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Cold Calling Tips: 5 Easy Ways to Generate More Sales in 2022

Iannarino

Are cold calls your least favorite part of the job? They don’t have to be. What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think about cold calls? You might be thinking of rejection, or tedium, or something similarly negative. But cold calls don’t have to be the most dreaded part of your schedule. Cold calling helps you expand your network, and engage with new prospects: Close sales fast … if you do it the right way.

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Bringing your ABM strategy to the world of CTV

Martech

Account-based marketing (ABM) is a growth strategy brands are adopting at a rapid rate. “70% of marketers say they use ABM, and there’s a 15% year over year increase in the usage of an ABM,” said Ali Haeri, VP of marketing at MNTN, in his presentation at The MarTech Conference. “But the problem with ABM is that everybody is using the same playbook.” Email marketing , targeted advertising, and personalized landing pages are some of the most popular tactics employed b

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3 Musts for Successful Sales Training Workshops

Anthony Cole Training

Sales training workshops are often critical cultural touchpoints, allowing salespeople and sales leaders to come together. Here are three musts to ensure that your next sales training workshop is as effective as it can be.

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Cold Call Voicemails: How to Get More Callbacks

Veloxy

Is business voicemail dead? While there are statistics that share voicemail’s decline in the business world , we can’t avoid the fact that 80% of all cold calls will reach the decision maker’s voicemail inbox. As we’ve shared in past blog posts on cold calling , saying that something is ‘dead’ is becoming a catchy headline and a trend. However, 9 times out of 10, these are mere theories supported by lax evidence.

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How to Improve Email Deliverability and Optimize Each Send

Learn how to optimize email deliverability and drive greater email ROI. What lands your email in the customer’s inbox? Understanding those factors, otherwise known as email deliverability, is critical to getting the most return on your campaign investments. But the “rules” around which factors land you in the spam folder aren’t always easy to keep up with.

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The 7 Best Sales Training Topics for Teams

Iannarino

Almost three-quarters of Americans consider themselves lifelong learners. Still, in most sales teams, the words “training initiative” elicit groans rather than excitement. Why is that? Maybe you’re just not selecting the right sales training topics for your team.

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Attn Elon Musk: The Right to Free Speech Does Not Mean a Right of AI Algorithm Amplification

David Meerman Scott

Elon Musk is reportedly in advanced talks to buy Twitter. Unfortunately, his vision of an unfettered town square with few restrictions on what people can say is an impossible utopia. Social networks ceased being free speech platforms a decade ago when they moved from reverse chronological display (newest post at the top) to one showing content to users driven by AI algorithms.

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Short Cold Emails vs. Long Cold Emails: Which is Better?

Veloxy

Cold emailing has never been more effective. Thanks in part to the popularity of inside sales and remote work, and the improvement in sales engagement and sales analytics software, cold email metrics have been skyrocketing like never before. The longstanding debate of short cold emails versus long cold emails also grew louder the past two years. Brevity versus credibility.

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4 Amazing Sales Training Ideas to Maximize Team Effectiveness

Iannarino

Stop me if you’ve heard these: “Sales training doesn’t work.” “I’m a natural at sales, I don’t need training.” “Sales training is a waste of time.”.

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Being Interesting Or Interested?

Partners in Excellence

Spoiler alert, we really seek to be both interested and interesting, and we hope our prospects/customers are both interested and interesting. However, to maximize the opportunity for this to occur, there is important sequencing of this process. As sellers, we do everything we can to be interesting. We leverage provocative insights, we develop pitches we think are interesting/even compelling.

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Sales 101 – Tips All Salespeople Should Know

The 5% Institute

Consistent sales are the lifeblood of any Business Owner, Sales Professional or Consultant , and you need to learn how to make your sales without winging it – which is why we’ve created this sales 101 list of requirements you should know. In this article, we’ll be looking at eight sales 101 tips to help you win more sales and serve more people, in a consultative and non-pushy way.

