Veloxy

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Sales acceleration is a trending strategy due to the growing deployment of B2B engagement, analytics, and content technologies. While sales technology can check a lot of boxes for increasing deal velocity, there are plenty of other sales tactics that can accelerate sales sooner rather than later. Table of Contents.

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Process SQL Objectives and Key Results Contact 162

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 1, 2023

For example, when we look at very large organizations, let’s say 1000 sales people. A small number of top performers on one side doing top performance, a small number of poor performers doing their thing, and the majority falling somewhere in between. And, of course we work with the 4 in the middle.

Consult 62

Consult Gaming Technology Technology 62

Search Engine Land

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Results tank and you might not be exactly sure why. I’ve seen this happen too many times: From falling victim to a hacking incident and having a $100,000 budget blown up even before the workday started. To Google shutting down an account due to a sudden spike in holiday spending, resulting in a $150,000 loss in sales.

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Campaign Promote Start-ups Engineering 116

Sales Hacker

JUNE 17, 2021

When your SDRs are at optimal performance, it drives improvement throughout the sales process. Account executives have a pipeline full of warm leads ready to close, leaders find forecasting easier, and your prospects enjoy interacting with you. Let’s discuss two ways you can make your SDR team more productive: Hiring an SDR manager.

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Quota Promote Appointment Start-ups 94

SaaStr

JUNE 22, 2021

Few things are more 1 + 1 = 3 that when a VPS and a VPM are truly a great team. The other day I saw a VP of Sales flame out and resign with no notice from a SaaS company doing $10m ARR growing quickly. And a VPS convinced he had to do it his way. But it’s more common than you’d think.

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Cross-sell Sales Start-ups Up-sell 122

Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Not a sales figure. “If you pay now, you’ll get results in 6 to 12 months. . “If you pay now, you’ll get results in 6 to 12 months. And if you’ve been in SEO for a while, you’ll have heard this line. ” And this is where things start to fall apart. .

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Click Through Rate Clients Finance Start-ups 117

ClickFunnels

JULY 21, 2021

How do you sell someone something in 90 seconds or less? That’s what an elevator pitch tries to accomplish — by systematizing the elements required for an effective sales pitch, an elevator pitch attempts to catch interest and convert in as little time as possible. And sales is psychological. High-Impact.

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Partners in Excellence

JULY 3, 2020

Proudly, they said they were data driven and bragged about the dashboards they used to manage the business. They asked me to look at the dashboards to provide recommendations about what they might be doing. Dashboards and data are meaningless unless you use them! “How did you see that? We never realized this!

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

We’ve talked a lot on SaaStr about how to hire a Great VP of Sales. And we’ll keep talking about it — so long as 70% of first-time VPs of Sales don’t make it 1 year. I wanted to take a moment to explore the flip-side … a guide to why first-time VPs of Sales that finally get their shot — fail.

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Quota Sales Drivers/motivators Up-sell 138

Search Engine Land

DECEMBER 12, 2023

When you can only spend a few thousand dollars on ads monthly to generate profitable leads, it can feel like your back is against the wall. Pass back information on which leads turned into sales to help Google optimize. Most accounts start and stick with modest budgets. Advice on campaign structure. Conversion tracking best practices.

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Non-Profits Campaign Networking Entertainment 126

Search Engine Land

APRIL 19, 2023

Are you wondering how much you should spend on your Facebook and Instagram ads? Setting your ad budget can mean different things to different people. Sometimes business owners aren’t even sure what percentage of their marketing budget should be allocated to Facebook and Instagram.

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Campaign Up-sell Start-ups Lead generation 100

SaaStr

MARCH 7, 2021

If you take nothing else away from this A+ post, take away this: The CEO only needs to speak for the first 30 minutes. The very first point though resonated most with me: the CEO should only speak for the first 30 minutes. It helps you run your company better. Well, that may be OK, especially if you don’t have a board.

