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Inc Magazine Gets it Wrong on Consultative Selling

Understanding the Sales Force

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Inc. Magazine ran an article on its website that I just can''t ignore. Forget for a minute that those of us in the sales development space (he calls us pundits) have been trying to help companies and their sales teams transition from a transactional to a consultative approach for years.

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2 Ways for Sales Operations to Improve the Sales Funnel

SBI Growth

You need to improve your ability to accurately forecast so the VP of Sales can make the number. One way is to control the top of the sales funnel. In fact, this year is the first time ever that online media spending will surpass that of traditional print stalwarts: newspapers and magazines. Hold Sales accountable.

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Old Fashioned Sales Tactics that Your Small Business Can Utilize

The Pipeline

Most businesses, whether they are small, large, brand new or established, are turning to more high tech sales tactics to gain and retain customers. This of course is an important part of marketing and sales. Due to this shift, more traditional sales practices have been rendered moot. Print advertising is often inexpensive.

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Sales Focus: Online Channels vs. Traditional Tactics

The Pipeline

The Internet has opened up a whole new world of marketing and advertising tactics. And although this isn’t breaking news, people are coming up with new ways to utilize the web every day when it comes to sales. But are we letting more traditional sales practices fall by the wayside in lieu of solely committing to digital tactics?

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Demand Generation Advice for the CEO

SBI Growth

When the prospect becomes aware of the problem, you win a sale. These are PR firms, social media consultants, advertising agencies-you name it. For example, Newsweek announced it is no longer going to print its magazine. The magazine focused on active demand for way to long and almost died. Why CEOs should care?

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Social media ROI sucks! (Or, you can prove anything if you send out a survey)

Pointclear

Following in 2nd through 7th place are paid search, email, branded communities and word-of mouth (tied), branded blogs, and online display advertising. Christopher is former East Coast Bureau Chief of Crain’s “BtoB” magazine, and former editor-in-chief of Nielsen’s “Sales & Marketing Management” magazine.

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Jeffrey Answers a Question on Cold Calling | Real World Sales Wisdom

Jeffrey Gitomer

What better way to gain respect, cosmic debt, word-of-mouth advertising, and reputation? For the past decade, my weekly email magazine, Sales Caffeine , has been a major source of value to my customers and revenue to me. Yes, GIVE referrals. WARNING: This requires hard work.