7/31/2024 8:10:57 AM Over the next few years, AI is going to change sales and marketing: what do you need to do now, to combat these changes By Tim Hughes Jeremiah Owyang recently said in his newsletter, the following 6 points about the future of the internet and I thought it was worth...
7/30/2024 6:53:38 AM Why the summer is a great time for prospecting By Tim Hughes I read a post on Linkedin the other day that summer was a bad time for prospecting. The post outlined that in the world of legacy sales,...
7/26/2024 8:00:41 AM The problem today is that nobody wants to talk to your sales team and what you can do about it By Tim Hughes We talk to salespeople, sales leaders, marketers and senior leaders everyday and what they tell us is they need more conversations. If...
7/25/2024 12:13:01 PM Majority of deals are being lost because of a lack of a decision maker multi-threading so what can you do about it? By Tim Hughes In this research by ebsta they found that that buyers are more aware of making financial impact calculations or ROI (return on...
7/25/2024 7:43:33 AM With the switch from 2x pipeline to make quota to 3x, how will you make that 50% increase in pipe? By Tim Hughes Salesforce admitted during their recent earnings report that they now require salespeople to have 3x pipeline to make quota rather than...
7/24/2024 7:46:04 AM Why content is an outbound play not an inbound play By Tim Hughes When I look out over LinkedIn, you see people posting content. Content maybe a brochure, which we all know will say “buy my product...
7/23/2024 2:06:30 PM Win rates increase 3.1x when opportunities match ICP By Tim Hughes It probably does not surprise anybody that the more focused you get the more likely you are to get a get digital resonance with the...
7/23/2024 7:31:11 AM Do you close at the end of a sales job interview? By Tim Hughes In my recent #TimTalk podcast with Ian Moyse he shared some great advice about how to be interviewed for a sales job. You can access the...
7/19/2024 11:14:38 AM Sales cycles are getting longer - How can sales team respond? By Tim Hughes In this research by ebsta, they show that quota targets are growing by sales cycles are getting longer. Deal will be slowing because...
7/19/2024 7:50:01 AM How as a SaaS business you can reduce churn By Tim Hughes The AE has closed a deal and everybody is happy. The customer then gets handed over to the CSMs to look after. If your competition is...
7/17/2024 7:50:48 AM 46% of deals slipped in Q1 2024, 34% of deals slipped in Q2 2024, so how do you stop deals slipping? By Tim Hughes In this research by ebsta, they show that 46% of deals slipped in Q1 2024 34% of deals slipped in Q2 2024 So how do you stop deals...
7/16/2024 4:30:04 AM The first question from the sales leader at the job interview was “so why are we here?” - This is what happened next By Tim Hughes The first question from the sales leader at the job interview was “so why are we here?” None of this “talk me through your CV?” “where do...
7/12/2024 10:32:43 AM Only a quarter of reps are hitting target and what you can do about it By Tim Hughes In the latest report from ebsta called “H1 2024 B2B Sales Benchmarks - Reveal the attributes of top performers according to analysis of...
7/12/2024 7:21:51 AM How to beat the social algorithms By Tim Hughes Social networks will ALWAYS prioritize users over brands. We know that there are 1 billion people on LinkedIn, but nobody talks about how...
7/11/2024 8:23:55 AM The state of B2B sales today By Tim Hughes If you check out this Linkedin post and this report, what you will find is a current state of play for B2B sales. There is also this...
7/11/2024 7:37:33 AM Short lists are shrinking according to G2 By Tim Hughes Shortlists are shrinking according to research from G2. Where as, 45% percent of buyers had 4 to 7 products on their shortlists in 2023,...