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How Oracle Thrived in the 2008 Recession, Even with Missed Revenue Opportunities

SBI Growth

The year is 2007. The real estate market is flush. Stocks are booming. Getting a loan has never been easier. Companies are investing in themselves, growing their businesses, and increasing shareholder value. Now fast forward to 2008. The real estate bubble.

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BEYOND IT: The Breadth of DiscoverOrg’s Sales & Marketing Intelligence

DiscoverOrg Sales

Back when DiscoverOrg was founded in 2007, our goal was to provide sales and marketing professionals with accurate intelligence on IT decision-makers. However, another one is that in 2007 IT spending was hotter than it’s ever been. However, another one is that in 2007 IT spending was hotter than it’s ever been. Why so high?

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The Promotion Gap for Women in 2020: Yes, It Still Exists.

Zoominfo

percent, respectively,” payroll software provider ADP noted in a 2019 workforce study. . Back in 2007, ZoomInfo released data about women CEOs, and compared to current numbers, many industries are improving, even if the numbers are still lower than ideal. Bureau of Labor Statistics ). percent compared with 8.4%

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7 Sales Strategy Examples Your Competitors Wish You Didn’t Know?

Gong.io

Back in 2007(ish), Hubspot created a Nexus, and as a result, launched a new category of sales: Interruption vs. permission. . Example: If you sell software (especially B2B), you want to steer your buyer into the “BTB software can solve” problem box. Note: Ensure you have the 80/20 as the agree/disagree .

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5 Critical Things to Consider When Evaluating Lead Generation Companies

Pointclear

What is called “Inside Sales”, “Sales Support”, “Telesales” and dozens of other names is growing 15x faster than field sales—in fact, my colleague, Jonathan Farrington, published a blog stating that within three years 80 – 90% of all B2B transactions will be done online—most with some form of sales support but not field sales. Walk around.

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20 Clutch Sales Prospecting Tools for 2022

Crunchbase

Although no number of lead prospecting tools can replace the value of the personal touch of relationship building, taking advantage of modern sales prospecting software is an easy way to cut down on tedious and repetitious tasks so you can close more deals. For instance, software can be used to search and manage a prospect list.

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Activate Acquires Green Leads

Green Lead's B2B

Back in 2007, Linda and I had no idea we would have built a global pipeline generation company that the Fortune 1000 and some of the biggest tech firms in the industry would trust to generate their sale pipeline from high level Ideal Customer Profile leads (ICPs) to booked and confirmed Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs, or appointments).