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How BMW Would Have Benefited from Social Selling

SBI Growth

Sales cycles that begin with an online referral are closing more rapidly. You can avoid commoditization and grow your margins. Corporate Communications sees inherent risk in mobilizing a social sales force. They are cold calling daily. As the agent of sales enablement and training, you play a key role.

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Sales Lessons From Nick Saban

Janek Performance Group

Alabama went 13-0, won the SEC and the National Championship with an average margin of victory of 30 points. Sales tactics that worked in the past like cold calling may become less effective and require change. One of Saban’s favorite sayings is, “Don’t think about winning the SEC Championship.

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The 5 Best B2B Sales Techniques

Showpad

B2B sales, on the whole, is slower, more labor-intensive and more consequential than B2C. A six- or seven-figure deal can make or break the entire year’s revenue, providing little margin for error. So it’s probably time to level up how your organization runs sales teams and integrates new B2B sales techniques into their repertoire.

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The 5 Stages of Developing and Launching a New Sales Strategy

Chorus.ai

The kinds of metrics that can serve as performance targets include: Cold calling rate: How many cold calls are your reps executing per week? Average cold call conversion rate: How many prospects are your reps qualifying per call? This means there’s a margin for error.

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The Ultimate List of YouTube Channels for Sales Professionals

Zoominfo

Dave Kurlan is a renowned expert in sales force assessments, training and strategic growth strategies. For more than 30 years, David’s firm has helped companies of all sizes achieve growth, improve margins, recruit stronger salespeople, and develop high-performing sales professionals. Go check out the SBI Insider Video Podcast!

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Sales enablement: what is it, and how does it work?

Close.io

First off, let’s make one thing very clear: sales enablement isn’t just another fun trend that’s here today and gone tomorrow. Just five years ago, CSO Insights ran a study about sales enablement and only 25% of the companies they surveyed had developed sales enablement for their teams. Today, we’ll see: ?

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The Ultimate List of YouTube Channels for Sales Professionals

Zoominfo

Dave Kurlan Dave Kurlan is a renowned expert in sales force assessments, training and strategic growth strategies. For more than 30 years, David’s firm has helped companies of all sizes achieve growth, improve margins, recruit stronger salespeople, and develop high-performing sales professionals.

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