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How Sales Reps Are Hitting Quotas Without Hitting the Streets

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Mark Kovac, David Deming and Sushant Khandelwal Virtual selling in business-to-business markets, often associated with inside sales, has carried a bit of a stigma within field-dominated sales organizations. Myth 1: Field sales reps sell primarily in person. Reimagining Sales Coverage.

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Customer Insights to Transform Sales Conversations

Sales Hacker

Let’s drill down into the market and customer insights that can really add value for salespeople, under the following sections: Qualifying characteristics: Things to look for in an organization that make it a good target. Market insights: Topical themes and drivers that can open conversations. Market insights and topics.

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The Most Basic Rule of Product Positioning – It’s Easy

Product Management University

I learned a lot about product positioning long before I ever stepped into a product marketing role. For the first four years of my software career, I was a pre-sales solution consultant, a.k.a. My pre-sales experience would prove to be invaluable. I think of demos as verbal product positioning.

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7 Virtual Alternatives to Generating Leads at Trade Shows

Hubspot Sales

Whether you specialize in inside sales or are a field sales pro, you have likely picked up a lead or two at an event or trade show at some point in your career. Host webinars and online workshops. According to Xant, 73% of marketing and sales leaders credit webinars as a way to generate high-quality leads.

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7 Virtual Alternatives to Generating Leads at Trade Shows

Hubspot Sales

Whether you specialize in inside sales or are a field sales pro, you have likely picked up a lead or two at an event or trade show at some point in your career. Host webinars and online workshops. According to Xant, 73% of marketing and sales leaders credit webinars as a way to generate high-quality leads.

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CRM Hijacks Customer Experience Strategy

Tony Hughes

So far we’ve done half-day workshops in three cities with approximately 80 people ranging from senior business leaders to IT system managers. Instead they talk about ‘customer experience’ initiatives and CRM is merely one piece of the puzzle (marketing automation, portals, mobility, social, etc.).

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2 Ways We create Unforgettably Innovative Customer Experiences

Babette Ten Haken

Also, after the customer service rep, sales rep, engineer, field sales service rep, Quality professional departs, the customer asks themselves: “What just happened?”. Engage me to speak or conduct an interactive workshop at your next corporate or association event. Customers cannot get you out of their minds. Contact me.