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B2B Sales
Building and Growing Existing Accounts: The Vital Role ...
Building and growing existing accounts is a crucial aspect of business strategy,...
Capturing Client & Prospect Communication: Unveiling th...
This article emphasizes the importance of using CRM to capture client and prospe...
Sales Forecasting: A Strategic Imperative
Sales forecasting is crucial for B2B organizations in a competitive landscape. A...
Storing and Organizing Customer Data in Sales: Crucial ...
In the ever-evolving world of B2B sales, storing and organizing customer data ha...
CRM Testing Methodology v2
Choosing the right CRM for you is a complex matter. We've devised a CRM testing ...
Best Free CRMs: Agile CRM Review
Is Agile CRM the best free CRM out there? In this in-depth review we see if it s...
Where does Sales Technology Go When it Dies?
Where does Sales Tech Go when it Dies?? A Halloween Story about sales technology...
Best Free CRMs: monday.com Free CRM Review
Is the monday.com free CRM the best free CRM out there? In this in-depth review ...
Click-to-Dial with Spreadsheets
Click-to-Dial with SpreadsheetsThis guide to Click to Dial with Spreadsheets was...
Revolutionizing B2B Sales: Impact of AI-Tools on Custom...
Amid the rapid evolution of the B2B sales domain, businesses need to integrate c...
Best Free CRMs: Membrain Free CRM Review
Is the Membrain free CRM the best free CRM out there? In this in-depth review we...
Mastering the Art of B2B Sales Negotiations: Offensive ...
If you want to retain more of your revenue, profit, and commissions whi...
Proven B2B Sales Strategies to Close More Deals and Bui...
Unlock the secrets to consistently winning more deals, earning client t...
Sales Pipeline Management As Your Revenue Engine
Sales is all about movement—movement through stages, movement toward a ...
Effective Sales Training for B2B Sales Teams
Sales professionals realize that staying ahead in this fast-paced busin...
How AI Revolutionized My Creative Process: A Case Study...
Unlock the secrets to supercharging your creativity and productivity by...
Out with Outdated: Modern Strategies to Achieve Sales R...
Allow me to paint a vivid picture of the rapidly evolving sales landsca...
Top 8 Common Sales and Leadership Mistakes (And How to ...
Want to fast-track your sales and leadership success? Avoiding these co...
Mastering the Art of Selling Commodities: Proven Strate...
Selling a commodity may seem like a losing battle, but it’s actually yo...
How to Sell When No One is Buying: Strategies for B2B S...
When it feels like no one’s buying, it can be downright frustrating. Al...
Why Your Sales Team Keeps Losing Executive Buyers—and W...
Executive B2B buyers aren’t ignoring your sales team—they’re shutting t...
The 7-Step Framework That Turns Value Propositions Into...
Here’s a hard truth all B2B sales leaders need to hear: 86% of sales me...
The Hidden Gold in Your B2B Client's Business Segments:...
B2B Sales teams win or lose based on how well they understand their cli...
The Knowledge Crisis: How Retiring Talent Puts Your Sal...
Approximately 10,000 baby boomers reach retirement age daily, creating ...
Understanding What Drives Your Clients: The ClientIQ Ad...
B2B sales reps often walk into client meetings with high hopes, only to...
Beyond the Funnel: How to Engage Executive Buyers Earli...
They’re Already Halfway GoneExecutive B2B buyers are bypassing the trad...
B2B Sales Slowdown: Why Your Teams Are Struggling to Cl...
B2B sales complexity is increasing, and close rates are lagging as deal...
Breaking Through with Executives: How ClientIQ Builds C...
B2B sales reps only get one chance to make an impression with executive...
Closing the Gap: Shorten B2B Sales Cycles by Addressing...
When Momentum Slows, Deals StallSales cycles are getting longer, and wi...
Can We Bring Science to Sales Development? Testing Comp...
This is the second part of a series which asks the question, “Is Teleprospecting...
Boost B2B Revenue: Prioritize Current Customers Now!
“We know more about our prospects than our current customers.” When a client rec...
The Psychology of Lead Nurturing: Understanding the Peo...
