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Rethinking Enablement for the Future: The Power of Commercial Effectiveness Integration

Mike Kunkle

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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We’re All in Sales – Or Maybe Not

Mike Kunkle

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. Well, maybe. But that’s not selling, per se.

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7 Tips for Using Storytelling in Sales Presentations

Brooks Group

Storytelling in sales is a skill. A good story grabs our attention, helps us visualize and understand information, and connects us to both the storyteller and the characters within the story. But for storytelling to be truly effective in sales, your sales professionals have to nail both the timing and the delivery.

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How Tom Carter at Kaiser Permanente Empowers Sales to Have Strategic Conversations | Building Modern Sellers Blog Series

Showpad

In this interview, Tom shares how the partnership between marketing and sales made all the difference in rolling out a new digit al sales strategy. . “If I’ve worked myself into a marketing job, but 80% of my career has been in sales, account management, and creating marketing programming and other services to support sales teams. .

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How to Measure the ROI of Your Sales Enablement Program

Mike Kunkle

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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Enablement is Hard. Do It Anyway.

Mike Kunkle

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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Understanding Sales Process, Methodology, and Competencies

Mike Kunkle

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. It should be aligned to the customer lifecycle and buying process, where possible.

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