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How to Sell in a Recession: 3 Tips Based on Experience

Zoominfo

As interest rates rise by 75 basis points for the first time in almost 30 years, experienced sales reps and newcomers alike are facing the prospect of selling during a recession. Companies evaluate prospective new technologies with greater scrutiny or postpone such investments entirely. Budgets are reduced or eliminated.

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“Why I’m So Interested In Selling,” Spence Wixom

Partners in Excellence

It’s been a career of wins and losses, opportunities captured and missed. It was Spring of 2001. My job for each client was to write a brief about their business that presented its market opportunity to investors. But I never found it, so I stayed doing what I’d been doing. It’s been the best thing in the world for me.

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How Sales Jobs Will Change in the Future

Janek Performance Group

So why do so many sales reps continue to sell like they were in 2001? The sales role of the future is changing and companies that adapt to this reality will create a competitive advantage over their competitors, instead of creating a competitive situation with their prospects. We’ve all heard and read…and heard and read….and

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Don't Be "Fooled" By Sales Force Automation Sales Projections

Anthony Cole Training

When that happened, the simplicity of entering basic data to manage a lead or new prospect became more of a data management "maze" project - the simple, fast and effective way for the sales team to keep opportunities from falling throught the cracks became complex, unmanageable and ineffective.

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7 Must-Have Automated Documents for 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. Learn why automating your documents is key to sales success.

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Lead Management: Let’s Formalize this Relationship

Pointclear

As a sales and marketing thought leader with nearly 20 years experience, Tony has led the overall research function at SiriusDecisions since the company's founding in 2001. Today's guest blogger, Tony Jaros, is Senior Vice President of Research at SiriusDecisions. It includes a “back-end” component.

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Choosing the Right Sales Metrics for Management

SalesLoft

Concur, one of the oldest SaaS companies , only moved from selling CD-ROMs and traditional on-premise software licenses to a SaaS model in 2001. For SDRs, it’s often qualified opportunities created or meetings scheduled. That is, a large quantity of high-quality prospect- or customer-facing activity will generate results.