Strategic Account Management Association

APRIL 12, 2022

By Javier Marcos, PhD, Director, Key Account Management Forum Strategic account managers face increasing pressure from their strategic customers in the form of enhanced quality of service expectations, growing product requirements and further customization of their offers, amongst others. To respond to these pressures effectively and to grow business with their strategic accounts, SAMs need … Continue reading ?

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Software Sales Guru

APRIL 11, 2022

Do salespeople have to “give” to “get”? 95% of salespeople and sales managers believe salespeople have to “give to get.” A review of recorded buyer/seller interactions debunks this sales myth. Why do we feel the need to “give to get?” This widely held belief is based on the idea of “qualifying” the buyer. Qualifying is extracting information for the seller’s purposes.

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Account Manager Tips

APRIL 11, 2022

table of contents. The business of expertise How to ask a client for a referral What I'm reading Addicted to tabs? In other news Quote of the week Final word. The business of expertise I read a lot. I also take a lot of notes. But they all end up buried away in some folder far, far away from my memory. So, I decided to sign up for Readwise. Have you heard of it?

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The Center for Sales Strategy

APRIL 15, 2022

- MOTIVATION -. "I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.". - AROUND THE WEB -. > Should Business Owners Be Raising Their Prices Right Now?– The Great Game of Business. We asked the President of The Great Game of Business, Darin Bridges if he thinks business owners should be raising their prices right now. His response was, "hell, yes.". Protecting Margins Now, So You Can Fund Growth Tomorrow We've always had a saying at SRC.

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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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Engage Selling

APRIL 15, 2022

??? Do you know who the decision makers are in the buying process? More and more individuals are involved in the buying decision than ever before. There are a number … Read More. The post Engaging the Decision Makers first appeared on Colleen Francis - The Sales Leader.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 12, 2022

There's no shortage of options if you're looking for money to start a business. Startup financing ranges from news-worthy venture capital rounds to credit cards, grants, and small business loans. All entrepreneurs need to raise capital at some point — whether to get their business up and running or accelerate growth. But every lending choice comes with advantages and disadvantages.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

APRIL 11, 2022

Often, a sales funnel and sales pipeline are confused. They are not the same, and both have a distinct purpose along the path to purchase. They both provide an incredible amount of intelligence when examined in part and as a whole. Marketers and sales leaders that collaborate closely will learn that ensuring the sales funnel and pipeline are both full, healthy, and clean defines some of the biggest indicators of revenue success.

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Zendesk

APRIL 14, 2022

Admittedly, it’s been a minute since I’ve dusted off my crystal ball—closer to the length of a global pandemic. I made some predictions about the future of CX back in 2018, and certainly a lot has changed since then. During the past few months, I’ve been thinking a lot about this quote from futurist Roy Amara: “We tend to overestimate the effect of technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.”.

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MDI Training

APRIL 14, 2022

An Interview on the effects of home office with Dr. Kilian Wawoe. Dr. Kilian Wawoe investigated the consequences of the increasing numbers of home office days for people and companies and the effects of home office. During lockdown, he found more than 600 articles about working from home , talked with hundreds of people about their experiences with home office, took questionnaires from thousands of workers and worked with dozens of companies on a new form of collaboration that he calls “

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Insightly

APRIL 14, 2022

Creativity and the quality of your ideas will help your agency attract the right prospects, but at the end of the day, how you manage your client relationships will determine the success of your business. A customer relationship management (CRM) system is an essential part of your business as it gives you a single tool to manage clients while centralizing your communication across channels.

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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.

The Center for Sales Strategy

APRIL 13, 2022

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 13, 2022

New Year's eve isn't the only time you can set resolutions for yourself or your business. When you're noticing a slump in performance, a lack of motivation, or an opportunity to grow in your career, try putting some business resolutions in place to get back on track. In this post, we give you 10 of the most revitalizing business resolutions to work toward this year. 1.

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Zendesk

APRIL 11, 2022

Starting a business can feel a lot like gambling. There’s a significant financial buy-in up top, and you need to take risks if you want to make money. But when you’re down on your luck in gambling or business, the short-term goal may simply be to break even. Break-even points exist across a variety of financial situations. Homeowners, investors, and stockbrokers all understand the line where financial investment meets financial return.

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Brooks Group

APRIL 14, 2022

The Brooks Group was recognized by Investopedia as having the best virtual sales training in the country. So it may come as a surprise to learn that we actually recommend live training, at this moment in time. Yes, we spent years developing a best in class virtual training, were first in the industry to bring in producer roles, have mastered the art of breakout rooms and upped the interactivity for our virtual trainings – but our client’s just love the live classroom. .

