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Will you trust “her”?

Sales 2.0

“Her” is a 2013 film about a lonely writer named Theodore Twombly, portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix, who develops a romantic relationship with an AI on his phone named Samantha, (voiced by Scarlett Johansson). Some practical tips on building trust in this article. Read the full article

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15 Tried and True Ways to Improve Your Sales Skills

Hubspot Sales

When you're on an exploratory call , you want to be prepared for every question, objection, or circumstance a prospect throws your way. Getting comfortable breaking up with prospects. Challenging prospects on why they're stuck. Improve prospecting skills. That's why sales reps should enhance their prospecting skills.

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8 Creative Sales Prospecting Ideas You've Never Tried Before

Hubspot Sales

There are only so many hours in a day to sell -- the more practiced salespeople are at completing everyday tasks, the more time they can allocate to high-value activities like meeting with prospects or learning new skills. If you rely on the same prospecting methods and never try anything new, you’ll miss out on valuable opportunities.

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Virtual First Impression: 5 Secrets from the Stars

Julie Hanson

In the first few seconds of a video call, prospective customers quickly make decisions about you and your company and how (or whether) they’re going to listen to you. Most of the stars you see had to audition on film or video to make it past the eyes of critical casting directors and onto your screen.

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How to Practice Gratitude (And Move Prospects Through the Pipeline Faster)

Sales Hacker

It doesn’t matter what company you work for; what stage you’re at in your sales career; or whether you prefer to use emails, phone calls, or LinkedIn messages when you’re prospecting — the biggest problem that all sales and customer success reps struggle with is still the same: ensuring your ideal prospects convert. Think about it.

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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”. And you might not irritate your prospects quite as much. It’s a laughable description.

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The key to your success may be less thinking

Women Sales Pros

According to a new article in Harvard Business Review, The Feedback Fallacy , “Focusing people on their shortcomings or gaps doesn’t enable learning, it impairs it.” I called every prospect I could and reframed feelings of embarrassment and self -doubt when they rejected my offer. Don’t they film them these days?”

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