Membrain
FEBRUARY 18, 2018
Late last year I attended a presentation from Brent Adamson , Coauthor of The Challenger Sale and Principal Executive Advisor at CEB (now Gartner). He spoke on sales enablement. something that everyone needs to own within the enterprise.
Hubspot
FEBRUARY 23, 2018
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Openview
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on the Gong.io blog here. What makes your top-performing reps so good at selling? Maybe you assume they’re just naturally talented. That the best salespeople are born, not made — which is great news for them, but not so good for your B and C players (or for you, unless you have a never-ending pipeline of A players to hire.).
Topline Leadership
FEBRUARY 19, 2018
A common complaint I hear from sales managers is that their sales reps are stuck selling to low-level decision makers: supervisors, purchasing agents, clerks. People at those levels are often concerned only about price. Coaching sales reps to reach higher-level decision makers will make closing the sale more attainable. The post Coaching Sales Reps to Reach Higher-Level Decision Makers appeared first on TopLine Leadership.
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
Engage Selling
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
I am sick of sales managers complaining about their top sellers not being team players. Sellers do need to be acting legally, morally, and ethically, and we do want them to get along with people.
Hubspot
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
First-time sales outreach response is plummeting. According to Jill Konrath , 97% of all business calls now go to voicemail. It's never been more important for salespeople to be good at leaving voicemails. Not only that, but voicemail can -- and should -- be measured, coached, and improved. Through personal experience and research, I’ve been able to identify the most effective voicemail script -- along with the keys to implementing it -- so you leave voicemails that generate an incredible respon
Technology Sales Today brings together the best content for technology sales professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
SalesforLife
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
Forrester continues to lead market research on the topic of social selling. With incredible past insights on WHY execute a digital sales transformation, Mary Shea and the team have now begun reviewing social selling tools.
Membrain
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
Win loss analysis is a critical tool for understanding and improving sales performance. Unfortunately, most sales organizations do not do them well, and miss out on most of the benefit. Are you making one of these four common win loss analysis mistakes?
Hubspot
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
Here's a hypothetical for you: Let's say your company has decided to invest in a website redesign so you can improve lead generation, and you're responsible for managing the project. Naturally, one of the first questions you have is, “How much is this website redesign going to cost?”. The answer, of course, is “it depends.” Are you simply switching to a new template and adding some new CTAs, or are you migrating your entire website to a new platform?
Outreach
FEBRUARY 19, 2018
Sequences are the the ultimate tool for any sales rep who spends their day prospecting or following up with leads. However, not all sequences are created equally — just because you have the tools you need to crush it every month, doesn’t mean we all necessarily know how to use them to their fullest potential right off the bat. To help you sell more efficiently, I asked our ultimate Sequencing Superhero, Sam Nelson , to share his best practices; after all, he was just promoted to SDR Team Lead, s
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.
Partners in Excellence
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
Recently, I had a discussion with someone, actually a polite disagreement. I was advocating, “Disrupting customers’ thinking, getting them to recognize new opportunities, inciting them to change and buy.” This thoughtful individual, was upset with my position. Among other things, he made the statement, “Customers won’t buy until they are ready to buy.
Score More Sales
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
A daily meetup might sound like another bad, regularly scheduled meeting only this one is quite possibly the best meeting of the day. We’ve talked about them before – sometimes I call them Powwows – other times huddles.
Hubspot
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
Salespeople live on LinkedIn. They research prospects, participate in groups, and keep their profiles in tip-top shape. Another common practice is to message customers or connections helpful content. But what if you have a valuable blog post or insight to share with a specific person on LinkedIn? How do you send them a message if you're a 2nd- or 3rd-degree connection -- or even out of network?
Engage Selling
FEBRUARY 23, 2018
???Most times, companies, marketing departments, executives, and even sales teams create value statements without understanding the value they can bring to the customer. After you create any value statement, ask yourself, “Who cares?
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The Sales Hunter
FEBRUARY 19, 2018
What habits are you clinging to out of tradition? Are they giving you the sales success you need? There is likely something in your life that you need to be doing differently. What is that something? I can’t answer that for you, but I know you can. And your ability to answer it will have […].
Jill Konrath
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
I was psyched. My goal? To set up a meeting with the SVP of sales at a targeted software company. I’d researched his company, knew their objectives and strategic initiatives and uncovered some game-changing trigger events.
