Win the sales moments that matter, every day. Take a deep dive into the day-to-day skills and behaviors proven to win in complex selling and buying environments. Hosted by the team that brought you the best-selling books, "The Challenger Sale" and "The Challenger Customer." Learn more about our "Winning the Challenger Sale" webinar series here: https://www.challengerinc.com/events/
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Marketing has changed. Ads are more expensive, standing out in a flooded inbox is so much harder, and the funnel isn’t a fun buying experience. If you want to solve the problems you’re facing as a marketer, it’s time to build a new playbook. Each episode of the Nearbound Marketing podcast features practitioners in the trenches of B2B Marketing who shares their insights on topics such as content marketing, influencer marketing, evangelism, affiliates, marketing partnerships, employee advocacy ...
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#107: Mentoring the Next Generation of Successful Sales Leaders
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The sales profession has evolved, but one thing has remained the same: the power and importance of mentorship. Where sales leaders once learned in person from each other in unstructured meetings — office banter, going to lunch, connecting at conferences or networking events — many of today’s professionals now work primarily from home. So how can we…
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#106: Accelerating Pipeline with a Unified ABM Strategy
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What does account-based marketing (ABM) look like in 2024? For most people, they talk about it as a platform, and not a strategy. When you embrace ABM as a critical part of your GTM strategy, you can break down internal barriers and bring marketing, sales and customer together to create the ultimate account experience. Kristina Jaramillo, president…
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#105: Balancing the Art and Science of Selling
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For sellers, the past few years have shown that feast or famine, repeatable and dependable sales process wins every time. Kendra Tucker, CEO at Truckstop, joins Challenger CEO Andee Harris on this episode to talk about what she’s learned from her experience in private equity and as a sales leader. Kendra talks about how process guided Truckstop thr…
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#104: How Challengers Thrive in a Fear-Driven Market
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You know your conversion rates, historical conversion rates, and territory inside and out. You have more data at your fingertips than ever before and your buyers keep saying yes — but then they don’t sign (or worse, disappear.). As sales leaders look back at 2023, many of them find themselves asking where things went wrong with customers during the…
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3 LinkedIn Thought Leader Ad Types (& How to Run Them)
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In this episode, Logan speaks with Justin Rowe with Impactable about: What are LinkedIn Thought Leader Ads? Justin's "pond theory" about LinkedIn 3 types of Thought Leader Ads you can run (& how to execute them) Some Extra Resources You'll Enjoy: Thought Leader Ad Example #1 (Cold) Thought Leader Ad Example #2 (Cold) Thought Leader Ad Example #3 (R…
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2024 promises more obstacles than ever for sellers, with increasingly elongated sales cycles, creeping increased indecision and tighter budgets. But what exactly does that mean for you and your sales team? Despite this bleak outlook, Matt Doyon, co-founder and CEO of Triple Session and author of “Revenue Revolution,” has a striking forecast: this y…
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In this episode, Logan speaks with Jessica Fewless with Inverta about: What is Nearbound ABM? How is it different from "standard" ABM strategy? Why is Nearbound ABM important right now? The 8 steps to execute a Nearbound ABM strategy this year To see the full video version of this conversation, check out: Nearbound Marketing on YouTube If you enjoy…
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#102: From Stalled to Sealed: Winning Sales Strategies For Today
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Why aren’t you winning? For so many modern sellers, the answer is only visible once it’s too late. According to research published in The JOLT Effect, 40-60% of deals are lost to this nearly-invisible force. This week on WTCS we’re joined by Ted McKenna, founding partner at DCM Insights and co-author of The JOLT Effect, to break down indecision’s i…
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From Funnel to Bowtie: The Total Impact of Nearbound Marketing
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In this episode, Jessie Shipman discuss the critical importance of partnerships in the SaaS (Software as a Service) industry. We explore associations in relation to the 'Bowtie' recurring revenue and impact model, emphasizing how partnerships span across the entire 'funnel'. The conversation includes insights into the strategies and metrics for par…
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120% More Referral Revenue (With One Small Tweak) w/ Michael Cole
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In this episode, Logan Lyles talks to Michael Cole, the SVP of Marketing at Everflow, about successfully scaling referral partner programs. Michael shares how Everflow, a partner marketing platform, has seen a 120% increase year over year in their referral channel by making one small tweak to how they compensate their referral partners within the p…
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#101: Insights from the Frontline at Challenger
