Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 26, 2017

So we’ve compiled a list (in chronological order) of the top sales conferences you should attend in 2017 and 2018. The Best Sales Conferences. Digital Sales Engine. Sales Acceleration Technology Summit. AA-ISP Digital Sales World 2018. Sandler Sales & Leadership Summit. TOPO Sales Summit.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Selling Skills 2018. Your job title hasn’t changed -- you’re still a salesperson, sales manager, sales director, etc. -- but of course, everything else has. Sales tools are different; they’re basically the phone book and your business card. 2018 is going to be even bigger. 2018 is going to be even bigger.

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RAIN Group

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Each year, our goal for the RAIN Group Sales Blog is to provide you with research, ideas, and insight to help you unleash sales potential. Below we've rounded up our most popular content from the year that will guide you on your path towards sales success.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 25, 2020

Personal motivation is a powerful foundation of sales success. What role does a manager play in a rep’s personal motivation, especially when you have a new or discouraged rep? Sales has one of the highest voluntary turnover rates compared to other industries. By 2018, the average sales rep tenure was 1.5

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 2, 2019

As a sales leader, your ability to develop and retain your sales reps is important to your company’s bottom line and future success. Employee retention in the sales field continues to be an issue. In 2018, the average sales professional tenure was reported to be 1.5 Why Sales Performance Management Matters.

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Miller Heiman Group

APRIL 25, 2018

At the Elevate 2018 conference, industry disruption took center stage. From changing buyer preferences to declining sales performance to emerging sales technology, it quickly became clear that the world of sales and service will never be the same. Only then will sales technology reduce seller tedium.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Here at the Center for Sales Strategy, we are constantly asked to look at sales, sales management, and sales marketing trends, and to make predictions about what the landscape might look like in the future. At the end of each year, we make what we consider to be our bold predictions for the following year.

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Nutshell

JUNE 12, 2020

Promoting a sales manager internally is tricky, but hiring an outsider might be even trickier. Current sales reps can make great candidates for open positions within the company. Effective managers enable effective teams. You need both effective managers and great sales reps for a team—and your company—to reach its goals.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 8, 2019

Because it takes six to 12 months for organizations to achieve meaningful sales transformation , now is the time for chief revenue officers and chief sales officers to improve sales performance to bring their companies to a position of strength before the downturn hits. What does retention look like on your sales team?

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The Center for Sales Strategy

AUGUST 12, 2020

Google search data shows that in 2019 searches for “sales enablement” increased by 61.1% What’s the reason behind the steady increase in interest around sales enablement? When implemented correctly, sales enablement moves the sales process faster and more efficently. year over year, up from 51.2%

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The Center for Sales Strategy

JANUARY 16, 2019

I’m a sales performance improvement geek, and I admit it! I enjoy discovering, and sometimes creating, things that help sales organizations improve revenue performance. I encountered some really cool things in 2018 — here’s a list of my top 5.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 22, 2018

In order to answer these questions and find out what separates sales winners from second-place finishers, RAIN Group, a sales training company , studied over 700 B2B purchases from the buyer’s perspective to find out what really happened in their buying experiences. Top 10 Sales Representative Skills. Understand prospect needs.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 17, 2018

With the demand for sales development talent skyrocketing, we wanted to investigate how sales managers are successfully hiring the right people for the SDR position. But that mentality won’t help your sales org hit its targets -- and firing reps is an expensive (and painful) process. Why sales?”.

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Miller Heiman Group

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

It’s challenging to work in sales management today. Sales managers often resemble Atlas, tasked with holding up the world as their areas of responsibility are ever-increasing: managing their team and market. delivering stronger sales results. Sales Organizations Continuously Reinvent Themselves.

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QYMATIX

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Artificial intelligence and Machine learning revolutionize B2B Sales & Marketing. Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) in sales are not dreams of the future. According to Gartner, 30% of all B2B companies will already use AI next year to expand at least one of their sales processes.

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Miller Heiman Group

AUGUST 25, 2020

Consider these two statistics: Less than a quarter of B2B buyers think sellers are a resource for solving their business problems or see differences among sellers, according to our 2018 Buyer Preferences Study. Both share a skeptical view of sales talent. The Phases of Sales Talent Development.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

Your company’s sales managers only have a select number of sales reps to work with, and those reps only have a limited amount of time to close deals. A good sales pipeline management strategy is essential because every potential opportunity uses up your most valuable resource — time.

