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The Future of Sales Intelligence (Big Data in Sales)

  Guest post by Kyle Porter -- Almost every industry has been disrupted as the internet has connected us all over the last twenty years. Telecommunications, energy, entertainment, finance, whatever the industry, the internet has likely...
Posted March 6, 2012 with 52 views     

The Most Counterintuitive Sales Strategy You’ve Ever Read

Tweet I just finished Aaron Ross’ new book entitled: Predictable Revenue. If you are in Sales or Marketing leadership you need to read it. If you are a front line sales or marketing professional, read it too and buy it for your boss. For those of...
Posted January 24, 2012 with 77 views     

Losing Sales Deals: The Raging Fan and the Miserable Grump

As sales reps and leaders we’ve all been on calls with these two personalities – the raging fan and the miserable grump. Both types are similar, they just happen to live on different sides of sales town. What do these prospects have in common? They...
Posted September 21, 2011 with 29 views     

Sales and Marketing: Where is the Puck Going?

Have you ever wondered where all this rapid change is leading us in the sales and marketing professions? What does the rise of the social networking fabric, advancements in technology and changing buying habits mean for our companies and our jobs?...
Posted September 19, 2011 with 224 views     

Social Selling: Sure, but is Your B2B Website Social?

I absolutely love the research the Altimeter Group cranks out on a weekly basis – it’s must read stuff if you want to understand what is coming down the pike. It’s a fun brainteaser to try and map evolving social trends back to B2B sales and...
Posted April 25, 2011 with 108 views     

Google Adapts Search Platform: What Effect Will it Have on B2B Lead Generation

Last week Google announced an update to its search engine and is now including social results when you are signed into your Google account. If you are logged into your Google account when you initiate a search you will start to see results from your...
Posted February 22, 2011 with 662 views     

The Rise of the New CEO: What Does it Mean for Sales?

The rise of the new economy after the financial meltdown of 2008 and the resulting depression has lead to some interesting shifts in the corner office. As the economy is expected to rebound in the next couple years (no guarantee here), CEO and...
Posted February 14, 2011 with 1,930 views     

B2B Sales and Social Media – Very Cool Infographic from InsideView

This is a pretty neat infographic I stumbled across from the great team over at InsideView. The data highlights the efforts of Global Fortune 100 companies around social media and some interesting consumer trends. One thing is certainly clear — a...
Posted February 1, 2011 with 4,022 views     

Top Eight Marketing and Sales Strategies – Is this a Joke?

I recently did a search for sales strategy and stumbled across the following article on the first page of Google. It was the most generic, rainbow and unicorn post I’ve read in some time. Most of the advice was outdated as well. Actually, if you...
Posted November 11, 2010 with 1,614 views     

Ending the War Between Sales and Marketing

Here is a great Harvard Business Review brief by Philip Kotler, Neil Rackham, and Suj Krishnaswamy via Slideshare on how to end the war between sales and marketing. I found it interesting that the paper was published in 2006 and we are still...
Posted November 2, 2010 with 1,804 views     

The Real Reason Why 50% of Sales Reps Miss Their Quota

As many of you know I work for HubSpot, a cutting edge inbound marketing software company that is transforming the traditional methods of marketing. HubSpot is a real world, living and breathing case study of best practice sales and marketing...
Posted October 14, 2010 with 622 views     

Guest Post: Why Are 50% of Sales Reps Missing Their Sales Quota?

Very few salespeople are achieving their quota. The numbers are alarming – down to almost 50% and down from 64% quota attainment in 2008 and 67% quota attainment in 2007. The data raises many questions for sales organizations. While quotas have...
Posted August 10, 2010 with 2,194 views     
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