Hubspot Sales

APRIL 6, 2018

Sales Tips. Generate more leads by keeping track of less-obvious trigger events: Shifts in hiring, leadership change, etc. Make sure you’re accommodating your prospect’s agenda as well as yours. For every two benefits you give the prospect, ask a question confirming you’re on the right track. Listen to an energizing song before you make calls. You can close deals faster by sending your prospects three versions of the contract rather than two.

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Engage Selling

APRIL 6, 2018

??????????How many of you have been asked to do less work than you did last year? No one has ever been asked that. Even my clients in shrinking markets are asked to do more sales.

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Drift

APRIL 5, 2018

What do you think of when you hear people talk about artificial intelligence — robot overlords? The singularity? Or maybe… bots that take human jobs? While we probably don’t need to worry about the first two just yet, the third seems plausible. After all, we’ve already seen intelligent bots do things like book meetings with sales reps, and answer basic questions from website visitors.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 31, 2018

The diagnostic data summarized in the attached report is from 15 financial service firms who are in various stages of working with SBI. Each financial services company recently assessed their company’s revenue growth capabilities with a Revenue Growth Diagnostic. These.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 6, 2018

As a writer for the HubSpot Sales Blog, I'm always crafting new email templates. And my favorite source of inspiration is in HubSpot Sales -- I'll open up "Templates" and browse the real emails HubSpot salespeople are sending their prospects. Not only can I see average open rate for individual templates, I can also gauge their performance by response rate and click rate (i.e., how many recipients clicked on the links within the template).

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The Center for Sales Strategy

APRIL 3, 2018

Social selling is a powerful part of the approach in our now transparent sales landscape. I feel every salesperson should embrace LinkedIn, Twitter, and even Facebook, as they plan to approach and attempt to engage with new business prospects.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 4, 2018

If you are a sales leader looking to get ahead of the competition, enhancing your personas with pricing metrics could be your secret weapon. According to a recent study, about 1% of B2B SaaS companies can describe their buyer personas.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 3, 2018

Business professionals are busy people, and the last thing they want is an email from someone who needs a favor. Messages like these can be a distraction and burden. That’s why when I network and send outreach emails, I am careful to always ask for advice and not a favor or handout. In fact, as I wrote my new book, Wait, How Do I Write This Email? , a collection of 100+ templates for networking, job search, and LinkedIn, I used this tactic multiple times.

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Engage Selling

APRIL 5, 2018

Millennials in the professional world have been a hot topic for the past few years.

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MTD Sales Training

APRIL 4, 2018

I met a salesperson on one of our programmes who was really upset that his company had raised his product’s prices by over 3%, and hadn’t given him an explanation as to why. It was simply called ‘an inflationary mark-up’, even though inflation is actually running lower than that figure. His frustration about the situation made me feel sorry for him, as he couldn’t affect the decision.

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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.

SBI Growth

APRIL 6, 2018

Is your marketing organization set-up to win this year and next year? Are your people aligned around the right set of tasks and activities?

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 2, 2018

Things to Say On the Phone. “I wanted to follow up on the proposal.”. "Do you have any questions about the contract?". "Have you had time to read through the proposal?". “I just wanted to introduce myself.". “Thanks for the introduction, [coworker]. I’m looking forward to working with you [prospect].". “Great to meet you [prospect]! Let me know if you have any questions.”.

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Planview

APRIL 4, 2018

With over 120,000 employees and billions of dollars in revenue, Johnson & Johnson is one of the top consumer packaged goods companies on the planet. How, though, does a company of this size approach innovation? Especially in an industry that’s seeing new ecommerce startups popup that challenge traditional business models, and Amazon leveraging its distribution prowess for private label brands.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

APRIL 2, 2018

More people than ever before are working from home. According to a Gallup survey, 43% of employees said they spent time working remotely in 2016. That number is up 4% since 2012.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 2, 2018

Sales Operations has a lot to do. But they also have a lot they shouldn’t be doing. A Sales Ops Charter helps the organization know what they can ask for from Sales Ops. It’s like hanging a sign on your.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 4, 2018

What is Channel Conflict? Channel partners can be mutually beneficial. By partnering with other vendors, your business can offer a stronger product/service and a better customer experience. But, sometimes, channel partnerships are disrupted by other dealers who sell their product direct to consumer. This is when channel conflict arises, and this article tells you just what to do about it.

