Sat.Sep 14, 2019 - Fri.Sep 20, 2019

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Sales Coaching: The Ultimate Guide

Hubspot Sales

Imagine your sales team performing 19% better month after month. Sound nice? Of course. But how can you make this happen? Research from the Sales Executive Council (SEC) examined thousands of salespeople and found receiving quality coaching helped them improve long-term performance by upwards of 19%. A separate study from CSO Insights reveals a correlation between quota attainment and coaching.

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How to Calculate Sales Headcount to Secure Reps and Make the Number

SBI Growth

Many sales leaders like you are deep into annual planning right now. As budgets are determined, can you confidently defend the sales rep headcount you have now? Or perhaps more importantly, can you make a strong case for additional people.

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How Do You Build Rapport with Customers?

RAIN Group

Everybody's brain has two different processing centers: emotional and rational. The emotional brain is old. It developed millions of years ago, first with raw instincts—like fight or flight—that all animals have, and then into more complex emotions for us humans like anger, aggression, desire, fear, hatred, passion, love, disgust, sympathy, and so on.

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Vacations Are Important, but Most Founders Do Them Wrong

Groove HQ

It felt like the exact wrong thing to do. It was crazy. Maybe even a little stupid. We had recently finished our rebuilding project, trying to rescue our company from a slide into failure, and we were just starting to find our footing. Things were going well, but after working our way out of the […]. The post Vacations Are Important, but Most Founders Do Them Wrong appeared first on Groove Blog.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Product Knowledge: How to Train Sales on the Thing They're Selling

Hubspot Sales

Knowledge is power — especially in the world of sales. Salespeople need to be armed with the information they need to make a sale. The most important information? Product knowledge. According to a study from Tulip Retail , 83% of shoppers believe they’re more knowledgeable than retail store associates, and 79% of survey respondents say knowledgeable associates are important or very important.

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Lead Management – Enabling Your Sales Team with Technology

SBI Growth

Traditional CRMs are excellent at optimizing opportunity management, but their lead management functionality is often lacking due to the ad hoc nature of lead management. This results in BRD teams tracking their prospecting activity outside of the system in a.

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Weekly Roundup: Essential Roles on a Modern Sales Team + More

The Center for Sales Strategy

- MOTIVATION -. "ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL, PEOPLE WILL DO BUSINESS WITH, AND REFER BUSINESS TO, THOSE PEOPLE THEY KNOW, LIKE, AND TRUST.". -BOB BURG. - AROUND THE WEB -. > Essential Roles on a Modern Sales Team — LinkedIn. Great teams are not defined by simply having the best players. They are defined by depth, balance, and cohesion. Whether in business, sports, music, or otherwise, the highest-performing teams tend to include a diverse range of skills.

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How to Write a Performance Review

Hubspot Sales

You know they're important. HR is on your case about getting them done. But, they're time-consuming, uncomfortable, and difficult. And as a manager, you have more important things to focus on right now. We're talking about the dreaded performance review. While not exactly fun – and oftentimes stressful – performance reviews are among the most underused levers for affecting behavior in your organization.

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In an Omnichannel World, Do Territories Even Matter?

SBI Growth

It’s Time for Annual Territory and Quota Planning – What Are You Going to Do Differently This Year? As a sales leader this time of year, you have a lot on your plate. As you approach Q4, it is the time.

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Three Steps to Implement a Culture of Growth

Sandler Training

In our book THE SUCCESS CADENCE, Tom Schodorf, Bart Fanelli and I ask these questions: How can leaders scale aggressive sales growth consistently? How can they achieve rapid, dramatic growth in their company? How can they sustain that growth over time? The aggressive, sustainable growth so many company leaders seek, but few can actually point to,… The post Three Steps to Implement a Culture of Growth appeared first on Sandler Training.

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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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Fuel Better Experiences by Focusing on the Entire Consumer Journey

The Center for Sales Strategy

When was the last time you purchased anything without researching online? We bet it's been a while! According to studies, 81% of shoppers conduct online research before buying. They search content on products and services that best suits their needs, read reviews , browse pictures, look at the best deals, and more. People go online to research at every stage of the consumer journey.

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5 Unexpected Ways to Crush Sales Meetings in the Field

Hubspot Sales

Field reps have one major advantage over inside reps: their ability to establish relationships with prospects. It’s far easier to build rapport and trust when you’re sitting across the table from your prospects rather than talking to them through a computer screen. But face-to-face meetings come with their own challenges. Thanks to subtle body language cues you're probably not aware of, it’s much trickier to disguise any nervousness or anxiety when you’re face to face.

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Impactful CMOs Develop Customer Experience Charters Instead of Agonizing over Renewal Rates

SBI Growth

Quick—why do top sales reps make big bucks? It’s because they make it easy for their prospects to buy and to feel good about buying. They personally differentiate their company and solutions at the crucial moment someone prepares to take.

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Three Steps to Implement a Culture of Growth

Sandler Training

The aggressive, sustainable growth so many company leaders seek, but few can actually point to, lies in moving yourself and your organization into a growth-driven sales culture. The following three steps are essential preliminaries to that shift. Read Time: 6 Minutes.

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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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How to Quickly Identify Your Human Capital Expense [VIDEO]

The Center for Sales Strategy

From identifying new opportunities for growth to driving profitable revenue streams, salespeople are the fuel to your company’s fire. As sales managers and leaders, we often state that our team is our most valuable asset, but are we doing anything about it? If we’re going to take this principle seriously, then identifying your human capital expense is essential.

