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Frugalnomics in Effect - Gartner predicts low IT spending growth for 2016

The ROI Guy

Financial justification is the new language of IT selling, where CFOs are more involved through all stages of the purchase decision, and procurement is there to demand a discount if you lead with product and price vs. value. Percent in 2016 Gartner Says Worldwide IT Spending to Decline 5.5% Percent in 2014 Gartner Forecasts 3.1%

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Three Challenges that will Impact Your 2016 IT Sales and Marketing Plans

The ROI Guy

If you are in IT sales and marketing, there are three significant challenges of which you should be well aware when setting up your budgets and plans for 2016. Can they defend you selection and price against competitors and discounts? IT Spending on the Decline? First, Gartner announced mid-summer that IT spending is on the decline.

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Is Failure an Option for Your Account Based Selling Teams?

No More Cold Calling

CSO Insights’ 2017 Best Practices Study revealed that quota attainment—averaged across all geographies, industries, and company sizes—dropped from 63 percent of salespeople in 2012 to 53 percent in 2016. They wait for the discounts that regularly come, and they pressure reps for even more discounts. Why Does Any of This Matter?

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How To Close In The 21st Century

A Sales Guy

And there is more: I’m gonna be speaking at Inbound 2016 in Boston. Here’s a discount code to save $200 dollars if you use by the 30th. If you want to learn more about how to elegantly close, check out James Muir’s book, The Perfect Close. I talk about it here it with these 13 other must read sales books.

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Send This Email to Your Manager to Attend #Rainmaker16

SalesLoft

Rainmaker 2016 , the gathering of sales development thought-leaders, industry pioneers and practitioners in Atlanta on March 7-9 is the one and only conference of its kind. I wanted to drop a quick line about the team attending Rainmaker 2016 , Salesloft’s sales development-centric conference in Atlanta this March.

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Women are WAY better than men at this high-value sales skill

Gong.io

It was the last day of Q1 2016, and they were going into battle on a closing call. . Aside from discounts.). Samantha and our sales manager sat down and dialed into the call. . My team and I lined up around the glass wall of the conference room to watch it go down. . This was a MONSTER deal that would get her and the team to quota.

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[URGENT] You’ve Got ONE WEEK to Get This Book for 99 Cents

No More Cold Calling

One week from today—April 14, 2016—marks the 10-year anniversary of my first book, No More Cold Calling ™. Get your discounted copy via the Kindle Store on April 14, beginning at midnight Pacific. Don’t miss your chance to cash in on my No More Cold Calling book anniversary! Yes, April 14, 2006 was the official publication date.