Upland

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Guided selling is a modern sales approach that combines technology, data analytics, and personalized interactions to assist customers in making well-informed purchasing decisions. It is designed to guide sellers through the sales cycle and increase pipeline visibility, enabling them to close deals faster and with fewer missteps.

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Showpad

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Let’s face it; prospecting isn’t the most fun part of selling. Without prospecting, reps have no one to actually sell to. In the next blog in our “Sales Enablement Defined” series, we’ll talk about sales prospecting and where it fits into the sales enablement ecosystem. What is Sales Prospecting?

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Upland

MARCH 12, 2024

We’ve written several guides on AI and the potential it holds for sellers. According to a recent and comprehensive study conducted by HubSpot, a staggering 70% of sales professionals agree that AI tools will make them more productive at work — enabling them to work smarter, faster, and more efficiently than ever before.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 25, 2024

Welcome to " The Pipeline" — a weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable advice from real sales leaders. Here it is: Prospects aren't always easy to deal with. 8 of the Most Difficult Types of Prospects (& How to Deal With Them) 1. Want more content like this? Subscribe to our newsletter!

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Nutshell

JUNE 6, 2019

Getting to know your potential buyers is a huge factor in bridging that gap, and the best way to accomplish that is by doing personal research on each prospect before you reach out to them. Read the snippet, visit their website, do whatever you need to do to get a clear understanding of the prospect company.

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Nutshell

MAY 20, 2024

The lousiest part is that it could all have been avoided with a simple call or meeting and a series of sales discovery questions at the start. That’s not to say that setting up a meeting with your new prospect and firing away with a list of questions about their business is necessarily the answer. Download it today!

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Nutshell

MARCH 15, 2024

Qualifying leads before sending them through to your sales team lets you learn more about your prospects and build deeper connections with them, which often results in more deals. Lead nurturing is the process of building relationships with prospects who aren’t quite ready to purchase your product or service.

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Brooks Group

APRIL 10, 2024

In sales, it means staying focused. In the race to finish the quarter strong, prospecting often gets put on the back burner while sales professionals work on closing open opportunities. But your sales team needs to be able to do both: fill the pipeline with highly qualified prospects and keep deals moving.

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Arpedio

MARCH 15, 2024

In today’s competitive business landscape, mastering the art of strategic selling is essential for sales professionals looking to drive revenue growth and outperform their competition. But what exactly is strategic selling, and why is it so critical in modern sales? What is Strategic Selling?

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PandaDoc

MAY 9, 2024

Sales velocity is a robust metric used by sales managers for good reason. It presents a snapshot of how your entire sales process is performing. This guide will explain the sales velocity formula and what it means for your business. Sales enablement tools like CRM platforms help increase sales velocity.

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Brooks Group

MARCH 6, 2024

Sales effectiveness is your sales professionals’ ability to achieve their goals and objectives efficiently and successfully. Sales effectiveness also corresponds with the return your organization gets from its sales investment. But improving sales effectiveness is a complex task that few organizations do well.

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Sales Gravy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Ever wondered how you can get the attention of that elusive prospect you've been chasing? On this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Fanatical Prospecting author Jeb Blount and Stu discuss creative ways to get meetings with anyone. Get more meeting with effective Prospecting Sequences. You know the one. You know the one.

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Nutshell

AUGUST 28, 2023

Creating a structured sales process is one of the most effective ways to boost your sales teams’ efficiency and results. With a formal sales process in place, your sales team has a framework to follow, and it’s much easier to stay on the same page, track results, and onboard new team members.

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Sales Outcomes

MARCH 4, 2024

Business leaders expect their sales and marketing organizations to effectively execute the critical motions for the success of the go-to-market plan. However, the reality is that there are often blind spots where execution matters most – at the front line, where sales, marketing, and pre-sales teams work together.

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Sales Gravy

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Silence Isn't Awkward— It's A Powerful Tool In this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Keith Lubner, Sales Gravy Executive VP, and Jessica Stokes, Sales Gravy Master Sales Trainer, discuss strategies that leverage discomfort on sales calls to drive engaging conversations and achieve better outcomes.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 8, 2023

Welcome to "The Pipeline" — a weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable advice and insight from real sales leaders. Sales is, in large part, the art of establishing trust in a tight window. A prospect isn‘t going to invest in your offering just because you seem like a decent person who has their best interest in mind.

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Arpedio

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Spin Selling is a highly acclaimed sales methodology that revolutionized the way sales professionals approach their craft. Developed by Neil Rackham in the 1980s, Spin Selling has since become a cornerstone of modern sales strategies, offering a systematic approach to understanding customer needs and closing deals effectively.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 4, 2023

When I think of sales, I picture friendly handshakes, lively chatter, and the spark of human connection. Yet, it can actually give us a better understanding of our prospects, making that human connection stronger. Yet, it can actually give us a better understanding of our prospects, making that human connection stronger.

