Mon.Nov 04, 2024

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Interest Rates and Small Business Loans: Is now a good time?

Sales Pop!

High interest rates put a damper on getting a loan. People in the homebuying market have been waiting for lower rates to make an offer. Those who want a new car have been waiting for lower rates before taking out a new car loan. Small business owners have been holding off on getting growth-enabling loans because they’re not willing to spend so much on interest.

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Dear SaaStr: What’s the #1 Reason You See Sales Reps Fail These Days?

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: What’s the #1 Reason You See Sales Reps Fail These Days? The #1 reason I see sales execs struggling today in new roles: they are convinced their playbook is better. And refuse to run the one that is already working. They are convinced they know better. That the founders are wrong, or whomever is running things is either wrong, or to be ignored. “That’s not the way I do things” or some variant is something I often hear these days.

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Why B2B marketing must adopt B2C tactics

Martech

Digital natives aren’t like the rest of us. They are bringing entirely new behavioral patterns into the B2B buying process, and experienced marketers and sellers ignore this at their peril. Call it “the consumerization of B2B.” We must treat buyers like the consumers they are in their personal lives, and develop new expertise in the media channels and messages that tend to work in consumerland.

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Pushy Vs. Pushing, A Matter Of Context

Partners in Excellence

Sellers are too Pushy! Customers always seem to move more slowly than sellers want. They wander, waste time that sellers don’t have. Sellers are anxious to move things forward! Get the meeting, get the demo, get the order! Sellers have always been known for being pushy, we as sellers recognize it, we high five each other on our clever techniques to get the customer to commit faster.

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Smart Tools & Strong Teams: A People-First Approach to AI in Sales

Speaker: Matt Sunshine, CEO at The Center for Sales Strategy

AI isn’t replacing salespeople—it’s empowering them. The most forward-thinking sales organizations are using AI to enhance human performance rather than eliminate it. From coaching and messaging to prospecting and pipeline accountability, artificial intelligence is giving managers and SDRs the new tools they need to work smarter, sell better, and close more.

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Transition to a career in martech: Best of the MarTechBot

Martech

Best of the MarTechBot showcases the MarTechBot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. See more about how marketers are using MarTechBot here. The language model is based on content from MarTech embedded on top of ChatGPT. The editors of MarTech selected this response for its usefulness and have supplemented it with additional relevant content.

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Try to Make One Big VP Hire a Quarter

SaaStr

So recently we did a deep dive with Henry Schuck, founder CEO of ZoomInfo, on AI in Sales and so much more. We’ve done a series of incredible highly operational conversations with Henry over the years, so I turned the convo around to ask him about a topic I still wonder about and struggle: How do you continually recruit VPs and C-level execs … forever?

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6 Key Mistakes You Can Make Mistakes When Trying to Build Rapport

Hubspot

Sales engagements are pretty strange interactions when you really think about them. They involve an element of friendliness, but the endgame isn‘t making friends. Shocking as this sounds, you’re actually trying to sell something when selling. That means you have to strike a balance between approachability and authority — but that's easier said than done, making rapport building equal parts essential and screw-up-able for sales professionals.

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Tackle the Tough Stuff

Engage Selling

If you’re avoiding controversial topics, you’re missing out. This video reveals how tackling tough industry issues head-on can set you apart. For more strategies like this, check out my sales … The post Tackle the Tough Stuff first appeared on Colleen Francis - The Sales Leader.

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Spark 2024 Conference: How you too can Enable the Impossible

Highspot

The room was ready in anticipation as the intro video came to a close and Highspot’s CEO Robert Wahbe took the stage for the Spark ‘24 customer conference keynote. With 2000+ virtual and in-person attendees, there was excitement and awe from each table and computer as new innovation was unveiled, and even more became possible in revenue enablement. Imagine – a unified experience across everything you need to drive revenue growth including unified data models, unified AI , and the user expe

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How To Create an Online Store (In 7 Steps or Less)

Salesforce

As a small business owner, you have the potential to reach the masses. No matter if you’re a small or medium-sized business (SMB) or growing fast, you can take it to the next level and start selling online. It may be time to open up a digital shop. Together, we’re going to learn the process of setting up an online store for your SMB , from the benefits of ecommerce to choosing the right platform.

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How to Coach Reps on Overcoming Sales Objections with Confidence

Speaker: Brendan Sweeney, VP of Global Sales and David Phelan, Account Executive

In a world where buyers are more informed and objections are more nuanced, confidence isn't optional—it’s a competitive advantage. In high-stakes conversations, knowing how to handle pushback can make or break the deal. Join industry experts Brendan Sweeney and David Phelan for a behind-the-scenes look at how teams are transforming sales coaching with real-time feedback, objection-handling role plays, and pre-call preparation that actually sticks.

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Mastering RFP Responses: Strategies to Stand Out in Competitive B2B Sales

Iannarino

Discover how to transform your RFP responses into winning proposals that set you apart from the competition.

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15 Leadership Skills That Make You A Good Leader

G2

Learn about the fundamental leadership skills that are proven to inspire and guide teams effectively. Start your journey to impactful leadership today!

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The New ChatGPT Search Is Good News For Marketers

David Meerman Scott

OpenAI introduced the new ChatGPT Search , showing the future of how we will find information. This development is good news for content creators because now the sources of information that makes up a ChatGPT natural language prompt response are displayed.

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7 Unique Employee Engagement Ideas to Inspire Your Team

G2

It’s well known that employees do their best work when they’re happy and engaged. As an HR professional, it's your job to keep them engaged, but this can be a real challenge.

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New Research-Backed Strategies to Empower Managers as Culture & Engagement Leaders

Speaker: Beth Sunshine, SVP, Up Your Culture

When culture isn’t consistently lived out across the organization, engagement suffers—and it often starts with a disconnect at the top. In this session, Beth Sunshine, SVP of Up Your Culture at The Center for Sales Strategy, will reveal how HR and executive leaders can close the gap between vision and execution by equipping frontline and mid-level managers to become culture carriers.

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7 Different Roles of a Successful Sales Manager

SBI

Managing a high-performance sales team can be challenging. One of the main challenges is that the job requires sales manager to take on multiple different roles. For example, one day you could be on ride-alongs coaching your reps , the next day, working on new territory plans for your team. So if you don't want to struggle, here are seven management roles you must adopt to be successful.