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Timing is Everything

John Barrows

I still believe it would rival some of the best sales tools out there today if it was still available. Unfortunately, they developed it in 2006 when the market wasn’t ready, so it died. Timing in Sales. Timing isn’t just critical with business ideas, it’s also extremely critical in sales.

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Becoming a SalesTech Entrepreneur: One Man’s Journey with Ankesh Kumar

SBI

When he came to town, I took the opportunity to bring him along on an important sales call with a large defense manufacturer. John asked a lot of questions during the meeting, none of which seemed to advance the sale. When John left in 2006, the company had 50,000 employees in 77 countries. They were high-level questions.

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PowerViews with Jill Konrath: Changing Buyers Require Retooled Sales Reps

Pointclear

Jill is an internationally recognized expert who is known for her fresh sales strategies and game changing approaches. She is also a frequent speaker at annual sales meetings, kick-off events, and professional conferences. 2012 Surprise: Slow Adoption of Technology Like Sales Intelligence Tools. Don’t come in here.

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Guest Post: Tackling the Impossible Sales Challenge

Jonathan Farrington

Jill Konrath is an internationally-recognized sales expert, in-demand speaker and bestselling author. Selling to Big Companies was selected as a “must read” by Fortune “must read” and has been an Amazon Top 20 sales book since 2006. Experiment. Change things up. Get creative.

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Technology Sales & Marketing - Party Like its 1999?

The ROI Guy

Technology Sales & Marketing - Party Like its 1999? A Q&A with me on latest IT sales and marketing metrics, trends and best practices Is 2006 shaping up to be a good year for IT spending growth? in 2006, with annual growth in software sales leading the way at 7.0%.

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Free “Turn Cold to Gold” Webinar

Jonathan Farrington

Your sales leads are either hot or they’re not. My “Turn Cold to Gold” Webinar will show you how to make every lead a hot one and cover in detail this critical information that I promise will change your sales life forever…. • How to double your sales revenue within 12 months—without adding to your marketing budget. . •

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Business Value Selling and Sales Turnover - Continuous Working for Change

The ROI Guy

The bottom line message for vendors – if you want your sales proposal to be a priority, it needs to be justified in quantifiable terms. In response, most sales forces have instituted initiatives to help align with a more demanding and frugal customer base. Each year, one in three sales professionals is new.

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