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The Hottest Trends in Inside Sales

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Giuseppe D’Angelo Inside sales have never been hotter, and the sales field is experiencing considerable change. Much of this is due to the technology that is beginning to drive the sales process much the way it has driven marketing for the past several years. Increasing demand for skilled inside sales reps.

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Our Customers Can’t Afford For Us To Wait Until They Are 70% Through Their Buying Cycle!

Partners in Excellence

It’s that time of year again, there are lots of posts around the popular research that indicates, “Customers aren’t engaging sales until they are, 57, 70, 90 (depending on the research you read) through their buying cycle.” There is too much at stake for them to wait.

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How to Build Trust in Selling

Score More Sales

That’s why there is a buying cycle– why most people don’t buy on the spot. Buyers and sellers are doing a dance where the buyer has gotten research and ideas online or through another trusted source – perhaps even narrowed their choices down, and now work to find what they believe is the best value for them.

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How Salespeople Can Better Prioritize Using Purchase Intent Data

SBI

We’ve become #1 in enterprise purchase intent data because these products change the game for sales in three ways: Account prioritization – Knowing which accounts to focus on in any given period (day, week, month). We make this easy with structured training built in and delivered by human beings.

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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. Again, the case for 100% decision and buying cycle complete. No humans needed???!!! And give back.

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An Open Letter to Social Sellers Everywhere

Tony Hughes

I would also recommend savvy sales managers make the investment in power modules on top of CRM like TAS Dealmaker and Pipeline Manager, or even go with Pipeliner CRM, to take control of their pipeline and manage key account growth. Don't just install it, train your people on it thoroughly, weekly and quarterly. The folly of Sales 2.0

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The Sales Association: BANT is Bunk!

The Sales Association

by Bill Barr I keep hearing that some sales organizations expect their marketing department to “qualify” their leads with Budget, Authority, Need and Timeframe ( BANT ). So Marketing sets up a call center, or uses other ways to “qualify” the lead so that sales can close it. So then, what is a real “lead?”