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How Oracle Thrived in the 2008 Recession, Even with Missed Revenue Opportunities

SBI Growth

The year is 2007. The real estate market is flush. Stocks are booming. Getting a loan has never been easier. Companies are investing in themselves, growing their businesses, and increasing shareholder value. Now fast forward to 2008. The real estate bubble.

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Enterprise sales lessons: How I almost closed Google, Intuit & Oracle

Close.io

But this opportunity was too sweet, too tempting to resist. We hustled hard, we pitched perfectly, the product concept was great, and high-level leadership loved it, not just at Google, but also at Intuit and Oracle. Oracle broke our heart. We didn’t make her understand how this could be an opportunity for her career.

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Oracle Taught Me Customer Service Can Help Align Sales and Marketing

Jeff Davis

It was such a pleasure being invited to attend Oracle's Modern CX conference this past week as a marketing influencer. Thank you Oracle for such an outstanding conference and opportunity to connect with passionate CX professionals. The I also learned a ton from interviewing CX thought-leader - Shep Hyken. create togetherness.

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Is This an Example of Succeeding or Failing at Inside Sales?

Understanding the Sales Force

The salesperson was from Oracle and wanted to know if I was aware of and had seen their CRM software demonstrated. He said he was making a notation in the file (in Oracle''s CRM application?) Of course, if he was not an inside salesperson, he could have asked any of the following questions: Do you recommend Oracle?

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Alice Heiman Appointed to New Advisory Board to Complement World-Class Women in Sales Leadership Programs

Alice Heiman

Women from companies including Oracle, Salesforce, Intel, Red Hat, Datasite, SAP NS2 and Amazon Web Services, along with many others have participated in the live Forum cohorts in the DC Metro and the virtual cohorts from all over the globe. Tamara Greenspan, Oracle. The WIS Advisory Board includes: Livia Alfano, SAP NS2.

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100 Most Prospected-to Companies of 2018

DiscoverOrg Sales

Sales and marketers who have this insider knowledge can quickly reach out to help with helpful solutions – landing opportunities and sales before an RFP goes out, before a prospect downloads a whitepaper or attends a webinar … and long before competing sales teams even know an opportunity exists. UnitedHealth Group.

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Rethinking Account-Based Sales and Marketing for the Next Opportunity in 2021

Sales Hacker

They are only engaging in one-to-many ABM and one-to-few ABM, and they are missing opportunities to drive sales cycles with target organizations that are stuck in status quo. Startup tech firms can have conversations to replace legacy systems like Oracle and SAP.