Veloxy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Salesforce Adoption Pain Point #1 : Sales representatives report spending 66% of their day performing tedious, non-selling activity in Salesforce. This is a conundrum for most sales managers, as sales productivity is one of the common selling points of the Salesforce CRM platform. The key is Salesforce automation.

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PandaDoc

MAY 9, 2024

Sales velocity is a robust metric used by sales managers for good reason. It presents a snapshot of how your entire sales process is performing. This guide will explain the sales velocity formula and what it means for your business. What is sales velocity? So what does sales velocity mean?

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Martech

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Marketing automation platforms (MAPs) help marketers speed up processes and increase efficiency. There are always more tasks that can be added to the marketing automation program and other ways that the program can be improved. But are marketers going about this the right way? Try the reverse-engineering approach.

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Veloxy

JUNE 21, 2022

Fast forward to today’s post-pandemic business world, and our research shows that sales teams are starting to put the customer experience first—and team (or collaborative) selling is an integral part of that sales plan. Ebook: Field Sales Report. Get your hands on all of the data, timely insights, and applicable takeaways.

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Veloxy

AUGUST 28, 2023

Heck, even salespeople hate receiving cold calls from other inside sales and field sales reps. If you’re solely reliant on a canned elevator pitch and sheer luck to hit your quotas, you’re looking at a lot of hungry nights and empty accounts my friend. Especially not on strangers trying to hawk one thing or another.

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Veloxy

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

While it checks a lot of boxes for Sales Managers, there’s still a lot of work that needs to be done to unlock Salesforce’s potential to accelerate sales at your company. If you’re not already empowering your salespeople with Veloxy, you can rapidly deploy it and receive training at no cost for 30 days. Table of Contents.

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Veloxy

JUNE 6, 2022

Almost half of the field sales pros we surveyed say they’re most optimistic about the ability to improve customer experience in-person in 2022 and 2023. In 2020, COVID-19 had a negative impact on field sales. In April of this year, we began surveying 500 sales leaders about what they thought the future had in store for field sales.

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Veloxy

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

When you’re engaging with buyers who expect a superior customer experience from the sales process (as most do and should), it often presents several challenges for the field sales warrior: How many hours a day should I invest in my sales technology stack without sacrificing customer satisfaction and engagement?

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Veloxy

MAY 11, 2023

Do I have your attention? Now imagine a world where your sales process flows seamlessly, leads never slip through the cracks, and revenue pours in effortlessly. In this article, we’re diving deep into the heart of sales success. Welcome to the world of the sales pipeline ! Here’s a fact.

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Veloxy

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Sales is near the the top of that list. The question now becomes, how does Sales Artificial Intelligence fit into all this? Does it really play a vital role in sales? Well, there are numerous ways that AI for sales can benefit a sales team. Does Artificial Intelligence in sales replace salespeople?

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Salesforce

JULY 6, 2023

As sales fanatics, we often ask ourselves: What makes top sellers the best at what they do? We wanted to know what sales book made the lightbulb go off above their head, along with their favorite passages and the takeaways that changed how they sell. Some of these titles aren’t even sales books. Always do your best.

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Salesforce

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Sales great Zig Ziglar once wrote, “If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.” ” That’s the struggle of every team without clear sales targets: no clarity, no progress, no growth. See how it works What are sales targets? Why are sales targets important? But will they?

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Iannarino

JUNE 17, 2021

The modern sales approach seeks organizational consensus. One of the most significant changes in the way that we sell involves who we choose to engage in the sales conversation. As buyers have changed how they buy, adapting to their new environments, salespeople have evolved different views of consensus and authority.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Part one: The promise Part two: The shift Part Three: The crossroads Part Four: Where do we go From here? SQLs (Sales Qualified Leads). SALs (Sales Accepted Leads). Marketing/sales alignment was never better. But things slowly started to change. But management started asking us for more. “Go Drive more.

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Veloxy

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Learn how easy it is to become the highest-performing field sales professional at your company. Before Covid, field sales was synonymous with hitting the road, meeting customers in person, and regularly making significant commissions. But what does tomorrow hold for field sales? Field sales is not dead!

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Highspot

MARCH 21, 2024

Despite this, many sales emails find their resting place in the trash, unopened and unread. This guide is here to change that. We’ll explore how to craft good sales emails that get opened and inspire action, all while introducing four metrics to measure sales email success.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 18, 2023

For those in the business of getting customers for their companies, you might be expected to cut down on spend, yet you’re still expected to grow the company and find ways to sell. Datadog CMO Alex Rosemblat took the stage at SaaStr Annual 2023 to share how marketing teams can get more deals done with less budget. The good news?

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Tradeshows Closing Campaign Follow-up 95

Search Engine Land

JANUARY 12, 2024

From incorrect account suspensions to uncomfortable sales calls “aggressively” pushing automation to confusion over the platform’s own products, advertisers have told Search Engine Land that they are exasperated by the lack of help offered by their reps. The whole process has been brutal.”

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

How do you build out a Sales Development (SDR) function at your SaaS company? When Sam joined, there were two AEs, and he hired four additional AEs. Establishing a baseline for successfully doing outbound with the existing sales team you have is critical before investing in a dedicated SDR function.

