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PowerViews with Josiane Feigon: Survival of the Fittest Sales Reps

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TeleSmart is a leader in providing inside sales coaching and consulting to Fortune 1000 companies. As publisher of TeleSmart’s “Trend Report,” Josiane has spent most of the last decade tracking the biggest challenges that sales leaders face each year. The Inside Sales Superhero to the Rescue. They’re social.

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In Sales Answering the Phone Is All About Time

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Years ago when I was an inside sales manager, I had this “thing” about answering the phone by the second ring. They surveyed data from these four categories of company during the first quarter of 2013. Share on Facebook. Small” companies handled less than 500 calls. Large” handled less than 10,000 calls.

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SalesProCentral

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Sales (12918). Sales Management (2614). Inside Sales (849). Outside Sales (81). Sales Process (1775). Facebook (1968). 2013 (4691). THE SALES HUNTER AUGUST 12, 2013 Is Your Sales Process Slow or Fast? Is your sales process slow or fast? Topics Major Topics.

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In Sales Training Fools Rush In Where Angels Fear to Tread – Part 2

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(Sales Training Coaching Tip: Selling on value usually ignores what is important to the buyer because the premise beings with the salesperson as he or she learned through the sales training.). For example, years ago I had a meeting with a VP of Sales for a large manufacturing plant. Share on Facebook.

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The Argument of Who Owns Customer Loyalty Continues

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Yes the outside salesman had a relationship, but my inside sales relationship was far stronger. P.S. If you don’t know the 3 Sales Buying Rules , this webinar on Thursday, March 7, 2013 from 12-12:30pm CST may bring greater clarity to you and your sales efforts. Share on Facebook.

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The Sales Association: BANT is Bunk!

The Sales Association

by Bill Barr I keep hearing that some sales organizations expect their marketing department to “qualify” their leads with Budget, Authority, Need and Timeframe ( BANT ). So Marketing sets up a call center, or uses other ways to “qualify” the lead so that sales can close it. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook.

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The 33 Best Sales Training Video Channels on YouTube

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In 2013, American companies alone spent $164.2 in 2013 on hiring sales training companies, one of the top five outsourced training expenditures, according to Training Industry. Sobczak is known for his hands-on, practical advice for telephone and inside sales professionals. Companies spent approximately $2.2B

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