Partners in Excellence

APRIL 6, 2017

I believe that selling is a disciplined process, that we can “engineer” those processes to increase our impact, customer engagement, and our effectiveness. For the moment, let’s put those pesky customers to the side and think about ourselves. Much of this seems to be a R 3.0 approach to Predictable Revenue.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 18, 2017

We see discussions focused on increasing specialization in sales–actually adaptations of the Toyota Production System. We see discussions focused on sales messaging… stated differently, “What is it we are trying to tell the customer and how do we say it in the most persuasive manner possible.”

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

This trend is, unfortunately, doing exactly the opposite of what our customers need and what enables us to create the greatest value with them. These are about the only things that customers value in their interaction with sales people. These are the things that only a sales person can do.

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Search Engine Land

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Marketing is just often seen as a cost center since we’re not directly bringing in revenue like sales or customer success,” Marcotullio said. In many instances, it’s still seen as a creative support function to sales, not as a function that has bottom-line impacts.” said Brooke Duffy , a fractional CRO for B2B SaaS. Duffy said.

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Gong.io

APRIL 28, 2021

How on earth can that be a bad idea, when all customers care about is ROI? Picture this: You’re a software sales rep and you gave a stellar demo to your customer’s CFO. In other words, for every dollar your customer spends, they get 40 dollars in return. You need to tailor your message to your customer’s strategic priorities.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 31, 2017

Prospectors prospect, account managers account manage, product line specialists are expert in their product lines, and on and on… Each role is precisely defined, we have the metrics to by which we constantly measure performance. We start feeding customers through our process, moving them from person to person.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 3, 2021

Isn’t it ultra-satisfying to watch a perfectly automated factory assembly line? That’s how your customer experience should be. Salespeople create relationships, but it has traditionally been up to the customer success or account management team to nurture them. See how smooth things are? There’s no friction whatsoever.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

And we have the convergence of information overwhelm, increased sources of distraction, accelerating change, and skyrocketing complexity–in our customers markets, in their own organizations, with competition/partners, and within our own organization. At the same time, sales performance continues to stagnate or even decline.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 12, 2021

For years, the work of many revenue operations (RevOps) teams have largely been determined by immediate customer needs. As sales, marketing, and customer success teams work more closely together, RevOps has the opportunity to foster a future-focused atmosphere that encourages proactive problem solving.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 21, 2017

We seem to be approaching or passing the tipping point where leading sales practitioners view successful selling as a disciplined, focused, engineered approach to engaging and creating value for customers. I hope we no longer live by the mantra, “When the going gets tough, the tough take a customer to lunch/golf.”

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 17, 2021

Getting past the first stage of revenue growth and building an initial customer base is the easy part, but what happens when you hit a revenue plateau and can’t seem to take that next step? In a traditional business framework, marketing, sales, and customer success are siloed. Trusting opinion more than data.

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

After all, some jobs have already been replaced by AI and robotics ( assembly lines come to mind). As such, you’ll need to change how you position your products or services to influence their decision. Use cases include analyzing large amounts of data for insights and delivering personalized customer experiences.

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Spiro Technologies

OCTOBER 20, 2022

On this podcast, I talk with company leaders about how they’re modernizing the business of making, moving, selling products, and of course, having fun along the way. And what that basically means is for distribution centers and other areas like manufacturing, they use voice-enabled workflow technology to help them be more productive.

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Lead Fuze

JANUARY 2, 2024

Ever felt like you’re in a never-ending game of hide and seek with potential customers? Sure, the mechanics behind it might seem as intricate as clockwork—but don’t worry; we’ll break down how simple gears and sprockets turn strangers into paying customers. Ready to dive in?

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 4, 2017

We know customers struggle with buying, yet none of our programs or activities focus on helping them learn how to buy, or helping them align the diverse interests in the buying group. We know people buy from people, yet we create assembly line/transactional processes. If there is buying, there will always be a need for selling!

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 9, 2019

For example, Business Development in a SaaS scaleup usually involves a lot of cold outreach to potential customers. In a big, multinational company, on the other hand, Business Development may do market analysis for new-market entry or a new line of products. . Developing new products. It’s like an assembly line. .

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 12, 2020

If you do it wrong, you alienate your customers. This is the downside of the modern Sales Assembly Line — both buyer and seller feeling like a cog in the wheel. Learn how Some Hot Tech Startup increased productivity by 115%.”. There is an existential crisis with personalization today. So, stop settling for good.

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Spiro Technologies

JANUARY 18, 2023

On this podcast, I talk with company leaders about how they’re modernizing the business of making, moving, and selling products, and of course, having fun along the way. There’s medical applications, there’s industrial applications, and so we have customers in a wide range of fields that rely on our machines every day.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 4, 2016

I believe selling is a set of disciplined processes, many of which can be “engineered” to optimize our ability to engage the right customers/prospects, with the right conversations, at the right time. Even to the point that some commoditized or repeat buys are completely automated on the customer and supplier sides.

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Highspot

JULY 31, 2020

How you organize your sales team will be determined by the regions you serve, the number of products and services you offer, the size of your sales team, and the size and industry of your customers. Your sales organization is in charge of generating revenue for your business by convincing buyers to purchase a product or service.

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Hubspot

JULY 18, 2016

Its narrow offerings were all produced in an assembly-line-style system. You want a trusted team with skin in the game at your side as you move into the implementation phase. A customer calls to complain. The owner realizes that by blindly trusting Harry, he has put his business in serious jeopardy. Live by them.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Already, I’m seeing articles on, “Do these 5 things… The 10 critical success factors… These technologies are critical to customer engagement in 2020…” I’m no different, I’m jumping into the fray with the secrets to sales success in 2020. Third, it’s really tough, boring, tedious stuff.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Each of our customers’ strategies, goals, priorities, culture, and values are different. We take them through the same stuff, then start pitching our products. Why do customers not respond to our outreach? Why does research show that customers don’t like their buying experiences? Then we wonder.

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is a cross-department process that helps ensure companies have the right amount of products to satisfy customers without extra stock piling up. Operations planning process: Ensure resources, such as raw materials and manufacturing capacity, are available to meet projected customer demand.

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