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Planview

APRIL 4, 2018

We recently published an article that introduced the shift from idea management to full lifecycle idea management. The main premise of the article was to shed a light on an important aspect of ideation and innovation programs: impact. In other words, it’s not enough to just come up with great ideas – that’s not the hardest part. What’s more important is what you do with these ideas and the impact they have on your business.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

APRIL 5, 2018

This article was originally published on Sales & Marketing Management. Sales leaders are responsible for more than closing deals. Teams depend on them to see the big picture, measure current strategies, and evaluate new opportunities. Sales diagnostics help leaders see their operations from all sides so they can identify bottlenecks and keep revenue climbing.

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Sales Readiness Group

APRIL 4, 2018

Ask any sales leader if their team is doing enough prospecting, and they’ll invariably say “No.” Ask sales reps if they should be doing more prospecting, and they’ll grudgingly agree that more prospecting would be better. The benefits of sales prospecting are apparent; more prospecting equals more sales opportunities. So why aren’t sales teams doing enough prospecting?

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 5, 2018

Motivational Quotes of the Day. "People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing -- that's why we recommend it daily." -- Zig Ziglar. "Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success." -- Dale Carnegie. " If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. " --Napoleon Hill. " Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. " --Steve Jobs. “ I didn’t get there by wishing for it or

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Service Excellence Partners

APRIL 4, 2018

Net Promoter Score® (NPS®) surveys are often used after customer support transactions. But the question is contextually confusing and the practice yields biased results. NPS® may work fine as a relationship-tracking metric, but when it comes to how the brain evaluates short-term episodes, it’s better to use a different type of survey. Companies often send NPS® surveys to customers after they contact technical support.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

APRIL 4, 2018

You have a salesperson with loads of talent, and they have always been successful. Suddenly, they are underperforming, missing goals, and really off their game. Or, perhaps you have a new hire with a lot of talents. You are expecting a sales rock star, but they just aren’t doing well. What’s going on?! The answer may be hiding in past setbacks, and it takes sales management skill to help them start performing to their potential.

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Point N Time

APRIL 4, 2018

Point N Time Software, a Salesforce ISV partner and leader in key account management in the Salesforce.com ecosystem and Leading Edge Coaching, B2B sales growth. The post Strategic Partnership For Managing Complex Key Accounts appeared first on Point N Time.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 4, 2018

Projecting Insecurities in Sales. Writing Too Much. Apologizing. Using Too Many Emojis. Using Exclamation Marks. Going Too Far with Flattery. Using Wishy-Washy Words. Writing in Caps. Sending Emails Over the Weekend. Following Up Too Quickly. Insecurity is poison to a sales relationship. If your prospect picks up on any anxiety or self-doubt, they’ll lose respect for you -- and more importantly, they won’t believe your recommendations are valuable.

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SBI

APRIL 4, 2018

In this series, we ask Sales Tech Executives to describe how their solution can change a sales organization in a significant way. We call it Sales Tech Game Changers. This week I interview Garry Mansfield , Founder of Outside In Sales & Marketing. Nancy: What are the top 3 ways your solution changes the game for a sales organization? Garry: Selling tools from Outside In help B2B sales teams to increase competitive advantage.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

APRIL 6, 2018

We hope you've had a great week! It's Friday, and today we're sharing what we've been reading online this week! Here are our "best" from around the web.

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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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Jeffrey Gitomer

APRIL 3, 2018

Customer service are two of the most maligned words in our language. So often as customers we are disappointed in the service we receive (or the attitude attached to the service) that we go elsewhere. Amazing.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 5, 2018

Whether or not you participate, we all know that Black Friday creates a painful sense of urgency in consumers that those of us in the non-retail world battle with constantly. And while thousands urgently indulge in Cyber Monday, we cringe every time a prospect responds with, "Can you get back to me in a month?". It's very likely that your prospect forgets your name by the time you reach out a month later.

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MTD Sales Training

APRIL 5, 2018

Episode 9 – 3 Brain Laws, Automobile University & A Quote From Zig Ziglar. This podcast includes: SThe 3 brain laws & how your buyers think. What is the “Automobile University”. An inspire me quote from Zig Ziglar. The post 3 Brain Laws, Automobile University & A Quote From Zig Ziglar appeared first on MTD Sales Training.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 2, 2018

According to Forbes magazine, being an Event Coordinator is the 5th most stressful job. Event coordinators juggle lots of moving parts like keeping tabs on multiple clients, meeting tight deadlines, and dealing with unforeseen last-minute problems. So when it comes to choosing a venue for their client, this should be the simplest of their tasks. But a lot of that depends on the sales process an Event Sales Manager of the venue provides.

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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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