ConversionXL
MAY 16, 2016
Both your visitor and Google prefer your site to be fast. Increasing site speed has been shown to increase conversion rates as well as increase SERP rankings , both resulting in more money for your business. But A/B testing tools actually may slow down your site. We researched 8 different testing tools to show how your site performance is affected by each one.
Understanding the Sales Force
MAY 18, 2016
I hate this article already - the last thing we need is another article to help us to understand Millennials. Except for one thing. Most of you reading this are Millennials and you probably need to better understand boomers. We've all heard many of the distinctions of Millennials - how they like to work, where they like to work, when they like to work, how little they like to work, how entitled they are, how money isn't that important, how they want to change the world and be a part of something
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A Sales Guy
MAY 16, 2016
“…be deliberate in the type of leader you want to be…” There are 5 types of sales leaders: The supporter. The fixer. The “Ah you can do it” The enabler. And The a **e. The supporter is a players coach. They are advocates of the team, doing everything they can to support the team for success. Supporters are popular, the downside is they don’t like to challenge sales people.
The Sales Hunter
MAY 17, 2016
Too many times we get bogged down with the customer. Sure, the reasons can be many, but it doesn’t matter. Anytime things bog down, it eats into your time and your earnings. Below are 5 things we can do right now to accelerate the process: Skip the presentation and ask more questions. Don’t focus […].
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Hubspot
MAY 19, 2016
Email has seemingly been on the brink of extinction for about a decade now. Over the past few years alone, email has been called " dead ," " not dead, evolving ," and even " dead, again." But as you can likely tell by the steady stream of messages still flowing into your inbox every day, not to mention the ones you write and send yourself, email continues to keep on keeping on.
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Understanding the Sales Force
MAY 17, 2016
We were fortunate to be in the audience for the 2016 Notre Dame Commencement where Vice President Joe Biden , former Speaker of the House, John Boehner , and former Joint Chiefs of Staff and retired 4-Star General, Martin Dempsey were among the speakers. While all were good, Biden had one great takeaway, and the General shared 3 tips and an action step.
Hubspot
MAY 16, 2016
When it comes to Excel, here's a good rule of thumb: If you start to do something manually, it probably means there is an easier way to do it. Whether you are trying to remove duplicates, do simple calculations, or sort your data, you can almost always find a workaround that'll help you get it done with just a click (or two) of a button. But if you're not a power user, it's easy to overlook these shortcuts.
SalesLoft
MAY 15, 2016
Author of Economical Growth, Chris Pham is no stranger to scaling sales development teams. After nearly three years at MuleSoft and growing their sales development team with an account based method, he moved to Birst, where he’s the reigning Senior Director of Sales Development. The process of scaling sales development teams is evolving, and power players like Birst’s Chris Pham are leading the charge.
A Sales Guy
MAY 17, 2016
This is another clip from my social selling interview with Tim Clarke, Jamie Shanks, Jill Rowley, and Koka Sexton. In this clip, Tim asks me how who’s responsibility it is to create social selling adoption in a sales organization. To me it’s pretty simple. If you want real, meaningful social selling adoption, leadership must lead it. If social selling is going to be a substantial part of the selling process, then leadership will have to make it happen.
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Score More Sales
MAY 19, 2016
After a very full day at sales summit Accelerate ’16 in Park City, UT, put on by InsideSales.com, there is no question how professional selling is changing through more science and data. CEO Dave Elkington spoke from the main stage and shared one of the results from their Business Growth Index results polling customers and non-customers.
Pointclear
MAY 18, 2016
How to drive revenue from all sources is the second of 7 Truths about Sales and Marketing that CEOs need to know. This post is part of a series about the CEO’s role in eliminating wasted marketing spend and increasing sales results. In the previous blog in the series we discussed the importance of creating a universal lead definition and why that process cannot be delegated to marketing and/or sales.
Partners in Excellence
MAY 18, 2016
At its essence, sales is about finding customers who have problems we can solve, helping them understand why they should solve the problem, helping them commit to that change, and helping them solve the problem. We wrap a lot of stuff about prospecting, qualifying, deal strategies, pipelines, call planning, presenting, proposing, value propositions, objection handling, closing, negotiating around this process.
