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How to Measure Sales Fitness

Sales and Marketing Management

In these three channels is where sales performance can be enhanced. Mark Hurd, Oracle CEO, gives us a hint about where this is all heading when commenting on the new Sales 3.0 The more meaningful conversations a sales person has, the more likely sales will result. Measuring Sales Fitness. No more, no less.

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PowerViews with James Obermayer: Why Don’t Sales Reps Follow Up On Leads? The Real Issue

Pointclear

Jim points out that if sales managers tell reps to follow up with 100% of all inquiries, it will happen. Jim has personally witnessed many companies revamp their sales and marketing arms by embracing accountability systems and becoming successful. The next PowerViews will be with Jill Rowley of Oracle. Stay Tuned.

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PODCAST 76: Bottom-up Approach for Sales Rep Productivity Model w/ Kevin Egan

Sales Hacker

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we talk to Kevin Egan, VP of North American Sales at Slack. Kevin’s sales career has taken him from Oracle, to Dropbox, to Salesforce, and now, to Slack. But, Let’s go to the beginning: How’d you get into sales? Iit was a big help desk, and the year was 1996.

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Need an Expert for Your Next Panel, Presentation, or Podcast? Here Are Over 530 of the Top Female Sales Practitioners

Sales Hacker

General Manager, Worldwide Partner Sales. Senior Director of WW Inside Sales. VP New business – Sales leader. Regional Vice President of Sales. Vice President of Sales. Vice President, NA Inside Sales. Regional VP Sales. Director Sales Strategy. VP Commercial Sales.

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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. What were some of her biggest takeaways from her incredible 16 year journey with Oracle? I spent more than 16 years at Oracle and I learned so much throughout my tenure there.

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Ode to The Salespeople Customers Can't Wait To Meet?

The Sales Association

While in the Sales Industry I learned to utilize technology as a resource for improving my sales and the teams I managed techniques and numbers.

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An Open Letter to Social Sellers Everywhere

Tony Hughes

Any advanced selling system is based on the fundamentals however you have to leverage a process and acknowledge the nurturing required for an effective sales cycle to happen in social environs over time. Are there systems that have gone the way of the Dodo? A one size fits all approach simply won't work. Let us learn with you.