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When it’s OK to give a customer a gift – and when it’s not

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

Reciprocity kicks in In one study , researchers looked at the prescribing patterns of several thousand American doctors who had accepted modest lunches from pharmaceutical reps. When salespeople were calling on a prospect for the first time, the free samples actually hurt sales. To see what that means, let’s consider those two studies.

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Think Robots Will Replace B2B Sales Reps?

No More Cold Calling

Before they make contact, prospects have usually checked us out, compared pricing, read a white paper or two, listened to a webinar, and/or viewed a demo. Some take this to mean that our prospects and clients don’t really need us anymore—that the automation of selling has made B2B sales reps irrelevant. Moreover, the U.S.

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The 20 Best Sales Movies of All Time [Updated for 2018]

Hubspot Sales

The Founder (2016). Playing the manager in charge of doling out prospective sales leads, Kevin Spacey’s cold-blooded smarm has rarely been more effective. The Founder (2016). Tommy Boy (1995). Diamond Men (2000). Lord of War (2005). Pursuit of Happyness (2006). Love & Other Drugs (2010). Cedar Rapids (2011). Joy (2015).

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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

B2B is H2H – human to human – and most women can leverage these powerful skills to create lasting connections with prospects, personalize value, and create customers for life. Your sales process and making it easy for prospects to buy makes a huge difference and can beat out a “better” product on paper.

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