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Zendesk

JANUARY 24, 2022

But before they can even get to that point, they need to make their biggest sale ever: themselves. When you’re applying for a sales job, you’re essentially selling your value to a hiring manager. The hiring process is almost like a “sales funnel” if you think about the application stage through the onboarding stage.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 20, 2020

Sales coaching is all about looking forward and developing your people. High-revenue growth companies are seeing the payoff; 54% of high-performing companies are using sales coaching more than in the past, and 60% use sales coaching as an integrated part of a sales training program. Coaching vs. Managing.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 21, 2023

Before attempting to develop a key account management strategy, you must know how to identify these key accounts. Let’s examine what strategic account management is and the best ways to approach it. What is strategic account management? Key accounts are the 20% of accounts that generate 80% of your company revenue.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Instead, enjoy these nine relatable sales memes. 1) New sales targets. Perhaps your manager hasn’t revealed them yet, but next year’s sales targets will definitely be more aggressive than this year’s. When Q4 rolls around, practically every other prospect is telling you they’ll “tackle this in 2018.”.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 28, 2020

Change is constant in the age of the coronavirus, and it’s having deep effects on sales organizations. LinkedIn and Korn Ferry recently took a deep dive into the impact of the coronavirus on sales organizations. Below, we highlight five of the most critical of these trends affecting sales organizations.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 9, 2023

If you’re looking to get into sales, not having a college degree can feel like a huge barrier to your career. But what if I told you that a degree isn't always required for a sales job? In this guide, we’ll explore how you can get into sales without a degree. Table of Contents What does it mean to work in sales?

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QYMATIX

AUGUST 14, 2023

Creating and using sales forecasts is essential for any B2B company. It is also one of the most important tasks for sales managers who use sales forecasts for sales planning and strategy. There are many ways to create sales forecasts. For many B2B companies, sales forecasting is a never-ending story.

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Showpad

JULY 1, 2019

Sales enablement is the driving force that gives reps the content, tools, and training they need to gain more traction with buyers. Various reports from industry-leading organizations over the past few years provide evidence for the value of sales enablement programs. Discover some of them here: . of total company revenue.

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QYMATIX

DECEMBER 12, 2022

One interesting read about the use of artificial intelligence in B2B sales. Artificial intelligence (AI) is gaining relevance in Business-to-Business (B2B) sales. The use of artificial intelligence in sales and controlling offers an exciting field of application, for there companies can effectively expand existing CRM and ERP systems.

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Miller Heiman Group

JUNE 18, 2019

In the latest episode of Move the Deal , CSO Insights Chief Research Officer Seleste Lunsford previews the upcoming World-Class Sales Practices Report and talks with host Greg Moore about shifts in buyer behavior, how sellers should respond and what it takes to be a world-class sales organization. The Ever-Changing State of Sales.

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Miller Heiman Group

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

These indicators reveal that sales have grown because of the booming economy, not because organizations have improved their sales methodology and processes. With the prospect of a recession looming on the horizon, are your sales numbers poised for a fall? Time is a precious resource for sellers and their managers.

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QYMATIX

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

AI in B2B sales: How exactly can B2B companies use Artificial Intelligence to support their sales? The management consultancy KPMG estimates that global AI investments will increase from twelve billion US dollars (2018) to 232 billion by 2025. How can AI make your B2B sales more successful?

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Miller Heiman Group

MAY 29, 2019

founder and CEO Oleg Rogynskyy chats with host Greg Moore about what he’s learned about scaling sales teams from his experience leading startups and how artificial intelligence drives the future of sales. Rogynskyy did this again with his sales team when he started his company Semantria, and the result was the same. Outreach.io.

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Miller Heiman Group

JULY 18, 2018

When we ask sales leaders this question, answers often range from “not very” to “not at all.” In our 2018 Sales Operations Optimization Study conducted by CSO Insights, only 47 percent of respondents reported adoption rates of greater than 90 percent. CRM ROI: The 4 Benefits of a Formal Sales Process.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 21, 2019

In fact, the 2018 Global Data Management Benchmark Report found that 52% of the organizations surveyed said data and analytics would be a key source of opportunity in the coming years. So, how can you visualize your sales data to make key decisions and analyze performance? The answer: A sales dashboard.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Gamification took the sales industry by storm in the latter half of the previous decade — and with good reason. Research has shown that there are huge benefits to gamifying your sales process, including better worker productivity and retention when it comes to learning new things. Let’s jump in!

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Miller Heiman Group

APRIL 12, 2018

“To be effective, sales enablement must be seen as a strategic discipline that is set apart from other functions such as marketing and training, even though those functions contribute to enablement.”. — “Sales Enablement: A Master Framework to Engage, Equip and Empower a World-Class Sales Force”.

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Miller Heiman Group

AUGUST 12, 2019

More than 80% of sales leaders believe they don’t have the right talent to succeed in the future, according to CSO Insights’ 2018 Sales Talent Study—a talent gap that’s disrupting most sales organizations. This is a short-sighted strategy. It’s the foundation of the organization’s talent strategy.

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MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 20, 2017

We’ve brought you tips and techniques all year long and will continue to do so in 2018! So here we go, the best 10 blog posts of the year as voted for by you: What To Do When Your Experienced Sales People Have Lost Their Edge. 19 Sales Tips For Closing The Sale. What Great Sales Managers Do Daily.

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Miller Heiman Group

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Yuri Dekiba, research director and sales operations expert at CSO Insights, the research division of Miller Heiman Group, joins host Greg Moore this week to discuss all things data strategy and sales technology. She explains that when most people think about data strategy, they think about data management and data cleansing.

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