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The “Squishy” Buying Cycle

Partners in Excellence

Our job as sales professionals becomes aligning our selling process with the customer’s buying process, moving through the process in a disciplined manner. I think there is a different view of the buying cycle, one that is more “squishy.” I think this picture represents a lot of what I see in B2B buying cycles.

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Will These 6 Tests Save 2013’s Sales Compensation Plan?

SBI Growth

This post will help you test a redesigned sales compensation plan to ensure cultural fit. Let’s suppose HR is fully engaged for redesign of a 2013 Sales Compensation plan. HR even brought in an expert compensation firm. But wait – this new incentive compensation plan could flop. Is the tool ready for easy entry?

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20 Sales Planning Tools to Boost Sales Productivity and Close More Deals

Hubspot Sales

In reality, sales professionals and managers need to have access to the best available sales planning tools to help them boost sales productivity and close more and bigger deals. Sales Productivity Tools. The HubSpot Sales Platform gives sales professionals the tools they need to sell more deals faster in one integrated suite.

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6 RevOps Strategies to Get You Through Economic Hardship

The Spiff Blog

For maximum efficiency, the tools that make up your RevOps tech stack— including CRMs, sales enablement tools, analytics and reporting platforms, and so on— must offer the necessary automation and customization capabilities to support agile RevOps strategies. Maybe a tool no longer aligns with current workflows.

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Personalize B2B Mobile Site to Grow Revenues

Score More Sales

I’m the kind of person who gets into an airplane and am still amazed how they always take off and land hundreds or thousands of miles away (at least all of my flights have, and nearly all flights do) To see the advances in marketing tools and sales tools – it’s really phenomenal what software can now do.

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MBO Examples to Kickstart Your Sales Team Engagement

Xactly

MBOs can be an extremely useful tool in addition to your sales commission structure because they give each rep individual goals to strengthen the overall sales organization. Download our "Guide to Sales Team Compensation" to learn how to compensate each sales role. Or, build a plan in minutes with our ready-to-use templates.

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Hiring a Salesperson: 7 Reasons Your First Won’t Work Out

LeadFuze

On one hand, a sales development rep (SDR) can increase accounts and shorten the buying cycle—all while you are freed up to focus on growth. Changing the compensation plan can always ruffle feathers. 7 They Don’t Have the Right Tools. What about a lead gen tool? Pick a good one. ” — Jim Collins.

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