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What it Really Means When CRM Isn't a Sales Force Priority

Understanding the Sales Force

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan It's rare when a company isn't using something for CRM, even if it's an old version of ACT. In most companies, it's not whether they are using CRM, it's which CRM they have chosen to use and whether the CRM has actually been adopted. Their competitors are using it.

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Solving the CRM Problem

Understanding the Sales Force

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Yesterday I wrote about solving the Sales Performance Problem and today I'll write about solving the CRM problem. CRM is very much a problem, not because there aren't choices, but more because companies make bad decisions. Company has archaic CRM. CRM is too expensive.

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'Sales Process' Is In The Air

The Ultimate Sales Executive Resource

There is a lot written about the sales process these days: Dave Brock has written several pieces on the sales process recently. Ardath Albee in her book “eMarketing Strategies for the Complex Sales” proposes a marketing flavored look on the buyer's journey. Landslide has a similar offering for building a sales process.