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Hard Earned Leadership Lessons from 44 Years at IBM w/Nick Donofrio

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans.

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What is the benefit of working with a Strategic Planning Facilitator? (Shouldn’t the CEO lead the session?)

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans.

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Why You Should Walk Away from Quarterly Business Reviews

ProlifIQ

QBRs and Salespeople: The Key to True Customer Success and Growth There are certain truths to life that cannot be disputed. The sky is blue, cheetahs are striped, and salespeople absolutely despise quarterly business reviews.

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Referrer and Intermediary Management – Silos, Targets and Culture

Red Star Kim

At the end of January, I enjoyed meeting delegates (at the Novotel at Tower Hill) on the MBL “Developing more work from referrers and intermediaries” workshop.

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Contact vs. Company Intent Signal Data

Intent signal data comes in two types: either companies or individuals signaling interest in products like yours. Which kind of data delivers more advantages to B2B marketers? It depends. Get this infographic to learn about the advantages of intent-based leads and how you can most effectively use both types of data.

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How To: Overcome Budget and Timing Excuses

Brooks Group

View this week's video The Key to Sales The key to sales is simply being in front of prospects when they’re ready to buy, not when you need to make a sale. Sales is one profession that is riddled with rejection. Over time that can be exhausting for your reps.

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The Perplexing Power of Process & Methodology in Complex B2B Sales

Mike Kunkle

“As in other studies we’ve done, this year’s enablement study found that sales process and sales methodology adoption rates above 75% resulted in above-average gains for revenue plan attainment, quota attainment, and win rates, with a big boost at adoption rates greater than 90%.”

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What do you do when a male colleague doesn’t like women? (gender bias)

Red Star Kim

This was a question posed to me recently by a woman at a workshop. Whilst this question is about prejudice towards women (sex and gender bias) it could just as easily have been about age or culture or disability or sexual orientation or any other difference.

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Was the Prospect Unqualified? Or Was the Salesperson Unqualified?

The Center for Sales Strategy

In the world of sales, a prospect being unqualified or a salesperson being unqualified can be uniquely connected. Whether you're a veteran salesperson or new to the field of sales, we often miss the signs of why we were unable to connect and close a potential client.

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Empathy: Can It Be Measured?

Customer Think

Back at the end of January I spoke at the Furniture Marketing Group Symposium in Las Vegas. I talked about building a winning organization and fixing the experience from the inside-out.

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Mental Health In Sales With Jeff Riseley

The SAMA Podcast

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Intent Signal Data 101

Intent signal data helps B2B marketers engage with buyers sooner in the sales cycle. But there are many confusing terms used to describe intent data. Read this infographic to better understand three common areas of confusion.

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The Team, The Team, The Team

Force Management

I have been very fortunate to be a part of some great teams in my life. My freshman year in college I played football for the Defending National Champions of I-AA (now D-I), Boise State University.

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Media Sales Report - Sales Process with Alina McComas and Michael Mayer

The Center for Sales Strategy

This season on Improving Sales Performance , we’re analyzing the findings from our latest Media Sales Report.

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How to Use Strategic Planning to Help With Goal Setting & Prioritization

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans.

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Security and privacy concerns in digital payments

Customer Think

Digital payment refers to the electronic transfer of funds or monetary transactions through digital devices such as smartphones, computers, or other connected devices. This includes various methods such as mobile payments, e-wallets, cryptocurrency, online banking, and contactless payments.

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Aggregage Intent Signal Service

Aggregage Intent Signal Service helps your sales team reach more active buyers sooner. You’ll get names and contact information of specific in-market buyers plus all companies and job titles signaling intent for your product or service. Get the overview to learn more!

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The Power of AI in Sales & 5 Ways You Can Use It

Hubspot Sales

If you're looking to level up your sales team’s performance, turn to artificial intelligence. Although only 37% of all sales organizations currently use AI in sales processes, more than half of high-performing sales organizations leverage AI. That doesn’t mean fully automating your sales jobs.

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35 customer experience statistics to know for 2023

Zendesk

Simply put, customer experience (CX) is how customers perceive all of the interactions they have with a company at any given point in the buyer’s journey.

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Showpad Wins Five G2 Best Software Awards

Showpad

February is the month of love and we’re certainly feeling it here at Showpad. For the third year in a row, Showpad mad e G2’s Best Software Lists — al l thanks to the hundreds of amazing reviews we’ve received from our customers.

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Customer Lifetime Value: The Metric that Helps Build Customer Loyalty

Customer Think

With a recession on the horizon, customers are becoming far more selective with their dollars. Reaching the right people, in the right places, with the right message, is now that much more important.

