Strategic Communications

DECEMBER 20, 2022

I’m a big fan of conducting SWOT analyses, not only for strategic planning but really for any situation where you’re faced with an important business decision. Though common in large organizations, many small businesses and solopreneurs may not be familiar with the tool. Using the SWOT to Make Decisions.

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Mike Kunkle

MAY 15, 2019

In a B2B setting, AI will review customer websites, blogs, PR statements, financial reports, social media contributions from potential decision makers, determine price elasticity segmented by the sales representative that is assigned to the opportunity, based on their past discounting habits, and assign a probably of winning an opportunity.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 5, 2021

Making calls. Cold calls or warm leads, hot prospects or chilly receptions, making contact is critical. RAIN Group recently found that 82% of buyers say cold calls were the impetus for eventual meetings, but 63% of sales reps say they don’t enjoy making cold calls. It makes sense, given the job description.

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OnStrategyHQ

MARCH 25, 2022

A SWOT analysis examines your organization’s core Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats in your competitive environment to help develop focus areas in strategic planning. Conducting a SWOT analysis creates a synthesized view of your organization’s current state. What do you need to do better?

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 28, 2022

It also has major economic benefits from a cost of sales perspective — for instance, rather than paying for each sales rep to travel to meet in-person with buyers, plenty of selling can now be done virtually. Of course, she adds, it's still vital to measure the traditional KPIs for any sales organization, including pipeline and close rates.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 30, 2020

Warmer months mean more distractions, and with key decision makers on vacation, a potential drop in leads. These 10 motivational techniques will engage both junior reps and their senior counterparts, ensuring they continue to work to meet their sales goals throughout the summer: Tips to Raise Sales Motivation at the End of Summer.

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Mike Kunkle

JUNE 12, 2022

Unfortunately, many company executives still needed to make tough choices, even with their revenue-producing teams. Even under financial and emotional duress, strive to make calm, thoughtful, strategic decisions. Brainstorm creative options with team members. Strategy First. Engage your employees. Sales Force Structure.

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Insightly

JUNE 28, 2021

Below are a few takeaways from our decision-making journey and tips to ensure remote work success. There are a few things that are hard to replicate in the virtual work environment, and among them are impromptu brainstorms, team outings and friendly conversations at the proverbial water cooler. Remote work benefits.

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PartnerTap

DECEMBER 13, 2023

TERRITORY CHANGES CAUSE CHAOS FOR SALES REPS It’s common for companies to begin the fiscal year with major re-organizations of their sales territories. They know everything about these accounts: the leaders, the politics, how they make decisions, who can get things done, who is easiest to sell to.

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CMOE

DECEMBER 8, 2021

To do this, leaders must navigate changes and challenges with a strategic mindset and purpose: Be nimble as they solve problems and make decisions that help ensure business success, even in chaos. Meet frequently with other leaders across the organization to share successes and challenges and brainstorm solutions.

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Insightly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Despite the necessity for change, companies often hesitate to make adjustments to their CRMs. And, as your CRM vendor rolls out new features, your success manager will be there to brainstorm innovative use cases that maximize the system’s impact for your situation. Why is CRM important?

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Insightly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Despite the necessity for change, companies often hesitate to make adjustments to their CRMs. And, as your CRM vendor rolls out new features, your success manager will be there to brainstorm innovative use cases that maximize the system’s impact for your situation. Why is CRM important?

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 11, 2019

If you own a company that sells patio furniture or swimming pool accessories, for instance, it makes sense there will be times throughout the year that are slower than others. These analytics will enable you to make decisions for your team. Brainstorm new products or services. Gather new leads.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 22, 2023

These companies don’t make their consulting decisions lightly. As in any other field, networking is mainly about meeting new people in your industry or industries adjacent to yours and forging lasting relationships with them. Having a great network can make all the difference between a successful and stagnant career.

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ACT

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Another perk is that they often have the flexibility to modify their work hours, making room for other interests and responsibilities. Tech giants like Apple, Google, and Microsoft have already announced their company culture plans to make hybrid work arrangements permanent. That, in turn, motivates them to get more work done faster.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Companies run brainstorming sessions, hire consultants, and invest in expensive technology. But there’s a simpler way to increase market share: Make your sales organization more optimistic. Research shows that salespeople with high levels of optimism make more money for their companies. Emotions are contagious.

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Arpedio

JANUARY 3, 2024

It’s essential to have a deep understanding of the characteristics of each sales strategy to make an informed decision. Potential margin compression: Distributors require a margin to cover their costs and make a profit, which can eat into businesses’ profitability.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 7, 2023

These advantages make selling digital products a good option for artists, educators, writers, freelancers, and more. A physical product that doesn’t meet a customer’s needs could result in returns, recalls, or redistribution costs. Creating a preliminary product catalog will help you organize your offerings and ideas.

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CoSell

AUGUST 7, 2020

Who do you think is making more money, having a happier sales team, and enjoying all the rewards of collaborative selling? His blueprint for success makes sense and is easy to follow. It makes it simpler to evaluate day-to-day situations. These patterns help you make smart decisions in territory planning.

