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Focus on Winning to Drive More Sales and Revenue

Understanding the Sales Force

Make no mistake, while the focus in sales is mostly on numbers, the goal in baseball is to win and the numbers simply tell us who contributed to the wins. Beat competitor #2? Win account #2? Every company should have a custom-built scorecard that accurately predicts which opportunities they are likely to win.

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How We Burned The Boats and Lived To Tell The Story

Bernadette McClelland

How We Burned The Boats and Lived To Tell The Story TODAY is the day ONE YEAR AGO EXACTLY we flew out of Australia with 6 suitcases, 2 carry-ons and 2 backpacks and our head, heart and gut saying ‘do it’! How could you leave your kids and your new grand-daughter?' Your business?' Did you have a plan?'

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10 Unfavorable Selling Conditions That Prevent Sales Success

Understanding the Sales Force

There is a huge difference between the conditions for winning business with an existing customer that favors you, versus a potential customer who favors one of your competitors. You must pull out all the stops and sell your value without trying to win with low-margin, low-retention pricing. ” Decision made.

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Top 5 Keys to Hire Ideal Sales Candidates at Your Company

Understanding the Sales Force

If you’re a gardener, and you’ve had as much rain as we have received in Central Massachusetts in the summer of 2023, then your plants that prefer dry soil are rotting – just like some of ours. We are currently in scenario 3 with an expectation that scenario 2 will come into play by early 2024. If your On.

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Outbound Prospecting – Filling Your Sales Pipeline

Speaker: Mark Hunter, CSP, “The Sales Hunter”

This makes getting new customers extremely complicated and challenging. The solution to finding great leads and turning them into great customers is having a focused plan and being disciplined in making it happen. The right plan starts with knowing who to prospect and being able to engage them on their own terms and schedule.

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Hiring Top Performers Post-COVID Recovery

Steven Rosen

Is the candidate agile enough to adapt based on the customer’s needs? Do your sales managers have the tools and processes to systematically identify top sales performers from those who are pretenders? Your Hiring Process is Key. 2: Behavioral Interview. Traditional Hiring Challenges. Fit Interview.

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Sales Eagles Soar! Turkeys Get Consumed.

Steven Rosen

Most of your customers will shut down in less than four weeks. Most of your customers will shut down in less than four weeks. If you are chasing your 2015 sales numbers, you need to return from this holiday weekend highly energetic, focused and ready to sprint to the finish line.

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An Innovative & Creative Problem Solver Approach to Selling in the Medical Device Space

Speaker: Steve Goldstein, Sales Leader

What are some of the top challenges your customers face and how do you approach understanding what’s most important to them? to discover critical strategies and approaches you can take to engage your customers, achieve greater sales success, and become both an indispensable resource and a trusted partner.

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7 Must-Have Automated Documents for Sales Success

Learn why automating your documents is key to sales success. Companies are increasingly implementing technology to bring efficiency to their workforce. Data accessibility aside, teams continuously struggle with manual processes for document generation.