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The sales climate has grown more complex as buyer expectations escalate. Sales organizations need new processes, approaches, and skill sets — while facing the ever-present pressure to make the number. Explore our insights from former sales leaders for building buyer-centric strategies, streamlining processes, and gaining efficiencies.
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Clairvoyance Should Not Be Required For Revenue Planning
Marketing, sales, and customer engagement leaders need a structured, facts-based approach to achieving revenue and growth goals. Learn what that requires.
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The Future Of Sales Compensation Is Insight-Driven
Sales compensation plans have not kept up with the realities of how B2B sales are won. This will change as insights are increasingly folded into the compensation planning process.
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B2B Summit North America
Join us for the year’s premier event for B2B marketing, sales, and product leaders. Get expert insights and analysis to define your vision and accelerate growth.
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Careful With That Axe, Sales Team: AI And The Future Of Forecasting
While traditional, opinion-based forecasting often misses the mark, AI holds great promise for sharpening B2B sales forecasting. Learn how at this year's B2B Summit.
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How Many Products Can A B2B Sales Rep Sell?
Mergers and acquisitions and other major changes can place enormous pressure on frontline sales organizations. Learn when the strain becomes too much in this B2B Summit session preview.
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Are You Optimizing Your Sales Compensation Program?
Use the four stages of annual compensation planning to maximize the effectiveness of your plan today and in the future.
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Podcast
The Future Of B2B Sales: More Personalized And Process-Driven
COVID-19 accelerated changes that were already underway in B2B sales — and Vice President and Group Director Phil Harrell says there’s no turning back. On this week’s What It Means, he explains how sales organizations can position themselves for success in a permanently altered landscape.
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It’s Time To Crack The B2B Sales Gender Diversity Code
Women hold just 12% of top B2B sales positions — though the evidence shows greater profitability and performance when women are represented at the highest levels. Recent research by Forrester analysts outlines what needs to change.
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Inspire Your Sales Force. Produce Results.
Build and maintain a sales incentive program that both drives revenue and motivates your sales force.
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Confessions Of A Former “Charterless” Sales Enablement Practitioner
Without a charter, sales enablement leaders run the very real risk of being in the position of having to solve problems as they arise with no real scope, strategy, or sense of priority. In her latest blog post for Forrester, analyst Jennifer Bullock shares why a sales enablement charter is key to success.
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What 2020 Taught B2B Sales Leaders And Teams
In a year when bright spots were hard to come by, several valuable, hard-won lessons emerged for sales organizations that will serve them well in the years to come.
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The Race Is On: Allego Acquires Refract As Sales Tech Consolidation Accelerates
As the reality of a current and future world where B2B buying and selling largely takes place in remote and digital formats sets in, sellers must evolve their skill sets, sales leaders must reimagine their go-to-market strategies, and sales enablement providers must increase the value they deliver to their customers. The pace of COVID-induced trends […]
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Using The Right Metrics For The Subscription-Based Business Model
The subscription model offers new opportunities for businesses to enhance the value of their offerings as they become more embedded in the changing context of their clients’ customer journeys. But companies need to have the right metrics in place to be able to support the shift of the underlying value equation. Processes and systems for […]
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The Six Components Of Effective Sales Compensation Plans
An effective sales compensation program keeps sales reps motivated and drives revenue goals. Learn about the six elements of an effective compensation program.
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Predictions 2021 Online Event
Dive deep into the dynamics that will generate obstacles and opportunities in 2021.
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Predictions 2021: Grounded Sellers Fly In The Face Of Old Norms
COVID-19 has accelerated the digital next normal for B2B sales. What lies ahead? Read an overview of our 2021 B2B sales predictions.
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Four Critical Planning Considerations For Sales Enablement Leaders In 2021
Sales enablement leaders should be prepared to optimize and expand the all-virtual environment in 2021. Annual planning — for resources, personnel, and programs — will be particularly difficult as enablement leaders solve for the current environment but also anticipate what comes next. Improve your odds for success with the four following suggestions.
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A Look Ahead: What Sales Operations Leaders Must Prepare For In 2021
Change will be constant in the year ahead. Learn the steps that sales operations leaders can take to put their organizations on a path to success.
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Five Tips For Getting 2021 Channel Sales Off To A Fast Start
Even in the best of times, starting the new year off fast is important. With the continuing uncertainty and turmoil caused by COVID-19, channel sales leaders must act now to ensure their team can hit the ground running on day one of the new year.
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Building A Sales Enablement Team: Know The What, When, And Why, But Focus On The Who
You can ask 10 different sales enablement professionals how they define their function and hear at least that many definitions of what sales enablement is, does, or is responsible for.
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Predictions 2021 Hub
Explore our blog posts, videos, guides, and other resources to understand the dynamics that will shape 2021.
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Quoting Is About More Than Just Efficiency — It’s Also A Key Sales Driver
Discover how to use quoting results to identify cross-sell opportunities.
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Five Questions To Ask Before Changing Sales Methodologies
Sales methodology is a topic that evokes a wide range of comprehension among sales professionals, largely depending on their personal history with the methodologies their previous employers used.
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Podcast
Lessons From The Pandemic For B2B Sales And Marketing Leaders
By disrupting familiar ways of working, the pandemic has forced B2B sales and marketing leaders to reprioritize and reflect. In this discussion of key priorities for European sales and marketing leaders, Vice Presidents Isabel Montesdeoca, Phil Harrell, and Meta Karagianni explain the lessons that can be learned from this period.
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