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Learning from Past Recessions – Smart Companies Continue Growth Path

Lead411

It is no surprise that sales and marketing departments are seeing more and more budgetary restraints from companies this year. Too many unknowns in the business world cause companies to pull back, run lean and ride out the storm. They have the lowest probability—21%—of pulling ahead of the competition when times get better.”

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The Hidden Talent in Your Ranks

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Conner Burt The current labor market remains among the tightest in modern history. As such, many companies today are beginning to look with renewed interest at their most readily accessible talent pool when filling open roles: their own employees. The benefits of this approach are almost too numerous to count.

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4 Trends Shaping B2B Marketing in 2011

Pointclear

As an editor and marketer, I spend a lot of time thinking about the “how to”—in other words, how to translate the best and more interesting marketing ideas into truly actionable steps for organizations looking to grow their business. In other words: B2B marketers + social = lots of room for improvement.

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Creating A Customer-Centric Strategy

Sell Integrity

But in a customer-centric culture, everyone thinks this way, from marketing to finance to IT to product development. Those are just a few of the benefits and advantages customer-centric organizations enjoy, according to numerous studies over the past decade. more than other companies in the previous year.

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5 BIG Risks when Pitching a Low-Ball Offer

Pipeliner

We are firmly in a CANDIDATE DRIVEN market, with DEMAND for qualified candidates far exceeding SUPPLY. There has never been a less forgiving time to have a company have a policy of trying to get a bargain in terms of employee compensation. In this blog, we will list 5 reasons why making low-ball offers is not a great idea.

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Build Predictable Revenue

Your Sales Management Guru

In recent years, organizations have gotten better at analyzing financial statements, refining manufacturing procedures, reengineering business systems and improving marketing effectiveness. Smart companies are scrutinizing their strategic sales management plans, taking a closer look at everything from their pipelines to their forecasts.

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Customers From Hell – Top 4 Tips for Handling

Klozers

The recent increase in the number of Online Reputation Management companies validates this, however smart companies have learned some simple strategies and techniques on how to deal with the Customers From Hell, and try to catch them before the problem escalates, let alone they post anything negative online.