QYMATIX

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The year is coming to an end and we know you’re all eagerly awaiting our “Best of 2021” blog articles. Every year we come up with a theme under which we decorate the five most successful blog articles. Thank you for your interest in our articles on predictive sales analytics. It’s that time again.

Artificial Intelligence 52

Artificial Intelligence B2B Profitability Innovation 52

Sales Outcomes

AUGUST 16, 2021

Shifting from Sales Emails to Blog-Form Emails: B2B Sales-Centric Emails are Dead. Salespeople Need to Engage in Meaningful Conversations. Shift to Blog-Form Emails. How to Get Started with Blog-Form Emails. B2B SALES-CENTRIC EMAILS ARE DEAD (not just mostly dead). SHIFT TO BLOG-FORM EMAILS.

Virtual Selling 52

Virtual Selling B2B Suppliers Sales 52

Showpad

DECEMBER 5, 2021

In this interview, Tom shares how the partnership between marketing and sales made all the difference in rolling out a new digit al sales strategy. . “If I’ve worked myself into a marketing job, but 80% of my career has been in sales, account management, and creating marketing programming and other services to support sales teams. .

Digitalization 98

Digitalization B2B Sales Customer Value 98

Showpad

MAY 12, 2022

Yet, working together, they’ve built a high-performance sales enablement function at TOUGHBOOK Europe—the European Mobile Solutions Business Division of electronics giant Panasonic. They designed new industry research methods that include both customers and sales reps. Before 2020, Panasonic didn’t have a sales enablement team—at all.

Telecommunications 98

Telecommunications Manufacturing Value Proposition Sales 98

SalesGlobe

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

So as Gail mentioned, I worked for a specialty retailer for about 18 years, I worked in human resources and sales, but more importantly, worked in change management, as well as process improvement strategic planning. And the change impact process, to me are the most critical parts of any change management engagement. Allison Tignor .

Management 52

Management Stakeholders Retail Communication 52

Showpad

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

In this interview, Leea shares with us how she’s implemented marketing automation, digital deal rooms, and digital media content to support the sales team in a hybrid sales environment. . “We The biggest change was working from home—and our sales team has been most impacted by the shift.

Digitalization 98

Digitalization Sales Environment Sales Communication 98

Showpad

JANUARY 12, 2023

Meet Ljiljana Budimir Vukicevic , Sales Enablement Digital Capability Lead at Schneider Electric. In her 20+ year tenure with the global energy management and automation company, Ljiljana has seen and led major technological evolutions across the business — from customer care to IT support and, most recently, sales enablement. .

Digital Transformation 59

Digital Transformation Management Digitalization Sales 59

Customer Think

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Marketing is currently designed to inspire, identify, and engage potential buyers in a way that leads them to action. The baseline assumptions are that good content in the right hands, or engaged relationships that create connection, will provide the foundational components to cause buying. But do they?

Marketing 114

Marketing Management Sales Digitalization 114

SBI Growth

AUGUST 26, 2012

I hear from sales and marketing leaders on a regular basis that they need more leads. When I ask about inbound marketing and what they are doing about content marketing, things like publishing a blog , their eyes glaze over. Let’s take a closer look at blogs and why they are so effective in producing leads.

Advertising 122

Advertising Media B2B Decision-making 122

Customer Think

AUGUST 30, 2021

You reap what you sow. You get what you give. Do good things, and good things will happen to you. These old adages have been moral guidelines for centuries, but it turns out that karma is also a pragmatic business approach. In a classic study by behavior expert Robert Cialdini, restaurant diners who were given […].

Marketing 131

Marketing Sales Digitalization 131

Mike Kunkle

OCTOBER 8, 2023

This strategic approach goes beyond conventional departmental boundaries, breaks down silos, and encompasses product, marketing, demand generation, sales enablement, and the encompassing realm of customer experience (whether it goes by customer support, customer success, customer service, or a combination of these).

Customer Experience 277

Customer Experience Decision-making Profitability Marketing 277

Engage Selling

AUGUST 15, 2014

It’s an honor to be added to the Top 50 Sales & Marketing Blogs 2014 list! Thanks to readers and followers just like you, Engage Selling Solutions is once again among the most trusted sources for salespeople all around the world!

Marketing 59

Marketing Sales 59

Showpad

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Onboarding is an integral phase for your new Sales reps and your business. The problem many sales organizations run into is that such training can take weeks or months. According to a 2018 study by CSO Insights, it can typically take up to a year to find and onboard new Sales talent to full productivity. The solution?

