Anthony Cole Training
MAY 13, 2021
Business planning as a sales professional has several components. But, there isn’t a component that is more important than using your calendar to plan for your “green” activity.
Partners in Excellence
MAY 10, 2021
The other day, I was speaking with a colleague about the state of sales/selling. We started talking about the irony of change, how our jobs are all about change–yet we, somehow, seem the most resistant to changing how we sell. Sales/selling has little to do with what we sell. It is strictly about change, helping our customers/prospects recognize the need to change, helping them in that change process.
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Sandler Training
MAY 11, 2021
Mike Montague interviews Ryan Bennett on How to Succeed at Creating an Intentional Day. The post How to Succeed at Creating an Intentional Day [PODCAST] appeared first on Sandler Training.
SaaStr
MAY 12, 2021
Until founders have real help on the ops side, I usually see everyone get wrong the calculation of how many reps they’ll need. And it’s almost always more than first-time founders think. You can back into it: First, figure out how much revenue you need to close in the next twelve months. Because that’s a lot more than now. And you have to hire ahead (of course).
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Learn how to optimize email deliverability and drive greater email ROI. What lands your email in the customer’s inbox? Understanding those factors, otherwise known as email deliverability, is critical to getting the most return on your campaign investments. But the “rules” around which factors land you in the spam folder aren’t always easy to keep up with.
Heinz Marketing
MAY 12, 2021
By Payal Parikh , Director of Client Engagement at Heinz Marketing. Numerous studies have shown that sales and marketing alignment leads to increased revenue, improved campaign performance, better win rates, and improved customer retention. In fact, according to a study by Aberdeen , when sales and marketing teams are aligned, they generate 32% more revenue, retain 36% more customers, and see 38% higher win rates than teams with little to no alignment.
Xant
MAY 10, 2021
Reps want to spend time selling and closing. To do that, they need a continuous pool of contacts. And not only that, but they need the right contacts. A tool like PeopleFinder gives them the ability to do just that. No more guessing, just connecting with the right people. THE PROBLEM: Sales reps spend on average 35.2% (or ?) of their time selling. That’s only 14-hours in a 40-hour workweek.
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SaaStr
MAY 11, 2021
Q: What are your top tips for making life easier as an early-stage SaaS CEO? For a start-up CEO, here’s my list, force-ranked: 1. Spend more of your time recruiting VPs and your senior team — and help in general. At least — 20% of your tim e. More on that here. Your life will be much, much, much simpler once you have a great VP for every core functional area.
Heinz Marketing
MAY 8, 2021
In addition to our Sunday App of the Week feature, we also summarize some of our favorite B2B sales & marketing posts from around the web each week. We’ll miss a ton of great stuff, so if you found something you think is worth sharing please add it to the comments below. How to A/B Test Your Pricing (And Why It Might Be a Bad Idea). Choosing the right pricing for your product is a little bit like Goldilocks.
Xant
MAY 11, 2021
SILICON SLOPES, Utah, May 11, 2021 / PRNewswire / — XANT, the enterprise leader in Guided Sales Engagement, announces the release of PeopleFinder, a Playbooks feature that identifies buyer behaviors and recommends additional ideal contacts for reps to engage so they can stop guessing and focus on selling. As part of the Playbooks Buyer Intelligence suite, PeopleFinder identifies individuals who may be part of the buying group, contacts that hold similar positions or were involved in simila
Sales Hacker
MAY 13, 2021
Lead scoring is a key strategy for any business that wants to efficiently handle leads at scale. There comes a point when your focus shifts from getting enough leads to figuring out what to do with them. If you spend too much time on the wrong leads, you’ll push the wrong ones through your sales funnel and miss out on more valuable potential customers.
Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive
Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an
SaaStr
MAY 13, 2021
While age ultimately doesn’t matter — results do — in SaaS, starting off as younger-than-average can create stress in a sales- and customer-driven environment. But Aaron Levie started Box at 19, Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates dropped out at 19-ish, you know all this. So some hacks: Start with SMBs. It’s easier to get taken seriously, not just as a CEO, but also as a company, with smaller businesses.
Capterra Sales & Marketing Software
MAY 10, 2021
The post 8 Best Free Digital Signage Software Tools appeared first on Capterra. Jump to: Intuiface. NoviSign. Play Digital Signage. Raydiant. Rise Vision. ScreenScape. TelemetryTV. XOGO. Regardless of the industry of operation—be it healthcare, education, or hospitality—your business should aim to have strong audience engagement. And the golden rule of audience engagement is effective communication.
Xant
MAY 13, 2021
In 2020, 52.8% of sales reps that operated as outside sales reps went from working in the Delta lounge to working in their home offices. Sales teams navigated unexpected changes to their processes and motions and are still learning how to adapt today. As organizations solidify their plans for the new buying landscape, sales leaders are adapting to the new normal.
Sales Hacker
MAY 11, 2021
RevOps isn’t just buzzworthy, it’s a movement. Sit down with Harish Mohan, Outreach’s SVP of Revenue Excellence and Operations to: — Get past the buzz and dig into what RevOps can do for your org. — Start taking action on building the team that will break down silos. — Deliver better experiences for your buyers and a better working environment for your teams.
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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
SaaStr
MAY 11, 2021
I’m not sure I’m a great giver of golden advice, but here’s my list of the best golden advice I’ve been given: Manage People — In General, and Earlier. The earlier in your career you can learn how to manage people, the faster you can excel in learning to scale. Managing people isn’t always fun. But embrace it if you want to be a CEO, a founder, and/or be a part of something bigger.