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Salesforce

APRIL 18, 2023

Welcome to #Salesblazer Q&A, a column by sales pros, for sales pros. Get answers to your burning questions about the best ways to sell, learn, and grow in this ever-changing field. Dear Salesblazer: What is generative AI and how will it affect sales reps’ jobs over the next year? Have a question?

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The 5% Institute

APRIL 21, 2021

The objection handling process is one of the most beneficial things you can learn to dramatically increase your closing rate. It’s important part of the sales process , and something you’re most likely to come across time and time again. So how should you go about overcoming objections in sales?

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

With over a decade of data from qualitative learnings and insights amassed through a network of leaders, ICONIQ deep dives into what it takes to succeed at GTM throughout the four stages of growth. Because founder-led sales worked really well for most of the early stages, but you eventually start running out of juice around $15M ARR.

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PandaDoc

MAY 28, 2024

Modern consumers spend more time doing their own research and less time listening to sales pitches. Read this guide to learn the ins and outs of consultative sales. Key takeaways Consultative sales is customer-centric and focuses on building relationships. What is consultative sales? What is consultative sales?

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Martech

JANUARY 16, 2024

From incorrect account suspensions to sales calls “aggressively” pushing automation to confusion over the platform’s products, advertisers are exasperated by the lack of help from Google. A ‘brutal’ process Mike Kelley, chief marketing officer at Sylvan Learning, has been working in marketing for almost 20 years.

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The 5% Institute

APRIL 6, 2021

Objection handling training is one of the most beneficial things you can learn to dramatically increase your closing rate. It’s important part of the sales process , and something you’re most likely to come across time and time again. So how should you go about overcoming objections in sales?

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 3, 2023

PST, Bo Borland, founder, and CEO of playbuilt, shares four steps for creating repeatable success at every stage of growth, specifically in B2B Enterprise. Let’s look at Borland’s approach to aligning and executing B2B team selling motions for a rinse-and-repeat process for growth. Why is teaming the new selling?

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B2B GTM Objectives and Key Results X-functional 90

Closing Bigger

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This sales podcast episode is focused on shifting our sales performance management from tactical to strategic. Although there are dozens of strategic shifts we can make, today we are focused on three key levers that can impact your personal and organizational sales performance. Strategy can also be influenced by tactics.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Scaling a sales organization isn’t easy. Knowing which metrics matter and how to analyze them to increase your revenue and hit organizational sales goals is essential. . Enter your email below for the latest SaaStr updates. What makes a sales organization grow? What’s the best way to grow a sales organization?

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PandaDoc

APRIL 30, 2024

Regularly keeping track of incremental sales is one of the best ways of determining how best to allocate your marketing resources. In this article, you’ll find out how to calculate incremental sales for any given marketing campaign, as well as some useful tips and best practices on how to maximize this metric.

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A/B testing Objectives and Key Results Campaign Legal 52

Highspot

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Many sales reps feel this way, constantly racing to adapt to the unpredictable. Fortunately, if you’re aiming for peak sales performance in an uncertain world, you’re in the right place. Our guide provides critical strategies and sales readiness tools to ensure your sellers have the core knowledge and skills to thrive.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 28, 2021

After spending many quarters creating sales forecasts, you should have the process down and deliver precision accuracy. Unfortunately, sales forecasting is not that straightforward. In fact, 60% of forecasted deals don’t close, leading to uncomfortable conversations about budgets and with investors. Just kidding.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

When you shift your email perspective from “I have to sell more stuff” to “I have to grow intent,” that changes how you approach email all the way through the sales process. Prospects go on your website in smaller numbers to look at your products or services.

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PandaDoc

MAY 7, 2024

An effective lead management process is one of the most critical factors driving sales through your funnel. Optimizing your lead management process , in other words making sure all leads, once hooked, have the maximum chance of converting to a sale, is vital to your business’s success.

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Process Lead generation Objectives and Key Results Legal 52

SaaStr

OCTOBER 30, 2021

I asked Aasif Osmany to share his learnings as a top-performing SMB VP of Sales, below. Four years ago, after launching and failing my first startup I realized I had a lot to learn. Four years ago, after launching and failing my first startup I realized I had a lot to learn. From those nine interviews, I received four offers.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 30, 2024

Sales trends come and go. In this post, I’ll review some sales trends we could see fizzle out throughout the year based on findings from our 2024 State of Sales Report. 6 Sales Trends That Could Fizzle This Year 1. Why the change? LinkedIn as ruler of the prospect research process.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

You Mon Tsang, CEO and co-founder of ChurnZero, Colleen O’Sullivan, VP of Integrated Customer Experience at Hubspot, and Jason Lemkin, SaaStr founder and CEO, give their take on where the customer success industry is headed and shares data from the Customer Success Leadership Study done by ChurnZero at the close of 2023.

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Customers Cross-sell Drivers/motivators Gaming 92

Martech

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Here, in reverse order, are the top four deeper dive areas where we found direct success. #4 Executives can also convince themselves that sales will provide enough “air cover.” Nevertheless, according to a Adobe Marketo Engage study, deals are 67% more likely to close when sales and marketing are in alignment.

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