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Your Sales Year is Coming to an End. Are you ready?

InsightSquared

So, as a sales leader or manager, what do you do? I’ve faced this challenge as a senior sales executive, sales enablement executive and outside sales enablement specialist. Take the sales cycle into account. Don’t expect a 6-12 month enterprise opportunity to close just because they are offered an incentive.

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6 Tips for an SKO Agenda that Won’t Bore Your Reps

Showpad

Your sales kickoff (SKO) is not just another sales meeting; it’s a time to gather all your reps at the start of the year to review the past 12 months and motivate them as the next 12 ramp up. The agenda can make or break the effectiveness of the event, and therefore the overall team performance as you move forward through 2019.

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Sales Hacker’s Top Sales Trends & Predictions You MUST Be Aware Of In 2018

Sales Hacker

More companies will realize they achieve higher ROI with these roles and reduce the size of their outside sales teams as a result. – Lars Nilsson , VP of Global Inside Sales, Cloudera. 1) Buyer Side Technology Continues to Disrupt Sales Development & Demand Gen.

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