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Presentation Meeting Start-ups Engineering 121

SaaStr

AUGUST 25, 2023

Hundreds of thousands of experts are telling you how to succeed in SaaS. On top of that, founders are full of excuses preventing them from scaling. SaaStr Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin shares the 10 worst pieces of SaaS advice, excuses, and mistakes founders make, and what to do instead. #1 Ask for money when you want advice.”

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GTM Engineering Closing Start-ups 69

SalesLoft

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

So how do you sell to someone who literally is their business? And how do you do that in a cost effective way? You can’t hire a thousand new sellers to call into accounts with low revenue potential, but not calling into them leaves that money on the table. What do SMB buyers want from you?

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E-commerce Click Through Rate B2B Sales 52

SaaStr

JUNE 24, 2022

We’ve recently been posting polls on SaaStr’s LinkedIn account to get a feel for what SaaS companies are doing in the current environment. Your best sales reps can close so much more than your average rep. Move the bottom 10% out and give the best leads to your top performer, and watch sales go up 20%.

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Price Up-sell Start-ups Pipeline 84

Martech

APRIL 21, 2023

Below, we will introduce some of the basic concepts around marketing automation and ways you can get the most out of it. The goal is to put repetitive tasks such as sending emails, posting on social media pages and managing data on autopilot. Thus, marketers must also consider its use across other channels too.

Campaign 111

Campaign B2B Follow-up Pipeline 111

Highspot

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

But what happens when your sales performance has stagnated? A number of factors can affect whether or not your sales team can close deals. Using the tested tips below, you can assess your approach to sales — and ensure your team is set up for success. We’ll be covering: What factors affect sales performance.

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Objectives and Key Results Assembly Line Cross-sell Sales 52

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2020

But if you are a VP of Sales being told to reduce costs, what is the best way to approach these cuts to minimize damage to the company and your team? It’s a tough job, but when the time comes, somebody has to do it. The key when it comes to cuts is to ensure you’re careful about what , who , and how you cut. Start Small.

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Profit margin Non-Profits Commission Healthcare 104

Salesforce

AUGUST 3, 2022

One thing is clear – there is not a singular future of work. There will be a variety of futures available to your organization, and you will need to decide which one makes sense, and how to create it. When determining your business philosophy, ask yourself whether you are stakeholder-oriented or shareholder-oriented.

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Real Estate Retail Manufacturing Contract 98

Gong.io

DECEMBER 10, 2020

We analyze sales conversations and deals using AI, then share the results to help you win more deals. How many DMs do you have? If you’ve been in sales for longer than 30 seconds, you’re probably been told, You have to get to the decision maker! Sales leaders in every one-on-one? You guessed it. .

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Sell Pipeline Up-sell Closing 118

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

But if you’re a product manager dealing with a complicated tech product, knowing its features becomes crucial. Maya Shah-Ceccotti , senior product marketing manager at ScreenCloud, claims that marketers in the B2B space often neglect that end buyers are still humans who are only representing businesses. Start with product features.

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Product E-commerce Strategize B2B 127

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Back to getting on jets, doing real events and field marketing, but also … living primarily distributed start-up lives, on top of Zoom. A few ideas on how to help the sales team make this your best year so far: Hire dedicated sales / revenue ops. But the thing is, that’s a bad use of time. Do the opposite.

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Quota Sales Contract Start-ups 96

Heinz Marketing

MARCH 28, 2022

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m Pacific on LinkedIn (also on demand) you can find the transcription and recording here on the blog every Monday morning. We cover a wide range of topics, with a focus on sales development and inside sales priorities.

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Pipeline Territory Legal Sales 109

Highspot

MARCH 30, 2021

But what happens when your sales performance has stagnated? A number of factors can affect whether or not your sales team can close deals. Using the tested tips below, you can assess your approach to sales – and ensure your team is set up for success. We’ll be covering: What factors affect sales performance.

