October, 2010

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Market Changes Allow for Sales Success!

Anthony Cole Training

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. Does Your Team Need a Wake Up Call? Tony Cole can tailor a workshop or keynote that will help your team discover the spark of extraordinary motivation and success. Why Arent Your Salespeople Selling? Fix Your Problem Now.

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Must Read: No More Cold Calling by Joanne Black | Sell More.

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Guerrilla Social Media Marketing Secret #19 Implement

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'Guerrilla Social Media Marketing Secret #19 Implement is covered today by Shane Gibson. Implementation is a key element in any marketing strategy. .

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The 9 Worst Ways to Use Facebook for Business

Hubspot

Facebook fan pages are useful tools for connecting with your audience on a site they visit each and every day. You can broadcast messages on their Facebook homepage newsfeed, spark conversations that can provide your company with valuable feedback, and encourage fans to upload their own content. But there are some common mistakes that companies make on Facebook.

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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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Sales Lead Management Week Oct 10-16: Educating on Best Practices

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Do You Have Idea Zombies in Your Business? ? Score More Sales

Score More Sales

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Blog. About. Consulting. Training. Press. Speaking. Do You Have Idea Zombies in Your Business? by Lori Richardson on October 29, 2010. I was reading an article about social media for non-profit organizations – a topic near and dear to my heart. The post, created by John Haydon of Inbound Zombie (whom I first heard recently at Blogworld , and realize how much I’ve been out of the loop by not following him) is a brief interview with Danielle

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When is the right time to call? | Sell More, Word Less Blog by.

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Guerrilla Social Media Tip – Consistent

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'Consistent – Guerrilla Social Media Marketing Secret is today’s topic. Shane Gibson talks about how consistency is one of the major reasons Gary Vaynerchuck experienced his high level of success. .

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What Marketers Can Learn From Facebook "Unfriending" Study

Hubspot

Named 2009 "Word of the Year" by the New Oxford American Dictionary, " Unfriend" is used as a verb and the official definition is "To remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such as Facebook." What does it take to be removed as a 'friend'? The answers are hardly surprising. Those things that pretty much get you ostracized at a cocktail party, are considered to be poor online behaviors as well.

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Lead Generation Best Practices: Introducing the 7-Part Series

Pointclear

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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 Manager

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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Three Ways to Grow Your Small Business Sales ? Score More Sales

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Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Blog. About. Consulting. Training. Press. Speaking. Three Ways to Grow Your Small Business Sales. by Lori Richardson on October 24, 2010. Grow Small Biz Sales! It is the beginning of the last quarter of the calendar year, and if sales are down, you know that a burst of revenues before December 31 could be a great way to end 2010.

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Is Your Competitor's Grass Greener? What Are You Neglecting?

Sales Gravy

Too many people stop learning and integrating new strategies into their routine. What worked last year may not be relevant today. Just because you attended a training program a few years ago does not mean your skills are current.

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Interview with the founder of SellingPower Magazine

SBI

Gerhard Gschwandtner launched Selling Power magazine in 1981 with a vision to create the number one industry resource for sales professionals. And that, he has done. Widely recognized as a thought leader and industry trailblazer, he has trained more than 10,000 salespeople around the world and is the author of 17 sales management books. Next week, Gerhard will be co-hosting the Sales and Marketing 2.0 conference in San Francisco – along with Umberto Milletti, co-founder of InsideView.

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Guerrilla Social Media Marketing Secret – Commitment

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'Guerrilla Social Media Marketing Secret – Commitment.

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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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60 @HubSpot Employees. One Take. [video]

Hubspot

The HubSpot team wants to thank its customers and community for the past four awesome years of inbound marketing. Seriously, you all rock. To thank you all, a handful of HubSpotters stayed late after work to create a fun, choreographed, one-take video. It opens with our fearless leader, CEO @bhalligan and ends with the whole group together. We hope it makes you smile.

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Stuff I Learned Last Week that Could Drive Sales Success

Anthony Cole Training

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. Does Your Team Need a Wake Up Call? Tony Cole can tailor a workshop or keynote that will help your team discover the spark of extraordinary motivation and success. Why Arent Your Salespeople Selling? Fix Your Problem Now.

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There Is No Substitute for Top Notch ? Score More Sales

Score More Sales

Sales Tips and Strategies to Grow Revenues. Blog. About. Consulting. Training. Press. Speaking. There Is No Substitute for Top Notch. by Lori Richardson on October 19, 2010. Willows Lodge Offsite. It’s a term that originated in the 1820′s – “top-notch” It means outstanding, notable, superior. Quality surroundings, impeccable customer service, and amazing attention to detail creates a great first impression and begins the foundations of customer loyalty.

