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Enablement is Hard. Do It Anyway.

Mike Kunkle

It’s organizational behavioral change management, for sure, and requires both smart and hard work. The goal of “enablement,” whichever term you use for it (sales, revenue, buyer, buying, performance, other) is ultimately to improve organizational performance. It’s like the age-old nature versus nurture debate. This remains true.

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How to Radically Improve Your B2B Sales Win Rates

Mike Kunkle

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.

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What are the Top Challenges Facing CROs and Sales Leaders?

Upland

What are the top challenges facing chief revenue officers and sales leaders in 2023? These include an uncertain economic landscape, attracting and retaining top-notch talent, crossing the digital divide, and staying relevant even as the competition grows fiercer. And how can account planning help? But also, a lot of opportunity.

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People & Problems: The core of strategic account planning

Strategic Account Management Association

But as a provider of a robust set of sales management and methodology capabilities , our teams work with some of the biggest sales organizations in the world. The foundational principles that move the needle are ones familiar to any sales leader: relationships and insights.

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Demystifying Artificial Intelligence

Mercuri International

Challenges and Opportunities for B2B Marketers. With AI poised to dominate discussions in the coming years, it has become crucial for B2B marketers to understand and adapt to this paradigm shift in technology. B2B Marketing in the AI Era: What now? The response was huge. The response was huge.

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The Perplexing Power of Process & Methodology in Complex B2B Sales

Mike Kunkle

“As in other studies we’ve done, this year’s enablement study found that sales process and sales methodology adoption rates above 75% resulted in above-average gains for revenue plan attainment, quota attainment, and win rates, with a big boost at adoption rates greater than 90%.” increase in revenue plan attainment 17.1%

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Key Takeaways From SAMA 2023 Annual Conference

Arpedio

Key Takeaways From SAMA 2023 Annual Conference ← Back to blog Once again, The Strategic Account Management Association (SAMA) brought together sales and strategic account management professionals from around the globe for their annual conference. Our customers are changing even faster.