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The Modern Face of Sales Shouldn’t Include Selling

Sales and Marketing Management

Issue Date: 2015-05-04. Author: Hampus Jakobsson. Teaser: In 2015, the term “selling” has developed a borderline negative connotation when used in the context of convincing someone to make a purchase. If you haven’t shifted your approach already, it’s time. In 2015, the term “selling” has developed a borderline negative connotation when used in the context of convincing someone to make a purchase.

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Should a Salesperson be Punished after a Huge Sale?

Understanding the Sales Force

My wife and I watched with a combination of fascination, sadness and shock as the coach of our son's 12 and under AAU baseball team made them run suicides after the double header they won on Saturday, and again after the double header they won on Sunday. Why would he punish them after winning four games this weekend? And how does this apply to sales?

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Missing the Obvious in B2B Marketing Actions

Increase Sales

Sometimes the simplest B2B marketing actions deliver the best results. Unfortunately, these are usually the most obvious and ignored even with the plethora of marketing, selling and overall sales advice. A relatively new research report (April 2015) between KoMarketing Associates, Buyer Zone and the Huff Industrial Marketing, revealed credibility and trust are the two most important attributes that surfaced throughout this report.

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The New Hiring Bar Surprisingly Few People Are Reaching

A Sales Guy

I’m having drinks with a friend. She runs a sales team for a mid-size company, and she’s sharing her frustration with finding impressive talent. She’s hiring and she’s lamenting about how difficult it is to find quality candidates. Out of curiosity and because it’s what I do, I can’t help but ask her to tell me why she finds it so difficult. She takes a sip of water, puts the glass on the table and starts describing her process.

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How Intent Data Helps Marketers Convert A-List Accounts

One of the biggest challenges for any B2B marketer is understanding your prospects’ next move — who is most likely to buy and when. Without these insights, marketing campaigns can feel more like guesswork, with high investment and little return. We’re here to tell you there’s a better way. By tracking buyers’ digital footprints and online activity, such as website visits, product reviews, and spikes in content consumption, you can engage prospects with a message that really resonates.

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Sales success – a different take on winners and losers

Sales Training Connection

Sales rep winners and losers. Whether in sports, politics, business or sales, this question is always on the table – What is the difference between winners and losers? Many people spend lots of time and effort trying to determine what the difference is between those people who win and those who lose. Rosabeth Moss Kanter addressed just this topic in Confidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Being and End.

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Done is the New Perfect

Hyper-Connected Selling

It’s a big day for me! If you are reading this on Monday, today is the release of the first companion book to Networking in the 21st Century. It’s focused on young professionals and I’m giving it away for free for the first three days (see below). I started writing it in the beginning of February after hearing that people were looking for actionable content that was pertinent to their specific situation.

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What Every Sales Woman Should Know [Webcast from No More Cold Calling and Salesforce.com]

No More Cold Calling

Salesforce.com heard about my new presentation, “ Big Deals and High Heels: Why Women Are Naturals at Selling, ” and invited me to co-host a webcast with Jamie Domenici, Salesforce’s vice president of marketing. The webcast is this Thursday, May 7, at 11:00 a.m. Pacific. Register here. (If you can’t attend live, register anyway, and we’ll send you the recording).

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Musical Chairs Sales Style – Sales eXecution 294

The Pipeline

hairy porn girlies pics By Tibor Shanto – tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca . A few posts back I wrote about experience , and how it can either be a ceiling or a springboard to further success, all determined by the individual’s outlook and the route each rep chooses. On a corporate or organizational level, experience and how it is viewed and leveraged can be significant factor.

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Networking in the 21st Century…for Millennials is Here!

Hyper-Connected Selling

Networking in the 21st Century…for Millennials: Why Your Network Sucks and What to Do About It is out now! You can get it here. It will be available FREE on Amazon Kindle for between 12:01 am May 4th and 11:59 pm May 6th. If any of my work has helped you in the past, here’s an easy way to return the favor. Every single mention or download of the book on the launch day helps this new book find its way in the world.

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Supercharge Your Sales: 5 Steps to Effortless Selling

Sales teams often lose precious time hunting for updated sales materials, while marketing struggles to keep these assets accessible and current. It's not just about managing; it's about seamlessly finding, presenting, and sharing critical sales content. All of this takes place within an intuitive, unified platform. Dive into Showell's groundbreaking content management realm.