Mike Kunkle

AUGUST 8, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of business, the role of Chief Revenue Officers (CROs) or senior-most sales leaders (by any title), has never been more critical. When sales, marketing, and customer success operate in isolated bubbles, opportunities for collaboration and synergy are lost. This is a definite growth killer.

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Upland

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Get more sales references without launching a traditional reference program. Even when organizations acknowledge their sales reference processes could be better, it can be an overwhelming problem to confront. Why are targeted sales reference important? A pragmatic approach to sales references. Will it require new hires?

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Mike Kunkle

OCTOBER 8, 2023

This strategic approach goes beyond conventional departmental boundaries, breaks down silos, and encompasses product, marketing, demand generation, sales enablement, and the encompassing realm of customer experience (whether it goes by customer support, customer success, customer service, or a combination of these).

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 30, 2021

Not only do buyers now prefer remote sales interactions, but they're also more than happy to make large purchases online — a trend that has sellers embracing and investing heavily in digital sales and prospecting to keep up. In fact, it can actually provide more qualified information to marketing and sales teams.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

OCTOBER 16, 2023

One of the most important, and often most fun, parts of the sales process is discovery meetings. These are often referred to as “needs analysis meetings,” and their main goal is to uncover the desired business results of the prospect or client. The success of these meetings lies in both the setup and the execution.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Welcome to "The Pipeline" — a weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable advice and insight from real sales leaders. There are a lot of standard qualities most companies look for when recruiting sales professionals. The Anatomy of an Ideal Sales Hire 1. Sales requires focus. Let’s dive in.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 22, 2020

Sales always has been, and always will be, about closing the deal. But, sales professionals cannot rely on cold calls and haphazard prospect visits if they want to meet their sales goals and make it into the top 10%. Sales Productivity Tools. HubSpot Sales Platform. Gamifier makes sales performance fun.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

OCTOBER 2, 2024

It’s a skill that is absolutely necessary to succeed in sales and sales leadership. Sellers who don’t receive coaching and feedback get off track, pursuing the wrong leads, prioritizing the wrong activities, and focusing on the wrong goals. Successful leaders coach.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 26, 2024

I remember it like it was yesterday — I was just starting out in SaaS sales, and I had identified a promising account I wanted to target. Sales requires a lot of skills you can only acquire from experience, but there’s one critical attribute you should start to hone on day one: persistence. How to Use AI for Sales Follow-Ups 1.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 4, 2024

Welcome to “The Pipeline” — a weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable advice and insight from real sales leaders. This week‘s post comes from five winners of HubSpot’s Modern Sales Leader 25 award. 5 Pieces of Advice All Sales Leaders Need to Know in 2024 1. 5 Pieces of Advice All Sales Leaders Need to Know in 2024 1.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 19, 2022

The goal of any sales organization is, ultimately, to increase revenue. Which means the goal of any effective sales leader is to inspire and motivate their sales team to hit, or exceed, their revenue targets. Creating a healthy, effective goal-driven sales environment is vital for long-term success and employee satisfaction.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 9, 2019

Specifically, the managers who lead your sales teams — they oversee the reps who communicate directly with your prospects and customers daily. Think about it this way: If you're a sales manager and you help each of your 10 reps sell 20% more, you've essentially just "created” two new salespeople. Establish Compensation Expectations.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 10, 2019

They believe the more prospects, the better — but pursuing the wrong types of prospects wastes precious time, cash, and sales resources. Honing in on the most valuable accounts and customer stakeholders has helped me accelerate B2B sales at each of these. more than $200 million in annual sales). Prioritize your personas.

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Upland

OCTOBER 17, 2023

And now, savvy sales leaders are using generative AI , too. All you need is the right sales enablement AI tool. Ready to dive into sales enablement AI? What is sales enablement AI? Like other forms of AI, sales enablement AI helps sales teams automate everyday tasks… tasks that take away from the actual selling.

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Upland

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Stakeholder mapping in sales is the process of mapping out key decision makers within the buying group of the account you are looking to do business with. Stakeholder Mapping is Important Because of Buying Groups Selling must be complicated because modern B2B sales are complicated. What are their motivations? Business has evolved.

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Sales Gravy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Delivering A Next-Level Customer Experience In this Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount talks to Clare Dorrian, SugarCRM's CMO, about putting people first, building human connections, and prioritizing the customer experience in a saturated market. In a highly competitive market, differentiation is key.

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Upland

JANUARY 29, 2024

Let’s face it, B2B sales can’t happen without good leads. Winning sales teams know strong leads must be converted into successful sales transactions. If sales productivity isn’t achieved effectively—through high lead conversion rates, efficient sales cycles and low sales costs—overhead goes up, and revenue goes down.

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Account Planning Sales Decision-making Shareholders 195

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Inbound salespeople see the need to personalize the sales experience to the buyer's context. Meanwhile, inbound sales teams recognize they must transform their entire sales strategy so they're serving the buyer. Inbound Sales Methodology. Prioritize buyers that are active in a buying journey. Legacy Salespeople.

