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4 Types Of Content Your Sales Teams Will Never Share

We know that 57% of the buying process is out of our control, and 74% of today’s buyers are conducting more than half of their research online before making that purchase. So when your buyers turn to social media for answers, you want them to find your content! It positions you and your sales team as a trusted advisor & thought leader.

How do you create content that your sales team will actually want to share?

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Service Level Agreement (SLA): Critical For Streamlined Sales And Marketing Alignment

If you’ve been following this blog, you already know that I believe alignment between an organization’s sales and marketing departments is critical. However, did you know that the Service Level Agreement (SLA) is an important way to achieve that alignment? The SLA is THE document that builds trust and accountability between sales and marketing departments. It’s going through the act of building the SLA and readdressing the SLA every month in a meeting that builds the foundation for sales and marketing alignment.

Unfortunately, only 43% of marketing and sales operations leaders have lead response SLAs in place, and most are not being governed. And only 11 percent of survey respondents reported having jointly managed SLAs according to SiriusDecisions.

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What Best-In-Class Sales Teams Do To Sustain Massive Revenue Growth

You might as well call sales enablement “business survival training” at this point. Aberdeen just came out with a report that looked at how best-in-class sales teams achieve market dominance and massive revenue growth on a consistent basis. The report concludes that sales enablement is the answer. The most successful businesses invest in a combination of the right sales education, top talent and advanced technology to overcome the challenges imposed by tech disruption. Essentially to align the right people, process and technology. A commitment to the effectiveness of sales training is turning laggards into leaders.

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How Content Boosts Sales Productivity [Infographic]

It’s no secret that for sales professionals to be productive, they must be viewed as credible, knowledgable and domain experts. This is why 74% of buyers choose the sales rep that was first to add value and insight. But how do sales professionals become more productive and build more pipeline? Well, content plays a significant role yet many companies see this as a challenge.

Check out the infographic below by Forbes Insight and Brainshark where they surveyed 216 executives to learn more about what leading companies do to address their sales productivity problems including content.

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The “It” Factor: Why Sales Enablement Is Key To Revenue Attainment [Infographic]

Organizations that have a dedicated Sales Enablement role see an 8.2% in revenue attainment versus those that don’t. This role helps increase the effectiveness of sales teams by providing the right processes, the right technology and improving selling behaviour to ultimately grow revenue. Yet many organizations don’t have a dedicated function in place, what’s up with that?

Check out the infographic below created by Showpad with research from CSO Insights to understand the position of Sales Enablement and the key ways this role impact within an organization.

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Marketing vs. Sales Enablement: Who Fosters Digital Transformation?

Marketing VS Sales Enablement

“Marketing is absolutely the place to drive this transformation [in sales]… If you don’t have a corporate strategy around social media and social selling, and if you don’t proactively build that strategy collectively with sales, then however many number of sales people you have is however many strategies you have. It’s completely intersected.” –Bryan Jones, VP Commercial Marketing at Dell

I recently read this quote from Bryan Jones, VP Commercial Marketing at Dell. I both agree and disagree with Bryan. Here’s why.

In world-class organizations, digital transformation is the role of the sales enablement department. Sales enablement is part of the Revenue Generating team, which includes sales operations, sales, and marketing. Great sales enablement teams connect these commercial departments, and act as the bridge between the VP of Sales and the VP of Marketing.

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The Identity Crisis Of Sales Enablement [Infographic]

The role of Sales Enablement has evolved significantly within a short period of time however some companies still don’t understand the impact this role can have on revenue. Businesses that are having moderate to huge results are have done so through the right strategy. In fact, this can be directly tied to Sales Enablement as 61% believe this role helps define strategy.

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The Real Opportunity For Socially Connected Millennials In Sales

The Real Opportunity for Socially Connected Millennials in SalesThere’s a misconception that social and digital selling is ideal for the millennial. After all, they already use social media in their personal lives and are technology savvy. They’re also more pliable and adaptable to change. But being born with the ability to send text messages and tweets doesn’t mean that you’re an effective seller.

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Making Sales Enablement Work: 3 Must-Haves For Your Organization

3 Must-Haves for Your OrganizationSales enablement is becoming a hot topic. And the role of enablement has changed a lot over the last five years. Five years ago, enablement was essentially an extension of the HR department. But times have changed. And sophisticated companies are realizing that having enablement linked to HR doesn’t work for sales and marketing departments. There’s a new enablement department on the horizon, and it will change the landscape of sales and marketing to increase commercial outcomes exponentially. Here’s how.

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eBook: One Team, One Goal – Aligning Marketing & Sales For Successful Social Selling

One Team One Goal ebookThe facts don’t lie: companies with great alignment between Marketing and Sales deliver better results. According to Aberdeen, 99% of their sales teams reach their quota vs. 46% for laggard companies; and these businesses ultimately see an average 13.1% increase in year-over-year revenue vs. a 0.5% decline for laggard companies.