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The First 90 Days: From “In the Door” to “Successful Sale” in Record Time

Sales Hacker

To beat the numbers, you need to avoid the “average sales culture ” where the generally agreed-upon method of orientation includes some marketing messaging and a quick, “Here’s your annual quota. For example: $1M/4 quarters = $250k per quarter. Performance improves in increments, not landslides. Good luck!”.

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Solving the CRM Problem

Understanding the Sales Force

Last week I spent 90 minutes with another client (8 people from Operations, sales, customer service, and marketing) showing them how CRM could be the answer to their inaccurate forecasts and pipeline reports. What about examples? That shouldn't be necessary. Hold salespeople accountable for providing real-time updates.

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