Cerebral Selling

APRIL 6, 2021

365 days after the release of Sell The Way You Buy , here are some of my key sales lessons learned from a year of pandemic selling. And these feelings are the TRUE driver of buying behavior. In January of 2020, a hospital buying masks and other PPE may value price and quality. The things your customer values change quickly.

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Iannarino

JUNE 15, 2021

At one time, information about your products and services would have been valuable enough to earn a meeting. Now, the value you create during your conversations with prospective clients is found in your insights, your advice, and your recommendations. The idea of what makes up value in B2B sales has changed dramatically over time.

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Heinz Marketing

APRIL 5, 2023

By Carly Bauer , Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing I was recently asked during a client meeting what the importance was for developing personas. It felt like a waste of time, energy and resources to develop something that felt so temporary. Their concern was that titles and challenges were always changing.

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 31, 2023

By Karla Sanders , Engagement Manager at Heinz Marketing In the fast-paced world of B2B marketing, businesses often face difficult times characterized by slowing win rates and longer buying cycles. One key strategy that can significantly impact B2B success in such times is sales enablement.

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Iannarino

JULY 28, 2021

Your choice has eliminated the possibility of resolving their concern that you might waste their time. And at some point, you will even schedule a meeting with an incredibly difficult character (on the phone) who is all sweetness and light when you are sitting across from them. Your skin gets a lot thicker over time.

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

They’re trained to sell to anyone who wants to buy and facilitate a quick buying process — but as inbound salespeople, we know who our products are made for, and we should only be selling to customers who are going to leverage value over time. The prospect is not in a time zone or country that your country can support.

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Veloxy

DECEMBER 6, 2022

As a recession looms and consumer spending declines, sales leaders are under more pressure than ever to achieve their set goals, even at a time of economic uncertainty. One report suggests that sales representatives spend just one-third of their total time on revenue-generating tasks. This is always going to be a time-intensive task.

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Hubspot

MARCH 25, 2024

But in all seriousness, difficult prospects are a fact of sales life, and dealing with a difficult buyer who makes a sale harder than it needs to will always suck — and from time to time, you're bound to deal with an especially difficult buyer who makes a sale especially harder than it needs to be, and that experience will especially suck.

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Martech

JULY 6, 2023

This time last year, there were questions about how inflation and lingering supply chain issues might hinder sales. The 2022 event indicated that consumers were ready to buy online if the price was right — U.S. Top retailers are using a combination of digital and in-store deals to cover the multichannel ways shoppers look for deals.

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Search Engine Land

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Google’s Gary Illyes fielded several questions during an AMA at Pubcon Pro in Austin this afternoon from moderator Jennifer Slegg. Google will keep launching updates in December Google will continue to release updates during the holidays – Google used to avoid doing this, but Illyes called that an “old thing.”

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Salesforce

APRIL 13, 2023

Trust leads to loyalty, and loyal customers spread the word, keep buying over time, and spend more money when they do. The problem: During my time at Dale Carnegie , I’ve seen too many reps fumble relationships — or not even think about them — because they’re so focused on making a quick sale. Build trust; close the deal.

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Martech

MAY 9, 2023

A go-to-market strategy is an organization’s plan to engage customers to buy a product or service and gain a competitive advantage. Each one takes time for you to understand what works,” he said. Whatever it is, make sure you have at least two or three models working at the same time in order to have that halo effect.”

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Iannarino

JUNE 30, 2021

The salesperson who called me was talking very fast, and I had a difficult time making out what she was trying to say. They may as well have asked for “a chance to pitch you our service,” as neither phrase promises anything of value in exchange for my time. There are number of reasons I take cold calls.

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Heinz Marketing

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Now it’s time to put it to the test… In the testing process, you continue to hit wall after wall and nothing seems to be moving forward despite what seems like a fool-proof new process. It can sometimes be difficult to assess if someone really wants their role. Some of the contributors are not meeting their delivery deadlines.

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Veloxy

APRIL 25, 2022

Valuing time versus demonstrating value. Sign of the times versus email expectations. While relying on inbound marketing is a great way to improve response rates during your first round of emails, nothing beats the ROI of cold email outreach. Brevity versus credibility. Does Cold Emailing Work? Give it a try!

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 21, 2020

We have lost sight, that at it’s core buying and selling is an intensely human and personal endeavor. We maximize our own success and goal attainment by maximizing the value we create with those we can create value and not waste our time on those we can’t. Selling, and buying, has always been about people.

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The Lost Book of Sales

JANUARY 31, 2024

If you think it's time to ease down and take a back seat immediately after the deal is closed, think again because you're wrong! What tends to ensue next is something along the lines of a psychological rollercoaster, and it's integral for the salesperson to remain sensitive and alert during this period.

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ClickFunnels

OCTOBER 6, 2021

So take the time to get to know the product or service intimately before trying to sell it. And so naturally, you don’t want to talk to everyone — that’d be a massive waste of your time. This is just a series of pages that are built to systematically convert visitors into leads — one page at a time.

