Sales Gravy

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

On this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount and Will Frattini, Head of Enterprise Revenue & Growth at Zoominfo, take on account management and account expansion selling. You'll learn why a focused and intentional account management strategy is essential for net revenue retention and account expansion. Why Account Management Matters In sales, closing deals and prospecting often steal the spotlight from account management and customer retention.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In the ever-evolving world of sales, account executives play a crucial role in nurturing leads and closing deals. As technology continues to advance, AI has emerged as a game-changer for sales professionals, offering numerous ways to enhance productivity and drive better results. In fact, our recent State of Sales research found that 54% of global sales employees say AI has made it easier for them to stay ahead of their competition.

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Kainexus

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In a world where efficiency is the lifeblood of success and waste is the silent killer of profits, there exists a methodology that promises to transform businesses and organizations into lean, mean, profit-producing machines. Imagine a system that combines the precision of a surgeon's scalpel with the power of a sledgehammer, aiming to eliminate errors, reduce costs, and maximize quality.

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Peter Simoons

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Alliance management is a critical function that builds and maintains successful long-term partnerships between organisations. As an Alliance Manager , you juggle multiple tasks, from contract negotiation to cross-team communication and project tracking. Could Artificial Intelligence (AI) be a game-changer in making your job not just easier, but also more effective?

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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.

Nimble Business Success

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This Thanksgiving, at Nimble, we’re serving up a feast of productivity insights in an effort to show you How to Avoid Having Too Much on Your Plate. As we gather around the table to celebrate gratitude, we’re dishing out invaluable tips to express our thankfulness to our audience. We reached out to several industry leaders […] The post How to Avoid Having Too Much on Your Plate appeared first on Nimble Blog.

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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. I do have a video on this topic, from my newsletter, Sales Enablement Straight Talk , as an additional resource.

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Nutshell

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Email templates are one of the best ways to make your outreach more efficient, keep your messages consistent across your team, and improve outreach effectiveness over time. That’s why we’re excited to introduce a new email report that will give you insight into the types of emails your team is sending and how many emails each team and user is sending.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The beginning of 2023 marked the start of more conservative spending for CEOs, which is likely to continue until the year ends. But expense management is only one part of the equation: leaders must look elsewhere if they want to hit their financial targets. Based on SBI’s survey data, revising how productive their go-to-market (GTM) teams are and finding solutions to raise that benchmark is what’s going to make the difference here.

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Sales Readiness Group

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Success in sales demands more than a distant target. It requires a clear roadmap and smaller victories along the way, or, in other words, subgoals. Let’s explore what subgoals are, their role in achieving your sales targets more effectively, and how a 4-step framework can help you manage your team’s performance.

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Customer Think

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Customers’ prosperity is your path to prosperity. For your solutions serving their needs, their funding serves the needs of employees, partners, and investors. Inversely, customers’ hardships (lack of prosperity) are extra costs for you, either to resolve their issues or to expand sales with new customers.

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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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The Center for Sales Strategy

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

How we work and live has changed in unprecedented ways over the last few years. We have experienced both the benefits and the challenges of remote, hybrid, and return-to-office work models, and most have strong opinions and preferences on the subject.

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The Great Game of Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Everyone has had a peer advisory group at some time in their lives. It was just relatively informal. As children and teenagers, an informal peer advisory group consisted of closest friends, BFFs, classmates, parents, and maybe a mentor who took you under their wing.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Welcome to "The Pipeline" — a weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable advice and insight from real sales leaders. Clients aren’t buying like they used to. AI and the pandemic threw a wrench in the typical sales funnel that companies have now realized is too outdated to consistently bring in the profits they want to see. That’s why branching into new territory is more important than ever.

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Customer Think

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Article source: [link] Design everything from the customer back or customers won’t come back for anything Get your CX design right and the link with better business outcomes should be visible from space. Crafted and managed design directly impacts customer behaviour, loyalty, lifetime value, retention and, consequently, the bottom line.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In the dynamic world of sales, striking a balance between professionalism and pressure is a delicate art. While closing deals is the goal, maintaining professionalism is crucial for building lasting relationships and fostering trust with potential customers. Here are some best practices to help you move sales forward without crossing the line into pushiness.

