Hubspot Sales
APRIL 19, 2019
There's nothing worse than getting through an entire sales presentation only to hear, "That was great, but I just need some time to think this over." While many salespeople focus on making their presentations flashy, fun, and exciting, they do little to ensure that their presentations address the prospect's top concerns -- and provide an irresistible solution.
RAIN Group
APRIL 18, 2019
Something new vies for your attention every few minutes: emails, text messages, collaboration tools, phone calls, co-workers, meetings, customers, and the list goes on. The result? Productivity suffers. But with discipline and preparation, you can defeat these productivity dragons. We know it's possible because we recently surveyed 2,377 professionals to find out which habits and hacks, when applied in different combinations, drive not only productivity, but also top performance versus peers, jo
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SBI Growth
APRIL 17, 2019
The role of a Product Leader is dynamic. Listening to the market, monitoring competitors and developing new products are core responsibilities. They set the organization up for growth. Yet, one of the lesser associated responsibilities of a Product Leader is translating.
Miller Heiman Group
APRIL 15, 2019
A software technology company with $4 billion in revenue struggled with inconsistent CRM use, long sales cycles and disparate methodologies across its three business units. The leaders at the software technology company knew they needed a solution that bridged methodology and technology to improve strategy and aggressively push deals through the pipeline.
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.
Hubspot Sales
APRIL 19, 2019
What's in a name? When we think of successful sport team names, like the New England Patriots or the New York Yankees, we picture the motivated individuals that make up the team. And we envision their dedication to achieving a common goal (i.e., winning a championship.). But, how does a name contribute to a team's success? A creative sales team name can help unite your team, foster collaboration, and help individuals learn, grow, and reach personal and team goals.
Engage Selling
APRIL 18, 2019
There’s a right way and a wrong way to handle objections. Let’s start with the wrong way.
Strategic Accounts Today brings together the best content for strategic account managers from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Groove HQ
APRIL 16, 2019
Customers rely on testimonials to gauge if a product or service is worth taking a leap of faith for. In fact, 84% of customers trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations. Whether it’s choosing a new coffee maker or trying out software to increase team productivity, we all look out for social proof—reviews, mentions, […]. The post Customer Testimonials: Where, When, and How to Use Compelling Stories to Build Trust and Credibility appeared first on Groove Blog.
Sandler Training
APRIL 15, 2019
At many of the organizations we work with, the size of the average sales team has increased over the past decade. Given that there are a limited number of working hours, and given that sales leaders now find themselves responsible for supervising, training, mentoring, and coaching larger teams, what best practices should they embrace when it comes to time management?
SBI Growth
APRIL 15, 2019
Marketing team structures too often are remnants from the days of print ad dominance. Sure they’ve evolved, but the core structure is often the same. Modernization has been performed by adding ‘vertical’ skills onto existing structure. Few organizations have retooled.
The Center for Sales Strategy
APRIL 18, 2019
The hardest job in sales these days is getting an appointment with a new prospect. As a sales manager, it's fairly easy to stand up in the sales meeting and tell your salespeople that they need to do a better job prospecting or that they need to just commit more time and energy to getting appointments. But they already know those things, and they're facing huge hurdles that their counterparts of a few years ago didn't face.
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MTD Sales Training
APRIL 16, 2019
One feature of modern, relationship-selling is that we need to understand about peoples’ preferred buying behaviour if we are to sell to more of them. It is a fact that people buy differently. They can be known as ‘buyer types’. Some people prefer to buy quickly, others slowly. Some people need a lot of information and detail, for others a sheet of A4 with bullet points is all the information they need.
Miller Heiman Group
APRIL 16, 2019
Picture it: you’re working on an opportunity you deeply want to win. Your solution best meets the client’s needs and you’re trending ahead of your competition. But you lose the deal over an objection from a C-level executive. What went wrong? The needs of the C-suite buying influence are often quite different from other stakeholders; sellers need to tailor their messages to them accordingly.
SBI Growth
APRIL 19, 2019
Today Chris Downie, CEO of Flexential, joins us to discuss the best practices in merging companies together. He provides insight into the checks and balances of company mergers and shares his experience forming Flexential from two legacy companies. Click here for.
The Center for Sales Strategy
APRIL 16, 2019
The starting point of being a thought leader on LinkedIn is to use social selling as a way to connect with high potential prospects. Through social selling, you can illustrate empathy, expertise, and problem-solving ability which helps you build trust and create value for those who want to engage with you. I am still surprised by the number of salespeople I meet who don’t use social selling as part of their attempts to connect with a high-potential account.
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Hubspot Sales
APRIL 19, 2019
When I hear someone mention “the next big thing,” I generally roll my eyes. It’s usually the same recycled two or three points you find scattered across the web and every other self-titled thought leader’s blog (cue: “ 2019 will be the year or AI and Blockchain ”). But how do you identify and personalize the next big thing for your own industry , career, or even personal growth?
