Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 6, 2022

I’m always stunned by how little win/loss analysis we do. Of course, when we win or lose a deal, there is some reason code–usually some drop down in CRM that gives us a handful of choices about why we won or why we lost. Our win rates are critical to understanding and driving performance.

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Search Engine Land

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

However, recent shifts in the industry have seen traditional publications lose their traffic, with smaller, newer players dominating Google’s top positions. Several publications that encountered traffic declines require a media fee, so you mostly only see big brands and the same products featured in their content.

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Veloxy

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Did you know that asking questions makes it more likely for customers to approve of you? This leads to higher levels of trust and rapport, and ultimately more closed deals. Here are the five most popular open ended sales questions we use at Veloxy: How’ve you been? It’s true.

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 19, 2019

In fact, Google returns 1,370,000,000 results when you search “sales tips”. As you know, Gong lives — check that, thrives — on (big) data. Then we look for patterns to see how they impact deal success. When you calculate ROI, you stimulate the logical brain. What should you do instead?

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Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 11, 2021

For a greater marketing conversion, you need an efficient sales program. For efficient and more predictable sales, you need a solid marketing program. You need a cohesive approach that includes both sales and marketing. Who should be aware and aligned before you roll out the next marketing campaign or a promotional campaign?

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 30, 2022

Figuring out how I can stand out from all the crap that fills their engagement channels Getting them to respond, “let’s talk.” The questions, “I’d never thought of things in that way before…” or “I didn’t realize that, can you tell me more…” These questions energize me.

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Search Engine Land

MARCH 10, 2023

The deal was first announced April 13, 2007. Google Search Console rich results report updated 2021: Google tweaked some of the job posting structured data requirements and also how it checked the validity of FAQ and Q&A structured data. The EU began its investigation in November 2007.

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Gong.io

JUNE 25, 2021

How do they do it? Then they look at how seller and buyer actions impact success rates. ” A lot of sales blogs say you should do it (good ones too!). Instead, let me hit you with some Gong insights based on data : . ” Or “How is Tuesday, 9 AM?”. Yes, yes, you did. Annoyed prospect.

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Too many sales discovery questions (15+), and you are running an interrogation. Leading with a diagnostic question when a buyer is not in that stage is annoying and won’t get you very far in the building trust and rapport category. The top of the funnel, if you will. The best reps ask the best questions. Think back burner.

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Spiro Technologies

JANUARY 3, 2024

Transcript Adam Honig: I think it’s a challenge that a lot of companies face, especially when you do a really good job in one thing. You get identified as, oh, you’re the best maker of this. People just don’t think of you because they’re in that kind of mental space that’s blocked out.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 12, 2021

We analyzed 224K+ sales calls spread over 2 million minutes to uncover the truth about the impact of the most common sales objections on deal outcomes. Read on to understand if and how you can coach your team to move around those daunting boulders. You can read the complete piece here on Reddit. No budget.” “Bad

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InsightSquared

APRIL 14, 2021

If your organization isn’t taking advantage of automated activity capture, you, along with every report that relies on the data within your CRM, are set up to fail. . Which deals are at risk? Which opportunities are unlike any deal you’ve ever won before? Those are just a few of the questions you want to get ahead of. .

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Gong.io

JUNE 8, 2022

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. You’ll uncover deals at risk and be able to predict revenue more accurately. .

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 16, 2022

For long-term, sustainable success, you must attract the right customers. In this article, you’ll learn how to gauge the effectiveness of any customer acquisition strategy. Find and fix leaks in your current acquisition strategy, and acquire high-value customers efficiently, so you can grow faster than the competition.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 3, 2022

I can already hear the groans and suspect many of you are about to click, moving onto something else. You might be thinking, “they’re so intertwined, it doesn’t make sense to separate them.” Why are you calling it a “selling process?” I’ll be covering this in the next post.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Your prospects owe you nothing. And if you want to be successful in business, you need to take massive action. In this post, I will share my ultimate checklist for winning at business (and life) — curated by life lessons I’ve learned from both of my grandmothers. Now, it’s my turn to pass their wisdom on to you.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Just like Liam Neeson in " Taken ," to be a successful salesperson, you need to have a particular set of skills. more deals and the profit margin on sales-won improved by 12.2%. So, how can you improve your sales skills? Below, you'll learn how to develop your sales skills and improve your performance on your team.

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Search In Pics: Google Disco Ball, A Cacoon & YouTube Cafe 2015: The latest images showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more. Breaking with previous guidance, Google didn’t intend for this type of AMP content to match your non-mobile content.

