Sales Effectiveness

Enacting a successful sales enablement strategy requires a thoughtful sales enablement plan. The sales enablement plan needs to be built on a solid understanding of the strategy as a whole. Because when a  plan is successful an organization sees many benefits. Organizations with a sales enablement platform experience: 350% increase in content usage, 275% boost…

According to Aberdeen, organizations with a sales enablement solution experience a 13.7% annual increase in deal size. That’s a pretty impressive stat, but what exactly is sales enablement? Well, it depends on who you ask. Sales enablement can mean many different things, but at its core is a way to improve sales performance and productivity.…

High tech: it’s so hot right now! Everything you touch nowadays has some sort of technology infused into it. Your refrigerator is smart, your watch is smart, and heck, your books are smart nowadays. High tech companies are everywhere you look and their commitment to improving traditional processes and platforms has naturally led them to…

If it feels like we’ve been talking about account based marketing (ABM) forever at this point, well, it’s because WE HAVE. You have vague memories of your 4th grade teacher going over the concept in class. You and your fellow classmates had confused looks on your faces as you turned to each other and whispered…

While you can trace the roots to the dawn of the digital age in the 1970’s, the term sales enablement was born in 2008. Forrester researched the topic and defined it as a “strategic, ongoing process that equips all client-facing employees with the ability to consistently and systematically have a valuable conversation with the right…

The decision to purchase and implement a sales enablement platform is not one that should be made lightly. It’s not like you’re buying gum here, you can’t just waltz in and select whatever catches your fancy at that particular moment. Unless you’re the kind of person with very exacting gum standards, then that analogy kind…

This article was originally published on Smart Selling Tools Blog.  If you’re a reader of Smart Selling Tools, chances are you understand the inherent value in equipping sellers with the materials they need to engage buyers.  But what is that value, exactly? We at Seismic recently partnered with research firm Demand Metric to find out…

2018 poses many challenges for the healthcare industry, but especially for Marketing and Sales. The new buying mix, and with the industry lacking in technological advancements, many healthcare organizations still struggle with how to best connect with their consumers. When Sales teams aren’t performing optimally, the entire organization can feel it. Not only economically, but…

It wouldn’t be Halloween without a little scare or trickery—but I can assure you that an inefficient Sales team is no treat for your organization. When Sales teams aren’t performing optimally, the entire organization can feel it. Not only from a monetary perspective, but from a brand integrity and customer experience perspective as well. Here…

In an interview with FundFire last year, Amanda Tepper, president of AM 20/20, a consultancy, said of RFP responses, “You really need to be paying attention to what you are doing. The more rote you are, the more likely you are to make a mistake and to have wasted a lot of time. Quality matters…