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Arpedio

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In the ever-evolving realm of sales, one approach has consistently proven to be a game-changer: consultative selling. Consultative selling is more than just a sales technique; it’s a philosophy centered around empathy, collaboration, and problem-solving.

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Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Once a prospect buys your product or service, they represent an opportunity for future growth. When engaging new prospects is tougher than ever, sales organizations know cross-selling and upselling are two effective tactics to increase revenue. Satisfied customers are far more likely to buy than new prospects.

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Of course, when we talk about the future of sales, it's less about the products we might sell (flying cars, anyone?) Here, I spoke to sales leaders at Bardeen.ai , Aircall , and HubSpot to get their top predictions for the future of sales. Sales professionals need to become influencers — kind of. Let's dive in.

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PandaDoc

MAY 16, 2024

Leads may be qualified by your marketing or sales team. Leads may be qualified by your marketing or sales team. Lead qualification is a process carried out by sales and marketing teams to find out if a lead is likely to become a paying customer. It’s not just about getting as many leads into the sales funnel as possible.

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Brooks Group

JULY 27, 2023

Most sales professionals today are spending much more time prospecting than they ever have before – and it’s not an easy task. According to research , 40% of sales professionals say that prospecting is the most challenging part of the sales process.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 13, 2023

When I think about different types of sales calls, some of the first terms that come to mind are terms like warm calling or cold calling. Sales professionals not only convert prospects into buyers, they hold the power to negotiate, upsell, and even problem-solve after the initial purchase is made.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 7, 2023

It’s here, the biggest sales quarter of the year. The very moment deal-seekers everywhere shoot their shot, turn prospects into buyers, and score buzzer-beating slam dunks that accelerate the business to record-breaking sales. If you want a lucrative Q4, read on for the best-kept secrets in the sales world. Set a goal.

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Brooks Group

MARCH 21, 2024

A powerful lever to improve your team’s sales performance could be hiding in plain sight: sales discovery questions. Asking effective sales questions correlates with success, according to new research : 51% of successful sales teams are effective at sales discovery and questioning. Asking questions is good.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Welcome to "The Pipeline" — a weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable advice and insight from real sales leaders. Some deals hit walls — that‘s just an unfortunate fact of sales life. Misaligned problem-solving often stalls deals — and not getting to the why behind a prospect's problems is often where misalignment starts.

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Nutshell

MARCH 19, 2024

As the backbone of any business, the sales team needs to be efficient to meet targets and ensure the company remains profitable. Keeping an eye on your team’s sales productivity is one of the best ways to track performance and nip bottlenecks in the bud. Table of Contents What is sales productivity? What is sales productivity?

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

No one knows what it’s like to work in sales better than those in the trenches of the day-to-day — salespeople trying to hit their numbers while battling the ups and downs of the job. If you’re thinking about a career in sales, you probably want to hear the cold, hard truths about sales and what it entails.

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Arpedio

DECEMBER 20, 2023

If you’re looking to transform prospects into clients and improve your overall sales strategy , it’s time to get acquainted with the powerful MEDDIC sales methodology. This approach uses key qualification metrics to effectively assess prospects and determine if they’re the right fit for your product or service.

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Arpedio

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In the fast-paced world of sales and marketing, success hinges not only on closing deals but also on the groundwork laid long before a transaction takes place. Definition of Pre-Sales In the realm of business, particularly in sales and marketing, the term “pre-sales” holds significant weight.

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Brooks Group

MAY 2, 2024

Sales and emotional intelligence go together like skiing and snow. Yet many sales leaders focus on building their team’s hard skills and neglect sales emotional intelligence or “ soft skills.” But developing emotional intelligence in sales matters. You can’t do the first well if you don’t have the second.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 15, 2023

As with all fields, AI is transforming sales. Top Ways B2B Sales Teams Are Using AI/automation Tips for Building a B2B Sales AI Strategy The Future of AI in B2B Sales How do B2B salespeople feel about AI? A majority of B2B sales pros say AI/automation is important to their role and has impacted how they plan to sell.

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Brooks Group

JANUARY 8, 2024

This is especially true for sales performance. Tracking key sales metrics and knowing how to influence them is critical. Leading and lagging indicators reveal how well your team is navigating the complex B2B sales cycle. Core sales metrics are important to the strategic goals of an organization. This is great, right?

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Any company's sales leadership needs to keep a pulse on how its salespeople are performing, both individually and on a broader organizational level — getting there often starts by understanding the degree of effort reps are putting in. That's where performance indicators known as sales productivity metrics come in. Why is it important?

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