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Sales is Storytelling. Marketing is Storytelling. Business is Storytelling.

Sales and Marketing Management

Managers of sales and marketing teams are charged with coaching up individual team members, enhancing their skill sets and improving overall team performance. Storytelling has stood the test of time as a critical skill in sales and marketing?—?and and isn’t that our goal in sales?—?a But where to begin?

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Seven Sales Leaders on the Challenges They Overcame in 2020 & Their 2021 Predictions

Hubspot Sales

From the sales floor to the makeshift home office set up, salespeople of all kinds in all industries have faced a myriad of challenges and roadblocks this year. Mintis Hankerson is a Senior Sales Manager at HubSpot. For Mintis, 2020 has been all about balancing empathy with sales achievement.

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4 Trends Shaping B2B Marketing in 2011

Pointclear

” In other words, they understand that in addition to being in the business of selling whatever they sell—be it shovels or software—they also need to be producing content as a cornerstone of their marketing, both to engage and educate their would-be customers. But producing any old content isn’t enough.

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21 Salespeople Reveal the Worst Sales Advice They Ever Got

Hubspot Sales

Bad sales advice is shockingly common -- and you don’t want to find out you’ve been misdirected the hard way. After all, every mistake means it’s harder to achieve your sales goals. I once worked for a manager who put a great deal of emphasis on activity metrics rather than actual sales results. 1) “Focus solely on activity.”.

Hiring 111
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Client Onboarding Process: Free Checklist for Service Providers

LeadFuze

When you provide a service, either physical (like a marketing agency) or software (like a SaaS) it can be like that. Finding new clients is the fuel that drives growth in any company, but for those who use recurring revenue models—You have to keep on selling your product every month. Now, let’s get into the nuts and bolts.

Lead Rank 124
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The Perils of Piecemeal

Cincom Smart Selling

Smart companies don’t have software initiatives; they have business initiatives that drive software purchases. The larger you become, the harder it is to keep track of dealers’ pipelines and forecasting your own sales. In a four-year period, this company consolidated more than 40 systems into less than seven.

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

Sales Hacker

Companies that prepare for and embrace the changes AI brings will thrive. Sales is traditionally a people-to-people business, but technologies like artificial intelligence are making expert sellers rethink the balance between human and machine. The need for automation in sales. The potential future of AI for sales.