A Sales Guy
MAY 19, 2016
I was the guest speaker at a recent Denver Sales Meet Up and was asked; “What’s changing in sales?” This seems to be a very popular question. With all the new sales tools, methodologies, books etc. people seem to think sales is changing. I’m not so sure. What do you think? Is sales changing?
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The Sales Hunter
MAY 15, 2016
Do you have the right questions to get the right information? This is your week to not necessarily have all the answers, but to have all the questions. What are your power questions for this week? Real leaders have the questions that get to the information you most need. Check out the video to […].
Pointclear
MAY 20, 2016
Make marketing accountable for sourcing revenue is the third of 7 Truths about Sales and Marketing that CEOs need to know. This post is part of a series about the CEO’s role in eliminating wasted marketing spend and increasing sales results. In the last blog we discussed the importance of driving revenue from all sources (inbound, nurture, outbound).
Partners in Excellence
MAY 19, 2016
I wrote Solving Our Customers’ Problems several days ago. My friend Martin Schmalenbach , of Microchip Technology, wrote a long comment about his real world experiences as a customer of sales training and sales enablement solutions. The comment provided such a vivid description of the customer perspective and his reactions to several very different approaches to earning his business.
Engage Selling
MAY 20, 2016
Is your sales team giving up after a couple attempts of getting in touch with a prospect? Want to drastically increase sales in your organization? Pick up your copy of Nonstop Sales Boom.
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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.
The Sales Hunter
MAY 20, 2016
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 or complete the below information: We’re […].
Hubspot
MAY 18, 2016
During the second half of 2015, we put together a plan to dramatically increase the amount of inbound traffic to our software as a service (SaaS) company's website. In April we were averaging roughly 3,000 visits a day; all of this was coming via existing inbound marketing. We knew that if we could increase our traffic numbers, our daily customer signups would follow the same trajectory.
Partners in Excellence
MAY 16, 2016
Do you want your sales people defining your business strategy? As good as they are, do you really want your brand new SDR’s, or your account managers, or even your very top performers defining your business customer and growth strategy? Do you want your bottom performers doing the same? I don’t think any top business executive or sales executive wants the sales people to be setting the strategic direction and growth priorities for the organization, yet too often, by lack of attention
Engage Selling
MAY 19, 2016
In an endless ocean of sellers that are often selling similar products and services, making your business or organization stand out is of the utmost importance.
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Sales Gravy
MAY 18, 2016
Be a true leader and use these 13 rules to ensure your business not only survives, but thrives, in any economy!
Hubspot
MAY 18, 2016
For most of us, the struggle to be productive when we want to be and when we are expected to be can seem endless. There's no one-size-fits-all approach to being productive, and there certainly isn't a finish that guarantees we'll get it right every time. Productivity is something we'll have to continue working on for the rest of our lives. But that doesn't mean we can't get better at it.
Partners in Excellence
MAY 19, 2016
Perusing my news feeds this morning, an article entitled, “Should Sales Managers Coach” caught my eye. My knee jerk reaction was , “Duugggh, isn’t the answer obvious?” However, I respect the author and decided to read the article to understand the point of view (or perhaps it was one of the provocative titles to get someone to read).
Engage Selling
MAY 17, 2016
If your sales are suffering right now, I want to make you aware of a shocking statistic. According to a study conducted by our friends at InsideSales.
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.
Score More Sales
MAY 14, 2016
Hubspot
MAY 16, 2016
We're willing to assume that customer growth is important to your business, but creating an effortless customer experience that inspires retention is kind of complicated. Most companies spend the majority of their money trying to bring in new customers, but did you know that increasing customer retention rates by 5% can help you increase profits by anywhere between 25% to 95%?
ConversionXL
MAY 19, 2016
Would you rather optimize the path your visitor will actually take or optimize the path you think he should take? If you’d rather the former, then there’s something you need to know about linear funnels… they’re not a completely accurate representation of reality. The question is, what should you do about it and what is an accurate representation of reality?
Engage Selling
MAY 16, 2016
I checked into the Marriott River Walk in San Antonio last month and found this on my bed pillow. Smart and creative branding for both companies. Bravo!
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