Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Transitioning to a career in sales can happen in a variety of ways, however, few roles can set you up for a successful career in sales like a sales associate role can. As a sales associate, you are often the first touchpoint potential customers have to your company, providing valuable experience that can set you up well for your career. Not only do you get hands-on experience selling directly to consumers, but you have the opportunity to represent your company and gain valuable knowledge about t

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Sandler Training

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

One of the most important ways to retain clients is to view an honest understanding of their interactions with your company. What are the different touch points and how well does your company act and react at all those points along the way? Read Time: 6 Minutes.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Creation of a “Revenue Operations” Function.

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Groove HQ

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

When building a successful business, everything screams for attention. Within that flood, why prioritize customer service? The post Why is Customer Service Important? 11 Ways Customer Satisfaction Correlates with Business Results appeared first on Groove Blog.

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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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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Sales has traditionally been an intuition-driven profession. What do I mean by this? Well, salespeople conduct research on potential customers and then engage the best-fit prospects in conversation. This allows reps to feel out each prospect’s interest and determine whether or not they’re an ideal customer. In recent years, however, sales data and technology has changed the way that sales teams think and feel — no longer does intuition sit in the driver’s seat.

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Miller Heiman Group

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The buyer-seller gap is real: According to the CSO Insights 2018 Buyer Preferences Study , buyers’ dwindling reliance on sellers during the early phases of the purchase process and the presence of numerous influencers and decision-makers means that sellers must take a different approach to build relationships and close more deals, realigning their selling process with the buying cycle.

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Nutshell

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Founded in 1959, The Second City improvisational comedy theater in Chicago has produced some of the greatest comedic acts of all time. Such beloved performers as Bill Murray, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Amy Poehler, and Tina Fey have all performed on its stage at the start of their careers. Today, The Second City is just as well-known as a training ground, developing the next generation of comedic talent through its highly regarded classes.

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Groove HQ

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

An inspiring list of amazing customer service examples. Here’s the problem: it seems we only ever hear the negative stories about customer service. If you work in customer service, you know that for every customer service nightmare you see in the news, there are hundreds (maybe thousands?) of positive customer service stories. They just don’t […].

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The Center for Sales Strategy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

- MOTIVATION -. "Your Attitude, Not Your Aptitude, Will Determine Your Altitude.". -Zig Ziglar. - AROUND THE WEB -. > This Week’s Big Deal: Boosting Buyer Confidence - LINKEDIN. In a boxing ring, the trainer plays many roles. They serve as advisor, mentor, and coach. They scout out weaknesses in the opponent and help their own fighter correct mistakes with form or footwork.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

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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.

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

A common misunderstanding we encounter when working with organizations is the difference between strategic planning and operational planning. While the two are closely connected, it’s important to understand how they are different and how your organization can use both types of plans to move the needle forward on your goals.

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RAIN Group

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The cliché of clichés to open an article like this is to say change is afoot. So I won't open with "change is afoot.". In the world of sales training and enablement, change is explosive. There's a revolution going on in training and sales enablement that organizations can no longer ignore.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

From sales and marketing to service interactions, gender defines the way a message is perceived. Women crave connection more than men, and perception is ultimately her reality. When it comes to perception and seeing, feeling, hearing, and sensing things, there is no such thing as objectivity. The golden rule to treat others the way you want to be treated is long gone.

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Sandler Training

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Mike Montague interviews James Abraham on How to Succeed at Dealing with Uncertainty. In this episode: What is VUCA and how do you deal with it? Attitudes to have and avoid in the face of uncertainty What leads to “freaking out” during times of volatility or uncertainty? How to create goals, plans, and actions to… The post How to Succeed at Dealing With Uncertainty [Podcast] appeared first on Sandler Training.

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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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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

In this episode, we were joined by Johnathan Grzybowski, Co-founder & CMO of Penji. Offering a variety of on-demand graphic design services, Penji works with businesses to provide external design support for a monthly fee. The Penji team operates 24-hours a day, with both in their New Jersey office as well as around the world.

