Thu.Mar 13, 2025

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5 Reasons Why Sales Teams Miss Revenue Targets [+ How to Meet Them]

Hubspot Sales

Why are revenue targets so hard to hit? According to a 2023 survey of over 450 sales leaders, 91% of their teams missed quota that year. And even with revenue up in 2024 , reps are still struggling to meet their sales goals. To shed some light on the matter, Ill offer my personal insights on why teams are missing their targets. In addition, I reached out to other sales experts to hear what they had to say about setting and meeting revenue goals so you can take home some best practices from their

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Your Sales Depend on Your Messaging

Sales Gravy

How many times have you gotten to the meeting but your pitch fell flat? You went in guns blazing, thinking the hard part was over and youd land the dealbut instead you face-planted. Its not your product or your pricing. Its your messaging thats failing youand blocking you from a sale. A Framework to Tap Into Your Prospects Pain So whats missing? A framework that actually speaks to your prospects pain, builds urgency, and moves them toward a yes.

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Commercial Efficiency is the CEO's Greatest Growth Lever

SBI Growth

As CEOs move through 2025, understanding how to drive sustainable revenue growth while navigating declining go-to-market (GTM) efficiency remains a critical challenge. CEOs are tasked with delivering consistent revenue growth while facing unpredictable demand cycle and increasing costs of operation. Many CEOs are grappling with sales cycles increasing, mounting inefficiencies, and unoptimized commercial teams.

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10 Active Listening Techniques for Better Customer Communication

Brooks Group

Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex, Zoom, Google Meet, and GoTo Meetingno matter what program youre using, videoconferencing has changed sales and opened up new opportunities. But if your sellers lack active listening skills , the platform theyre using wont matter. They might as well be using tin cans and a string. Its a basic truth of sales performance that boosting customer understanding leads to greater success.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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Nutshell partners with IT services provider Proactive Technology Management

Nutshell

At Nutshell, we want to make it as easy as possible for businesses to access and use the tools they need to grow. Thats why we built an easy-to-use CRM with powerful sales, marketing, and engagement features, and its why we partner with businesses that share our mission. Were excited to announce a new partnership with Proactive Technology Management , an IT services and support company based in metro Detroit.

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How Leader Standard Work at Every Level Builds an Improvement Culture

Kainexus

In some organizations, the leaders who are good at putting out fires are considered the best managers. But what if, instead of putting out fires, leaders had the luxury to spend time on fire prevention? What if, when the rare flame was spotted, every leader was skilled in identifying and correcting the root cause? These conditions are possible with an approach called Leader Standard Work.

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Six corporate finance principles for business success

Cranfield Executive Development

Most business finance is not particularly complicated, it's just a matter of knowing the language, and understanding some key basics.

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New Course: “EU AI Act: Compact AI Competency Course” Now Available in the Qymatix Online Academy

QYMATIX

Karlsruhe, 13.03.2025 The Qymatix Online Academy is expanding its training offerings: The new course “EU AI Act: Compact AI Competency Course” is now available, including a certification. This practice-oriented online course provides companies with essential knowledge to understand the new regulatory requirements of the EU AI Act and build AI competency.