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PODCAST 154: Guided Selling with Neil Ringers

Sales Hacker

Neil Ringers: Our product evolved out of integration to email and calendar, pulls data from those sources of truth, and puts it into Salesforce. That’s important because where we start is data, and data flows downstream Salesforce. I transitioned over to Siebel and that got acquired by Oracle.

Oracle 102
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The Sales Leader's Guide to Performance Management

Hubspot Sales

There is often a disconnect between the level of effort sales reps put into their work and the tangible outcome seen by sales management and the company at large. Let’s talk about why your organization needs to implement a sales performance management strategy. Helps predict future sales trends.

SAP 119
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Why Are 75% of Salespeople Ineffective?

No More Cold Calling

But most sales reps enter the field without any formal training. Some of us get lucky and thrive under a brilliant sales manager. In fact, three out of four salespeople aren’t performing up to par, according to research from sales training consulting firm, Kurlan & Associates. The same is true in sales management.

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A Sales Enablement Guide to Winning More Deals

Pipeline

Sales support: support is a broad category that includes training, workflows, escalation, feedback, and tactical support (e.g., your customer wants to modify the terms and conditions of your deal, and you need management guidance/approval). set the budget early to disqualify poor candidates), set general and specific sales goals (i.e.,

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PODCAST 77: Navigating the Pace and Pressure of Startup w/ Vikas Bhambri

Sales Hacker

So when we think about a re-imagined approach to customer service, it’s one that is truly omni-channel, data rich, and automated whenever it needs to be. Sam Jacobs: You’re at the top of your profession at this point, managing a number of different teams, how’d you get into sales? How did you make that journey?

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Sales Enablement News Roundup – November 1, 2019

Showpad

Showpad Appoints Oracle and Marketo Veteran Helen Yu as First Chief Customer Officer. Helen is a global tech Sales enablement leader with over 20 years of customer management and consulting experience. One in Three B2B Marketers Cite Data as Critical Challenge. 4 Ways to Focus Your B2B Enterprise Sales Team.

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PODCAST 76: Bottom-up Approach for Sales Rep Productivity Model w/ Kevin Egan

Sales Hacker

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we talk to Kevin Egan, VP of North American Sales at Slack. Kevin’s sales career has taken him from Oracle, to Dropbox, to Salesforce, and now, to Slack. We’ve got Lucidchart Sales Solutions. Lucidchart is the leading account planning platform for modern sales orgs.