Showpad

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

In this interview, Leea shares with us how she’s implemented marketing automation, digital deal rooms, and digital media content to support the sales team in a hybrid sales environment. . “We The biggest change was working from home—and our sales team has been most impacted by the shift.

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Showpad

JANUARY 12, 2023

Meet Ljiljana Budimir Vukicevic , Sales Enablement Digital Capability Lead at Schneider Electric. In her 20+ year tenure with the global energy management and automation company, Ljiljana has seen and led major technological evolutions across the business — from customer care to IT support and, most recently, sales enablement. .

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Customer Think

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Marketing is currently designed to inspire, identify, and engage potential buyers in a way that leads them to action. The baseline assumptions are that good content in the right hands, or engaged relationships that create connection, will provide the foundational components to cause buying. But do they?

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 26, 2012

I hear from sales and marketing leaders on a regular basis that they need more leads. When I ask about inbound marketing and what they are doing about content marketing, things like publishing a blog , their eyes glaze over. Let’s take a closer look at blogs and why they are so effective in producing leads.

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Customer Think

AUGUST 30, 2021

You reap what you sow. You get what you give. Do good things, and good things will happen to you. These old adages have been moral guidelines for centuries, but it turns out that karma is also a pragmatic business approach. In a classic study by behavior expert Robert Cialdini, restaurant diners who were given […].

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Engage Selling

AUGUST 15, 2014

It’s an honor to be added to the Top 50 Sales & Marketing Blogs 2014 list! Thanks to readers and followers just like you, Engage Selling Solutions is once again among the most trusted sources for salespeople all around the world!

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Mike Kunkle

OCTOBER 8, 2023

This strategic approach goes beyond conventional departmental boundaries, breaks down silos, and encompasses product, marketing, demand generation, sales enablement, and the encompassing realm of customer experience (whether it goes by customer support, customer success, customer service, or a combination of these).

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Upland

AUGUST 29, 2023

Not only does it help with sales enablement, but it also helps craft better buyer journeys. It helps you effectively engage and convert your audience into loyal customers. Companies that actively engage with their user base to gather feedback and implement user-requested features demonstrate a customer-centric approach.

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Mike Kunkle

MAY 30, 2023

The goal of “enablement,” whichever term you use for it (sales, revenue, buyer, buying, performance, other) is ultimately to improve organizational performance. There are also other factors at play, such as product-market fit, strategy, the chosen sales model, organization design, or lack of top-down support, that also influence our work.

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Showpad

JUNE 6, 2022

Meet Tricia Westfall, a Senior Manager for the Sales Capability Planning & Enablement team at Kaiser Permanente. Pre-COVID, we were focused on providing a specific portfolio of tools that our sales people could use when they’re out in the field and when they’re engaging with customers. Can you share an example?

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SBI

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Launches RevenueGrid.com, New Sales Engagement Platform that Goes Beyond CRM, AI And Redefines What Sales Engagement Tools Should Be. Through its unique, account-specific revenue signals and automated outreach, the enterprise cloud solution is promised to accelerate sales in a way that CRM and AI alone cannot.

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Showpad

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In this interview, Matt shares his perspective on how to get a business to digital faster using methods and tools that reduce print and increase customer insights in a non-traditional sales environment. . Our organization is looking to add a layer of sophistication in the way we do sales enablement. It’s a balancing act.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 15, 2024

Thoughtfully calculated, well-executed prospecting is central to virtually every successful sales engagement. It sets a tone — giving you the momentum and perspective you need to lock in on viable sales opportunities and ensure the rest of your sales process goes as smoothly as possible.

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Customer Think

AUGUST 3, 2023

According to Gallup, engagement levels fell from 36% in 2020 to 33% in 2022, and then to 31% in 2023 in the U.S. Lack of employee engagement costs companies a whopping 8.8 The news is out and it’s not really good. trillion across the globe! So, how can we tackle this ongoing problem and create […]

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Showpad

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Meet Pedro Correia, Sales Enablement Lead at IFF. In this interview, Pedro shares the innovative ways IFF is integrating technology into the sales training and content process , from information tagging to augmented reality and AI. Tell us about your current role as Sales Enablement Lead at IFF and how it’s changed in the last year.

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SBI

DECEMBER 20, 2017

The Sales Tech space has grown dramatically as evidenced by the publication of our 2017 Sales Tech Landscape with 500 solutions. Here are some of Smart Selling Tools stats for 2017: Published over 100 articles on our blog. Recorded 39 Sales Software video reviews. Published the Top Sales Tools of 2017 Guide.

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Mike Kunkle

MARCH 31, 2023

Sales process, sales methodology, and sales competencies are all important and related aspects of sales effectiveness. Sales Process A sales process is a series of stages that an opportunity moves through. But they are not the same thing. It’s been proven in multiple studies and is worth the effort.

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Mike Kunkle

OCTOBER 2, 2022

We’re all in sales, right? I think the answer depends on what you mean by that (intent) and how you define “sales.” I get the intent of the “we’re all in sales” message, generally, much like Dan Pink’s book, To Sell is Human. “The 1980s called, and they want their sales approach back.”

