August, 2021

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Why Process Strategy is Key for Sales Ops Success

Hubspot Sales

Many organizations fail to outline and document procedures when it comes to producing products, handling service concerns, or guiding their customers along their buyer’s journey. Without these documented procedures, employees are forced to start from scratch every single time, leading to wasted time, energy, and money — along with stress on your team and customer frustration.

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Top 10 tips to get, keep and grow client business, with Jenny Plant

Account Management Skills

Welcome to Episode 42. The first ever episode of this podcast went live on August the fifth 2020. So one year on almost to the day, and I’m reflecting on the privilege I’ve had of interviewing some of the most interesting and experienced people in the creative agency world. My goal as always, for you is to come away with helpful tips, ideas, golden Nugget nuggets of wisdom, and reminders for how to keep and grow existing client relationships.

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A quick guide to enterprise sales (+ 4 tips to supercharge your strategy)

Zendesk

Enterprise sales is like running a marathon. Your focus isn’t on short-term wins—you’re playing the long game. And just like a marathon results in big physical and mental gains, enterprise sales results in significant revenue and increased opportunities for your business. That being said, you wouldn’t run a marathon without training first. You shouldn’t jump into enterprise sales unprepared, either.

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Easily Retain Customers with 3 Customer Service Best Practices

ReviewTrackers

One of the key aspects of reputation management that we here at ReviewTrackers continue to stress to all of our clients and partners, regardless of size, is the importance of having a holistic reputation strategy. Holistic reputation management seeks to cover all bases, ensuring that enterprises are going beyond visibility and analysis and are taking the necessary steps to make corrections to any aspect of the customer experience that might be hindering the perception of the business organizatio

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AI Strategies for Sales Managers: How to Cut Down on Tedious Admin Work

What if you could help your sellers stop wasting 72% of their day on non-selling activities and focus on bringing in revenue? Incorporating AI in your enablement workflows can help you cut down on busy work, get projects done faster, and let your team (and you!) focus on making a bigger impact. We put together this guide to show you how to use AI to cut time and costs for projects, including collateral creation, development of training videos, and automating tedious processes.

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How to engage millennials with email

Nutshell

Proper email marketing allows companies to learn about and build relationships with their target audience, increase brand authority and customer loyalty, and boost revenue. In short, email marketing is an incredible channel that’s been proven, time and time again, to produce amazing ROI. But how does email perform with younger generations specifically ?

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The Future of SAM – Revisited

Strategic Account Management Association

This blog post is based on a keynote presentation from the 2021 SAMA Annual Conference. The session was moderated by Jim Ford, Chief Commercial Officer, Solecta and SAMA Chairman of the Board. Panelists’ remarks have been paraphrased for this blog post. . The future is now. After 14 months of chaos, now is the time for SAMs to learn from the past and prepare for the future.

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Help: How Do I Ask For Referrals From Existing Clients?

Account Manager Tips

Build your business with client referrals Client referrals are a powerful business growth strategy. You ask your clients to recommend you to people they know. How hard could it be? Really hard. So if the idea of asking for a client referral scares you even just a little, you're not alone. Follow this step-by-step guide on how to ask, and get your clients to say "Yes," to a referral.

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The Road to Sales Mastery

Software Sales Guru

The Road to Sales Mastery In one of my recent Software Sales Bootcamps, one of my students mentioned that his CEO had been through one of my bootcamps and was using the techniques he learned on sales calls and it wasn’t always smooth and natural. My question to him was, “What makes you skeptical? Is it because his technique is not working?” The student said, Read more.

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Building the Foundations for a Strong 2022: How to Align Role Profiles to Growth Plans

SBI Growth

While we all know the last 18 months have presented innumerable challenges, they have also highlighted how some individuals can thrive in digital or remote environments, flipping the script on the competencies many sales leaders thought were tried-and-true in their.

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5 Ways to Increase Customer Engagement using Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Customer Think

The AI market is growing at a rapid rate, with experts claiming that it will snowball to reach a market value of $190.61 billion by 2025. Research also indicates that the forecasted AI annual growth rate will reach 33.2% between 2020 and 2027. And if you think that AI is primarily being used to drive […].