Engage Selling
APRIL 18, 2019
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Miller Heiman Group
APRIL 19, 2019
Sales analytics tools can provide key insights that allow sales leaders to coach their sales team on the strategies that improve their win rates. To achieve this goal, you must implement three essential processes to ensure you have accurate data and that you leverage it effectively. Sellers Need to Buy In to Sharing Accurate Data. Too many sellers neglect inputting sales data into CRM platforms because they don’t see the value.
The Center for Sales Strategy
APRIL 17, 2019
“Wow, this is the best campaign recap I’ve ever received!” As a seller, have you ever heard this from a customer? The odds of getting this type of feedback are low. Don’t feel bad because most campaign recaps are mediocre at best. Most are a bunch of data that do not tell a story. Most are forgettable at best.
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.
Drift
APRIL 17, 2019
Today’s B2B buyer is in charge. And guess what? They’ve done a lot of research on you before ever coming to your website. So when they do come to your site, you need to give them the personalized experience they’ve come to expect in the consumer world. You can make this a reality by adopting a conversational sales approach – using chatbots to convert buyers on your website into meetings and.
Hubspot Sales
APRIL 16, 2019
How many meetings do you have today? I'm assuming you have a fair amount. In fact, 23% of professionals in the U.S. spend five or more hours in meetings per week. Whether you're meeting with prospects, clients, or colleagues finding a time to meet can be a challenge, especially when everyone's calendars are equally as busy. And precious time can be lost while scheduling meetings due to countless email threads and back-and-forth messages.
Miller Heiman Group
APRIL 18, 2019
Miller Heiman Group is thrilled to announce the launch of our new podcast, Move the Deal, debuting in early May. Produced by Miller Heiman Group and hosted by sales leader Greg Moore, Move the Deal listeners can expect conversations with industry experts to understand how aligning the right talent, tools and technology can transform sales to close more deals.
The Center for Sales Strategy
APRIL 19, 2019
- MOTIVATION -. "EITHER RUN THE DAY OR THE DAY RUNS YOU.". -JIM ROHN. - AROUND THE WEB -. > Keys to an Engaged Sales Team — LinkedIn. We’re doing better, but we still have work to do. This is the conclusion reached in Gartner’s latest research around employee engagement, which found last year that 34% of U.S. employees are engaged. That’s tied for the highest number Gartner has surfaced in its many years of tracking, but clearly there remains room for improvement.
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.
SBI Growth
APRIL 17, 2019
Dallas, Texas – Sales Benchmark Index (SBI), a management consultancy specializing in revenue growth, is pleased to announce that both Eric Estrella and Josh Horstmann have been promoted to Partner. Estrella most recently served as SBI’s Senior Vice President of Client.
Hubspot Sales
APRIL 18, 2019
How's your sales team like a football team? Both sales and football require a certain amount of strategy to succeed. And if your sales team was a football team, a capture manager would be the quarterback. Without a quarterback, there's no one to organize and initiate the plays. Hint: your team likely won't be winning without this key player. Instead of winning games, capture managers win business for your company.
Sandler Training
APRIL 15, 2019
Tina Phillips, Sandler trainer, shows you how to succeed with the attitudes, behaviors, and techniques needed to be more successful at using your Sandler techniques and tools in a personal or professional crisis. Get the best practices collected from around the world. Listen Time: 17 Minutes.
The Center for Sales Strategy
APRIL 15, 2019
This is the second post in a series, "How to Get the Most Out of Your Sales Team." Check out the first post in this series here. Last week, I started a series on how you, as a sales manager, can get the most out of your sales team. This week, I'm focusing on working with them in a way they like to be worked with, and how they want to be managed. NEWS FLASH: You can't do that if you don't know your salespeople.
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Point N Time
APRIL 18, 2019
Your Key Account Management (KAM) shouldn’t be time-consuming or difficult. It must be organized, results driven (KPIs), dynamic (change with your business and your customers). The post Four Aspects of Key Account Management appeared first on Point N Time.
Oratium
APRIL 15, 2019
As a professional communicator, I used to be surprised by how often smart people would miss an obvious point I was making. I imagine I am not alone in this. But I get it now – A core element of our coaching focuses on the idea that there is a difference between what people will see and hear vs. what they will conclude. Modern brain science shows that part of the brain (primarily in the left hemisphere) is very good at seeing what something IS , and another part (primarily in the right he
Sandler Training
APRIL 17, 2019
Watch Brian Sullivan, Vice President of Sandler Enterprise Selling, describe how the Sandler Enterprise Selling Program addresses one of the most common enterprise sales challenges, extended sales cycles. Watch Time: 3 Minutes.
MTD Sales Training
APRIL 18, 2019
Episode 29: To my sales professional connections (and trainers). This podcast includes: How we deal with prospects expecting a lower price. Improving your active listening. A quote from Mark Hunter. Take a look at this episode on [link]. The post The Prospect Who Needs To ‘Cut Costs’, What Is Active Listening, And A Quote From Mark Hunter appeared first on MTD Sales Training.
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