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Essential Ideas for Enterprise Software Sales Professionals

May 2007

In This Issue
Successfully Installing a Sales Process
Need a Sales Training Firm? Consider Our Recommended List
Success vs. Productivity: Are They the Same?
You Vote: What do you value most when hiring a sales professional?
Switched-On Selling: Balancing Your Selling Brain
3 Traits of All Super Sales­ Professionals
Hot Candidates
New Jobs at SoftwareSalesJobs


Who's Hiring Software Sales People?
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Successfully Installing a Sales Process
By Julie Thomas, President and CEO, ValueVision Associates, LLC
In our daily conversations with customers and prospects, one of the most common questions asked of ValueVision Associates is, “How do we get sales training to stick?” Unfortunately, many organizations have experienced the training du jour phenomenon and are skeptical that sales training may go in one ear and out the other. This paper is a collection of our customers’ best practices for implementing a successful sales training initiative. This paper will describe the components necessary to create a successful sales training implementation, and will give real life examples of success.
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Sales­ Training Firms We Recommend
Want to increase your sales and exceed your quota? Looking to expand the skills and abilities of your team? Your search for quality Software Sales­ Training Firms begins and ends here...
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Success vs. Productivity: Are They the Same?
By Ellen Bristol, Founder, Bristol Strategy Group
Think you have a productive sales team? Think again. In sales, it’s all too easy to assume that ‘success’ means the same thing as ‘productivity’. Even if your team drums up lots of deals and revenue, it might not be productive. A truly productive software sales team creates steady, consistent and predictable growth – not just in transactions, but in customer retention, profit margins, new account acquisition, and lowered cost of sales. Assess the productivity of your own sales organization to see how well you’re doing today, and what you might consider changing for a more productive team.
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Which qualification do you value most when hiring a sales professional?


Experience at a start-up
Experience at a large firm
Having a rolodex with key contacts







Switched-On Selling: Balancing Your Selling Brain
By Dr Jerry V. Teplitz, President, Jerry Teplitz Enterprises, Inc.
You are about to make some cold calls. As you reach for the phone, you glance at your desk, and quickly decide to clean it first. Then, as you reach for that phone again, you remember you need to get some things from your car. And when the day ends, the calls were never made. You really did intend to do the calling, but you just didn't seem to get to it. Does it seem as if there is some negative energy surrounding you? Try ‘switched-on’ selling to bring in positive energy and close more deals.
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3 Traits of All Super Sales­ Professionals
By Paul S. Goldner, Founder, Accent on Results (AOR)
Selling success does not happen by accident. Over the years I have had the pleasure to work with and observe a number of super sales­ professionals. While they all had their own style and way of doing things, they all had three things in common. Know­ the traits that differentiate the average sales­­ professional from a super sales­­ professional.
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Hot Candidates
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Cadre Technologies
Regional Sales Manager
Ellicott City, MD
Coveo Solutions, Inc.
Regional Sales Manager
Palo Alto, CA
EtQ Management Consultants
Channel Sales Manager
Farmingdale, NY
Coveo Solutions, Inc.
Sales Engineer
Montreal/Quebec, QC
Taleo Corporation
Regional Sales Manager
UK
EtQ Management Consultants
Pre Sales Engineer
Farmingdale, NY
Taleo Corporation
Regional Sales Manager
Chicago, IL
TEMIS
Account Manager – Life Sciences
Philadelphia, PA
Taleo Corporation
Regional Sales Manager
Northern Europe, Netherlands
Hexago
Director of Federal Civilian Agency Sales
Arlington, VA
2Market Search Group
Solutions Architect
Chicago, IL
Activant Solutions, Inc.
Inside Sales Representative
Yardley, PA
2Market Search Group
Account Executive
Toronto, ON
Blackbaud, Inc.
Account Executive – Fundraising Solutions
Sydney, Australia
Aprimo, Inc.
Application Consultant
Chicago, IL
Blackbaud, Inc.
Account Executive – Fundraising and Financial Software Solutions
Toronto, ON
CDC Software
Director of Sales
Atlanta, GA
IDS Scheer AG
Experienced Executive Sales Rep
PA
CDC Software
Lead Generator
Atlanta, GA
IDS Scheer AG
Account Executive
Manhattan, NY
Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc.
Software Sales Representative – Viewing/Archiving
Dallas, TX
Macrovision Corporation
Regional Account Manager – Installation Tools
Schaumburg, IL
Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc.
Software Sales Representative – Viewing/Archiving
Atlanta, GA
Nimsoft, Inc.
Systems Engineer
USA
Optical Image Technology, Inc.
Director of Sales
State College, PA
Nimsoft, Inc.
Sales Executive
Redwood Shores, CA
Optical Image Technology, Inc.
Customer Account Rep – Healthcare Vertical
State College, PA
Software AG
Account Executive
MN/ND/SD/KS/MO/IA
Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc.
Pre-Sales Systems Engineer
Atlanta, GA
Software AG
Solutions Architect (Pre-Sales)
Boston, MA
WebSideStory, Inc.
Business Development Director
Atlanta, GA
Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc.
zSeries Sales Representative
Detroit, MI
UGS Corp.
Senior Sales Exec – Aerospace & Defence
Washington, DC
WebSideStory, Inc.
Business Development Director
New York City, NY
UGS Corp.
Territory Sales Executive
Philadelphia, PA
Software AG
System Engineer
Northeast, USA
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