Sales and Marketing Management

Explore the latest material on sales and marketing management. In this category, you can find topics related to sales and marketing alignment, effective lead generation, sales content optimization, go-to-market and product launch plans, sales and marketing operations, and more. So if you want to drive true sales and marketing harmony, you’re in the right place.

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Can AI Help You Overcome “No Decision”?
Can AI Help You Overcome “No Decision”?
Discover how AI can help sellers shift buyers from complacency to action and break free of the sales purgatory of "No Decision" that stalls sales.
5 min read
Fall 2019: Top 7 Sales & Marketing Events
Fall 2019: Top 7 Sales & Marketing Events
Review this events guide for fall 2019 of the top 7 sales and marketing conferences and events that will map to your goals and leave you feeling inspired.
4 min read
The Simple Trick That Will Make You a Better Listener
The Simple Trick That Will Make You a Better Listener
Have you ever struggled to talk less and listen more on sale calls? Read on for a simple yet effective technique for unlocking more insights in pitches.
4 min read
Make Your Sales Training a Big Success
Make Your Sales Training a Big Success
Salespeople can’t sell effectively unless they learn effectively. Learn how to set them up for success with modern sales training and technology.
4 min read
How to Drive Adoption of Sales Technology
How to Drive Adoption of Sales Technology
Sales reps are inundated with more tools than ever, making adoption a challenge. Follow these 3 steps to ensure that your sales technology succeeds.
4 min read
Best Sales Tools to Supercharge Productivity in 2019
Best Sales Tools to Supercharge Productivity in 2019
The right tools can make all the difference. Sellers will be most productive with a strategic tech stack. Find out how to get the best sales tools in 2019.
7 min read
What’s Getting in Your Way of Becoming a Top Performer? It Might Just Be Your Work Environment
What’s Getting in Your Way of Becoming a Top Performer? It Might Just Be Your Work Environment
New research reveals the connection between work environment and productivity. Take your results to new levels with these actionable tips from RAIN Group.
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Conversation Mastery Is Key to Fast and Successful Onboarding
Conversation Mastery Is Key to Fast and Successful Onboarding
Prepare sellers to lead compelling customer conversations with these sales onboarding tips from DSG on how to train reps to achieve "conversation mastery."
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The Secret to Scaling Sales Effectiveness
The Secret to Scaling Sales Effectiveness
To increase quota attainment, sales leaders must improve the effectiveness of their core sellers. Find out how to scale these efforts with these insights.
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Scalable Quota Attainment Requires Sales Effectiveness
Scalable Quota Attainment Requires Sales Effectiveness
Sales effectiveness can only be obtained by scaling the success of all sales reps — not just the top performers. Learn how to boost core sellers' success.
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Types of Sales Tools That Boost Productivity
Types of Sales Tools That Boost Productivity
How do you guide your sales team to achieve better results? The answer lies in using the right tools and strategies to improve sales productivity. See how.
6 min read
RAIN Group Shares 3 Easy Ways to Develop Self-Accountability and Achieve More
RAIN Group Shares 3 Easy Ways to Develop Self-Accountability and Achieve More
Follow these three tips from sales training company RAIN Group to improve self-accountability, stay focused, and achieve greater success.
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Aligning Sales and Marketing for Shared Success
Aligning Sales and Marketing for Shared Success
Achieving sales and marketing alignment is often easier said than done. Find out why it matters and how to successfully align sales and marketing.
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How Sales Teams Can Help with Content Marketing Campaigns
How Sales Teams Can Help with Content Marketing Campaigns
When marketers and sellers work together, great things happen. Take a look at the four ways a sales team can give your content marketing campaigns a boost.
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Sales Training in the Age of the Modern Seller
Sales Training in the Age of the Modern Seller
Legacy methods of sales training don’t give modern reps what they need to succeed. Elevate your sales training with these best practices from Hootsuite.
