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Learning from Past Recessions – Smart Companies Continue Growth Path

Lead411

According to an HBR study, that researched companies that pulled out of past recessions “Firms that cut costs faster and deeper than rivals don’t necessarily flourish. The post Learning from Past Recessions – Smart Companies Continue Growth Path appeared first on Lead411. Today, there are […].

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The Hidden Talent in Your Ranks

Sales and Marketing Management

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. Rather than battling for new hires in an uber-competitive job market, smart companies are moving to train and promote from within. According to the U.S.

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Inside Sales Growing by Leaps and Bounds

Score More Sales

Smart companies in nearly every industry are building out strong inside sales teams now. Sean is Chief Revenue Officer at KiteDesk – the company that just recently commissioned their Top 100 Social Selling Influencers research.

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RIP: Sales Training

SBI Growth

Clients have already been on the web researching you and your stuff. Smart companies use delivery tools like: Pod casts. Customers don’t ‘overcome objections’. They mitigate risks. They don’t want you to ask 57 questions during ‘discovery’ stage in your process. Content needs to be written with the buyer in mind.

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

Crunchbase

However, smart companies know the value of each. Research the right prospects. To avoid spamming and wasting your marketing budget, you need to invest countless hours researching your ideal audience and where to find them. Stop wasting time researching prospects, and let Crunchbase do the job for you.

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Top 5 Hiring Trends for 2020!

Pipeliner

Not only is this trend ethically sound, but research consistently shows that companies that actively work to create as broad of a spectrum as possible within their workforce enjoy the benefits of higher retention levels and increased profits.

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

Sales and Marketing Management

Research behind the persuasiveness of storytelling is well-publicized. Optimove’s Amit Bivas, who pinned marketers’ success to their ability to tell stories, says storytelling was at the core of how companies went to market for decades until the recent emergence of data and customer intelligence began to overwhelm us.

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