Customer Think
JUNE 26, 2024
Exceptional Design Enhancing Tech Adoption and Customer Experience Article source: [link] In the rapidly evolving landscape of technology, digital product design has emerged as a critical factor influencing adoption rates and overall customer experience.
Flevy
JUNE 28, 2024
The concept of Core Competence was first introduced by C. K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel in 1990, in their article The Core Competence of the Corporation. Since then, this term has become part of the general business vernacular. Companies constantly claim various things to be part their “core competencies.” But, are these really Core Competencies?
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Account Manager Tips
JUNE 23, 2024
Discover game-changing books for B2B sales, customer success, and key account management. Level up your skills and strategies with insights from "Unsticking Deals," "The Innovative Seller," and "The Squiggly Career.
The Center for Sales Strategy
JUNE 24, 2024
Electronics come with user manuals, food packaging comes with cooking instructions, furniture comes with assembly instructions, and clothing comes with care instructions. People are much more complex than the items you buy, yet people don’t come with instructions on how to get the best out of them. What if you knew how a person was wired before hiring or coaching them?
2023's struggles fueled a shift: companies are ditching wasteful strategies in favor of data and AI-powered growth. Enter 2024, the year GTC takes center stage. Discover 5 ways a customer-centric approach unlocks new revenue and delivers lasting success.
Hubspot Sales
JUNE 24, 2024
In my experience as both a budding sales rep and, later on, a team manager, success in selling often comes down to the process. Using a sales cheat sheet has been one of the most effective ways I’ve found to get new employees up to speed, create a consistent experience for prospects, and consistently exceed sales goals. I like using a defined sales playbook supported by tried-and-true templates to build out a repeatable sales cycle that leads to predictable and scalable growth.
Help Scout
JUNE 27, 2024
When writing CSS, the most common formats we use for expressing a color are either a hex code or an RGB value. But are they the best way? Learn to see color as an artist with HSL.
Strategic Accounts Today brings together the best content for strategic account managers from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
The Center for Sales Strategy
JUNE 25, 2024
Have you ever spilled coffee down your shirt just before leaving for work and decided it would be a bad day? You expected it to be a bad day, so it probably was! A negative mindset can set the tone for the hours to come. On the other hand, have you ever felt so good about a presentation you were making that you walked in with super-charged confidence and a little extra bounce in your step?
Nutshell
JUNE 27, 2024
Good customer relationship management (CRM) software is the not-so-secret weapon of every business that makes consistent sales. A CRM can help you to: manage your leads and customers in one place, encourage collaboration between customer-facing teams, and create a repeatable process for leading your prospect through the buyer’s journey successfully.
FinListics Solutions
JUNE 26, 2024
Summer can be a challenging time to close deals due to vacations and a generally slower business pace. From scorching summer days to your clients and prospects' thoughts drifting toward sandy beaches and cool drinks, it can seem as if business stops for a few weeks.
Force Management
JUNE 27, 2024
With funding comes responsibility. In the SaaS world, you don't have time to wait. The global SaaS market is growing more rapidly than even optimists projected (18%), and we’re right at the center of it. Over half of the SaaS firms in the world are located in the US.
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Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr
SBI Growth
JUNE 27, 2024
For commercial leaders looking to make 2024 their benchmark year, winning over buyers seems increasingly difficult. They’re not alone in thinking so: most CEOs we spoke to agree that external buyer factors are the biggest challenges to commercial productivity. They cite unpredictable changes that occur in the buying process, threatening to reset all buying progress.
The Center for Sales Strategy
JUNE 26, 2024
Imagine having a crystal ball that not only automates routine tasks but also provides deep insights and empowers you to confidently make data-driven decisions. That's the power of AI in sales, and it's transforming how top-performing teams operate. Using predictive analytics, a strong AI mechanism , we can leverage the power of historical data to predict upcoming trends, easily identify potential leads, and adjust our sales strategies accordingly.
Nutshell
JUNE 27, 2024
Customer relationship management (CRM) software is an essential tool for streamlining your sales process and closing more deals with less hassle and guesswork. As a SaaS business owner, you understand the importance of good CRM software, and you’re probably already shopping around for a CRM for your business. But the question on your mind might be: “Should I use a SaaS-specific CRM or a general-purpose one?
Hubspot Sales
JUNE 26, 2024
As a freelancer, I have to accept many types of payments from my clients. Some prefer to pay via credit card, while others can set up ACH payments for direct deposit. I’m not too picky about how they want to pay as long as I get paid. This is my approach because I want to make sure it’s as easy as possible for clients to pay. Not only does this help maintain a steady cash flow, but it also keeps my clients happy by removing any hassles.
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How do 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party intent data compare? 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party data each have specific advantages and disadvantages. It comes down to four factors: accuracy, cost, control and quantity. This infographic explains the pros and cons of each and helps you understand which one is best for meeting your business objectives. Intent data can be a great way to fill your pipeline and close more deals.
Flevy
JUNE 27, 2024
Most organizations struggle with Strategy execution. In fact, numerous studies from top consulting firms (including McKinsey, Bain, BCG) and Harvard Business Review have shown approximately 70% of strategies fail due to poor execution. Furthermore, organizations only realize about 60% of their strategies’ value. Having a Strategic Management Office –i.e.
