Partners in Excellence

APRIL 23, 2021

Imagine making the claim, “Selling cars is the same, regardless of the vehicle, they are all cars.” ” In the audience you have people selling Honda’s, Toyota’s, Nissan’s, Renault’s, Kia’s, Ford’s, Chevrolet’s, Jeep’s. Imagine talking to a bunch of car sales people.

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Heinz Marketing

MARCH 16, 2022

If you would like to start using AI in your strategy, to get better predictions about your prospect’s actions, you’ve landed at the right spot. What is AI and how does it help in B2B Marketing? AI makes predictions of future outcomes based on historical data. This helps customers find quickly what they are looking for.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 17, 2022

They express pride in how many calls they make, how many dials, how many emails, how much social selling engagement, how they are leveraging the tools. I read a post from some “expert” talking about the long hours of work, declaring he starts his day at 3 am! ( They get the most work done, in the least amount of time.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

No one knows what it’s like to work in sales better than those in the trenches of the day-to-day — salespeople trying to hit their numbers while battling the ups and downs of the job. If you’re thinking about a career in sales, you probably want to hear the cold, hard truths about sales and what it entails.

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Veloxy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Fortunately for you and me, I’ve invited a cold email expert to complement this blog post who has sent over 2.5 Here’s what Kyle tells his clients about cold emails: “ Marketing should only offer advice on length, content, layout. What’s your favorite Thanksgiving dish? million cold emails.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 16, 2022

I’ve been fascinated to read about the experiments people are doing with CHATGPT. I’ve pasted images of my chats at the end of this post–sometimes CHATGPT is quite chatty… I decided to start with “easy” questions like, “What is the future of selling? What do you think?

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PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

If you’re unsure about whether or how to create sales training, here are our top benefits of implementing either in-person or online sales training: 1. It can also offer insight into automating sales processes to free up more of your team’s time. What type of training is required for a sales manager? Start a free trial 3.

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Beeketing

MAY 11, 2021

In 2021, the conversion rate on your website will be the most important factor to consider when running a business. In this post, we’re going to talk about an effective and proven method that you can use for building a converting business strategy in 2021. What Is an Effective Business Strategy?

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

I read an article about how to be a successful sales manager. One of the pieces of “insight” was to manage and coach by results versus micromanaging or counting activities. The author got 85% there—but missed the most important 15%. Let’s dissect it. Then there’s the problem of time to new results.

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Search Engine Land

MARCH 3, 2023

If all this is true, what should we do to research keywords effectively? Question 2: What problems do your buyers need to solve? Discovering how your customers talk about your product or service will inevitably take you to the problems they must solve. Question 3: What’s the search volume? The challenge?

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Continuing my series of posts on the things we thought we understood about selling but really don’t, I’m tackling the selling process. I can already hear the groans and suspect many of you are about to click, moving onto something else. Why are you calling it a “selling process?”

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A Sales Guy

AUGUST 21, 2017

If I had the ability to fix corporate sales training and in particular new employee sales training, I would (for the record, I’m not talking about 3rd party sales training, I’m referring to the corporate training companies give to their new sales hires and salespeople). What their KPI’s or success measures are.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Jason has written about the cheat codes for hiring VPs of Sales since 2012 and realized it was worth a deeper dive. Read the Ultimate Guide to Hiring a Great VP of Sales ebook or What Makes a Great VP of Sales and How to Hire One blog post. While this topic isn’t new, you want to avoid getting this hire wrong.

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Hubspot

MAY 19, 2020

There’s no doubt that Account-Based Marketing (ABM) is hot right now. Because companies get stuck. Picking the wrong targets will make it hard for sales and marketing to align and will lead to poor financial results. What’s not to like? How to Choose Target Accounts for Account-Based Marketing. Identify your goals.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 22, 2020

When these two teams collaborate, you'll be rewarded with magical insights, learnings, and results that neither team could get on its own. These channels aren't meant to be siloed, and getting them aligned is one of the most underrated ways to improve your overall digital marketing performance. Avoid paid keyword traps.

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 7, 2022

In this article, we’ll explain what sales prospecting is and why it’s important. What is sales prospecting? What are the different sales prospecting methods? The most common is outbound prospecting, which is also known as “cold outreach” because you’re reaching out to people who have no prior relationship with your company.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 5, 2019

Additionally, cold emails are often part of account-based marketing strategies. Still, it’s easy to get cold emails wrong. Compared to other outbound communications, cold emails have three potential advantages, especially when compared to cold calls: Cold emails reach users where they spend the most time —their inbox.

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Heinz Marketing

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Pacific on LinkedIn (also on demand) you can find the transcription and recording here on the blog every Monday morning. We get a lot of pitches for different ideas, people that want to be on the show, different topics. But I liked the output of what you guys came up with. How did that get started?

