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How Sales Operations Can Link Product Management to the Buyer

SBI Growth

Tony Zambito recently wrote a compelling article about the need to inform the buyer. What if the buyer isn’t buying from your company, even if they are informed? In spite of this, what if the buyer awarded their business to a competitor because your product simply isn’t good enough? The buyer knows why. They read reviews.

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What is the Best Sales Process for Increasing Sales?

Understanding the Sales Force

Having founded Kurlan & Associates in 1985 and Objective Management Group in 1990, the only surprise should be that it took so long to combine the two passions and write Baseline Selling – How to Become a Sales Superstar by Using What You Already Know about the Game of Baseball , in 2005.

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Do You Need Training Even While You are Still Making Sales?

Jeff Shore

I am having flashbacks of 2005…economically speaking that is. If you were in sales in 2005, things were booming. Academy is an intensive learning cycle where sales professionals MASTER the modern art of closing the sale in today’s market with today’s buyer. By Ryan Taft. ?I I need to confess something to you. Yes, and no.

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A Modern Take on Sales Coaching

Xvoyant

To say the state of sales today is radically different than it was in 2005 would be an understatement. Buyers have changed. Today’s salesperson is different than the GenX salesperson of 2005. A 2005 Salesperson valued compensation above all else. By : Rob Jeppsen. 6 min read. The Modern Sales Environment.

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Rejection - Why it is the #1 Enemy in Modern Selling

Understanding the Sales Force

It''s my favorite series, and I''ve been adding to it since the inception of this Blog in 2005 when he was 3. Most of the sales bloggers don''t touch on rejection but when it does comes up, it''s usually in the context of fear, as in fear of rejection. He is relentless, fearless and passionate about anything he wants from us. No problem.

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Simple Metaphors for High Stakes Situations

Anne Miller

First Chief Justice Roberts at his confirmation hearing in 2005 with his baseball analogy and now, most recently, at Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing with her Jenga and chess metaphors. Chief Justice Roberts. Like Roberts and Barrett, in your situations, think through the best analogies/metaphors to make your points. Anne Miller.

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The Beginner’s Guide to YouTube for B2B Marketing

Zoominfo

Since its inception in 2005, YouTube has become more than just the most popular video-sharing platform– it’s one of the most popular websites on the internet, period. 43% of B2B buyers use online video to research products or services for their business ( source ). 400 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute.

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