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5 Steps for HR to Develop 2013 Sales Leaders

SBI Growth

Our 2012 sales leader research finds it is still a big fear for 2013. Here are five steps for HR to build a sales leadership pipeline in 2013: 1. For example, if your company needs to be “social”, then Social Selling skills are a must. For example, if your company needs to be “social”, then Social Selling skills are a must.

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Top 10 Problems with Channel Sales - Don't be Held Hostage

Understanding the Sales Force

Ignored in all of these articles are those clients and companies that sell through channels. The channels are many, and include stocking distributors, brokers, retailers, VARs, agencies, partners, resellers, rep firms and more. Channel sales is quite different. In these cases, the channel salespeople function more like coaches.

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Email Prospecting: An Example of a Bad Email Transformed

The Sales Hunter

For years I’ve collected and saved examples of good and bad emails. The example below is an email a friend sent to me. (I’ve Bad Email Example: Subject Line: Recruiting Your Channel Partners. Good Email Example (Revised from above): Subject line: Amco. Dear Jim-. The email is all about the sender.

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Three Examples Of Negotiating Failures

The Accidental Negotiator

In January 2013, after months of impasse, Barnes & Noble significantly reduced its orders of Simon & Schuster titles and engaged in other hardball tactics, such as refusing to book the publisher’s authors for in-store readings. On July 10, 2013, a U.S Simon & Schuster was not happy about this and they pushed back.

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Are You Solving The Wrong Problem?

SBI Growth

Prioritization through 3 lenses: What sales productivity problems should you fix in 2013? Your peers told us what they are doing during this event and how they are prioritizing for the 2013 sales strategy inside their regions. Question : What Sales Productivity Problem should you Fix in 2013? H ow to Sequence. Do you have one?

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The 33 Best Sales Training Video Channels on YouTube

Hubspot Sales

In 2013, American companies alone spent $164.2 in 2013 on hiring sales training companies, one of the top five outsourced training expenditures, according to Training Industry. You'll find a short description of each channel as well as a few examples of especially informative or entertaining videos from each.

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A Sales Enablement Tool for the CEO

SBI Growth

Trained the sales force and channel partners on the new product. Create Customer-centric demo decks and business case examples. For example, consider messaging on how to beat the status quo. Your sales team needs this from you to make your product launch in 2013 successful. 2013 is around the corner. They should.