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How to Deal With Time Objections

Iannarino

You and I are making cold calls to schedule meetings with our prospective clients. We both have the information for the contacts we need, and our company has given us a script to use when calling them. The date on that document is more than a decade old, but both of us use it anyway when we ask for a meeting. And every contact refuses to add us to their calendar.

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Do You Believe In Your People, More Than They Believe In Themselves?

Partners in Excellence

A colleague and I were reflecting on past managers/mentors we each had over our careers. We talked about the great ones and what set them apart. Eventually, we came upon the one thing common with each of our experiences. While different managers displayed this characteristic in different ways, the common thing was: For some reason, they believed in each of us, more than we believed in ourselves.

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Only 11% of Public SaaS Companies Sell Just to SMBs

SaaStr

SMB SaaS has a lot going for it: – Millions of them – Short sales cycles – Easier compete. But, it's often hard to get to $100m ARR selling just to SMBs. So I took a look at the BVP Nasdaq index. Only 11.8% sell just to SMBs pic.twitter.com/Po1I2aMaBK. — Jason 2022 SaaStr Annual Sep 13-15 Lemkin (@jasonlk) August 26, 2022.

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What Is “Value Creation?”

Partners in Excellence

We know that we are supposed to create value with our customers through their buying process. But as I talk to sales people, most struggle with what that actually means. Sadly, too many sales people scratch their heads, saying, “Our product is cheaper than the alternatives…… ” For those, more knowledgeable, most answers revolve around presenting the capabilities of a product/services and the value the customer will realize.

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Welcome to the Future of Hospitality: Smart Rooms Start Here

Speaker: Jady West, VP of Hospitality & Chris Bennett, Head of Sales & Engineering

The modern hotel room is no longer just a place to stay—it’s an experience to remember. Today’s guests expect seamless 5G connectivity, personalized comfort, and high-tech convenience. From AI-powered smart room controls to in-room entertainment and app-based services, technology is redefining hospitality from the inside out. In this new session featuring industry pros Jady West and Chris Bennett, we’ll explore how high-speed, high-bandwidth connectivity powers the innovations that are enabling

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15 Most Popular SaaStr Annual 2022 Sessions (So Far!). See You Sep 13-15!!

SaaStr

10.000 SaaS CEOs, Founders, Revenue Leaders, and VCs will join us for 3 days of tactical content, networking, and epic evening events when the Cloud comes to San Mateo. If you haven’t already, sign up here for tickets before we sell out. We’re 15 days away from SaaStr Annual 2022, and we are excited to feature hundreds of speakers, sharing their knowledge and experience with you!

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Sales Pipeline Radio, Episode 323: Q & A with Paul Reilly @PaulReillyVAS

Heinz Marketing

By Matt Heinz , President of Heinz Marketing. 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. The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals.

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Google’s Chief Measurement Strategist on Driving Growth with Data and Storytelling

Sales Hacker

You know your business, you know your revenue goals, and you know your strategy for meeting them. But how do you leverage data to help you execute it? Leveraging data to maximize growth is what we get into in this episode of Revenue Innovators with Neil Hoyne. Neil is Google’s Chief Measurement Strategist, and also the author of Converted: The Data-Driven Way to Win Customers’ Hearts.

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Pumpkin spice latte and the mystery of the missing consumer conversations

Martech

Pumpkin spice latte (PSL) is a marketer’s dream come true. Introduced by Starbucks in 2003, it has become a cultural icon, created a new consumer product sector and, oh yeah, generated approximately $2,000,000,000 in sales for the company. It also offers an important lesson in analyzing data for what you aren’t seeing. Cultural Icon. Part of the success has to do with limited availability.

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Episode 42: A Mistake in Every Sentence

Sales Hacker

Want to write sales emails like a pro? Kristina and Will look at common email mistakes (using real examples) and rewrite them so that you can learn what to do differently. Join Kristina Finseth (Sr. Manager, Outbound Growth Marketing at Greenhouse) and Will Allred (Co-Founder & COO at Lavender) to get TWO perspectives and TWO approaches on real sales emails, every week on Sales Hacker.

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Showcase Your Expertise with New Trailhead Ranger Ranks

Salesforce

Introducing new Ranger Ranks on Trailhead Unlock more ranks Your reinvented resume Ready, set, rank up! Preparing for the new world of work is one of the defining business problems of our time. As jobs evolve, so will the skills needed to perform them. Employers are shifting toward skills-based, competency hiring over college degree requirements. This makes it critical for job seekers to showcase their skills and highlight their commitment to professional development for hiring managers to see e

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

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How to seal the deal in a matter of days

PandaDoc

Closing a deal is definitely the most challenging and demanding part of sales negotiations with the customer. All the previous steps lose their significance once finalizing the deal is postponed or canceled. In this article, you’ll find some valuable advice on how to seal the deal faster, as well as how to close the deal with an undecided customer. Definition and typical steps.

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Hiring Sales Leaders: Skillset To Look For To Find The Ideal Candidate

Predictable Revenue

Top traits you should look for in sales leaders, how they differ from sales reps, and how to optimize your sales hiring process. The post Hiring Sales Leaders: Skillset To Look For To Find The Ideal Candidate appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Let Your Weekend Be A Weekend

Sales Coach Dew

Weekends are a key to a successful life. It’s time to stop working through them. So many people don’t allow their weekend to be a weekend. Why? I think people—especially salespeople—often feel like the weekend is our only opportunity to “catch up.”. We can’t get enough of our work done during the week—because work gets in the way! The weekend is blissfully free of all the meetings, phone calls, interruptions, and last-minute emergency fire drills that take over our week.

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Understand What Your Customer Wants When Delivering Digital Government Services

Salesforce

You probably have an opinion about the effectiveness of our government. Most of us do. Your opinion may have been swayed by your personal interactions with public sector employees and organizations. These interactions are increasingly moving online, along with private sector services like grocery ordering and telehealth appointments. Now, people expect the public sector to be just as efficient as private sector companies.

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Get Higher-Quality B2B Leads That Convert!

B2B marketers face a number of challenges, including: continuously generating great leads converting leads to active sales prospects finding vendors that deliver real results Aggregage has proven content syndication, webinar, online advertising and intent signal marketing programs that deliver higher-quality leads. More than 700 companies have already benefited from our programs.

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Why we care about data-driven marketing

Martech

Data is the lifeblood of digital marketing. With so many B2C and B2B purchase journeys passing through digital touchpoints, there have never been greater opportunities to collect customer data at an enormous scale. Data creates opportunities to optimize and personalize customer journeys, driving conversions and reducing churn. But the data needs to be good, clean, warehoused and managed, and above all, available for activation in a timely manner.

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So You’ve Automated Everything — What’s Left For Your Employees?

Salesforce

Automation has transformed my morning. When I wake up, I push one button to open the shades, turn off the house alarm, and change the lights to a brighter setting. Motion sensors mean I never have to flip a light switch. I have another button that starts a sequence when I leave the house and for when I go to bed. I save about 20 to 30 minutes a day due to home automation.