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The Reinvention of the B2B Salesperson

Showpad

Given the advancement of B2B e-commerce and innovative sales and marketing technology, sales people no longer control a B2B buyer’s entire journey. Now, B2B buyers conduct a majority of their research online and often are close to a decision before ever even contacting a sales representative.

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Analysing the impact of the ‘Amazon Effect’ on B2B Sales

Artesian Solutions

Whilst in days gone by the B2B purchasing process was limited to in-person sales interactions, today more and more business buyers are growing to expect consumer-like experiences. Buyers are demanding more agile and responsive B2B sales practices. 2/3 have switched vendor for more consumer-like experiences. •

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9 Sales Trends to Watch for in 2018

Circleback

They are a tech-savvy generation that embraces metrics and data analytics in their workflow, while also preferring to communicate digitally, and they can be easily trained on latest sales technologies. Review Sites Are Still Important. So, why is this happening? Who reads these reviews?

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Your Sales Tech Is Destroying Your Relationships With Prospects. Here's What You Can Do About it.

Hubspot Sales

Sadly, the "edge" that most sales technology promised to give them is actually hurting their relationships with buyers, and a chance at the elusive sale. Sales technology was supposed to make sales more efficient and personal -- it was supposed to help salespeople. That's just part of the job.

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The 5 Essential Components of Digital Transformation

DialSource

In what has been dubbed the 4th Industrial Revolution , technology is rapidly changing virtually every aspect of business and consumer behavior. We consume information on our mobile devices, favoring dynamic digital content over static print. The digital era is upon us—and it’s here to stay.

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

Sales Hacker

Bring your feelings, gut instinct, experience, and constructive emotion into the boardroom and sit at the table. If you do something constructive with your doubt, and use it to advance yourself, it can be an asset. What is your best piece of career advice for women in sales? Heck, stand at the head of it. Isabella McKeon.

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