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What to Stop, Start and Keep Doing to Drive Sales Growth (part 2 of 3) What to Start Doing:

Anthony Cole Training

Start focusing on helping people get more of what they want: I don’t remember the time or place but I remember the message; “If you help more people get what they want you’ll get more of what you want.” Ralph Waldo Emerson in his essay on compensation alludes to the law of the universe. The law of the universe fundamentally means that you can neither add nor take from the whole of the universe.

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Learn How We Discovered They Had the Wrong Salespeople

Understanding the Sales Force

Would you believe me if I told you that in a recent sales force evaluation, nearly 50% of the 300 inside salespeople were not in the right role? Recently, we evaluated a large inside sales force and I thought it might be interesting to share some of the more unusual findings that were responsible for this sales team's inability to achieve the revenue goals that the company expected from them.

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How To Sell And Win More Million Dollar Deals

A Sales Guy

If you sell enterprise wide, large, million dollar deals, you get how complex and difficult it can be. Even if you’ve been killing it for years, and are highly successful, you know that complex selling has changed considerably. Over the past few years, selling big deals, million dollar deals, has become increasingly harder than it’s ever been.

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Customers Only See Their Part Of The Problem

Partners in Excellence

In today’s complex B2B world, we know our customers struggle to solve their problems, along the way, perhaps searching for solutions to solve their problem From the Challenger Customer , we know roughly 5.4 people tend to be involved in the process and we know the majority of these initiative end in No Decision Made. As great consultative sales people, we work with each of the 5.4 to identify their needs, priorities, and requirements.

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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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6 Stats that Prove the Importance of Product Videos for Ecommerce

Hubspot

Producing quality videos for your ecommerce site is hard, we know. Equipment is expensive, and specialists who know how to use that equipment cost even more. For that very reason, many ecommerce businesses will settle for photos and graphics just to get the job done. These six statistics show that video might just be an investment worth making. Sure, you’ll have to dig a little deeper into those pockets at first, but the results will return more than you dreamed.

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Has the Sales Profile of an A Player Changed Dramatically?

Understanding the Sales Force

Recently, a number of readers asked me to review two articles which they thought were right up my alley. Apparently they thirst for one of my specialties - poking holes in articles that are just plain wrong about hiring salespeople. It's not that I enjoy ripping articles apart, it's just that I don't have any tolerance for authors who either don't know what they are talking about, don't have any science backing them up, or use examples that can't be replicated across industries, markets and geog

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10 Best Sales Motivation Quotes by Mark Hunter

The Sales Hunter

“My goal in sales is to help my customers see and achieve things they didn’t think were possible.” “A sale made without integrity is not a sale.” “My greatest assets are my time, my mind, and my network. My goal is to use each one wisely, each day.” “My goal with each person I […].

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The Art of Being a Great Coworker: 13 Ways to Improve Your Work Relationships

Hubspot

This year, you'll likely spend more time with your coworkers than you will with your significant other, parents, best friend, siblings, cat, and. well, you get the point. Think about it: If you work 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year, that's over 2,000 hours a year spent with the same people -- give or take a vacation or two , of course. That's a ton of time, and can often lead to a ton of silent (or not so silent) frustrations.

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Your Most Important Sales Call, What’s Your Plan?

Partners in Excellence

Today, a reader reminded me about something I said in an Openview Partners article about 18 months ago. The article, 20 Of The Best Interview Questions For New Sales Hires , has great ideas from some very thoughtful people. I suggested the following: “Can you show me your plan for this interview?” It’s something I ask all the time, too often, I’m disappointed–they don’t have a plan.

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How To Communicate A/B Test Results To Stakeholders

ConversionXL

Data should speak for itself, but it doesn’t. After all, humans are involved, too – and we mess things up. See, while data may be pure, humans are riddled with cognitive biases, dissonance, and egos. We hold positions that may be contingent on a certain way of working. Our ideas are fragile under the scrutiny of empiricism. That’s why the hardest work in optimization doesn’t have anything to do with the statistics, the ideation, the research, or the implementation – it has to do with

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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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Increasing Revenue With Account-Based Sales Development

SalesLoft

The advent of modern sales development has taken the sales world by storm. Organizations everywhere are dumping revenue models based on old-school lead generation, cold calling and mass email blasting. Why? The power has shifted from the seller to the buyer. What’s truly challenging about sales development? Delivering personalization, sincerity, and professionalism at scale.

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The Nonprofit’s Guide to Email Nurturing for Membership Retention

Hubspot

Many nonprofits fall victim to a common marketing trap: they pour efforts into acquisition, while ignoring the leaky bucket on the other side—the fact that existing members are churning out almost as fast as they’re entering the funnel. What gives? There are many factors at play here. For one, digital audiences have short attention spans and have limited mental bandwidth to track the many moving parts of their interests and lives.

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You Want To Take My Money, But Who Are You?

Partners in Excellence

Every day, it seems there is a new sales, marketing, customer service tool popping up on the web. I explore lots of them, many look very promising. All of them want me to “buy,” it’s a subscription of some type. The subscription price may be something as simple as my email address. But my email address has tremendous value, so I want to be cautious in how I invest it.

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Sales Motivation Video: This is the Week to Call Old Customers

The Sales Hunter

I believe this is the week that you’re going to start reaching out to old customers. I admit, this is not always easy, but the really great news is that salespeople who reach out to their old customers are pleasantly surprised at the boost to their success. These old customers may be ones you know […].