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2024, The Year of the Customer

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.

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SAMA releases Biannual 2021 Compensation Report

Strategic Account Management Association

SAMA just released its biannual report on SAM and KAM compensation trends and practices. Chad Albrecht, Managing Principal of ZS Associates, and Joel Schaafsma, SAMA’s Research General Manager, have offered us a sneak preview of some key findings. As an added bonus, they also shared some levers best-in-class companies are using to incentivize SAMs in today’s world.

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How to Build Rapport in Sales and Connect with People

RAIN Group

If you want to be a successful salesperson, you need to get comfortable with skepticism. Why? Because people have doubts about one another. In its Trust and Distrust in America report, Pew Research Center found that 71% of Americans think interpersonal confidence has worsened in the past two decades. Nearly half of Americans think the reason is unreliability.

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How to Sell Through LinkedIn (Your Complete Guide)

The Center for Sales Strategy

Are you running out of ideas for how to find new prospects for your sales funnel? It can be demoralizing when you feel like you’ve exhausted every avenue to find potential prospects for your B2B sales pipeline, but there are always more avenues to explore. One such avenue is LinkedIn. LinkedIn is actually one of the best tools for finding B2B sales prospects thanks to the platform’s sophisticated search functions and ease of use.

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Objections in Sales Presentations

Software Sales Guru

Objections in Sales Presentations Overcoming objections is an important step in the sales process, but it’s one of the most dreaded parts of sales. No one likes handling objections, but when they come out of left field they can throw off your game – and your sales forecast. I’m going to make the argument that if you are getting regular objections and stalls from buyers, Read more.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

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

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Get Busy Growing or Get Busy Dying: How to Evaluate Growth Levers for 2022

SBI Growth

Is your company enjoying the economic boom the economy is experiencing? 2021 has been a good year for the market with major stock markets up 15-18% year-to-date. This momentum has resulted in companies making bold moves to capture the opportunity.

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10 Tips to Overcome Obstacles of AI-Enabled Digital Transformation

Customer Think

Is AI driving digital transformation? Or is digital transformation driving the adoption of AI? Are they synergistic, or just getting in the way of each other? Numerous studies show that large organizations are realizing only limited success in digital transformation projects. For example, BCG and McKinsey research have put success rates in the 30% range. […].

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How Aramex’s Young SAM Program Provides Strategic Value and Impact

Strategic Account Management Association

By Shahaboddin Wahdatehagh, Sr. Director Global Account Management, Aramex. Aramex is a leading global provider of comprehensive logistics and transportation solutions, headquartered in Dubai and listed on the Dubai Financial Market. Aramex services include international and domestic express delivery, freight forwarding, integrated logistics and supply chain management, and e-commerce solutions.

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Active Listening: Your Sales Superpower

Sales Readiness Group

There are many stereotypes of what makes a great sales rep. Outgoing, smooth talker, able to present their solution pitch flawlessly to the client. Confident – sometimes, too confident. You know the profile, right? But there’s a key attribute that’s not always associated with high-performing salespeople, and it might surprise you.

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1st, 2nd, and 3rd Party Intent Data: Which Is Right for You?

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.

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Biggest Sales Challenges for Sales Managers in 2021

The Center for Sales Strategy

Building trust virtually, finding qualified leads, getting in front of the decision-makers — these are all challenges that salespeople face. And as a sales manager, you’re finding innovative ways to address these issues. However, to become more effective in your role and provide a better overall direction for the entire team, it’s important to know the current challenges that sales managers face as well.

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How to Plan the Perfect Customer Visit [+ Agenda Template]

Hubspot Sales

Now that the world is opening back up, it’s time to get out there and meet your customers face-to-face. For many newer customers, this might be their first time getting to spend time with you — especially as conferences have moved online. Creating that connection is invaluable. But before you book that plane ticket, it’s essential to create a plan. Planning the perfect customer visit will ensure that you meet your goals and that your customer meeting will be successful.

