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10 Best Sales Analytics Software Tools: Turning Data into Revenue

Zoominfo

What is Sales Analytics Software? Sales analytics software tools typically leverage AI, automation, and advanced reporting to analyze B2B go-to-market data and sales activities. Heres how they add value: Sales Process Visibility: Monitor the performance of reps, teams, and processes with real-time data.

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Key Sales Lessons from Oracle’s 4th Quarter Miss

SBI Growth

Oracle just missed its 4 th quarter number for the first time in a decade. In B2B sales, activity leads to results. The correct time to add sales people is when business is soft. In contrast, forward-looking, courageous companies, like Oracle, hire into the soft economy. This results in market share gains.

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Applying Sales 2.0 in Real Life

Sales 2.0

I interviewed sales manager, sales person, sales trainer and all around smart guy Jorge Soto. I asked Jorge about how he uses Sales 2.0 We are going to continue to use Linkedin and Twitter for outreach and experiment with some inbound marketing tactics. This week is one of those weeks.

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PowerViews with James Obermayer: Why Don’t Sales Reps Follow Up On Leads? The Real Issue

Pointclear

We’re nearing the last quarter of 2013, and another year of sales will soon be behind us. An important question all sales and marketing departments should be asking themselves is how they can better communicate in order to follow up on leads. Jim is also the President of Sales Leakage Consulting, Inc.

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If Hunter-Farmer Fails: What Next?

SBI Growth

They prefer to work solo and don’t very effectively engage resources like presales or product marketing. For Cincom to compete with 800-pound gorillas like Oracle and SAP, they needed a high-touch, high-tech approach. We weren’t very good at keeping the successful ones.”. The traditional ‘ farmer ’ role didn’t work either.

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The Monday Morning Breakfast For Champions Podcast – Episode 44 – Christian Maurer

The Pipeline

Then followed a career as an employed trainer and consultant for sales effectiveness; first with the boutique consulting firm “Target Market System” which then became OnTarget before it was absorbed by Siebel Systems where he first held the positions of Business Consulting Director and then Solution Practice Director.

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Solving the CRM Problem

Understanding the Sales Force

Last week I spent 90 minutes with another client (8 people from Operations, sales, customer service, and marketing) showing them how CRM could be the answer to their inaccurate forecasts and pipeline reports. That shouldn't be necessary. Salespeople must understand what's in it for them and why they should embrace it.

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