Mike Kunkle

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Worse, recently, I’ve read an increasing number of articles and posts about how buying has become so convoluted and non-linear, that given that and a buyers’ market, sales process just doesn’t matter anymore. Bob Apollo made this exact point about Deming’s original work and how sales process is somewhat different.]

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 15, 2024

But as with any other skill, some salespeople have a better grip on prospecting than others — and we, here at the HubSpot Sales Blog, want to do our part to make sure you prospect as effectively as possible. Thoughtfully calculated, well-executed prospecting is central to virtually every successful sales engagement.

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MDI Training

JANUARY 29, 2024

Click below to access our AI-generated version of this blog article! This blog post is a continuation of an interview ” AI-Enhanced Leadership: Maximizing Potential with Intelligent Tools. In your opinion, how can AI help to create personalized learning experiences for leaders and thus promote their individual development?

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Showpad

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Learn how IFF introduces an a la carte engagement training approach that empowers salespeople to find content on-demand, to meet their customer’s needs. Tell us about your current role as Sales Enablement Lead at IFF and how it’s changed in the last year. Before we would just sit down in a meeting room.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 9, 2023

In this guide, we’ll explore how you can get into sales without a degree. In this guide, we’ll explore how you can get into sales without a degree. 7 Expert Tips to Get a Sales Job Without a Degree How to Find Entry-level Sales Jobs What does it mean to work in sales? Table of Contents What does it mean to work in sales?

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Customer Think

MAY 4, 2023

Bob Passikoff of Brand Keys stated that “For Wall Street it (Brand Disappointment) was about missing expectations regarding new subscriptions and new customers. We understand this is not something customers want to lose, and losing it causes brand disappointment. Let the customer do extra work!

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

and more about how we'll sell them. As James Mensforth , Sales Director UKI at Aircall , told me, "As a sales leader, I use AI to get a better sense of how my team is performing, how we can improve our metrics, and even how to freshen up our sales scripts and prospect communications. Let's dive in.

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OnStrategyHQ

APRIL 24, 2023

As your organization begins to sketch out what your strategic plan might look like, it’s likely to come to your attention that you’ll need to gain consensus around what your key performance indicators will be and how they will impact your organization. Play Watch the video Video Transcript – How to Write KPIs Hi, my name is Erica Olsen.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 26, 2022

And how can you ensure your efforts are as effective as possible? And how can you ensure your efforts are as effective as possible? Understand your ideal customer profile — inside and out. Learn how to communicate with gatekeepers. But what is B2B prospecting? What is B2B prospecting? B2B Prospecting Methods.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 7, 2023

How can your business sell digital products? In this blog post, we'll cover the following: What is a digital product? How to sell digital products 10 best digital products to sell There are a number of reasons why selling digital products is advantageous for businesses. Why sell digital products? Why sell digital products?

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MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 28, 2020

Identify the main challenges they are facing at present and discuss how your solution actually does a better job than any competitor. Your research should tell you what you do better than the competitor, so focus on what those better things are. 2) Discuss how your solution is niche in the marketplace. The competition can’t.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 27, 2011

Pat them on the shoulder and tell them they’re doing a great job. Tell them you support them and to please let you know if they need anything. We get caught up in trying to make everything perfect and forget how powerful the little things- even mistakes can be. Talk to them about what’s happening in their day to day.

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PandaDoc

MAY 16, 2024

Generating leads is vital, but it’s only half the battle — you also need to figure out which leads are most likely to become paying customers. Lead qualification is a process carried out by sales and marketing teams to find out if a lead is likely to become a paying customer. That’s where lead qualification comes in.

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Zendesk

APRIL 18, 2022

While you’re not sharing your work with a professor these days, your sales reps need to know where and how leads had first contact with your company. Of course, there are any number of ways a potential customer or client can discover you. Blog articles. It’s no different for sales and marketing teams when sourcing leads.

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Insightly

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Sometimes marketing teams measure success by the volume of leads generated, while sales may be less concerned with volume and more concerned with quality, or the likelihood these leads will convert into paying customers. . Once these leads are qualified, sales teams are responsible for converting them to customers.

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Insightly

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Sometimes marketing teams measure success by the volume of leads generated, while sales may be less concerned with volume and more concerned with quality, or the likelihood these leads will convert into paying customers. . Once these leads are qualified, sales teams are responsible for converting them to customers.

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Nutshell

OCTOBER 5, 2020

This results in a space filled with heavy competition from other brands and a lot of noise that you have to battle if you are going to capture the attention of your customers. In your copy, make sure you describe what the benefit will be for your customer if they purchase from you so that they feel comfortable and certain with their decision.

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Insightly

MAY 13, 2021

It’s not a secret that having a deep understanding of your customer is crucial for marketing. We’ve talked about the value of creating an ideal customer profile. The more you learn about your customer, the better you can market to them and build lasting customer relationships. . Share customer reactions.

