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Did President Obama Do More Damage to the Image of Salespeople?

Understanding the Sales Force

Just when there was hope that the profession of selling was getting its act together - taking itself more seriously, becoming more professional, embracing integrity, evaluations, metrics, training and coaching - our President, of all people, undoes it with three instances of name-calling.

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Sales performance – leveraging the potential of disruptive trends

Sales Training Connection

Let’s examine this question by looking at health care as an illustrative market where these types of trends have produced very dramatic and well-documented changes. The examples from the health care industry are simply illustrative of the kind of changes that are brought about by disruptive trends.

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TOP 10 HEALTH CARE CRM

Apptivo

The health care CRM can be integrated with other marketing tools in order to send regular emails, or send messages without having to dial the patients manually. The health care CRM is a repository of patient information: The more you learn and know about your patients, the better you can serve them.

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Five best practices for networking in b2b sales – A STC Classic

Sales Training Connection

Document Good News. The troublingly part is bad news documents inside – good news doesn’t. Since good news doesn’t document itself – the sales person must take responsibility for making sure everyone involved in the buying process knows the good news story. So what can they do? Be Proactive. ©2011 Sales Horizons, LLC.

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Five best practices for networking in b2b sales

Sales Training Connection

Document Good News. The troubling part is bad news documents inside – good news doesn’t. Since good news doesn’t document itself – the sales person must take responsibility for making sure everyone involved in the buying process knows the good news story. So what can they do? The answer is – get the focus back to the good news.

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Sales, Profession Or Professionalism?

Partners in Excellence

That process often requires a minimum level of formal training/education, some level of practical. It needs no plaque, certificate, or framed document on a wall. The Importance Of “Cross Training” For Sales Never Apologize For Selling Or Being A Sales Professional! It is immediately obvious to everyone who sees it.

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MBO Examples to Kickstart Your Sales Team Engagement

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MBO examples might center around international OSHA laws, return management, productivity improvement, or employee training. Talk about a juggling act—regulation, generic competition, constraints of costs, health care reform, and more are all challenges those in pharmaceuticals need to overcome.