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Don Kent and My 8 Reasons For Inaccurate Sales Forecasts

Understanding the Sales Force

When I was growing up in the 1960’s, I watched meteorologist Don Kent give his weather forecasts on WBZ channel 4 in Boston. 1960’s Don Kent is like a 2020’s salesperson. Before long, nobody will listen and worse, sales management won’t be inclined to provide feedback.

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Why In-Person Sales Closing Yields the Best Outcomes

SalesFuel

Zoom's daily meeting participants increased from 10 million in March 2019 to 200 million in March 2020. Zoom became a lifeline for millions working from home and a savior of reps competing for a remote sales closing. And for sales professionals, a new, robust communication channel has been launched.

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2020 Sales Coaching Resolutions

Chorus.ai

Sales call coaching and sales tools are all en vogue this season, but it’s easy to get lost on the way to the catwalk. At Tapclicks , frontline sales managers are super passionate about sales coaching styles and using sales tools properly. 2020 is a huge year, kicking off an entire decade.

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How Sales Reps Are Hitting Quotas Without Hitting the Streets

Sales and Marketing Management

Sales run through the phone, website or customer portal focused on the smallest opportunities and the long tail of lower-value accounts. And this dynamic has merely accelerated a long-term trend of B2B companies shifting their sales capacity from field-based to virtual models.

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Top 5 Keys to Hire Ideal Sales Candidates at Your Company

Understanding the Sales Force

Normal Unemployment (not seen since 2016): Sales candidate supply is adequate, flow of applicants is acceptable, recruiters are helpful and a great sales candidate assessment allows you to focus on the candidates who will succeed in the role.

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#SalesChats: Live 23rd January 2020 9am PT/Noon ET

Pipeliner

He will also talk about how connecting corporate strategy to front-line sales execution is any company’s most critical challenge. YouTube Channel and start playing the Live-Discussion. Live 23rd January 2020 9am PT/Noon ET. What exactly makes someone a great sales enablement leader? Visit our #SalesPOP! Episode Questions.

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What Titans of Tech Teach Us About Growing Sales Teams

Alice Heiman

Watch the podcast below or on our YouTube channel. About Our Guest: Radhika is a Senior Sales Executive/Leader with 21 years of extensive experience in strategic sales leadership and business management serving customers across diverse industries in Auto, Manufacturing, Retail/CPG, Financial Services, SLG and Healthcare.