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Is There A Selling Career Path?

Partners in Excellence

I seldom hear career pathing discussions from sales leadership. Perhaps things like, we move SDRs into AE roles, possibly an account manager role. For a few, possibly sales management. Managers, if they coach, coach for day to day, quarter to quarter performance. Their margins tend to be the best.

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The Difference Between a VP of Sales and a CRO

Sales Hacker

Great VPs of sales have gravitas and tact, command the room and hold their end of the table regardless of who is on the other side. They’ll rip apart your CRM and replace your opportunity fields with their proven-and-trusted sales methodologies and scoff if you try to rehearse Sandler, Challenger, or MEDDIC selling to them.

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Product innovation – sales needs to join the game

Sales Training Connection

Regarding innovation the authors suggest: “More focused collaboration among multiple functional groups notably marketing and sales , operations, engineering, R&D, and procurement.” If you found this post helpful, you might want to join the conversation and subscribe to the Sales Training Connection.

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15 Tried and True Ways to Improve Your Sales Skills

Hubspot Sales

As your sales process evolves, it's important to keep your skills relevant and up to date. Plus, it can increase your sales. In a case study by Rain Group , a global sales training organization, they discovered that a client who went through sales training closed 15.2% Attend sales training.

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Raising Prices When Costs are Rising

Braveheart Sales

But Are Margins Rising? These crushing cost increases create significant pressure on your margins. The most effective relief valve for this margin pressure is price increases. You are incurring higher costs to overcome supply chain bottlenecks in areas such as overtime, expediting fees, and substituting more expensive materials.

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How CPQ Helps Sales Operations Grow Revenue

Cincom Smart Selling

How can sales operations boost revenue with a CPQ ( configure-price-quote ) solution? We’ve talked about CPQ from the perspectives of IT , Sales Management , Finance and Marketing , but what about sales operations and the sales professionals themselves? How does CPQ help sales operations deliver more revenue?

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Mind the Gap: New Research Reveals Buyer-Seller Disconnect

SBI

Michael is the Executive Editor of Rapid Learning Institute and thought leader for the Top Sales Dog blog. He is a nationally recognized authority on selling and has written hundreds of articles and training programs for sales reps and sales managers. Connect with Michael via Twitter @TopSalesDog.

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