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Navigating the New Generation of Strategic Account Managers

Strategic Account Management Association

Denise Freier, President and CEO at Strategic Account Management Association (SAMA), and Dino Bertani, Vice President, Head of Alliance Management at Zealand Pharma, talked about what’s shaping the role of KAMs/SAMs in today's business arena, and how Sales and KAM/SAM leaders can enable KAMs/SAMs to meet current and future customer needs.

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Top Reasons Salespeople Don't Close The Deal

The Center for Sales Strategy

For any sales manager, it's incredibly frustrating when their salespeople don’t seem to be able to close the deal. A successful sale often depends on the product and customer knowledge of the salesperson, but what happens when the hard work isn’t translating into results?

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How to Improve Sales Productivity and Boost Team Efficiency

Nutshell

As the backbone of any business, the sales team needs to be efficient to meet targets and ensure the company remains profitable. Keeping an eye on your team’s sales productivity is one of the best ways to track performance and nip bottlenecks in the bud. Table of Contents What is sales productivity?

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People & Problems: The core of strategic account planning

Strategic Account Management Association

But as a provider of a robust set of sales management and methodology capabilities , our teams work with some of the biggest sales organizations in the world. The foundational principles that move the needle are ones familiar to any sales leader: relationships and insights. And we ask these questions beyond the sales team.

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Stop Doing Stupid Sh*t: 18 Outdated Sales Tactics to Abandon in 2018

Hubspot Sales

I’ve seen some incredible changes, and I can say without a doubt that right now is the best time to invest in a sales career. Sales is fun, critically important to scaling businesses, financially lucrative, and intellectually stimulating. 18 Outdated Sales Tactics to Kick to the Curb in 2018. The first thing you need to do?

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Outcome Selling: Don’t Sell the Product, Sell the Outcome

Hubspot Sales

Outcome selling is a framework that encourages conversions by prioritizing a customer’s desired outcomes, rather than simply pushing the sale of your product. This selling style requires a customer-based mindset since it requires salespeople to determine how they can help customers succeed at every stage of the sales process.

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Flipping the Script on the 80/20 Rule in Sales

Hubspot Sales

80/20 Rule in Sales. Also known as the Pareto Principle, the 80/20 Rule is a formula stating 80% of sales are made by 20% of sales reps. The 80/20 rule in sales, sometimes called the Pareto Principle, has been around forever. The 80/20 rule in sales, sometimes called the Pareto Principle, has been around forever.