Veloxy

AUGUST 11, 2022

As a sales leader, you need more than a Top 50 sales software to improve user adoption of Salesforce. You need proven tactics that improve sales rep morale and their overall productivity. If one person is responsible for getting users to adopt Salesforce, your business shouldn’t expect overly positive results in the short-term.

Contact 189

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 18, 2019

Whatever the problem–a strategy problem, a market problem, a product problem, operational problems, sales/marketing problems, people problems…… We tend to think of ourselves as problem solvers. But as you think about it, it’s actually the height of arrogance and/or vanity.

Teamwork 85

Teamwork Promote Growth Process 85

Salesforce

DECEMBER 12, 2023

But being able to close deals doesn’t automatically make you a good leader. In this article, we’ll run through the top traits needed for successful sales leadership — and how you cultivate them in your company. What you’ll learn: What is sales leadership? Think of it like being a football coach.

Sales 59

Sales Strategize CRM Drivers/motivators 59

Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 7, 2014

During the game, you can run the best offensive and defensive schemes flawlessly, but at the end of the game, the team that wins is the team that put the ball through the orange hoop the most times. You should know EXACTLY what steps lead to the ultimate sale. For more help: Hire Better Sales People Webinar. I understand why.

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Salesforce

OCTOBER 19, 2022

This gap in perception versus reality — what I call the Great Disconnect — is stunning and has real consequences for the health of your company. How is the Great Disconnect affecting your bottom line? Your brain processes it the same way as pain. It stops you from trying new things. For supervisors, it’s 49%. Sign up now.

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Trust Start-ups Growth Follow-up 98

Search Engine Land

APRIL 14, 2023

Relaunching or redesigning a website can make or break your SEO efforts. Here’s how to handle a site redesign without risking your organic traffic, rankings and revenue. Adding/removing content. Yet, all too often, nobody remembers to remove the noindex command before relaunching the website. No redirects in place.

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Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

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. A look into B2B influencers and how to best incorporate them into your business. Check out these thigs you need to know. Thanks for your insight, Kimberly Whitler. Thanks, Michelle Linn.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 11, 2023

Now, imagine a world in which you can offer all interested participants a ride to your latest store opening or conference, and only pay for the ride if they actually attend. Plus, hear his tips on how to motivate your prospects to want to attend, in the first place. Other ways your business can get the most out of vouchers.

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Hospitality Transportation Drivers/motivators Networking 86

Partners in Excellence

APRIL 3, 2019

Too often when I speak to sales managers, they focus on “monitoring” their sales people. Are the sales people hitting their goals on prospecting calls, customer meetings, and so forth? You need more deals in your pipeline! You need to up your prospecting calls hitting our daily call goals!

Pipeline 81

Pipeline CRM Meeting Prospecting 81

Lead Fuze

JULY 7, 2023

This guide will show you how to identify possible buyers, arouse enthusiasm for your offerings, and take them through the buying process. You’ll also learn how to adapt these strategies based on unique business needs with insights from successful case studies such as Audible & Honeybook.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Before we get to a few tips for improving win rate in your company, let's revisit the definition of a win rate, explain how to calculate it, and remind you of a few best practices when it comes to setting goals and criteria for your win rate. How to Calculate Your Sales Win Rate. Use a Sales Win Rate Calculator.

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Objectives and Key Results SQL Sales Prospecting 91

Highspot

MARCH 21, 2023

It wasn’t always smooth sailing – we would constantly run into roadblocks even though everyone was following the same process. You may be looking at the same thing and still be seeing something different. In life, there’s almost nothing you do completely alone. And no matter who you are, you can still make an impact.

Conversion 52

Conversion Networking Follow-up Education 52

Highspot

MARCH 21, 2023

It wasn’t always smooth sailing – we would constantly run into roadblocks even though everyone was following the same process. You may be looking at the same thing and still be seeing something different. In life, there’s almost nothing you do completely alone. And no matter who you are, you can still make an impact.

Conversion 52

Conversion Networking Follow-up Education 52

Martech

APRIL 3, 2023

Did you know that 91% of business buyers and 86% of consumers consider the company’s experience as important as its products and services? Fortunately, conversational marketing can help you create the kind of experience that modern buyers expect. Who is conversational marketing for?

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GTM B2B Conversion Objectives and Key Results 125

Highspot

APRIL 14, 2021

What’s more, COVID-19 has brought new roadblocks with 1 in 3 mothers considering leaving the workforce or downshifting their careers due to the pandemic. We asked four women from across Highspot to share their experiences with challenges old and new, and offer practical tips for claiming your seat at the table with confidence.

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Technique Launch Trust Sales 80

Search Engine Land

JUNE 28, 2023

And it’s your sole responsibility. You need to make a big SEO impact with fewer resources. What do you do? In this article, I’ll share five approaches you can focus on when you’re optimizing massive websites. That said, two key steps will help you create an SEO game plan: Site analysis. Is your content bad?

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Hubspot

MAY 25, 2021

In a survey of global consumers, 58% of people remembered a brand that quickly pivoted and 82% ended up doing more business with that company as a result. But a lightning-fast response only happens if your team can handle abrupt change. You may think this acceleration leads to sloppy deliverables and disappointment.

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Objectives and Key Results Campaign Meeting Follow-up 100

The 5% Institute

MAY 27, 2020

Sales Professionals and Business Owners who use concept selling as a key ingredient within their sales process, generally win more sales then people who focus purely on the product itself. Concept selling gives you the opportunity to dive deeper into what it will mean if they buy – which we’ll touch on in more detail now. But why so?

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Sell Objectives and Key Results Clients Up-sell 98

Highspot

MARCH 21, 2023

It wasn’t always smooth sailing – we would constantly run into roadblocks even though everyone was following the same process. You may be looking at the same thing and still be seeing something different. In life, there’s almost nothing you do completely alone. And no matter who you are, you can still make an impact.