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Brick & Mortar Retail Relevance: How to Stay Ahead of the Curve

Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an

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Latest Podcasts: Catch up on Revenue Builders

Force Management

The Revenue Builders Podcast, hosted by John McMahon and John Kaplan, has quickly become part of the weekly routine for business leaders in all stages of their careers. McMahon, Kaplan and their guests get real, digging into timely topics with some of the most successful business leaders in all company disciplines (i.e., Sales, Finance, Product, Engineering, Customer Success, Executive Leadership, etc.).

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The Intention of Your Discovery Questions

Iannarino

If the intention of your discovery questions is to elicit a problem so you can sell your "solution," you are not really doing discovery. Instead, you are positioning whatever it is you sell. While there is nothing wrong with asking questions about your client's challenges, this line of questioning doesn't create value for your contacts, as they are well aware of their problems.

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How to sell without selling out - Andy Paul’s latest book shows how

Membrain

They told him he would never make it in sales. Now Andy Paul is a well-known expert in the sales industry, author of two books and creator of the award-winning podcast “Accelerate Your Sales” which he sold to Revenue.io in 2020.

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One of the Best Strategies to Increase Closing Rates | Sales Strategies

Engage Selling

???? In this week’s Sales Strategy, I’m going to share with you one of the best strategies I know to increase closing rates. It involves getting more people engaged from … Read More. The post One of the Best Strategies to Increase Closing Rates | Sales Strategies first appeared on Colleen Francis - The Sales Leader.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Peak Productivity Tips for Tired Professionals

Heinz Marketing

By Lisa Heay , Director of Business Operations at Heinz Marketing. I’m not a productivity expert. I wish that I was. There are many out there who are who I am in awe of. But productivity is something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. How can I balance everything on my to-do list and keep my sanity, too? Are you Tired? I am! As a full-time working mom of two young boys, I feel like my hair is on fire all day long.

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The Greatest Drag on Revenue Growth

Iannarino

There may be nothing worse than churn when it comes to net new revenue growth. The more clients you churn, the more you find yourself running in place, winning new deals that only replace part of what you lost. I happen to know a lot about churn from my time working in a Red Ocean industry, one with a lot of competition. It would not be uncommon to lose three million dollars in revenue every year, requiring three million and one dollars to get one dollar of growth.

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How to add value by ditching the discount

Membrain

Everyone wants and deserves a good deal. But a ‘good deal’ doesn’t mean the cheapest price. In sales, sometimes we default to providing a discount because in the absence of anything else, the easiest lever to pull is price.

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Master the art of agile research to iterate, innovate and grow

Martech

Traditional A/B testing only lets you test messaging, creative and other marketing assets after they have gone live in the market – with no warning of how they will perform. This sometimes leads to falling short on your marketing goals. What if there was a way to test before launching, improve your return and understand why your consumers selected the asset they did?

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1st, 2nd, and 3rd Party Intent Data: Which Is Right for You?

How do 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party intent data compare? 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party data each have specific advantages and disadvantages. It comes down to four factors: accuracy, cost, control and quantity. This infographic explains the pros and cons of each and helps you understand which one is best for meeting your business objectives. Intent data can be a great way to fill your pipeline and close more deals.

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We Won, But….

Partners in Excellence

We celebrate our wins and victories, as we should. Sometimes, we do a debrief on why we won, so we can learn and improve our execution in future opportunities. Often, we focus on all the things we did; we engaged the right people, we talked about the issues that were important to them, we had a superior solution, we were more compelling than the competition.

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The OneUp Approach to Differentiation

Iannarino

There is a lot of talk about differentiation in sales, and almost every sales organization pursues sales in the same way, often having the exact same order to ensure there is no meaningful differentiation. The marketing folks will tell you to differentiate by sharing how your company is different, and the product folks will insist you differentiate your "solution"—a word that inflates your product or service by making it the answer to your client's problem.

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Top SaaStr Content for the Week: Amplitude CEO, DigitalOcean CMO, G2 CMO, Podium SVP, Revenue Marketing, and More!

SaaStr

Each week, we round up our most popular content so you can catch up on anything you may have missed. Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: 1. BowtiedCocoon: Top SaaS SMB AEs have $125k OTEs. But The Best Ones Make $261k. 2. Every Investor is Different. But Here Are 22 Reasons I Generally Say “No” 3.

