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6 Predictions for Sales Software in 2017

SalesLoft

Sales software changes as rapidly as the sales landscape , which is to say at light-speed. While no one knows exactly what 2017 will bring, we predict that the future of sales software will introduce more customization and the power of big data analysis to all industries. What’s new with this data for 2017? Automation.

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2017 Social Selling App and Article Roundup #6

Adaptive Business Services

Case in point: An April 2017 study from Cornell University found in-person requests are 34 times more successful than those made over email. Enter: CRM software. The post 2017 Social Selling App and Article Roundup #6 appeared first on Social Sales Training & Strategies.

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Is Your Sales Enablement Enabling the Right Things?

SBI

According to the CSO Insights 2016 Sales Enablement Optimization Study , 32.7% A recent study by the ProSales Institute provides some insights that yield answers to this question. For their publication, Sales Agenda 2017 , the authors surveyed sales leaders on what they consider to be their top challenges for 2017.

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Study: Is Your Team Prepared for the Coming Wave of Sales Tech Innovation?

Velocify

As of January 2017, there were 450 sales technologies available —100 of which surfaced in the previous year, according to research from Nicolas de Kouchkovsky, principal of CaCube Consulting. The post Study: Is Your Team Prepared for the Coming Wave of Sales Tech Innovation? appeared first on Velocify: High Performance Sales.

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In the Race to Win More Customers, Sales Needs Digital Transformation

Salesforce users were surveyed about the forces shaping today's workplace. Discover the results and why investments in digital transformation and automation are pushing sales teams ahead.

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Getting Culture Right: Five Lessons for Merger Success in the Sales Department

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: David Sill In August 2017, the DiscoverOrg sales team was working at top speed, well aware that Q4 was right around the corner, when our CEO announced the acquisition of a formidable competitor, RainKing. Says the study author, “…the employee must be pivotal. That isn’t always the way it goes.

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Sales Tech Benchmark Infographic & Webinar

SBI

In late 2017, we went to field with our first annual Sales Stack Benchmark Survey to identify which are the most commonly used sales technologies, and which are being considered most for the year ahead, among other things. A sales stack is a collection of software solutions that support a sales organization’s efforts to generate revenue.