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The Hidden Talent in Your Ranks

Sales and Marketing Management

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. Rather than battling for new hires in an uber-competitive job market, smart companies are moving to train and promote from within. According to the U.S.

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4 Trends Shaping B2B Marketing in 2011

Pointclear

It’s true that B2B marketers are embracing social tools as a way to both connect with customers and grow their businesses. A mere 12% of business executives say their companies are using social media effectively, according to a recent study by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services. Why is that?

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The 8 Components Of A Best-In-Class Sales Management Process

The Brooks Group

Smart companies are looking for great salespeople even when they feel they don’t need more salespeople. NOTE: Our sales training tools are designed to make your life easier. Recruitment – Regardless of industry, recruiting top sales performers is the very cornerstone of any sales management process. Learn More.

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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. Many times we hear that “our company is too small to do these management systems that you show us, Ken”. A properly designed sales-management planning system changes all of that.

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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.

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Top 5 Hiring Trends for 2020!

Pipeliner

As we enter into a new decade, because of historically low unemployment rates and a disparity between demand and supply in certain candidate profiles, we are now seeing an upsurge in companies that choose to harness the abilities of professional recruiters to be competitive in the current hiring race for exceptional candidates.

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The 10-Point Strategy for Leading Sales Teams in a Recession

Sales Hacker

Give them the tools to help make this easier for them. Smart companies know that such top talent is extremely valuable in a recession and they will do their best to poach them from you. Gartner conducted a study which found: Personal value has 2x more impact than business value. Think hard about firing/hiring.