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Want to be an “A” student?

Sales 2.0

Back in 2006 I coined the term “Sales 2.0” (see the logo on this website). My concept of Sales 2.0 was, and is, “taking the sales profession to the next level”. In my opinion we’ve come a long way since 2006 but we still have a long way to go. In sales, we’re still at-best getting a “C grade” as a profession.

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Pick Up the Damn Phone and Have Sales Conversations

No More Cold Calling

: How People, Not Technology, Seal the Deal —in 2013, because I was alarmed by the unleashed dependence on technology by sales teams. Reps told me they didn’t need to have sales conversations. In fact, they didn’t even need to talk to prospects, because they had great tech tools. You are the ultimate sales technology.

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Want Better Lead Generation? Get Marketing & Sales in Line

DiscoverOrg Sales

I’ve been involved in sales enablement and lead generation since the term was just getting popularized in the B2B tech sector around 2006. And more than ten years later, the definition of what sales enablement actually is has yet to be nailed down. Marketing-generated awareness. Marketing-generated demand.

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Sales Incentives, Awards, Lead Follow Up and Sales Effectiveness

Understanding the Sales Force

We have the sales process dialed in and we are training on it now. Dave Kurlan wrote: They should receive the incentive only if the opportunity makes it as far as 2 nd base in the sales process. At yesterday's Top Sales Awards event , I was honored with three awards for 2012. I am stuck on comp.

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The Final Post: We MUST Have a Sales Process

Jonathan Farrington

On October 16th 2006, I made the first post here on Blogit , so it is fitting that today, I also make the last one. “Great Minds Thinking Alike About Sales!” We must have a sales process. So What Is A Sales Process? Can there be a downside to sales process?

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The Ultimate Guide to Sales Strategy

Hubspot Sales

They rely on manually-entered data to monitor the sales pipeline and coach their salespeople, and they run sales and marketing independently, creating a disjointed experience for buyers. In inbound sales — the modern methodology for sales teams — companies base their sales process on buyer actions.

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Unique Selling Proposition: What It Is & How to Develop a Great One

Hubspot Sales

A unique selling proposition, or USP, is a tool used by salespeople to communicate the key factors that separate your product from the competition. It's used in the early stages of the sales process (e.g., Since the unique selling proposition is a verbal tool, it should only be written when you're getting ready to rehearse it.

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