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The Many Different Selling Roles and How They Differ - Part 1

Understanding the Sales Force

When you think about cars, you know there are coupes, sedans, crossovers, SUVs, and sports cars. To further complicate things, in some companies and industries, Sales Managers function as salespeople and Sales VPs function as Sales Managers. You also know there are luxury cars, mid-range cars and economy cars.

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Building Relationships with Your Event Staff Increases Growth

Smooth Sale

Event planning is a team sport, and as with any other team, the camaraderie and collaboration among staff can make or break the game. Networking Benefits Extend Beyond Your Event The people who staff your events are often the same individuals involved in the significant events industry.

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Sales Faces a Hiring Crisis. How Should Leaders Respond?

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The Wall Street Journal notes that many companies are struggling to attract new sales reps, due in part to negative perceptions of sales as an industry. So what can sales leaders do to mitigate the hiring crisis facing the industry? Contrary to these stereotypes, the sales industry has become more focused on building relationships.

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8 Practice Drills to Move Your Feet and Become a Sales Baller

The Center for Sales Strategy

When you've been in the industry for a while, you realize the astounding similarities between sports and business. Like sports, sales is a highly-competitive field, and you must have the ability to think on your feet with rock-solid professionalism.

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9 Things Terribly Wrong With Sales Today

A Sales Guy

Not enough training in the industry/space Too much activity management Little respect for prospects and buyers time Not enough humility. As stewards of the sales profession, we owe it to the industry to behave differently and to weild the great power of influence in a positive, customer-focused, way, not in a self-serving, money-grubbing way.

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Do You Want and Know How to Get Free Advertising?

Smooth Sale

Offer Free Workshops Pexels – CCO Licence Offer Free Workshops or Webinars Hosting free workshops or webinars can help establish your business as a thought leader in your industry and generate free advertising. Offer to speak at local business gatherings, participate in community fairs, or sponsor a local sports team.

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Are You Current On AI Transformation Fundamentals in Business Strategy?

Smooth Sale

For the skeptics, consider how far society has come from transportation, initially being horse and buggy, to Model T cars, sports-oriented models, and now electric vehicles. The same is true for medicine and any other industry that comes to mind. The same is true for medicine and any other industry that comes to mind.