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Pros v. Cons of a Sales Career

Brooks Group

A sales career can be exhilarating and rewarding—offering the potential for high earnings, flexible schedules, and the chance to work directly with a diverse range of customers. As you consider whether a sales career is the right fit for you, it’s crucial to understand both the upsides and the downsides.

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Update on marketing and business development (M&BD) team structures

Red Star Kim

Process integration – Some firms separate out marketing, communications and sales functions – usually the larger firms where more specialisation is required. Whilst agile, it can mean that valuable market knowledge and working relationships are lost. They may be sales-oriented and aligned to tender, pitch and bid teams.

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Selling in a downturn – Are your teams being trained with the proper tools for the job?

Mercuri International

It’s no surprise that sales strategies are having to pivot to meet the changing demands and context of the current market. This is nothing new – adaptability and flexibility have always been key to sales success. Remote selling and remote leadership came in a close 4th and 5th. Go for the no”. Key findings.

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Compensation in a Reinvented Work Environment

SalesGlobe

The notion of a “typical” workplace is evolving before our very eyes, and with it, remote work sales compensation plans. As quickly as the pandemic drove offices to remote work, major cities in the U.S. Now, companies are facing a fork in the road when it comes to remote work and remote work compensation plans.

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COVID-19 and the Digital Transformation of Alliance Management

PartnerTap

As companies continue to shift to a remote model, it’s important to understand the impact and digital transformation strategic alliances have gone through. Dinners and face-to-face meetings have been replaced with Zoom happy hours, sales conferences are now virtual, and work from home is the new normal. Mckinsey On Finance.

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How Marketing and Business Development (M&BD) Assistants can shine – Develop knowledge and skills, build personal brand and increase visibility

Red Star Kim

There was advice to consider which personalities worked well together and how to make things relevant to topical issues yet still stand out. The need for clear aims that could be measured at different stages of the engagement and sales cycle were mentioned.

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How to Turn Canceled B2B Events Into Sales Opportunities

Hubspot Sales

Be adaptable and think outside the box, and you can still capture crucial sales opportunities. Five Ways to Capture Sales Opportunities from Canceled Events. Instead, you should explore one of the following ways to turn the cancellation into sales opportunities. For some, that means learning they truly can work from home.

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