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When it’s OK to give a customer a gift – and when it’s not

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

Will it help you close a sale or get more business? It’s complicated According to two studies on the subject, gift giving in sales can get complicated. But there’s another type of reciprocity that gift giving triggers—having to do with the relationship, not the sale—and it helps create a win-win for buyers and sellers.

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The Achilles Heel of CRM Adoption (and 2 Ways to Overcome it)

SBI

The first revenue-numbing fact is that 65% of a sales rep’s time is spent NOT doing what they are ultimately paid for—selling [1]. The second equally disturbing data point is that 74% of sales organizations have poor CRM adoption [2]. The bad news is that your sales organization likely falls within these two operational averages.

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Overcoming “Failure to Impact” Syndrome

Steven Rosen

This year was tough; next year’s sales prospects look even tougher. Your boss comes to you and says how can you sustain the sales force? Hire only top sales reps. Create a better incentive plan. Here are a couple of questions I would ask: Are your sales reps making a difference? What can you do?

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Tips for Voicing Your Values When You’re Asked to Bend Morals

Pipeliner

Professional development in sales and marketing has a similarly checkered ethical history. Easy to say at the sales kickoff. Marketing and sales organizations are hives for conformity and group think: “Quit giving excuses!” “I If you’ve worked in sales or marketing even a short time, you have probably heard similar sentiments.

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The Right Reward System is Worth Its Weight In Gold?Or Balloons?

Paul Cherry's Top Sales Techniques

Sales Training & Management Workshops | 302-478-4443. Corporate Sales Training. → On-Site Sales Training. → One-on-One Sales Coaching. Sales Management Training. → Sales Management Coaching. Sales Store. Distribution Sales Training. Hospitality Sales Training.

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Sales Hiring: The Ultimate Guide

Hubspot Sales

Your organization needs an effective sales hiring strategy to survive. The average annual turnover for sales teams is around 27% , meaning that if you have 10 reps, you could lose three of them within the year. The only way to maintain — and, ideally, to increase — sales performance is to hire often and well.

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