Engage Selling
MAY 14, 2021
It occurs in just about every business and it’s happening a lot now: the dreaded call from a buyer who says they need to renegotiate the terms of an agreement you have with them. Usually, it comes down to a … Read More » The post They Want to Renegotiate…Now What? (Part 1 of 3) first appeared on The Sales Leader.
SalesPop
MAY 12, 2021
What’s the core of sales automation? To automate, streamline and track daily routine sales activities. Yet, an excellent sales automation system is much more than just facilitating sales reps. Sales automation has grown to be an essential part of many organizations’ marketing mix. Apart from taking care of mundane tasks like call scheduling, meetings, identifying prospects, or creating emails, sales automation is helping in: Offering value to the customers.
Beeketing
MAY 11, 2021
In 2021, the conversion rate on your website will be the most important factor to consider when running a business. This is why it’s so important to focus on conversion rates from the very beginning of your business strategy. 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.
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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.
SaaStr
MAY 14, 2021
No matter how well you are doing post-Initial Traction in SaaS … you can almost always do at least 10-15% better. Pretty much almost always. Because there’s almost always more you can optimize, if nothing else. I’m not saying it’s easy. It’s hard to get that last bit of growth out of the engine. But it almost always can be done if you force yourself to work even that much smarter and harder.
Sell Or Die
MAY 10, 2021
In episode 549 The Sell or Die Podcast, we’re talking about how to recover from mistakes in business. No matter how hard you work or how careful you are, it’s inevitable: things will go wrong. It’s not about avoiding mistakes; it’s about what to do when they happen. In the episode, we’ll show you what you can do when things go wrong in business AND still create a relationship with the customer that sets up the potential for the next sale.
David Meerman Scott
MAY 12, 2021
My friend Colin Warwick emailed recently to share his excitement about a wine: “This wine bottle has a peel off token that invites you to become a fan. Peel it off. Stick it in your wallet. Buy it next time you revisit the store.”.
Membrain
MAY 12, 2021
Curiosity isn’t something we talk a lot about in sales. We use words like “discovery,” and “probing questions,” and “active listening” to describe skill sets that salespeople should master. But what if these skill sets were less important than the mindset behind them? And what if the critical mindset is curiosity?
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SaaStr
MAY 8, 2021
Bigger customers usually leave simply because your product doesn’t do enough. An annual contract gives you 365 days or so to fix that. — Jason BeKind Lemkin (@jasonlk) September 4, 2020. I’ve long been a vocal proponent of annual contracts. I felt like when I was a SaaS CEO and had to go profitable, they helped saved my rear. Close say a $125k contract, even after a healthy sales commission, that’s $100k+ in the bank right now!
ConversionXL
MAY 13, 2021
After writing and editing nearly 100 blog posts for CXL, this week is my last week as content lead. The previous year has been one of the most rewarding and challenging periods of my career, and I’ve learned so much along the way. Here are five lessons I learned from running the CXL blog that not only apply to becoming a better marketer, but also a top-performer in all areas of your life. 1.
Partners in Excellence
MAY 10, 2021
Why do we sell? Why do we choose a job that requires us to sell? Is it because of the money? Is it because it was the easiest job we could get graduating from college? As some might claims, is it because we couldn’t find anything better? Recently, I had the opportunity to reflect on this for myself. In college, I was focused on theoretical physics.
Hubspot
MAY 11, 2021
Ah, Clubhouse versus podcasts — an age-old debate. Just kidding. But, while both of these audio tools are relatively new to the business world (in fact, Clubhouse is less than two years old ), they've both attracted large, engaged audiences. And, even though each audio tool is vastly different, they serve similar purposes. Hear me out: Podcasts, at their core, are meant to inspire and provoke interesting conversations around a variety of topics, including crime shows, celebrity interviews, healt
Speaker: Joe Heather, Deliverect GM (UK&I) & Noah Hayes, Deliverect GM (US&CA)
Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and Quick Commerce (Q-commerce) are two vibrant sectors that have undergone significant transformations with the advancements in digital technology. With growing internet penetration and the proliferation of smartphones, consumers' purchasing habits have unsurprisingly evolved. They now demand quick, convenient, and seamless shopping experiences, which both FMCG and Q-commerce sectors strive to provide.
SaaStr
MAY 9, 2021
The toughest hire of all is probably your VP of Sales. What trade-offs should you make? What are the right interview questions? When is too early to make the hire? When do you know that you’ve made a mis-hire? How far can you stretch to make the hire? What’s fair to expect from a VP of Sales, and what isn’t? We’ve pulled together the top SaaStr content over the years on how to make this critical hire.
Membrain
MAY 9, 2021
One of the most unhelpful “rules of thumb” in B2B selling is the long standing and widely quoted myth that the benchmark standard when it comes to sales pipeline management is 3x quota coverage.
Partners in Excellence
MAY 11, 2021
Such a simple question, but too often, we don’t really understand the answer to this question because we focus on what we are selling. Too often, we fail to understand why customers are buying. Often, it’s because we are getting involved very late in the customer buying process, they have made some decisions, conducted research, and are seeking answers to their questions.
Force Management
MAY 13, 2021
Quarterly Business Reviews are a common practice for B2B sales companies. They’re meant to provide value for the customer and also provide an opportunity for the sales team to discover ways to help customers be successful, but all too often they miss the mark. Most executives have been through countless lackluster or for lack of a better term, bad QBRs.
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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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