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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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The Center for Sales Strategy

APRIL 12, 2022

A new sales structure can help improve productivity. Sometimes it becomes necessary to go back to the drawing board. Remind yourself what your original goals were for your team. What objectives did you have that still have not been accomplished or that are no longer being accomplished the way they used to be? How can you fix problems and begin reaping the rewards you once had?

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EcSell Institute

APRIL 12, 2022

Why psychological safety is so crucial to student-athlete success.

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Kainexus

APRIL 14, 2022

We get the chance to chat with managers and leaders who are faced with a wide variety of business challenges. One of the most common is the struggle to make meaningful change that lasts rather than quick fixes that don’t stand the test of time. From the process operator’s point of view, things are changed frequently but rarely improved. This post is all about how to change that by adding structure, using supporting tools, and applying a few tips that have served our customers well.

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Revenue Storm

APRIL 12, 2022

If you are not in a new sales role, you can benefit from this article too! In my many years of engaging global sales teams, I am now seeing the most fluid market of sales talent I have ever seen. Great sellers are being attracted elsewhere with promises of more opportunity, compensation, and impact of their success. Others are moving to new roles in their own company for much of the same reason.

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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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Force Management

APRIL 13, 2022

There’s not a sales leader out there who isn’t trying to accelerate growth. Even if you are working at a company that is driving record numbers, you're likely focused on ensuring you can scale that growth and avoid stalls. How do successful leaders ensure that they are able to maintain their company's growth rate over time?

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SBI Growth

APRIL 13, 2022

Pipeline Management is a critical exercise with which many organizations struggle. But those high-growth companies with consistent and disciplined pipeline management outperform their competition by 1.5x. As CEOs evolve into commercial visionaries, executive teams are regularly reviewing out-of-quarter pipeline; involving their counterparts in Marketing, Product, Business Development, and Pricing to proactively get a foothold on weak areas and holistically solve for potential challenges.

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Kainexus

APRIL 14, 2022

Continuous improvement work cannot exist in a vacuum. In order for the fire of change to burn hot and bright, it needs a fuel source. The CI Leader who spends all day behind a desk reading reports, creating A3s, and sorting through employee-submitted improvement ideas will find themselves running on fumes in the blink of an eye. We don’t run our cars without gas in the tank, so why do we try to run our continuous improvement work that way?

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Groove HQ

APRIL 11, 2022

If you’re serious about building a thriving ecommerce business, you’ll have to dedicate time and attention to customer service. The post Why Customer Service is Important: 10 Reasons to Prioritize It appeared first on Groove Blog.

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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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Sales Readiness Group

APRIL 12, 2022

Asking great questions is foundational to consultative selling, but for many sales reps, this is easier said than done.

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Sandler Training

APRIL 13, 2022

Here are six ideas that we share with sales leaders, each of which is built on the foundation of personal SMART goals. The post The “SMART” Way to Scale Your Sales Team appeared first on Sandler Training.

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ReviewTrackers

APRIL 14, 2022

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Groove HQ

APRIL 13, 2022

If you’re reading this article, you’re probably wondering which help desk software is right for you. We’re providing a criteria for choosing help desk software, as well as 7 of our top picks. The post 2022’s Best Help Desk Software: How to Choose + Many Options appeared first on Groove Blog.

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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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OnStrategyHQ

APRIL 15, 2022

We get it. Doing a SWOT analysis over and over every year can be a drain on your planning team. But, as you review your strategic plan and provide a refresh, it’s important to assess your current state, what’s working, what isn’t, and where there are opportunities to improve. So, we’ve created the Modified SWOT Analysis as an exercise to review and refresh your plan without completely redoing your SWOT every year.

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Zendesk

APRIL 15, 2022

Sales teams love numbers. Given the many ways to measure success—KPIs, ROI, quotas, sales pipeline velocity, and churn—it’s easy to get overwhelmed by raw information. And that’s not even considering outside data and statistics that inform trends across the entire industry. With the avalanche of internal and external sales statistics out there, it can be difficult to know which ones are most relevant to your sales strategy.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 14, 2022

Managing a sales team requires many complex skills. One of the most commonly encountered situations is related to document tracking. Picture this: you send a document to one of your colleagues which essentially informs them they have to come to a meeting. Your colleague does not attend the meeting and your superior calls both of you in. Who is at fault?

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Groove HQ

APRIL 11, 2022

In so many ways, it’s never been a better time to be in ecommerce. This is the era of the online store. Here's a guide to help you market better! The post 2022’s Best Ecommerce Marketing Strategies appeared first on Groove Blog.

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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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