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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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10 Rainmaker 2016 Speakers Talk All Things Sales Development

SalesLoft

It’s almost time for Rainmaker 2016 , the the one and only conference dedicated 100% to all things sales development. Our Rainmaker 2016 speakers want to answer the question: what’s next in sales development? The answer is bigger than ourselves — it is about you, your dreams and ideas, and building better businesses faster than ever with your sales development leadership.

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11 Practical Tips for Finishing Your To-Do List Faster

Hubspot

"Work smarter, not harder.". Chances are, you've heard this phrase before -- and probably more than once. The philosophy behind working "smart" is to maximize your productivity when you are working so that you can get more stuff done in shorter periods of time. By working smarter, you'll find yourself with more time in the day to sleep, exercise, be creative, and recharge.

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Are You Tapping into Your Sales Force? (Guest Post from Shawn Casemore)

Engage Selling

Let’s face it, sales as we know it has changed, from how to attract distracted buyers to how to nurture a long-term relationship when loyalty is diminishing almost as quickly as our attention span. Fortunately there is new information that can help us make sense of this evolution, which in turn can help educate our […].

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Executive Sales Leader Briefing: Do My Sales Veterans Have the Drive to Sell?

The Sales Hunter

Welcome to the Executive Sales Leader Briefing, a new blog series I am doing every Friday. If you want to receive the Executive Sales Leader Briefing in text form in an email early Friday morning before it is published on the website, go to this page to sign up. Recently, I’ve found myself in […].

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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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Mindfulness in Your Sales Emails, A Sales Tips Video

SalesLoft

Mindfulness is a psychological trend that’s quickly making its way over to the sales industry. Mindfulness is the scientifically-backed notion of simply being mindful of your personality, communication traits, and how others respond to your ways of communicating. Seems like a no-brainer — but it actually takes a real effort to insert mindfulness into daily conversations such as your sales calls and emails.

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7 Powerful Ways to Make Your Emails More Persuasive

Hubspot

This post originally appeared on HubSpot's Sales Blog. To read more content like this, subscribe to Sales. Communication is the lifeblood of sales and marketing. Successfully closing deals, providing value, explaining complexities -- they all rely on your ability to express yourself clearly and persuasively. The outreach email is a special breed of writing.

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How Will You Use Your Extra Day?

Engage Selling

This year, we’ve been blessed with an extra day! That’s right, because “February 29” shows up on this year’s calendar, we have an extra 24 hours to speed up, catch up or to simply use as a way to rest and recharge. Chances are, most sales leaders won’t look at their time this way. They […].

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5 Actions to Speed Up a Slow Customer

Sales Gravy

The only asset you have that is in limited supply is your own time. When a slow customer takes up too much of it, you lose. The time you’re spending with them is preventing you from moving on to another customer and another opportunity.

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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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Send This Email to Your Manager to Attend #Rainmaker16

SalesLoft

If you’re on a mission to take your sales development career to the next level, scale an inside sales team, and learn from the most influential leaders in the industry, then #Rainmaker16 is a no brainer. Rainmaker 2016 , the gathering of sales development thought-leaders, industry pioneers and practitioners in Atlanta on March 7-9 is the one and only conference of its kind.

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What Tracking 13 Billion Email Opens Can Teach Us About the Current State of Email Engagement

Hubspot

Last year, we saw significant changes in marketing technology. Mobile and social search shifted marketer’s SEO efforts, and messaging apps started to introduce new ways for brands to connect with their audience. But one channel continued to hold the reputation of ‘ol reliable among marketing teams: email. Serving as one of the oldest digital mediums still in use, email is known for delivering the highest ROI among digital marketing channels.

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Setting Goals that Reps Will Buy Into | Sales Tips

Engage Selling

Setting goals for your team is one thing…getting them to buy into it is an entirely different ball game. Get your copy of Nonstop Sales Boom for more insights on how to manage your sales team effectively to produce results.

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Team Building Advice for Leaders

Sales Gravy

I received an email from the young lady who had recently moved into a new job and was put in charge of a team.

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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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How Habits Are Sabotaging Your Conversions (and How to Fix It)

ConversionXL

You’re familiar with the phrase, “A creature of habit.” Yet, as we strive to disrupt industries, take out the competition and launch innovative new products, we forget the power of habit. Think about what dish soap is sitting by your sink or under the counter. When is the last time you put serious thought into what dish soap to buy?

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Working Late? Here Are 21 Tips to Make Your Nights More Productive

Hubspot

This post originally appeared on HubSpot's Sales Blog. To read more content like this, subscribe to Sales. Research has shown sleep might be the most important factor influencing our productivity. In fact, not getting enough sleep is similar to being drunk, according to studies. Every so often, though, you’ll have a counterproductive day at work and need to pick up the slack before bed.

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15 Stresses Every Sales Development Rep Faces Daily

SalesLoft

We believe that sales development is the future for truly successful sales teams. Through sales stack tools like Salesloft, sales development allows managers to build a rhythm of phone calls , sales emails and social touches for their team to follow consistently. This saves time for Sales Development Reps to do what they do well: set qualified appointments.

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How to Network Like a Pro: 10 Ways to Make a Long List of Meaningful Connections

Hubspot

My second job out of college was with an incredible startup political agency called the Glover Park Group. It's now a much larger and more successful agency, but at the time it was just a tiny company with a huge vision. I got the job because a woman my mother used to babysit for growing up was friends with one of the partners of the firm in New York.

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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.