Hubspot
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
"For example" synonyms. For instance. To give you an idea. As proof. Suppose that. To illustrate. Imagine. Pretend that. To show you what I mean. Let's say. Case in point. e.g. As a writer, I’m hypersensitive to reusing words. If I write “That sounds great” in the first sentence of an email, I won’t sign off with “Have a great weekend.”. Yet even if you’re not as nitpicky as me (I hope you’re not as nitpicky as me), mixing up the phrases you use is a good idea.
Outreach
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
Last November, when we announced Outreach Meetings, we committed to building features designed to make your day more efficient so you can spend more time on critical selling activities. Today, we’re excited to bring a brand new update to Outreach Meetings for Gmail: the ability to reassign meeting owners with no hassle! When you book a meeting for someone but you don’t need to be there (think: a sales development rep putting time on their account executive’s calendar), it can cause absolute chao
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Heinz Marketing
FEBRUARY 18, 2018
I truly mourned the passing of Dial2Do , which for years was my on-the-go note taker. So for a while late last year, in the car and otherwise in transit, if I had an idea I had to hope it would stick in my head long enough to eventually get down on paper. That happened approximately 3 percent of the time. Now, I just use Dragon Dictation. It’s not as clean, but nearly as fast.
Engage Selling
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
The winter Olympics are in full swing and I’ll be the first to admit I’m a junkie! I just love competition featuring the best of the best worldwide.
Hubspot
FEBRUARY 19, 2018
Wouldn't it be great if creating infographics was as simple as writing regular ol' text-based blog posts? Unfortunately, the reality is that making visual content like this usually takes a lot more time, effort, and let's face it -- skill -- than the written word. Usually. But considering the popularity and effectiveness of visual content in marketing today, you can't just afford to throw in the towel.
Understanding the Sales Force
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
I received two pieces of bad news about some horrible statistics. The first is about my award-winning Blog. It seems that readers stay with an article for an average of only one-minute or so. That means that most readers don't finish the article, fail to get to my summary, and often don't read long enough to get my point. Basically, everything that comes after the fourth paragraph is not being read.
Speaker: Jesse Hunter and Brynn Chadwick
Today’s buyers expect more than generic outreach–they want relevant, personalized interactions that address their specific needs. For sales teams managing hundreds or thousands of prospects, however, delivering this level of personalization without automation is nearly impossible. The key is integrating AI in a way that enhances customer engagement rather than making it feel robotic.
SalesforLife
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
The best sales reps know sales isn't about luck. Quite the opposite, sales results come from thoughtful strategic planning. That planning happens at a high level through activities like customer experience mapping and annual sales strategy sessions. However, equally as important is the planning that goes into individual customer interactions and sales calls.
Outreach
FEBRUARY 22, 2018
Ever wish you could see what was happening on the receiving end of your email without ever leaving your inbox? Now you can with Gmail Engagement Insights. We have built open and click tracking, powered by Outreach, right into your Gmail experience. This enhanced inbox experience is another Outreach tool you can use for more visibility into your communications so you can engage with your prospect at the perfect moment.
Heinz Marketing
FEBRUARY 19, 2018
By Matt Heinz, President of Heinz Marketing. If you missed us live on Sales Pipeline Radio (Thursdays at 11:30 am PST) you missed a past-paced conversation full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing pros. We’ve featured some great guests. Our very first guest was Funnelholic author and Topo co-founder Craig Rosenberg.
Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street
In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.
SalesforLife
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
With a mecca of digital and social selling tools available to modern sales organizations, many companies are in the midst of a digital transformation. They're leveraging the power of technology by building a sales and marketing tech stack that empowers efficiencies and drives smarter (and increased) sales.
Partners in Excellence
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
It seems much of the trend in sales is to provide our sales people all the answers they need to cover every situation. We provide sales automation tools that instruct the sales person exactly who to call and what companies. We script the conversations, providing questions that get the answers we want. We provide playbooks, we provide endless amounts of content, new programs, ready to send emails.
Hubspot
FEBRUARY 23, 2018
"Hold on, let me just confirm the solution for you," the service rep responds as she scrambles to look up the answer to a customer's question. It's the corporate equivalent of a retail employee wandering aimlessly down each aisle when you ask where a certain product is, like you couldn't have done that yourself. Customers will eventually stump customer service (a department sometimes known as customer success, if it's more focused on proactive goal-setting than reactive troubleshooting) with a q
Heinz Marketing
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
In every modern sales environment, dozens of variables must be addressed and aligned to drive predictable results. These include training, onboarding, compensation, messaging, demand creation and much more. Throw into that mix the complication of managing a multi-generational sales team and things exponentially get more difficult. For Jennifer Brandenburg , vice president of worldwide inside sales at GE Digital and a keynoter at next week’s Revenue Summit , the key to aligning these varia
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