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The Ultimate Guide to Sales Prospecting: Tips, Techniques, & Tools to Succeed

Hubspot

CRM (customer relationship management): Software that allows companies to keep track of their potential and existing customers at whichever stage they may assume in the sales cycle. Discovery call: The first contact a sales rep makes with a prospect with the aim to qualify them as a lead for the next step in the sales cycle.

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33 (of the) Best Marketing Strategy Guides and Insights of 2010

Webbiquity

Re-Architecting the B2B Sales and Marketing Process for a New Decade by Reflexions. “Sales organisations are reporting extended sales cycles, declining win rates, and that a growing number of apparently promising opportunities are ending in ‘no decision.’ What’s a sales executive to do?