Brooks Group

MARCH 28, 2024

As buying processes grow more complex, it’s becoming increasingly important for sales professionals to gain access to senior executives and C-level decision makers. Gone are the days when you could simply sell to a mid-level manager. Learn How to Unleash Revenue Potential with Sales Team Training What Is a C-Level Decision Maker?

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Mike Kunkle

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

If I was unable to respond to you personally, know that your message, like, or email meant a lot to me. Life at Transforming Sales Results Was Good. Transforming Sales Results was doing quite well. I first became aware of the company at Gerhard Gschwandtner’s Sales 3.0 Fair question. I was impressed. What did I see?

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Force Management

OCTOBER 13, 2022

This blog is part of our Mission Critical Success Series, where we dive into the strategies leaders are using to execute on mission critical sales objectives during times of economic change. Each week, we will cover a different essential area of sales effectiveness.

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Showpad

JULY 25, 2019

Behind every winning sports team is a great coach. A coach sets the tone for success, creates a strategy, and provides continuous sales training and support so the team can reach its full potential. The first step is to better understand the challenges front line Sales managers face on a daily basis.

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Brooks Group

JULY 13, 2023

There are hundreds (if not thousands) of blog posts about the most important sales manager skills. Others discuss how to coach and the need for data-driven decisions. Still more provide readers with tips and tricks for getting sales teams to take action toward desired outcomes.

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Brooks Group

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Effective sales coaching can have a huge impact on your business. The biggest benefit of sales coaching is its contribution to revenue. Research shows that successful sales coaching programs increased average deal size, sales activity, win rates, and new leads by 25%-40%. Anticipate nerves.

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Help Scout

APRIL 29, 2021

Your customer service culture is not what your fancy “Customer Guarantee” promises, and it’s not whatever you say it is in your new employee handbook. Your culture is the set of beliefs held by your employees about your company: who and what it is for, what it values, and how they act in response to those beliefs.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 18, 2018

Sales Goals. Monthly sales goals. If your reps only have one goal -- meeting their quota -- they’re selling themselves short (literally). Hold your reps accountable to smaller weekly or monthly goals, and you’ll increase the likelihood they’ll meet their bigger number. How to Set Sales Goals. Sequence goals.

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Apptivo

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

What precisely is a sales Pipeline? How does the sales pipeline work? What you’ll need before you start building your own pipeline? Data analysis of sales pipeline 6. How to prioritize using a sales pipeline? What phases should your sales pipeline consist of? What is a sales pipeline?

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Arpedio

JULY 11, 2022

Back to blog. If you’re not doing account-based selling (ABS), chances are you’re not selling at your full potential. In this much anticipated talk with Chet Lovegren, we look at ABS as a strategy that continues to work, and how you can combine it with product-led growth. Director of Sales Development at Pavilion.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 3, 2020

The challenge was a fun way to reflect on personal growth over the decade, and to document how we’ve grown out our bad haircuts from the previous decade. Now, it’s time to do the 10-year challenge with your sales strategy. Now, it’s time to do the 10-year challenge with your sales strategy. 2010 Sales Strategies.

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Mike Kunkle

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

I know that the frequency of how often I say, “It depends,” is annoying to some people. ” Nowhere is this more out of control than in the sales profession and our very own subset of sales enablement. .” What I don’t see enough of, is advice on how to figure out what to do.

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Zendesk

MAY 26, 2021

But not everyone agrees on what it is or how to do it well. In this guide, we’ll share how to set your business up for customer service success. It’s also the processes that support the teams making good customer service happen. How has customer service changed? The definition of customer service.

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SalesGlobe

MARCH 29, 2022

I’ve refreshed the data and information, and if you want to know what matters most to your hybrid or remote working sales team…read on! When you think about sales enablement today, I’m sure you are envisioning tools and dashboards, CRM, information in the hands of management to the front-line.

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Cosawi

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The second article addressed the critical role of Executive Sponsor engagement and how it can impact the success and resilience of your strategic customer partnership when done well. Most would agree.

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Showpad

APRIL 23, 2021

It can be easy to get lost in the world of sales terminology. That’s where sales readiness and sales enablement come in. At first, “readiness” and “enablement” seem like they’re nearly synonyms, and adding the word “sales” in front of both may make it seem like the two phrases are entirely interchangeable.

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Mike Kunkle

AUGUST 30, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of business, the Sales Enablement profession has reached a pivotal crossroads. To firmly establish the function as required and themselves as integral players in their companies, enablement experts must be equipped to prove their worth by improving sales results and bolstering profitability.

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Brooks Group

OCTOBER 25, 2022

This is the primary reason to implement pre-employment assessments in your hiring process. We’re going to look at ways to add a talent assessment process before any hiring decisions and provide hiring managers with a way to make an organization’s hiring process much leaner and more effective. Drop in Turnover Rate.

