Sat.Jul 29, 2023 - Fri.Aug 04, 2023

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Why Ask Your Clients for Their Strategic Outcomes

Iannarino

Theodore Levitt, a marketing professor at Harvard Business School taught his students that people don’t buy drills; they buy quarter-inch holes. No one wants to buy a drill , they buy the outcome the drill provides them. Too many salespeople have been convinced that their solution is superior to that of their competition. Most companies have a solution that can produce the same outcome as their competitors.

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Sales Manager Bad Behaviour

Engage Selling

 What’s one of the worst things a sales manager can do? Watch this video to find out (this unfortunately happens a lot and is such a critical mistake). The post Sales Manager Bad Behaviour first appeared on Colleen Francis - The Sales Leader.

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7 Activities for Your Sales Team Success

Anthony Cole Training

In analyzing those salespeople who are successful year after year, we have found significant consistencies in behavior, sales skills, and practice management. We call these The 7 Activities for Sales Success. If your sales team can adopt these 7 habits, you will be amazed at how your sales will improve.

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Is Outsourcing Sales Right for Your Business?

Sales Pop!

Some businesses struggle to manage a sales team. So, they search for ways to improve their efficiency. Sales operations aren’t for everyone. So some business owners look for solutions elsewhere. While some go into automated platforms for lead generation or artificial intelligence (AI), others ask for help from other companies. That’s where outsourcing comes into place.

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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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What Your Buyer Needs From You

Iannarino

If you believe that selling is difficult, know that buying is often more difficult. Part of what makes buying challenging is that buyers research on their own to avoid engaging with salespeople. Some are buying without fully exploring their options, which can lead to buyer’s remorse. Spending time with a good salesperson can prevent this.

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Latest Podcasts: Habits of Great Leaders

Force Management

There's no one recipe for success. Every leader has their own unique strategies and practices that they swear by. And yet, there are some great habits that are undeniably shared between many great leaders, including the ones who join us on Revenue Builders. Some of the most common themes in our discussions with the sales greats are a learning mindset, a focus on people, and a willingness to push on through hardship and failures.

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4 Tips for Dealing With Disgruntled Customers

Sales Pop!

If you own a small business, you’ve probably dealt with an unhappy customer or two. And if you haven’t, you’re probably going to. Pouring your soul into your customers only to receive negative feedback can be discouraging and frustrating. But with some preparation and knowledge, you can improve your chances of turning a disgruntled customer into a loyal one.

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The Importance of Self-Reporting in B2B Sales

Iannarino

Your CRM can capture dozens of metrics. It can record each salesperson’s activities, document opportunities as they progress, and provide you with a dashboard to rival NASA on launch day.

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Our Customers Aren’t On A Buying Journey…

Partners in Excellence

Most of the time, as sellers, we focus on our self interests. As a result we spend a lot of time looking at our selling process and the things we want to do to our customers. We focus on the things that drive our success, perhaps not really understanding what the customer is trying to achieve and their success. Sometimes, though rarely, we think about their buying process.

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The Art and Science of Complex Sales Podcast

Membrain

Join us as we sit down with Jason Howes, the Founder and Managing Director of Arrow Executive Sales. From Jason's eight and a half years on the road, to managing one of Australia's biggest accounts, he provides valuable insights into the world of sales. As we further explore Jason's experience in sales, you'll hear about the importance of understanding the current state of a business and how to propel it to the next level.

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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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Top 7 Tips for Generating More Sales on Amazon

Sales Pop!

Amazon is by far the largest e-commerce in the US, making up more than 37% of the US e-commerce market. Because of its vast customer base, it’s an attractive marketplace for online sellers with the current number of sellers exceeding 500,000 individuals. If you aren’t already selling on Amazon, you’re missing out on a lot. Anyone can meet the requirements and become a seller on Amazon, but not everyone makes it to the top where they earn upwards of $1 million from Amazon alone.

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How to Win a Client for Life

Iannarino

You can compete to allow you to win an order or a project, and you can compete to win a client for life. Once you succeed in the second approach, you no longer need to compete for orders or projects.

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Intuitive Selling—More Than A Feeling

Partners in Excellence

Have you ever experienced talking about an opportunity, a situation, or strategy with a very high performing sales person? Or been with someone dealing with a very complex deal, and all of a sudden they come up with the right answers, or strategies? Or that individual that just seems to always have the right answers for dealing with the tough situations?

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Omnichannel Marketing Strategies, Use Cases, and Trends

G2

Discover effective strategies, real-world use cases, and the trends in omnichannel marketing. Maximize your reach, engagement, and customer satisfaction.

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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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Reading Body Language Reveals Much

Sales Pop!

Four couples enjoyed dinner as a small social group, followed by a more profound conversation afterward. The discussion was remarkable, and one gentleman’s facial expressions throughout were highly entertaining! However, it was a superb reminder to be aware of our posturing, including facial expressions, while speaking with prospects and clients. Those appearing on the person’s face would have killed trust and the sale!

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How to Not Sell - An Observation

Iannarino

Most of what you read here are articles designed to help you sell more by selling better. But lately, I have noticed that a great many people are more interested in strategies that prevent sales. In the idea of giving the people what they want, what follows is advice that will keep you from selling.

