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The Wrong Salespeople are Hired 77% of the Time

Understanding the Sales Force

That's a very surprising statistic for a couple of reasons: 50% or more of their salespeople won't hit their quotas this year and haven't since at least 2008. Objective Management Group's (OMG's) findings from the evaluations and assessments of 1.8 94% of sales managers are optimistic about their salespeople.

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The Pipeline ? Opposite ? Different -Or?

The Pipeline

December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. August 2008. April 2008. March 2008. February 2008. January 2008. Whenever you ask a group of sales people what they would like to learn to do better, they always have “differentiate” near or at the top of the list.

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The Pipeline ? What Did You Start?

The Pipeline

December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. August 2008. April 2008. March 2008. February 2008. January 2008. I was working with a group of sales managers earlier this week, including observing some pipeline reviews. Sales Tool. August 2009. April 2009.

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The Secret to LinkedIn that You May Be Missing | Sales Motivation.

The Sales Hunter

Here are a few things to keep in mind regarding using LinkedIn as a tool to reach senior level people: Senior level people will follow you long before they will let you know they’ve been following you. What this means is they many times will troll various discussion boards on groups looking at comments and even looking at profiles.

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The Pipeline ? Mobile Apps for the Mobile Sales Force

The Pipeline

December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. August 2008. April 2008. March 2008. February 2008. January 2008. Stored in CRM , Communication , Guest Post , Review , Sales 2.0 , Sales Success , Sales Tool , Sell Better , execution. Sales Tool. August 2009.

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The Pipeline ? Goal Achievers Radio Interview

The Pipeline

December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. August 2008. April 2008. March 2008. February 2008. January 2008. Sales Tool. Join the Renbor Sales Solutions LinkedIn Group. ©2008 Copyright by The Pipeline. August 2009. April 2009. March 2009.

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The Pipeline ? Tactical use of Voice Mail

The Pipeline

December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. August 2008. April 2008. March 2008. February 2008. January 2008. Sales Tool. Join the Renbor Sales Solutions LinkedIn Group. ©2008 Copyright by The Pipeline. August 2009. April 2009. March 2009.

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