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How to Sell in a Recession: 3 Tips Based on Experience

Zoominfo

I spoke with Lou Wolf, VP of sales at ZoomInfo, to learn how he survived the recession that followed the dot-com crash of 2001 and the financial crisis of 2008. After graduating from college in 2001, he began his sales career at BrassRing, an applicant-tracking software company. triggered the world financial crisis of 2008.

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The Pipeline ? Take Control!

The Pipeline

December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. August 2008. April 2008. March 2008. February 2008. January 2008. I had a call from Bob, a director of sales with software company. ©2008 Copyright by The Pipeline. August 2009. April 2009. March 2009.

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Which Industries Need the Most Help to Get Sales to the Next Level?

Understanding the Sales Force

The software industry is notorious for having demo-crazy and technically savvy, but weak, salespeople who hunt for new business, generate binders full of proposals and convert a small percentage of them. Software industry executives want help, need to improve, must improve their conversion ratios and increase sales. Not really.

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The Pipeline ? How Marketing Can Help Sales After the Handoff

The Pipeline

December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. August 2008. April 2008. March 2008. February 2008. January 2008. The integration with CRM will help salespeople choose when to interact as well as provide them with fodder for relevant follow-up conversations.

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4 Ways Technology Has Changed B2B Selling

Zoominfo

For those who aren’t familiar with this technology—it’s exactly what it sounds like: Instead of living in on-site software systems, CRM data is now hosted on the cloud. Between 2008 and 2014, use of cloud-based CRM jumped from 12% to 87% ( source ). Know right away if a person is happy, mad, or critical.

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2010 vs. 2020: 9 Sales Strategies That Changed Dramatically in the Last Decade

Hubspot Sales

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics , from 2008 to 2010 consumer spending decreased in the areas of food, housing, entertainment, personal insurance, pensions, apparel, and services. Though the original concept for the CRM was introduced in the late 1980s, this valuable software did not become a staple for businesses until the 2010s.

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Infographic: How to use SMS to win love, leads, revenue

Velocify

A recently released Leads360 study titled, Text Messaging for Better Sales Conversion , found conversion gains as high as 328 percent when using text messaging appropriately in the sales process. 2] AT&T Text Messaging Survey, The Role of Texting in Dating, 2008. [3]

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