Partners in Excellence

JUNE 16, 2023

Over the past week or so, I’ve been writing a lot about our commitment to the status quo. I’ve written about how we are trapped in “business as usual.” ” I’ve gotten some questions, “Dave, how do we change, what should we do? And I know this to be true for most of the rest of us.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 25, 2024

I have to start this post with an acknowledgement and a concern about misinterpretation/misapplication of this article. First, every month, Lahat Tzvi and I have a conversation. We don’t have a set agenda, we talk about what we are seeing, usually it’s me whining about the state of professional selling.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 8, 2023

Selling has an obsession with efficiency! Yesterday, I was listening to a webinar led by a number of CROs. One CRO outlined something I hear too often, “Now our sales people don’t have to waste 30 minutes a day entering data in CRM, it’s done automatically for us! We want to eliminate any wasted time.

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Salesforce

MAY 23, 2023

I missed my quota. For the third year in a row, I had tanked at my sales job at Salesforce. This was 2016, the year I almost quit sales. I decided to get help instead. I reached out to mentors, hired a coach, and took a rigorous sales training course. The following year, I was the company’s top seller.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The big questions to ask yourself when you’re sub-$20M and still relatively unknown are: Am I hiring someone who has previously had the title of Head of Sales or CRO somewhere else? Am I hiring someone who hasn’t had the top job but has had quota responsibility at a larger company?

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Why didn’t you act on it? Why didn’t you read it? So we have an inherent imbalance in every selling interaction. Why are you so much more likely to take this advice? Why would you move? I know you are part of a business, and you need to make money, but that obsessive focus on driving revenue is holding you back.

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Partners in Excellence

JUNE 16, 2019

I’ve been obsessed with failure recently. More specifically, I’ve been pestering close friends and mentors with the question: “If we know what we should be doing, if we know how to do it, if we know how important it is to our results, why do we consistently fail to do those things?”

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SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2021

I thought it might be helpful to assemble a checklist of 22 reasons I almost immediately pass on investing in start-ups that are still interesting. I take it as a given you know your existing customers — even if it’s just 2 or 3 of them (ideally 10 for me). But far better than I ever could. Not perfectly.

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Spiro Technologies

JANUARY 3, 2024

Transcript Adam Honig: I think it’s a challenge that a lot of companies face, especially when you do a really good job in one thing. On this podcast, I talk with company leaders about how they’re modernizing the business of making, moving, and selling products, and of course, having fun along the way.

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Hubspot

MAY 10, 2017

If you took the same Introduction to Economics class that I struggled through in college, you might remember this key lesson: The law of supply and demand states that a low supply and high demand for a product will typically increase its price. Why am I telling you about basic economic rules? 1) Snap Inc.

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Heinz Marketing

JANUARY 24, 2022

I appreciate everyone joining us today. If you make a comment, I’m going to see that, you may become part of the show, and I may reference you, so thank you very much for checking this out. I think we do a good job of that, but every once in a while, MK, we bring someone on like yourself. I mean, congrats to you.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 12, 2020

When I think about the state of personalization in 2020, I immediately think of {{curly bracket}} epic fails! When I think about the state of personalization in 2020, I immediately think of {{curly bracket}} epic fails! I was recently speaking with a CEO who posited, “We are applying AI and ML to the wrong problem!

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

It’s a great conversation about how to make the jump from a non-technology career to a technology career and why it’s actually not such a hard transition after all because the ideas and concepts are still the same. Join us for a fantastic conversation about how to make the jump into a technology career from a non-tech career.

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SalesLoft

JUNE 3, 2019

I’m your host, Jeremy Donovan from SalesLoft. Today it’s my pleasure to welcome to the show, someone that I’ve been a fan of for years and years. I truly enjoyed her book, The Sales Development Playbook , and probably everything her company, The Bridge Group produces. I can sell to anyone.’.

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ConversionXL

JULY 7, 2019

If I had to pick one thing that would sell a product online, it’s images. Technically, you could have an ecommerce site with only images and no product descriptions, but I don’t recommend it. (It The shorter version should capture the essence of the offer: Who the product is for; What it will do; Why it’s good.

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Heinz Marketing

JUNE 7, 2021

Used to just do this audio only, but why not add a little video component. And I want to get into the diversity inclusion council eventually as well, Kelley. And I think that these events are a great opportunity to really showcase this and for teams to be able to come together and do that work. Thank you for joining us.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 6, 2017

I find myself in an unusual position. I’ve always been biased more to the science side of selling than the art side. I believe that selling is a disciplined process, that we can “engineer” those processes to increase our impact, customer engagement, and our effectiveness.

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Heinz Marketing

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Principle Trainer at Servant Selling LLC. Join us as we discuss some of the excellent themes in Jim’s book, Selling with a Servant Heart. One of my mentors introduced me to the concept of “Servant Leadership” decades ago and I had to hear about how it relates to selling. I am your host, Matt Heinz.

