SBI

DECEMBER 18, 2012

You still need to talk with the right prospects, at the right time, about the right things, so they can determine whether you have the right solution, in order to make a purchase decision. Those are the sorts of topics I chose to write about most often in this blog. And we have big plans for 2013.

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Red Star Kim

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It’s worth touching on some related skills : Facilitating Essentially, facilitation is about making communication, interaction, collaboration or learning easier. Facilitation skills provide opportunities and resources to a group of people that enable them to make progress and succeed. Coaches and consultants use facilitation skills.

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Red Star Kim

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Traditionally, firms have focused on technical expertise, client impact, and book of business as the criteria for making partner-selection and hiring decisions. Eric Tresh, a partner at law firm Eversheds Sutherland , spends most mornings reviewing recent tax-court decisions. The firm has grown from $800 million to $1.8

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Janek Performance Group: Account Planning

OCTOBER 25, 2023

This makes account planning essential. Altify notes account planning has increased from 36 percent of companies in 2013 to 50 percent today. New employees mean new stakeholders, decision makers, and priorities. Know how decisions are made and your client’s role in the process. Sellers make assumptions.

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Red Star Kim

JUNE 15, 2023

42% Yes it’s all agreed 33% Yes but it changes 25% No How well do you understand the DMU and decision-making processes at your key clients?

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Less than 60 days remain in 2013. Over these remaining weeks, conversations with SVP-Sales have focused on 3 areas: What can I still do to Make the Number in 2013 ? How should I be preparing to Make the Number in 2014 ? Last week, Matt Sharrers wrote a great blog that addresses questions 1 and 2.

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Insightly

JANUARY 26, 2024

Then, Insightly came along in 2013 and learned from the debuts of each. In this comparison, we will explore the key aspects of comparing Salesforce vs. HubSpot vs. Insightly to help businesses make informed decisions based on their specific requirements. In 2015, HubSpot added a CRM component.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Stefan Captijn with Genesys Labs approached SBI this week with a blog topic. We thought a Q & A blog would add value to quota-carrying sales reps. Did the new sales process influence your decision to pull out of the deal? 3) What were the deciding factors that lead to your decision to pull out of the deal? Yes it did.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 17, 2013

An athlete trains to make it to the pros, yet must continue to train to remain. Social media feeds and blogs. In the past year we’ve seen the following new advances that impact marketing strategy; Buyer Process Mapping (BPM) to the micro-decision. To hit your number for 2013 you may need to evolve. Ecosystem planning.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 30, 2013

Register here for SBI’s 7 th Annual Research Project and find out how your World Class peers plan to make the 2014 number. In my last blog post , I walked you through the mechanics of account segmentation. Most complex purchasing decisions are made by a group. Make sure you account for these variances. Don’t skimp.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

Discover insights and market trends from SBI’s research in 2013. Personas help the sales team understand why buyers make purchase decisions. Interview prospects, customers and lost/no decision opportunities. Make sure you focus on the buyer’s goals, obstacles, fears and how they are measured. Buyer Process Maps.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 29, 2012

If you’re allowing the HR team to drive Sales Compensation strategy and design you could be making a serious mistake. This blog is NOT about the capabilities of our HR brethren. This is about making sure your sales goals are clearly represented. The VP of Sales must own the decision on who will be determining sales compensation.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 22, 2013

This no-cost tour presents findings from SBI’s market research in 2013. Are you making your quota? What percentage does your quota make up of the company’s number? These trends can often help make your case stronger. Determine if it’s Time to Make a Switch: Industry and company trends may work for or against you.

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Red Star Kim

MARCH 4, 2024

They fear making mistakes and don’t want to appear vulnerable. Their behaviour makes you feel irritated, inferior, worthless and stupid. They may make you feel stifled, stupid or untrusted. You need to avoid making mistakes or paying insufficient attention to detail. Please let me know if you’d like a copy.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 10, 2013

At this point, your 2013 sales number is essentially decided. Before you really make any decisions, start with these questions: What are my key strategic initiatives for 2014? There are some ‘B’ Players who have already tapped out and won’t contribute more than they did in 2013. Your thoughts should now turn to 2014.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 6, 2012

According to the Sales Executive Council, 57% of a buyer’s purchase decision is made without a sales rep being present. It helps you make the number by producing custom content for you. This is the actual tool SBI’s blog teams use as a template. Could this problem impact me making the number in 2013 and beyond?

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

This blog is for Sales Leaders running rapidly growing sales forces. You are preparing for 2013. What if they make a hasty decision and go to greener pastures? Will you have any chance of hitting the number in 2013? You will be focused on making the number. You are hiring new reps. Fear of the unknown.

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Aepiphanni

JANUARY 5, 2021

A 2013 PwC study supports this finding after conducting a survey among 700 executives. Schoemaker, along with two senior managing partners from Decision Strategies International, Inc. Did you know that only 8% of leaders can be good at both strategy and implementation? Anticipate.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Question 3: Are you making your number? If you aren’t able to answer YES to all 3 questions then sign up today for our Q3 Tour Research: How your Peers are allocating People, Time and Money in 2013. He’s not necessarily ready to make decisions about your future with the company. Question 3: Are you making your number?

