Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 7, 2022

The promise of live chat for sales teams is being able to connect faster with higher quality leads. But any target-focused sales professional will want to know: how well does live chat actually work? Want to get started with live chat for sales? Why live chat is the missing ingredient in your sales funnel. Opportunity.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 22, 2021

Modern customers expect a fluid, digital-first sales experience that feels like a good conversation with someone who understands their needs ”. This change in behavior has placed a demand on sales teams to bring their sales motion into alignment with buyer expectations. Create consistent, customer-centric experiences.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 25, 2022

Successful sales and marketing teams understand the most important element of the buyer’s journey – the person behind it. A great customer relationship management (CRM) platform is at the core of every marketing and sales team’s tech stack. Provide sales teams access to key HubSpot lead data directly from Intercom messages.

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Sales Artificial Intelligence CRM Customer Acquisition 216

Zendesk

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

These convenient online shopping options breed fierce competition between brands and create pressure for sales teams. Though the sales landscape has changed drastically over the years, the fundamentals of sales remain the same. Table of contents What is inside sales? What is outside sales?

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Customer Think

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

During my career, I have learned that no matter what one is selling, the account executives and sales leaders who win together most often are those who consistently stay in sync. And they do that by maintaining what I call a “partnership mentality.” ” I use this with my own team, and by doing so, we […]

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Sales 110

Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 14, 2022

A sales-qualified lead (SQL) is a prospective customer who has indicated through a series of actions that they have a high probability of converting. Having expressed interest in your product or service and been vetted to ensure they meet the right criteria, a sales-qualified lead is now ready to move into your sales process. .

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Customer Think

APRIL 12, 2024

However, this tried-and-true sales technique remains a valuable tool for businesses looking to generate leads, connect with potential customers, and ultimately drive sales. In the age of social media marketing and targeted online ads, cold calling might seem like a relic of the past.

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Sales Social Media 59

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Your sales team is integral to your business’s success: not only do your salespeople bring in the big deals, but they also represent your company and culture to every new and potential prospect. So why is sales team culture still an afterthought for so many organizations? People all across the company are so proud of our sales team.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Getting the team right is one of the hardest parts of scaling sales. But no sales team can afford to grow without intention. While building a sales team, we’ve focused a lot on our sales culture. Here’s how we went about growing a sales team that is both world class and culture-additive.

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Customer Think

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Every business needs a plan, and it’s no different when it comes to sales. To eliminate the need for guesswork and luck, a solid sales process needs to be established, ensuring consistency and a positive […]. While gut feelings and intuition might be a method to attract leads and close deals, what happens when they fail?

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Sales 125

Customer Think

MARCH 26, 2024

Although this is an article about sales process, the first two paragraphs have more to do with religion than sales. To fully understand this powerful analogy, you’ll want to read the next three paragraphs and allow me to make my case. It will be worth it! My wife thought I would enjoy a book she […]

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Sales 52

Customer Think

JANUARY 10, 2023

When Dale Carnegie published How to Win Friends and Influence People in 1937 he laid the foundation for sales thinking that continues today: find folks with a need, get into a relationship, and tell them about the features, functions, and benefits of your solution in a way that induces them to buy it. But it’s […].

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Sales 115

Zendesk

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

If you’re reading this, you probably have a solid idea of what’s required for a strong sales team: Lead generation. Consistent sales messaging. Personalized sales styles. Intelligently utilized sales software. The secret to a successful modern sales team isn’t the closers—it’s the people behind the scenes.

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Customer Think

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Rika Cuff, Senior Vice President of Scholastic and Champ Sales at Herff Jones, discusses the importance of sales leadership in sales culture development. She emphasizes the power of recognition and fostering a culture of trust and consistency.

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Sales 59

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

There are many parts to a high-performing sales organization – the right people, processes and strategy, to start. That’s not to say there’s no art to practicing sales. Much of what defines our most outstanding sales reps is their ability to deeply understand our prospects’ and customers’ business needs and speak directly to them.

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Zendesk

MAY 19, 2022

If you’ve ever taken sales training of any kind, you know that mastering sales vocabulary is shockingly difficult. Many sales terms sound interchangeable when, in fact, they mean drastically different things. That’s why we compiled a list of the 100 most useful sales terms every salesperson needs to know. Sales job terms.

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Customer Think

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Customer service and customer experience (CX) are more than what happens after the sale. Then, there’s the experience during the sales process and what happens after the sale, which could include a […] It’s not just a department to call when there is a problem.

