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Friday Fusion: December 11, 2020

Tsavo Neal

I find it easy to design and build products. But when it comes to converting traffic into revenue, sales is the toughest part for me. Whether that’s selling on the phone or selling with words (copywriting), sales has never been easy for me. Despite all this, I’m working very hard to improve my sales skills.

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How Research Says to Avoid Bad Sales Hires

LSA Global

Does Your Sales Team Know How to Avoid Bad Sales Hires? A good sales hire can successfully do their job. The problem with hiring salespeople is the very fact that they’re salespeople – they are good at persuading sales managers in job interviews that they can do things they can’t. That’s a recipe for bad sales hires.

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Friday Fusion: September 18, 2020

Tsavo Neal

Does putting personal website on your resume help you get a job, and if so, what should be the contents of that page? Marketing & Sales : You’ll spend 80% of your time (at least in the early days) marketing and selling your services instead of practicing your craft. I’m an introvert and I do a lot of sales.

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Walking the city, walking the world

Seth Godin Blog

They were older and younger than the average ‘target market’ for most products. For a long time, scaled consumer marketing has created status roles where none used to exist, and amplified division and class as a way to create insufficiency and generate sales. Some carried canes, wore glasses, or had hearing aids.

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Top 10 Reasons your Sales Reps Struggle with Social Selling

LSA Global

High performing B2B social sellers build relationships on digital platforms and turn online connections into offline sales conversations and long-term customer relationships. LinkedIn’s recent State of Sales report found that 62% of B2B decision makers look for an informative LinkedIn profile when considering talking with a sales rep.

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Improve Your Resume by Turning Bullet Points into Stories

Harvard Business

Updating your LinkedIn profile and resume. So how can you make your resume, profile, and interview more effective? Let’s look at how to do this by analyzing the resume and LinkedIn profile of a startup marketing executive. You’re searching for a new job. You know the standard advice. ” Résumé Story.

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How to Rebound from the Coronavirus: Your Top Sales Questions Answered

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However, it has not changed the need for sales teams to produce results. On a recent webinar, “How to readjust and future-proof your sales,” sales growth experts from TTEC addressed prevalent questions about selling in today’s new reality and shared proven tactics, tips, and strategies. This is especially true today.

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