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The Factor That Will Make or Break Your Sales Initiative - and How To Get It Right

Force Management

This blog is part of our Mission Critical Success Series, where we dive into the strategies leaders are using to execute on mission critical sales objectives during times of economic change. Each week, we will cover a different essential area of sales effectiveness.

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Turning lemons into lemonade: Five ways to reset on customer management fundamentals in a post-pandemic world

Strategic Account Management Association

In business, it has created an opportunity to reflect on how companies are managing customers, and it has given customers a window of opportunity to re-evaluate their supplier relationships to determine which partnerships are truly valuable. By Dave Duke, Co-Founder and CCO, MetaCX, and Joel Schaafsma, Research General Manager, SAMA.

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Highly Effective Prospecting Techniques for Your Sales Team

Brooks Group

In baseball, “keep your eye on the ball” means watch where the ball is at all times. In sales, it means staying focused. In the race to finish the quarter strong, prospecting often gets put on the back burner while sales professionals work on closing open opportunities. Getting it wrong means wasted time and frustration.

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Rethinking Enablement for the Future: The Power of Commercial Effectiveness Integration

Mike Kunkle

This strategic approach goes beyond conventional departmental boundaries, breaks down silos, and encompasses product, marketing, demand generation, sales enablement, and the encompassing realm of customer experience (whether it goes by customer support, customer success, customer service, or a combination of these).

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Selling to the C-Suite: Strategies for Reaching Executive Decision Makers

Brooks Group

As buying processes grow more complex, it’s becoming increasingly important for sales professionals to gain access to senior executives and C-level decision makers. Senior leaders control budgets, set strategy, and have the authority to champion major initiatives across the organization. Why is selling to the C-suite so critical?

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Sales Targeting Toolbox for Professional Services Firms

Red Star Kim

At the recent Business Development for Professionals – 2024 Virtual Conference – MBL Seminars I presented a session entitled “Supporting Fee-Earners in Sales Targeting”. Here is a summary of the sales targeting toolbox for professional services firms.

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Entrepreneurial Competency: What it Is & Why it Matters

Hubspot Sales

No matter your niche, product, or service, and no matter how prepared you are, your business will throw you a curveball. That simple fact makes emotional resilience a cardinal competency to master as an entrepreneur. That simple fact makes emotional resilience a cardinal competency to master as an entrepreneur.