Engage Selling

JULY 19, 2016

Working with so many different clients across a variety of industries really opens your eyes to new ideas, strategies and insights. I’m always open to embracing fresh new thinking!

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MTD Sales Training

JULY 14, 2016

I’ve always admired Jim Rohn. His insights into the deep philosophies of life always touch a nerve and his laid-back delivery is one that I admire. His untimely death has left a big gap in the. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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SBI Growth

JULY 17, 2016

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Gary Smith Partners

JULY 28, 2016

The post How To Use Ultimate Parent To Improve Key Account Management In salesforce appeared first on The Gary Smith Partnership.

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Jeb Blout

JULY 25, 2016

I hate writing about or talking about CRMs. It’s boring and tiring. It is also a turnoff because I know salespeople have no love for the CRM.

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Planview

JULY 22, 2016

Editor’s note: Last month, Maggie Riad, VP of Innovation Strategy at Spigit, held a webinar: ‘10 Ways to Increase Employee Engagement in your Innovation Program’. This article is a continuation of this webinar, which you can watch on-demand , where Maggie answers several questions that came up but didn’t have a chance to answer. Q: How do we make it easier for employees to understand how their engagement affects our innovation program?

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MTD Sales Training

JULY 19, 2016

Have you ever been on the phone or in front of someone who is trying to sell you something, and then when the issue of price comes up, they say something like, “Are you sitting down?” or “I hope. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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SBI Growth

JULY 3, 2016

Developing an ‘A’ player profile is a direct result of aligning your talent strategy with your corporate, product, marketing and sales strategies. Simply put, you cannot construct an ‘A’ player profile without strategic alignment. Building an ‘A’ player profile is the.

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Sales Gravy

JULY 29, 2016

What happens when you say those words is that the decision-maker starts envisioning their employees with more smiles on their faces, a little lift in their steps, and a general raise in the level of the entire company’s energy.

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Geehan Group

JULY 19, 2016

“Over the years, I have come to dislike marketers,” a CFO at a $350M company recently told me. “I have found they just aren’t good business people.” I couldn’t help but smile and explain to him how his mind was about to change. During the past several weeks, I've had the opportunity to work with my colleague Sean Geehan and the smart folks at Strikedeck to better understand the nuts and bolts of B2B marketing’s new priority, Customer Success.

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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.

Planview

JULY 14, 2016

Augmented and virtual reality technologies are here. While still arguably in their infancy, it won’t be long until the technologies reach a level of maturity where companies can’t ignore the value they can add to business processes and engagement. One industry that has truly begun to value this new wave of technology is manufacturing. In fact, over one-third of US manufacturers expect to adopt augmented and virtual reality technologies by 2018 according to PwC.

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Engage Selling

JULY 14, 2016

You offer a great service and haven’t received any complaints. Yet, you still feel a void between yourself and your client.

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MTD Sales Training

JULY 12, 2016

This is an interesting and, for some salespeople, a ‘killer’ response from a prospect when you are presenting your solutions. Your product may be the best in the market…you may have all the. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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SBI Growth

JULY 5, 2016

Organizations spend large amounts of money on sales training every year. But are they getting their money’s worth? Sales training is a $70 billion dollar industry. Every sales team should be making their number with that kind of investment in.

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Sales Gravy

JULY 28, 2016

Once you lie to your customer, it is reasonable for them to assume that you are willing to lie whenever it serves your interests.

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MTD Sales Training

JULY 7, 2016

Have you ever had that time when a prospect has been really horrible to you? I mean aggressively horrible, even resorting to swearing or downright nasty comments? It does happen, and unfortunately. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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JULY 25, 2016

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JULY 31, 2016

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SBI Growth

JULY 28, 2016

As a sales leader, driving the execution of your sales team is critical. It requires discipline, and the ability to manage your team in the long term. SBI recently interviewed Scott Tapp, the executive vice president of global sales, marketing.

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SBI Growth

JULY 24, 2016

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SBI Growth

JULY 13, 2016

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SBI Growth

JULY 21, 2016

Is your product roadmap connected to your sales strategy? If not, it’s likely you will miss your revenue growth objectives. SBI recently spoke with Merijn te Booij, the executive vice president of product strategy at Genesys. Watch as Merijn discusses.

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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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SBI Growth

JULY 20, 2016

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SBI Growth

JULY 19, 2016

As an executive leader, one of your main priorities should be placing the right talent in the right performance conditions. This is particularly important in the sales organization. I recently hosted a debate between Mike Drapeau, Partner at SBI, and.

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SBI Growth

JULY 26, 2016

Market research is mission critical to winning in the market place, and against your competition. It should influence your overall sales strategy, and govern how you allocate your resources.

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SBI Growth

JULY 22, 2016

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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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SBI Growth

JULY 10, 2016

SBI recently reviewed a podcast titled “Joining the Agile Sales Revolution” featuring Jill Konrath. Jill was interviewed by InsightSquared, a company that delivers sales performance analytics. Jill is a speaker, author, and thought leader who focuses on sharing fresh strategies.

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SBI Growth

JULY 9, 2016

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SBI Growth

JULY 7, 2016

You have a strategy in place, but is it getting executed? In order to hit your revenue growth goal you must make sure you are connecting your strategy with execution. We recently spoke with Kermit Randa, the CEO of PeopleAdmin.

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SBI Growth

JULY 4, 2016

People buy from people. Ultimately, there is no substitute for face time. This means organizations need a world class field marketing program. SBI recently interviewed Kim Salem-Jackson, the senior vice president of worldwide field marketing at Informatica about this topic.

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