Hubspot Sales

MARCH 15, 2019

Anyone can start a business. Fill out a few forms. Get the necessary permits or licenses. Advertise in some way, shape, or form. Running a successful business, though, is an entirely different story. For example, in the United States roughly 9% of businesses both new and old close each year. On the flip side, only 8% are opened. We're losing more than we're gaining for the first time since those statistics have been tracked, and the crossover coincided with the recession of 2007-2009.

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Sales Readiness Group

MARCH 28, 2019

Managing sales performance is a fundamental sales management skill. Learn how to effectively manage sales behaviors to get your sales team to generate great results consistently.

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Nutshell

MARCH 1, 2019

Following up with buyers is a crucial part of any salesperson’s job. Rarely will a new prospect get back to after your first cold email , and even your best clients often need multiple touches to draw them back into a sales conversation. Both situations take time and persistence. Buyers want to know that you care about them and their needs, and following up is a way to show that you care.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 21, 2019

A product leader at a recent client of mine expressed a frustration that most product leaders can relate to. His organization had recently invested heavily in developing a new product that targeted a growing segment of the company’s customer base.

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2023's struggles fueled a shift: companies are ditching wasteful strategies in favor of data and AI-powered growth. Enter 2024, the year GTC takes center stage. Discover 5 ways a customer-centric approach unlocks new revenue and delivers lasting success.

Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 4, 2019

Are you willing to refer your clients or customers to someone else? Is someone else willing to refer their clients or customers to you? Yes, if there is mutual trust. Here are the prerequisites: You consider yourself the best at what you do. You do a memorable job in making the sale. You do a perfect job of delivering what you promised. You provide impeccable service after the sale.

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Openview

MARCH 7, 2019

The average salesperson is losing up to 40% of their deals because they’re not following-up effectively. After a sales meeting, do you ever experience a prospect ‘going dark’ on you? Everything felt like it should have gone great – the prospect seemed interested in the meeting, they asked the right questions, your sales pitch was stellar. And then you send 2-3 follow-ups…but no response.

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Sales Readiness Group

MARCH 25, 2019

Prospecting is a lot like fly fishing. In this episode, we talk about the similarities between those two practices, and how by "matching the hatch" you're much more likely to break through the noise when prospecting.

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Miller Heiman Group

MARCH 13, 2019

While many organizations reported increased adoption of a sales enablement function in recent years, several still struggle to use it effectively to achieve their goals. According to CSO Insights’ 4th Annual Sales Enablement Study , 61 percent of organizations have a sales enablement function. Of those, only 34.4 percent of respondents indicated they were meeting the majority of their expectations.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 19, 2019

As organizations transform their Deal Desk to a best in class Revenue Desk, challenges arise. Making this transition calls for new members from various functions, which results in more opinions and at times, competing priorities. When done well, this leads.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 5, 2019

The most coveted prize in selling besides a sale is a referral. How do you approach this person? Everyone tells you to get referrals, no one tells you what to do next. How do you maximize the selling power of this referral? Here are 8.5 rules to ensure your success: Approach with care, be prepared, don't move too quickly. Timing is everything. Don't appear to be too anxious to get the sale (money).

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Nutshell

MARCH 11, 2019

If you’re reading this, congratulations! You’ve probably just landed a new sales leadership role, and you want to make the transition as successful as possible. While this is an exciting time for you, it’s also a time of change for your sales reps. Adjusting to a new sales manager can be difficult, especially if the last person in charge was well-liked by the team.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 18, 2019

At some point, most company leaders have looked at their list of best clients and thought, "It would be really bad if we lost any of these accounts." These customers represent a disproportionate percentage of your revenue, refer new prospects to your company, give you credibility in their space -- or all of the above. But how do you protect those customers from the competitors who are no doubt courting them?

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Groove HQ

MARCH 6, 2019

How to continue winning with content, when writing great blog posts is no longer enough Content has helped us grow Groove to $5m in annual revenue and form some great relationships with some of our most loyal customers. I guess you could say content is a big deal to us, which is why we’ve always […]. The post Content Distribution: The Missing Piece in Your Marketing Strategy appeared first on Groove Blog.

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Engage Selling

MARCH 8, 2019

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SBI Growth

MARCH 18, 2019

If you follow our Sales Benchmark Index blog, you have read our take on enhancing your Deal Desk to a Revenue Desk in the recent post “What Do You Do When Your Deal Desk Is Failing – Set up a.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 19, 2019

The average professional sports team wins more than 75% of the games they play on their home court. That's a pretty high winning percentage. If you knew you could win 75% of the prospects you pitched, you'd do it, wouldn't you? YOU CAN! Sales games are no different than sports games. You win more sales when you sell them at home. How many of your prospects, who you want to become customers, get an invitation to play the championship game (the sale) at your ball park?

