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Accelerating Revenue: The ONE Measurement That Matters Most

SBI

It’s also the frequent task-jumping distractions that sap focus and momentum. Scheduling sales calls. Identifying key decision makers. Technology Footnote: For ideas on sales tools that can impact selling time, view our Top Sales Tools of 2014 Guide. Pre-call research. Creating presentations.

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The Difference Between Inside Sales and Outside Sales is Now Just A Title

DialSource

Overall, companies with sales teams dominated by inside sales showcase a 9.8 percent higher quota attainment compared to those dominated by outside sales. Research shows that nearly 80 percent of decision-makers do not want to meet face-to-face —they would much rather conduct business remotely.

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Heavy Hitter Sales Blog: Huge Ego Behind Every B-to-B Purchase

HeavyHitter Sales

Top 7 Critical Sales Trends for 2012. IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. If Sigmund Freud Was Your Sales Manager. Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors. Why Year End Deals Dont Close: THE CESSPOOL! Are Top Salespeople Born or Made?

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The Differences Between Inside Sales and Outside Sales is Just Your Title

DialSource

Overall, companies with sales teams dominated by inside sales showcase a 9.8 percent higher quota attainment compared to those dominated by outside sales. Research shows that nearly 80 percent of decision-makers do not want to meet face-to-face —they would much rather conduct business remotely.

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How Real Sales Learning Happens

Sales and Marketing Management

Some companies are augmenting current training practices and, as by-products, improving hiring, onboarding, best-practice dissemination and performance management as well as selling skills. Sharon Ruddock, global vice president of digital commerce at SAP, has moved to an approach that includes virtual support and classroom-style exercises. “We

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Sales Motivation: 9 Tactics For a Motivated Sales Team

Chorus.ai

They love prospecting as much as they love the hustle of cold calling, but they prefer having a tangible outcome at the end of the sales rainbow, as opposed to a bonus sum. C’s sales leader motivates them by offering prizes for exceeding targets — a vacation (when those become a thing again)? A set of steak knives? A Cadillac?

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PODCAST 154: Guided Selling with Neil Ringers

Sales Hacker

We have relationships with the biggest CRM companies: Oracle CX, SAP CRM, Microsoft Dynamics and Salesforce (95% of our marketplace). Sam Jacobs: Walk us through how you got into sales, and the journey, because you’ve worked at Oracle and Salesforce and you joined Revenue Grid last year.

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