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This is part one of a five-part series to help you develop the sales coaching approach that’s guaranteed to make you an unstoppable sales leader! In the past, all you had to do was chase down your number. Now you must worry about things like % hitting quota, onboarding, cycle time, and turnover, just to name a few. Add the new administrative duties, board reporting, and forecasting responsibilities and you may find yourself scratching your head wondering why you accepted that promotion.
Common Sales Objections. "It's too expensive.". "There's no money.". "We don't have any budget left.". "I need to use this budget somewhere else.". "I don't want to get stuck in a contract.". "We're already working with another vendor.". "I'm locked into a contract with a competitor.". "I can get a cheaper version somewhere else.". "I'm happy with your competitor.".
If you want to start a meaningful conversation over cold email, you have to give the recipient a really good reason to hit the respond button. In other words, you need to start a conversation to which they can actually contribute. Whether it’s highlighting a benefit you know the other person will need or posing a question they won’t read elsewhere, an effective message is all about the potential client and building a relationship with them.
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
“We don’t use a sales deck. We just do demos.”. The demo-only approach doesn’t work anymore. With an average of 6.8 people involved in each B2B deal, you need a deck if you want your message to travel from the champion you met to the buyer you didn’t. If you rely on your one champion to carry the message, you’ve essentially turned your sales process into a game of telephone.
When marketers like us create landing pages, write email copy, or design call-to-action buttons, it can be tempting to use our intuition to predict what will make people click and convert. But basing marketing decisions off of a "feeling" can be pretty detrimental to results. Rather than relying on guesses or assumptions to make these decisions, you're much better off running conversion rate optimization (CRO) tests -- sometimes called A/B tests.
Most people would describe me as naturally charismatic, funny, and full of energy. I’m a natural salesperson. I can make people excited about ideas and believe in themselves. I can help them see a better future. And because of that, you’d never know that I get periodically depressed. But it’s true. It happens every two years, although I don’t know how to describe it.
Most people would describe me as naturally charismatic, funny, and full of energy. I’m a natural salesperson. I can make people excited about ideas and believe in themselves. I can help them see a better future. And because of that, you’d never know that I get periodically depressed. But it’s true. It happens every two years, although I don’t know how to describe it.
Engaging and leveraging influencers in your industry doesn’t have to be rocket science, but it’s also a lot more than finding a list and blasting away. In fact, we’ve found that the influencers themselves are just one of four audiences you need to consider, develop and engage to make your influencer marketing work at its maximum potential.
As a VP of Sales, you’re probably not too familiar with SaaS metrics or costs — that’s the CFO’s job, right? Well today, we’ll breakdown how to understand SaaS costs basics, and then explain how to accurately set sales goals and metrics that drive success. We’ll also review how to determine if your team structure is working or not, as this is a crucial factor that impacts revenue goals.
How to Get Real Estate Leads. Build Partnerships. Throw a Housewarming Party. Become a Restaurant Regular. Send a Handwritten Note. Advertise. Build Your Own Website. Develop a Niche. Use "Coming Soon" Signs. Head to an Open House. Generate Leads on LinkedIn. Organize Educational Events. Become a Redfin Partner Agent. Don't Neglect Leads. Target "For Sale by Owner" Listings.
We know you've been eagerly anticipating the announcement of the Unleash speaker lineup, and now it's here! Those who attended our sales excellence conference last year know that the speakers are one of the MOST special, exciting and unusual parts of Unleash. Once again, we are bringing you veteran sales experts, alongside fresh and new voices you won't see anywhere else.
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.
Despite changes to our selling marketplace, too many sales professionals are rooted in beliefs about customer engagement that simply aren’t true. That’s why today, I’m going to dispel the three big sales engagement myths.
In January, we announced a new initiative called The Sales Hacker Top 50 Awards. The Sales Hacker Top 50 Awards are an effort to show some love to the actual reps and practitioners on the front lines. They don’t often get the widespread recognition they deserve, since most other online sales awards often become influencer popularity contests. During the 6 weeks of open voting, over 5000 votes were placed.
Nature vs. nurture. Talent vs. skill. Destiny vs. willpower. It's one of the oldest unanswered questions that still confounds science: How much of an individual's potential is realistically achievable?
In addition to our Sunday App of the Week feature, we also summarize some of our favorite B2B sales & marketing posts from around the Web each week. We’ll miss a ton of great stuff, so if you found something you think is worth sharing please add it to the comments below. In the meantime, here are some B2B Reads we love: Five Steps to Improve Your Value Messaging Approach.
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.
You have a tenure problem. Per Business Insider , out of the top 10 largest tech companies, only Facebook breaks the two-year mark (2.02) in average tenure. Uber falls at 1.23, Snap at 1.62, and Airbnb at 1.64. I wonder how long the average onboarding period is per company? Or how long it takes to fill those roles after they leave? The more you look into it, the more you realize the amount of employee ROI companies are losing from employees frequently moving is exorbitant.
