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Developing a High-Performance Sales Team Using Tactics from Moneyball

The Sales Readiness Blog

The movie is an account of the Oakland Athletics baseball team's 2002 season and their general manager Billy Beane's attempts to assemble a competitive team on a minimal budget. You don’t have to be a baseball fan to enjoy the movie Moneyball with Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill.

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What’s New in the Sales World for 2013?

The Sales Hunter

The question is, “Are you still using 2012 strategies to sell or, even worse, are you still using 2002 strategies?” ” Sales Motivation Blog. If you haven’t noticed, it’s a new year. ” We’re now in 2013, and although it may seem like things haven’t changed, they have.

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The Adapter’s Advantage: Lori Richardson on Activating Sales Strategy

Allego

Lori founded Score More Sales in 2002 to help companies grow revenue through strategic sales efforts, using lessons learned from 20 years in B2B sales and leadership roles. I write about them on the Women Sales Pro blog. By having multiple voices say the same thing, we’re going to affect more change for more women in sales. “I’m

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5 Critical Things to Consider When Evaluating Lead Generation Companies

Pointclear

What is called “Inside Sales”, “Sales Support”, “Telesales” and dozens of other names is growing 15x faster than field sales—in fact, my colleague, Jonathan Farrington, published a blog stating that within three years 80 – 90% of all B2B transactions will be done online—most with some form of sales support but not field sales.

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Hitting Your Sales Goals: ‘Goal intentions’ aren’t enough

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

This blog entry is adapted from the Rapid Learning module “Why you miss your sales goals– and how to start hitting them.” The blog post and Rapid Learning video module are based on the following scholarly articles: Milne, S.E., You get the picture. British Journal of Health Medicine, 7, 163-184.

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Social Media Is a Marketing Tool Not Just for B2C – But Also for B2B By Debbie Laskey, MBA

Increase Sales

Since 2002, Debbie has served as a judge for the Web Marketing Association’s annual web award competition. Follow Debbie on Twitter ( [link] and Facebook ( [link] ), and visit her blog at [link]. Share on Facebook. Marketing B2B business to consumer Debbie Laskey marketing tool social media social media channels Twotter stream'

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6 Ways to Generate Urgency in B2B Sales

Janek Performance Group

It was instrumental in Kahneman winning the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics. Product sheets, blogs, and white papers are effective tools, especially when strategically deployed in the sales process. Prospect Theory A theory of behavioral economics and finance, this idea was developed by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky in 1979.

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