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Throughout 2023, businesses experienced tightening budgets, layoffs, increasing numbers of stakeholders, longer deal cycles — yet expectations remain as high as ever. Nader Pishdad, principal executive advisor at Challenger, joins Challenger CEO Andee Harris to dive into trendand hypotheses for the coming year from both buyers and sellers — and wha…
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Avoid This Common Webinar Mistake w/ Justin Zimmerman
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In this episode, Justin Zimmerman, founder of PartnerWebinar.com lays out a new solution to a common mistake in webinar execution for B2B marketing teams. They discuss the effectiveness of webinars in Nearbound marketing and the need for a 'test-first' mindset in both partnerships and marketing. Zimmerman's strategy focuses on capturing native dema…
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Renata Centurion, Managing Partner, Director at Winning by Design. This speaker from the Demand Gen Summit discusses what Winning by Designs' go-to-market strategies are. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 1:05 - Importance of cloud infrastructure and internet SaaS. 6:25 - Principles of go-to-market. 9:1…
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Webinars That Wow: Strategies for Engaging Structures and Dynamic Framework
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Ollie Whitfield, Marketing Team Lead at VanillaSoft. This speaker from the Demand Gen Summit discusses how to strategically plan out webinars that maintain engaging structures for audience members. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 1:19 - Attention retention strategies are presented. 3:24 - 3 points of …
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3 Ways to Effectively Engage with Executive Level Prospects
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Peter Strohkorb, Founder & CEO of Peter Strohkorb Sales Advisory. This speaker from the Demand Gen Summit discusses how salespeople can effectively engage with executive level prospects. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 0:53 - Introduction. 2:50 - Ineffective communication strategies like pitch slappin…
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Christopher Engman, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Megadeals. This speaker from the Demand Gen Summit discusses how Megadeals performs in the enterprise Saas space. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 1:06 - Market volumes and the dominance of certain companies. 2:14 - Cross-functional decisions, comple…
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B2B Buyers' Journey: How Sellers Can Align and Win
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Kris, Revenue Growth Leader at WINsights. This speaker from the Demand Gen Summit discusses how sellers can better align to close more deals and win. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 2:00 - insights into the evolving B2B buyer's journey. 12:03 - the percentage of sellers who are reactive versus proacti…
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Driving Growth through RevOps Excellence and ABM Strategies
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Lorena Morales, Director of Global Digital Marketing at JLL. This speaker from the Demand Gen Summit discusses how to drive more growth through RevOps . To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 2:00 - B2B buyer’s journey is constantly evolving. 10:22 - Buyers rely on secondary research, review ratings, webinar…
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Amarpreet Kalkat, Founder & CEO of Humantic AI. This speaker from the Demand Gen Summit discusses how artificial intelligence is utilized throughout sales. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 0:20 - What is the role of AI in sales? 4:21 - The significance of generative AI and it’s impact on sellers. 5:02 …
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Chris Frank, Head of Marketing at Lumos. This speaker from the Demand Gen Summit discusses what marketing and sales alignment is and how it can be utilized to create more efficiency within a company. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 1:18 - Focus on the human side of go-to-market strategies. 7:55 - Ther…
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The Productivity Playbook: Unlocking Time Management and Prioritization Secrets
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Hana Jacover, Leadership & Executive Coach at The Hype House. This speaker from the Demand Gen Summit discusses how to unlock time management and prioritization secrets. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 3:19 - Build protocols that incorporate both external and internal elements for a holistic view of p…
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Vladislav Podolyako, Founder & CEO of Belkins. This speaker from the Demand Gen Summit discusses how marketers and sales executives gain a customers' trust in just 7 seconds. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 6:18 - different types of emails, focusing on the importance of trust-building through text in …
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Garrett Mehrguth, President & CEO of Directive. This speakers from the Demand Gen Summit discusses how customer generation drives growth. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 2:03 - Move beyond leads, utilize multichannel marketing. 8:23 - The need for a clear North Star metric in software companies and di…
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Lianna Kinard, CMO at The Buckner Company. This speaker from the Demand Gen Summit discusses the science of marketing; how to understand important trends to consumer behavior. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 2:06 - Importance of understanding marketing trends and consumer behavior 3:15 - There is infl…
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Integrating Programmatic with PPC and Paid Social to Drive Performance
