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Ethnic Minority and Women Leaders: My Experience as a White Male Soldier

Smooth Sale

I did not know what white male privilege was or that I was enjoying such a privilege until 2005. It was when I experienced equal opportunity training and education at the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI) located at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. Learn more to train teams, and join the advocacy program.

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Are You Ready to Break the Bias?

Smooth Sale

It was not until ten years into my entrepreneurial journey that I received formal sales training. Unfortunately, as my career has developed with international speaking, consulting, and training, I still find that I am the only black woman in the room. Learn more to train teams, and join the advocacy program.

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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: Value Selling Tools and the Buying Lifecycle

The ROI Guy

Jeff Ogden, the Fearless Competitor Find New Customers "Lead Generation Made Simple" http"//www.findnewcustomers.com 5:19 AM Tom Pisello said. " So where does this leave traditional sales training companies.? One could argue both are right. Scrabbling to catch up to the new reality! Powered by Blogger.

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

Sales Hacker

Lori speaks, writes, coaches and trains company leaders on ways to find, recruit, retain, and promote more women in sales and helps women become part of the best profession – B2B sales. Early in my AE career, the company I worked for was acquired and we were all told we had to go to another state for an entire month of training.

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Best Sales Blogs: The Ultimate List of 55+ (Recently Updated!)

LeadFuze

5 Best Sales Role Play Scenarios to Train Your New Hires. +24 The second post was written by guest, John Barrows, sales trainer to the world’s leading tech companies. When they’re not blogging, the Double Digit Sales team also produces awesome sales training courses. Harvard Business School, 2005, OPM. The Gist: