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Driving Our Customers/Prospects Away!

Partners in Excellence

I, and so many others, write constantly about how buying is changing and how sellers (sales and marketing) must change to respond to these changes. Yet we revel in the “win,” high fiving each other, looking forward to our commission checks. If they can get it done working with sales people, they will do it.

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“Why I’m So Interested In Selling,” Charles Green

Partners in Excellence

He loves responding to the worst possible prospecting emails possible. Not fertile ground for sales folk. And of course I shared the common negative stereotype about salespeople. It was a life-changing experience regarding business – but not regarding sales. Then came the day of my first “sales” opportunity.

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Selling Math, Can We Do Better?

Partners in Excellence

We revel in incredible growth rates, doing better than we did last year, having aspirations to do better next year than we did this year. Of course, that it getting more and more difficult. Let’s walk through some sales math. We competed in 1000 qualified deals (We’ve got a good team of SDRs, AEs, and Sales Support).

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Buying The Way I Want To Buy, Not How You Want Me To Buy

Partners in Excellence

I didn’t bother, looking at the 1000’s of books in that category, I probably could find something, but I’ll keep ordering the books I want, and if I get to collect the $1.40, that’s fine, if not, Amazon can revel in the fact that I’ve let them drop $1.40 Related Posts: In A Sales Slump?

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College Football Wagering and What It Has to Do with Sales

Braveheart Sales

While I was watching ESPN’s College Game Day, I heard Chris “The Bear” Fallica, who is a research producer and sports betting analyst for ESPN, make an observation about betting odds that was a revelation to me. Salespeople project their own excitement onto prospects. Making Sales Wagers. They wanna believe. They wanna believe.

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2 Ways to Dominate 2014 on Your Current Budget

SBI Growth

Revelations and epiphanies that seem so promising to start. You see visions of making your 2013 and 2014 sales number. These are ideas that will change the course of the organization. If you’re like most VP-Sales, this is money you most likely don’t have. 1) Sales / Marketing Budget Spend Shifts. Then reality hits.

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The Future of AI for Sales (And How to Prepare for It)

Sales Hacker

Sales is traditionally a people-to-people business, but technologies like artificial intelligence are making expert sellers rethink the balance between human and machine. In fact, automation is already impacting sales, and its influence will only continue to grow. The need for automation in sales. Those that don’t — won’t.