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The Secrets of Highly Successful Sales People: Objection Handling

The Secret PM Handbook

A prospect might be concerned that your company might go out of business, or that there won’t be enough skilled consultants to handle their implementation needs, just to give two examples. After all, a known bad (the current situation) is sometimes better than an unknown bad (a new application that doesn’t work).

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Friday Tracks and Takeaways When Lightning Strikes

Gainsight

Team Up with Sales to Drive Revenue with Kristen Hayer, Founder & CEO at The Success League. But both teams should be working together to drive more revenue than attacking the customer base separately. It begins with identifying and developing outcomes. Major Takeaways: Outcome-based selling is the future.

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The Perfect World and the Real World of Product Research

The Product Coalition

The real world has limited resources, unrealistic deadlines, and new teams that have not been able to do research at all. Consult with existing research, available metrics, and stakeholders and identify the biggest gaps between the current state and the ideal state. The perfect world does not exist, though. More: SWOT Analysis 2.

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8 steps to craft a winning sales strategy, according to industry leaders

Intercom, Inc.

Developing a sales strategy is one of the core activities every business will have to undertake. When done correctly, your sales strategy will help your sales team execute with focus – SMB or enterprise, inbound or outbound, hunting or farming. Get your free copy of The Sales Handbook. Want more advice like this?

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17 Must-Read Product Management Books

Hutwork

The best books available can help you learn more about product management, collaboration, habits, remote teams, different methodologies, and more. If you’re adopting lean thinking, this is the handbook for you. Melanie Franklin is a change management consultant and trainer. The easiest way is to read a new book each week.

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Demystifying service design: what it is and why you should care

Imaginary Cloud - Design

The panoply of titles is an undeniable reality as you can name, for instance, service designers, design strategists, innovation consultants, and even UX designers. Design and innovation are being used as a tool and process for change in order to "develop (.) " ( Routledge Handbook of Participatory Design ).

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People & Company’s Bailey Richardson on how to find your people

Intercom, Inc.

Now she’s one of the principals at People & Company, a coaching organization (not a consultancy, she’s quick to point out) that helps organizations harness the power of community. And I got to work with the international growth team for Facebook. Coaches, not consultants. Short on time? He ran growth in Asia.