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Shared Mediocrity – Sales eXchange 178 – A Question To Sales Leaders

The Pipeline

Sports have trade deadlines, sales organizations have trade season, usually at the start of the year, just after bonuses are paid. What I never understand is why companies, and sales leaders participate in this silly ritual. In the end I think it comes down to a lack of conviction on the part of sales leadership.

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How Can You Brand Your Small Business Sherwood Forest?

Increase Sales

Yet unfortunately, most of these marketing experts to business coaches fail to understand the reality of Sherwood Forest. ” Your Sherwood Forest is your small business niche market. .” ” Your Sherwood Forest is your small business niche market. ” Leanne Hoagland-Smith. Share on Facebook.

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Are you the leader or just the boss? | Jeffrey Gitomer's Sales Blog.

Jeffrey Gitomer

Same in sales. All sales leaders and bosses want their people to be a team. You have to be the teacher, the conductor, the coach, and the encourager. It’s the same in sales. You also have to be the leader by example, and the coach who knows the game. In sales this means go with your people.

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Shared Mediocrity – Sales eXchange 178 – A Question To Sales Leaders

The Pipeline

Sports have trade deadlines, sales organizations have trade season, usually at the start of the year, just after bonuses are paid. What I never understand is why companies, and sales leaders participate in this silly ritual. In the end I think it comes down to a lack of conviction on the part of sales leadership.

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Email Open Rates By Industry: See How You Stack Up

Hubspot Sales

As a sales professional, you’re sending emails all day, every day. Here are some interesting findings from the data: Out of the 29 industries, Marketing and Advertising companies have the lowest email open rates. Marketing and Advertising: 25%. Professional Training and Coaching: 36%. Maybe your current rate is 20%.

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Guest Post: Agile Sales – converting managers from bureaucrats to coaches

Jonathan Farrington

Field sales reps have a reputation for being early adopters of technology that will make them more productive. They know that the more efficient they can be in communicating with prospects, the more productive they will be at advancing the sales cycle. The Psyche of the Great Sales Rep. Ubiquitous Mobile Access.

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Is Customer-Centric Selling Dead?

SBI

As my friend Jim Banks of Shadetree Technology likes to say, “Conversations are the ball-bearings that move deals through the sales process.” If customer-centric selling is about authentic, value-add sales conversations, how on earth could it be considered ‘dead’. Well said Jim! The answer is—not yet.

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