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Enterprise sales lessons: How I almost closed Google, Intuit & Oracle

Close.io

From B2C to B2B. So we did it: we decided to go B2B and try the enterprise sales route. We hustled hard, we pitched perfectly, the product concept was great, and high-level leadership loved it, not just at Google, but also at Intuit and Oracle. Oracle broke our heart. But the most painful experience was Oracle.

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Will ?Demo Automation? Work for Your B2B Sales Organization?

SBI

As a Senior Director of Sales Consulting at Oracle, Tod and his team of Sales Engineers and Solution Consultants support the sales team in their division and are responsible for onsite and remote demos. Tod at Oracle discovered that with Demo Automation he was able to make significant progress. An attempt to replace the salesperson.

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9 Sales Tools to Increase Productivity

InsideSales.com

Productivity tools are a great way to work smarter. In this article: Productivity Tools. There are constantly new innovations to sales tools. However, despite these innovations, there are several sales tools that are still necessary for any company hoping to increase sales. Template Emails. Screen Sharing. Social Media.

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Key Sales Lessons from Oracle’s 4th Quarter Miss

SBI Growth

Oracle just missed its 4 th quarter number for the first time in a decade. In B2B sales, activity leads to results. In contrast, forward-looking, courageous companies, like Oracle, hire into the soft economy. Why is it taking Oracle too long to ramp the new reps? Let’s not beat up Oracle. Their words not mine.

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The 19 Best Group Scheduling Tools in 2019

Hubspot Sales

Here, we're going to explore some of the best group scheduling tools you might use to create a more effective scheduling process. But first -- what should you look for in a good group scheduling tool? A group scheduling tool needs to meet a ton of requirements to be considered "good." Sales automation tools (ex.

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Social Selling Success Stories

Score More Sales

I am very humbled, and quite honored, since it seems that quite a process was put into place and many different tools to measure reach was used to take a list of 500 influencers down to the top 30. LinkedIn is certainly a social selling tool and Koka the perfect representative of how adding insight to help potential buyers builds your brand.

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What makes a stellar B2B sales person?

Artesian Solutions

But as Winston Churchill once famously said “success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm”, so not letting this stumble get in the way of his dream, Andrew maintained his momentum and drive to succeed and just one month later was awarded a place on the Oracle Graduate Scheme , as a graduate developer.

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