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Build a Top Performing Sales Team in 2016

The Brooks Group

The key to building an all-star team in 2016 is having the right people in the right positions, doing the work they were naturally wired for. As your team plans for growth in 2016, you’ll want to make sure you’re putting the right people in leadership positions. NOTE: Our sales training tools are designed to make your life easier.

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The Monthly Rundown, Bonus Edition: January Venture Rounds for Black-founded and Co-founded U.S. Companies

Crunchbase

Industry: Productivity Tools, Scheduling, Software. About Calendly: Founded in 2013 by Tope Awotona , Calendly is an automated scheduling tool that takes the work out of connecting with others so that its users can accomplish more. The company’s latest raise puts it squarely in unicorn territory. HQ: Atlanta, Georgia.

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AJ’s story – and the Split of Outbound and Inbound Sales Development

DiscoverOrg Sales

At the beginning of 2016, Anthony had a heart-to-heart talk with his supervisor and was inspired during the company’s annual January Sales Kick-off. In August of 2016, DiscoverOrg’s leadership decided to split the sales in into dedicated inbound and outbound teams. “It Chili Piper is an intelligent calendar tool.

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Size Matters: Digging in to Employee Counts and Social Media Discrepancies

DiscoverOrg Sales

I’ve been optimizing DiscoverOrg’s process for gathering firmographic data since 2016. It is a crucial data point for many common sales and marketing activities: segmentation, lead routing, outbound outreach, territory planning, and more. Size is also important because companies of certain sizes need certain tools. I would know.

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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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Six Key Principles To Managing Remote Sales Teams

Crunchbase

When UberEats first launched in EMEA in 2016, my team and I found ourselves immediately confronted with the challenge of scale. Maintain Territory Ownership. In fact, effective territory ownership leads to increased sales, reduced costs, and helps improve the overall customer experience.

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What Not to Do at a Sales Kickoff Meeting

The Brooks Group

Don’t Have the Kickoff Prior to Setting Territories and Quotas. Assigning territories and quotas to your team prior to the sales meeting will give your reps time to digest that information, and prepare any questions they may have concerning it. Keep this list of “don’ts” in mind when you’re planning your 2016 sales kickoff meeting.

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