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Driving impact as a marketing leader is often not as easily quantifiable as compared to Sales, making it all the more important for marketing leaders to tell a compelling story when presenting to the Board. This set the tone for the conversations that took place at SBI’s Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Growth Forum, a dynamic roundtable session between SBI and a group of invited marketing leaders.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

When it comes to sales, there's a lot of innovation happening — and therefore, a litany of new tools. But only one type of tool is considered "effective" by 78% of global sales professionals. It's not that new or hard to access. What's this magic tool? It's a CRM (or Customer Relationship Management Platform). If you're in sales, this result shouldn't be a big surprise.

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Customer Think

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In business, customer loyalty is the backbone of profitability. That’s why every business owner should strive to create a group of returning loyal customers. The key to gaining customer loyalty? Customers need to feel an emotional connection to your products and business as a whole.

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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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Nutshell

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In the digital arena, staying ahead isn’t just an advantage—it’s a necessity. That’s why we’re thrilled to introduce CompetitorIQ, your ticket to unlocking insights that supercharge your website’s performance. And it’s available in early access for free for every Nutshell customer! Get started with CompetitorIQ Click below to go to CompetitorIQ and start unlocking insights that help you stay ahead of the competition online.

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Kainexus

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Imagine a world where every production process flows seamlessly, like a well-orchestrated symphony, eliminating bottlenecks and delays. This is the world of continuous flow manufacturing, a revolutionary approach that has left an indelible mark on the industrial landscape. Continuous manufacturing isn't just a process; it's a mindset that challenges the status quo and drives organizations to redefine what's possible.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

You walk into a coffee shop where you’re a regular. When you go up to the counter, a barista greets you and asks if you want your usual order. This personalized touch makes you feel valued and leaves a lasting impression. Imagine if every business had this level of customer knowledge and personalization. Wouldn’t you want to make your customers feel valued?

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Customer Think

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

A good creative brief is the foundation for an effective marketing campaign. In the face of deadlines, however, and at the normal, torrid pace of modern marketing, creative briefs are often viewed as an extra step, an annoyance, and an unnecessary obstacle to getting content in market. Why are briefs so important? One word: alignment.

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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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Nutshell

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

With constant improvements in artificial intelligence (AI), there are new tools available for businesses to use. One of the main innovations is AI art generators, which allow you to create images and art for your website without designing it yourself. If you want to make your online content more visually appealing while minimizing your workload, AI can be a great choice to help your business.

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Arpedio

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

← Back to case studies What is the primary focus of ARPEDIO's Account Management solution? Streamlining client account strategies and improving long-term relationship management natively in Salesforce Managing Santa's list of who's naughty or nice Coordinating the delivery of Christmas stockings globally First name Last name Company Work email By submitting this form I agree to ARPEDIO's privacy policy and to receive marketing communications regarding products, services and events.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Customer Relationship Management tools (CRMs) have become a critical tool for organizations of all sizes. They serve as a central hub for managing customer data, tracking interactions, and fostering meaningful relationships. However, merely having a CRM isn't enough. To truly unlock its potential and maximize its impact, businesses need to optimize their CRM strategies.

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Customer Think

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

If there is one sector where there is still room to grow in terms of customer focus, it surely is the construction sector. I do not know what your experience is with construction companies, but mine is not terribly positive. How often are appointments to build or repair something cancelled at the last minute?

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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AchieveIt

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

As one of his mentors once said, major in the academic, not the technique. Gary Comerford , a Transformation Strategist, followed that advice closely. Instead of the usual map consisting of business schools, his atypical journey into the world of strategy and alignment began with George Mason University’s art school. Throughout his studies in fine arts, Gary found a passion for storytelling.

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Arpedio

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Unlock Business Potential with Effective Stakeholder Mapping Improve your critical stakeholder relationships ← Back to blog As businesses strive to achieve growth and success, many overlook the untapped potential of effective stakeholder mapping. Understanding your stakeholders and their interests can be instrumental in unlocking new opportunities and driving business growth.

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Apptivo

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

1. What is CRM Pеrsonalization? 2. Why is CRM Platform Pеrsonalization Important? 3. How to Pеrsonalizе Your Customеr Rеlationship Managеmеnt Softwarе? 4. How to Usе Your CRM Data for Pеrsonalization? 5. Top 4 Stratеgiеs for CRM Solution Pеrsonalization 6. Using Apptivo CRM for Pеrsonalization Crеating and maintaining strong customеr rеlationships seems paramount in the highly competitive business world.

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Customer Think

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Every business loves a happy customer. But I’ve found that it’s really easy to equate a quiet customer with a happy one, even though they can be two very different things. They aren’t mutually exclusive. On the contrary, a happy customer can often use a product or service in quiet anonymity.

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