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What Is the Make up and Function of the Ideal Sales Force?

Understanding the Sales Force

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan The million dollar question. So many studies are conducted - but only on large companies. To help with this paper, and to learn how closely companies have structured their sales force to the ideal, I am requesting your help. What is the Most Difficult Part of the Sales Process?

Study 203
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What Is the Makeup and Function of the Ideal Sales Force?

Understanding the Sales Force

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan The million dollar question. So many studies are conducted - but only on large companies. To help with this paper, and to learn how closely companies have structured their sales force to the ideal, I am requesting your help. What is the Most Difficult Part of the Sales Process?

Study 149
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12 Sales Metrics that Matter Most-Harvard Business Review

HeavyHitter Sales

I recently conducted an extensive research project involving more than one-hundred vice presidents of sales at top technology companies (software, Cloud, computer hardware, and telecommunications) to better understand the art and science of managing a sales organization today.

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Your Virtual Edge

Corporate Visions

But even the “outsidesales reps of today are no strangers to “virtual” calls, as they spend more than 45% of their time selling remotely, an 89% increase from 2013, the last time InsideSales.com ran the survey. For the non-math majors, that means that 75% of all sales meetings are now handled remotely.

Survey 51
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The July Edition of Top Sales Magazine is Published

Jonathan Farrington

Our regular feature writers, Barb Giamanco, Nancy Nardin, Babette Ten Haken and Tamara Schenk are joined by sales management guru Keith Rosen. As usual we also announce this month’s Top Sales Article and Top Sales Blog Post, and you will find all the details on nominating your favorites for the 2013 Top Sales & Marketing Awards .

Margin 41
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Everything you ever wanted to know about MEDDIC & MEDDPICC and never dared ask.

MEDDIC

Steve : This is Outside Sales Talk, the best podcast for Outside Salespeople. I’m your host, Steve Benson, and we’re here to chat with the world’s top sales experts so that you can get their best sales tactics to level up your game. Welcome back to Outside Sales Talk today.

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A Career in Inside Sales – Survey Says Yes

Score More Sales

Recently a paper came out called Inside Sales Market Size 2013 – published by the InsideSales.com Research Division with Ben Warner who ran and challenged the data. Small companies have a larger percentage of their sales departments devoted to inside sales than mid-size or enterprise companies. There are 2.3