As sales leaders, coaching sales reps can sometimes feel like eating a triple-decker cheeseburger. We go in excited, eyes wide open, size-up the situation, look at all the possible angles we can attack this thing from, but ultimately end up diving in without a clear plan, hoping we make our way...
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First there was competitive intelligence—data that helped organizations understand what their rivals were doing to grow their business. Then came market intelligence, which looked more broadly at the economic forces and buying patterns across a sector....
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Most salespeople know how to pitch to a potential customer long before first contact. Improve your pitch and close the deal even faster with these 9 statistics....
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Discussions about technology are often factual, sometimes forward-looking, but rarely philosophical. But Salesforce Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff and Uber Co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick are not typical technology leaders....
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Dreamforce 2015 featured an entire day focused on one issue: workplace equality. Corporate leaders and celebrities -- from YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki to Oscar-winner Patricia Arquette -- gathered in San Francisco to discuss not only how they are driving change on the subject in their organizations...
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You don't have to be a genius to advertise on Facebook. These step-by-step instructions will help you get the right message to the right audience....
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If he could go back in time and change one thing, Marc Benioff says he would have placed a focus on diversity and women in leadership when founding Salesforce. ...
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Social media is just one piece of the pie. If you don't measure your efforts, it's nearly impossible to learn and grow. Here are best practices to choose the best metrics and define ROI. ...
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When the other side scores in a hockey game, the TV cameras quickly pan over to the home team coach’s face. And usually, apart from looking a little unhappy, that coach wears an expression that shows he or she is already thinking of how they can help turn things around....
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