Conversion 40

Conversion Networking Follow-up Education 40

Women Sales Pros

APRIL 19, 2019

Should you focus on AI, technology, enablement or something else? I hope you find value from my take on the four trends that will improve your success in 2019. If you had the data on what that revolving door is costing your company, you’d likely feel a bit sick. It’s not your bad sales process.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 29, 2015

When your visitors land on your page, you want to ensure they can find and complete the form as quickly and painlessly as possible, right? After all, it’s the gate to your conversion funnel, your first interaction with leads. More than a few questions are likely circling around in your head.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 19, 2018

The deal plan should cover whatever your prospect suggests but will generally encompass the remainder of the sales cycle, how to sell the product internally, and the implementation of the product. Why You Should Create a Deal Plan. Not only does a deal plan remove this hesitation to act, it also helps accelerate the deal.

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Closing Legal Contract Prospecting 96

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

We’ve all heard stories about the impact that forms have on conversion rates, like how Expedia made an extra $1 million per year by removing one field on their form or how Marketo received 34% more leads by experimenting with their form length. Captchas Might Be Costing You Leads. Captchas Might Be Costing You Leads.

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Drivers/motivators User Experience Conversion Contact 120

Lead Fuze

AUGUST 22, 2021

You have no idea what your company is going to be making this time next year. Or, you have an idea of next year, but what about 2025? You may be growing, but it’s not something you have much control over. That said, it’s no way to monitor your sales—and it is certainly no way to improve them.

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Pipeline Sales Quota Clients 98

Partners in Excellence

AUGUST 7, 2015

The corollary, is if your sales people aren’t doing deals, then they aren’t doing their jobs.). Our job is no longer to get things done through our customers, but to get things done through our people. We do this by constantly training, teaching, and improving our people’s capabilities to perform.

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Growth Customers Sales Process 92

Heinz Marketing

JULY 31, 2020

And for B2B marketing and sales teams to emerge as leaders in this increasingly saturated virtual event space—especially against the traditional event planner—they must ensure their ability to truly engage and delight today’s audiences, while also removing friction from their buyers’ journeys. How will your audiences know about your event?

Tradeshows 96

Tradeshows User Experience B2B Promote 96

Gong.io

JUNE 8, 2022

Is an abbreviation enough to save your sales team? If you deal with buyers whose complex, internal politics and buying processes feel like a black box, the MEDDIC sales process gives you a clear path forward. It helps you qualify buyers so the right ones end up in your sales funnel. This one just might be.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2020

You still need to: Create quality content on relevant topics that users search for; Make sure search engines can access it; Establish your site as an authority. You don’t buy results—you earn them by investing in your website. At least 80% of your time should be spent on the site improvements bucket.

CTR 121

CTR A/B testing Click Through Rate Education 121

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

So, what goes into making buying easy for your consumers? The table is already set for you. Consumers want to shop online and they want to buy directly from your brand. All you have to do is provide them with the resources they need, make the process as simple and intuitive as possible, and get out of their way.

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E-commerce Retail Objectives and Key Results Conversion 134

ConversionXL

JULY 21, 2020

You turn up the volume of your marketing efforts to meet quarterly KPIs—sending out more posts, emails, and ads. But instead of increasing leads, you see diminishing returns. Customer-focused content marketing can help you stand out from the din of competitor marketing and connect with audiences. Where do you start?

Customers 92

Customers Campaign Drivers/motivators Start-ups 92

Partners in Excellence

JULY 5, 2016

Unless you are a sales manager with your own territory (which is an untenable position), you don’t produce revenue. Yes, you are measured on revenue and results, but you are not responsible for producing revenue, your people are! Our people are responsible/accountable for producing revenue.

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Sales Territory High impact Meeting 51

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 16, 2017

Perhaps it’s ambition, perhaps it’s ego, but many seem to capture their self worth in statements like, “I have thousands of people working for me…….” This classic hierarchical approach with the implicit idea of the power managers have over subordinates no longer works (if it ever did). It’s our people that do those things!

Sales 51

Sales Up-sell Meeting Start-ups 51

PandaDoc

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Although negotiation can make the suavest salesman scared, you can develop this skill over time. Don’t just run from it; you need to negotiate successfully with your business partners to reach a win-win situation and protect your bottom line. But how do you ensure this process goes smoothly? president John F.

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Contract Negotiate Legal Government 52

Hubspot

MAY 7, 2020

We hope to establish useful benchmarks to measure your business against, and serve as an early indicator of when short- or long-term adjustments may be needed in your strategy. While this post focuses on the highlights of last week, you can explore all the data we're publishing here. About the Data.

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Territory Construction Entertainment Inside sales 95

ConversionXL

AUGUST 30, 2018

You won’t, however, build a culture of user research by touting slide decks of best practices at all-hands meetings or highlighting case studies from other companies. So what should you do? Febreze realized that consumers craved a “scent reward ” for cleaning—even though its fragrance-free versions successfully removed unwanted odors.

UX 111

UX User Experience Non-Profits A/B testing 111

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

A major benefit of working in a digital-growth consultancy is that you see businesses across all industries and lifecycle stages try to grow their companies. In this article, I’ll give you insight into nine of the most common things I see holding back business growth—and how we’ve helped clients solve these issues. Their task?

Growth 132

Growth Non-Profits Campaign Start-ups 132

Lead Fuze

JULY 6, 2023

Pinpointing customers’ issues is an essential move in boosting your product or service, increasing customer gratification, and eventually aiding the development of your company. How do you identify customer pain points b2b? How do you identify customer pain points b2b? What is meant by customer pain points?

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Customers Clients Lead generation X-functional 52