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SuperOffice

AUGUST 1, 2022

When you start building your first marketing strategy, all you think of is how to get new customers. You hardly think of how to attract bigger customers specifically. Time passes and you notice that it takes you a lot of effort to convert and serve new customers, yet your profits grow rather slowly.

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Brooks Group

MARCH 21, 2024

This posts dives into the best sales discovery questions, how to assess your team’s questioning skills, and how to improve them for more effective discovery calls. A powerful lever to improve your team’s sales performance could be hiding in plain sight: sales discovery questions. Only 23% of successful teams (vs.

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Nutshell

MAY 6, 2020

Not knowing how to proceed, and having little idea what the future may hold is a genuinely horrifying thing. Despite what your gut may be telling you, spending your day wrapped up in a blanket burrito is not the best use of your time. Even though you’re not able to see your customers in person anymore, they’re still very much around.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 17, 2024

It’s a metric that tells you about the yearly revenue generated by individual contracts. Calculating ACV can deliver many benefits , from increased customer retention to better forecasting. The former tracks revenue from individual customers, whereas ARR looks at total revenue. It shows which customers are the most lucrative.

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Apptivo

MAY 8, 2021

Customer Success teams are what everyone is talking about nowadays. And it is because Customer Success is directly related to customer loyalty and experience. Even though customer success is crucial, many companies still do not understand its importance. What is Customer Success?

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 6, 2022

LinkedIn has become a staple of prospect research — it has a case for being the most centralized, effective platform for gathering valuable information on potential customers. Experience at their former jobs : Customize your messaging based on their career history. The 18 Best Places to Research Buyers Before Sales Conversations.

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PandaDoc

MAY 13, 2024

You already know who your customers are — but do you know what makes them tick and drives their decision-making? There’s no doubt about it: understanding customer behaviors and the reasons behind them can not only help you close deals but is a surefire way to keep buyers happy and fulfill the dreams of every sales lead. Peer pressure?

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

In this blog post, we'll dig into what to include in your LinkedIn summary to make it stand out, as well as some examples to give you inspiration. In this blog post, we'll dig into what to include in your LinkedIn summary to make it stand out, as well as some examples to give you inspiration. How to Write a LinkedIn Summary.

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ACT

DECEMBER 5, 2023

But what exactly is data-driven marketing , and how does it work? Data-driven marketing is the practice of using solid, reliable, and in-depth customer data instead of personal opinion or gut feeling to devise a marketing strategy. Why is this important? Data-driven marketing examples Curious?

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Nutshell

JULY 22, 2020

No blog, video, or sales pitch is complete until the phrase “boost ROI” or “improve your net promoter score” is used. Keep reading to learn what the marketing flywheel is, why it’s a beneficial business methodology, and how to implement it at your organization. It’s what we do.

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OnStrategyHQ

JANUARY 19, 2024

This is the age of Artificial Intelligence – and as the world grapples with using generative AI models contextually inside their organizations, we’re here to help explore how to use AI practically and incorporate it into your next strategic planning process. What makes a good AI prompt?

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PandaDoc

JUNE 21, 2021

You’ll also know why you need a strong sales prospecting process and exactly how that will benefit your business. Most importantly, you’ll find out how both of these strategies require an equal level of input and when you need to push one aside to focus on the other. It sounds easy, and it is. What is a lead generation strategy?

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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. Many of them say metrics and time in the field with customers learning about their challenges are critical. Others discuss how to coach and the need for data-driven decisions. In other words, they know what drives their emotions.

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PandaDoc

MAY 7, 2024

When you capture the attention of a potential customer, this is the moment a lead is born. However, how that lead plays out, whether that person becomes a paying customer or client, is another matter. A lead can also be a likely customer based on demographics or being part of a particular target segment of the population.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 28, 2019

How many times have you received a business email and scrolled to the email signature to learn a little more about the person, only to see something that looks a little like this: Yep, that's me. Whether you’re conducting outreach or emailing a new customer , your email signature should grab attention, inform, and include a CTA.

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Apptivo

JULY 12, 2021

It is critical for a firm to meticulously manage costs so that profit can be precisely measured against them in each month, this tells a firm how well they are performing. So in this blog, Apptivo brings to you the importance of estimation and how they can improve business performance. It supports more accurate planning.

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Zendesk

APRIL 15, 2021

By now, you may have seen our new slogan, Champions of customer service , floating around. If not, this blog post explains what the slogan embodies for us as a company. We thought about what customer service might look like in the future. What if Zendesk, the champions of customer service, changed the world?

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PandaDoc

AUGUST 18, 2020

Read on, and I’ll show you how to conduct the perfect virtual pitch meeting. Since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in early 2020, the world has moved online, and business is no exception. Physical events and face-to-face meetings are still on hold in many places around the world and will be for an unspecified length of time. .

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Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Make sure your reps understand how to make their own timing, by getting in front of people when they have the ability to buy, the money to buy, and the urgency to buy. Make sure your reps understand how to make their own timing, by getting in front of people when they have the ability to buy, the money to buy, and the urgency to buy.

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