024

Building a sales enablement program is like building a house. In this blog post, we’ll explore the key stages of the process, drawing parallels between constructing a home and establishing a thriving enablement program. Their insights into existing processes and pain points can help inform the design of your enablement program.

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Strategic-IC

APRIL 29, 2021

But when it comes to complex sales, ABM can completely transform the ways in which you connect and interact with customers and prospects. In the latest episode of Let’s talk ABM, Mathew Kent , Senior Marketing Manager (UK & IE) for Pegasystems, shares his top tips for supporting complex SaaS sales with Account-based Marketing.

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SalesIntel

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

How to Motivate Your Remote Sales Team. Sales teams are ripe for remote work. By nature, these positions usually involve schedule flexibility, diverse tasks and the need to not be tied to one place all the time. That said, if you oversee a remote sales team, you still need to find ways to motivate everyone.

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SocialPilot

JANUARY 31, 2024

To promote and sell a SaaS product, winning trust is the top-of-the-funnel task, and it can be achieved with influencers. HubSpot (#INBOUND2023) HubSpot is a leading B2B SaaS Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform trusted by several agencies worldwide. It helps you manage all your sales and customer relationships in one place.

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Sana Commerce

JANUARY 9, 2024

His hands-on experience and unwavering dedication make him a goldmine of insights for e-commerce managers looking for inspiration and practical guidance in their own ventures. Their goal was to deliver a personalized experience while efficiently managing these challenges.

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Mereo

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The Beginnings of Sales Enablement Programs. Travel back to 1999, perhaps in a cubicle-lined office or around a rectangular conference table, John Aiello and Drew Larsen strategized a new approach to sales operations and management. Ineffective and nonexistent sales processes. The Future of Sales Enablement .

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KoMarketing Associates

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Marketers continue to show an interest in account-based marketing (ABM), but research has indicated that they still face obstacles in achieving their key objectives with this tactic. For insight into this challenge and other obstacles, we spoke to Kent Ragen, VP of Channel Sales at Demandbase. What can be done to change this?

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The Lead Agency

MARCH 29, 2020

As well as impacting bottom-line sales, the effects of COVID-19 can be seen in marketing campaigns, too. Blogs have benefits for SEO, as 72% of online marketers describe content creation as their most effective SEO tactic. Would you like to start running workshops or start a podcast? The post More Free Time on Your Hands?

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This can be especially helpful in sales. While prospects should be able to find information on your website and other resources, your sales team needs to take a consultative approach. Business acumen training can teach your sales reps how to better understand your prospects. Start with your sales team.

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Pam Didner

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

During my coaching sessions, people often ask me what skill set they need to prepare for a CMO or VP of Marketing position. Another common question is “how to accelerate” the pace required to reach an executive position as early as possible. Hone in on your positioning (check out my messaging template ). Personality.

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