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15 Tried and True Ways to Improve Your Sales Skills

Hubspot Sales

The sales industry is continuously changing due to updates in technology and culture. To continue being a sales expert, it's important to read articles and books , listen to podcasts , and be active and engaged in your work. Review your sales calls. When you're participating in a film review, listen more and talk less.

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[Top Sales Lesson of 2014] You Control the Technology

No More Cold Calling

Phillip Twyford, director of sales and marketing for Tico Mail Works, had the exact same realization, which he outlines in this week’s guest post. I first started in marketing in 1987. I was 16 years old and working in Arnotts department store as a sales assistant. Nothing replaces the power of an in-person connection.

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The Real Reason Sales People Struggle to Close Opportunities

Pointclear

This article was originally published by Bob Apollo on his blog Accelerating Revenue Growth: the Inflexion-Point Blog. I am, of course referring to his role as Blake, the alpha dog motivational salesman in the film “Glengarry Glen Ross”. But it’s not just down to the sales people. It’s a laughable description.

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Marketers: Is it Time to Go Undercover?

SBI

Cloaked in a disguise and armed with a plausible explanation for the cameras, they’re filmed working alongside their employees. It made me think of the long-standing contention between marketing and sales organizations. There are countless articles, books, blogs, and tweets describing why this has been the case.

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Selling Innovation in a Slow Economy

Janek Performance Group

There needs to be more than technological innovation to ensure sales success. This article explores the challenges of selling disruptive solutions and how sales leaders can improve their results, even in an economic slowdown. These companies were innovative but lacked a clear sales strategy to commercialize their innovations.

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Using a Sales Leaderboard to Motivate Your Team

The Spiff Blog

Watch any movie centered on sales professionals, and you’re likely to notice a recurring theme: competition. The sales reps in these films will stop at nothing to become the lone name atop a literal or figurative sales leaderboard – usually resorting to extreme tactics in order to be the best. billion by 2025, up from $9.1

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The Pipeline ? It's About the Buyer, Stupid! ? Sales eXchange ? 125

The Pipeline

Reminded me of the debate between Sales 2.0 and Sales Un-dot, especially when you are exposed to the passion and noise from all these camps. The challenge with the “boxed” or proprietary approaches is that they tend to start with a specific challenge in a specific vertical or type of sale. Funnel management.

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