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Building Relationships In Business – 6 Useful Tips

MTD Sales Training

The building of relationships in business is the biggest common denominator when ascertaining how we can increase our sales with current and new clients. Relationships are the key to building trust and developing sales with clients, as your consistency and caring for the client’s business creates a clear, forward-looking strategic alliance between your business and their organisation.

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How ABM Can Help You Drive Revenue in 2020

SBI Growth

It’s coming up on the end of the third quarter and demand generation at the top of the funnel has been cooling off. As the leader of a marketing organization, you are getting pressure from the top to make changes.

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Sales Value Proposition: How to Build and Deliver a Powerful SVP

Corporate Visions

The post Sales Value Proposition: How to Build and Deliver a Powerful SVP by Tim Riesterer appeared first on Corporate Visions. Your sales value proposition, or SVP, is a powerful messaging tool for communicating the unique value of the solution you’re selling. Unfortunately, most value propositions in sales fall short of delivering on that promise.

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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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How to Succeed at Creating A Personalized Goals List [Podcast]

Sandler Training

David Mattson, President and CEO of Sandler Training and 6-Time Best-Selling Author, talks about his fifth book, Sandler Rules for Sales Leaders. The book is on sale at [link] as well as, the companion video course: [link] This year, on Fridays, Dave talks about the attitude, behavior, and techniques of successful sales managers as he shares his… The post How to Succeed at Creating A Personalized Goals List [Podcast] appeared first on Sandler Training.

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Non-Sellers Are Key to Improving Sales | Sales Strategies

Engage Selling

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Understanding the Different Ways Sales Talent Assessments are Used for Both Recruiting and Coaching

The Center for Sales Strategy

Talent assessments are an excellent tool for understanding the way your candidates and current salespeople are wired. The difference in approach with each group is key to productive new hires and successful coaching.

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Understanding Why Sales Organizations Win: Q&A With Sales Researcher

Force Management

Melissa Short is the VP of Reporting Services at Primary Intelligence. Primary Intelligence is a global leader in Win Loss and Customer Experience Analysis. Both solutions provide analytical insights that help companies win more and identify the root causes that lead to lost revenue and customer churn. In advance of her webinar with Brian Walsh , Force's content team asked Melissa to share some perspective on her research and the companies with which she works.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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How to Succeed at Creating A Personalized Goals List [Podcast]

Sandler Training

This year, on Fridays, Dave talks about the attitude, behavior, and techniques of successful sales managers as he shares his thoughts on the 49 Sandler Rules for Sales Leaders. Listen Time: 11 Minutes.

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OpenView’s 2019 Expansion SaaS Benchmarks Report Explores the Gender Gap in Software Companies, the Rise of Product Led Growth and Smashing SaaS Founder Stereotypes

Openview

Today, OpenView, the expansion stage venture capital firm, released the results of the 2019 Expansion SaaS Benchmarks survey. This year’s report was based on data from more than 500 SaaS companies, ranging from pre-revenue to $150M+ in ARR. The 2019 Expansion SaaS Benchmarks Report culls data from SaaS organizations of all sizes and stages to help these businesses understand what does and does not work when it comes to building a generational software company.

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Three Keys to Growth in an Economic Slowdown

Miller Heiman Group

Most economic forecasts predict a downturn in the next two years; some economists believe we’re already experiencing one. Yet many enterprise sales organizations wait until a recession hits to change course—and by then, their response is often too little and too late. But in a recent study of all U.S. public companies with more than $50 million in sales over the last four downturns, Boston Consulting Group found that 14% accelerated their growth and increased their profitability.

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Sales Enablement News Roundup – September 20, 2019

Showpad

Fall is upon us! These news and tips will help you revamp your Sales and Marketing strategies for continued success into the end of the year. Join us at TRANSFORM 2019 in London | 8-9 Oct. You’re invited to London for Europe’s largest Sales enablement conference. TRANSFORM 2019 London is just around the corner! This event brings together Sales and Marketing leaders together for collaboration, learning, and knowledge sharing. . 5 Ways Improving your B2B Customer Experience Impacts the Bottom Line

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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

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Winning Your Day With SalesAccountability

Sandler Training

Of all the sales leaders we work with, we consistently hear the same adage: “I need to hold my salespeople accountable.” That's fine in theory, but the question that sales leaders must ask themselves first is, “What exactly am I holding them accountable to?”. Read Time: 6 Minutes.

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21 Powerful Questions to Develop More Sales Opportunities

Sales Readiness Group

Asking great questions is an essential skill every successful sales professional must master. That’s because when you ask open-ended questions, you transform the sales call. Your focus moves away from your solution to the buyer’s problems, goals, and concerns. As a result, your customer feels listened to, while you learn key insights about what’s important to the buyer.

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Move the Deal Episode 13: Plan to do Something Spontaneous with Roche’s Joan Ridgeway

Miller Heiman Group

In the latest episode of Move the Deal, host Greg Moore talks with Joan Ridgeway, sales training performance consultant at Roche Diagnostics. Ridgeway operates out of Roche’s commercial education group, helping sales and marketing in North America. She recently expanded her role as a lead on the training for the Diagnostics Information Solutions framework.

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How to avoid overconfidence when managing major accounts?

Gordian Business

“ Through SAM we have unleashed a new level of focus and energy that has made the whole journey extremely rewarding for everyone. ” — Chris Cowley, Managing Director. Image by Garoch_Pixabay. Don’t Fly Too Close To The Sun A key to long term success is how well an organisation transforms to manage strategic accounts differently. Recently, we worked with a CEO of a large global client who decided the way of the future was managing their most important accounts in a structured way.

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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.