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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. Let’s not beat up Oracle.

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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 My prospecting approach at that time was going through lead lists and sending blind emails. These companies need to start thinking about sales from day one.

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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

CRM allows salespeople to place prospects in the wrong stage of the pipeline. CRM is too difficult to customize. Salespeople must understand what's in it for them and why they should embrace it. Hold salespeople accountable for providing real-time updates.

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How Data is Democratizing Growth and Driving Disruption

DiscoverOrg Sales

Startups, small businesses, consulting firms, agencies, and even enterprises all benefit from access to more information about their prospects and customers. Today, the availability of data and intelligence is breaking down barriers between buyers and sellers, making transformational growth accessible to companies of all sizes.

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Top sales blogs all sales managers need to follow

PandaDoc

This disparity isn’t surprising, as a number of factors have come together in recent years to make B2B sales more challenging than ever: That same HubSpot report also found that 38% of salespeople say getting a response from prospects is getting more difficult. ” As a modern digital magazine, Sales POP! Sales Gravy.

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What is Sales Forecasting? Why it Matters + 11 Tools to Consider

Sales Hacker

Sales forecasting methodologies. Traditionally, sales forecasting has been done through the Intuitive Forecasting method. Which works exactly like it sounds: sales managers ask their reps about their gut feeling on the likelihood of a deal closing. Salesforce is a giant in the sales management world.