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How Oracle Thrived in the 2008 Recession, Even with Missed Revenue Opportunities

SBI Growth

The year is 2007. The real estate market is flush. Stocks are booming. Getting a loan has never been easier. Companies are investing in themselves, growing their businesses, and increasing shareholder value. Now fast forward to 2008. The real estate bubble.

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Enterprise sales lessons: How I almost closed Google, Intuit & Oracle

Close.io

But this opportunity was too sweet, too tempting to resist. We hustled hard, we pitched perfectly, the product concept was great, and high-level leadership loved it, not just at Google, but also at Intuit and Oracle. Oracle broke our heart. We didn’t make her understand how this could be an opportunity for her career.

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Is This an Example of Succeeding or Failing at Inside Sales?

Understanding the Sales Force

The salesperson was from Oracle and wanted to know if I was aware of and had seen their CRM software demonstrated. He said he was making a notation in the file (in Oracle''s CRM application?) Of course, if he was not an inside salesperson, he could have asked any of the following questions: Do you recommend Oracle?

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100 Most Prospected-to Companies of 2018

DiscoverOrg Sales

Sales and marketers who have this insider knowledge can quickly reach out to help with helpful solutions – landing opportunities and sales before an RFP goes out, before a prospect downloads a whitepaper or attends a webinar … and long before competing sales teams even know an opportunity exists. UnitedHealth Group.

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Episode 42: A Mistake in Every Sentence

Sales Hacker

Subject: Will, Can we connect to discuss partnership opportunities? I am from, XXXXX XXXXX a 350+ member, Certified partner with multiple Global IT vendors PEGA, Microsoft, Oracle, TOSCA, Google. Hi Will, Greetings! We would be happy to be a seamless extension of your team. Eagerly looking forward to hearing from you.

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Remote Selling Viewpoints: Sales Intelligence & Buyer Intent Data

SBI

Sales intelligence and buyer intent data also help account managers spot cross-sell opportunities and prevent churn. Damien Swendsen has been leading sales, account management, client success, and business development teams for software, consulting, and data companies for over 20 years. Damien came to InsideView from Oracle.

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The Sales Leader's Guide to Performance Management

Hubspot Sales

Constructive feedback for the employee’s opportunities for growth - What opportunities does your employee have for improvement? Sales Performance Management Software. Sales performance management software automates and integrates sales processes with helpful data to improve performance and efficiency across the organization.

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