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Beyond Financials: VC & IPO Due Diligence on Sales & Marketing Metrics

Pointclear

While Lauren provides 10-year financial data, I excerpted this column of the most recent fiscal year as it was fascinating to see all three companies reporting an identical 48% of revenue committed to sales and marketing expenses. Sales and marketing activity. Selling subscriptions via a direct sales force.

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Hiring and Keeping Top Sales Talent

Score More Sales

(If you are not aware, the AA-ISP stands for American Association of Inside Sales Professionals). On the panel were leaders who know their stuff when it comes to finding great sales candidates and how their organizations work to keep talent: Liz Cain, Director, WW Business Development, NetSuite.

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We Drink Our Own Champagne: Cheers to Happy Selling!

Velocify

I have been in technology sales for more than 16 years—six of which have been at Velocify. In my sales career, I have used Goldmine, ACT, Microsoft Access, Siebel CRM, Right Now Technologies, Netsuite and also Salesforce at three previous companies. Happy selling…Cheers!

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Sales Automation: 210+ Tools to Turbocharge Your Sales Process

Sales Hacker

While sophisticated chatbots can help marketers and sellers engage retail consumers, B2B buyers still demand meaningful relationships with expert human consultants. Unless a sales rep knows her way around the tools she uses, the likelihood of bungling and turning prospects away is all too real. Generate sales forecasts more easily.

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Best 150+ Sales Tools: The Complete List for 2023 (Updated)

Sales Hacker Training

And then, there are inside sales tools… The human element of sales will never go away — that’s a fact. But here’s another fact: sales is HARD! There are thousands of options when it comes to software for sales that promise to make your life easier as a sales professional. You need empathy, grit, and drive.

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The Complete Guide for Selecting the Right B2B Lead Generation Company

Cience

You would only need to pick one out of the hundreds of lead generation companies on the market, and you would gain comprehensive expertise in this area because you would know exactly what is essential—and what isn’t. Market research might be also tough. Your buying experience would be ten times easier. That would be fantastic.