November, 2018

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The Proven Process for Developing a Go-to-Market Strategy

Hubspot Sales

Steps for developing a GTM strategy. Identify the buying center and personas. Map a value matrix and messaging strategy to each persona. Understand your buyer’s journey. Pick a sales strategy. Generate interest. Create content. Optimize. When your unveiling a new product, the last thing you want is to waste time and resources bringing a product to market where or when it’s unnecessary.

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Why I Decided to Join the SPARXiQ Team

Mike Kunkle

[ NOTE: This post was originally published in late November of 2018. I have updated it to reflect a few changes, including the company rebranding, my title, and some cool new solutions that we offer.]. The position change announcement feature on LinkedIn has become the birthday announcement on Facebook. Except for anyone with a large network, it’s 10 times more overwhelming.

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7 Ways to Build Rapport in Sales and Connect with People

RAIN Group

Consider this: a CBS News / New York Times poll asked, "What percent of people in general are trustworthy?" 1. The answer: 30%. We're all pretty skeptical, right? Not necessarily. At the same time, the CBS News / New York Times poll asked a similar group the same question, but with a slight difference. "What percent of people that you know are trustworthy?".

Sales 111
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How to Implement and Utilize an ABM Program to Maximize Potential

SBI Growth

Joining us on the SBI Podcast is Sangram Vajre, Chief Evangelist and Co-Founder of Terminus. Sangram is one of the 21 B2B influencers to watch by the B2B News Network. And many in the audience know Sangram as the founder.

B2B 108
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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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11 Simple Questions to Assess the Maturity of Your Sales Team

Openview

In my experience, at the $1 million ARR stage, most SaaS companies find themselves in one of two buckets. Either their sales organization is firing on all cylinders or falling apart at the seams. You can guess what happens to the companies who have sales teams that are knocking it out of the park. Customer acquisition increases as they continue to execute strategies and tactics that they know work well and shed the ones that don’t.

Sales 107
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24 Ways to Effectively Coach Millennial Salespeople

The Center for Sales Strategy

Do Millennials simply have less sales talent than prior generations? After conducting tens of thousands of sales talent assessments, we here at The Center for Sales Strategy can assure you that’s not the case. In part one of this two-part series, I shared four key differences in how the Millennial generation was raised , insight I gained from Brad Karsh in my never-ending quest to learn more about how to activate Millennials.

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From Brand Trust to Brand Advocacy

Engage Selling

It used to be that buyers needed to know you first before they could trust your product. Today the reverse is true.

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How to Write a Proposal

RAIN Group

"Can you send me a proposal?". Sellers love to hear these 6 words from buyers. Once you submit a proposal, you can move forward to the win. While a good proposal summarizes what you've already discussed and agreed to, a proposal is, at its core, a persuasive document that communicates to buyers why they should buy, and why they should buy from you.

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Leading Indicators of Sales Performance You Can’t Afford Not To Track

SBI Growth

The average lifespan of a Revenue Leader is less than two-years. Why? Most of the time the Leader’s departure is related to poor revenue performance or inadequate return on Sales & Marketing dollars. In the following article, we will outline.

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What should you do when your sales team is underperforming?

Nutshell

It’s a tale as old as time: Your sales team isn’t meeting its goals. You thought you hired the right people and that everyone was a good fit for the company, so why aren’t they exceeding their quotas? Sometimes the issue is the employees themselves, but many times something outside their control is to blame. We’ve compiled six of the best strategies for improving sales rep performance based on real-world research and case studies so you can get back to hitting your benchmarks in no time: 1.

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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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Advertising Sales is Changing — 5 Tactics to Stay Ahead and Win

The Center for Sales Strategy

The advertising game for traditional media is changing and evolving. In this case, change is not a good thing. It’s time for a revolution on your sales team. Are you ready? This sounds kind of dramatic, perhaps over-dramatic, but it is true. Some type of revolution needs to take place on your sales team in order for traditional media companies to stay in the game.

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5 Ways Startups Can Drive Massive Organic Growth

Hubspot Sales

It can feel like a David and Goliath scenario. As a startup, you may be tempted to look at the established giants in your niche and believe you have no chance of beating them. They have the reputation, reach, and budget to acquire and retain customers. But if the biblical allegory teaches us nothing else, it does demonstrate that an informed and savvy underdog can defeat a perceived champion.

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Do This Before Hiring

Engage Selling

Ready to hire a new salesperson or salespeople for your team? I know, there can be a certain air of excitement surrounding hiring.

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[Infographic] The Sales Leaders' Guide to B2B Sales Growth in 2019

RAIN Group

Seventy-five percent of purchases are strategic, meaning the buyer is making an investment and not required to buy. Yet only 14% of buyers discover these strategic opportunities from sellers. If you want to grow your sales in 2019, the opportunities are out there and very few sellers are taking advantage. How can you build a team that closes this gap?

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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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Maximizing Throughput in the Indirect Sales Channel

SBI Growth

Joining us on SBI TV is Joe Vitalone, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at Razberi Technologies, and the top expert at developing and executing a sales strategy at scale through channel partners. Razberi Technologies offers a reliable, secure, and network-friendly.

