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B2B Book Club Selection (August 2022)

Account Manager Tips

Why Introverts Make Better Networkers. In this no-nonsense, application-specific guide, you’ll get the most powerful strategies and success principles to build the mindset and confidence that will make you unstoppable. Most importantly, how I teach this is what makes the transformation of your confidence permanent.

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37 LinkedIn Social Selling Stats You Need to Know

Hubspot Sales

Harvard Business Review reports 90% of B2B decision makers never respond to cold outreach. IDC found 75% of B2B buyers and 84% of C-level executives consult social media before making purchasing decisions. When making B2B purchasing decisions, 50% of buyers turn to LinkedIn as a resource.

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Decision Making in the Era of Growing Constraints (Part 1)

Planview

Other decisions are made at the individual level on prioritization and focus on a given day. Companies that transform the quality and speed of their decisions consistently outperform their competitors. So how can you make smarter decisions faster? A two-way door is a decision that is easily reversible.

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When to Walk Away From the Big Deal - Case Study

SBI Growth

Stefan has worked with Genesys since 2000. Did the new sales process influence your decision to pull out of the deal? 3) What were the deciding factors that lead to your decision to pull out of the deal? 4) How will the loss of this deal affect you making your number in 2013? Naturally, he had been torn about what to do.

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75 Mind-Blowing Sales Statistics That Will Help You Sell Smarter in 2017

Hubspot Sales

Twenty percent want to talk during the decision stage , once they’re decided which product to buy. An analysis of more than 2,200 American companies found those who attempted to reach leads within an hour were nearly seven times likelier to have meaningful conversations with decision makers than those who waited even sixty minutes.

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Research update on the most in-demand soft skills

Red Star Kim

It used data from Russell Reynolds of nearly 5,000 job descriptions between 2000 to 2017 – for positions including CEO, CIO, Head of HR and CMO. Strategic thinking: Senior professionals will need to be able to see the big picture, identify trends, and make decisions that support the long-term success of the business.

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How One Entrepreneur Leveraged Fanatical Prospecting to Build His Business

Sales Gravy

And we can all chase and achieve our dreams if we just make the decision to take action. Listen all Sales Gravy Podcast episodes here. It was very simple to make art by just going out and clicking a shutter. I chugged along making a little money for about ten years. I did it as a hobby and on the side.