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Essential Ideas for Enterprise Software Sales Professionals

September 2006

In This Issue
7 Techniques to Power Your Quarterly Sales
How to Close More Deals This Quarter
You Vote: Who should be hired first – VP Sales or sales team?
Endless Referrals: Who Do I Talk to Next...
Is Darwin Wreaking Havoc with Your Partner Ecosystems
Hot Candidates
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7 Techniques to Power Your Quarterly Sales
By Robert Youngjohns, President and CEO, Callidus Software Inc.
Companies worldwide look at their sales figures and try to figure out what went wrong, and what can be done better going forward. Some will set unreasonably high sales targets, others will plan exciting sales contests, and still others will look to their top sales people and try to figure out how to infuse the same talent into the rest of their sales teams. Learn time-tested and universal sales management principles that can increase your chances of sales success.
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How to Close More Deals This Quarter
By Jeff Gee, President and CEO, McNeil & Johnson Learning Company
Closing deals is about going through all of the opportunities that you have and coming up with a specific list of which accounts will close and which will not. Obviously at the end of the quarter the more business you close the better. So, not only do you need to come up with a specific list of what will close, but also create an attitude of mind that says, “These deals will definitely close”. Discover strategies that will help you close more deals this quarter.
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In general, should a company hire a sales team BEFORE or AFTER hiring the VP Sales?


A) Always hire a VP Sales before adding sales reps - a good VP will want to build his/her own team anyway.
B) Hire the sales team first - it will give the VP something to work with.







Endless Referrals: Who Do I Talk to Next...
By Bob Burg, President, Burg Communications, Inc.
No question about it; your company provides the best software around. So, what’s the problem? Only that without an ongoing and ever-increasing number of quality prospects, you’ll eventually run out of prospects. That thought can be downright discouraging, can’t it? Then again, that doesn’t have to happen . . . ever! This article reveals the secret of asking feel-good questions to accomplish goals.
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Is Darwin Wreaking Havoc with Your Partner Ecosystems
By TC Doyle, Director of Intelligence, Amazon Consulting, LLC
Building communities of peers in the B2B space is proving harder. That’s despite the efforts of scores of vendors to establish ecosystems in which peer organizations can flourish by coordinating activities with one another to create businesses that deliver comprehensive solutions to customers in conjunction with complimentary partners in a mutually, beneficial fashion. That’s not to say that the efforts aren’t without merits. On the contrary, having a robust ecosystem of partners is a competitive advantage. Learn how to build Peer-to-Peer Networks and stay competitive.
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Inside Sales Representative
Los Angeles, CA
Argent Software
Business Development Manager
New York City, NY
Dassault Systemes
VPLM Sales
Detroit, MI
Fieldglass, Inc.
National Sales Representative
Chicago, IL
ILOG, Inc.
Field Sales Representative
Arlington, VA
Taleo Corporation
Services Sales Manager
CA/TX
Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc.
EOM Software Sales Representative
St. Louis, MO
Ardence, Inc.
OEM Inside Sales Representative
Waltham, MA
Reflexis Systems, Inc.
Solution Consultant
Boston, MA
Sentori
Sales Manager
Dallas, TX
Synygy
Sales Executive
Philadelphia, PA
SkillSoft
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SolidWorks Corporation
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Sales Manager - Inside Sales
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SolidWorks Corporation
Field Sales Representative
Fort Wayne, IN
TotalChart, Inc.
Account Executive
Orlando/Miami, FL
Accruent, Inc.
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Santa Monica, CA
SolidWorks Corporation
Field Sales Representative
Minneapolis, MN
Aladdin Knowledge Systems, Inc.
Vice President - Business Development
CA
Click Commerce
Inside Sales Representative
Chicago, IL
Compuware Corporation
Sales Representative
Minneapolis, MN
Courion Corporation
Solutions Consultant
Chicago, IL
FileNet Corporation
Key Account Executive
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Compuware Corporation
IT Governance Sales Representative
Minneapolis, MN
Gelco Information Network, Inc.
Regional Sales Manager
Los Angeles, CA
Infokall, Inc.
Business Development Manager
East Coast, USA
Logical Apps
Customer Experience Manager
Midwest, USA
Mobius Management Systems, Inc.
Channel Sales Director
Rye, NY
MQSoftware, Inc.
Federal Account Executive
DC/VA/MD
NetManage, Inc.
Territory Manager
Cupertino, CA
Progress Software
Inside Sales Representative
Morrisville, NC
Software AG
Solutions Architect (Pre-Sales)
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Senior Account Executive
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Trendium, Inc.
Sales Account Executive
Denver, CO
UGS Corp.
Sales Executive
Orlando, FL
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