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Are Sales and Sales Management Candidates Getting Worse?

Understanding the Sales Force

The first dates shown on this table - early 2009 - represent a time when the country was deep in recession. During 2009, only those companies with cash and a willingness to spend it - mostly mid-market companies - were hiring salespeople. There are four possible explanations for this considerable drop.

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The Pipeline ? The REAL Problem with Sales Training

The Pipeline

December 2009. November 2009. October 2009. September 2009. August 2009. April 2009. March 2009. February 2009. January 2009. Prospecting. 3 R’s of Prospecting Success. August 2010. April 2010. March 2010. February 2010. January 2010. December 2008. November 2008.

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Winning the Sales Battle: Overcoming the "Failure to Impact.

The Sales Hunter

Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Mark’s Insights on PROSPECTING. Next year’s sales prospects look even tougher. Create a better incentive plan. prospecting. prospecting. Blog , Professional Selling Skills , Prospecting , Sales Motivation. December 2009. November 2009.

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Outsourcing Lead Generation: A CMO’s Perspective

Pointclear

In 2010, Karen was one of CRN’s "Power 100: The Most Powerful Women of the Channel," and CenterBeam was recognized in 2009 as one of five finalists for the Marketing Department of the Year award by the American Business Awards. What have been your experiences around lead quality and lead quantity? Watch out for pay-for-lead approaches.

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All-Time Top Kurlan Sales Article

Understanding the Sales Force

originally posted on January 28, 2009). Their marketing material usually says something like, "Salespeople must be able to Prospect, Question, Manage Objections and Close. How quickly they develop relationships with their prospects. Whether they have the incentive to improve their sales competencies. Bonding and Rapport.

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SalesProCentral

Delicious Sales

Prospecting (4539). Incentives (379). 2009 (1040). In 2009, there were 800,000 inside sales departments. So many prospects and clients to kill, so little time. But don’t worry; salespeople all over the world are doing their damnedest to kill as many prospects and clients as possible every day. Sales (12918).

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Who’s Harvesting Your Lead Farm?

SBI

They are incented to deliver high volumes of interested names, and they don’t have the skill sets and bandwidth to nurture leads or close sales. Great sales people are generally not good prospectors or long-term nurturers—they’re hunters who are motivated and incented to close deals with short-term, sales-ready buyers. website: [link].

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