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 12, 2018

In a world where prospects didn't know and could not figure out solutions to their own problems via a simple Google search, their favorite blogs, or by posting a question on a social media site, they were reliant on salespeople. Some qualification questions you can ask include: What is your top priority in 2013? This used to work well.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

They have a blog that talks about all of their great offerings. Your B2B buyers are individuals and you must know what they are trying to achieve, what goals drive their behavior, how they buy, and why they make decisions. Sign up for our Make the Number tour to get details on how to improve your focus on the buyers.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

This no-cost tour presents findings from SBI’s research in 2013. The complete list includes the tasks and related advice, like this: Register for our Make the Number Tour to get the complete list. My colleague Andrew Urteaga blogged about the top 25 competencies for a sales leader. The CSO Search Checklist.

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Tenfold

AUGUST 30, 2017

Other notable online resources include third party websites (34%), such as blogs and industry websites, and online user reviews (41%). The Salesforce’s Pardot survey, 2013 State of Demand Generation Report, claims that 71.7 They make up 24 percent of non-executives tasked to help in B2B purchasing decisions.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

This blog will focus on five ways to reduce the perception of risk associated with your solution. Click here to get free advice on how your peers are planning for a busy Q4 and 2013. Top performers look for ways to help make it easy for buyers to buy. Buyers know that reps are trying to make a commission check.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

In a preview of the 2013 Content Marketing Benchmark Report by Joe Pulizzi of the Content Marketing Institute , only 36% of businesses believed their content marketing is effective. Today’s buyers are more informed, sophisticated, complex, and experienced at making buying decisions. I was awestruck by this number: 36%.

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ReviewTrackers

DECEMBER 10, 2019

More than ever, patients are visiting multiple websites to find a new healthcare provider, and reviews are influencing their decisions. Digital Assent, 2013 ). Digital Assent, 2013 ). Vitals, 2013 ). Vitals, 2013 ). However, make sure that responses are HIPAA-compliant to avoid financial penalties.

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SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

In other words, buyers have made it over half way down their “purchase decision timeline” before ever engaging with a sales rep. The two most important questions you want them to answer are: Does the content produced (blog posts, social media updates, eBooks, webinars, etc.) connect to the different buyer types?

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SBI

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

You can read articles, blogs, books, and white papers from the best and the brightest experts in the industry. I dare say it is well past the time to stop this endless and obviously futile ‘discussion’ and start taking decisive action. The second set of five declarations will be posted in a follow-up blog post.

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Tenfold

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

A 2013 study by business services company Experian has found that 91 percent of businesses suffer from data errors. With bad data prevalent, the decisions you make for your business stand on shaky ground. It defeats the purpose of collating relevant information and analyzing them to help with your decision-making.

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Red Star Kim

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

What is the informal decision-making process? link] There’s advice to jump your uncertainty gaps by decision-making and actions which involves risk. Strategy is a stream of decisions and actions”. He notes that your optimism (or pessimism) will impact decisions as well as ability to make fast decisions.

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ReviewTrackers

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

More than ever, patients are visiting multiple websites to find a new healthcare provider, and reviews are influencing their decisions. Digital Assent, 2013 ). Digital Assent, 2013 ). Vitals, 2013 ). Vitals, 2013 ). However, make sure that responses are HIPAA-compliant to avoid financial penalties.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Dive in head first to enhance your 2013 Marketing Plan. Sales leaders if you want more leads in 2013, forward this blog post to your peer in marketing.). The collective environment of thought leaders, influencers, communication channels and possible touch-points that surround a prospect makes up their ecosystem.

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SBI

AUGUST 13, 2013

By the end of 2013 there will be 2.3 They don’t make decisions alone. Follow Nancy on Twitter @sellingtools or subscribe to her Sales Productivity blog. In 2009, there were 800,000 inside sales departments. They don’t have patience for whitepapers, videos are preferred. They won’t abide PowerPoint presentations.

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SBI

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Humans look for Social Proof to help make decisions about how to act and think in the absence—as well as the presence—of our own experience and knowledge. just returned from Dreamforce 2013, Salesforce.com’s annual user and developer conference. Follow Nancy on Twitter @sellingtools or subscribe to her Sales Productivity blog.

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Red Star Kim

JANUARY 22, 2024

I also wrote a blog post about one of Helen’s digital products here: System review: CogniClick for instant, personalised research (kimtasso.com) ) Further details of the author: Helen Kensett | LinkedIn Overview This simply but powerfully illustrated little black book comprises 260 pages. And that technology is making some jobs obsolete.

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PandaDoc

MAY 4, 2022

Invoices facilitate making those payments occur. However, creating invoices can be quite the task — be it the multitude of alignment changes you have to make for every field to look symmetrical and professional, or the fact that adding in taxes can be quite taxing. so that you can make an informed decision. FreshBooks.

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The Congruity Group

APRIL 6, 2023

Building on the business success, the business was acquired through a trade sale in 2013, with over 800,000 registered members. It is a great conversation that our audience is going to embrace because, more than likely, everybody that is reading this blog is a flyer, and many of them are probably frequent flyers. They are making a lot.

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