Forbes Leadership

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The three-legged marketing, sales and product stool works best when all parties have equal footing and can plan strategy and tactics together.

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Peter Winick

OCTOBER 17, 2024

How Thought Leaders Turn Books into Revenue Powerhouses with Speaking and Consulting Peter Winick and Bill Sherman sit down to discuss some of the intriguing findings from the Book ROI study they’ve been involved in for the last several months. Profit is more about strategy than sales alone. in revenue for each dollar spent.

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Chief Executive

JULY 7, 2022

This has left companies with little choice but to double down on their go-to-market strategies. CEOs rank the acquisition of new customers as their top revenue growth priority this year, well above other strategies. Product and service innovation also play a significant role in maintaining and growing market share.

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Chief Outsiders

APRIL 11, 2024

Learn how to accelerate revenue growth by shortening your sales cycle. Discover the seven steps to success and a real-life example of significant growth achieved through effective marketing strategies.

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Chief Outsiders

JANUARY 23, 2023

The numbers don’t lie: Companies that align their sales and marketing functions win more business , keep more customers , and reap far more revenue than those who don’t. However, true alignment for many organizations can be evasive, and for others, it can be entirely absent.

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Help Scout Leadership

AUGUST 22, 2023

Don’t miss out on revenue opportunities hiding in your support queue. Add sales, marketing, and account management into Help Scout as light users and tap into new revenue potential. Read the full article

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Chief Outsiders

JUNE 23, 2023

Part 3: Technology Platforms for the Win The market for sales enablement platforms has never been more robust. As companies like yours clamor for clients, revenue, and growth, they’re showering billions on the latest technology tools to help get them there.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 25, 2023

“Growth is a leadership issue, not a sales issue,” he adds. And why the relationship that executives and leaders have with the sales organization is among the most important elements of growth leadership. The Growth Leader reveals how top executives create profitable growth through the intersection of strategy, leadership, and sales.

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Peter Winick

JULY 31, 2023

How thought leadership can elevate sales teams and increase lead gen. So how do you create content that a sales team can easily access and assess? LeadG2 is a sales performance agency helping businesses sell smarter and faster. Often the bridge between sale and thought leadership can be a tough one to cross.

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Zenefits

JUNE 2, 2022

Summer is a great time to launch new marketing initiatives. While January through April aren’t known for high levels of spending , sales rebound in the summer months. Unless you work in a highly seasonal industry (like bathing suits or sunscreen), online retailers tend to see a drop in their sales during the summer months.

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AIHR

JUNE 13, 2023

Are you looking to create a sales compensation plan for your company? organizations spend more than $800 billion each year to manage their sales force, with $200 billion devoted solely to compensation. Contents What is sales compensation? Sales compensation is a critical aspect of B2B organizations. Almost 80% of U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2024

Companies that make the decision to put marketing at the core of their growth strategy outperform the competition, according to McKinsey research. Specifically, both B2C and B2B companies who view branding and advertising as a top two growth strategy are twice as likely to see revenue growth of 5% or more than those that don’t (67% to 33%).

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Chief Outsiders

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Sales methodology provides the framework for how different steps in your sales process are carried out in the pursuit of sales development, customer success, and revenue growth. There are countless sales methodologies, and many are very similar or built around the same concept.

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Chief Outsiders

JANUARY 10, 2023

With an average tenure of fewer than seven years, according to some estimates, the CEO has little runway with which to work in creating market and revenue success. It’s an unfamiliar place for many CEOs – particularly those in the SMB and mid-market space.

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AIHR

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Let’s have a look at how an organization assessed predictors of job performance of insurance sales agents. Contents Analyzing insurance sales agents’ performance Overall findings Recommendations. Analyzing insurance sales agents’ performance. The sales agents assessed in this study were all based in Zimbabwe.

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Chief Outsiders

MARCH 18, 2024

In today's highly competitive market, businesses must have a cross-sell and upsell strategy to boost sales and revenue.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2023

Pentagon procurement procedures have long complicated commercial software companies’ entrance into the defense market difficult, but the authors’ experience working with both tech startups and the defense industry leads them to believe that now is a good time for companies to enter the market.

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Ascend

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Having a consistent flow of qualified sales leads would be a boon to any business. Generating high in quantity and quality leads is a marketer's most important objective. A successful lead generation engine is what keeps the funnel full of sales prospects while you sleep.

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Peter Winick

JUNE 15, 2023

An interview with Stephanie Chandler about creating a marketing plan for your book and developing additional connected products. Either way, a book can be an incredible investment for an entrepreneur, but to get the full return on that investment, you’ll need a marketing plan and a product roadmap. The market is expected to grow.

