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Business as (Un)usual: Best Practices for Salespeople Amidst COVID-19

Sales and Marketing Management

To ease their commitment concerns, offer flexible plan terms, such as a penalty-free cancellation period, month-to-month contracts or waived on-boarding or setup fees. Many businesses are currently existing within a state of financial uncertainty that may make them hesitant to sign deals with any new providers. Focus on the Opportunities.

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What is an Outbound Call & How Do You Make Them Effectively?

Hubspot Sales

They also can help you navigate in situations like sales objections, complaints, or unexpected downgrades as they're usually designed to show you what to do in basic scenarios. What do I do if a customer I called about an upgrade actually wants to cancel or downgrade? Use the right software. Make the call.

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7 Key SaaS Terms to Understand In 2020

Pipeliner

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies have become one of the fastest-growing firms in the tech industry. The business model is quite attractive, and there are several opportunities to scale — as long as people find your software useful. Like every industry, more people are starting to show an interest in running SaaS businesses.

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The Subscription Economy Is Here — and Your Buyers Demand the Shift

Mereo

The minute I stop finding any of these valuable, I can cancel. According to recent Gartner research , “By 2022, more than 80% of software providers will change their primary business model from traditional license and maintenance to subscription models, regardless of whether the software resides on premises or in the cloud.”.

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7 Must-Have Automated Documents for Sales Success

Companies are increasingly implementing technology to bring efficiency to their workforce. Data accessibility aside, teams continuously struggle with manual processes for document generation. Learn why automating your documents is key to sales success.

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The Sales Cycle: A Complete Breakdown

Gong.io

Overcome objections. Even the best sales reps in the world will face objections after their pitch. They must see these objections as positive, however. Objections show the prospect is interested, after all. For instance, there could be a demo or trial period during which the prospect can cancel the deal.

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How to seal the deal in a matter of days

PandaDoc

All the previous steps lose their significance once finalizing the deal is postponed or canceled. Of course, this doesn’t work if you’re sending docs just by email — you should use any software that allows document tracking. Some special software, however, offers the possibility of temporarily hiding all the private data sections.