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A CEO Mind-shift for Scaling Growth: An Interview with Henry Schuck

DiscoverOrg Sales

But as soon as the acquisition happened – the very next week – I had an epiphany: The world of B2B data is filled with poor providers. Henry : Coupa software filed to go public this year. When you come in every single day going to battle with your competition, it’s hard to lift your head up and see the world. Who hasn’t?

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CRM Hijacks Customer Experience Strategy

Tony Hughes

We asked the participants what they believed the biggest challenges and burning issues are in Customer Experience, and we deliberately avoided steering the conversation toward CRM software. But CRM software quickly emerged as a burning issue and I made the comment that some research states 70% of CRM software implementations fail.

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Account Planning is V.I.T.A.L.

A Sales Guy

———— I recall when, back in 1989, I was a few years into the growth of my first software company. I must have learned something along the way, however, as I still remember the day my growth-challenge epiphany occurred. How you plan is as critical as the planning itself. Are your plans V.I.T.A.L.?

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Sales Tip: Understand the Value of Your Offering to Your Prospect

Customer Centric Selling

” I had a client who sold a software application that enabled petroleum engineers to analyze seismic and geological data to make informed oil and gas exploration and drilling decisions. They had an epiphany! By Gary Walker, EVP of Channel Sales & Operations, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company.

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Sales Talk for CEOs: Navigating the Future of Partner Selling with Cassandra Gholston (S4:Ep15)

Alice Heiman

As an enterprise software sales rep, she knew her secret to success was working with partners. At the height of her enterprise sales career, and with two young kids at home, Cassandra had an epiphany for a new software product that would help every B2B sales rep save time, sell more, and crush their quota with partners.

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5 Psychology Tips From An FBI Hostage Negotiator That Will Make You Sell Better

Sales Hacker

Voss had an epiphany of sorts upon leaving the Bureau; he realized that several of the skills he’d learned and honed ‘in the wild’ during hostage negotiations were directly relevant – and essential – to the business arena. Chris Voss served as a hostage negotiator at the FBI for close to a quarter of a century.

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This Is How I Work (Series)

Partners in Excellence

What Apps, Software, Tools Can’t You Live Without? The Four Steps To The Epiphany by Steve Blank. Current Computer: MacBook Pro. Backup in the home office is an iMac. Mobile Devices: IPad Air, IPhone 5, Black 180 Page Eureka Lab Notebook and Uniball Rollerball Pen, Priority Pass Card. Everything’s there.

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