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Mistakes to Avoid When Expanding Your Sales Department

Pipeliner

These days I remembered something I’ve read back in 2006 and somehow kept in the back of mind all this time: ‘’Everyone wants to be the VP of marketing and do the cool stuff like advertising and promotion. Crowded Territories. Compensation Plans are Outdated or Misaligned. This is fine if your product is already being bought. [.]

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A 2026 excursion to the future of sales training

Sales Training Connection

The notion was if one looked backed 10 years to 2006 and compared what was going on in sales training to the happenings in 2016, things looked strikingly similar. They have looked at sales training while simultaneously examining other factors such as territory design, compensation and go-to-market strategy. Inflection point.

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38 Most Dynamic Women in Sales (The 2019 Edition)

Sales Hacker

I feel like I’ve been in and around sales since I was a kid, but my first real ”sales” job was while I was in college, back in 2006. Territory Account Manager at Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise. #GirlsClub Mentor. How long have you been in sales? I worked in B2B sales for a transmission shop in Tempe, AZ. It was fun.

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