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Responding to the Digital Sales Shift

Sales and Marketing Management

A Sales Benchmark Index survey from 2017 reported that in nearly 75% of sales situations, customers prefer not to meet in person. Scott McCartney, who covers air travel for The Wall Street Journal, worked with three airline industry analysts to determine the long-term impact of COVID-19 on business travel.

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Performance Platforms

Sales and Marketing Management

Online retail is expected to grow 8 to 12 percent in 2017 — three times higher than the growth rate of retail overall. Software is eating the world,” stated Marc Andreessen in a 2011 Wall Street Journal article. Source: National Retail Federation). Americans spend an average of five hours per day on mobile devices.

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Is complacency leaving your accounts open to competitors?

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

2017) Familiarity breeds contempt: perceived service and sales complacency in business-to-business relationships. Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management, 37:1, 42-60. The blog post and Rapid Learning video module are based on the following research study: Friend, S. & & Johnson, J.

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Responding to the Dig?tal Sales Shift

Sales and Marketing Management

A Sales Benchmark Index survey from 2017 reported that in nearly 75% of sales situations, customers prefer not to meet in person. Scott McCartney, who covers air travel for The Wall Street Journal, worked with three airline industry analysts to determine the long-term impact of COVID-19 on business travel.

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Sales Training is a “Process” not an Event

ROI4Sales

Do your sales managers know whether their sales teams are following your company’s sales processes and best practices (hopefully you have them!)? Can they review metrics to see which processes their best sales reps are following? ~ Trish Bertuzzi, The Bridge Group. 3] ATD Journal. [4]

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Best Sales Blogs: The Ultimate List of 55+ (Recently Updated!)

LeadFuze

They focus on producing content for sales reps, sales managers, and sales execs. When they’re not blogging, the Double Digit Sales team also produces awesome sales training courses. Diagnose Your Sales Pipeline to Increase Performance. The Gist: A sales management blog with a BizOps spin.