June, 2010

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What happened to your class?

Credo

It is June.are you resting up from this recruitment cycle or still scrambling for a few (dozen) more students?

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9 Reasons Why Prospects Don't Respond

Sales Gravy

Some cold calling experts suggest that you leave a message when you receive a prospect's voice mail. Unfortunately, many sales people feel that this is an exercise in futility because most of the time their prospect does not call them back.

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Are Your Prospects Reverse-Sandbagging?

SBI

Sandbagging is when a Rep holds onto signed orders until the last minute. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, the Rep submits all the orders at once, usually at the end of the month or quarter. When the Rep doesn’t have any orders until the last possible moment it’s something else all together. Maybe it’s “reverse” sandbagging. Prospects hold onto orders because they’re too busy, or too distracted by other things.

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The First Rule of Sales: Leverage

SBI

Leverage: The ability to influence a system, or an environment, in a way that multiplies the outcome of one’s efforts without a corresponding increase in the consumption of resources. In other words, leverage is an advantageous-condition of having a relatively small amount of cost yield a relatively high level of return. Thus, “doing a lot with a little.” As it goes for business, so it goes for sales.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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How to schedule 4 times more appointments or give your Reps an extra 5 weeks of sales productivity

SBI

Could you sell more if your Reps had 4 times the number of appointments? How about if Reps had an extra 5 weeks of selling time? You’ve got 215 selling days in the year. Too many of those 215 days are eaten up by non-selling (but necessary) tasks such as the tedious process of coordinating calendars and scheduling appointments. In fact, without the right tools, your Reps are losing 28 days of selling time every year unnecessarily while making appointments.

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How to Screw Up Your CRM Decision

SBI

1. Make sure the main purpose of your CRM system is to track Sales Reps activities. You need a way to prove they should be working harder. 2. Emphasize the management reporting capabilities when explaining to your Sales Reps why its important that they use the CRM to its fullest. 3. Don’t analyze your sales and marketing processes before you pick your CRM Software.

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