Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

A 2024 HubSpot Blog Survey of 422 B2B professionals in the U.S. B2B Buyers vs. B2C Buyers While B2C buyers tend to make smaller, transactional purchases to meet their immediate needs, B2B buyers are often making significant investments that demand complex decision-making processes.

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Strategic Account Management Association

MARCH 2, 2022

This involves understanding how the adult learner gets new information and shifting to meet them where they are. Another statistic: While three in four employees see effective communication as the most important leadership attribute, less than one in three say their leaders communicate effectively and efficiently. Why is that?

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Strategic Account Management Association

AUGUST 6, 2021

Commercial Excellence: supports organizational and talent needs, develops and makes available dedicated competency models meeting the requirements of the SV&I organization. Communication is critical. We also introduced a series of new processes that are currently building to maturity. How will you make changes in your SAM program?

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Brooks Group

MARCH 27, 2025

A customer-centric strategy puts the customers needs, wants, and communication preferences at the center of the buying process. A positive customer journey depends on helping the customer achieve short- and long-term success through every sales activity and communication. What Is a Customer-Centric Strategy? Data driven or more social?

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Red Star Kim

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The Managing Partners’ Forum (mpfglobal.com) holds quarterly meetings of its Advisory Board where senior leaders discuss issues pertinent to the professional services sector. This confirms the vital contribution of the professional services sector at a time when growth in the UK overall is flat-lining.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 6, 2020

Organizing meetings, making phone calls, sending emails, and attending conferences — a lot goes into relationship-building, no matter your industry. One of the most important parts of the networking process happens after your first interaction with the person or business you're communicating with. when you send your follow-up email.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 22, 2024

I'm always saying, “Sound, well-structured business email templates are central to effective sales communication, initiating productive sales conversations, and sustaining relationships with prospects and customers.” They're typically sent following initial conversations, meetings, or proposals (shocking, I know.)

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 22, 2024

A modern enterprise communication solution can help simplify your outbound communications by connecting your telephone sales with your other digital channels. If you’re not familiar with how to use gender-neutral pronouns, here’s a great blog on the topic. Read any good books or blogs lately?” How do you pronounce it?"

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Customer Think

AUGUST 29, 2021

According to a report, “The Resiliency of Retail in a Changed Landscape,” by IDC and global cloud communications company Infobip, 25% of consumers will only shop at retailers that offer contactless payment options; in addition, 47% said they will […].

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Upland

JANUARY 26, 2020

Communication. Communication. If you want to get everyone on board with account planning, you need to celebrate, socialize, and communicate your successes. This communication can take the form of a published report or dashboard, monthly email communication to the revenue team, or sharing successes at the quarterly sales meeting.

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Brooks Group

MARCH 4, 2025

Sales Coaching Best Practice #1: Coach to a Sales Process Data from the Best Practices of High-Performing Sales Teams report shows that 95% of teams that meet or exceed revenue goals follow their sales process all or most of the time. Follow these four tips for productive one-on-one sales meetings. Try not to focus solely on numbers.

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Upland

MAY 4, 2023

These are: Calibration Cadence Coaching Communication KPIs Calibration Successful account planning is all about getting the right calibration – you need the right-sized account plan, the right plan type, and the correct functionality and activities for your revenue team. We started this blog with a U.S. ”

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Red Star Kim

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Behaviour in sales meetings). This article is a reminder of the key points valued by the delegates: Nine insights: Sales processes and selling skills for targeting and meetings. Sales meetings. Delegates reported some fee-earner challenges when attending preliminary sales meetings. Debrief after meetings.

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Planview

APRIL 14, 2025

I’m excited to launch Eye on Innovation, a brand-new series on the Planview Blog. Make informed decisions on projects and work based on resource capacity , availability, and utilization to meet current and future demands. This saves time while ensuring consistent communication across all project work.

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Mike Kunkle

AUGUST 19, 2024

Role-specific criteria also play a part, as technical sales roles may require specific industry knowledge and technical skills assessments, whereas generalist roles might focus more on communication and relationship-building capabilities. The examples shown in Activities and Meetings are just that -examples.

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Mike Kunkle

AUGUST 30, 2023

To combat this, enablement professionals must transparently communicate their vision, objectives, and progress. It might be a simple task like using a new piece of collateral that buyers like better, or it might be a complex set of skills and behaviors, like conducting a situation assessment, or facilitating a pre-planned meeting.

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Mike Kunkle

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Product ensures that solutions meet the demands of the marketplace. It plays a central role in shaping product strategy, conducting market research, managing product development, and ensuring products meet customer needs and business objectives. These functions all play distinct yet interdependent roles in the revenue lifecycle.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 9, 2025

Few buyers will be interested in scheduling another meeting with someone whos not paying attention right now. Better yet, review your scheduled meetings for the next day before you leave at night. Craft your communication to reflect individual needs based on data insights (e.g., 15-20 minutes).

