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How to Easily Motivate and Incentivize Sales Pipeline Building

Understanding the Sales Force

Sales Leaders at nearly every company complain about CRM compliance. Sales Leaders at nearly every company complain about lack of new business. Sales Leaders at nearly every company complain about unqualified opportunities. Referrals and Introductions are an after-thought at most companies. Do you like my music analogies?

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2010 vs. 2020: 9 Sales Strategies That Changed Dramatically in the Last Decade

Hubspot Sales

Let’s take a look at what a successful sales approach looked like 10 years ago, and review some necessary updates in order for your company to remain competitive. 2010 Sales Strategies. With consumers and businesses navigating a challenging economy and sobering job market, many companies were focused on staying afloat.

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Why DTC Brands Are Failing

Grant Cardone

DTC, or direct-to-consumer, brands were once the darlings of 2010’s commerce. With several brands worth billions at their peak, they were once thought to have been the future of shopping… That is until many DTC companies started going belly up. What happened to the golden era of DTC?

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5 Critical Things to Consider When Evaluating Lead Generation Companies

Pointclear

Given that I run one of the many lead generation companies it will not surprise you to learn that I believe a 3rd party focused on response management, lead generation and qualification and lead nurturing is capable of doing a much better job of those services than you are likely to find inside most companies. D&B —since 2003.

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Has Corporate America Reached A Diversity Tipping Point?

Zoominfo

Initially, companies’ contributions typically include donations, relevant posts on social media, and educational events for employees — all things that can, indeed, help the cause. Since 2010, there has been exponential growth in one essential area: hiring. of Fortune 500 companies have a Diversity Executive as of Q1 in 2020.

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What Happened to Brand Ambassadors?

Zoominfo

When Brand Ambassadors first gained popularity in the early 2010’s, the approach was simple: Companies would identify their most loyal customers, ask them to showcase their loyalty in a genuine way, and then reward them with perks like free gear. This is what brand ambassadorship looks like in the 21st century. Source: ZoomInfo.

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Building Loyalty Evolves with Data, Smartphones, and Personalization

Zoominfo

The other quadrants include offer expansion, company transformation, and market expansion. ZoomInfo data shows a rising amount of companies over the past decade have manager and executive job titles with the word “loyalty” in them. Figure 1 : Various loyalty-related job titles have risen steadily at companies since 2010.

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