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Ascend

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Every company must invest some time and money into marketing to get customers. The investment is usually about 7-8% of the projected gross revenue for a small business. The ONLY way to know if the investment is getting a return is to collect and track specific sales and marketing data. You can’t do business without it.

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Peter Winick

JANUARY 26, 2024

For the past two decades he has helped individuals and organizations build and grow revenue streams through designing and growing their thought leadership platforms as well as acting as a guide and advisor for increasing business to business sales of thought leadership products.

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Chief Outsiders

APRIL 5, 2022

Thank you for joining me today for the eulogy of the marketing qualified lead, or MQL. Once hailed as the best way to affix a value to a prospective sale in the digital age, we are here to toll the bell to its early demise. What led to the hastened death of the MQL?

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Topline Revenue Growth Topline revenue growth is one of the clearest signs that an organization is thriving. But consistent and profitable revenue growth is not easy to achieve. Which sales growth strategy tips apply to your unique situation? Is your competitive advantage clear to your target clients?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The role has one of the shortest tenures of any in the C-Suite and is often blamed for below-target growth. But recent research shows firing the CRO can cause more problems than it solves.

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Chief Outsiders

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

If your sales funnel is lurking in the shadows, it may be because it’s filled with people who are trying to avoid the spotlight. They make your metrics charts look happy but your sales teams – not so much. (Blog 1) Step Zero: The Dark Funnel.

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Peter Winick

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Source: Take Your Thought Leadership to the Next Level – All Things Book Marketing Podcast – Smith Publicity, Inc. Peter Winick is the founder and CEO of Thought Leadership Leverage. His clients come from a diverse set of backgrounds and specialties.

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LSA Global

JUNE 17, 2024

How to Increase the ROI of Sales Training Even though $20 billion is spent on business sales training per year, more than a third of sales leaders admit that they do not have a clear idea of what measurable return they are looking for on sales training. All those sales skills make sense.

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LSA Global

APRIL 15, 2024

Developing an effective sales strategy requires a deep understanding of market dynamics and the ability to adapt to evolving trends. Let’s delve into the intricacies of constructing an effective sales strategy that makes sense to your people, your customers, and your business as a whole.

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LSA Global

APRIL 15, 2024

Developing an effective sales strategy requires a deep understanding of market dynamics and the ability to adapt to evolving trends. Let’s delve into the intricacies of constructing an effective sales strategy that makes sense to your people, your customers, and your business as a whole.

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Peter Winick

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Going from idea to prototype, to marketable product. An interview with Pete O’Heeron about pushing the envelope of science to bring cutting edge offerings to the market. Pete offers great insight into how to take new niche ideas from prototype to market and have conversations that draws your audience in. And I immediately.

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LSA Global

APRIL 16, 2021

A Sales Leader’s Dilemma – Top Ways to Grow Revenue There are only so many actions available to a sales leader to profitably grow revenue. The art is identifying, agreeing to, and committing to top ways to grow revenue for you and your sales team. Which sales growth lever should you pull?

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LSA Global

MARCH 18, 2022

Want a Proven Way to Increase Revenue and Margin? Savvy sales managers and leaders invest heavily in growing current strategic accounts. You will know you are on the right path when everyone agrees that your sales culture is helping, and not hurting, the team’s ability to meet sales targets.

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Walk Me

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The sales ecosystem depends on interconnectedness and performance management. Sales teams are critical for a myriad of companies and play a major part in progressing customers along the sales pipeline, facilitating the end-to-end customer journey and ultimately increasing the bottom line.

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Chief Executive

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

And while this exercise is valuable for any company, family businesses are fabulously unique and include dynamics not found in public companies and PE firms, which are essentially always for sale. The post To Rev Up Your Family Business, Prep For Sale appeared first on ChiefExecutive.net.

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LSA Global

JULY 15, 2024

How to Deliver Better Sales Training We know from sales assessment data that far too many sales teams lack the proper business sales training , sales coaching, and sales support to consistently meet or exceed their sales targets. Most organizations need higher sales rep.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Top Sales Leaders Drive Growth If you find a sales leader who Is not up to the challenge of accelerating revenue growth, you have not found a high performing sales leader. But you need more from a sales leader than simply a desire to grow the top line. They demonstrate how sales leaders drive growth.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The Sales Manager Training Workshop results were: 98% job relevance 98.4% net promoter score This global and growing Integrated Technology Company wanted a customized sales management training program to meet the unique needs of their marketplace. The Sales Manager Training Workshop results were: 98% job relevance 98.4%

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