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Customer Think

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

While PowerPoint is an excellent business tool to communicate ideas, its pervasive, constant use has weakened the impact it once had. While professionals may feel naked in front of an audience without it, spectators often lose interest quickly – if not outright groan upon seeing a long list of slides in front of them. Some […]

Meetings 111

Meetings Communication 111

MDI Training

APRIL 14, 2025

In this blog post, you will learn how to successfully implement changes and support your team in reorienting themselves. This blog post is part of a change management series. Communication as the Key to Success Transparent and continuous communication is essential to build trust and reduce uncertainty.

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Account Manager Tips

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Use meeting scheduling apps 7. Create recurring milestone meetings 11. So here are some ideas to help you improve the quality and efficiency of your client communications. And tools like Zapier and Power Automate can connect separate applications to automate your communication processes and workflow. Share the load 4.

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Mike Kunkle

APRIL 8, 2023

click image to view a larger version] And then, you need to communicate the value – not according to what you think it is – but based on how your buyers define value, and like exit criteria, it will be different for different buyers (based on their COIN-OP and Value Drivers).

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Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Now, its like a packed corporate strategy meeting where every department sends a representativeeach with an opinion and veto power. Sellers need sophisticated communication and consultative skills to understand varying stakeholder needs. Heres a breakdown of a typical B2B buying committee and communication strategies.

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Planview

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

In this blog, we will explore the critical differences between traditional and digital supply chains, the challenges of the former, the advantages of the latter, and why this transformation is essential for the automotive industrys future. Data silos hinder communication and collaboration, leading to misalignments among stakeholders.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 25, 2019

Identify and Communicate With Prospects. They can communicate with those prospects directly to learn more about their needs and pain points. BDRS must communicate with these higher-ups for multiple reasons such as discussing lead qualification strategies and how to get prospects in touch with sales reps to nurture them into customers.

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Red Star Kim

JULY 17, 2023

This honest book, written by a young lawyer in 2022, provides insight and guidance on building your network Book review – Great networking by Alisa Grafton (kimtasso.com) How to appear more confident Prepare and plan – Give yourself time to prepare properly for meetings. Consider in advance what you might want to say.

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Red Star Kim

MAY 22, 2023

I often wonder whether the perceived conversation skills gap was caused by the imposed isolation during the Covid lockdowns or a by-product of the digitisation of communications. First, it looks at the way leaders communicate with their people and help shape organizational culture.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Pro tip: Don't wait until your customer data and communications get messy before adopting a CRM. You can also automate reminder emails to a prospect a day before a meeting to reduce the risk of a no-show. These include blog posts , free courses , videos , and a robust knowledge base. Top Features of Startup CRMs 1.

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Red Star Kim

MAY 15, 2023

I often wonder whether the perceived conversation skills gap was caused by the imposed isolation during the Covid lockdowns or a by-product of the digitisation of communications. Whether it’s for confident or commercial conversations as part of the networking skills toolkit or part of relationship building or sales conversations.

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Showpad

JANUARY 8, 2021

You may be thinking, “We run all our meetings online and provide almost every enablement service in a digital way. It doesn’t mean that we won’t have in-person meetings anymore. For more details, check out my blog post on scaling sales enablement. This blog post is a starting point to discuss what virtual enablement could mean.

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MDI Training

MARCH 25, 2025

These roleplay simulations allow leaders to practice decision-making, conflict resolution, communication skills, and further challenges in a risk-free environment. This AI-powered tool can analyze leaders communication styles, decision-making patterns, and even their tone of voice during meetings.

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Mike Kunkle

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Even on the far right, with disciplined workflows, it’s not easy, and often harder if an RFP or RFI process doesn’t allow open communication. And as I just mentioned, on the far left side of a “disorganized/organized” sliding scale, there are cases where it’s absolute chaos and rife with infighting.

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Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

And when you do meet, its more likely to be on Zoom or Microsoft Teams than in person. Focus on Your Buyer When a buyer first meets a seller, they look for clues to the sellers trustworthiness. Match Your Buyers Communication Style Not everyone communicates (or prefers to communicate) in the same way.

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Red Star Kim

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Minimise meetings – Find alternative ways to communicate and/or ensure meetings are kept short by producing papers in advance and showing what decisions are required in meetings. Help cross-pollinate ideas between teams with internal communication. Communicate aims and outcomes. Communicate creatively .

Marketing 130

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Mike Kunkle

AUGUST 8, 2023

It’s how we can break down the walls that hinder communication and cooperation between departments, to foster a shared vision, common goals, and open channels for knowledge exchange. Communicate the “why” behind changes, showing the team how these transformations will directly contribute to growth and success.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The key is to meet people where they are — and more often than not, they're on social media. The HubSpot Blog surveyed 500+ sales professionals to uncover the top social selling trends to reach more prospects and close more deals — all at your fingertips. DMs offer personal, one-on-one, direct business-to-consumer communication.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

When I focus on understanding a clients full context before suggesting blog content, I discover opportunities beyond their initial requests. For example, a client recently requested SEO-optimized blog posts to boost organic traffic. I experienced this recently when a client wanted help with blog content.

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