4 min read
3 Trends Transforming Sales and Marketing
3 Trends Transforming Sales and Marketing
With the TOPO Summit around the corner, we dove into three of today's – and tomorrow’s – hottest sales and marketing trends impacting the modern market.
6 min read
How to Align Your Sales Collateral with the Modern Buyer’s Journey
How to Align Your Sales Collateral with the Modern Buyer’s Journey
These sales collateral examples and best practices provide tips you need to engage buyers at the right time with the right content and close deals faster.
4 min read
6 Key Components of B2B Pipeline Generation
6 Key Components of B2B Pipeline Generation
Maximise prospecting opportunities and deliver more qualified leads for your business with these 6 tried-and-true pipeline generation strategies.
5 min read
Life Sciences Orgs Need Sales & Marketing Alignment
Life Sciences Orgs Need Sales & Marketing Alignment
Recent survey findings reveal a clear opportunity to improve sales and marketing alignment in life sciences. Learn how to resolve the misalignment today.
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How to Create Content That Fuels Revenue Growth
How to Create Content That Fuels Revenue Growth
Creating content that provides value and generates leads to fuel revenue growth follows a methodical process with some key steps. Here’s how to get started.
3 min read
4 Ways to Win a Buyer’s Heart
4 Ways to Win a Buyer’s Heart
A strong sales engagement strategy is the key to winning a buyer's heart. Use this guide to build a strategy that resonates with buyers and sellers alike.
4 min read
The Top 5 Strategies to Drive Sales Productivity
The Top 5 Strategies to Drive Sales Productivity
With these 5 steps, you'll have the building blocks you need to support sellers and continually discover new opportunities to optimise sales productivity.
7 min read
These 3 Companies Are Maximising Their Sales Content – Here’s How
These 3 Companies Are Maximising Their Sales Content – Here’s How
Get the most out of your sales content – learn how leading organisations solve challenges and achieve next-level results with sales enablement.
4 min read
New Year and New Opportunities to Provide Better Sales Onboarding
New Year and New Opportunities to Provide Better Sales Onboarding
How can you make the most of every chance to improve the sales productivity of your reps? Here are five important opportunities to keep top-of-mind.
4 min read
How to Define and Measure Sales Effectiveness
How to Define and Measure Sales Effectiveness
It can be difficult to assess your sales team's efforts. Follow this guide to define, measure and improve sales effectiveness to help sales reps to succeed.
5 min read
SKO: Planning and Prep for Success
SKO: Planning and Prep for Success
Jumpstart the year with a successful sales kickoff that promotes alignment on the buyer's journey across sales and marketing. Here's how to SKO like a pro!
3 min read
How to Create Marketing Content That Sales Will Love
How to Create Marketing Content That Sales Will Love
How can you ensure that your sales team will use your marketing content? Discover 5 tips to create content that your sales team will not only use, but love.
5 min read
Personas for Marketing and Sales Alignment
Personas for Marketing and Sales Alignment
Buyer personas are essential for sales processes and communication. Learn to create effective personas that align sales and marketing teams with content.
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Guided Selling Best Practices to Close More Sales
Guided Selling Best Practices to Close More Sales
With these best practices, you'll better understand what makes up effective guided selling that helps sales reps move buyers toward purchase decisions.
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4 Steps to Sales Pitches That Engage Your Buyers
4 Steps to Sales Pitches That Engage Your Buyers
A marketer shares 4 tips (and a sales pitch template!) to help you build pitches that your sales team will use. Are you following these best practices?
4 min read
The Relationship Between Winning Sellers and Content
The Relationship Between Winning Sellers and Content
With these strategies, you'll learn how to effectively use core sales content to empower your sales reps with content management via sales enablement.
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3 Reasons Why Sales Enablement Matters to Marketers
3 Reasons Why Sales Enablement Matters to Marketers
Sales enablement answers the questions that marketers have about content performance. See what life looks like for marketers empowered by sales enablement.
