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The Pipeline ? Reports of the Death of the Salesperson Are Greatly.

The Pipeline

PointClear PD. PointClear PD. Cold calling. Negotiations. Cold Calling Now. The Accidental Negotiator. RT @BizSugar Reports of the Death of the Salesperson Are Greatly Exaggerated [link]. May 16th, 2011. RT @BizSugar Reports of the Death of the Salesperson Are Greatly Exaggerated [link].

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What is the Net Effect of the Migration to Inside Sales?

Jonathan Farrington

The reality is that in days gone by – as I have said on a number of occasions in the past three years – inside sales was a stepping stone: The role involved telesales, cold calling, customer support, account team back-up etc., I discuss this fact in detail with Dan McDade of PointClear – HERE.

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Three “Lies” That Plague B2B Businesses Today (Part Two of Three)

Pointclear

Cold calling is dead. Buyers resist sellers until it's time to negotiate and place an order. In case you missed it, read part one of this series and see for yourself if cold-calling is dead. 57 – 90% of the buying process is complete before a sales rep needs to get involved. Marketing and sales are aligned.

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Top sales blogs all sales managers need to follow

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This is understandable when you consider that data shared in the Harvard Business Review suggests that 90% of decision makers won’t respond to cold calls, according to Sales Leadership Forum. Compounding this issue is sales reps can spend up to 40% of their time looking for somebody to call, according to Insidesales.