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Kainexus

MARCH 15, 2019

The urgency to improve organizational performance is at an all-time high. Today’s customers expect more value for every dollar, knowledgeable employees are difficult to find and retain, competition is fierce, technology and data grow increasingly complex, and business models evolve ever more quickly. Given all of that and the complexity of modern organizations, a scatter-shot approach to improvement is not enough.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 1, 2019

The term, "sales", encompasses all activities involved in selling a product or service to a consumer or business. But "sales" means so much more for businesses. Companies have entire sales organizations comprised of employees that are dedicated to selling their products and services. In a survey of businesses with sales and marketing departments, the 2018 State of Inbound Report found that the top three priorities of the sales organizations were to close more deals, improve the efficiency of the

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Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

MARCH 28, 2019

It’s a pretty strong statement to say there is one thing that will influence whether you succeed or fail at selling digital marketing solutions. But that’s what I’m saying. Pete Pitcher and Connie Consultant both work for Mel Manager at Digital Solutions Inc. Pete Pitcher learns about one new digital product each month that he can sell. He approaches new prospects and current clients with a one-sheet on why his new digital product is a perfect solution.

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Groove HQ

MARCH 13, 2019

How customer success can help you retain and acquire customers Lately, I’ve been thinking about the recent times I’ve reached out to any kind of company for support. All of these experiences have been pretty good. Quick, friendly, informative—everything a girl could ask for. However, when I think about them more, I realize that while […]. The post Customer Success: Your Next Growth Engine appeared first on Groove Blog.

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SBI Growth

MARCH 4, 2019

Focusing on value provided, you can implement a winning price increase, contrary to what may have been occurring historically. Re-anchoring is the key to a winning pricing strategy – a focus area we will take on as part of developing.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 5, 2019

"Don't start your presentation until the customer agrees to buy," says Ray Leone. WOW. That's power if you can pull it off. "The sale is made before the presentation begins if you ask the right questions to qualify and interest the buyer to a point of commitment," he says. Ray Leone uses strategies that gets the customer to commit to buy before the actual presentation starts.

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Speaker: Olivia Montgomery, Associate Principal Supply Chain Analyst

Curious to know how your peers are navigating ongoing disruption? The supply chain management techniques that dominated the last 30 years are no longer supporting consumer behavior or logistics and manufacturing capabilities. So what’s working now? What should your plans for 2023 include? By researching the supply chain challenges and solutions that businesses – especially small and midsize businesses – are currently experiencing, we’ve learned what’s working and what’s not.

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MTD Sales Training

MARCH 5, 2019

When you hear the term ‘customer service’, what connotations spring up? Maybe it’s that annoying assistant who won’t leave you alone in a shop? Or that company who never stops cold-calling you? Or maybe it’s that waiter whose splendid attention to your every need makes your normal restaurant visit that bit more special? Whatever you think customer service is, it often needs to be revisited in order to be kept front-of-mind.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 29, 2019

Did you know, on average, a 1% price increase translates into an 8.7% increase in operating profits ? It's hard to believe the smallest percent increase or decrease in price can make a significant impact on profit margins. This statistic highlights the importance pricing can have on your company's bottom line. Now, I'm sure you're wondering which pricing strategies will help you turn a profit.

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Miller Heiman Group

MARCH 11, 2019

The role of a sales manager may be the hardest job in sales. From day one, you’re in the spotlight, ensuring every salesperson on your team hits their target. While coaching your team to sales success, your responsibilities include recruiting new talent and meeting the needs of key customers, all while collaborating with internal stakeholders such as marketing, product management and executives.

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Groove HQ

MARCH 19, 2019

Audits are boring. The benefits they can create for your team—not so much Marketing audit. Gross. Even just the mere word “audit” is yawn-inducing. Most people tend to associate audits in general with a lot of complicated, boring paperwork, and possibly a really stiff white collar and a tie that gently chokes you throughout the […].

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Speaker: Michelle Vazzana

Every sales organization wants their sales force to be agile. Why? Because the world is rapidly changing, becoming more complex, and making the salesperson’s job harder. Organizational leaders are unsure of the best way to equip sellers to succeed in this new reality. Should they change their sales methodology? Should they adopt better technology tools?

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SBI Growth

MARCH 9, 2019

On today’s show we’re joined by Paul Melchiorre, the Global Customer Officer for Anaplan, a connected planning platform that enables organizations to accelerate decision making by connecting data, people, and plans across the business. Click here for the podcast version of.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 5, 2019

The "Drop–in" visit. You go to a valued customer without an appointment and say, "I was just around the corner and thought I'd stop by.". Do you do it? Can you successfully pull it off? Will the customer be willing to see you? Or will he be "tied–up, busy or in a meeting?". Suppose there was a way to call on any prospect or customer and have them welcome you in, be glad to see you, and give you a chance to build the relationship.

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MTD Sales Training

MARCH 19, 2019

The whole negotiation you have with a client or prospect can be successful or not, based on the way you carry it out. Learn how you can turn a negotiation around if it’s not going well by following a strategic process that you can control. . Also, MTD offers a sales negotiation course that it can help your team conducting profitable sales negotiations.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 21, 2019

"The art of moving forward lies in understanding what to leave behind." This quote, from marketing guru Seth Godin, sums up the importance of good data in making better decisions. Failing is a natural part of life, what matters most -- especially for salespeople -- is how you move forward. Think about the last time you made a quick decision that yielded disappointing results.

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What if there was a better method of changing the conversation with your customer from delivering pricing to delivering value solutions? A method that would help keep you in control, manage the uncertainty, and close larger deals more quickly for you and your company? There is.

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