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3 Bad Sales Habits That Hurt Your Performance

Growbots

It isn’t until sellers gain access to decision makers that they’re finally talking to someone who can say yes (buy). . In many cases B and C Players never gain access to decision maker levels. As you would expect sales cycles will be longer executing bottom-up sales.

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The ultimate guide to solution selling

PandaDoc

LinkedIn advertising allows precise targeting, meaning you can contact the decision-makers directly and lower the costs of customer acquisition. That’s why it is especially effective in software development, the chemicals industry, medtech, and other business niches. Long-term efficiency. This speaks to its reliability.

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Complex Or Simple Buying Process

Partners in Excellence

Usually, the sales cycles are longer, typically months to years. When I refer to a simple buying process, it is typically one that involves very few decision makers–usually just one. There may be other people involved, but typically an individual makes a decision. The risk is usually smaller.

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Lessons in Sales Leadership with Alice Heiman

Mindtickle

Now, when I first left Miller Heiman, I still had a lot of my big clients; Fidelity Investments, Dow Chemical, Hewlett Packard, AT&T, some real giants. One of my favorite books for sales leaders is “The Sales Manager’s Guide to Greatness” by Kevin Davis. But a funny thing happened––the dot-coms.

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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

Best-selling author of Embrace Your Edge, Hang is a global speaker on sales, leadership, and diversity & inclusion in the workplace. She holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and lives in Los Altos, California with her two children. What is one a-ha moment you’ve had in your sales career?

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