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Getting Culture Right: Five Lessons for Merger Success in the Sales Department

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: David Sill In August 2017, the DiscoverOrg sales team was working at top speed, well aware that Q4 was right around the corner, when our CEO announced the acquisition of a formidable competitor, RainKing. A sort of panic set in: this meant merging two sales teams that had been accustomed to going head to head. It isn’t easy.

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How to Spark Your Sales Creativity

Janek Performance Group

Maybe I don’t belong in sales. These are thoughts we’ve all had during a sales rough patch. When sales are slow, it’s not an excuse to get down on ourselves. In this article, we’ll discuss why creativity is a superpower in sales, and how the unimaginative can ignite their inner Walt Disney. I’m going to miss my numbers.

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Sales teams should focus on sales skills more than sales automation.

MEDDIC

Sales Automation Tools can be very effective but lead some salespeople to rely on them almost entirely. This is a mistake because sales automation is supposed to help the sales process, not be the process. This is especially true in high-end B2B and Enterprise sales. THE PLACE OF AUTOMATION IN SALES.

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A customer’s casual remark could be a relationship-wrecking ‘iceberg’

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

But there are no offhand remarks in sales. This holds true in sales and many other situations. In one study , Canadian researchers led by a McGill University professor interviewed volunteers about how much they recalled from past conversations, comparing their memory of what they said with what others said to them. 6, 751-769.

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A customer’s casual remark could be a relationship-wrecking ‘iceberg’

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

But there are no offhand remarks in sales. This holds true in sales and many other situations. In one study , Canadian researchers led by a McGill University professor interviewed volunteers about how much they recalled from past conversations, comparing their memory of what they said with what others said to them. 6, 751-769.

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Why You Should Be Delivering Value-based Stories

Hubspot Sales

Successful sales professionals are great storytellers. How can you up your sales game by learning how to tell value-based stories? I can’t emphasize enough not to jump into a sales pitch before you establish credibility. Unlike case studies, they do NOT discuss your company’s capabilities, products, or services.

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Mindful management has never been more important

Sales and Marketing Management

The Wall Street Journal reports that an increasing number of companies are creating a chief medical officer role within their ranks. That study was released in May. The United States is unique in tying health care to employment for the majority of those who are covered by health insurance. the parent company of Google.

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