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The First 90 Days: From “In the Door” to “Successful Sale” in Record Time

Sales Hacker

To beat the numbers, you need to avoid the “average sales culture ” where the generally agreed-upon method of orientation includes some marketing messaging and a quick, “Here’s your annual quota. New hires need extra help and attention because markets will be new, account books will be wonky, and rules will be confusing. Good luck!”.

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'Sales Process' Is In The Air

The Ultimate Sales Executive Resource

Ardath Albee in her book “eMarketing Strategies for the Complex Sales” proposes a marketing flavored look on the buyer's journey. Landslide has a similar offering for building a sales process. Marketing makes claims to be more involved in the revenue gen process wanting to manage and qualified leads when they are 'ready to buy'.