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The Perils of Piecemeal

Cincom Smart Selling

Smart companies don’t have software initiatives; they have business initiatives that drive software purchases. The larger you become, the harder it is to keep track of dealers’ pipelines and forecasting your own sales. In a four-year period, this company consolidated more than 40 systems into less than seven.

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21 Salespeople Reveal the Worst Sales Advice They Ever Got

Hubspot Sales

If you're in a company where they won't promote you, it is probably because of you -- you are not doing something required of you that will result in a promotion. Smart companies always want to keep good people. If they aren't promoting you, then the next company won't promote you either. Why is this bad advice?

Hiring 106
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The Different Inside Sales Roles Explained

Factor 8

If you’re not happy with what’s passing through your funnel to the proposal/contract stage, investigate your lead acceptance rate and open/close your pipeline faucet by adjusting lead-acceptance criteria used by your AE team. . Account Managers require similar skills but are likely not selling/managing a software product.

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Four Manufacturing Trends Driving Sales

SugarCRM

The growing use of remote data sensors – or smart sensors – to enhance the capabilities of existing equipment is a great example of how smart companies are applying IoT technology at minimal cost. Expanding revenue through servitization.

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Build Predictable Revenue

Your Sales Management Guru

Smart companies are scrutinizing their strategic sales management plans, taking a closer look at everything from their pipelines to their forecasts. The benefit of a short-term plan and agenda are that current issues can be addressed and continuous training and employee focus is a company goal.

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Seven Sales Leaders on the Challenges They Overcame in 2020 & Their 2021 Predictions

Hubspot Sales

Zach Rego is the VP of Sales and Marketing at Unstack , a marketing platform software. The pandemic has caused massive dislocation that has resulted in some truly historic opportunities for smart companies, especially in distressed sectors like real estate.”. So we had the team focus on the Enterprise segment.

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Need to Fill Your Pipeline? It’s Time to Reconsider Your Partner Ecosystem

Sales Hacker

Smart companies, and sales professionals, are leveraging their integration ecosystems to create more sales deals and attract higher valuations. Let’s be blunt: I know many of you have actively avoided leaning on your partnership org for help with pipeline and deals. The post Need to Fill Your Pipeline? Like what you read?