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Win Rates, Are You Important To Your Customer? Posted on February, 2025

Partners in Excellence

And that importance is displayed in a variety of ways, not just the solution and after sale support. <div class="post-info"> Posted on February, 2025 </div> appeared first on Partners in EXCELLENCE. But whoever their customer is, they seek to make themselves important to the customer.

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7 Ways AI Will Change Sales In The Next 12 Months

SaaStr

It’s already fundamentally remade the contact center and post-sales. This is already happening in customer support, and sales is next. 2025 And The Rise of the Mech AE (Account Executive) 7. We Just Won’t Need as Many SMB Sales Reps. At least, the best AEs. The mid tier AEs?

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The Top 10+ Questions to Ask a VP of Sales / CRO During an Interview (with New Cheatsheet)

SaaStr

One of the classic original SaaStr posts was on the Top 10+ Questions to Ask a VP of Sales Candidate. All the questions still hold today, but I wanted to update them for 2025. It’s a different world today, AI-fueled, often distributed and hybrid, and with inflation both in titles (CRO or VP Sales) and compensation expectations.

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AI Won’t Replace Sales Reps So Much as ‘Deflect’ Them: What Support’s 70% Deflection Rates Tell Us About Sales’ Future

SaaStr

What’s happening now is the migration of this capability from post-sale support to pre-sale interactions. Why Sales Will Follow Support’s Path (It’s Already Starting) The parallels are striking. Five years ago, support teams worried AI would eliminate jobs.

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How B2B marketing is becoming a strategic growth driver

Martech

Marketing is no longer a support function but a strategic growth driver, influencing everything from brand to demand. From sales support to strategic business driver Historically, B2B tech marketing played a critical support role, primarily focused on lead generation, sales enablement and event execution.

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10 Ways AI Will Change Sales Forever. It’s Already Happening, In Fact.

SaaStr

AI Will Merge Sales, Support, and Success The traditional siloed approach to customer interactions is crumbling. Soon, there won’t be separate paths for sales, support, and successjust one intelligent AI that handles all customer needs.

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Digital Sales Rooms: The Future of Sales

Highspot

Post-Sale Relationship Management Data Capture: The digital sales room continues to capture data related to customer interactions and engagement, enabling businesses to maintain a complete record of their customer relationships. The digital sales room is more than just a buzzword; it’s a game-changer in the world of sales.