Let me share something that transformed how I think about lead nurturing: 95% of...
Is Sales Development Too Complex for Testing? What I’ve...
Teleprospecting has significantly more variables than email, landing pages, and ...
Building an Effective ABM Lead List: Precision Beats Vo...
A broad list of generic leads won’t cut when targeting high-value accounts. For ...
Transform Your Lead Management: A Customer-Centric Appr...
Transform your lead management process and boost conversion rates with our prove...
What CEOs Want from B2B Marketing: The Metrics That Act...
Find out the 6 most important marketing metrics that CEOs love along with tips a...
The Essential Traits of Successful Sales Development Re...
During a recent B2B Roundtable Webinar about sales development, someone asked me...
The Empathy Paradox: Why Even Customer-Centric Marketer...
No one will ever say “we don't focus on the customer. Learn why (even empathetic...
Email Marketing: 3 lead nurture paths you should automate
Marketing automation can help you manage lead nurturing in a complex marketplace...
Can Referrals Really Scale?
They’d better. Otherwise, it’s a waste of your time and money. Sales leaders com...
Sales Lessons We Can Learn from the 2024 Olympics
Rusty sales skills won’t win the gold. Gold medals aren’t just handed to Olympic...
CROs: Why You Need a Referral Program for Your Sales Team
Referrals solve the key problems that modern sales leaders face. CROs face const...
2025 Sales Success Starts Now
It’s time to start your sales prep for 2025. Try these tactics. There’s an old a...
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You’ve Got to Meet Yourself Before You Meet the Prospec...
Here’s what you might have missed from No More Cold Calling this quarter. If you...
Without ROI, Your Sale Is DOA
Forget the bells and whistles. Your clients want to know what you can do for the...
Building Tomorrow’s Success: How to Capture New Sales O...
You have a more important goal than closing business for Q4. No, you don’t need ...
Are You Tracking the Right Referral Success Metrics?
Do you have the wrong KPIs? “Revenue is the only metric that matters.” Somebody ...
How to Turn Your Suspects Into Qualified Prospects
Stop chasing suspects. Focus on winning prospects. Ben confided in me about the ...
A Real Wake-Up Call for Thanksgiving
Jill Konrath has a message for all Americans about how to create a better future...
New Data on How SDR to AE Promotions Have Slowed
I saw an interesting LinkedIn post from Tito Bohrt the other day. He wr...
The 2021 SDR Metrics Report is Here
UPDATE: The 2023 Sales Development Metrics Report is published and avai...
State of the B2B Labor Market: Q1 2021 Edition
We’ve been closely following the B2B tech hiring market over the last t...
Participate in 2021 AE Research
UPDATE: The 2022 SaaS AE Metrics & Compensation Report is published and...
Participate in 2022-23 SDR Research
UPDATE: The 2023 Sales Development Metrics Report is published and avai...
The 2023 SDR Metrics Report is Here
COVID-19, the great resignation, inflation, 425 bps in rate hikes fr...
Participate in 2023 AE Research
Today we launch our 2023 Account Executive motions, metrics, and compe...
Attrition Assumptions for the 2024 SDR Plan
Last month, I just put together a presentation for a handful of VC-back...
2024 SaaS AE Metrics & Compensation: Benchmark Report
The 2024 Benchmark Report is our latest dive into metrics and compensat...
Participate in 2025 SDR Research
Today, we launch our 2025 SDR motions, metrics, and compensation resea...
B2B Market Intelligence
Market intelligence (MI) involves the collection and analysis of information per...
Exploring the Latest Sustainability Sales Opportunities
Exploring the Latest Sustainability Sales Opportunities. In today’s rapidly evol...
Reactance in Sales
Understanding Reactance in Sales: How Freedom Influences Buying Decisions In the...
Knowing When to Walk Away
Knowing When to Walk Away: The Art of Qualifying Out of a Sale One of the functi...
Availability Heuristic in Sales
The Availability Heuristic in Sales: How Immediate Memories Shape Customer Decis...
The Sunk Cost Fallacy in Sales
The Sunk Cost Fallacy in Sales: How to Recognize and Avoid It In the world of sa...
