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Sales is Storytelling. Marketing is Storytelling. Business is Storytelling.

Sales and Marketing Management

Managers of sales and marketing teams are charged with coaching up individual team members, enhancing their skill sets and improving overall team performance. Get them proficient with more marketing technologies? Storytelling has stood the test of time as a critical skill in sales and marketing?—?and But where to begin?

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The Hidden Talent in Your Ranks

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Conner Burt The current labor market remains among the tightest in modern history. As such, many companies today are beginning to look with renewed interest at their most readily accessible talent pool when filling open roles: their own employees. The benefits of this approach are almost too numerous to count.

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Having Too Many Choices Can Cost You Plenty

Engage Selling

Smart companies today measure their lead acquisition cost, their marketing costs and their sales cost. But what about the overall cost to serve your customer? That often gets overlooked. And yet that’s precisely where you can see both the risk … Read More »

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Creating A Customer-Centric Strategy

Sell Integrity

Some of the common issues we hear involve: Providing consistency across channels Overcoming employee complacency Finding new ways to connect with customers and accelerate service delivery Time and cross-training Consistent, effective coaching on customer-centricity.

Strategy 117
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Outbound Sales vs. Inbound Sales: How to Win Big With Each Strategy

Crunchbase

In the outbound selling arena, your team will be making first contact with leads using techniques such as email marketing, social selling and cold calling. It typically consists of a broader marketing approach and prioritizes quantity over quality. However, smart companies know the value of each. What are inbound sales?

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26 CRM Techniques and Strategies for Customer Retention

Cience

Your customers are one of your company’s most important assets. Although new sales are important, smart companies also focus on retention. Customer retention drives increased profitability in many ways, including: Better Conversion Rates Fewer Marketing Requirements Scope for Improvement Lower Operating Costs Increased Sales.

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Smart Selling Visions: Up-Close with Top Revenue Leader Brian Leach, CEO of @unboxedtech

SBI

This post is part of a series of Executive Interviews of top sales and marketing solutions company executives. What problem/s are you solving for sales and/or marketing organizations? Our tools connect—and simplify—training your reps, selling your products and services, and validating rep performance.

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