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Objectives and Key Results Assembly Line Cross-sell Sales 69

Martech

AUGUST 4, 2021

Good morning, Marketers, the agenda for our MarTech conference, held September 14-15, is taking shape. Until then, we’ll stay on top of the big shifts in marketing technology, like the transition to CTV. More details below.). For instance, we’re finding out more about this space from the global video network Vevo. Chris Wood, Editor.

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Cross-sell Networking Technology Technology 106

Heinz Marketing

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Welcome to part II of How to do ABM Without an ABM Tool! Getting an ABM platform is the best way to ensure ABM is successful and sustainable, but if doing so isn’t in option, managing these tools in an intentional, coordinated way is the next best thing. So how exactly do a CRM and a MAP enable ABM at scale?

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CRM Contact Campaign B2C 114

Salesmate

AUGUST 18, 2020

Are you one of them too? The sales podcast offers a wealth of information that can help you level up your sales game. These podcasts can help you in improving your sales approach and conversion rate. All you need to do is invest a little time listening to sales podcasts by various experts.

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Cold Call Sales Pipeline Technique 113

Salesforce

AUGUST 16, 2021

I hope that by sharing, you too will be able to strengthen your bonds. First and foremost, focus on building an inclusive, empathetic culture from the top down. Your team is watching to see how you react. Show them you care. What are the things we should all agree on as a team? How do you do this?

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Customers Contract Meeting Follow-up 98

Closing Bigger

AUGUST 31, 2023

This sales podcast episode is on the fundamentals of sales leadership with focus on behavioural change and coaching. I have taken the transcript from the sales podcast episode and am providing it below with minimal formatting or grammatical changes. You can find that at Salesacademy.ca. It’s constantly evolving.

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Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 22, 2019

Too often, as executives look to improve sales performance, they look to doing something new or different. Any of these can improve sales performance, but the come with their costs. Since these represent major changes, the change management process and time involved in solidifying changes can be very long.

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Salesforce

DECEMBER 19, 2022

If you’re like most executives, you spend a lot of time scrutinizing and justifying the merits of new tech investments — especially during a downturn. But once you make that decision to spend, chances are you don’t spend nearly as much time considering how to ensure it pays off. That is a costly oversight. Deliver success now.

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Drivers/motivators Government Technology Technology 98

ConversionXL

APRIL 14, 2021

Picking up a phone and cold calling (or emailing) is just not as effective as it once was—you need to be smarter both when it comes to which users you’re engaging and what kinds of messages you’re using. This second point is especially interesting: the types of messages you send can have a big effect on your outreach results.

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Prospecting CTR Objectives and Key Results Cold Call 141

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In this episode of the Sales Hacker Podcast, we have Nelson Gilliat , Demand Generation Manager at Brantr Media and Author of Death of the SDR , a book whose controversial central philosophy we discuss. Join us for a visionary conversation about getting rid of the SDR role and doing away with commission — and what should replace them.

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Commission Quota Assembly Line Sales 89

Gong.io

JUNE 25, 2021

Hard-hitting sales stats. ” Our product gives sales leaders data-backed insights into their sales team. And our Gong Labs team pores through stats from millions of sales interactions to uncover actionable sales tips. How do they do it? Sales Stats for Prospecting. Yes, yes, you did.

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SalesBlog!

MARCH 15, 2022

I can tell you I do. My guess is so do you. One of the greatest tools for a manager, business owner, and/or sales professional to use is to sincerely offer compliments. You better believe they can! In receiving we feel uncomfortable as to not show too much pride. Do smile! “A

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Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Clicking mindlessly through an agonizingly slow video presentation or sitting in a hot, stuffy conference room with dozens of other people listening to a presenter drone on about things you already know. Sales training programs are often like that — but they don’t have to be. Why sales training is important.

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Technique Negotiate Pitch Inside sales 92

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

They are very gracious in sharing their research with me—Thank you! I was just reading their newly released 2018-2019 Sales Performance Report. The Performance Levels represent the “bell curve” of sales organizational performance. There are a few striking things in this data that cause me to reflect.

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