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The Perils of Piecemeal

Cincom Smart Selling

Smart companies don’t have software initiatives; they have business initiatives that drive software purchases. In a four-year period, this company consolidated more than 40 systems into less than seven. Smart companies consider their front-office processes strategically. How smart are you?

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4 Trends Shaping B2B Marketing in 2011

Pointclear

Today's guest blogger, Ann Handley, is the Chief Content Officer of MarketingProfs and the co-author of the brand-new book, Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and More) That Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business. Why doesn’t our blog have any comments?). Wiley, 2011).

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Raising Prices When Costs are Rising

Braveheart Sales

Check out this blog post to make sure you aren’t over-communicating your price increase. Of course, smart companies play the arbitrage game: When costs are rising, pass along the price increases as quickly as you can while you try to delay accepting the cost increases from your suppliers as long as possible.

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The Different Inside Sales Roles Explained

Factor 8

You may see them termed as “Renewal Reps” but with the sky-rocket maturation of the SaaS industry, smart companies have their eye on more than just renewals. Account Managers require similar skills but are likely not selling/managing a software product. There are many ways to team, but alas, that is a different blog.

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Seven Sales Leaders on the Challenges They Overcame in 2020 & Their 2021 Predictions

Hubspot Sales

Zach Rego is the VP of Sales and Marketing at Unstack , a marketing platform software. The pandemic has caused massive dislocation that has resulted in some truly historic opportunities for smart companies, especially in distressed sectors like real estate.”. Adjusting Sales priorities. “We

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Build Predictable Revenue

Your Sales Management Guru

Smart companies are scrutinizing their strategic sales management plans, taking a closer look at everything from their pipelines to their forecasts. The benefit of a short-term plan and agenda are that current issues can be addressed and continuous training and employee focus is a company goal. Employees are a critical asset.

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Client Onboarding Process: Free Checklist for Service Providers

LeadFuze

When you provide a service, either physical (like a marketing agency) or software (like a SaaS) it can be like that. Finding new clients is the fuel that drives growth in any company, but for those who use recurring revenue models—You have to keep on selling your product every month. Now, let’s get into the nuts and bolts.

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