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Shep Hyken

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Lately, I’ve been thinking about how sales and customer service combine to create an experience – hopefully a positive one. This is where sales and customer service collide. This is where sales and customer service collide. And by the way, you will enjoy this story even if you’re not in sales. . Here’s the short version.

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Customer Think

JANUARY 20, 2023

For any business, managing and perfecting sales processes is a key component of bottom-line success. However, no sales department can achieve long-term success without the cooperation of a competent and high-performance customer success program. It’s a mutually beneficial relationship.

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Zendesk

JULY 27, 2022

If your sales organization isn’t unified with the broader business, and is struggling to keep up with evolving technology and customer needs, it won’t be ready to withstand the challenges of the future. At the same time, sales teams are overwhelmed by the growing volume of sales tools, and adoption of key capabilities is lagging.

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Customer Think

OCTOBER 13, 2023

This article was first published (as “Addressing Underperformance” in the October 2023 edition of the always excellent International Journal of Sales Transformation (link below). Sometimes the causes appear to […]

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Sales 59

Customer Think

DECEMBER 16, 2021

I wonder if we need to rethink our concepts of sales and marketing and how we organize to provide those functions within the organization. The post Sales And Marketing Alignment Or Integration? Looking back, historically, it has made sense to separate the functions. Marketing was primarily focused on creating visibility and awareness.

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Sales 124

Totango

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Merging sales and customer success (CS) is a delicate art that is often challenging but necessary for driving business results and creating a frictionless customer journey. Foster cross-functional alignment through common customer goals Alignment is most frequently achieved when there’s clarity and commonality around insight and objective.

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Customer Think

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley discuss the strategy of simultaneously setting learning and sales goals. They explore the intricate relationship between continuous learning and improving skills for sales leaders, stressing the need for a balance. The episode highlights […]

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Sales 59

SixteenVentures

MARCH 18, 2024

Pods, a collaborative team structure, have been around for several years but have become increasingly popular in both Customer Success (CS) and Sales, especially as the former has become even more efficiency-focused in the past year.

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Sales 64

Aquire

JULY 26, 2021

You’re never going to be able to maximize sales if you’re trying to do it all by yourself. To compete with the big boys, you have to embrace sales automation. Sales automation is a powerful way to enhance productivity, increase sales, and improve revenue, eliminating tedious and time-consuming tasks and saving thousands of work hours.

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Customer Think

APRIL 17, 2024

A first-time sales representative goes through a lot of pressure. Industry experts believe successful sales is the outcome of emotional connection with your customers. For a first time sales rep, it is to learn the art of making a bond […]

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Sales 40

Zendesk

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Even if sales reps sold a product every second for 24 hours a day, that productivity would hit a limit. You then have two choices: hire a larger sales team, or enter a channel sales partnership. percent of companies reporting increased annual revenue from channel partners, channel sales is a concept worth exploration.

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Customer Think

OCTOBER 9, 2023

There’s a lot of talk about the differences between demand creation (marketing), demand capture (sales), and brand (marketing). B2B companies’ approach each of these as if each needs its own strategy implemented separately, with different teams carrying the responsibility for each function. Quite often these teams work in silos.

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Customer Think

APRIL 28, 2023

What role should sales leadership play in their organisation’s deployment of CRM?A A CRM application lies at the centre of the technology stack of most sales organisations. It often represents one of the most significant investments made to support sales.

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Totango

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

We know that sales and customer success (CS) teams must work together to drive revenue growth and expansion. Check out three highlights from the conversation, and listen to the full podcast to gain more insights and tips on how your teams can create a mutually beneficial relationship between CS and sales.

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Sales 71

Customer Think

JULY 1, 2021

The sales profession is in transition. It is quickly shifting from an offline, seller-driven, push-based model toward a digital-first, data-driven and buyer-focused response. There are four unmistakable buyer-led trends that will define the future of s.

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Sales 140

Customer Think

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In early 2023, sales professionals worldwide logged into ChatGPT for the first time with the expectation that they’d never have to write sales messaging themselves again.

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Help Scout

AUGUST 22, 2023

‘Sales as a service’ doesn’t stop with being consultative — it means acting as a trusted advisor throughout the buyer’s journey. Read the full article

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Sales 75

The DiJulius Group

JANUARY 24, 2024

When sales guru Morné Smit sits down to chat, you know it’s time to take notes. His journey from a humble sales start to revolutionizing company growth is nothing short of inspiring, and that’s precisely what we get into in this episode.

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