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Remote Sales: Tips to Sell (Better) & Make Quota From Home

Sales Hacker

But now that countless sales professionals are forced to make the transition for the first time, many face an entirely new set of challenges. There probably isn’t a more directly impacted area than the field sales rep. Selling software is a highly collaborative process. Educate prospects at various stages of the buying cycle.

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Difference Between a SDR and BDR?

InsideSales.com

Both jobs ensure an organization delivers an efficient revenue machine by making the sales cycle streamlined, and they position within the inside sales team. Hence, a dedicated inside sales team who does this work is much more successful, particularly when aligned with your customer’s buying cycle.

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Top 7 Utopian & Dystopian Shocking Sales Predictions

Tony Hughes

Gerhard , Huthwaite and many other sci-fi fans have prognosticated that sales itself may face an existential threat from artificial intelligence (AI) as we move further and further toward the COMPLETE buying cycle. Andreessen put it best: "Software is eating the world." So there is very little research done in this space.

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Top sales blogs all sales managers need to follow

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Over the past two decades, RAIN Group has helped hundreds of thousands of salespeople, managers, and professionals in more than 64 countries unleash their sales potential with its RAIN SellingSM methodology. Rain Group Sales Blog readers are treated to fresh, research-based content. Inside Sales Experts Blog.

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Whale Hunting Part I - The Rate of Decay

Tony Hughes

If you're a CXO reading this or you know one that has purchased million dollar enterprise software sight unseen, please comment. But who is teaching, don't even compete in an existing buying cycle that has a decay rate. What about the novel idea of triggering the buying cycle yourself? So what now?

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Lead Nurturing Black Book: Learn How To Setup and Optimize for Growth

SalesHandy

The HubSpot research shows that 50% of leads who are qualified to buy are not ready to purchase immediately. It might be possible to develop intent where it doesn’t exist, but this usually extends the buying cycle quite a bit. likely to buy) is a much better use of your and your leads’ time.

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An Open Letter to Social Sellers Everywhere

Tony Hughes

My research and experience bears out that it can only become a core strategy once the aforementioned materials are studied and lived. The 57% statistic on 'buying cycle' by CEB is a bit of a red herring because great sellers know they can uncover demand or even create it in any economy. It's not rocket science.