It was very recently brought to my attention that when we migrated the Boxpilot blog, one of the earliest posts was lost. Since it was one of my favorites, I’ve taken the liberty of reposting it here. It’s been a year and a half since I wrote this post and while the market has continued …
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I just read a great article about how to tackle voicemail. Like it or not, voicemail is never an excuse not to have the conversations you need to have to make your sales. Voicemail – like every other obstacle a sales person has to deal with – carries in it the seeds of a fresh …
As the company leading the evolution from B2B marketing automation software to revenue performance management, Marketo has an abundance of knowledge to share about: Getting your sales and marketing teams working better together to accelerate predictable revenue growth Best practices to measure and optimize your revenue generation How companies have been able to thrive in …
Having followed many discussions lately on cold calling, it was something of a surprise to follow a discussion that accepted that cold calls are still a reality of sales and marketing for many companies. Rather than talk about how cold calling should be replaced with inbound lead generation (usually leveraged off social and email marketing …
Background – A North American security software developer, selling to business organizations of all sizes, was concerned about the low rate of maintenance agreement renewals from its base of smaller customers (under 50 seats). Because they already knew that a call from the sales reps at 90, 60 and if necessary 30 days, was the …
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Every marketer and business executive understands the concept of positioning. They position and reposition product lines, service offerings and corporate identities all the time. And now it’s time for businesses to take a long hard look at how to reposition their sales teams within a business environment filled with buyers who avoid sales like the …
Just a quick post to draw your attention to 12 Most Important Rules for Prospecting For sales people in smaller organizations and especially for Business Owner/Operators who are pulled in about a million different directions, it makes some very useful points. My favorite is the cautionary note to be able to separate prospecting/contact research from …
In reviewing a few of my favourite conversations on LinkedIn, I came across the following from a comment made by Peter Johnston, who lives in the UK. With the changes we are seeing in sales and marketing, the past definitions of what is a sales person seem to have fallen out of date (and out …
Introduction: Forums and group discussions are one of the oldest forms of Social Media. They provide an unbiased insight into the thinking of your peers on a variety of topics, but are also time consuming, intrusive and distracting to follow. However, for all the drawbacks, they are an outstanding source of information and insight, dealing …
CASE STUDY Background – A major software organization was looking to reduce the lag time on service renewals and improve cash flow. It was decided to include maintenance renewals as part of the sales team’s responsibilities. An email program, with messages going out in each reps name was undertaken and the sales reps were also …