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Value Proposition Sales Decision-making Prioritization 119

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In the HubSpot Blog's recent survey of over 500 sales professionals, we tried to see what sales leaders hope to achieve when training reps and the top sales coaching tactics they use to get there — and our survey produced some interesting insight on both fronts. Sales Leaders' Primary Coaching Goals. Let's dive in.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Your IFM's should be the most productive and most important time spent with your sales reps every week. For those unfamiliar with the acronym IFM, it stands for Individual Focus Meeting. Numerous studies support the fact that one-on-one meetings have a large impact on your team’s performance. What is an IFM?

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Prioritization Meetings Sales 118

Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The sales QBR — or Quarterly Business Review — is one of the most straightforward, open forums for a salesperson to demonstrate their critical thinking and strategic planning skills to stand out from their fellow reps. What goes into a successful sales QBR? It's important to distinguish sales QBRs from customer success QBRs.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 9, 2020

Similarly, your business's inside sales team needs the right technology to be as productive and impactful as possible. Not to mention, just because the tools and tech you have in place for your outside sales team work well for their needs, doesn't necessarily mean they'll be an ideal fit for your inside sales reps, too.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Have you ever hung up the phone after a sales call and thought, “Wow, I nailed that!” Provide sales (and/or service) reps with the necessary information and context from previous conversations with a prospect to effectively follow-up and guide their next interaction. Call Recording Software. Call Recording Software. Fireflies.ai.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Luckily, some major companies, like LinkedIn, have discovered a way to improve sales relationships, customer trust, and — ultimately — sales numbers. Recently, HubSpot sat down with Kwesi Graves , Regional Sales Manager at LinkedIn, to learn more about how he centers his team's sales approach completely around the ideal buyer.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

By using HubSpot’s AI chatbot builder, we enabled our prospects to get answers to their questions 24/7/365, regardless of sales rep availability. Why Use AI Sales Closing Techniques With AI backing up our sales department, missed opportunities became a thing of the past — which is critical considering that sales is a numbers game.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 2, 2021

How are sales teams impacted by remote work? Recently, sales teams have been leveraging virtual meeting tools like Zoom to conduct calls and face-to-face meetings to help build relationships with prospects or interact with colleagues. But the question still remains, without an office, what will happen to sales teams?

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 23, 2023

Based on this stat alone, it's no surprise why so many sales teams are folding AI into their workflow — and saving time in the process. How Sales Professionals Are Using Artificial Intelligence 1. In fact, 31% of sales professionals already use AI for this purpose. Let's dive in. Writing prospecting messages.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 28, 2020

How can you prioritize one contact over another? There are going to be sales opportunities worth pursuing to different degrees for different reasons. The sales matrix is a tool you can use to make sense of different opportunities. The sales matrix is a tool you can use to make sense of different opportunities.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 16, 2020

What is sales performance? It’s the measurement of sales activity and corresponding results compared to the sales expectations and quota. Good sales performance is highly valued but it can also be elusive to achieve for many salespeople and organizations. The key to good sales performance is consistency.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 12, 2023

Welcome to "The Pipeline" — a new weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable advice and insight from real sales leaders. Time is a precious resource in sales — the efficacy of your sales process, whether a deal winds up closed-won, and virtually every KPI used to gauge your performance all hinge upon how effectively you spend yours.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Effective sales prospecting is a multistep process that requires systematic prospect discovery, qualification, and outreach. In this post, you’ll learn the 19 best sales prospecting tools to help you engage with your ideal prospects. But first, we’ll dive into the benefits sales prospecting tools have for your organization.

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Artificial Intelligence Sales CRM Decision-making 128

Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 8, 2019

While metrics are important in every aspect of any business, they’re especially critical in sales. Sales leaders can’t use their intuition to guide their decisions — not only are they dealing with a huge amount of information, but the risk of failure is high. Let's take a look at what sales metrics are. Activity Sales Metrics.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 7, 2020

A sales process is like a figure skating routine. And while no adjustments salespeople can make to their sales processes can touch the earth-shattering next-level-ness of that tiger costume, they can certainly take strides to make their professional lives a little easier. Simplifying Your Sales Process.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 12, 2020

And that means to keep up with today’s empowered buyer, the sales process needs to transform too. Whether your sales process relies on inbound leads or targeted outreach, whether you’re a big company or small, whether your sale is complex or simple; inbound sales is relevant. What is inbound sales?

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 10, 2020

What does it really take to be successful in sales? Though one’s idea of success can vary from person to person, there are some core proficiencies top reps and sales organizations have in common. Core Competencies in Sales. At a high level, there are core skills that are a must for a career in sales. Communication Skills.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 5, 2022

You wouldn't try to cook a new meal without a recipe or drive to a new city without a map, and your business shouldn't try to convert leads without a sales process. A B2B sales process is a detailed outline of repeatable steps that guides your sales team. B2B Sales Strategy. B2B Sales Flowchart. Image Source.

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Mike Kunkle

AUGUST 30, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of business, the Sales Enablement profession has reached a pivotal crossroads. To firmly establish the function as required and themselves as integral players in their companies, enablement experts must be equipped to prove their worth by improving sales results and bolstering profitability.

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