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SalesGlobe

APRIL 4, 2022

Quota setting continues to be one of the top challenges for sales leaders. Quotas are a hassle for all involved, but it is critical for your sales team that you get them right. Quotas are the allocation of the company’s goal to the business units, sales teams, and front-line sellers.

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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.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 12, 2018

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. Where Sales Prospecting Went Bad. I'm not sure where sales prospecting went bad. This sad state of affairs is fully the fault of sales leaders -- including myself.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 2, 2013

It’s been a rough couple of quarters for the VP-Sales. Your 2012 finish was below average. SKO got your team fired up for 2013 and a new start. Greg Alexander’s blog post yesterday provides some compelling statistics. Your career was built on being able to make things happen. 90 days can fly by.

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SBI Growth

DECEMBER 28, 2013

Most sales leaders are getting ready to roll out new initiatives – Sales process, compensation plans, account planning, etc. The first step to improving initiative adoption is your sales leaders. As a starting point, download the Sales Leader Competency Guide. How do your sales leaders currently match up?

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 25, 2018

As a salesperson, you never want to be considered amateurish by your colleagues or prospects. It lowers your credibility and authority and kills your chances of closing a deal. Sales leaders and businesses are paying a hefty price for not developing the selling skills of their people. Living in Reactive Mode.

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PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The term “sales culture” is a bit of a fuzzy concept. Its quality can’t be measured the same way your team’s monthly revenue, email activity, average tenure, or quota achievement can, but that doesn’t mean it’s irrelevant. How to build a winning sales culture. Conclusion.

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PandaDoc

DECEMBER 12, 2018

If you’re in sales, sending cold emails is a part of your life. Whether you’re a sales rep following up on cold leads, a freelancer trying to connect with new clients or a sales manager thinking holistically about your lead generation approach: creating cold emails that convert is essential.

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SalesGlobe

JANUARY 16, 2022

Pre-COVID-19, I began researching and writing about why inside sales really matters in a business-to-business (B2B) sales environment and the powerhouse this channel can be to support a sales strategy and a great customer experience.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 19, 2013

As a Sales Operations leader, your success depends on getting change initiatives to stick. Programs that don’t get adopted lead to lost budget and executive trust. Lose your executives’ trust and nothing good results. John Kotter is a best-selling author and recognized expert on Change Management.

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ACT

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Not only do sales generate revenue and increase market share, there’s also the satisfaction that comes from solving problems and building great customer relationships. . Although the importance of closing deals hasn’t changed much, how we close sales has evolved a lot. How to improve your closing skills.

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PandaDoc

JANUARY 11, 2021

You might think that cold calling for sales pitch might be a thing of the past, but did you know that 92% of customer interactions still happen over the phone? But despite those numbers, the success rate for cold calls is appallingly low. Best Cold Calling Scripts to Boost Your Sales. Reaching The Decision-Maker.

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Help Scout

JUNE 5, 2019

It’s likely not a surprise to you that putting your customer first is good for business. But building a customer-centric marketing strategy for your business can be difficult. Help Scout believes customer centricity isn’t just great for business — it’s also a more satisfying way to interact with customers.

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Apptivo

MAY 26, 2022

How can you measure customer satisfaction? How much do you have to spend to attract a new customer? So, what should you do to retain your existing customers? In this blog, we will delve deep to. Understand more about customer satisfaction and its importance, How to measure customer satisfaction, and. Conclusion.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 20, 2018

Each year, the INBOUND event draws thousands of sales and marketing professionals to Boston ( Hint: It’s happening in about two weeks, so click here to sign up ). It’s an unmissable few days of networking, honing your sales craft, and drumming up business. Think again. Attending any industry event is all about what you make it.

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SalesGlobe

AUGUST 25, 2022

Keys to Private Equity Success. Welcome to the Rethink Sales Podcast I’m Mark Donnolo. We’re continuing our conversation about m&a, and making the sales organization successful because we know it’s not just about doing the deal. It’s like, well, how do you get there? Mark Donnolo.

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SalesGlobe

MAY 1, 2023

So, Michael, thank you for talking to everyone here today about some things that we’re seeing with the current economic environment cycles, patterns and how that pertains to a sales organization. Cycles & Patterns Michelle Seger Hey, it’s Michelle Seger at SalesGlobe. Michael Bullock I’m happy to be here.

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Mike Kunkle

JULY 4, 2022

There’s still a lot of talk these days in the sales enablement community and the market at large about the need for sales and marketing alignment. If it sounds as if I’m ignoring the need for top-down support for enablement from company executives and especially sales leadership – trust me, I’m not. Insert ominous music here.].

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SBI

OCTOBER 23, 2012

I recently read 52 Sales Management Tips – The Sales Manager’s Success Guide by Steven Rosen. Written for sales managers and small business owners, this is a guide every sales leader will benefit from. Who is Steven Rosen? What the Book Offers.

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