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Focus on the Most Fascinating Thing | Sales Motivation and Sales.

The Sales Hunter

“What company is moving into that big office building under construction along the freeway?” ” This was a problematic question for me, because I hadn’t even noticed the office building under construction along the freeway. I studied the local marketplace. December 2009. November 2009.

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All-Time Top Kurlan Sales Article

Understanding the Sales Force

originally posted on January 28, 2009). First, you'll need to read this piece, Personality Assessments for Sales - The Definitive Case Study. They don't conduct predictive validity studies, as we do, because their assessments don't predict. Really, you need to read it first!

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Study Shows Employees Crave Meaningful Feedback from Managers

Paul Cherry's Top Sales Techniques

Blog Home < Study Shows Employees Crave Meaningful Feedba… Sales & Management Tips. Study Shows Employees Crave Meaningful Feedback from Managers. Date: Oct 7th, 2009. Leadership IQ, a Washington, DC-based research and training company, directs one of the largest leadership studies ever conducted.

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14 Pro Tips for Running a Successful Business

Hubspot Sales

We're losing more than we're gaining for the first time since those statistics have been tracked, and the crossover coincided with the recession of 2007-2009. Census Bureau, the overall number of business applications began to recover in late 2009 and has been trending up for the past ten years. You need to research, study, and learn.

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The Starfish and the Spider – Ori Brafman and Rod A. Beckstrom

Hyper-Connected Selling

This article was originally published on August 6th, 2009 at the RockStar Success Library. One challenge in the book is that there is a survivorship bias to the DOs that are studied. Is it possible for decentralization to take care of all of our needs, i.e., can road construction be decentralized? How would it work?

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: The Business Value of Server Virtualization

The ROI Guy

Today, constructing a new data center costs an estimated $400 to $1,000 per sq ft. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base. Power, cooling and data center space issues are gorwing. 1,2} For powering and cooling a server, IDC estimates $0.50 for each $1 in server capital spending, increasing to $0.70 by 2010 [2].

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The Growth Hacking Playbook: Your Ultimate List of Growth Hack Resources

Hubspot Sales

From a forum of growth-related posts to a section on growth case studies, this destination is one of the most comprehensive growth hacking resources available online. Since its 2009 founding, one thing has been certain about Uber: It's experienced unequivocal brand growth. Neil Patel ( NeilPatel.com and Quick Sprout ).

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