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The Top 8 Requirements for Becoming a Great Salesperson

Understanding the Sales Force

Or the first time you watched Cable with more than 6 channels and without snow? I read one by Seth Godin , became an early subscriber, and in 2005, became one of the very first sales experts to Blog. For those of you who are my age or older, do you remember the first time you saw color TV? Wireless remote controls?

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How Social Media Influences Market Reach

Increase Sales

This is why marketing is the first phase of the 3 Phase Sales Process. Social media probably better than any other marketing channel achieves market reach with in many cases very little capital outlay. LinkedIn Pulse platform is an incredible marketing channel especially for those in B2B. Real World Example #1.

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TSE 1293: Learn To Prospect Like An Expert

Sales Evangelist

He built the company over 18 years and they specialized in creating a unique process for salespeople to prospect. From that point until 2005, the primary tools for prospecting were basically telephone and email. The phone is still important in the process of prospecting. Steve’s major projects Steve loves to create content.

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Technology Sales & Marketing - Party Like its 1999?

The ROI Guy

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%. for 2005 – this according to Forrester latest research. billion in 2006, up 8% from 2005. 1] This is the greatest year-on-year increase in spending in five years.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload.

The ROI Guy

According to IDC, over 90% of IT buyers are economic buyers / economically focused; Technology marketers are focusing more investments on digital channels, and this is good because executives and economic buyers favor on-line research and content. Can sales be made relevant and valuable again in these key stages of the buying cycle?

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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

Melissa Murillo is an award-winning and highly skilled sales leader with over a decade of experience in marketing and business development specializing in the IT channel. She has a passion for mentoring women and helping them find their love of sales. What is one a-ha moment you’ve had in your sales career? Deb Calvert.

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