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The Next Emerging Sales Trend: Syndicated Selling

Crunchbase

This article is part of the Crunchbase Community Contributor Series. Building out a sales organization has historically been an incremental process: Scale in a linear fashion by hiring one salesperson at a time. However, relying solely on employing full-time sales workers may soon become a restrictive and potentially detrimental model.

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11 AI Predictions in Sales for the Next Year [Data + Expert Tips]

Hubspot Sales

Artificial intelligence has moved beyond the hype and is now seamlessly integrated into many aspects of business operations. But what changes will it bring to the sales industry? Will it be the end of salespeople, or will it become the secret weapon to help sales reps work more efficiently? Let’s jump to the nitty-gritty.

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Top 10 Reasons Your Prospects Don’t Make Optimal Choices

SBI

I wanted to illustrate the reasons prospects don’t always make the right decision based on first-hand experience – what I’ve seen personally over the past two decades of Sales. #10 Doing nothing is almost always less risky than doing something. That applies to something as basic as downloading a software trial.

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Four Scenarios to Open a Sales Conversation Earlier in the Customer Path

Miller Heiman Group

They often delay talking to salespeople because they find other resources, such as vendor websites, industry events, social networks and their colleagues, more valuable in solving their business problems. Dealing with a Problem that’s Risky for the Organization. Dealing with a Problem that’s Perceived as Risky for the Buying Influence.

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Adopting artificial intelligence in your sales process

PandaDoc

Don’t worry — you are not alone: 69% of your colleagues feel the exact same way, according to Salesforce’s State of Sales 5th edition. As the same State of Sales 5th edition claims, salespeople, on average, sell only 28% of their working hours. As AI evolves, sales processes will become more predictive and proactive.

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How to Foster Transparency in Sales: A Guide for Sales Ops

The Spiff Blog

But, unless real transparency, visibility, and clarity are intentionally baked into every function of your revenue engine, your sales team is essentially operating in a black box. This is especially risky in sales, where disconnected data can have serious repercussions on your pipeline and revenue. What is data-driven sales?

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The Ultimate Guide to a Career in Sales

Hubspot Sales

If you hear "ABC" and "Always be closing" pops into your mind, a sales career may be the perfect match for you. You've come to the right place to learn what it's like to have a career in sales, and it's about much more than the close. Sales seems like a fast-paced, hardball kind of career. What's a typical sales career path?

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