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500 Hams on Christmas: A Profile on HubSpot's Employee #6, Dan Tyre

Hubspot Sales

He has a certain "pedal-to-the-floor-ness" about him that you get a sense of within seconds of meeting him. During his tenure at Businessland, Dan advanced into sales management, covered various territories, got his first experience with sales training, and ultimately helped grow the company from $2 million in sales to $1.4

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How to Get Into Tech Sales in 2023

Hubspot Sales

If you have an interest in tech — and an even greater interest in helping people — a career in tech sales could be a smart move. Here, we'll cover the basics of tech sales, the pros and cons of working in this industry, and how you can kickstart a career in tech sales in 2023. What is tech sales? What is a tech sales rep?

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Ditching 'More is More' to Increase Sales Team Effectiveness by 50%: Teamwork.com’s Story

Hubspot Sales

For eons, salespeople have been told to make more calls, send more emails, and take more meetings. Read on to find out how Teamwork.com increased sales efficiency by 50% when they ditched "more is better" in favor of "better is better." Teamwork.com's Sales Story Who are you and what is Teamwork.com all about?

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Top 10 LinkedIn Hashtags Every Key Account Manager Should Follow Now

Account Manager Tips

Follow them to meet like-minded people, learn industry trends, and find answers to your questions! Hashtags rose to fame on Twitter way back in 2007 as a way to contextualise, filter and explore content. As a key account manager you need to balance service and sales. sales (5,858,767 followers). For example #Career.

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5 Personality Traits of Top Sales Leaders

Hubspot Sales

Do you think top sales leaders are just good sales reps who got promoted? While a successful track record driving sales can be a qualifier, being a high-performing sales rep does not necessarily equate to being an effective sales leader. A lot has changed in the time I’ve been working with sales leaders.

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The First-Mover Advantage, Explained

Hubspot Sales

When I started selling HubSpot software in 2007, no one had ever heard of inbound sales and marketing. But Coke’s biggest beverage brands have reached more than $1 billion in sales -- something Pepsi has never quite been able top. Amazon beat Barnes & Noble to the punch again with their 2007 e-reader, the Kindle.

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Turn customer service agents into inside sales reps

Zendesk

And smart ecommerce leaders are positioning their CX teams to not only resolve customer questions quickly and personally—but to also act as sales reps. And if agents have a platform that makes it easy to track all points of the customer journey, it’s a natural progression to turn support into sales. Superior CX creates €1M in sales.