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Essential Ideas for Enterprise Software Sales Professionals

November 2007

In This Issue
Mandatory Reading: The 4 Types of IT Department Software Buyers
Need a Sales Training Firm? Consider Our Recommended List
Fear: Friend or Foe
You Vote: Do you hire salespeople from your competition?
The Chosen Few – Finding the Right People to Work for You
Hot Candidates
New Jobs at SoftwareSalesJobs


Who's Hiring Software Sales People?
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Mandatory Reading: The 4 Types of IT Department Software Buyers
By Steve W. Martin, Sales­ Author,
If you are involved in selling an enterprise software solution, you already know the importance of understanding the inner workings of the various departments within the prospective customer’s company. Your software might be purchased by Information Technology Department and used by Accounting and Human Resources. It might be selected by Engineering (with the IT Department’s help) and used by Manufacturing. Or it could be selected by Finance and bought by the IT Department. Almost every enterprise software purchase decision requires multiple departments to become involved. Therefore, it’s critical to map out the interrelationships of the departments within an organization.
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Sales­ Training Firms We Recommend
Your search for quality Software Sales­ Training Firms begins and ends here...
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Fear: Friend or Foe
By Chuck Mache, President, Chuck Mache Communications
Great salespeople have fear. The difference is that the best are fearful of not being the best, or not winning. Struggling salespeople are fearful of losing. The real question is not “Are you fearless?” The real question is, “How are you going to use your fears to make you better?”
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Do you hire salespeople from your competition?


Yes, whenever possible
Sometimes, when other recruiting methods haven't worked
No, it is unethical







The Chosen Few – Finding the Right People to Work for You
By Jim Dion, Founder and President, Dionco Inc.
Finding the right sales professionals to work for us has always been and will always be one of the biggest challenges of managers and business owners. Some of the changes that have occurred since Gen-exers and the early Gen-yers joined the workforce have complicated things even further and the selection game (and the retention one) is now full of new rules. The good news is that if the task is now more complicated, the solution is incredibly simple. It’s called ‘Planning.’ Talented sales professionals don’t just fall into our hands. We need to have a solid recruitment and selection strategy. What follow are some of the key steps and activities that we can plan for to ensure we hire and keep the best.
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Hot Candidates
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1EDI Source, Inc.
EDI Software Sales­
Kent, OH
Infra Corporation
Account Manager
Long Beach, CA
Applied Software
Security Software Sales
New Hope, PA
Ephox
Inside Sales
San Mateo, CA
Cast Software, Inc.
Regional Sales Director
New York City, NY
ENOVIA MatrixOne
Inside Sales Rep
Lowell, MA
Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc.
System z Sales Representative
San Francisco, CA
Blue Mountain Quality Resources, Inc.
International Software Sales
PA
Harris Stratex Networks, Inc.
Sales Account Executive
Melbourne, FL
Infra Corporation
Business Development Manager
Washington, DC
Usability Sciences Corporation
Account Executive
New York City, NY
Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc.
Software Sales Representative
Springfield, IL
AIMS, Inc.
Director of Sales & Marketing
Monroe, LA
SunGard Data Systems Inc.
Account Manager
Bethlehem, PA
Rally Software Development Corp
Territory Manager - Software Sales
San Francisco, CA
Sircon Corporation
Results-Driven Sales Professionals
Okemos, MI
Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc.
Alliance Software Sales Representative
Irvine, CA
Synygy, Inc.
Account Manager
Scottsdale, AZ
Telelogic
Application Engineer
NJ
Eoscene Corporation
Healthcare Software Sales Manager
Chicago, IL
Xtiva Financial Systems
Sales Engineer
New York City, NY
New World Systems Corporation
Strategic Software Sales – West
CA/OR/WA/ID/MT
Blackbaud, Inc.
Account Executive – Software Solutions for Higher Education
Sacramento, CA
Compuware Corporation
Software Sales Representative
Chicago, IL
UGS Corp.
Enterprise Sales Executive III-National Account Manager
St. Louis, MO
Compuware Corporation
Account Manager - Professional Services
Denver, CO
IBS America, Inc.
Senior Account Manager
Lexington, MA
Compuware Corporation
Account Manager – Professional Services
Durham, NC
Parasoft
District Sales Manager
New York City, NY
New World Systems Corporation
Software Sales Professional
MI
IDS Scheer AG
Sales Executive – SAP Software
St. Louis, MO
Parasoft
Technical Sales Engineer
Monrovia, CA
IDS Scheer AG
Sales Executive – SAP Software
Houston, TX
The MathWorks, Inc.
Senior Sales Account Representative
Washington, DC
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