September, 2013

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5 Steps to Effective Selling With Referrals

SBI Growth

'Gaining B2B prospects via LinkedIn referrals is the best way to succeed in 2014. Hands down. Don’t waste time on cold calls with a 1-3% appointment success rate (AAISP, 2012). Think investing in email blasts is better? Slightly better maybe, but still an unimpressive 4.4% open rate (Google, 2013). Still not convinced? Read the 3 Reasons why you aren’t getting enough quality referrals.

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10.5 Sales Success Super Powers You Possess Right Now

Jeffrey Gitomer

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10 Top Tips To Becoming The Worst Sales Person Of The Year – Infographic

MTD Sales Training

'Ever wanted to become the worst sales person of the year? No, we thought not! But you would be surprised how many sales people still have some (or all) of these of these bad sales habits. Take a long. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Sales Quiz: Growing Opportunities

Engage Selling

'With a new customer, there are many things to be done. What is the most important if you want to create new opportunities? Take the quiz and find out!

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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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Why 96% of Prospects Remain Unknown to You (and what to do about it)

SBI

'$44 Billion. That’s the amount of money that companies collectively spent on Content Marketing in 2012 [1]. According to recently published research from MarketingSherpa’s 2012 Lead Generation Benchmark Report, “the creation and distribution of unique, engaging content is becoming increasingly critical to the success of any online outreach program.” [2].

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Key Account Management: It's More Than A Title

Sales Gravy

There are many opportunities for mistakes to be made in the key account management process. What is the Most Common Mistake Regarding Key Account Management? Key Account Management seems to be the buzz word in sales today.

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Do Your People WANT to Listen to You?

Jeffrey Gitomer

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How Your Buyers Make Their Decisions – Part 5

MTD Sales Training

'For Part One, Motivation Directions, Click Here For Part Two, Frames of Reference, Click Here For Part Three, Matching and Mismatching, Click Here For Part Four, Convincer Strategies, Click Here Our. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Musings for September

Engage Selling

'Here is what I am focusing on this month: Observations from the real World'

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Experiential Selling is What Leads to Buyer “Aha Revelations” – An SSTools Classic

SBI

'People don’t buy until a trigger goes off in their brain that causes them to look at their current situation in a different way. I think of these as “Aha Revelations.” No one will ditch the status-qua, leaving the safety and comfort of what’s known, for a new and different path until something spectacular and mind-shifting occurs.

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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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10 Business Strategies for First Quarter Sales

Sales Gravy

Planning for the New Year - Are You Set Up? Ken, are you crazy? I have not finished the fourth quarter yet! But as budget planning begins and business strategies begin to be set, it is your responsibility to be ready for the new year.

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Fifty Tips to Make it Rain Quality Leads

SBI Growth

'This post is written for Marketing Leaders who describe themselves as students of the craft. You are exposed to hundreds of pieces of content a day. You find yourself having no time to figure out what is relevant vs. noise. You are competitive and want to outmaneuver your competitors. Let me net it out for you. These tips represent best practices from leading Sales & Marketing organizations.

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Top 50 Sales & Marketing Influencers of 2013

Jeffrey Gitomer

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How Your Buyers Make Their Decisions – Part 4

MTD Sales Training

'In Part One of this series, we looked at motivational direction. In Part Two, we discussed Frames of Reference and how they are diagnosed. Part Three covered how people match or mismatch in their. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and 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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Special Announcement: Playing Favourites!

Engage Selling

'Join us September 11 2014 for a Free webinar: Playing Favorites Focusing on the Right Customers for the Biggest Sales Return from Your Time When time and resources are critical, you have to start by breaking the mindset that all your customers are equally important. In fact, treating them so threatens your ability to meet your sales goals. The […].

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Want to get Sales Healthy? Get Up and Go Outside… (of Your Head)

SBI

'As those of you who read my last blog post know, I was vacationing in breath-taking Estes Park, Colorado last week. There’s nothing more rejuvenating then getting up and going outside. Hearing rocks crunch under my feet on the mountain trails, feeling cool air brushing my cheeks on the aerial tram, and inhaling nature’s perfect blend of pine and rain during the early evening thunder-storms was just what the doctor ordered.