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Julianne Martin, CMO at Above the Fold. This speaker from the Demand Gen Summit discusses how to drive performance through integrating programmatic with PPC and paid social. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 1:50 - The evolution of digital marketing and the importance of considering all campaign touchpo…
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Mia Umanos, CEO of Clickvoyant. This speaker from the Demand Gen Summit discusses how to utilize Google Analytics 4, best practices, and simple use tools. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 4:17 - What are white paper downloads? 5:14 - Importance of behavioral data. 7:34 - Event parameters in Google Anal…
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Radical Reinvention: 5 Lessons Learned from the Racetrack
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Emily Franson, currently consulting, former VP at Nu Skin. This speaker from the Demand Gen Summit discusses what marketing and sales alignment is and how it can be utilized to create more efficiency within a company. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 0:50 - What are some challenges faced by enterprises…
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Kris Rudeegraap, CEO of Sendoso. This speaker from the Demand Gen Summit discusses the importance of full funnel marketing and 7 different gifting plays to add to your playbook. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 2:48 – What are the company’s user base and campaign stats? 9:10 – Invest in customer experi…
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I Spoke with 50 People about How They Build Sales Tech: The Answers May Surprise You
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David Dulany, Founder & CEO of Tenbound. This speaker from the Demand Gen Summit discusses how other individuals, Founders, CEO's, etc., build sales technology. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 2:26 - What are some of the issues with alignment of revenue engines, people, processes, technology, and the …
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Jeremy Sporn, President at Royce Brooks Media. Kristy Morris, Senior Marketing Leader at Big Tech. Mariah West, VP of Marketing at ViB. These speakers from the Demand Gen Summit discuss ABM and how to effectively utilize it within your company's evolving strategic plays. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps…
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How to Increase the Results from your Cold Outreach Exponentially
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Tim Hughes, Founder of DLA Ignite. This speaker from the Demand Gen Summit discusses the best strategies on how to increase the results of your cold outreach. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 1:31 - Author of “Social Selling”, available on Amazon. 3:30 - There is a changing landscape of sales and marke…
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Andre Yee, Founder of Tiga.ai. Billy Bateman, Co-Founder of Signals. These speakers from the Demand Gen Summit discuss the best practices of AI in sales and marketing strategies. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 3:54 - Discussion on the effectiveness of sales engagement platforms and the varying opinio…
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#100: Can You Actually be Authentic at Work?
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In this special 100th episode of Winning The Challenger Sale podcast, we’re joined by Ramsey Jay, Jr., Principal at Ramsey Jay, Jr. and Associates and co-author of The Mentorship Engine, who shares how to shift sales teams’ mindsets and build successful, optimized workplace cultures to supercharge sales teams heading into 2024. Host Andee Harris, C…
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Daniel Priestley, Founder of Dent Global. Daniel spoke at the Demand Gen Summit, bringing to light opportunities of generating demand by utilizing a waitlist. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 2:55 - The importance of demand generation and its relevance in economics. 9:06 - Promote the waiting list as a…
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Overcoming the Buyer’s Mental Spam Filter
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Jen Allen-Knuth, Evangelist Partner at Lavender. This speaker from the Demand Gen Summit discuss how to overcome the buyer's mental spam filter. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 2:48 - Personalized emails compared to automated ones and have a much higher rate of reply. 6:42 - Explore slack communities …
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How to Utilize LinkedIn to Increase Your Revenue
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Thomas Helfrich, CEO of Instantly Relevant. This speaker from the Demand Gen Summit discuss what strategies to use on LinkedIn to enhance revenue. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 3:17 - There's necessity of various phases for success and execution on LinkedIn. 4:04 -Set up a good intentional foundatio…
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7 Ways to Take Back Control of Your Go-to-Market and Get Revenue Growing
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Mark Kilens, CEO & Co-Founder of Tack. Mark spoke at the Demand Gen Summit, discussing how companies can take back control of their go-to-market strategies to drive more revenue. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 1:18 - There is a need for businesses to adopt a different GTM approach. The concept of “pe…
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How to get Marketing & Sales Speaking the Same Language
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Matthew Ward, Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group. Scott Rhodes, Associate Director at Boston Consulting Group. These speakers from the Demand Gen Summit will talk about how to create more alignment between your marketing and sales teams by speaking the same language. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin.…
