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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

Sales Strategist, Top 50 keynote speakers, Best Selling author of Heart and Sell-(chosen as the textbook for Harvard’s Strategic Selling course) Top Voice on LinkedIn 2018. I scheduled a demo on my very first cold call and that felt like the first “aha moment” of my career! And she needs a hug every now and then.

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How to Supercharge Your Sales Velocity for Quicker Wins

Salesforce

If you find roadblocks, you can examine each phase of the customer journey to identify barriers and strategize ways to improve. You can do this by cold calling , creating a referral program , or via good old-fashioned networking. This can reveal potential roadblocks in your sales process which can jeopardize sales targets.

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What Is Lead Qualification and How Does It Work?

Salesforce

Whether marketing or sales follows up with them is a strategic decision for managers at your company. You can email or cold-call prospects, but many salespeople also use LinkedIn. And don’t forget your CRM can help you with this research as well as lead qualification itself.)