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Are You Too Hard to Reach?

No More Cold Calling

The business world is enamored with social media and texting as channels to communicate and connect. But these social channels often prevent people from socializing and having live conversations. Phone conversations are still important, more so than through any other channel besides face-to-face meetings. .

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Your Email Strategy Needs an Update

Sales and Marketing Management

This does not mean I’m advocating for the elimination of email as a sales communication channel. Aaron Ross wrote Predictable Revenue in 2011, introducing the world of sales to mass email outreach. Use a variety of channels. The most reliable way to move a deal forward is simply to use more than one channel.

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Case Study: How a Company Hurt its Business with a Change in the Comp Plan

SBI Growth

In 2011, P&O Cruise lines cut is commission rate from 12% to 5%. While insisting that both companies will stick with the reduced 5% base rate commission introduced in 2011, Truscott said agents will get an additional £50 per passenger on Cunard''s Vantage fares and an additional £20 per passenger on Getaway deals.

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The Pipeline ? Prospecting ? When Is The Best Time?

The Pipeline

December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. January 2011. For Email Newsletters you can trust. RTV - High Execution TV Archive Select Month March 2012. February 2012. January 2012. December 2010. November 2010.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011

The ROI Guy

Monday, February 14, 2011 Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011 With social media spending continuing to increase this year, CMOs are being tasked to justify the investment. Rising dramatically for 2011 is the quantification of conversion and revenue as a result of social media efforts.

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

Velocify

trillion messages sent worldwide in 2012 [1] , it’s no wonder that sweethearts and marketers alike are flocking to this communication channel, and salespeople are just beginning to understand its value. 3] Unica Trends Survey, 11 Key Marketing Trends for 2011, 2011. With an estimated 9.6

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Where did you learn to sell? How have you modified it? | Jeffrey.

Jeffrey Gitomer

Gitomer | October 28, 2011 | 1 Comment. I wanted to channel that energy, harness that energy, and direct it toward a sales prospect. Ocha Nix says: October 29, 2011 at 8:41 pm. A conversation with a customer or a soon-to-be customer is always much easier (and more productive) than “trying to sell them.”

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