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New Competency Required for Sales Leaders: Leading Sales Technology Adoption

Revenue Storm

What new sales manager competency is creeping onto the scene? The competency is leading sales technology adoption. This responsibility was floating around and has now found its home with sales leaders. ” (exasperated) “Let’s focus on more important sales issues!” Soon, you will have to defend yourself.

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Is AI the Future of Sales Coaching? [+ Benefits and Challenges]

Hubspot Sales

However, the big question remains: Is AI truly th e future of sales coaching? In this article, I’ll define AI sales coaching, talk through its benefits and challenges, and share some examples of AI sales coaching in-action. This will be the only time in this article where I say something super “federal,” as the kids say.

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Building a B2B SalesTech Stack for Growth

SBI Growth

Commercial leaders have been introducing sales technology for years in an effort to boost seller productivity and efficiency. Specifically, Smart Selling Tools cites that $1.5B

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Generate 25%+ of Sales Pipeline Opportunities from Marketing

SBI Growth

Most sales leaders are concerned with lost selling time from bad leads. Sales leaders have such low expectation of marketing’s contribution that they focus on minimizing damage. This article focuses on how to build a foundation of Lead Generation best practices.

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Weekly Sales Enablement News Roundup – May 17, 2019

Showpad

How to Close the Gap Between Sales Forecasting and Reality. A recent MarTech study found that only 28 percent of closed deals were accurately forecasted by sales teams. This article gets to the bottom of why reps over- or under-forecast, and how new technology can help. Why is there such a discrepancy in forecasting?

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Key Account Management (KAM) – Research companies, use KAM technology and maintain momentum

Red Star Kim

Financial information, adverse filings, directors and managers, financial strength metrics such as credit scores and ratings and CCJs, shareholders, subsidiaries and branches, company structures and the corporate family, M&A activity and rumours, industry descriptions, SIC codes and research, news articles from various high profile sources.

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How to Spot Burnout in Your Salespeople (and What to Do About It)

Hubspot Sales

If your reps are so focused on making their number that they’ve stopped learning new sales technology or techniques or honing their core selling skills, they may be burned out or fast approaching it. To combat burnout, make sure you’re sharing interesting or inspiring articles with your team.

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