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Lead Fuze

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Are you juggling multiple sales tasks, feeling like a circus performer keeping balls in the air? Every rep knows this scenario all too well – tracking prospects, scheduling meetings, following up on leads and trying to close deals. What tools do you need for sales? It’s no secret that sales is a high-pressure field.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 31, 2018

The first thing you need to do? I speak on behalf of HubSpot 50 times a year, and at every engagement I tell my audience they should take the hour they use for cold calls to do something that’s not even in their job description: blogging. Buyers have changed, and top salespeople have to change with them. Drop the 18 tactics below.

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PandaDoc

MARCH 1, 2019

So how do digital agencies respond to prospects that say no? When you lose a prospect, it’s natural to want to move on. With a bit of digging, you might find that the prospect is still interested, but it’s just not the right time for them to convert. Look back at the last dozen or so deals that you successfully closed.

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PandaDoc

JULY 11, 2022

In this article, we’ll talk about how to hire the right sales reps and — most importantly — how to keep them once they’re with you. Before you start: Sales reps by the numbers. So, what does this mean for you? How to hire sales reps. Behind almost every successful business is a successful sales team.

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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?

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Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

I recently did a webinar on being more productive in sales with Velocify. The recording , geared toward sales leaders but helpful for anyone in selling will give you even more ideas than what I’m listing here. Below are 12 of the top time hacks you can put in place to grow sales. How did you do?

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 14, 2019

You simply won’t succeed if you don’t take B2B selling for what it is: a high-stakes selling game that requires an entirely unique approach from direct-to-consumer selling. Here are key steps you may want to include in your B2B sales process. If you are selling to startups, did they recently close a round of fundraising?

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Heinz Marketing

MARCH 21, 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. You can even ask Siri, Alexa and Google! Really happy to have you here.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Relationship selling is essential if you have a high average selling price (ASP),” explains VidScale COO Adam Rizika. Your customers need to know they can depend on you -- that if something goes wrong, you’ll be there.”. You might think of relationship selling as an enterprise B2B strategy, and that’s certainly not wrong.

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Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

We never win much of anything. Since many of you felt indifferent to the particular game that just happened, I want to tie in some important sales lessons from the winning quarterback and the losing quarterback, plus some thoughts from others. How can you use that in your day-to-day sales world?

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Adaptive Business Services

MAY 15, 2019

Stopped you there, didn’t I? Since you are obviously a business hero because you read our blogs, we’re sure you are more likely to focus on the last one. As we went exploring for the reasons for this failure, we came up with some elements that you could be missing. Here is something that can help you out-.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 25, 2019

You may want to bookmark this page for future interviews. Making a great hire comes down to the interview questions you ask your sales candidates. They stick with generic , run-of-the-mill questions such as “Why should I hire you?”. You won’t find it elsewhere. You won’t find it elsewhere. Over to you.

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Cience

JUNE 23, 2020

After all, the real value of outbound is gaining a competing edge over their competition, winning market share, getting more at-bats for sales teams, improving close rates and, of course, closing more deals. For more outbound emails do’s and don’ts, be sure to check out April’s blog here. June’s Best Cold Email.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Did you know that reps spend about 15% of their day leaving voicemails? For marketers, this leaves us with a big question: how do we leverage the content we’ve created to help salespeople bridge the gap, engage more prospects, and close the deal? Read up on the latest blog posts from your target companies’ blogs.

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Heinz Marketing

JULY 20, 2020

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m. Pacific you can find the transcription and recording here on the blog every Monday morning. How do you differentiate and still win. Thank you very much for tuning in.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

and buying presents for people you know very little about. Did you pick the colleague in your work gift exchange who pulls overnight shifts by himself? We can't help you with everyone on your list (didn't your second cousin Pete say he liked golf once? Is Uncle Marty bringing his new girlfriend to your holiday party?

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SalesHandy

AUGUST 3, 2020

In the realm of lucrative businesses, wouldn’t you like to build one where you don’t need to have a product to sell and still make a high income? With this article, we’ll make sure you know everything there is to know about setting up lead generation businesses. So how do you go about building a lead generation business?

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Score More Sales

JULY 12, 2013

For some of you this is fine because you are on track with your sales goals. Others will have a lump in your throat, or just a queasiness because you need to find ways to close business soon. Here are some ideas to help you. You have got to KNOW you will bring more business to closure in the next 13 days.

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Hubspot

JULY 17, 2018

You can only play at certain times of day: 3:00 and 9:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. You can win cash, no matter how nominal the amount. And you play with a community -- of about two million players per game -- that you can engage with during the game, in real-time. So what's the big deal? Play to Win.

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