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How A Career In Umpiring Helped Me Develop My Sales Strike Zone

Sales and Marketing Management

Whether it’s pitch tracking technology on the baseball field, or the wide range of big data and machine learning tools increasingly used within an organization, sales professionals must abide by the technology in use and realize that on some level, it’s going to be about the numbers. How you present yourself matters.

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Is Net Promoter Score (NPS) still a relevant success metric?

SugarCRM

The NPS metric originated with the business strategist Frederick Reichheld in 2003. The article presented data showing a strong connection between a company’s growth rate and the number of customers who willingly recommend the business to others. Leveraging NPS Metrics with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Tools.

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Life Success, Sales Success, Management Success - 24 Thoughts

Anthony Cole Training

Sales Presentation (7). Sales Presentations (17). sales tools (25). I was recently going through a document for our business planning that I wrote in 2003. Click here for more information on a tool so reliable that you can eliminate 96% of the mistakes made when hiring salespeople. Sales Jobs (5). sales people (8).

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Remote Selling Viewpoints with David Sroka of Point of Reference; a Customer Reference Management Platform

SBI

Salespeople need to be able to search on a variety of criteria in order to present the best matched customers. ROI studies), recorded presentations and industry composite case studies make sense in the middle. David has been an über advocate of customer advocate programs since 2003. That part hasn’t changed.

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Technology Sales & Marketing - Party Like its 1999?

The ROI Guy

Indeed, the growth presents some great opportunities for the savvy IT solution provider. For historical perspective, in 2005 technology marketing spending was up 6.4%, in 2004 spending was up 5.8%, while in 2003, tech marketing spending was down 1.7%. 1] This is the greatest year-on-year increase in spending in five years.

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The ROI from CRM

The ROI Guy

According to a 2003 survey by CAP Ventures Inc., This portion of the plan should also contain a strategy for assessing key financial metrics, such as ROI, net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR). Additionally, about 70% said that their CRM initiatives exceeded their original expectations. Here's how they break down.

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Myth Busters and Selling - No Excuses!

Anthony Cole Training

Sales Presentation (7). Sales Presentations (17). sales tools (25). The MythBusters have tackled more than 700 myths since their 2003 premiere. Click here for more information on a tool so reliable that you can eliminate 96% of the mistakes made when hiring salespeople. Sales Jobs (5). sales management (49).

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