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A SaaS Fairy Tale….

Partners in Excellence

Rather than paying up front for a license, people could pay on a monthly basis for a subscription. Since the target customers, initially, for these tools were individuals and small teams, the methods others had used in consumer product selling were adapted. And assembly line process started to emerge.

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No More Quotas, No More Commission: Sales Without SDRs

Sales Hacker

We’re also brought to you by Vidyard — the best way to sell in a virtual world, whether you need to connect with more leads, qualify more opportunities, or close more deals. Make prospecting videos, follow-ups, product demos, and other communications that drive virtual selling. We all look at turnover for an SDR.

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Being Human in the Time of Automation

Salesforce

It means that we need to explore opportunities for ourselves and our teams to humanize the future of work to complement and even enhance AI, automation, and productivity. He embarked upon a path to research how we can avoid being replaced by robots, which is the premise of the book and the bulk of his presentation.

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Are “Traditional” Selling Skills Even Relevant Anymore?

Partners in Excellence

Even concepts of insight based selling are repackaging of consultative, solution, customer focused selling programs of the 60s, 70s, 90s. Even concepts of insight based selling are repackaging of consultative, solution, customer focused selling programs of the 60s, 70s, 90s. But there are limitations to this.

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The Problem With Efficiency

Partners in Excellence

We design our organizations to be lean mean selling machines. Prospectors prospect, account managers account manage, product line specialists are expert in their product lines, and on and on… Each role is precisely defined, we have the metrics to by which we constantly measure performance.

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Sales And The Zombie Apocalypse

Partners in Excellence

But something has changed in selling. As I look at quotas and targets qualitatively, as I look at general sales production, I don’t see changes that are unexpected or abnormal. Yes, quotas go up, but we expect people to improve and become more productive. We are headed to the Zombie Apocalypse of selling.

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4 Key Components to a Winning Handoff Process for SaaS Companies

Sales Hacker

Isn’t it ultra-satisfying to watch a perfectly automated factory assembly line? Salespeople create relationships, but it has traditionally been up to the customer success or account management team to nurture them. But even after they give the product a try, they’ll be tended to by the sales team to ensure the sale happens.

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