What's the Future of B2B Sales? (Expert Interview)

As the Founder + CEO of Skaled Consulting, Jake Dunlap helps executives around the world accelerate business growth with data-backed sales solutions. Before building Skaled, he held the roles of VP of Sales at Nowait (acquired by Yelp), Head of Sales + Customer Success at Chartbeat, and VP of Sales at Glassdoor (acquired by Recruit Holdings for $1.2 billion dollars in 2018).Follow Jake on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakedunlap/Follow and connect with the host, Connor Dube on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/socialsellingexpert/Instagram: connor_dubeIf you're already thinking you need to find a more efficient way to conquer your monthly B2B content like blogs, newsletters, and social media – we’d like to show you how we can improve the quality, save you tons of time, and achieve better results! To learn more visit www.activeblogs.comKey Takeaways:Today’s customer has done their research. They can be 80% of the way through the sales process before you have contact with them. You need a strong understanding of the sales process — which is almost universal — and a clear picture of where your customer is in that process when they make contact.With sales technology, to get your full ROI, make a solid plan for deployment, systems integration, and continuous optimization. Identify the bottlenecks you have, and choose/use technology to address existing problems.Jake’s Top Sales Tech Stack Recommendations:For customizing and tracking steps in your sales process, Outreach.For a strong, clean data collection tool, LinkedIn Sales Navigator.For analytics to gauge the impact of your content, InsightSquared and Vidyard.For following up with personalized gifts, Sendoso.Hope you enjoyed this episode of B2B Mentors! Make sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast platform. Leave us a 5-star review, so your friends and colleagues can find us too. B2B Mentors is brought to you by activeblogs.com. Head over to our Content Trifecta page to schedule a chat with Connor about custom marketing content solutions for your company and the Content Trifecta effect!