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Sales Pipeline Radio, Episode 318: Q & A with Alan Gonsenhauser @agonsenhauser

Heinz Marketing

Without naming names, there are two companies in the last five years that I actively tried not to buy from because I was so turned off by the sales experience. I’m a big believer in cross-functional alignment. Matt : It’s a really good point. Alan : Yes. It’s a great tool for that. And keep things simple.

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Sales Hacker Recommends: 97 Best Sales Books for Peak Performance (2020 Update)

Sales Hacker

Based on an exhaustive study of thousands of sales reps across multiple industries and geographies, The Challenger Sale argues that classic relationship building is a losing approach, especially when it comes to selling complex, large-scale business-to-business solutions. Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson. Jeffrey Gitomer.

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What Is Tech Sales? A Guide to Getting a Job — and Succeeding

Salesforce

As an illustration, I used to sell appointment-scheduling software — a single-function solution for easier meeting set-up. Sales Cloud , for example, offers a suite of features that address many sales pain points, such as sales team collaboration tools, pipeline management tools, and forecasting tools.