Onboarding 40

Onboarding Sales Facilitation Communication 40

Upland

AUGUST 29, 2023

Not only does it help with sales enablement, but it also helps craft better buyer journeys. It helps you effectively engage and convert your audience into loyal customers. Companies that actively engage with their user base to gather feedback and implement user-requested features demonstrate a customer-centric approach.

Value Proposition 195

Value Proposition Decision-making e-Learning Supply Chain 195

Mike Kunkle

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In this article, I want to talk about using multi-factor analysis to maximize your sales performance improvement. The reason you’d do this is because there is rarely one right answer, or one performance lever to pull, that will deliver the maximum performance improvement with a sales force. Inventory levels are still high.

Acquisition 272

Acquisition Sales Decision-making Account Management 272

Mike Kunkle

MAY 30, 2023

The goal of “enablement,” whichever term you use for it (sales, revenue, buyer, buying, performance, other) is ultimately to improve organizational performance. There are also other factors at play, such as product-market fit, strategy, the chosen sales model, organization design, or lack of top-down support, that also influence our work.

Decision-making 295

Decision-making Sales Training Sales Stakeholders 295

Showpad

JUNE 6, 2022

Meet Tricia Westfall, a Senior Manager for the Sales Capability Planning & Enablement team at Kaiser Permanente. Pre-COVID, we were focused on providing a specific portfolio of tools that our sales people could use when they’re out in the field and when they’re engaging with customers. Can you share an example?

Virtual Selling 52

Virtual Selling Decision-making Sales Digitalization 52

Hubspot Sales

APRIL 15, 2024

Thoughtfully calculated, well-executed prospecting is central to virtually every successful sales engagement. It sets a tone — giving you the momentum and perspective you need to lock in on viable sales opportunities and ensure the rest of your sales process goes as smoothly as possible.

Sales 111

Sales Prioritization CRM Communication 111

SBI

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Launches RevenueGrid.com, New Sales Engagement Platform that Goes Beyond CRM, AI And Redefines What Sales Engagement Tools Should Be. Through its unique, account-specific revenue signals and automated outreach, the enterprise cloud solution is promised to accelerate sales in a way that CRM and AI alone cannot.

Account Planning 33

Account Planning Sales CRM Sales Technology 33

Showpad

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In this interview, Matt shares his perspective on how to get a business to digital faster using methods and tools that reduce print and increase customer insights in a non-traditional sales environment. . Our organization is looking to add a layer of sophistication in the way we do sales enablement. It’s a balancing act.

Digital Transformation 98

Digital Transformation Digitalization Marketing Sales Environment 98

Nutshell

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Outbound marketing with a high reach is typically very expensive, whereas you only have to invest time to start creating blog posts and optimizing them for search. The B2B Marketer’s Toolkit collects 120+ of the best lead generation tips ever published on the Nutshell blog. Download it today!

Marketing 77

Marketing e-Learning Media CRM 77

Customer Think

AUGUST 3, 2023

According to Gallup, engagement levels fell from 36% in 2020 to 33% in 2022, and then to 31% in 2023 in the U.S. Lack of employee engagement costs companies a whopping 8.8 The news is out and it’s not really good. trillion across the globe! So, how can we tackle this ongoing problem and create […]

Profitability 52

Profitability Sales 52

Showpad

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Meet Pedro Correia, Sales Enablement Lead at IFF. In this interview, Pedro shares the innovative ways IFF is integrating technology into the sales training and content process , from information tagging to augmented reality and AI. Tell us about your current role as Sales Enablement Lead at IFF and how it’s changed in the last year.

Value Proposition 52

Value Proposition Account Management Decision-making Digitalization 52

SBI

DECEMBER 20, 2017

The Sales Tech space has grown dramatically as evidenced by the publication of our 2017 Sales Tech Landscape with 500 solutions. Here are some of Smart Selling Tools stats for 2017: Published over 100 articles on our blog. Recorded 39 Sales Software video reviews. Published the Top Sales Tools of 2017 Guide.

Publishing 0

Publishing Software Software Organization 0

Showpad

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Meet Jessie Hanna , Vice President of Sales Enablement at Stanley Black & Decker. In this interview, Jessie shares the importance of both understanding your sales teams’ immediate needs and setting a long-term vision for your digital sales acceleration strategy. . Showpad is something our sales teams need every single day.