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Salesforce

JULY 28, 2021

I have a group of women I’ve been meeting with on a regular basis for about 12 years. I refer to them as my crew. If you’ve listened to any of this season’s #BossTalks , Salesforce Chief Philanthropy Officer Ebony Beckwith’s LinkedIn Live show, you likely have heard her talk about Team E, her personal board of directors.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

I suppose it’s human nature to invest our professional time in the people with whom we have the closest relationships. I’m always amazed at the number of deal reviews I participate in, where the sales person is dealing with one or two people — their friends/buddies, when we know other people have to be involved.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 12, 2018

On this episode of the Sales Hacker podcast, we talk with David Priemer , Founder of Cerebral Selling about using empathy in sales backed by science. . The core elements of Cerebral Selling. 4) What is Cerebral Selling? [7:12]. About David Priemer and Cerebral Selling: Baseball Card Stats. What You’ll Learn.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

See why more than half a million businesses use DocuSign with a free trial and discount exclusively for Sales Hacker listeners at go.docusign.com/saleshacker. Dan O’Connell: Dialpad is a business communications platform, and they acquired the business I was running a year and a half ago called TalkIQ. Outreach has your back.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 20, 2014

I am a creative-minded individual, focused in a creatively strategic career. To say I am passionate about the iterative creative process is an understatement. Early in my career, I used the term “creativity” as a scapegoat to avoid efficiency. I used to look at that behavior as boring and obsessive.

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Hubspot

MARCH 12, 2018

Yes, you read the title right -- I guarantee that these templates will get responses from prospects. But, compared to the overly salesy prospecting email templates most salespeople are sending, I am confident that these will work better -- or your money back. I don't know what happened exactly. But I do have a theory.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 4, 2024

He’s one of the most thoughtful consultant I’ve met. One of my most important meetings is our monthly conversation, “Trying To Solve The Selling Problems Of The World.” ” What I value most is Lahat’s way of asking questions and getting me to think differently. Why am I obsessed with sales?

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Heinz Marketing

JULY 26, 2021

Join Kris and I as we talk about his company Sendoso and the change that the pandemic brought, the worth of investing more into prospects, and the mindset towards what marketing spends and ROI. I spent about 10 years in sales prior to starting the company, so this was something that I wish I had, and so I built it.

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Hubspot

MARCH 3, 2015

You mean to tell me that I have 160 characters (thanks for the extra 20?) to explain to the Twittersphere who I am, what I do, and why my Twitter is worth the follow? Why we’re amused: Stand-up comedian and writer Mike Trainor literally makes my inner 7 year old want to ask him to pull my finger. 2) @helper.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

I just thought there should be a way to get their customers to review them on the sites that matter. We put $750 each into this business, and we thought, I was like, oh man, that’s, we’re crazy. I’m 33 years old, and I’m the co founder and CEO of a company called Podium. Hey, everybody.

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Hubspot

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Back in 2018, I chose to work at HubSpot because I loved HubSpot's content, and its culture. I spoke with Meaghan Williams, HubSpot's Remote Work and Inclusion Program Manager, to get a better sense as to why many marketers may want to remain remote even after the pandemic has ended. Will employees return to the office?

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 4, 2020

If you missed episode 120, check it out here: From SpecOps to RevOps: What Soldiering Can Teach Us About Selling with Matt Rizzetta. He’s one of the small and medium-sized business owners of the world trying to build a huge business like we all are, and I think it’s a really interesting conversation. We’re on iTunes.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

I’m Ashley. I’m am a venture partner at OpenView, based out of Boston. I live in New York City. I’m the only New York partner. I commute a lot. Product-led growth is something, interestingly enough, that I’ve been doing my whole career. Now I’m investing in that.

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Heinz Marketing

JANUARY 14, 2019

I, along with our guests, cover a wide range of topics, with a focus on sales development and inside sales priorities. Why it comes down to momentum! Tired of advice from so-called sales gurus who don’t actually sell for a living? How the top sales producers get to the top and the skills required to stay there.

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Hubspot

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

I''m a big planner. I like to think of all the things I want to do -- this month, this year, eventually -- and figure out how to make them happen. I guess you could say I was more of a dreamer than a planner.) But as I learned more about effective goal setting, more and more of those plans came to fruition.

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ClickFunnels

JANUARY 13, 2022

The post Creating a Soap Opera Sequence That Sells [GUIDE] appeared first on ClickFunnels. How can you use it to engage your leads, build rapport, and sell your products or services? In email marketing, a Soap Opera Sequence is a series of 5-7 emails that are used to engage readers, build rapport, and sell products. High Drama

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Heinz Marketing

OCTOBER 24, 2022

I am your host here every week, Thursday, at 11:30 Pacific, 2:30 Eastern. Last time I think we had you on, Lauren, we were talking about account-based marketing. Today, I’m very excited to have Lauren Vaccarello , she is the CMO at Salesloft. I was so excited to come back on the show with you, Matt.

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ConversionXL

MAY 26, 2016

” Spontaneous Buyers – “Why should I choose you now?” One person described it as “spooky” and another said, and I quote, “The last line cuts me to my core.” I mean, two minutes ago, it felt like it was really about you. Cooperative vs. Utilitarian. Informative vs. Directive.

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The Lost Book of Sales

OCTOBER 22, 2020

I couldn’t stop taking notes and shuffling my many thoughts that kept rising during these intense moments. This is why I eventually ended up with a significantly higher opinion of this book, although it is one of the toughest reads I've ever had. His thinking and obsessive over-sexualization feel ridiculous.

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