Customer Think
JUNE 26, 2024
Recent research has shown that CEOs now expect marketing to be a primary driver of revenue growth in their organization. In a 2023 survey of CEOs by The Conference Board, respondents were asked to identify their plans for growing profits in 2024. The second most frequently selected option was “Increase sales via marketing.
Planview
JUNE 28, 2024
When delivery time is slow and unpredictable, demand exceeds capacity, and constraints and dependencies are poorly understood, it’s hard to deliver fast or pivot quickly. And now, paired with a sluggish economic environment, these factors put increasing pressure on anyone who’s focused on creating and delivering business value faster (read: everyone).
Nutshell
JUNE 27, 2024
The one thing a growing business needs– above all else– is sales. For small and mid-sized businesses, it’s important to make more sales while operating as efficiently and budget-wise as possible. A well-managed sales pipeline can help you achieve this. Read on to learn how to manage a sales pipeline for SMBs, the benefits of doing so, and best practices.
Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications
Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.
Brooks Group
JUNE 24, 2024
You know you should measure sales training ROI. But you wonder if it’s really important. Isn’t the main thing just to get the training done? Yes and no. Step one, you need to train your sales team. But step two should be making sure your training is getting the results you want. You can only know if training contributes to the bottom line when you measure the before-and-after impact.
SBI Growth
JUNE 24, 2024
As technology evolves, so do the strategies used by sales professionals to reach potential clients. Today, a multi-channel approach is essential to engaging prospects effectively. This blog will explore how prospecting has changed and provide best practices for creating successful B2B prospecting sequences.
Customer Think
JUNE 25, 2024
I originally wrote today’s post for Coveo. It appeared on their site on March 21, 2024 The hottest topic in business today is artificial intelligence, specifically generative AI, a form of artificial intelligence that is capable of generating text, images, videos, audio, data, analyses, etc. based on prompts to do just that.
Planview
JUNE 29, 2024
With so much happening in June, we want to outline important events at Planview with some employee insight. At Planview, ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) play a crucial role in creating connections and involving people in groups that pertain to people’s interests. Our ERGs, such as Planview Kaleidoscope, Pride, and Women at Planview, are actively organizing events and educating employees about their initiatives.
Speaker: Olivia Montgomery, Associate Principal Supply Chain Analyst
Curious to know how your peers are navigating ongoing disruption? The supply chain management techniques that dominated the last 30 years are no longer supporting consumer behavior or logistics and manufacturing capabilities. So what’s working now? What should your plans for 2023 include? By researching the supply chain challenges and solutions that businesses – especially small and midsize businesses – are currently experiencing, we’ve learned what’s working and what’s not.
Help Scout
JUNE 25, 2024
Discover how you can integrate generative AI into your customer support strategy for improved operational efficiency and an elevated customer and agent experience.
Flevy
JUNE 28, 2024
The Telecommunications (Telecom) industry is a dynamic and essential sector, driving connectivity and communication across the globe. This industry encompasses various services, including voice, data, and video transmission, and is fundamental to the functioning of modern economies. With the rapid proliferation of mobile devices, the expansion of broadband infrastructure, and the advent of 5G technology, the Telecom industry is poised for significant growth.
NG Data
JUNE 27, 2024
Following the pandemic, more small businesses are reporting no need for credit, increasing from over 50% to more than 60%. This trend is similar to post-Great Recession patterns but also reflects the surge in new business formations due to remote work. Currently, ample cash reserves from government support and high borrowing costs reduce the demand for loans.
Customer Think
JUNE 27, 2024
It’s never been more important to keenly listen to the customer. At a time of tremendous economic uncertainty and business volatility, executives across all industries are facing pressure to drive profitable growth. There is demand for growth, but meanwhile, budgets, systems, and tools are under scrutiny to reduce costs.
What if there was a better method of changing the conversation with your customer from delivering pricing to delivering value solutions? A method that would help keep you in control, manage the uncertainty, and close larger deals more quickly for you and your company? There is.
Brooks Group
JUNE 27, 2024
As a sales leader, there’s a lot riding on your hiring decisions. You know good hiring practices do far more than simply evaluate an applicant’s selling skills —they give you the insight to hire great salespeople. No doubt you’ve learned the hard way that, when you lose a sales professional, it can cost you as much as 150% of their annual salary and benefits, plus lost sales and missed opportunities.
Revegy
JUNE 27, 2024
Strategic account planning is essential for maximizing revenue from your largest accounts. By understanding and addressing each customer’s unique needs and opportunities, sales teams can drive growth and retention. This guide consolidates expert insights and best practices to help you optimize your strategic account planning. What is Strategic Account Planning?
Flevy
JUNE 27, 2024
The Semiconductor industry is a cornerstone of modern technology, driving advancements in various sectors such as consumer electronics, automotive, telecommunications, and industrial applications. Semiconductors are the fundamental building blocks of electronic devices, enabling the functionality of everything from smartphones and laptops to advanced medical equipment and autonomous vehicles.
NG Data
JUNE 27, 2024
Effective loan marketing involves personalized strategies, leveraging digital channels, and providing educational content. Credit unions should use member testimonials to build trust and engage with the community through events and sponsorships to enhance visibility and credibility. These approaches collectively help resonate with members and drive loan growth.
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In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.
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