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Irrelevant marketing has consumers turning off brands

Martech

Getting personalization wrong drives away customers, according to a new report. Nearly half of all U.S. consumers said they were targeted with irrelevant marketing in the past six months, according to the report, The Emotional Shipping Experience, from Parcellabs (Parcellabs primarily offers services designed to enhance the post-purchase experience).

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5 Inspiring B2B Marketing Campaigns to Take Yours to the Next Level

Your next big B2B marketing idea starts here. Get inspired with these five successful B2B marketing campaigns. Ready to generate more leads, interest, and revenue with your B2B marketing? In this comprehensive eBook, you’ll get: In-depth studies of five successful B2B marketing campaigns spanning a wide range of industries Key takeaways and lessons from each story to implement in your own strategy Resources to help your own B2B marketing thrive By submitting this form, you agree to have your con

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Increase Revenue by Selling to Investors

Predictable Revenue

Pontus Noren joins the Predictable Revenue podcast to discuss how the outbound sales journey maps to raising investment for your company. The post Increase Revenue by Selling to Investors appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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5 Best B2B Cold Calling Tips to Close More Deals

Iannarino

What if your team’s cold call close rate could be 10% or higher? With the right B2B cold calling tips and tricks, that figure can be your team’s reality.

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Missing the Forest for the Trees: Leading vs. Lagging Metrics

Heinz Marketing

By Tom Swanson , Engagement Manager at Heinz Marketing. Too long, didn’t read: Goodhart’s Law should be used for leading metrics, but lagging metrics make great targets. In fact, the further downline you go, the better they get (to a point). Today we are going to be talking about a topic I have been exploring for a while: Goodhart’s “Law”. For those of you who are unfamiliar, the adage goes “when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.”.

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How to drive email innovation with programmatic coverage

Martech

“The consumer is something we’re trying to figure out,” said Ryan Phelan, managing director of RPE Origin, in his presentation at The MarTech Conference. “They consume everything that we do. The email marketer is sending out promotional campaigns, triggered campaigns –all kinds of different things to get a conversion.” “Whether you’re on the B2B side or the B2C side, what you experience in email is trying to get that consumer to do what you want th

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2 Retail Sectors That Are Completely Changing the Game: FMCG & Q-Commerce

Speaker: Joe Heather, Deliverect GM (UK&I) & Noah Hayes, Deliverect GM (US&CA)

Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and Quick Commerce (Q-commerce) are two vibrant sectors that have undergone significant transformations with the advancements in digital technology. With growing internet penetration and the proliferation of smartphones, consumers' purchasing habits have unsurprisingly evolved. They now demand quick, convenient, and seamless shopping experiences, which both FMCG and Q-commerce sectors strive to provide.

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Goods to Selling High: How to Make ABM Actually Work with Snowflake Head of ABM, Hilary Carpio

SaaStr

Every SaaS founder dreams of conquering the market and growing at a record rate. But when you stick to traditional, siloed sales motions, you may prevent your goals from being met. Fortunately, with the right strategy, you can continue to grow with a funnel that stays fresh. Hillary Carpio, the Director of ABM at Snowflake, shares her company’s account-based marketing (ABM) playbook and how it can dramatically scale business. .

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How To Build Product Messaging and Positioning That Stand Out

Salesforce

It’s a familiar scenario: You know you have a product that adds value, but it’s a crowded market and your competitors have great products as well. How do you share the special advantages of your innovation with the audience that could benefit the most? The answer: strong product messaging and positioning. . I’ve been at Salesforce for nearly a decade, and our messaging and positioning have come a long way during that time.

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What 1,000 food blog audits has taught me about SEO

Search Engine Land

The food and lifestyle blogging niche is super competitive. Here are some top takeaways from those many SEO audits. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

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3 ways to deliver better marketing experiences

Martech

“As martech ambassadors, we have a choice,” said Nina Butler, director of event experience at Alyce, in her presentation at The MarTech Conference. “We can continue to create more of the same experiences that over time have become more generic — a little bit more spammy, a little bit more self-serving — or we can pause, reflect, and start to think about how we can begin creating more meaningful moments that deliver lasting impressions with our buyers.” Part of

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.