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Taking the Lead: Why Q4 Is the Time for Small Businesses to Get Aggressive

Sales and Marketing Management

Following the 2008 recession, it took larger companies an average of four years to recover their pre-recession level of GDP , while smaller companies took six years. Planned marketing hiring has dropped to its lowest point, going negative for the first time since the survey began in 2008, with average hiring estimated to be -3.5%

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The Pipeline ? Removing The Barrier From Sales ? Sales eXchange.

The Pipeline

December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. August 2008. April 2008. March 2008. February 2008. January 2008. Sales eXchange , Sales Success , Self improvement , Tibor Shanto , Win/loss analysis. ©2008 Copyright by The Pipeline. August 2009. April 2009.

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The Pipeline ? Shrink Your Way To Success

The Pipeline

December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. August 2008. April 2008. March 2008. February 2008. January 2008. Decide what kind of assets make sense for the territories based on you analysis above. ©2008 Copyright by The Pipeline. August 2009.

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Customer Engagement Strategies for Millennials

LeadBoxer

Complete a Marketplace Analysis. Complete a Marketplace Analysis. The first step in learning more about this demographic involves completing a marketplace analysis. What is Marketplace Analysis? A marketplace analysis dives deeper into the behaviors and patterns of a target audience. Provide a Bargain.

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4 Ways Technology Has Changed B2B Selling

Zoominfo

Between 2008 and 2014, use of cloud-based CRM jumped from 12% to 87% ( source ). Sales forecasting used to be largely guesswork – but with the latest technologies and data analysis, forecasting is much closer to being an exact science. Manual analysis is not only time-consuming, but it also leaves you prone to errors.

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Data Loss Stories: How to Backup & Recover Saved Databases

Zoominfo

After a natural disaster results in some sort of data loss, it is best to create an analysis that covers the following: Systems put in place beforehand Data backup technologies Kinds of damage done, and how much Data recovery technologies in use Recovered and unrecovered data Plans for future data loss events.

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A Sales Leader’s Blueprint for 2014

SBI Growth

Sales Process—Steve’s was using a sales process from 2008. This will help you complete your own gap analysis. (Steve is going to use social selling to solve this). They had not built a new process aligned to how their customer buys. What Sales Leaders Should Do Now. Pull out last year’s sales strategy. Review it with this example.