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Sales Support: What It Is and Why It’s Essential

Salesforce

Ideally, reps would spend more time with prospects and customers, but unless they have sales support to handle the 72% of non-direct-selling work, that face time won’t happen. Learn how sales support can help free your sellers up to focus on relationships, turning your sales team into a closing powerhouse.

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Sales velocity – a guide to what it is and how to calculate it, with formula and examples

PandaDoc

Why is sales velocity important? Sales velocity monitors the overall performance of your sales process. You need to know how quickly your team generates revenue to better plan and strategize for the business. Sales velocity also produces insights that lead to improvement and optimization.

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Selling Overshadows Sales & Marketing 2.0 Conference

A Sales Guy

I found myself at the mercy of company pitch after company pitch. Making things worse, many of the presenters broke every sales and pitching rule possible. It was surreal being sold Sales 2.0 products and services with Sales 1.0 Didn’t we all agree a long time ago; those pitches are dead.

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Why It’s Time for Marketing to Bring Some Substance to the Table

A Sales Guy

It’s no longer a secret weapon of great sales people. They won’t give up their time for a “pitch.” They want sales people to bring a lot more to the table than just a “pitch.”. Supporting sales no longer means providing slick, glossy, product sheets or spec sheets. Customers and clients are busy.

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3 Tips to Turn Noise Into Value

Pointclear

TV networks are just like the marketing resources and sales support at your company: they provide you with sales content, such as presentations and data – and do so with the best of intentions – but don’t offer the framework necessary to be valuable for meeting your sales goals.

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The Ultimate Guide to a Career in Sales

Hubspot

You've come to the right place to learn what it's like to have a career in sales, and it's about much more than the close. Sales seems like a fast-paced, hardball kind of career. There's the hustle to find leads, the hundreds of calls, and the high of delivering a flawless pitch. What's a typical sales career path?

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Digital Sales Rooms: The Future of Sales

Highspot

Collaboration: Digital sales rooms support collaboration between sales team members and other stakeholders, enabling them to collectively assess and address prospect needs. Customer Support: Sales teams can use the platform to provide post-sale support, share updates, and address customer concerns all within their deal room.