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 4 Ways Downsized Sales Teams Can Deliver Outsized Returns

Crunchbase

In January, Salesforce announced it was laying off 10% of its workforce, and it was the sales team that faced heavy losses. These bootstrapped sales teams are faced with a unique problem: an outsized pressure to produce more with fewer resources. For downsized sales teams, this means being ruthless about chasing the right accounts.

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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. 9 sales enablement best practices.

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Why INSIST on Making Your Life MORE Difficult? (5 Ways to Work Smart)

Sales Hacker

Can we all agree that by virtue of its targeted nature, sales is a pressure cooker of a job ? Right from the off, there are some fundamentals deeply rooted within the majority of sales professionals’ minds: I must hit target. Well, think back to your first year in sales. Appointed the wrong SME. Okay… What’s the point?

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