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A Great Sales Pitch Hinges on the Right Story
May 21, 2024 · When you’re working in sales, you need to master the art of persuasion and that involves being able to tell a compelling story that explains why your product or service will …
What Salespeople Need from Leaders—at Each Stage of Their …
Apr 24, 2025 · Leading a high-performing sales team requires a personalized talent management approach. Salespeople’s needs evolve throughout their careers, and while sales managers …
Companies Are Using AI to Make Faster Decisions in Sales and …
Jun 6, 2025 · In today’s dynamic business environment, decision-making in sales and marketing is shifting from reflective to reflexive, leveraging real-time data and AI to enable immediate, …
How Successful Sales Teams Are Embracing Agentic AI
Sep 15, 2025 · Agentic AI is revolutionizing sales by enabling autonomous personal agents to work alongside human sales reps, identifying, nurturing, and closing deals across channels. …
How Sales Teams Can Use Gen AI to Discover What Clients Need
Feb 13, 2025 · In the face of decreasing access to buyers, sales organizations often increase the volume of their sales outreach, hoping that more times at bat will result in more hits. While this …
5 Skills Every Salesperson Needs to Succeed
Sep 19, 2022 · A sales leader at an asset management firm reflected: “Our inside salespeople are doing a better job than our field salespeople. And they make one third as much.” In the …
How CEOs Make or Break Sales - Harvard Business Review
Mar 5, 2025 · A conversation with INSEAD professor Christoph Senn on what to do if your CEO is either overly involved—or not involved enough—in deals.
Lessons from the Bud Light Boycott, One Year Later
Mar 20, 2024 · Why did the Bud Light boycott affect the beer brand’s sales when many other boycotts have only marginal or short-term impact? An analysis of sales data confirms that Bud …
5 Gen AI Myths Holding Sales and Marketing Teams Back
Feb 21, 2025 · He teaches sales management and strategy in the MBA and executive education programs, and has worked with organizations worldwide to develop effective sales …