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ConversionXL

JULY 21, 2022

Get them wrong, and you risk damaging brand perception and trust. What is omnichannel marketing? It makes it easy for people to get the necessary information and help. Omnichannel marketing vs. multichannel marketing: What’s the difference? Get into the mind of your customer.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 15, 2021

In this blog, we will be focusing on common demand generation mistakes and how different types of interactive content can help. According to our research , marketers admit that they expect to waste 26% of their marketing budget on the wrong channels or strategies. Scoring your leads can help you focus on the leads that matter most.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 27, 2019

“How do we get our customers to do what we want them to do?” ” Digital marketers get asked this question all the time. But it’s the wrong question. What businesses should really ask is, “How do I help my customers achieve their goals on my website while still achieving mine?”

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ConversionXL

MAY 19, 2020

Or maybe it’s your keyword well that’s reaching its limits, leaving you with plenty of ideas, but no clear path forward about how to prioritize them or the distribution channels for which they’re best suited. By now, you’re probably sick of reading about tying content ideation and execution to the stages of the classic sales funnel.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Do you feel like your selling job is becoming harder and harder over time? Machine learning and artificial intelligence can handle them: analyze tons of data and make strategic predictions, cover multiple communication channels, provide valuable advice, and automate most of your routine tasks. Try now What is AI in sales?

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ConversionXL

APRIL 25, 2019

To maximize your conversions, you have to get the user flow right on your site. The wrong way to go about designing your site. You need to decide what your new website will be like. Two most common ways people approach it: Scenario A. Both of these are the wrong way to design a site. ” Scenario B.

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A Sales Guy

DECEMBER 15, 2016

ABM, Account Based Marketing, we’ve all heard about it. (If If you haven’t go here and get caught up, quickly). ABM is a legitimate element of a 21st Century selling organization. I prefer to get down to the real deal. I’m sick and tired of every blog post, podcast or talk that declares “ABM isn’t new!”

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ConversionXL

MARCH 28, 2017

“Surveys are the most dangerous research tool,” says Erika Hall , author of Just Enough Research. “If If you write bad survey questions, you get bad data at scale with no chance of recovery.”. With people’s attention spans getting shorter, there is growing pressure to make surveys lean. What problem does it solve for you?

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PandaDoc

JUNE 23, 2021

So now let’s get down to the nitty-gritty and start by explaining what “ ICP ” means. These profiles are based on cold hard facts: general information, statistical data, and firmographic intel. ICP: Understanding your ideal customers. “ ICP ” stands for “ Ideal Customer Profile ”. Developing ICPs. Understanding buyer personas.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 5, 2023

There’s a simple reason behind automating sales processes — less time spent on low-value-added activities results in more time spent on actual selling. What is sales process automation? What is the main purpose of sales automation? Sales process automation doesn’t only concern your sales team.

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Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2021

Pacific on LinkedIn (also on demand) you can find the transcription and recording here on the blog every Monday morning. Listen in now for great insights and/or read the full transcript below or watch the video here. But we want to get right into it with our guests today. So I started getting into a lot of leadership issues.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

This template is pre-filled with the sections you’ll find on most sales training plans. Complacency can kill in a sales job, so encourage salespeople to listen to sales podcasts and subscribe to newsletters from the best sales blogs , regardless of where they are in their career. Get certified. Host success (and failure) panels.

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PandaDoc

MAY 26, 2022

What is a sales strategy? This is very different from a marketing strategy, which is often about branding and messaging. What you need to write an effective sales strategy. But in order to write an effective sales plan, you’ll first have to know a few things about your business, your operational goals, and your target market.

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Salesmate

JULY 28, 2020

Unbreakable Laws of Selling. Jeffrey Gitomer, a renowned sales trainer has shared some of his unbreakable selling laws in this book. You will experience less friction, require less energy, and get better sales results faster. Unbreakable Laws of Selling. Get this sales book on Amazon . Author: Jeffrey Gitomer .

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Learn how to identify what your customers want from your brand, how to build momentum with content, and then explore some brands that excel at brand marketing. For most of 2021, CXL didn’t have a marketing team. Your brand is your strongest, most sustainable long-term asset. Understanding what your customers crave.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Courses or certifications can specialize in sales skills such as sales presentations, sales methodology, social selling, or sales coaching. In this blog by Michael Pici, a vice president of business operations at HubSpot, he recommends roleplay exercises include: Dealing with extreme situations. Implement roleplay.

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Heinz Marketing

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Pacific on LinkedIn (also on demand) you can find the transcription and recording here on the blog every Monday morning. This week’s show is called “ A New Go To Market Framework to Get You MOVE-ing “ My guest is Sangram Vajre , Author, Co-Founder & Chief Evangelist at Terminus. The bait and switch.

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A Sales Guy

MARCH 14, 2017

If you’re a sales person and you give a s**t about your clients, your personal development, your career, and your company, then I have a message for you. S**t, there are even apps that tell you when to call a prospect and what to talk about. Selling has been turned on its head by technology. New Rules of Selling.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 17, 2015

He was ranting about a blog post another friend had written. Friend A said, “This is naïve, simplistic, completely off base for most B2B sales! Now he’s CEO of one of the most exciting early stage companies I’ve encountered. But let me go into a bit of a back story before I go on.

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