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How to Blend ABM and Demand Gen to Drive More Revenue
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Vladimir Blagojevic, Co-Founder of FullFunnel.io. Vlad spoke at the Demand Gen Summit, discussing the best ways to blend ABM and Demand Gen in order to drive more revenue. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 00:17 - Introduction to ABM and demand generation. 2:38 - How to build a customer journey map to b…
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How to Run an Effective LinkedIn Ads Campaign
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Jonathan Bland, Co-Founder of OmniLab Consulting. Jason Steele, Co-Founder of OmniLab consulting. These two speakers from the Demand Gen Summit will discuss how to utilize LinkedIn to create more revenue. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 00:40 - Introducing different marketing philosophies. 4:38 - What…
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The First Step to ABM is Activation: How to Take the First Step of ABM so it Won’t Fail
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Mason Cosby, Founder of ScrappyABM. Mason, a speaker from the Demand Gen Summit, will discuss how to take the first step of ABM so it won't fail. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 4:15 – What are some challenges of implementing new technology? 6:53 - Missed meeting playbook. 7:49 – Description of activa…
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Kelly Hopping, CMO at Demandbase. John Eitel, CRO at Demandbase. These speakers from the Demand Gen Summit discuss what marketing and sales alignment is and how it can be utilized to create more efficiency within a company. To stay current on our latest events, follow us on Linkedin. Useful Timestamps: 5:42 - What is leadership and synchronization …
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$14MM in Net-New ARR through LinkedIn Evangelism w/ Chris Walker
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In this episode, Logan talks with Chris Walker, the CEO of Refine Labs, the importance of personal brand building using LinkedIn, and implementing a demand creation strategy. Chris emphasizes the need for executives to be engaged in the marketing process, posting content regularly and harnessing key opinion leaders for their insights. He discusses …
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What makes an efficient and successful modern selling machine? Customized, personalized tactics aligned directly to the customer journey. Alice Heiman, founder and “chief sales energizer” at Sales Strategies for CEOs has helped countless CEOs shift their mindset from traditional methods to a modernized approach — leading the way with strong collabo…
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#98: Closing Complex Deals in a Changing Economic Landscape
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What marks the difference between a prepared seller and an unprepared rep? Whichever one follows the fundamentals of sales during times of ease will be the one who successfully navigates volatile markets. Intentionality, strategy, discovery — remember those cornerstones and your sales team will rise above any coming adversity. Jeb Blount, CEO at Sa…
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#97: Tackling Q4: Sales Strategies from an NFL Pro Turned Sales Leader
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Does AI hold the key to your end-of-year success? What are the effective ways that organizations are using it to drive results? Explore the role of AI in sales strategy, from identifying in-market accounts to streamlining processes, and discover innovative prospecting tactics that drive success, even in these challenging times. In this episode, And…
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#96: Seal the Deal with Customer-Centric Experiences
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What’s the key to creating end-of-year momentum? Creating the best buyer experience, prioritizing the right deals, and implementing feedback. Invest in these three strategies, and your sales team will optimize their performance in the final weeks of 2023 and launch into the new year with confidence. Sam Senior, co-founder and CEO at Testbox, joins …
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#95: Customer Messaging that Seals the Deal
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Think of your sales pipeline as less like a funnel and more like a subway map — your sellers can take multiple routes to close, as long as they head in the right general direction. It’s up to you to identify each customer’s unique journey — and that can’t be done without explicit efforts to foster relationships and customer-led growth. Building tru…
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#94: Want Account Growth? Make Your Business Indispensable
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Today’s market is complex and unpredictable, but one thing is certain — retention matters more now than ever before. By embracing the role of a trusted advisor and focusing on overall profitability over top-line growth, sales leaders can navigate the rollercoaster days ahead. In this episode, Andee Harris sits down with Marinus Maris, industry vete…
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#93: From Lost to Loyalty: Navigating the Path to Account Growth
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How can sales leaders become trusted advisors and overcome the challenges of an elongated sales process while accounting for ever-evolving buyer behavior? In this episode of Winning The Challenger Sale, Krysten Conner shares effective strategies for building strong client relationships and solutions that drive retention and account growth. Krysten …
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