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What Subscription Business Models Mean for Sales Teams

Harvard Business

Across the technology industry, subscription sales models are growing in popularity. The trend is having a big impact on sales forces. For example, an enterprise software company recently transitioned from selling custom software as a one-time product to selling monthly SaaS (software as a service) subscriptions.

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Glenn Mattson: Overcoming Roadblocks With Sandler Training And Consulting: Podcast #40

Consulting Success

Glenn Mattson is President of Mattson Enterprise Inc., a Sandler Training consulting firm specializing in sales and management productivity and effectiveness. Glenn’s work with Mattson Enterprise Inc. Glenn’s work with Mattson Enterprise Inc. He follows a simple process of defining where.

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It’s 10 AM. Do You Know What Your Sales Reps Are Doing?

Harvard Business

Sales executives with even moderately large, distributed sales forces rely on data to help them understand which activities and behaviors lead to the best outcomes. Refining Sales Team Structure and Roles. At the highest level, Workplace Analytics can provide a factual foundation for decisions on sales structure and roles.

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The Value Myth & Why Consultants Should Focus on Cost

David A Fields

Years ago Shark Tank featured an enterprising young man pitching his sales training program. The sales guy bombed. Daymon John handed the entrepreneur his pen and demanded, “Sell this to me.” His defensive stance didn’t help, but the salesman’s real problem was his focus on the value and benefits of the pen.

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#8: 5 Reasons Why EVERY Consultant Needs Systems Thinking

Consulting Matters

People Strategy : What competencies are required; how individuals are recruited, selected, trained, recognized, compensated and rewarded; and how performance is measured, tracked and monitored. Organization Strategy : The placement of power and authority (e.g., organizational chart, division of labor, etc.)

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Is Your Company’s Data Actually Valuable in the AI Era?

Harvard Business

Want to know yogurt sales next week? Let’s use data on past yogurt sales. The data you have now is training data. You use that data as input to train an algorithm. Once your data is used to train a prediction machine, it is devalued. New data allows you to operate your prediction machine after it is trained.

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Power Sales Performance by Harnessing Analytics - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM TABLEAU

Harvard Business

By Brian Selby, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales Operations, Tableau Software. How often is your sales team making important decisions based on gut feel? Are your sales resources allocated properly to drive growth? Historically, sales has been labeled an art. Why does this happen in so many companies?

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