The best salespeople are driven, not desperate. Obviously, you don’t want to be perceived as “desperate.” Not by your friends, your co-workers, or your romantic partner. And hopefully, never by your clients. After all, customers often arrive at a purchasing decision based more on how they feel about the salesperson and less about the actual solution.
Show, don't tell. In business, that translates as, “Where are the metrics?” Sales reps can clearly observe that social selling works, but their bosses want metrics. They need hard numbers that capture the ROI of social selling at the corporate level, but also how to take it down to the level of individual performance for sales professionals.
I still conduct a limited amount of training with some of my personal clients. We work with companies in more than 200 industries, from startups to multi-billion dollar corporations, that call on every possible vertical and decision maker, in nearly every geography across the globe. I find that even the most seasoned and resistant of salespeople get to this point: When they realize how much more there is to selling, how much more effective they can be, how much more business they could generate,
AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.
Let’s say you want to find a specific @elonmusk tweet about machine learning, but can’t find the tweet when you scroll back in your feed. Or you’re hosting a “2018 web design” webinar and want to compile a list of experts using Twitter. Or maybe you just want to see Twitter conversations between @garyvee and @bcuban from 2016. There’s no denying that Twitter is a great social media tool.
In this guide, I will break down 11 unconventional conference tips that will help you make the most out of your experience. Let’s dive in. I say this often…. Pixels will NEVER replace face to face. With each conference I attend, I’m reminded of this over and over. Sure, Slack is cool and social networks make the world go ‘round, but those are just tools and they only help graze the surface when it comes to building strong relationships — especially business/professional relationships.
Guest Post by Chris Orlob. You’d be surprised by how many major breakthroughs we take for granted today that were completely discovered by accident. From gunpowder to post-its, many discoveries happen while trying to find something entirely different. And that’s exactly how we uncovered the single best closing question to use in sales. Earlier this year, we analyzed one million sales calls with machine learning to determine if the phrase “Does that make sense?
Everyone says that time is money. But this statement is especially true for sales reps. Commission-based jobs know no time restraints. Hustling is good. But there’s also a point of diminishing returns. Another 80 hour week doesn’t necessarily mean you’re crushing it. It probably means you’re taking meetings you shouldn’t. You’re doing too many repetitive admin tasks.
Today’s buyers expect more than generic outreach–they want relevant, personalized interactions that address their specific needs. For sales teams managing hundreds or thousands of prospects, however, delivering this level of personalization without automation is nearly impossible. The key is integrating AI in a way that enhances customer engagement rather than making it feel robotic.
In a series of tweets sent out yesterday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that the social network would be enlisting the help of outside experts to measure its health. Acknowledging that the network has become more divisive -- abused and leveraged for judgment rather than conversation -- Dorsey also spoke to Twitter's own mishandling of how it has been weaponized.
Hi folks! I’m starting a new vlog / YouTube show called – The Pe:p Show. (As my name is actually pronounced like pep talk, not peep show). It’s a series of short and to the point videos: all between 1 and 9 minutes. Topics that I’m covering go way past conversion stuff – it’s about optimizing all the things: your life, health, relationships, work and business.
Over the past few years, countless apps have been developed to harness the benefits of gamification. There are games for helping you get to the gym, games for helping you divvy up household chores, even games to help you reduce anxiety and boost your mood.
Bad sales email can happen to anyone. That’s why it’s so important to stay vigilant when it comes to taking advice from the internet. There are lots and lots of tips out there that, despite being completely ineffective , are fast becoming gospel in the sales world. The best way to avoid making mistakes that could ruin your email outreach is to know the difference between an actual best practice and a misleading tip.
In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.
Back in October, Facebook introduced a new initiative to put Page content in a separate feed from content within a user's personal network. It was one of the first efforts from Facebook to shift its emphasis from advertisers to users -- and it would live under what the social media channel called the Explore Feed. Facebook ended that initiative today -- which Head of News Feed Adam Mosseri called "a trial response to consistent feedback" in the official announcement.
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February might be a short month, but it was by far one of our product team’s most productive months to date! We’re excited to share a few of the amazing features we released to cure your winter blues. Outreach Meetings for Outlook. We’re excited to share that Outreach Meetings for Outlook is now available in beta! With this release, customers using Office 365 and Exchange 2013 will have access to the same great feature set that's currently available for our Gmail users.
What if you could help your sellers stop wasting 72% of their day on non-selling activities and focus on bringing in revenue? Incorporating AI in your enablement workflows can help you cut down on busy work, get projects done faster, and let your team (and you!) focus on making a bigger impact. We put together this guide to show you how to use AI to cut time and costs for projects, including collateral creation, development of training videos, and automating tedious processes.
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