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CMOE

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Learning implies interaction. In a traditional learning environment, we learn through exchanges with our mentors and other students. But when it comes to online training—the dominant model in many organizations—the learning experience is often reduced to a trainee and his or her computer. Instead of being encouraged to actively share thoughts, ideas, and experiences with their peers, most learning in a corporate environment is done in isolation.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Music is so important for motivation and overall company culture, and we often underestimate what it can do for our team in terms of sales productivity. Are you struggling to find a great motivational playlist to pump up your team? If so, keep reading!

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Sandler Training

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Mike Montague interviews James Abraham on How to Succeed at Dealing with Uncertainty. Listen Time: 20 Minutes.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

I am currently at Montreal Airport. This morning, my first flight of the day got canceled. Fortunately, I had made plans in case something like that happened, so I was able to get an earlier flight. If I hadn't, I would have pushed my entire trip a day back, which would not have worked. You may be wondering, "How does this relate to my strategic plan?".

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

It’s September. You and the rest of the executive team are beginning to think about next year’s revenue plan. If you are like most companies, you are probably looking at 2019 performance as your baseline. This sounds good in theory.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Just like an athlete, you can go it alone and get some occasional wins. To win a gold medal requires a clear plan, consistent discipline, and constant improvement. At The Center for Sales Strategy (CSS), we take delivering client results seriously. We are here to help take your sales strategy from occasional wins to gold medals. Our proven strategies help clients improve their company’s sales performance and increase their sales revenue by providing tailored solutions for their needs.

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Chaordix Co-Creation

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The brooding, bourbon-swilling creative mess that was Don Draper once said, “People want to be told what to do so badly they’ll listen to anyone”. The man may be fictional and the sentiment obnoxious, but he wasn’t entirely wrong. In marketing’s early days, a catchy jingle, clever slogan or buxom spokesmodel was all a brand needed to capture the hearts and minds of its audience—and open their pocketbooks.

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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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Sandler Training

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

We’ve all read the estimates on how much more expensive it is to find new clients than it is to nurture and retain existing ones. One of the most important ways to retain clients is to view an honest understanding of their interactions with your company. What are the different touch points and how well… The post Client Experience Creates Competitive Advantage appeared first on Sandler Training.

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Engage Selling

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

????????????????????????????????? A few months ago, I was privileged to be invited to a seminar hosted by Gartner featuring a small group of top level thought leaders in sales.

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Miller Heiman Group

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Manufacturing sales leaders need insight into your organization’s sales funnel in order to accurately manage the pipeline. A strong funnel management plan is one that uses your pipeline to guide decisions about your daily sales activities, strategies and selling time spent in order to achieve both short-term and long-term goals. Effective funnel management ensures that manufacturing seller’s prospects continue moving through the funnel and are managed at every stage.

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Gordian Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Image by StockSnap_Pixabay. “ Checklists can make priorities clearer and prompt people to function better as a team. ” — Atul Gawande, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right. What value does your product or service create for your customers? By value, we mean financial value. So, what financial value does your product create for your customers?

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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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Showpad

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Sales Enablement technologies are becoming increasingly popular for an innovative sales organization that wants to empower their Sales reps to deliver great selling experiences — and increase win rates. Your Sales teams can also leverage Sales Enablement technology for your Sales kickoff, the annual sales meeting that sets the stage for Sales performance for the remainder of the year. .

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Kainexus

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Operational excellence happens when an organization consistently and reliably outperforms the competition through constant improvement and a dedication to customer value. When two companies have the same strategy, the operationally excellent company will have higher revenues, lower cost, and less risk. This type of execution is only possible with a combination of outstanding leadership and a culture that supports problem-solving and transparency.

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Miller Heiman Group

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

This week’s guest is Chris J. Reed, global social media expert and the only CEO with a mohawk. Based in Singapore, Reed’s Black Marketing helps busy professionals build their brand and generate leads through LinkedIn. A pioneer in social media, Reed joins host Greg Moore to discuss strategies for leveraging social selling as part of an omnichannel approach to engage buyers.

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SBI

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

SalesTech Video Review: Cirrus Insight. Cirrus Insight puts Salesforce inside your email, removing the hurdles to Salesforce adoption – namely that it’s inconvenient to use and takes too much time to log activities. Cirrus Insight is a solution salespeople will actually use because it makes it easier to do their job – which is to prospect, follow-up, develop, and close deals. - Nancy Nardin, Smart Selling Tools.

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In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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