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2019 Sales Enablement Statistics

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

2019 is shaping up to be another fine year for those working in and around sales enablement. We’re seeing larger numbers of people work in the industry, more companies investing in sales enablement teams and numerous tools being developed to solve sales enablement challenges.

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22 Reasons Your Investor Might Have Passed On You (According To 4 Leading VCs)

OpenView Labs

But no matter how thick a skin you develop, it’s never fun to be told ‘no,’ especially after you’ve spent significant time with an investor exploring a potential deal. To make matters worse, the customers revealed that instead of paying for a seat for each team member, they bought one login and shared it amongst 10 people.

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How to Find Product-Market-Sales Fit

Andreessen Horowitz

And that comes down to users, which is where the concept of “product-market- sales fit” comes in, observes Jyoti Bansal, founding CEO of AppDynamics (which was acquired by Cisco for $3.7B So if you are on online banking and something goes wrong in your online banking, you will use AppDynamics to figure out the root cause and fix it.

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Sales Hacker Recommends: 97 Best Sales Books for Peak Performance (2020 Update)

Sales Hacker

The Pirate’s Guide to Sales. The Sales Acceleration Formula. Mastering the Complex Sale. Sales Development and Prospecting. The Sales Development Playbook. Outbound Sales, No Fluff. Sales Engagement. Sales Engagement. Sales Enablement. The Sales Enablement Playbook.

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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

Never believe that doubting yourself is a bad thing. That company only lasted another year before they were out of business, so it was a poor use of my energy, time, and being away from my family – a lesson I work to pass on to others new in roles today. What is your best piece of career advice for women in sales?

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SaaStr Podcast #388 with Okta CMO Ryan Carlson

SaaStr

As for Ryan, he has spent an incredible 9 years at Okta in numerous different roles starting with running the product marketing team before moving to run the marketing team, leading to his promotion to CMO close to 5 years ago now. How does the structure of your marketing team need to change with the evolution?

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PODCAST 52: Building Sales Coaching and Training Framework w/ Rob Jeppsen

Sales Hacker

Rob is a longtime sales veteran and is incredibly passionate about both the profession of sales but, more importantly, the importance of investing in your team through sales coaching and training. If you missed episode 51, check it out here: Approach Sales with Gap Selling w/ Keenan. What You’ll Learn. So I did it.

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