4 min read
4 Best Practices That Will Turn Your Sales Playbook into Sales Action
4 Best Practices That Will Turn Your Sales Playbook into Sales Action
DSG and Highspot recently surveyed 74 organisations to discover the best practices for sales playbooks. Read about four key findings from the research.
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Breakthrough Marketers Know Best: Why Highspot Took Home Two Awards
Breakthrough Marketers Know Best: Why Highspot Took Home Two Awards
Learn why Highspot won two MarTech Breakthrough Awards for Best Overall Sales Enablement Software Solution and Best Content Performance Management Solution.
5 min read
Account-Based Marketing in the Age of Authenticity
Account-Based Marketing in the Age of Authenticity
Find out why authenticity matters in account-based marketing and how to implement ABM strategies in this recap of #FlipMyFunnel.
6 min read
REEL Sales Enablement with Phill Sundal at DiscoverOrg
REEL Sales Enablement with Phill Sundal at DiscoverOrg
Phill Sundal of DiscoverOrg outlines the successes and failures he encountered as he worked to bring sales and marketing into alignment at his company.
8 min read
Opportunities for AI in Your Sales Tech Stack
Opportunities for AI in Your Sales Tech Stack
Sales AI can give your team the productivity boost it needs to succeed. Follow these 6 tips to begin using AI to streamline your sales processes.
6 min read
The Secrets to Creating Winning Sellers
The Secrets to Creating Winning Sellers
What are the traits that make up winning sellers? Let's take a look at their anatomy and the steps that leaders can take to nurture more successful reps.
4 min read
REEL Sales Enablement with Erin Osman at Dun & Bradstreet
REEL Sales Enablement with Erin Osman at Dun & Bradstreet
Erin Osman recounts how she streamlined Dun & Bradstreet's sales enablement strategy and shares advice on how to implement a holistic sales enablement plan.
6 min read
Why Forced Learning is Ineffective for Sales
Why Forced Learning is Ineffective for Sales
Choosing the wrong sales training methods can hinder sellers' success. Learn about the top training tactics to avoid – and discover six tips to try instead.
8 min read
6 Tips to Tune-Up Your Sales Team’s Productivity
6 Tips to Tune-Up Your Sales Team’s Productivity
Sales productivity = profit. Follow these six steps to identify areas of improvement and opportunities to achieve greater productivity on your sales team.
7 min read
REEL Sales Enablement Interview with Joe Andrews at InsideView
REEL Sales Enablement Interview with Joe Andrews at InsideView
A VP of Marketing reveals his top sales enablement advice and shares what he learned from directing sales enablement efforts at InsideView.
7 min read
The Framework for a Solid Sales Playbook
The Framework for a Solid Sales Playbook
The sales playbook has evolved. Prepare your sales team to provide personalised responses to prospective buyers at a moment's notice with these five steps.
3 min read
Looking to the Future: What’s Next for Medical Device Sellers and Marketers?
Looking to the Future: What’s Next for Medical Device Sellers and Marketers?
Read 4 takeaways on how to innovate to meet shifting demands and succeed in medical device sales from Enrico Vietri, Director of Digital Strategy at Aetna.
4 min read
Winning Over the Modern Buyer
Winning Over the Modern Buyer
Create a sales strategy to modernise your sales and marketing teams' workflows with this step-by-step guide on how to engage the modern buyer.
3 min read
Sales Enablement: Just What the Doctor Ordered for Medical Device Reps
Sales Enablement: Just What the Doctor Ordered for Medical Device Reps
As the industry's most trusted sales enablement platform, Highspot has insight into medical device sales reps' challenges.
4 min read
Customer Success Is a Sales Priority
Customer Success Is a Sales Priority
Follow these customer success best practices and learn how to overcome common challenges in creating exemplary customer experiences in this article.
7 min read
True Sales Readiness Brings Together Learning and Content
True Sales Readiness Brings Together Learning and Content
Sales readiness software provider MindTickle shares four steps to empowering sales reps with the sales training, content, & knowledge they need to win deals.
3 min read