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The evolution of sales: technology, people and process.
In today’s ever-changing business climate, sales professionals must adapt to the times and modernize their sales strategies in order to stay competitive. Read More
Sales velocity: more than just a metric
The most valuable metrics provide actionable insights. Explore how tracking sales velocity can help to improve the performance of growing sales teams. Read More
3 sales strategies to improve buyer engagement
Sales reps have a hard job. And with continuing economic uncertainty, engaging buyers to close deals is set to be an arduous task as we head through 2023. Explore 3 sales strategies that can help improve buyer engagement now. Read More
7 Ways sales process automation improves revenue
Sales process automation is a huge opportunity for sales leaders today. It brings massive benefits in the near-term, while also setting your sales organization up better for the long-term future. Read More
4 Management strategies for virtual selling success
Managing a remote sales team presents unique challenges, but there are strategies you can implement to ensure virtual selling success and a happy, productive team. Read More
Want to improve sales productivity? Look at sales efficiency and sales effectiveness first.
We often evaluate sales performance based on a rep’s ability and sales productivity, but we should also be concerned about the sales rep’s availability— is the rep spending time on the right activities? Read More
How to ignite sales growth with an effective selling process
Your selling process will make or break how fast your company grows. Of course, sales process design is simple in concept but not easy to execute. While your go-to-market sales process will vary by your stage of organizational maturity and the market you’re going after, all successful sales organizations require a sales playbook to grow and scale. Read More
The state of sales and the impact on sales organizations
Trends provide us with a rearview mirror of how world events have impacted B2B sales and what sales organizations need to do to adjust. In this post, we highlight four trends from LinkedIn's 2021 State of Sales report. Read More
Essential sales tools every team needs to accelerate growth
From reducing manual processes to increasing account intelligence to improving sales predictability, sales technology helps both salespeople and sales managers to be better at what they do. Whether your goal is to accelerate growth, optimize sales outcomes, or scale your team, an investment in the right sales tools gives your organization the foundation to succeed. Read More
How to know if you need quote software
In this article, we discuss indicators that the manual, individualized method of sending proposals is counterproductive to sales generation and customer relationship management, and it might be time to consider a more efficient option: quote software. Read More
Sales coaching: Optimizing the discovery call
The discovery call is THE most important sales call, yet according to stats by Salesforce, 40% of reps are unprepared, and 85% of buyers aren’t excited after the call, either. Why is that? In this post, we offer strategies to improve the effectiveness of your discovery call. Read More
7 Ways to optimize your sales process
Optimizing your sales process not only results in more closed-won deals, but can reduce the length of your sales cycle, improve efficiency, increase team morale, and be the difference between a good year and a banner sales year. Read More
5 Actionable strategies for managing your sales pipeline
If your sales are stagnating, it could be your sales pipeline is holding you back. From administration issues to follow-up, scrutinizing your sales pipeline can help identify where the bottlenecks are occurring, and what's preventing you from achieving your goals. Read More
Sales pipeline advice for Q4 success
Whether it’s Q4 or any other time, effective sales pipeline management is about understanding the timing, the process, and making a plan for success. Read More
Demonstrating product impact with an ROI calculator
While it’s true humans make decisions primarily based on emotions, it’s also true that we use logic to justify our actions to ourselves and to others. And when you’re dealing with tight budgets, you must provide tangible evidence why purchasing your software makes good business sense— if you want to win the deal. Read More
4 Ways to boost an underperforming sales team
Sales productivity suffers when not enough time is spent selling. Sadly, only 23% of a rep’s time is spent with prospects and too much time is spent on unproductive work. To free up more time, look for repeated tasks that can be automated, and review your sales processes to ensure they are current with technology, and keeping pace with strategy shifts. Read More
Introducing the Qwilr API: a first in smart document automation.
With Qwilr's API, every document can become an outstanding piece of collateral: on-brand and error-free, with web-based design polish, analytics and transactional powers. And - it happens at lightning speed because it's all running off an automated system. Read More
6 Inefficiencies In Your Sales Cycle & How to Use Automation to Address Them
Effectiveness refers to your ability to convert leads, whereas efficiency speaks to your ability to do so quickly. Even the most effective sales teams can be inefficient in their processes, leaving money on the table. Read More
5 ways to modernize your sales team
Even if your sales team performs above all of your goals, there's still room to improve. Modernizing your sales strategies gives you a competitive edge. Read More
How to dramatically reduce the time it takes to create sales proposals
Spending time creating and sending sales proposals is time you aren't billing out, managing your team, or improving your business. With a few simple tips, you can dramatically reduce the amount of time it takes to create a proposal and free up your time to focus on other, more important aspects of growing your business. Read More