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Inside Sales Power Tip 144 – Know NO

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For example, retailers used to rush to greet customers with, “May I help you?” Use real curiosity to lead your conversation rather than some set of targeted questions. I’ve seen sellers so disappointed when they hear NOs rather than them thinking what they can do to further their conversations.

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Old School Sales vs New: The Rise of the Modern Sales Model

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In the new world of sales, being well connected is no longer as important as being well informed. The Rise of Inside Sales. Inside sales became prevalent in the 1980s when companies wanted to sell large volumes of their products without having to travel. Throughout the 90s, inside sales teams grew in prominence.

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The Different Inside Sales Roles Explained

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Consider them a bridge between Marketing and Sales, converting tire-kickers to Marketing Qualified Leads or MQL’s to Sales Qualified Leads (SQL’s). The role is high-activity and driven with metrics like number of calls, talk time, appointments /leads generated, show rates, acceptance rates, and ultimate conversion. Best of luck.

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In Conversation with Cloudera on Sales Enablement

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Cloudera has enterprise customers in every vertical market including financial services, public sector, telecommunications, retail, and healthcare. The company has been scaling rapidly, and in just three years has grown its sales operations from a team of 11 reps based in North America to almost 200 reps globally. exclaims Nilsson. “So

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In Conversation with Cloudera on Sales Enablement

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Cloudera has enterprise customers in every vertical market including financial services, public sector, telecommunications, retail, and healthcare. The company has been scaling rapidly, and in just three years has grown its sales operations from a team of 11 reps based in North America to almost 200 reps globally. exclaims Nilsson. “So

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“In the Trenches” With Her Sales Team Is Where TripActions’ Hillary Unis Loves to Be

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Hillary was 16 when she landed her first job in retail sales. “I When Hillary got to college — Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee — she kept up with high-end retail and also put her entrepreneurship degree to work through an internship with a mobile app startup in Nashville. is a proud sponsor of #GirlsClub.

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The Top Ten Changes In Sales Over The Past Ten Years

Bernadette McClelland

Being able to have conversations that are not about our products is a huge shift that many salespeople from a few years ago are finding difficult to adapt, and therefore finding themselves completely out of sync and also relevance. And this is happening in large enterprise customer bases and not just retail outlets.