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Good Reads for B2B Sales - Five Greatest Sales Effectiveness Inhibitors

Pointclear

Keeping up to date on the latest innovations and opinions in sales can be time-consuming, especially in the the digital space. Sales Sphere features relevant blog articles from PointClear''s online B2B sales circles. Can Fewer Leads Mean More Sales? The Five Greatest Inhibitors to Sales Effectiveness.

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The Slippery Slope Called Sales Enablement

Jonathan Farrington

A very well respected organization in the marketing and sales alignment business now reports that most companies have done all they can to help sales at the top of the funnel. Now what is needed, they say, is to provide support to sales people in the middle and late stages of the buying process. Sales Accepted Leads.

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Day 2 Twitter Recap-Sales and Marketing 2.0 Conference-Part 1

Fill the Funnel

Here is the Twitter transcript for Day 2 Twitter activity for the #sm20 hashtag during the Sales and Marketing 2.0 Congratulations to the winners of the Sales & Marketing Awards in the following categories: Best Alignment of Sales & Marketing – HubSpot. Best Sales 2.0 Best Sales & Marketing 2.0

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PowerViews with Chris Tratar: Execs Need to Support ‘Sales-First’ Culture

Pointclear

Everyone in sales recognizes that there is an unfortunate gap between marketing automation and customer relationship management (CRM). When 80 percent of marketing-qualified leads fail to convert into sales-qualified leads, it’s time for the industry to reconfigure its thinking. CRM is good at forecasting, he said.

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Sales Success - The Perfect Formula from Jonathan Farrington

Pointclear

You can read more from Jonathan over at his award winning blog The JF Blogit , which attracts thousands of visitors every day, and of course you will constantly find fresh resources on Top Sales World. Jonathan is Senior Partner for Jonathan Farrington Associates and CEO of Top Sales World, based in Paris and London. So a lot going on!

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Should Marketing Be Held to the Same Quota Standards as Sales?

Pointclear

Andy Gray is a senior marketing professional with proven expertise in directing, centralizing, and strengthening how customers are acquired and retained as well as how companies are positioned through marketing strategies, demand generation, sales support and enablement programs, market research and product development.

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Do Standardized Sales Processes Really Work Anymore?

Pointclear

Tony also served in the role of Vice President in Sales and Marketing capacities for TRW, Knight-Ridder, and Compaq (HP). Read Tony’s blog Buyerology Now for insightful commentary on the impact of changing buyer behaviors related to sales and marketing today. He holds a B.S. in Business and an M.B.A. in Marketing Management.