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The Top Ten Changes In Sales Over The Past Ten Years

Bernadette McClelland

So here are ten of the changes I have noticed and they are in no particular order: Competition in the past was contained to local or domestic vendors, in local cities and at margins that were typically healthy however with the introduction of technology, we have now become more of a global village. Contact was relatively simple.

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How To Connect And Engage With C-Level Executives

InsideSales.com

Cold calling the CEO is difficult, but not impossible — if you know how to structure your pitch and how to get past gatekeepers. At Abstrakt , we’ve scheduled more than 100,000 B2B sales meetings in the last eight years, so we have unique insight and hundreds of thousands of hours put into mastering this skill. Face-to-Face Closes 2.5x

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A Guide to Walk Away Negotiations in Sales

LeadFuze

Quitting the second you see a lead is not going to close will be better for your sales than chasing after leads that are never going to work. This way, when theres one good prospect left and it’s time to walk away from other prospects. Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process? How to walk away?

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An Open Letter to Social Sellers Everywhere

Tony Hughes

Dave Brock says it the best ever: Prospecting is the New Prospecting ! But it's actually a profound commentary on the decadent global state of interrupt and push-button selling, a condition that social sales has allowed some to slip into. I prefer a cell phone to show localized caller ID so prospects actually pick up.

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Top 25 Incendiary Social Selling Secrets

Tony Hughes

Interview one hundred clients and prospects about the challenges they face in the sector where your solutions [be they product or services] are most relevant. Turning the camera on to the customers to garner their insight is a great way to align sales and marketing. Build out a YouTube channel of customer testimonials.

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40+ of the World’s Best Sales Training Programs to Get Your Team Into Shape

Sales Hacker Training

The company’s training solutions aim to transform sellers into sales professionals who can orchestrate the desired outcomes for both buyers and vendors. Among other offerings, there are robust training programs for inside sales, field sales, telesales, and sales coaching for managers. Excellence in Inside Sales.

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Sales Hacker Recommends: 97 Best Sales Books for Peak Performance (2020 Update)

Sales Hacker

Mastering the Complex Sale. Sales Development and Prospecting. The Sales Development Playbook. Outbound Sales, No Fluff. Fanatical Prospecting. Combo Prospecting. High-Profit Prospecting. Predictable Prospecting. Mastering the Complex Sale, 2nd ed. The Seller’s Challenge.