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HubSpot Sales Enterprise: The Great, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
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HubSpot Sales Enterprise: The Great, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

In 2014, HubSpot introduced a free CRM. In 2016, they introduced a suite of sales acceleration tools they called Sales Pro. On November 1, 2018, ...

Author's avatar by Peter Caputa IV | Jul 19, 2019
The Psychology of Sales Enablement (INBOUND 18 Session)
Sales

The Psychology of Sales Enablement (INBOUND 18 Session)

You might expect that “sales enablement” begins during the sales process. You know, due to the name. But, Amber Kemmis from SmartBug Media, a HubSpot ...

Author's avatar by Tamara Omerovic | Sep 13, 2018
How To Close Deals Faster at Your Agency (INBOUND 18 Session)
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How To Close Deals Faster at Your Agency (INBOUND 18 Session)

Karl Sakas started off his INBOUND talk with a painful story about one of his current clients, Christine. Christine was talking to a prospect that ...

Author's avatar by Tamara Omerovic | Sep 13, 2018
Maximize Your Nonprofit CRM: 5 Donor Management Tips
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Maximize Your Nonprofit CRM: 5 Donor Management Tips

These days, it’s a given that nonprofits of all shapes and sizes need to have a CRM on hand to manage constituent relationships. After all, ...

Author's avatar by Dan Quirk | Jul 26, 2019
How We Track Marketing and Sales KPIs With Databox + HubSpot [Case Study]
Marketing

How We Track Marketing and Sales KPIs With Databox + HubSpot [Case Study]

For many agencies, long-term clients are a true treasure. This is even more true for digital agencies. As the digital landscape shifts and organizations have ...

Author's avatar by Seth Fendley | May 17, 2022
This Trick Helped Shorten Our Lead Response Time to 14 Seconds [Data Snacks]
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This Trick Helped Shorten Our Lead Response Time to 14 Seconds [Data Snacks]

When it comes to conversational marketing, the operative word for executing a successful strategy is “conversational.” (Duh.) While bots are great and have many applications ...

Author's avatar by Chris Handy | Mar 29, 2018
Want More Signups? Track & Optimize Your Sales Funnel Like This Instead [Data Snacks]
Sales

Want More Signups? Track & Optimize Your Sales Funnel Like This Instead [Data Snacks]

The traditional view of your sales funnel is broken. When your marketing team is making bets on where to focus growth and optimization efforts, you ...

Author's avatar by Tamara Omerovic | Dec 18, 2023
Help Scout’s Next Phase of Growth
Sales

Help Scout’s Next Phase of Growth

Like most successful product-driven companies, Help Scout was tentative, at best, about the idea of sales. Its self-serve model had worked so well, amassing around ...

Author's avatar by Tamara Omerovic | Sep 24, 2021
What Changes After Your First 100 Customers? [Podcast]
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What Changes After Your First 100 Customers? [Podcast]

When we first launched Ground Up back in October, one of the first episodes we recorded was around the ideas, strategies, and insights behind acquiring ...

Author's avatar by Tamara Omerovic | Sep 24, 2021
The Only Cold Email KPIs That Matter for 2018
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The Only Cold Email KPIs That Matter for 2018

Ok, it’s not just 2018. The cold email KPIs that matter now are the same as the ones for 2017 and even before then. What ...

Author's avatar by Justin McGill | May 17, 2022
Improve Sales Rep Effectiveness With These 4 Data-Driven Tactics
Sales

Improve Sales Rep Effectiveness With These 4 Data-Driven Tactics

If you are solely measuring your sales reps based on number of opportunities created or deals closed, you stand little chance in helping them improve. Sure, that ...

Author's avatar by Tamara Omerovic | Dec 20, 2023
How To Craft An Annual Sales Plan That Accurately Predicts Growth
Sales

How To Craft An Annual Sales Plan That Accurately Predicts Growth

It’s that time of year. The painful ritual of creating an annual sales plan is upon us. This time of year is a mix of ...

Author's avatar by Doug Davidoff | Dec 20, 2023
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