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I left my handbag at home last night…

Bernadette McClelland

I left my handbag at home last night… “Sometimes it takes a wrong turn to get you to the right place.” Mandy Hale My routine had been changed. Instead of driving myself to a speaking gig, my daughter decided she […]. The post I left my handbag at home last night… appeared first on Bernadette McClelland.

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The Marketing Mantra of Just Because

Increase Sales

'I don’t know about you, but my email In Box is littered with newsletters to self promotion messages. 99.9% of these people I do not know nor have I subscribed to their lists. They appear to live with the marketing mantra of “just because.” Credit www.gratisography.com. These rationalization justifies: Publicity representatives sending me information on their clients just because they read one of my posts.

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Introducing #ThursdayDemoDay

SBI

'Do you want to learn about sales tools but you’re too busy and there are too many of them to keep up? We know at least 30,000 of you who feel that way because they subscribe to our weekly newsletter to find out about 4 tools every week. But now, we have a way for you to see actual demos – one demo a week – in just 30 minutes. Thanks to encouragement by the members of the Silicon Valley VP of Sales Forum, Smart Selling Tools has introduced a new way to learn about tools.

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Sales managers – a new pathway to leadership

Sales Training Connection

'Sales Leaders. Herminia Ibaraan, an INSEAD professor, recently published a provocative book arguing that in today’s market if you desire to assume a leadership position you must get outside your comfort zone. Being stuck in outdated mindsets or ways of doing things will not lead to success. Would-be leaders must learn to pivot – it is more about doing something different rather than just the same thing better.

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The New GTM Playbook: 18 Ways to Future-Proof Your Sales Team

Longer sales cycles. Increasingly discerning buyers. More meetings. Intensifying competition. Economic uncertainty. Go-to-market teams of every size, in every industry, are grappling with these challenges firsthand. Thankfully, there’s an answer. We’ve developed an entirely new way for GTM leaders to identify and execute proven, data-driven strategies that drive revenue.

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Starting With The End In Mind

Partners in Excellence

'I learn so much when I spend time with project managers. It may be the manager of a product development team that needs to get a critical product launched by a certain date. Or someone building a new factory, needing to get it into production by a certain date. When I was a kid, I watched my father a lot. He was responsible for developing and managing “giga-projects,” like a new transit system for a city, new airports, harbors, power plants, and so forth.

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Sales Tips: How to Optimize Your CRM for the Full Benefits

Customer Centric Selling

'Sales Tips: How to Optimize Your CRM for the Full Benefits. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Image courtesy of Sujin J. at FreeDigitalPhotos.net. Virtually any company using CRM has either implemented generic pipeline milestones or ideally customized them to mesh with their sales processes.

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Who are you helping? Them? Or yourself?

Tom Hopkins

'Before each client contact, ask yourself this: Who are you helping? Them? Or yourself? This means giving yourself a quick attitude check. Are you concerned about your production this month? Or, are you more concerned with whether or not you have the right solution for the client? When you present an attitude of helpfulness at […]. The post Who are you helping?

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How to Reengage Senior Sales Reps Who've Lost Their Fight

The Brooks Group

In the movie Glengarry Glen Ross, Jack Lemmon plays an aging sales rep. Once a superstar within the company, he now struggles with his pitches, can’t seem to get potential clients interested in what he has to say, and, ultimately. can’t make sales nearly as well as he used to. This problem is sadly a common issue in the real world as well. Senior sales reps who have been with the company a long time can lose their edge, just going through the motions instead of working hard to stay current with

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How Silicon Valley made me think small

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"How did moving to Silicon Valley change you as an entrepreneur? Did it made you think bigger?

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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.

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A Sales Perspective on B2B Marketing Challenges

SugarCRM

'The post A Sales Perspective on B2B Marketing Challenges appeared first on Salesfusion.

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