Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 25, 2019

In this article, we discuss the Zero Moment of Truth (ZMOT) and the notion that significant changes have swept over the sales landscape these past 20 years.

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The 5% Institute

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Best sales books; with so many articles, which one’s should you focus on reading? Personal development, such as listening to informative podcasts, business and sales related audio books, and sales training should be a part of your daily activities if you want to succeed and win more sales. Another important, yet sometimes forgotten activity (due to our busy lifestyles and schedules), is reading books.

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Women Sales Pros

OCTOBER 25, 2019

When I hired a sales coach over a decade ago, things didn’t just start happening in my professional life; things started happening in my personal life as well. It started with a small change in the way I interacted with my husband. At the end of most days, he would come home, greet the dog, grab a couple of beers, and trek down the stairs to my home office.

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Force Management

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Sales managers deserve support from your organization, starting with a clear definition of what success looks like in their role. Great companies start with a strong blueprint that includes the processes and tools that enable sales managers to drive success at the team level.

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Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 22, 2019

In our fourth installment of the 9 Sales Productivity Tools, we bring you the next tool in our series, Goal Setting. When we talk about goal setting, we start with personal goals and then help our clients convert those personal goals into business plans. Those business plans have goals for activities that need to be performed, as well as practice management objectives to be accomplished.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 22, 2019

When you're not following a plan on social media, it's easy to forget to post regularly. Additionally, creating image and video-based content that's meant to drive revenue for your business can seem far away from your bottom line. However, nowadays, 71% of businesses are on the platform -- to compete with other companies in your industry, then, it's critical you have a solid Instagram strategy in-place, particularly if your intended audience uses the app.

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Membrain

OCTOBER 20, 2019

I’ve been writing a lot about our Sales Execution Framework and a “Back To Basics” approach to sales management and selling. These articles have generated some interesting calls and reactions.

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Engage Selling

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Every time your customer makes a buying decision, they deal with risk. They ask: “What if I make a mistake? What if things don’t work out? Can I be sure I’m making a good choice? What’s the cost of failure?

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 22, 2019

As a marketer, you usually wear a lot of hats at your company. SEO expert? Check. YouTube aficionado? Check. When I was working at an agency, it was important to learn everything I could about SEO and drive results for our clients. But I was no SEO expert. In order to keep our SEO tactics competitive, I kept this SEO definitive guide bookmarked so I could come back to it whenever I was strategizing for a client’s SEO.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 21, 2019

In 2019, you clearly can build a successful SaaS and Cloud company outside the Bay Area. And it is just sooo expensive here in the Bay Area. Like crazy expensive. And aren’t we all moving to distributed teams? Still, networks matter. And finding veterans that have done it before really helps, especially as you scale. And where are these networks and veterans?

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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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Membrain

OCTOBER 23, 2019

What if I told you that our organization never loses a sale? It’s true. We never do. We also don’t pursue opportunities.

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Engage Selling

OCTOBER 24, 2019

There’s a truth about gatekeepers that you need to be thinking about. Namely, that you create them. You read that right. You’re creating your own gatekeepers.

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Heinz Marketing

OCTOBER 24, 2019

By Matt Heinz, President of Heinz Marketing. “How I Work” is one of my favorite recurring features in Inc Magazine as well as via Lifehacker’s This Is How I Work Series. Every Thursday we feature a B2B sales, marketing or business leader in our own series and our own version of “ How I Work ” questions. You can catch up on everyone we’ve featured thus far in the “How I Work” series here.

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The 5% Institute

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Hunter vs farmer: chances are that you’ve heard this sales analogy before, but what does it really mean? And which one of the two is the best strategy to increase your leads, sales, and overall profit? In this article, we’ll look at what the hunter vs farmer analogy means, and which one you should focus on depending on where you are at with your business and required sales outcomes.

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Membrain

OCTOBER 23, 2019

From quite early on, in our sales careers, we are encouraged to explore every sales opportunity that presents itself – in fact, in some companies, they are brainwashed into believing that “all business is good business.”.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 23, 2019

As the new year quickly approaches, it’s time for sales enablement practitioners to begin to research trends and strategize for 2020. Common questions such as, “How is sales enablement evolving?” and, “How do I ensure I’m driving business impact?” rise as enablement teams review current metrics and finalize goals.