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The ABM Benchmark Survey

ABM gets better with age — but unfortunately, marketers don't have the luxury of pouring it into an oak barrel for a couple decades to let it mature. It’s clear there’s a maturity gap in ABM strategies, so how can marketers start closing it?

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I Hate Sales: How to Excel When Selling Isn't Your Forte

Hubspot Sales

“I hate sales.” If you find yourself saying this every morning before work, you’re not alone. Salespeople rate their job satisfaction as 2.5 out of 5 stars on average, according to data from Career Explorer. That puts sales in the bottom 5% of careers. Yikes.

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The Keys to Leading a Multi-Generational Sales Team

Sales Gravy

On this episode of the Sales Gravy podcast, Jeb Blount (People Follow You) sits down with Leigh Cantrell and Rob Matura who are Regional Vice Presidents at Cigna to discuss the keys to leading multi-generational sales teams.

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What are the different types of CRM software and which should you use?

Nutshell

A customer relationship management (CRM) platform is an essential tool for any business. You need to keep track of your customers, and for that, you have to gather tons of data. So, where do you store that data? The obvious answer is a platform designed specifically for that purpose—a CRM.

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How to Better Manage Multiple Social Media Accounts at The Same Time

Customer Think

Need to post on Instagram today? Or focus on Twitter? As a business owner or marketer, you likely have to manage multiple social media accounts simultaneously for marketing purposes.

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Content Creation & Curation: The Missing Link Between Sales & Marketing

Speaker: Pam Didner - B2B and Tech Marketing Consultant

Content plays a vital role in creating a symbiotic –– and successful –– relationship and alignment between your sales and marketing teams. Join Pam Didner to learn how to create and curate great content to support your sales and revenue goals!

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The Ends No Longer Justify The Means For Public Technology Companies

SBI Growth

Over the past decade, tech company valuations have dramatically increased with topline growth rates as the driver. Subscription technology and SaaS companies have been the beneficiaries of revenue multiples that have grown to almost inexplicable levels.

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What is Prioritization & The Goal Setting Process?

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

Strategic planning scenario planning strategic priorities Goal Setting strategy execution strategic planning process strategic planning facilitator

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7 sales follow-up strategies you can try

Nutshell

Driving sales is the endgame for any business. All your marketing, all your product and service development—it all leads to sales, which is where the revenue is earned. But when you make a sale, it doesn’t happen all at once—it’s a process.

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Set Actionable Goals and Actually Reach Them with The Rule of Three

Customer Think

Source: Pexels As a leader, picking your head up out of the day-to-day to set high level goals is critical for moving your business or team forward. However, the act of setting a goal – one that’s attainable, measurable and has a direct impact on your business – can be daunting.

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A Deep Dive Into Supply Chain Strategy: Why Yours Isn't Working

Speaker: Michelle Meyer, Founder and CEO of MatterProviders

Michelle Meyer is here to walk you through the future of supply chain strategy, and why your current approach is probably not working. In this exclusive webinar, she will explore ways to develop and perfect your new supply chain design in this post-pandemic era of economic uncertainty.

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Boost Ramp-Up Speed and Retain Sellers with Effective Onboarding [+Turnover Calculator]

RAIN Group

Given the investment companies make in hiring, training, and managing their sales force to get maximum results, it’s imperative sales and enablement leaders understand how they can make the most of that investment and retain the best sellers once hired.

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Why do businesses need marketing funnels?

Apptivo

Introduction 2. The Key Stages of the Buyer’s Journey 3. What is marketing funnel 4. How to create a marketing funnel 5. Why do businesses need marketing funnel 6. Footnotes You’ve probably heard a lot of people refer to the sales funnel or the marketing funnel.

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What are SQLS (sales-qualified leads)?

Nutshell

What are SQLs? SQLs are leads that are ready to move to your sales team. When you bake sugar cookies, it’s important to wait until the right time to move from one step to the next. Before you can bake the cookies, for instance, you have to chill the dough in the refrigerator.

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These are the critical questions to see if your segmentation is effective!

Customer Think

One of our podcast listeners Vijay Patel has a pickle, and many of you probably have the same one. Patel’s company isn’t getting the sales they need, and Patel asked us how we can tell if they are focused on the right segments. Today, we are discuss.

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Marketing-Led COVID-19 Growth Strategies: 2022 and Beyond

More than two years in, COVID-19 is far from over. Businesses are tasked with beating pre-COVID numbers, making marketing crucial. This is your time to create brand awareness, bring in the best leads, and play a vital role in new and existing profit.