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Five Ways Live Chat Can Increase Sales

Sales and Marketing Management

A recent Oracle survey noted that only 40 percent of participants currently employ a live chat platform ( Source ). Moreover, a Zendesk Benchmark report indicates that 92 percent of chat conversations receive a positive satisfaction rating ( Source ). The adoption rate of such technology, though, is still not ubiquitous.

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How to Design a High-Performing Sales Enablement Program

Sales Hacker

Earlier in my career, I helped build a global sales enablement team at Oracle Marketing Cloud that designed, deployed, and measured a sales onboarding program integral to a business unit responsible for $675M in annual recurring revenue. Understanding the current and future demands of the position. Put Your Team in Position to Win.

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PODCAST 59: Assessing How Vs Why of Your Product w/ Scott Armour

Sales Hacker

How to position yourself for success. He has had a multi-decade career specializing in building and scaling sales orgs at Oracle Digital, IBM, and several other early stage tech companies. Sam Jacobs : You can become an actuary at an insurance company. A friend invited me to Oracle where I spent four years.

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How to Use Clawback Clauses in Your Sales Comp Strategy

The Spiff Blog

A sales clawback clause is more than just a financial insurance policy for an organization. When sales reps know their commission can be taken back by their employer – and worse, when they don’t fully understand why their earnings are being reclaimed – they may be inclined to pursue a more secure sales position at another company.

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Need an Expert for Your Next Panel, Presentation, or Podcast? Here Are Over 530 of the Top Female Sales Practitioners

Sales Hacker

Insurance Agent & Trainer. Premier Group Insurance. Positive Psychologist & Success Coach. Strategic Account Executive. eSSENTIAL Accessibility. Christina Stone. Account Director, Enterprise Accounts. TechTarget. Kristine Stone. Business Development Regional Manager. VP of Enterprise Sales. LeanData, Inc. Katia Thomas.

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PODCAST 139: The Science of Becoming a Better Sales Leader with Luke Rogers

Sales Hacker Training

Luke Rogers: On your smartphone, you have an app store where you can find a dozen apps to have food delivered to your door, but there’s no such app store where a large enterprise, for example, a bank can find an app for income verification or an insurance company can find an app for processing claims. Have they achieved something great?

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How to Become a VP of Sales by the Time You’re 30

Sales Hacker

By the time I was 30 years old, I was working at Oracle (via startup acquisition) helping them build the #1 performing SaaS sales team in my region. Holding an ineffective “sales” meeting is, however, a great way to lose value for your company and help the CEO forget you are vying for a VP position. Stay standing and keep it short.

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