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Engage Selling

OCTOBER 25, 2019

There’s one thing I’ve noticed with organizations and people who are really good at bringing new business: they are good at operationalizing value.

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G2

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The internet is an endless virtual space that hosts thousands of platforms in which your brand can make itself known and reach a wider audience.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 21, 2019

The best founders really know their sh*t. The best founders just know everything cold about their business: They know the competition cold. They don’t mock the competition, or say it doesn’t exist, or not acknowledge their strengths. They know where they are strong, and where the others are strong. They know their core metrics cold. Their ARR and ARR growth rate.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 22, 2019

How can you make Facebook Advertising work for B2B? I sat down with Curt Maly, Facebook Advertising Expert @ Black Box Social Media, and he says: it is all relationship building. Instead of just asking people to buy your stuff, we want to engage them with relevant, high-quality content in the way they want to learn. The key is leaning into the Facebook algorithm to deliver the right content at the right time.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 25, 2019

What comes to mind when you think of SEO? "Permalink" probably isn't the first or second thing, maybe not even the tenth thing. The truth is, though, permalinks and SEO have a lot more in common than you may think, and — when done correctly — can only benefit your website in the long run. Luckily, permalinks are fairly simple to master, which is good, and vital to SEO value.

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Selling Power

OCTOBER 23, 2019

When you understand what motivates salespeople, you can more effectively manage their performance. You can think of motivation in terms of six main categories.

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The prospect agrees to take your meeting, and they even agree to your demo call. Both indicate that they are going to make decision quickly. Then, it’s time for you to close the deal and boom! You get hit hard as this new favorite customer tells you that they have to take it to others to get an approval to buy. Suddenly, the potential to make your quarterly number is going up in smoke!

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 19, 2019

There are a couple of exercises you just have to do when you go to hire your first VPs. Because the cost of a mis-hire is so high. It’s not just the money, and the recruiting fee. It’s all the lost time. And the wrong hires that VP will make. A bad VP will set you 6-15 months back. You can’t afford that. The best exercise is to have them do a 60-day plan.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 25, 2019

One day I was scrolling through BuzzFeed (as one does … ), when, all of a sudden, I got the dreaded 404 error code. As a user, I didn’t understand why I was getting an HTTP status code, or what it meant. If you're anything like me, you're probably wondering, Wait…What’s an HTTP status code? Simply put, HTTP stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol. Essentially, this is the protocol that facilitates communication between your browser and a web server.

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SalesProInsider

OCTOBER 23, 2019

When’s the last time you considered who’s in your winning circle when you’re successful in your selling efforts? After all, the goal of our selling activities is to win business, trust, and a long-term customer or client, isn’t it? Who Really Wins? Yet – who really wins when a sale is made? Is it: The buyer? The company providing the solution?

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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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RAIN Group

OCTOBER 23, 2019

In most organizations, it’s easy to make the case that millions, hundreds of millions, or even billions of dollars in financial gain can be had through sales improvement. You can affect growth. You can affect competitiveness. You can affect stock price. These are common leadership priorities.

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Sandler Training

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Mike Montague interviews Nema Semnani on how to succeed at storytelling. In this episode: the right attitude for effective storytelling, imagined realities are powerful motivators, how to tell a compelling story. The post How to Succeed at Storytelling appeared first on Sandler Training.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Recently, I had an interesting email exchange with someone who clearly had bad experience with sales people. The conversation started around the “intrusiveness,” and “obnoxiousness” of sales people “interrupting” this person’s day. I had a lot of empathy for this person. Every day, I can calls from numbers I don’t recognize (the majority of them are local, even the same exchange……).

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Outreach

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Remember when the sales process used to be in spreadsheets? And how time-consuming that was? Sales professionals had to manually enter all data into their sheets and email them back and forth. Then came the CRM and other company-wide platforms. Things got a little better but much remained to be desired. For one thing, these new tools were disjointed and companies had to deal with multiple — and sometimes conflicting — data sources.

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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.

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