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Sales Talk for CEOs: Is Your Product Obviously Awesome? with Expert April Dunford (S5Ep13)

Alice Heiman

April Dunford, an authority on product positioning, discusses the critical role of positioning in sales and marketing. April points out the importance of involving sales teams in positioning discussions, as they have direct insights into customer perceptions and competitors. 39:07] Cross functional team approach to positioning. [42:45]

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Using Salesforce to Track Sales Commission: The Pros & Cons

The Spiff Blog

Why share this story at the beginning of an article about using Salesforce to calculate sales commission? It almost completely demolished its largest, non-Saas competitor, Siebel Systems, over a period of five to six years. So I’m going to walk you through an example of creating your commission calculations in Salesforce.

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What is Inside Sales (And Why Do You Need It?)

DialSource

At this point, there is no more discussion about inside sales vs outside sales and which is more optimal in terms of a company’s growth strategy. . Based on the 2020 pandemic and corresponding lockdown measures, overnight, everyone was transformed into an inside sales or digital selling role. The Rise of Inside Sales.

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Seismic Surpasses 70 Technology Integrations Available to Customers

SBI

Seismic, the recognized leader in sales and marketing enablement, today announced that the company now boasts more than 70 integrations across the technology ecosystem found among sales and marketing teams. For enterprises to truly align their sales and marketing teams today, their technologies need to be aligned as well.

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Differentiation, Dissimilarity, Disruption

Partners in Excellence

Frankly, I hadn’t thought about it before, but the more I thought, it’s an important distinction for sales people and can become an important strategic issue for executives and business strategists. For example, my friend is solving different transportation/lifestyle problems with his pickup, bikes, and when he uses Uber.

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TSE 1281: Salespeople Love / Hate Relationship With CRM and How To Get Value From It

Sales Evangelist

He started his software sales career with Siebel System, the first enterprise CRM and from there, Kevin spent 11 years at SAP and due to an acquisition, also spent time with Oracle. What is a CRM? These are major components to track sales so it has been the primary revenue solution for companies for the last 25 years.

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SaaStr Podcast #214: Erica Schultz, CRO @ New Relic on What It Takes To Successfully Scale Into Enterprise

SaaStr - Sales Strategy

As for Erica, under her CRO role, she leads all go-to-market functions including Marketing, Sales, Operations, Customer Success, Services, and Support. How does the move to enterprise fundamentally impact the sales team? How does the structure of the sales team change with the move? Just a couple of examples.

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