At the end of October our team attended the CEB Sales & Marketing Summit in Las Vegas. Over 1,200 sales and marketing leaders convened for, what we believe to be, the most valuable B2B sales and marketing event of the year. (If you are in this space, you need to get to this conference.) The […]
In the final post of our digitally enabled sales rep series, we address a newer phenomenon in sales, the rise of consensus buying and how reps can effectively navigate these buyer groups. Not so long ago, selling was straight-forward (not easy, but straight-forward). The process went something like this: map the organization, find the guy […]
One of the sessions I attended at the SiriusDecisions Summit in Nashville last week posed the question, does alignment matter? It sounded like such a strange question because the very essence of our lives centers around alignment; alignment of body and mind, alignment of work and family, and of course, alignment of marketing and sales […]
Success in sales really comes down to two things: expertly managing your team and exceeding quota. If only it were so simple. In the fast-paced and internet driven world of today, sales organizations are having to retool their tried and true methods of finding and engaging customers. These days, having an online presence is more […]
The energy was magnetic in Chicago at the AA-ISP Leadership Summit last week. There were so many inspiring presentations validating the importance of inside sales today, a field that was once the little brother to outside sales. It was an eye-opening conference, and we wanted to share the key takeaways. Inside sales has certainly changed: […]
As Marketers, we hear sales reps share the difficulties of selling in today’s buying environment. We face our own marketplace challenges, but for a moment, let’s put ourselves in the shoes of a salesperson to understand their frustrations, show support and collaborate to find effective solutions. First, prospects and customers prefer going online for most […]
You don’t. At least not the way you are doing it today. It’s frustrating. Although, it is not from a lack of trying. I have seen the better sales teams form pyramid structures with layers of prioritization based on some sort of customer scoring and sales coverage model. Typically, the account lead is focused on […]
In a recent article, Forrester Research notes that the goal of social-to-sales efforts should be “to see how well social is driving customers toward the actions that create value for your company,” as opposed to just collecting Likes, Followers or +1s. Whereas the early days of social marketing were little more than eyeball-grabbing techniques, today’s […]
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