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Q&A on Sales Management with Harvard Business School's Frank Cespedes

RAIN Group

Frank Cespedes, senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, discusses his latest book, Sales Management That Works: How to Sell in a World that Never Stops Changing (Harvard Business Press, 2021) in this Q&A with RAIN Group.

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Explore the Benefits of Leveraging Artificial Intelligence Development

Customer Think

AI is becoming common in many services and products. A large amount of data is trained and analyzed for the machine to understand. The machine identifies patterns and co-relations to make predictions about upcoming situations. AI development firms work with businesses to develop machine learning-based AI software development intended specifically for their needs.

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How to Leverage Intent Data for Better Outcomes

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.

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This is a Sales Call

Software Sales Guru

This is a Sales Call It’s no secret that most people want to avoid sales calls. Once people figure out they have a salesperson on the line, they can’t wait to get off the phone. Traditional sales advice is to cajole them to staying on the phone. But forcing someone to give you their time is unlikely to bring about a positive response. Instead, when.

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Are You Coachable? | Sales Strategies

Engage Selling

Sales leaders spend a great deal of time talking to managers on how to be effective coaches. However, it’s important for salespeople to realize that they need to be coachable as well. When it comes to coaching success, half of … Read More » The post Are You Coachable? | Sales Strategies first appeared on The Sales Leader.

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The 3 Phases of Onboarding

The Center for Sales Strategy

The war for talent is particularly brutal right now, so once you find and hire the right person, you might be tempted to pat yourself on the back and relax. Unfortunately, while you may have won a single battle, the war is still on. It's vital to plan out your strategy and then apply it. How? By creating a strong onboarding plan that impresses your new hire and sets them on the path to being a top performer.

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12 Advantages and Disadvantages of Owning Your First Franchise

Hubspot Sales

Think of your favorite fast-food restaurant — are there multiple locations? Is it even available in different countries? If you answered yes to both, this is likely because it’s a franchise. There is an original business owner, but independent parties have bought into the business and opened their own locations. So rather than one person managing hundreds and maybe thousands of sites, each store may have a different manager, but they all follow the same rules.

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The 2023 Supply Chain Crystal Ball: Challenges and Solutions

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.

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Accelerate Ramp-Up Time in a Hybrid World

Sales Readiness Group

Blended learning approaches are certainly not new, but given the challenges over the past 18 months, we are seeing many opportunities to apply these approaches in creative new ways. The pandemic heightened interest in hybrid models (a combination of virtual instructor led, digital, collaborative learning, etc.) that already existed – and provided a testing ground for their effectiveness.

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Technology Trends That Are Evolving the eCommerce Mobile App Development

Customer Think

Technology advancement, customer desires, and a host of other variables influence a Mobile App Development Company. The mobile app sector has grown into a massive economic model, and it is thriving. Because mobile phones are seen as a great potential for businesses, this article will look at the newest technical advancements in mobile app development. […].

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Designing the Optimal GTM Model: 3 Keys to Success

SBI Growth

An effective go-to-market model has three primary benefits for a company. First, it supports a more efficient motion that minimizes your cost of new customer acquisition. Second, it enables your commercial team to capture greater wallet share from existing customers and grow their lifetime value. And third, it helps manage the expense-to-revenue (E:R) ratio of the business and ensure spend per segment is optimized.

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You Must Own Your Profession

Engage Selling

“Follow every step of this bulletproof routine every day and you’re sure to become a high performer in sales.” That, my friend, is terrible advice. And yet that kind of guidance keeps getting spread around as though it’s the plain … Read More » The post You Must Own Your Profession first appeared on The Sales Leader.

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How to Prove Marketing Value: Demonstrate Content ROI and Contribution to Sales

Every marketer knows how important it is to prove their efforts drive sales opportunities, but that’s easier said than done. When problems like sales and marketing misalignment, lack of data, and wasted efforts persist, marketers can’t measure, prove, or increase their impact on revenue at a time when demonstrating marketing value is critical. Using analyst and expert data, this guide to marketing impact and content attribution explains: How B2B buyers use content The most common types of conten