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Angry customer? Why that’s actually good news for you

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

Putting it into practice Let’s see how this method would work with, say, a customer who calls in sputtering mad because the software package you sold him keeps spitting out error messages. He raises his voice: “Your stupid software is broken again. His people are up in arms. Why hasn’t this been fixed yet?”

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Beyond Financials: VC & IPO Due Diligence on Sales & Marketing Metrics

Pointclear

Curious about how long each has been a public company, I checked on the years in which their stocks were offered: Salesforce.com – 2004; SuccessFactors – 2007; and NetSuite – 2007. Customer needs can shift quickly. Frequent and rapid new competitor product introductions.

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Is It Time to Get Real About Social Selling?

Jonathan Farrington

. . Today’s article was inspired by my colleague Barb Giamanco’s recent post What Sales Leaders Really Need to Know About Social Selling. What I found particularly – and I might add refreshingly – honest about Barb’s commentary was her forthright assertion that social selling is NOT the be all and end all. Well, for two reasons: 1.

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20 Clutch Sales Prospecting Tools for 2022

Crunchbase

Although no number of lead prospecting tools can replace the value of the personal touch of relationship building, taking advantage of modern sales prospecting software is an easy way to cut down on tedious and repetitious tasks so you can close more deals. For instance, software can be used to search and manage a prospect list.

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The ROI of RFID in the Supply Chain

The ROI Guy

For example, as cited in an article appearing in World Trade Magazine ("RFID: Taking Stock of the Wal-Mart Pilot," by N. Software and Integration: The cost for software and integration is higher, averaging $500,000 for a small deployment to $2 million or more for a large installation.

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