Curb Your Enthusiasm in Sales
Curb Your Enthusiasm in Sales: The Key to Authentic Connections and Long-Term Su...
The Art of Business to Business Selling: Strategies for...
In today’s competitive market, business to business selling (B2B) has become mor...
The Role of Case Studies in Consultative Selling: A Com...
In today’s competitive business environment, consultative selling has become an ...
Anchoring Bias in Sales: How to Leverage It Effectively
When it comes to sales, psychology plays a vital role. One of the most powerful ...
Reflecting On “Founder Mode”
Since Paul Graham’s fascinating article on Founder Mode, I’ve been reading/rerea...
When Deals Stall……
When deals stall it’s a sign that something has to change! All of us have experi...
Loss Aversion…..
None of us like to lose! As sellers, we expect tough competition and challenges,...
“Activities Don’t Drive Strategy!”
Brandon Fluharty made a brilliant observation: Activities Don’t Drive Strategy! ...
Until People Are Interested In The Questions, The Answe...
Charlie Green and I had a fascinating conversation about a person he’s coaching....
A Seller’s Dream, “Customers Don’t Want To See Sellers!”
We’ve all seen the data. Customer would prefer a rep-free buying experience! And...
It’s Not Your Job To Solve The Problems!
I grew in my career establishing myself as a “Problem Solver.” Finding and fixin...
We Talk About Problems Differently Than Our Customers T...
I had a fascinating conversation today. It was with an entrepreneur doing fascin...
“The 4 Hour Work Week!”
No, I’m not doing a review of Tim Ferris’ “The 4 Hour Work Week,” 17 years after...
Speaking About PIPs……..
Yeah, yeah, I know you are thinking, “What a downer Dave! Can’t you write about ...
2023: Year In Review
Yes, 2023 was a tough one! Probably the most difficult year I’ve ever experience...
Our secret sauce does not work in the United States
As you know, BizXpand helps high-tech B2B companies book more meetings in DACH (...
How to Sell Solutions that contain AI on the German Market
I have been hearing of dozens of new products and new startups being created to ...
EU Manufacturing Has Changed How They Buy in 2024
We work with a number of industries in the German speaking market. None has chan...
Outbound Lead Generation 2023: we booked 767 qualified ...
Great Outbound Lead Generation is all about providing small chunks of value to p...
State of BizXpand March 2024
We usually talk about industries and markets of our clients. Today, I will talk...
When did the Sales-Marketing Conflict Resurface?
Hey! Martin speaking. I’m observing a growing number of companies embroiled in i...
Unreachable Prospects
Recently, we had a client where the salespeople suggested that they only want to...
Tips for email prospecting: Increase your reply rate
Today I learned a very useful tip from my colleague Aleksandra, which I would li...
Three unpopular facts about cold calling
Yes, there’s a renaissance of Cold Calling in the B2B space and the conversion r...
Top 10 Free Alternatives to Calendly You Should Try
In our selection of the best online appointment scheduling software, Calendly is...
Top 10 Best Business Development Agencies
In an opaque market and faced with a wide range of offers, it’s hard to know whi...
CRM Comparison – Benchmark of the 10 best CRM softwares...
Choosing the right CRM software is a strategic but complex decision, given the s...
HubSpot Pricing Guide: Everything You Need to Know Abou...
Curious about HubSpot’s pricing? It ranges from $0 to several thousand dollars p...
Our review of Starter, Salesforce’s all-in-one package ...
Salesforce has introduced a $25 per user per month offer in 2023, granting acces...
Top 7 Best Alternatives to Zapier for automating your t...
For many, Zapier is the go-to platform for automation. However, numerous competi...
Our review of Pipedrive, the CRM with the best adoption...
Pipedrive is a bluffing tool when it comes to managing your sales tunnel. The in...
Is Monday CRM Right for Your Sales Team? Full Review & ...
Do you know Monday as a project management application? Monday is widely praised...
Pipedrive pricing: Subscription prices and deployment c...
Pipedrive is a relatively inexpensive solution in terms of licenses, costing aro...