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Sales Force Building Strategy - Part 1

Sales Gravy

Sure-fire Ways to Be Data Savvy In this new four-part series of articles, we’re going to look at the steps you can take in your own business today to build a sales force that can help you steadily grow your presence in the marketplace in the years a

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A Sales Leader’s Blueprint for 2014

SBI Growth

'Your Sales Strategy. It is one thing to have a sales strategy. It is entirely different to have one you and your team can execute. You know you need to begin planning for 2014 now. VPs of Sales are asking the question “What have I done before?”. You start building from that point. This is flawed. Why? Market conditions 12 months ago were very different.

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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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Motives to Buy Are The Most Powerful Motivator to Securing a Sale.

Jeffrey Gitomer

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How Your Buyers Make Their Decisions – Part 3

MTD Sales Training

'In Part One and Part Two of this series, we identified two criteria buyers use to make decisions. Here, we discuss a third. First, a recap: People’s decision-making criteria will always give. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Sales Tip: Show Me the Data!

Engage Selling

'For more on this, read the article: Sure Fire Ways to Build a Successful Sales Force – Part 1: Be Data Savy. Then test your knowledge with this quiz question! If you want to have bigger numbers to track due to increased sales, take a look at our new Sales Accelerator Progam!

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How Gamification Will Impact Your Sales Initiatives

SBI Growth

'If you are like most of corporate America, your year is ending soon. You have started planning for next year. Part of that may include reviewing the success of some of your initiatives. Perhaps you: Rolled out a new sales process. Changed your sales compensation plan. Improved your new hire onboarding. Taking stock of this year’s initiatives begs the question: What was the impact?

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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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5 Ways Marketing Can Contribute to Social Selling Excellence

SBI Growth

'2013 is the year Social Selling became Mission Critical. Companies are trying to grow new business. Yet many reps struggle to get that critical first meeting with a decision maker. Social Selling is a proven method of securing the first appointment with buyers inside of target accounts. There’s a lot written these days on Social Selling. At its core, Social Selling is a modern prospecting methodology that fills the funnel with opportunities.

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CMO: Are you going to have a job in 2014

SBI Growth

'You’re completing 2013 and building your marketing strategy for 2014. Perhaps you’re beginning to roll out marketing automation or some form of company-wide communication program. Maybe you are supporting sales with a CRM implementation, linking your marketing collateral into each phase. Poorly executing one of these major initiatives will cost you your job in 2014.

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How to Organize Your Sales Force to Generate More Revenue

SBI Growth

'This post is focused on organizing sales talent to help you make the number. The cost of sales is increasing. Hiring ‘A’ player sales reps is expensive. Deploying those resources incorrectly can be even more expensive. If organized incorrectly, your team will miss the number. A symptom of this is: your revenue trends haven’t increased with your sales expense.

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7 Ways to Kill Sales Training

SBI Growth

'Sales Leaders leverage Sales Training as a tool for improvement. HR Leaders in Learning and Development get tasked with making it happen. Both leaders should know what emerging practices are available. This will prevent wasting your sales or HR dollars on low-return methods. This article lists sales training poisons SBI has seen - and their respective antidotes.

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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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Social Selling Pests – Avoid the LinkedIn InMail of Shame

SBI Growth

'As a Sales & Marketing Leader, you are responsible for driving lead generation. In 2013, leveraging social selling & prospecting has become mission critical. Your business development teams are using LinkedIn and you’ve equipped them with the best social selling tools. To be effective, carefully consider how you drive social media through the sales field.

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How To "Discover" the True State of Your Sales Organization

SBI Growth

'This article is about how to cut through the noise and evaluate your organization. It focuses on the forms of Discovery you need to get a true picture. The top sales executive in every organization faces the same problem: spin. Everyone in your org chart wants you to interpret the results a certain way. How can you find out what’s really going on? Learning the truth is critical for your sales strategy.

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Why Your Reps Don’t Use Your Sales Process

SBI Growth

'Your reps don’t use the process because it was never fully adopted by the field. We write frequently about aligning your sales process to your ideal customer''s buying process. Here is a great recent post from my colleague Matt Sharrers on the topic. If you don’t do this, you’re mis-aligned with your buyers. Frustration results. The reps don’t use it because it doesn’t work.

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5 Keys to Make it Rain in Q4

SBI Growth

'Q4 is quickly approaching, already clearly visible on the horizon. Now is the time to act and seize the day. Truly, the competition will be waking up soon to try and close the year strong. Your efforts this month and next will help to solidify your sales success. Recently we trained a team of 50+ sales reps from a B2B enterprise company. Picture this: we opened the presentation with this question: “Are you going to make your 2013 revenue number?

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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