SBI Growth

JANUARY 8, 2024

Sales leaders today face a common problem: how to drive increased productivity from their sales teams. Let’s dive into the four strategies to do this.

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Force Management

MAY 16, 2024

In our recent webinar with Force Management Managing Director and Facilitator Brian Walsh, an audience member posed a question that we hear often in our work with B2B sales organizations:

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 12, 2023

When assessing your team’s performance, sales activities offer crucial metrics. That includes the number of sales calls, VP-level meetings, new qualified opportunities, and so on. With proper sales activity management, you can influence sales objectives and business results. Get started with this three-step process.

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Arpedio

JANUARY 3, 2024

Accurate sales forecasting and revenue forecasting are crucial components of this planning process, allowing businesses to project future financial performance and make informed decisions. While sales forecasting and revenue forecasting are often used interchangeably, they are not the same.

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Arpedio

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Are you looking to increase your revenue and improve your sales processes? If so, understanding what a sales pipeline is and how it works is critical. Simply put, a sales pipeline is a visual representation of the stages involved in selling your product or service.

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Xant

JUNE 16, 2021

Revenue operations are the behind-the-scenes happenings in a sales org. Operations (ops) define processes, implement strategies, enable sales teams to do their work, and ultimately drive results. Without a revenue operations role, marketing and sales teams would have no strategy and no process. What is Rev Ops?

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The Center for Sales Strategy

JULY 12, 2023

It is usually something that we undergo when we begin a new position or new company, but the best sales organizations, like the best sports teams, are constantly training all of their people. Simply put, well-trained salespeople drive more revenue.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 11, 2024

For the last six years, I’ve been an avid user and champion of using async video in my day-to-day as a seller — well before joining Loom to lead its Sales and Customer Success teams. I’ve seen the benefit of async video messages to close deals and build prospect relationships as both a quota-carrying seller and a sales team leader.

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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. I do have a video on this topic, from my newsletter, Sales Enablement Straight Talk , as an additional resource. This is why Buyer Acumen is the first block in the Building Blocks of Sales Enablement framework.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 14, 2021

It's a beautiful story — Aaron Ross transformed the Salesforce.com sales team without any traditional cold calling and scaled the business into a $100 million sales machine. But the truth is that most sales reps still don't have time to sit and read the best practices he developed in his award-winning book, Predictable Revenue.

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Nutshell

MAY 8, 2023

Ultimately, it helps you boost your leads, sales, and revenue. There’s no automatic guarantee that your CRM will drive sales and revenue—you have to assess your sales data to see what kind of return on investment (ROI) you’re getting. But that only happens if you choose a high-quality CRM and use it effectively.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

APRIL 17, 2023

If you're like most sales managers, driving revenue consistently and efficiently can be a daunting task. But there are ways to maximize the success of your sales efforts through managing each stage of the funnel properly - from top to bottom.

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Upland

JANUARY 29, 2024

Let’s face it, B2B sales can’t happen without good leads. Winning sales teams know strong leads must be converted into successful sales transactions. If sales productivity isn’t achieved effectively—through high lead conversion rates, efficient sales cycles and low sales costs—overhead goes up, and revenue goes down.

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Upland

JUNE 7, 2023

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve heard sales and revenue leaders use the terms, “sales process” and “sales methodology” interchangeably and incorrectly. What is a sales process? A sales process is a flow, and it is usually brand-free.

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Force Management

MARCH 9, 2022

Creating true change within your sales team, and the revenue results that follow, takes more than a set of spreadsheets and a simple day of training. Here are five ways sales leaders can create top-performing sales organizations that drive significant bottom-line impacts.

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Upland

MARCH 12, 2024

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. Sales AI is exciting, and also a little terrifying. That’s where sales AI comes in.

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Upland

OCTOBER 17, 2023

And now, savvy sales leaders are using generative AI , too. All you need is the right sales enablement AI tool. Ready to dive into sales enablement AI? What is sales enablement AI? Like other forms of AI, sales enablement AI helps sales teams automate everyday tasks… tasks that take away from the actual selling.

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Revegy

JUNE 15, 2023

Your team can achieve sales acceleration if you effectively coach your teams on the right tactics and strategies. The post 5 Tips to Boost Revenue Growth with Sales Acceleration appeared first on Revegy. Even the most charismatic, fast-talker needs a few hints to engage with and earn a prospect's trust.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Being a sales manager has always been a difficult job. In this episode of the Sales Leadership Series, Mike Searson, Vice President, Local Revenue at Corus Entertainment discusses sales and executive leadership tips. But we can all agree that over the last couple of years, it’s gotten a lot harder.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 23, 2020

Sales teams are being tasked with navigating and selling in an uncertain business environment. According to McKinsey , marketing and sales leaders need to operate across a range of different environments. For sales teams, this can include embracing virtual experiences with clients and customers. Achieving Revenue Recovery.

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Revegy

JUNE 28, 2021

Your team can achieve sales acceleration if you effectively coach your teams on the right tactics and strategies. The post 5 Tips to Boost Revenue Growth with Sales Acceleration appeared first on Revegy, Inc. Even the most charismatic, fast-talker needs a few hints to engage with and earn a prospect's trust.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 15, 2020

If you started paying more attention to the sales enablement needs of your organization, you’re not alone. For sales organizations that have been waiting to implement dedicated sales enablement measures — the time is now. In 2020, Crayon placed even greater emphasis on sales enablement to support their sales force.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

APRIL 15, 2021

Regardless of the industry you work in; every company ultimately has the same goal: to increase revenue and grow business. In this episode of Improving Sales Performance, Alina McComas , VP / Senior Consultant at The Center for Sales Strategy, shares her insight on implementing target drives that help improve revenue performance.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Last year took a lot out of all of everyone — and that goes double for business owners and sales teams. A lot of revenue was lost in the unadulterated chaos, unspeakable tragedy, and frantic scrambling that characterized this past year — and now, we're stuck picking up the pieces. Adjust prices. Focus more on time-tracking.

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Revegy

JANUARY 27, 2023

As we move into the new year, most sales teams are likely setting the stage for 2023 with sales kickoff meetings, also known as SKOs. Topics that top sales organizations will be covering this year include sales strategies, sales forecasting, methodologies, predictable forecasting, and more.

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Corporate Visions

MARCH 28, 2023

Use these sales tips and tricks to guide your selling conversations more confidently, avoid potential roadblocks, shorten the sales cycle, and win more revenue.

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PartnerTap

JUNE 23, 2021

Whether your company has acquired three companies, or 300 companies, you know how hard it is to get sales teams working and selling together. Many acquisitions fail to generate the expected revenue growth because they can’t operationalize a joint sales motion. Here’s what Sales Reps need to Drive more Revenue post M&A.

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SBI Growth

JUNE 16, 2020

Any gap in alignment between the Sales and Marketing organization will endanger the commercial success of a company. The Revenue Marketing Strategy, when thoughtfully crafted, allows best-in-class marketing organizations to focus their energy on demonstrable revenue generation instead of debating.

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Xant

JUNE 16, 2021

Revenue operations are the behind-the-scenes happenings in a sales org. Operations (ops) define processes, implement strategies, enable sales teams to do their work, and ultimately drive results. Without a revenue operations role, marketing and sales teams would have no strategy and no process. What is Rev Ops?

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Mike Kunkle

AUGUST 8, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of business, the role of Chief Revenue Officers (CROs) or senior-most sales leaders (by any title), has never been more critical. These architects of growth are tasked with navigating complex market dynamics, driving revenue streams, and fostering a culture of success. The result?

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