Sales 52

Sales CRM Prioritization Sales Technology 52

Mike Kunkle

MARCH 31, 2023

Sales process, sales methodology, and sales competencies are all important and related aspects of sales effectiveness. Sales Process A sales process is a series of stages that an opportunity moves through. But they are not the same thing. It’s been proven in multiple studies and is worth the effort.

Sales 217

Sales Interpersonal Skills Account Management Sales Training 217

Mike Kunkle

APRIL 8, 2023

In this post, I’m going to share some simple concepts that I’ve seen deliver radically improved results across a sales force. The advice comes from Modern Sales Foundations , a course that was developed based on over 16+ years of top sales performer analysis, modernized for working with today’s buyers.

B2B 211

B2B Decision-making Sales Stakeholders 211

Mike Kunkle

OCTOBER 2, 2022

We’re all in sales, right? I think the answer depends on what you mean by that (intent) and how you define “sales.” I get the intent of the “we’re all in sales” message, generally, much like Dan Pink’s book, To Sell is Human. “The 1980s called, and they want their sales approach back.”

Co-Creation 248

Co-Creation Negotiation Sales B2B 248

Mike Kunkle

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

In this post, I will offer advice about how to measure the ROI of your sales enablement program. This is a complex topic that is beyond the scope of one blog post, but I will do my best to provide a solid kickstart for you and offer what I hope will be some helpful perspective and good resources to continue to pursue.

Sales 258

Sales Finance Decision-making Profitability 258

Brooks Group

JANUARY 24, 2024

This is good news for B2B sales teams that have faced economic headwinds, shrinking customer budgets, and delayed or canceled purchasing decisions. But even throughout this tough period, some sales organizations have found a way to meet or exceed targets—and feel confident in their ability to do it again this year.

Supply Chain 96

Supply Chain Negotiation Sales CRM 96

SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The plethora of solutions or blogs may not be useful when it comes to gaining insight and knowledge. Here are the best insightful SaaS blogs that can help you make better decisions, solve complex issues, or understand new techniques to gain an advantage in the competitive SaaS world. The 20 Best SaaS Blogs You Must Follow.

Software 23

Software Software B2B Decision-making 23

SBI

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Membrain Announces New Prospecting Engagement Playbooks Optimized for B2B Sales Teams. Membrain has released its new Prospect Engagement Playbooks today, making it easier than ever for b2b sales teams to contact, qualify, and nurture sales leads in an effective, human-centered manner.

B2B 32

B2B Account Planning Sales CRM 32

Customer Think

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

How do we change, adapt new methods, approaches, even entirely new business models to engage our customers more effectively? The post Driving Innovation In Selling first appeared on Partners in EXCELLENCE Blog -- Making A Difference. Related Posts: Everything In Sales Is Dead, Long Live Sales And Selling!

Innovation 116

Innovation Sales 116

Insightly

MARCH 25, 2024

Unsurprisingly, CRM, or Customer Relationship Management , is the foundation of any successful sales and marketing strategy. In this blog post, we’ll delve into the fundamentals of CRM and lead management, explore their importance, and provide actionable tips for effective CRM lead management. What is a CRM?

CRM 52

CRM Management Prioritization Communication 52

SBI

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Top 10 SalesTech Blog Posts of 2018 . The state of the B2B buying experience is rife with dissatisfaction over seller’s engagement strategies. More and more, these frustrated buyers are pointing to a single area where B2B sellers fail to facilitate positive engagement: live interactions. Nancy Nardin, Smart Selling Tools.

Artificial Intelligence 37

Artificial Intelligence B2B Financial Services Healthcare 37

SBI

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Top 10 Blog Posts & SalesTech Acquisitions of 2019. TOP 5 BLOG POSTS OF 2019. The importance of Marketing & Sales Alignment is obvious when it comes to tradeshows. Read “Sales Tools to Increase Tradeshow ROI” if you not only want to have better insight on event ROI but also want to ensure a higher ROI.

Acquisition 32

Acquisition Sales Training Suppliers Marketing 32

Clarity Engagement Solutions

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Have you found that your 2021 strategies for engaging with your customers aren’t working as expected? Companies have had to change habits to engage with customers as have healthcare stakeholders. The question is: do your plans reflect the need to be more strategic with multichannel, digital engagements? You’re not alone.

Healthcare 91

Healthcare Co-Creation Stakeholders Digitalization 91