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How Sales Reps Are Hitting Quotas Without Hitting the Streets

Sales and Marketing Management

The flowering of virtual sales channels and tools flies in the face of four myths, as documented by Bain & Company’s recent survey, conducted with Dynata, of more than 300 B2B buyers and sellers in the US, UK and Canada. Myth 1: Field sales reps sell primarily in person.

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

Product Management University

For the first four years of my software career, I was a pre-sales solution consultant, a.k.a. Applying the Product Positioning Rule to Product Marketing My software career path took me from pre-sales to a corporate product marketing role where we supported our worldwide salesforce in a 5000-person company.

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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. We asked the participants what they believed the biggest challenges and burning issues are in Customer Experience, and we deliberately avoided steering the conversation toward CRM software.

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Customer Insights to Transform Sales Conversations

Sales Hacker

This is important for anyone who prospects or handles inbound calls – could be both inside sales and field sales. Now you have to get commitment from people to participate in the overall process; get commitment from a core group to attend workshop sessions; and get commitment to participate on separate calls or online.

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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. When a participant registers for a webinar or online workshop, they are sharing valuable information.

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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. When a participant registers for a webinar or online workshop, they are sharing valuable information.

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Top 21 Sales Training Programs and Techniques to Boost Team Performance in 2022

Highspot

Here are a few you might recognize: B2B or business-to-business sales : Designed for B2B-style businesses that target their sales pitch toward key business decision makers (typically C-suite level leadership or managers) who are responsible for purchasing products, services, and software for their company. The Brooks Group.