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Sales Gravy

MAY 3, 2023

Leading In A Changing Sales Landscape On this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount (Sales Gravy CEO and author of Sales EQ) and Graham Hooper (CEO of Ellison Technologies) discuss the keys to leading your sales team in uncertain times. Salespeople aren’t the only ones experiencing tough times.

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Miller Heiman Group

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Interestingly, this has strengthened over the past 3-4 months during COVID. This focus makes sense given the current environment and the increased time and effort it takes to pursue and close deals with new accounts. During COVID, there has been a 21% drop in the number of deals closing as originally forecast.

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Martech

MARCH 14, 2023

Excited by the idea of wearing a digital, pink feather boa during my next online class, I eagerly attempted to buy a cool NFT. The metaverse commonly refers to virtual spaces where users will spend time. They have different languages, rules and currencies, making navigating from one community to another difficult.

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Technology Technology Networking User Experience 126

Search Engine Land

APRIL 11, 2023

“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times,” as the famous Dickens line goes. Being negatively affected by a Google algorithm update can quickly bring website traffic and SEO performance from all-time highs to all-time lows. Filling content gaps identified when compared to other top-ranking competitors.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 27, 2021

We’ve learned that reducing travel frees us up to spend much more time actually “meeting” with customers. What has the customer learned and changed about how they buy, how did the pandemic force them to change? What we forget is the customer was forced to change during the pandemic, as well.

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Sales Gravy

DECEMBER 9, 2021

During the holiday season, sales professionals face a host of difficult challenges. And now more than ever, it's critical to have proper time discipline to reach your goals and crush your number as the end of the year approaches, while also setting yourself up to have a robust Q1 pipeline in the new year.

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Salesforce

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

How can your business stand out when shoppers are buying fewer gifts? For example, 94% of consumers say good customer service makes them more likely to buy again. However, delivering efficient service on the phone isn’t always easy, with 78% of service agents saying it’s difficult to balance speed and quality.

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Salesforce

MAY 3, 2024

Some may think it’s a “waste of time.” Here’s what you’ll learn: Three reasons why you need to write a business plan Writing a business plan doesn’t have to be difficult How to write a business plan in 9 steps What’s left to do? They would rather wing it, stick with a pitch deck, or hope for the best. Back to top.)

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Sales Gravy

AUGUST 27, 2022

Losing your job during an economic downturn is worse. They understand that in volatile times like this, they need productive salespeople more than ever. Losing your job during an economic downturn is worse. They understand that in volatile times like this, they need productive salespeople more than ever. Ross Mathews.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Three-quarters of consumers adopted new stores, products or buying methods during the pandemic. Conversion optimization platforms are typically very open and integrate with a wide variety of systems, but it may be more difficult to use them with a homegrown or infrequently used CMS.

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Martech

JANUARY 11, 2024

Likewise, it is more difficult for customers to indicate their preferences for the brands they support. Analyzing metrics such as bounce rate, pages per session and average time on site enables you to gauge the effectiveness of your website and optimize its user experience. Streamlined and efficient purchasing process.

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Martech

DECEMBER 7, 2022

By now, it would be difficult, if not impossible, to find someone old enough to use a digital device who hasn’t shopped online at some point over the past couple of years. In the simplest terms, ecommerce is the buying and selling of goods and services on the internet. What is ecommerce? Every type of transaction (B2B, B2C, C2C, etc.)

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

It can also keep your employees employed or help you retain your job—a modicum of security in uncertain times. This post surveys what people have done in the past—and what marketing leaders are doing now—to make it through tough times and thrive in the post-crisis era. But nothing gets better if we stand still. Image source ).

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Martech

AUGUST 30, 2022

More broadly, businesses are recognizing that adequate customer experiences are becoming table stakes, making it more difficult to achieve differentiation that drives business success. Raising the stakes with the customer journey during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read next: What is customer journey analytics? What it is.

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Heinz Marketing

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Networking in today’s world has become more and more difficult without in-person events. Some helpful tips on how to get the most out of your digital networking during the pandemic. Understanding the “Non-Rational” Dimensions of B2B Buying. A look at behavioral economics and its impact on B2B Buying. Thanks, Ray A.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 19, 2020

People are buying differently now, during the pandemic, than they were before. You probably know that already, but something you may not have realized is that people will buy differently post-pandemic as well. Pre-quarantine pitches and campaigns won’t appeal to prospects who are cost-sensitive and hesitant to buy.

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Martech

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

No matter how many times she explained how attribution worked or how she could tell that marketing was making a difference, she wasn’t able to convince the bottom-line CFO that what she was doing really mattered. What was the engagement time for those who visited your site? And remember that changing people’s minds is difficult.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

At the time the possible impacts seemed a long way off. “We During our interview, he pointed to some good news: The steps that will reduce digital’s carbon emissions, will also save companies money and make marketing more efficient. Delivering a pre-roll video ad generates about 50 times more CO2 compared to a standard banner ad.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 30, 2024

Boost your sales team efficiency Simplify the sales document process and give your reps time back in their day to sell more. In practice, this can be tricky since many businesses have some kind of marketing campaign active much of the time. of their sales for 2022 during the final three months of the year.

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