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Freeing up sellers to be more human

Sales 2.0

AI will help with non-selling tasks A recent study from Salesforce which interviewed about 8,000 salespeople found that 72% of sales reps’ time is spent on non-selling activities. With AI you can remove many of those routine, repetitive, energy-draining tasks. A recent study took 40 reps and studied how AI impacts their work.

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Benchmark Study Reveals Sales Managers Should Re-Evaluate Where In The Sales Process They Spend Time

CommercialTribe

In the most recent blog post in our benchmark study series, we noted that while it might be more enjoyable in the short-term to focus energy on high performers, however, the costs associated with not developing new hires and middle performers because they aren’t getting the attention they need is costly — more than $200,000 and an average of 4.3

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Benchmark Study Shows Growth Rates Will Stall Without Improving New Hire Success Rates

CommercialTribe

It might seem like a smart financial decision to focus coaching energy on high performers like Mike — and hey, closing big deals is fun! — When we conducted a recent benchmark study with 40+ sales leaders, we focused on the role of the sales manager in increasing new hire time to productivity. months into hiring and onboarding her.

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Tech Startup Ideas to Kickstart Your Entrepreneurship

Smooth Sale

She is a regular contributor to [link] _ Tech Startup Ideas to Kickstart Your Entrepreneurship A tech startup’s beginnings can be an exciting adventure of opportunities and difficulties. For small firms, this can level the playing field and offer them the opportunity to compete in the digital world without sacrificing their security.

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The Sales Manager’s Success Checklist

Steven Rosen

Two key areas of focus are: what accounts represent the best opportunity to achieve their quota, and which accounts are new business going to come from. It has been proven in multiple studies that highly engaged sales reps create highly engaged customers. They can sense your mood and your level of energy.

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4 Powerful Methods to Keep Opportunities from Stalling

SBI

But as I wrote about in Dumbing it Down: 5 Secrets to Getting Smart People to Buy , a buyer’s time and energy, along with patience and attention span, are limited resources, and can be depleted quicker than a smartphone’s battery. According to studies, somewhere between 25–50% of forecasted deals end with “no decision.”

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Do You Know the Science Behind Standing at Work: How It Affects the Body?

Smooth Sale

While plenty of studies about standing at work exist, nothing concrete exists about the findings. One study will show one thing, while another will show something else. One heart study encourages participants to stand and walk for at least one minute hourly after sitting for 59 minutes.

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