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“Why I’m So Interested In Selling,” Cassi Roper

Partners in Excellence

We later looked at methods to ratchet up performance even further. There has, often, been a stigma associated with sales people, nurtured by movies like Boiler Room and GLengarry Glen Ross. My dad ran his own company when I was growing up, and he did a lot of selling to support his business. Why do you stay in selling?

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Are You Blocking Your Own Success?

SalesProInsider

Your Will determines if you’re showing up with the grit and determination you need to get the job done, if you’re putting in the effort necessary and getting past the mental blocks that might be standing in your way. Start by looking inward, and then make a plan to strengthen whatever is in the way.

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How To (Successfully) Source Your First 2 Sales Reps

SaaStr

Remember, the good ones you’ll have to sell back … ’cause there are so, so, so many start-ups that are neither Hot nor Obviously Cool. Instead, try to find someone great who can sell at your price point and type of sale (transactional vs. solution). And they all seem to pay the same. So … 3.

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CRO Confidential: Bringing Product-Led and Sales-Led Growth Together For Go-To-Market Success with Giancarlo Lionetti, CRO of Zapier

SaaStr

Everything from hiring on the GTM side to layering in a sales-led motion into PLG. Others say PLG because it provides you a more natural path to up-sell and expand from people who are already interested and familiar with your product. Either way, the foundation for success in Go-To-Market starts with the right team.

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“Why I’m So Interested In Selling,” Maria Boulden/Gartner

Partners in Excellence

And I started my career with a chemical company doing the things you would expect a chemical engineer to do…research, development, manufacturing, operations and beyond. But about 7 years into that work, I took role in technical service helping customers solve problems and use our products in the best possible ways.

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Sunday Morning Blog: Sales Aerobics for Engineers

A Sales Guy

Post topics range from start-up sales challenges to prospecting for the new sales guy. Babette’s writting style is direct and to the point, as you would expect from someone whose audience is technical. Sunday Morning Blog babette ten haken Sales engineering Sales Engineers technical sales consultants'

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From AE to CEO: Entrepreneurial Life Lessons with Asad Zaman

Sales Hacker

Sam Jacobs: Welcome to the Sales Hacker podcast, it’s our 200th episode, and this is our 200th guest. Asad Zaman is the CEO of Sales Talent Agency, a wonderful, thoughtful, hardworking person that’s made his own way in the world. He started as an account executive, he’s now the CEO. That started my entrepreneurial path.

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