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 4 Ways Downsized Sales Teams Can Deliver Outsized Returns

Crunchbase

Based on my time as VP of business development at the venture capital firm Sapphire Ventures , as well as my previous role as a sales and business development leader for Dropbox , here are four strategies that I believe can help downsized sales teams deliver outsized returns. Make smarter territory choices Hard times mean hard choices.

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Why tread water in an Us versus Them Business Model?

Babette Ten Haken

As a result, each department’s territoriality can add up to organizational compromise, competitively. How about learning how to develop and execute a strategy for identifying collaborative, life-saving colleagues? . She is a member of SME, ASQ, SHRM and the National Speakers Association. What are your next steps?

SME 65
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Why INSIST on Making Your Life MORE Difficult? (5 Ways to Work Smart)

Sales Hacker

Appointed the wrong SME. Figuring out which prospects to pursue, which territories to focus on, where to set your price, whether to bid or not to bid, identifying your optimal lead gen process, sales forecasting… I could go on… . Once you’ve delegated responsibility for a task — say, proposal design — you’re done. .

SME 45
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Focus on these 3 areas for your Happy New Year Strategy

Babette Ten Haken

A Happy New Year Strategy keeps your own professional development front and center throughout the year. How many business models and workforce structures holistically prioritize happiness as an essential element of their organizational success strategy? Book a 45-minute strategy session with me. Yet leaders remain unhappy.

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Sales enablement: what is it, and how does it work?

Close.io

This is no buzzword: it’s a real strategy that more and more businesses are using. Sales operations is the team that plans and organizes rep operations, territory planning, lead generation, sales analytics, and more. These five factors are the main keys to a successful sales enablement strategy. Audit your current sales content.