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Can You Make Your Goal This Year?

Mr. Inside Sales

When I ask that question at a sales conference, the majority say no, they can’t. In 1998, this Texas software engineer woke up with numbness in his legs. In 2004, he couldn’t walk any longer. You can achieve superstar performance in sales—others have, and you have the same ability to as well. But Patrick didn’t give up.

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The ROI of ROI

No More Cold Calling

Guest blogger, Michael Nick, explains where (and how) to use ROI in your sales process. This rubbish comes from people looking for headlines or who really don’t understand the concept of client relationships and how sales tools can help identify issues and monetize value. In your current sales process, what do you do first?

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Finding Business Success with CRM

SugarCRM

The concepts of “try before you buy”, open-source, and Software as a Service (SaaS) were gaining ground as enterprise software fell flat with empty promises during the dot-com bubble burst. Working for my father had put me in the software industry at a very young age when many people didn’t even know it existed.

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Combating Disengagement: What can be done about workers’ lack of interest in their jobs?

Sales and Marketing Management

Many of the managers, sales coaches and consultants who responded to a query we posted while researching this story said purposeful work is the only way to drive engagement. Also, every sale is compensated the same even though some carriers may provide HealthMarkets a higher commission than others. “I Does it work?

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Technology Sales & Marketing - Party Like its 1999?

The ROI Guy

Technology Sales & Marketing - Party Like its 1999? A Q&A with me on latest IT sales and marketing metrics, trends and best practices Is 2006 shaping up to be a good year for IT spending growth? in 2006, with annual growth in software sales leading the way at 7.0%. On average, how much do IT firms spend on marketing?

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The ROI of Business Intelligence

The ROI Guy

Business intelligence (BI) software offerings, such as that offered by Hyperion and SAS, hold great promise to automate consolidation, analysis, presentation, reporting and compliance capabilities necessary to free enterprise data for actionable insight. In 2004, while most IT spending was flat, the BI market grew 11% to reach $4.3

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Everything You Need to Know About Choosing the Best VoIP Providers

Sales Hacker

They’d come in and run wiring, then assign phone numbers to each sales rep’s desk. Benefits of VoIP for Sales. Look at the software you already have ­– or the software solutions you’re putting in place. 9) Integrated software. Benefits of VoIP for Sales. Benefits of VoIP for Sales. Top VoIP Providers.

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