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The Essence of Leadership: Instill a Sense of Pride

Sales Gravy

So just how do we go about instilling pride in people? As always, I suggest using our own experiences as our best example. In thinking back over the things you've done in your life, what kinds of accomplishments caused you to feel proud?

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Breaking The Commerce Bottleneck: Your SAP Exit Plan Starts Now

Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar

Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.

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Salespeople No longer waiting for “corporate”

SBI

Gartner forecasts worldwide downloads in mobile application stores to surpass 21.6 billion by 2013. And download revenue will grow to just over 29 billion in 2013. According to Stephanie Baghdassarian, research director at Gartner, “Games remain the No. 1 application, and mobile shopping, social networking, utilities and productivity tools continue to grow and attract increasing amounts of money.”.

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Malcolm Gladwell is Right

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'Shane Gibson talks about why Malcolm Gladwell is right about social media.

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Facebook Launches New Groups Feature

Hubspot

Today in a live press conference, Facebook announced new features for its social networking platform. Facebook’s announcements mainly focused on control for users, which includes a new privacy dashboard and the ability for users to download their information from Facebook. While privacy is critically important, the new Groups feature is the announcement that will likely be the most talked about among Facebook users.

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A Marketer’s Guide to Content Curation

Hubspot

There is an elephant in the online marketing “room,” and the elephant’s name is Curation. Curation is the most important part of online marketing that no one is talking about. With the rise of inbound marketing, content has become front and center in the minds of marketers. This focus on content as an important marketing tactic creates two extremely important problems.

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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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7 Things Your Blog’s Sidebar Can't Live Without

Hubspot

Your blog sidebar can be filled with anything you’d like, from fun and fancy widgets to ads for generating some extra income. But there are several important elements that your blog sidebar shouldn’t be without. They’ll not only help you keep readers on your site, but will help bring them back for more, or even turn them into leads.

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5 Awesome Content Creation Tools You Should Be Using

Hubspot

Getting started creating remarkable content can be a challenging concept for folks who have never done it before. Below are five tools that you can use to make your content more user friendly. These tools also make your life a lot easier too because of their simplicity. Tools For Content Creation. 1. bit.ly - Twitter is considered a microblog. The posts are called ‘tweets’ and they are a maximum of 140 characters in length.

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Don't "Submit" To Landing Page Button Text

Hubspot

This post is a sneak-peak of data from the upcoming Science of Lead Generation webinar that will teach you scientifically proven ways to get more leads. Click here to register now. The one element that every single landing page has in common is the button, all web forms have one. So when I was researching landing page conversion rates, I wanted to look at the submit button closely.

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Which Types of Form Fields Lower Landing Page Conversions?

Hubspot

This post is a sneak-peak preview of the upcoming Science of Lead Generation webinar where you'll learn about the real data and science behind getting more leads from your website. Register now to reserve your spot. The goal of a landing page is collect information from visitors to allow them to be potentially converted into a customer. Naturally as marketers or sales people, we want to ask for lots of information from visitors.

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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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8 Ways to Get Your Content Ignored on Twitter

Hubspot

Twitter is a social network that allows users to share brief, 140 character messages. Each time another user shares your message it is considered a ReTweet. ReTweets expand you reach as an individual or company and can contribute additional website traffic, subscribers and customers. However, when you make the mistakes outlined in this post it can cause your content to be ignored and not get ReTweeted. 8 Ways to Not Get ReTweeted. 1.

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4 Ways Social Media Helped Gap’s Logo Disaster

Hubspot

Last week Gap used Facebook to announce their plans for a new logo and was hit with mass amounts of negative feedback. Despite mainly getting discouraging comments and even a few websites designed to specifically make fun of the new logo , Gap may have actually made out in their decision to inform their social network first. Here’s 4 reasons social media and their logo blunder may have helped Gap. 1.

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9 Awesome Ways to Market a Business Blog

Hubspot

We are all impatient. We like instant gratification, and when it comes to blogging, these emotions are no different. Most business bloggers understand that it is important to create interesting content on a frequent and consistent basis. Bloggers understand that their reward for this content is increased traffic and leads from search engines, social media, and other sources.

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7 Common Website Redesign Mistakes

Hubspot

If you are new to inbound marketing, there are certain things you’ll want to avoid when designing your site. Doing the little things right in the beginning will save you a lot of time in the end. This list will help you begin to get found by the search engines and in turn found by leads. The following list is from my own personal experience building a website and are things I wish I knew then.

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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.