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Alicia Lewis
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Roee Zelcer
TikTok Head of Sales, Products & Services • February 9
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Jeff Michaels
Mobivity Vice President, Sales & Marketing • February 16
While answering the "sales team org structure" is easy, it can quickly lead sales leaders and organizations down a constrained, unscalable path requiring frequent restructures that are disruptive and distracting from revenue growth. Here's what I mean by that. As Sales/Revenue leaders, it ofte......Read More
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Adam Wainwright
Clari Sales Director • January 11
The best way to improve interviewing skills is super simple - and this is going to sound reductive - Go ask your most respected colleagues & peers to interview you - just get creative with it. But the take away should be Develop a point of view on your history. what motivates you, wha......Read More
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Richard Harris™
The Harris Consulting Group Founder • February 14
By confirming the skeptic(s) as soon as possible. At the end of every sales call the most common thing is for the prospect to say, "Taking it back to the team". Well, who cares who the decision maker is on the team. We need to know the skeptic(s). So saying something like, "Hey I know y......Read More
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Grant Glaser
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Many of the large research firms (ex: Gartner) and other smaller societies exist. They put out interesting reports, whitepapers, and findings that showcase new enablement technology, sales trends, and changes in the learning space. I'd recommend: * Check-out new & topical books * Subscribe ......Read More
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