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Marketo’s July releases: A manager’s guide

Martech

Marketo released a native function for creating visualizations of Smart Campaigns. The feature, Engagement Map, lets users explain how smart campaigns work more efficiently. Another notable feature released last month is Web Services Error, which identifies API users responsible for creating an error. This will reduce the time needed to troubleshoot web services error notifications.

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Never Stop Learning: Advice from A Sales Enablement Leader

Sales Gravy

Sales Training Is An Investment In YOU In this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount is joined by Sarah Browner, the Global Sales Enablement Manager at Adobe. If you are a sales leader, sales enablement professional, or training facilitator, you will want to tune in for their conversation about keeping learners engaged and using feedback to improve enablement initiatives.

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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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Unleashing the Power of Centralization, Customer Experience, and AI

Sales Pop!

Centralizing Functions for Seamless Business Operations Are you facing challenges in centralizing functions that traditionally belong to different departments? The answer lies in the revolutionary concept of Revenue Operations (Rev Ops). In this article, we explore how Rev Ops can streamline your business operations, foster collaboration, and drive success in today’s dynamic market.

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Priorities, Focus, and the Discipline to Get Things Done

Iannarino

People who want to get things done must determine their priorities so they can act on their self-discipline to ensure they are completing the things they care about. Most of us want to do many more things than we could accomplish in three lifetimes. In a world that is hell bent on distraction as a business model, the only way to be productive is to narrow your focus to include only what is most important.

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Sprout Social acquires Tagger Media

Martech

Social media management software company Sprout Social acquired Tagger Media, an influencer marketing and social intelligence platform, for $140 million. The acquisition adds the ability to discover influencers and plan campaigns around them to Sprout Social’s broad social media management and analytics offerings. Tagger Media offers a unified SaaS solution for brands and agencies that allows marketers to measure the impact of influencer campaigns through ROI and trends reports.

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Life Observations through the Lens of Business Acumen

The Advantexe Advisor

It’s a hot August night…thoughts are unfocused as there is still a lot of summer left. But. there is a nagging feeling in the back of your mind that the fall, the end of Q3, the beginning of Q4, and the new year of 2024 are accelerating around the track faster than we want to think about. So, as the weekend approaches, what a great time for some everyday reflections through the lens of Business Acumen to keep the mind entertained and refreshed for what will be coming in a few weeks… LinkedIn has

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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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How AI Can Empower Sales Teams

Sales Pop!

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the sales landscape, offering businesses unprecedented opportunities to enhance their sales processes and achieve remarkable results. In this article, we will explore the transformative power of AI in empowering sales teams to excel in customer acquisition, lead generation, and customer relationship management.

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What Did Your Client Learn?

Iannarino

In a workshop with an excellent sales force, we played a game from Elite Sales Strategies: A Guide to Being One-Up, Creating Value, and Becoming Truly Consultative. In this game, there are five rules, and breaking one disqualifies you.

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Unlocking the true value of a new email address

Martech

Email remains a powerful and cost-effective tool for content delivery and marketing offers, despite frequent predictions to the contrary. But acquiring new email addresses requires a lot of effort, which raises the question of return on investment. How much can you afford to spend on a new email address? Let’s start with a very simple calculation: Value = revenue from emails ÷ deliverable email addresses For example, if your email program brings in $100,000 and you have 100,000 deliverable names

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71% of You Say Are Bullish On 2024 Being Better Than 2023

SaaStr

So one of our recent themes on SaaStr is that while things are still tougher for almost everyone that the go-go days of 2021, in at least some ways, they seem to have bounced off the bottom and are at least getting easier than before: Top Cloud and SaaS stocks are up 31% this year. Now they still are way down from their 2021 highs. But +31% is real.

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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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Save These Dates: Winter ’24 Sandbox Preview

Salesforce

Three times a year, we release new features and functionality, so you can take advantage of the latest and greatest that our platform has to offer. Let’s dig into the dates for this sandbox preview, so you can see what’s coming up for the Winter ’24 Salesforce release Note the key dates for this release now so your organization is prepared for the upgrade.

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Mastering Online Retail Marketing: The Keys to Success

G2

Learn expert retail marketing strategies and techniques that drive business results to thrive in the competitive retail environment.

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Electrolux’s data and analytics roadmap to improved customer experience

Martech

Global home appliances company Electrolux owns over 70 brands, including Frigidaire and AEG. They sell approximately 60 million household products in around 120 markets. With an organization of this size, there was great value to be gained by unifying data and deploying analytics. But to implement this kind of change, Electrolux needed a roadmap. The organization formed a global consumer and analytics team in 2021.

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Sales Execs: Whatever You Do, Don’t Join Just for The High OTE

SaaStr

So I’ve been introduced to a few up-and-coming sales folks recently and the pattern goes like this. I get a response back fast: ”The role sounds interesting but I’ve got an offer pending right now for $120k OTE” Hmmm. Do you know how many folks at that sales org hit quota? What the average attainment is? What are the odds you’ve make that? It’s OK to take risks, and you should in your career, but at least know how the org performs.

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