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Selling Your New Sales Deck to Sales

Openview

Editor’s Note: This article was first posted on LinkedIn here. . Bellies full of beignets, my parents and I were exiting San Francisco’s Just for You Cafe when when a middle-aged man called my name. “Andy, it’s Christoph!” he shouted. “Do you have time for a quick question about messaging ?”. (Later, my mom asked, “People stalk you for messaging advice?”).

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How to Transform From a Reactive Manager to a Proactive Leader

The Center for Sales Strategy

Tethered to a mobile device, laptop, or desktop responding to emails and phone calls. Putting out fires like some help desk ninja. Drowning in reactive mode. Everything is important. Everything is urgent. Everything needs attention right now. Pronto! Is this the role of a leader? I think not. Many “leaders” spend too much time in reactive mode. Those who do this are not really leaders, they are highly paid help desk clerks.

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Craft a Positioning Statement With This Template & Examples

Hubspot Sales

Picture this: You're preparing to launch your new product. You've likely spent countless hours, days, weeks, months, even years determining what sets the product apart from the competition and developing your brand identity. But how can you ensure your marketing efforts are aligned with the brand? Branding plays an essential role in a business' development and consistent brand presentation increases revenue up to 23%.

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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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If You’re Not Digital, You’re Dead | Sales Strategies

Engage Selling

?????????I’m doing some research on my new book, Right on the Money, and I found a study from Serious Decisions that said that 67% of all buying is done digitally.

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Go Do These 3 Things In Your Drift Account Right Now To Squeeze Every Sales Meeting You Can Into 2018

Drift

There are only 27 business days left in 2018. 27 selling days, 27 days to hit your 2018 revenue goal. Every day and hour counts. Which means every meeting counts. You probably already have your plan – how marketing can pump more meetings into the sales team’s calendar before we call 2018 a wrap. But what about things that fall outside your plan? Are there ways to squeeze in even more meetings.

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How to Minimize Risk and Conflict in Your Sales Channels

SBI Growth

Channel conflict occurs when companies try to reach end customers through multiple routes forcing components of the sales ecosystem to compete against each other rather than working together. It is inherently wasteful and can be lethal to customer experience, sales.

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How To Map Out Your Buyer’s Journey Pre & Post-Sale

MTD Sales Training

Here’s a question to get you thinking: What do you need to do today, tomorrow and next week that would have the biggest impact on your business growth? It’s a far-reaching question that determines how and where you should be spending your valuable time. It focuses on what are the most significant areas for you to concentrate and focus on that will bring the biggest returns.

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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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8 Things You Should Do To Turn Talent Into Performance

The Center for Sales Strategy

After an interesting talent feedback call, I had spoken with a sales manager who was dealing with a challenge that most managers deal with at some point in their career. Can you identify with the following situation – and can you learn from this story? The good news: The salesperson he is managing is highly talented. She has a lot of natural ability, and when she is engaged, she’s one of her company’s top performers.

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The 13 Best Real Estate Videos of 2018

Hubspot Sales

As technology advances, so has the real estate industry. And videos have become key tools for realtors to share their listings and introduce themselves to prospective clients. Real estate mogul, Barbara Corcoran , began by recording videotapes of her listings. They were initially recorded on VHS tapes, but she found the greatest success when she uploaded the videos to her website.

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The Year-End Strategy that Works All Year | Sales Strategies

Engage Selling

???????A couple of weeks ago, the Engage Selling Facebook page hosted one of my Facebook Lives.

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The Secret to Closing More Deals? Turn Your Webcam On.

Drift

Editor’s Note: This article was first published by Gong.io here. I’m not a natural salesperson. I had to learn to sell manually. And I’m going to tell you about the time I went from good to great in sales. It happened in July 2014 during a one-on-one with my sales manager. “I can almost hear your mind racing during sales calls,” he told me. “You’re not listening.

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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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Sales Operations Is the Missing Link in Creating a World-Class Coverage Plan

SBI Growth

Sales operation needs to be in lock-step with your sales leader on your coverage plan exercise? Many sales operations leaders are stuck in tactical and daily activities. How can you elevate your sales operations team to think strategically? Sales operations.

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How To Articulate Your Value Proposition In 5 Minutes Flat

MTD Sales Training

What’s most important to your prospects? When we ask this question, many salespeople we train will answer “to save money!”. And, while that’s often the main topic of conversation, it rarely transpires as the REAL criteria prospects use to make a decision to go with you. You have to be absolutely clear on what’s driving their decision-making. And it’s necessary for you to know how quickly that decision is made.

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A 5-Step Campaign Recap Template to Keep Your Customers Coming Back

The Center for Sales Strategy

You sold the campaign. You executed the campaign. Now get the credit you deserve! Creating a successful digital campaign designed to deliver desired business results takes time and expertise… not to mention a great deal of work! It makes sense to present a recap during the campaign—to make sure it is on track—and after the campaign, to get credit for a job well done.

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Debt to Equity Ratio, Demystified

Hubspot Sales

Growing a business requires investment capital. Scaling businesses need money to launch products, hire employees, service customers, and expand. There are numerous ways to raise capital, and each will have a different impact on your company and the pace at which you grow. The most common way to raise capital is through either equity or debt. But what do each of these entail?

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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