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- The Tenfold Sales Blog is a source for in-depth, highly researched, and original work about sales, sales strategy, and sales enablement. Our articles are contributed from employees who are directly involved in leading Tenfold's sales team; who understand what's important to highlight vs. what's background noise; and who have years of experience building their expertise.
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Is Your Sales Data Causing Inaccurate Forecasting?
By definition, forecasting is inexact. It is a data-focused assessment of possibilities; and yes, there is a lot of guesswork involved. The ideal is to minimize the guesswork through the systems and strategies you implement – as well as the accuracy of the data you use. If your sales data is causing inaccurate forecasting, then … Continued
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Sales Gamification 2017: Apps, Tips, and Issues You Need To Consider
Back in 2014, gamification as a strategy for improving sales productivity was the trend – not that it was a new breakthrough idea then. The theory of gamification gained popularity as early as 2010, when the engagement and productivity gains from the strategy captured the fascination and funds of venture capitalists. In fact, Badgeville, one of today’s … Continued
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Exclusive Q&A: Neal Schaffer and Rutgers Business School Launch Social Selling Program
When discussing digital transformation, it’s impossible not to discuss social selling and its impact on the sales cycle. Marketing and sales automation tools have made it possible to reach hundreds, if not thousands, of potential buyers instantly. This however has caused a decline in the effectiveness of email and cold calling techniques. As a result, … Continued
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How Enterprises Are Adopting Social Selling
These days, it is no longer enough to argue that enterprise companies are too big to bother with social media. Remember this Sales 101 basic: be where your market is. Right now, they are online. The numbers are daunting. Of the 7.3 billion global population as of July 2015, more than 3 billion use the … Continued
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How B2B Buyers Search for Tech Solutions
Information in today’s digital milieu has always been a double edged sword for sales and marketing. It works for you if you can control it. Information comes from your sales team, your website and your press releases. Outside that – it’s a free-for-all. As we all know, the latter is the reality. What we often … Continued
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How Artificial Intelligence Will Change Decision-Making For Businesses
From The Terminator to Blade Runner, pop culture has always leaned towards a chilling depiction of artificial intelligence (AI) and our future with AI at the helm. Recent headlines about Facebook panicking because their AI bots developed a language of their own have us hitting the alarm button once again. Should we really feel unsettled … Continued
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10 Essential Salesforce Metrics for Every Company to Track
One of the key features of Salesforce CRM is the configurability of its company performance dashboard. Do it correctly and you see the salesforce metrics that are most important to your business. This makes a big difference in today’s hyper competitive commercial landscape. Decision-making that’s based on data is always better for business. As InsideSales.com … Continued
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What is Sales Channel Marketing Management and Strategy?
The primary goal of a sales team is, of course, sales. Achieving that may be straightforward for small organizations with a clear, single sales channel. However, complex businesses with many sales channels can benefit from a more inclusive approach. A successful multichannel strategy engages marketing, distribution, and finance teams, among others. It may also spend … Continued
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7 Useful Tips for Developing Your Sales and Marketing Strategy
At best, sales and marketing teams are acquaintances. At worst, they’re enemies. At least, that’s the situation at most organizations. While a healthy bit of sibling rivalry typically doesn’t hurt, the sales and marketing relationship often suffers from miscommunication—or a complete lack of communication—as well as occasional animosity. This is remarkable, especially considering that the two teams typically … Continued
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How Do I Use Phone Dialer To Make My Sales Calls?
In every effective list of metrics contact centers must follow to ensure success, there are three things constant in them: quality scores, service level, and right party connects. You see them almost ubiquitously, but how do you get all three working for your contact center? The answer’s literally in front of you—a phone dialer of … Continued
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What is Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence (EI) refers to a person’s ability to recognize emotions within themselves and others, and understand these emotions. It is the ability to use emotional cues as guide to one’s thoughts, behaviors and actions. An emotionally intelligent person is able to adapt to changing environments, and continue to work towards a goal. If this … Continued
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