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The Ultimate Guide to a Career in Sales

Hubspot Sales

Sales development reps (also known as business development reps, or BDRs) are responsible for the first step in the sales funnel: bringing in qualified leads. They conduct research to find prospective customers, reach out to gauge people's interest in the offering, and decide whether or not the lead is ready to move down the funnel.

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Remote Selling Viewpoints with Hans Fuller of @StorySlab

SBI

Q: What are your customers doing to adapt to - or leverage - the trend towards distributed sales teams and remote selling? Many StorySlab customers rely heavily on outside sales and suddenly had to adapt to a remote selling world. And it’s the part that a prospect cannot do on their own… the close. Likely not.

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Top 7 Utopian & Dystopian Shocking Sales Predictions

Tony Hughes

Search engines like Wolfram Alpha become so smart they can fully educate the prospect so they go 100% of the way through the sales process before ever needing to talk to a human. Mercifully, the universities that do teach sales are discovering that their sales graduates get amazing jobs. No humans needed???!!!

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The Best Sales Glossary for Sellers

Mindtickle

In the world of sales, effective communication is the cornerstone of success. Whether you’re a seasoned sales pro or just starting your journey, understanding and speaking the language of sales is essential to connect with prospects, build relationships, and close deals.

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Sales Hacker’s Top Sales Trends & Predictions You MUST Be Aware Of In 2018

Sales Hacker

The role of text messaging and other unconventional communication channels in sales prospecting and customer success. Top 2018 Sales Trends & Predictions – Strategic Headlines. This is the greatest time ever in history to be a sales rep. – Lars Nilsson , VP of Global Inside Sales, Cloudera.

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The ABM Cookbook for Sales Teams: 5 recipes to keep Sales 100% focused on target accounts

DiscoverOrg Sales

Note: Account Executives at some organizations also perform sales development; however, for our purposes here, we’re defining the role of AE as client service and acquisition, and the role of SDR as outbound prospecting. Better educate AEs and SDRs about ABM tasting. Educate, educate, educate.