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Timing is Everything

John Barrows

I still believe it would rival some of the best sales tools out there today if it was still available. Unfortunately, they developed it in 2006 when the market wasn’t ready, so it died. It was basically Salesloft + InsideView + Nova.ai baked directly into Salesforce. Uber wasn’t the first Uber.

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Becoming a SalesTech Entrepreneur: One Man’s Journey with Ankesh Kumar

SBI

An intro by Nancy Nardin, Founder, Smart Selling Tools. Some of you might recognize that name “John Morgridge” Just two year’s later in 1988, John joined a 4-yr old company with 34 employees at the time and ran it as CEO until 1995 and Chairman until 2006. I met Ankesh Kumar around this time last year.

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PowerViews with Jill Konrath: Changing Buyers Require Retooled Sales Reps

Pointclear

2012 Surprise: Slow Adoption of Technology Like Sales Intelligence Tools. And I’m not saying that these tools replace good selling, but they certainly augment it. She says the use of sales intelligence tools is good examples of technology that is critical to sales success today.

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The Advanced Guide to Inside Sales: Strategy, KPIs, and Tools for Success

Sales Hacker

In this model, junior sales reps make initial calls and set appointments for more experienced sales reps (often account executives) or “closers” to finish the deal. His job was to get prospects on the phone, pique interest, and then hand the phone over to an “experienced” sales rep (also known as an AE or Account Executive).

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Guest Post: Tackling the Impossible Sales Challenge

Jonathan Farrington

Selling to Big Companies was selected as a “must read” by Fortune “must read” and has been an Amazon Top 20 sales book since 2006. People who use Jill Konrath’s fresh sales strategies report results like this: I landed 14 new clients in 6 weeks with projects ranging from $50,000 to $1,000,000+.

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Technology Sales & Marketing - Party Like its 1999?

The ROI Guy

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%. The latest survey results were just released by IDC, and it looks like there is some cause for celebration.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Diametrically Opposed Forces: Selling.

The ROI Guy

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons.

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