Differentiation is hard and getting harder. Despite heavy investments in sales tools and differentiation strategies, most companies are no closer to a predictable or controllable sales function than they were billions of dollars ago. Sales Mastery just released some interesting data on the top sales enablement priorities for the remainder of 2020 and 2021. What […]
Many of us are now talking about an agile sales methodology and agility. Why wouldn’t we? We need to be faster and more responsive to our buyer’s needs. We need to help our salespeople engage in the chaos of a sale. And, it is chaos out there. Gartner recently shared that: The average size of [...]
There are plenty of strategy templates and articles out there sharing how to build a sales strategy. They are usually fairly basic and cover important (but not differentiated) topics such as objectives, hiring, compensation, sales activities and the like. These sales strategy documents are incredibly helpful to align your organization. But, here’s the problem: your [...]
Sales and marketing is not for the faint of heart. You get told “no” more than most two-year old’s. Because of this (and maybe in spite of it), most of you are smart, inquisitive and empathetic people who are driven to do better and prove your value. These factors have created a perfect storm where there [...]
LinkedIn recently released their 2020 State of Sales Report and it is a fantastic snapshot of how the world of sales is rapidly changing. It brings to light some things that had been transpiring but are accelerating and also new challenges that teams are facing. In a nutshell, we believe the report shows how old [...]