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Zendesk

APRIL 18, 2023

Every business wants to understand what makes buyers come and what makes them go. These maps help companies understand their customers and meet their expectations. You experience everything customers feel and think along the way, as well as the roadblocks they meet. A customer journey map can help businesses get clued in.

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Showpad

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Use this kick-off meeting checklist as a resource to make sure you’ve crossed all the t’s and dotted all the i’s for your most impactful sales kickoff yet. ? Find the sweet spot somewhere in between during your decision-making process. ? during a successful sales meeting. ? during a successful sales meeting. ?

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CMOE

APRIL 27, 2021

Decisiveness. Decisiveness. Why Is Decisiveness Found in High-Performing Teams? When a team makes effective decisions quickly, members can spend more time taking action on those decisions and exercising their creativity and expertise. Decisive decisions are based on facts and intuition.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Instead of blaming poor numbers on a crummy product line, a bad month, or less-than-stellar leads, failing reps might consider analyzing their processes and brainstorming ways to make them more buyer-centric and buyer-friendly. Regardless of what industry you're in or what type of organizations you sell into, a few sales axioms hold.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 20, 2019

He spends each day meeting prospects and clients, understanding their core needs, attending conferences, and exchanging information. From conferences to one-to-one meetings to baseball games, this was happening everywhere. With validation in place, we started brainstorming version two of the Business Card Scanner.

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CoSell

MAY 4, 2021

Let’s take a closer look and see what this might mean in your sales organization. A scrappy start-up has ideas, creativity, and insights that a giant global organization just doesn’t even see. With this in mind, they are building meaningful relationships with both the workers, organizations of remote workers, and property owners.

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Insightly

JUNE 27, 2021

Below are a few takeaways from our decision-making journey and tips to ensure remote work success. There are a few things that are hard to replicate in the virtual work environment, and among them are impromptu brainstorms, team outings and friendly conversations at the proverbial water cooler. Remote work benefits. Read more.

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Insightly

JUNE 27, 2021

Below are a few takeaways from our decision-making journey and tips to ensure remote work success. There are a few things that are hard to replicate in the virtual work environment, and among them are impromptu brainstorms, team outings and friendly conversations at the proverbial water cooler. Remote work benefits. Read more.

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Remote Working Digital Transformation Digitalization Brainstorming 52

Flevy

MARCH 25, 2024

For consulting firms, these frameworks are part of the bread and butter that enable them to consistently deliver value to client organizations across industries and geographies. The importance and usefulness of business frameworks in the consulting world—especially among the global strategy firms—cannot be overstated.

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Account Manager Tips

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Where does somebody start when they kind of in the business, but they've really got to invest time on the business and really struggling to make that happen? The challenge of account management is how to make sure that you provide that great experience to all of your clients and not just concentrate on the 20 percent that make the most noise.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 12, 2019

They possess knowledge so valuable that someone else — an individual, department, or entire organization — is willing to pay for it. Simply put, consultants work to make their clients more successful. Financial consultants, or advisors, help businesses make informed, objective, and legal financial decisions to improve returns.

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Insightly

APRIL 15, 2022

If your current CRM isn’t working as well as it should, making a move isn’t easy. Despite the compelling reasons to switch, organizations continually find themselves settling for what’s familiar. One that understands your business and designs (and thoroughly tests) solutions, aimed at making your company more profitable?

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Zendesk

JUNE 26, 2023

The survey types are as follows: Employee engagement survey: Learn more about your staff’s sentiment towards your organization, their commitment to the job, and how dialed in they are to company initiatives. Use your results to tweak or brainstorm activities to maximize participation and success.

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SBI Growth

MAY 12, 2013

As Sales Ops leaders, you need to trust your data in order to make crucial decisions. At a sales meeting, Manny the Manager posed this question to his team: “How is our average Opportunity Close Ratio 80%? I’ll change the expected close date because the decision maker needs two more weeks. So is your funnel accurate?

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 1, 2013

If your organization isn’t at or above revenue plan, what will you do? Sign up for SBI’s 7th annual research tour: " How to Make Your Number in 2014 : A Sales Strategy You Can Execute." This easy-to-use scorecard will enable your sales organization to: Improve how your sales reps prioritize their time with existing customers.

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Zendesk

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

SaaS organizations provide ongoing product support alongside general customer support requests due to the learning curve often associated with these products. Customer-first initiatives Being customer-first means putting the customer at the center of organizational decision-making instead of only focusing on products or profitability.

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MDI Training

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Create clarity regarding tasks, responsibilities, scope for action, expected work results and the decision-making processes. Focus on “K D I” Use everything that also makes effective and efficient face-to-face meetings and focus on K D I! Is the meeting the most appropriate way to deal with the issue?

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 31, 2018

Meeting in person was not only expensive, it was also a huge pain. A simple 45-minute meeting became a three-hour ordeal -- and all this just to start a relationship and conduct a basic needs analysis. In-person meetings are the most inefficient process imaginable. Now, it’s dangerous to make assumptions.

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