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2015 Sales Predictions

Your Sales Management Guru

2015 Sales Predictions. We believe in 2015 the focal points will be on velocity and execution; increasing the speed of the sales cycle and number of orders received. Prospective clients have done their homework as to their issues and potential solutions via the internet or other relationship.

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How One Entrepreneur Leveraged Fanatical Prospecting to Build His Business

Sales Gravy

This young entrepreneur leveraged Fanatical Prospecting to quickly ramp up his successful and fast-growing photography business that he started this year. Then between 2013 and 2015, I moved into more of a pure sales role where I was cold calling. This conversation about sales and entrepreneurship is both educational and inspirational.

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Tactics To Help You Meet Your 2020 Sales Goals

Sales and Marketing Management

Forrester analyst Andy Hoar didn’t mince words when he spoke at the 2015 Forrester Sales Enablement Forum. Before B2B customers and prospects contact you, they will do their research, seeking out content they can download and watch at their convenience. Share links to your company’s latest case study with your prospects.

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3 Things You Can Do Now To Close The Year Strong – Sales eXecution 267

The Pipeline

One example is customer service, I see to many sales people dealing with “admin” type of requests from clients instead of sending it to where the task really belongs, customer support, who is usually much better prepared and equipped to deal with these things. A variation on the delegate route, is automation.

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7 Must-Have Automated Documents for Sales Success

Companies are increasingly implementing technology to bring efficiency to their workforce. Data accessibility aside, teams continuously struggle with manual processes for document generation. Learn why automating your documents is key to sales success.

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7 Reasons Sales is Still a Great Career (& 7 Reasons Why Not)

Hubspot Sales

You can use your communication skills to go into customer service, or your product knowledge to go into marketing. While cold calling is part of most sales jobs, especially during the prospecting process, it can’t make up the bulk of what you do or you’ll quickly face burnout. Con #1: Poor performance can affect your pay.

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How and Why You Should Transition from Field to Inside Sales

Hubspot Sales

And when they do gear up and venture forth, their efforts on that front are increasingly erring towards customer service activities. They're not excited about working inside, so they are happy to be distracted from telephone sales by customer service and administrative activities — meaning not a lot of selling actually gets done.