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Mike Kunkle

APRIL 8, 2023

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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Mike Kunkle

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

In this post, I will offer advice about how to measure the ROI of your sales enablement program. This is a complex topic that is beyond the scope of one blog post, but I will do my best to provide a solid kickstart for you and offer what I hope will be some helpful perspective and good resources to continue to pursue.

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Brooks Group

JANUARY 24, 2024

This is good news for B2B sales teams that have faced economic headwinds, shrinking customer budgets, and delayed or canceled purchasing decisions. But even throughout this tough period, some sales organizations have found a way to meet or exceed targets—and feel confident in their ability to do it again this year.

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SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The plethora of solutions or blogs may not be useful when it comes to gaining insight and knowledge. Here are the best insightful SaaS blogs that can help you make better decisions, solve complex issues, or understand new techniques to gain an advantage in the competitive SaaS world. The 20 Best SaaS Blogs You Must Follow.

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SBI

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Membrain Announces New Prospecting Engagement Playbooks Optimized for B2B Sales Teams. Membrain has released its new Prospect Engagement Playbooks today, making it easier than ever for b2b sales teams to contact, qualify, and nurture sales leads in an effective, human-centered manner.

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Customer Think

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

How do we change, adapt new methods, approaches, even entirely new business models to engage our customers more effectively? The post Driving Innovation In Selling first appeared on Partners in EXCELLENCE Blog -- Making A Difference. Related Posts: Everything In Sales Is Dead, Long Live Sales And Selling!

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Insightly

MARCH 25, 2024

Unsurprisingly, CRM, or Customer Relationship Management , is the foundation of any successful sales and marketing strategy. In this blog post, we’ll delve into the fundamentals of CRM and lead management, explore their importance, and provide actionable tips for effective CRM lead management. What is a CRM?

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Clarity Engagement Solutions

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Have you found that your 2021 strategies for engaging with your customers aren’t working as expected? Companies have had to change habits to engage with customers as have healthcare stakeholders. The question is: do your plans reflect the need to be more strategic with multichannel, digital engagements? You’re not alone.

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Clarity Engagement Solutions

JANUARY 6, 2021

The need to change accelerated by 2020 has impacted pharmaceutical companies with how they interact and engage with healthcare stakeholders. They have experienced new challenges that began in 2020 and continue this year such as: – The need to move engagements and product messaging quickly to omni-channel digital platforms.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

To ensure you’re using the combination of organic content and Facebook ads effectively, I recommend creating a sales funnel specifically for Facebook. But before we get into how you can develop it, let’s first understand what a Facebook sales funnel is. The next stage of the Facebook sales funnel is the middle of the funnel (MoFu).

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Sales Gravy

MAY 2, 2024

On this episode of the Sales Gravy podcast, Jeb Blount sits down with sales coach Cheryl Parks to discuss why modern sales professionals need to shift from traditional selling to a more consultative and insightful approach that leverages business acumen, industry knowledge, and the right questions.

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Clarity Engagement Solutions

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Preventing cut through and the opportunity to develop trust and engagement. Effective customer engagement strategies. They figured out how to truly engage with healthcare stakeholders. That what happens when you apply a strategic customer engagement framework. We are covering this step in this blog.

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Customer Think

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Recently, I was doing a workshop with a really great sales team. We were talking about how to engage prospects and customers more effectively. They enthusiastically embraced the idea that we have to talk about what customers are interested in; we have to engage customers in issues critical to them and their business.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 12, 2022

If you're in sales, you know that finding prospects isn't easy. In fact, it can be the tallest hurdle in the sales process. The HubSpot Blog surveyed 500+ sales professionals to uncover the top social selling trends to reach more prospects and close more deals — all at your fingertips. The same can be true online.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 7, 2023

As technology advances and becomes more accessible, businesses are leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to improve their sales processes. AI has the potential to revolutionize the way sales teams operate, giving them valuable insights and predictive analytics to drive more revenue. Are sales teams investing in AI?

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Customer Think

AUGUST 30, 2021

We tend to think differently about our behaviors in engaging customers and “selling,” and how we drive change–particularly big change–within our own organizations. The post “Selling Internally,” Driving Transformation first appeared on Partners in EXCELLENCE Blog -- Making A Difference.

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Arpedio

JANUARY 3, 2024

One of the biggest challenges businesses face today is understanding and optimizing the sales funnel process, which converts potential leads into paying customers. Two crucial components of the sales funnel are lead generation and lead nurturing , which work together to create an efficient and effective process for converting leads to sales.

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Customer Think

MARCH 9, 2023

We know that the past several years have brought many unforeseen challenges for businesses of all sizes. For small businesses in particular, inflation is the number one concern, driving up costs for raw materials and shipping.

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Apptivo

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

When it comes to businesses, much of the progress in automation is happening in marketing – directed at raising brand awareness and converting leads into sales. These emails provide a unique engagement to provide better customer experience and data shows that these communications have a better response rate. No more mistakes!

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