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First, Stop Using the Term Win/Loss!

Pipeliner

These mixed outcomes are undoubtedly familiar to sales veterans. Yet, since time immemorial, sales managers have taken a binary view, categorizing sales opportunities that close as wins, and those that don’t as losses. Competitor discount levels could not be matched by our company. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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PODCAST 121: Lessons From Survival Mode: How to Kickstart Your Business with Matt Rizzetta

Sales Hacker

This was in 2005 after I graduated. So if you don’t hear from me within six minutes, we’ll give you a 50% discount on your first retainer. If she said no, then it was going to be like, “Well, guess what? I don’t have a job anyway.” ” Sam Jacobs: What prompted you? Where were you working before?

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Winning Big Deals - Everything You Need to Know

Tony Hughes

Back in 2005, Tiger Woods was the biggest winner in the world and he cracked more than $10 million in prize-money earnings alone for the first time in a single year. In 2005 I was running the Australian region of a global software company and we did three of the four biggest deals globally for the corporation.

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

Sales Hacker

In 2005 I co-founded Altify, a Dublin-based global SaaS business focusing on sales and sales best practices. I’ve spent 10 years in various Sales and Sales Management roles, both in Paris and London. I currently manage a team of 15 SDRs in 5 locations. ” Aletta Noujaim. Be yourself.

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