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The Worst Sales Call of 2012

SBI Growth

In 2012 our consultants attended 438 live sales calls. Two weeks ago, we participated in the worst sales call of the year. The story begins with the EVP of Sales of a large technology company. The purpose of the engagement was to understand why The Challenger Sale was not working. He hired our firm. Be careful.

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15 Proven and Tested Sales Methodologies to Boost Your Sales

LeadFuze

What are Sales Methodologies? Sales methodologies are guidelines that govern how your goods or services are sold to consumers. 15 Sales Methodologies Examples Necessary For Every Business. Geographic information is utilized to develop software. Ad expenditures are also used to develop software.

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Solution Selling Is Exactly What Today’s Buyer Wants

Sales Hacker

Solution selling is a sales methodology in which the seller diagnoses the prospect’s problems or pain points and presents their product as a solution to that problem. Related: Top 14 Sales Methodologies for Your Selling Systems. So why did HBR declare the solution selling methodology dead in 2012?

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The 9Billion #CRM Debacle

SBI

According to Gartner Group, Total Worldwide CRM Software revenue in 2012 was $18 Billion. That means that $9 Billion worth of CRM investments in 2012 alone face a questionable return. Something that actively helps them qualify and move deals through the sales process. Shocking… yes. And that’s what Membrain does.

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Guest Post: The 9Billion CRM Debacle

Jonathan Farrington

According to Gartner Group, Total Worldwide CRM Software revenue in 2012 was $18 Billion. That means that $9 Billion worth of CRM investments in 2012 alone face a questionable return. Something that actively helps them qualify and move deals through the sales process. Shocking… yes. And that’s what Membrain does.

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The End of Solution Sales

Your Sales Management Guru

The Role of Sales Leadership & Management. Recently I spoke at a major software vendor’s partner and client conference and a few weeks later I received an email from one of the attendee’s suggesting I should comment in a future blog on the Harvard Business Review (July/August 2012) paper titled: The End of Solution Sales.

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Best Sales Blogs: The Ultimate List of 55+ (Recently Updated!)

LeadFuze

G2 Crowd Sales Blog. The Gist: G2 Crowd is a massive name in the software space. What some may not know is that they also have the best sales blogs to help those tech founders grow their business. Now he’s turned his attention to building the software platform that will power the next wave of Cold Calling 2.0