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An Empty Wagon – Sales eXchange 194

The Pipeline

Picture yourself as the person getting the calls, dozens of calls every week, from the copier rep, the wireless rep, the IT integrator rep, the office supply rep, the transportation rep, the sales training rep, and the oodles of other reps. This unnecessarily extends the length of their sale cycle, or kills the sale all together.

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The Achilles Heel of CRM Adoption (and 2 Ways to Overcome it)

SBI

According to studies, the ratio of time spent on non-selling tasks to time spent on selling tasks is 65/35. With the advent of new mobile technologies like location reporting, high-speed wireless connectivity, along with cloud computing, new approaches for capturing data are appearing that are better suited for mobile sales teams.

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Is Customer-Centric Selling Dead?

SBI

Studies show that on average, 35% of a B2B sales rep’s time is spent “selling.” Of course, they first had to make sure they had access to a wireless network, and so on. If customer-centric selling is about authentic, value-add sales conversations, how on earth could it be considered ‘dead’. The answer is—not yet.

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Part 2: 21st Century Selling: Unlocking the Power of Mobile Devices to Improve Performance & Grow Sales

The Brooks Group

Lenati’s solutions for sales strategy and design, segmentation, account planning, field enablement, partner channel development and sales measurement have been deployed at leading technology, software, and telecomm companies including Adobe, Google, T-Mobile, WebTrends and many more. Part 2: Focus on Performance Gains Ahead of Technology.

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The 17 Best Business Card Scanners for Sales Contacts

Nutshell

Even better, this bad boy doesn’t require any additional software or setup, as images are stored on a micro USB drive to be viewed on your computer later. Watch out for: The Zoeson scanner does not have wireless capabilities. Wide applicability in business, teaching, study, law and others. All transfers must be done via cable.

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Why is CRM important? 8 key benefits of CRM software.

Apptivo

All About Key Benefits of CRM Software. 8 key Benefits of using a CRM software. Customer relationship management software makes it possible by tracking all the interactions across multiple channels and recording customer information from website forms, phone calls, customer care interactions, emails, social media, etc.,

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The ROI for Anti-Spam

The ROI Guy

s recent study of 750 small and large organizations worldwide. As a result, the business case for antispam tools continues to increase: The typical organization gets payback on antispam software in six months or less, and an return on investment (ROI) of well over 300%, according to Alinean Corp. Implement text analysis.

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