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10 Key Things to Avoid in B2B Cold Calling

Strategy Driven

The above suggests that telemarketers have some way to go in terms of provision of information from a telemarketing call. Fail to Plan and plan to fail” is a well-used expression and it definitely applies to telemarketing. A telemarketer that just trusts to luck is likely to fail. Don’t Sound like a Telemarketer.

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Protest Oregon's Proposed New Fundraising Law

Harvard Business Review

The Nonprofit Overhead Cost Project at Indiana University reported that, of 126,956 tax forms they studied, half of the organizations reported a hard-to-believe 0% fundraising cost, and one-quarter of charities with revenues between $1 million and $5 million reported a 0% fundraising cost. This practice is widespread. Not very profitable.

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The Twelve Sales Metrics that Matter Most

Harvard Business Review

I recently conducted an extensive research project involving more than one-hundred vice presidents of sales at top technology companies (software, cloud, computer hardware, and telecommunications) to better understand the art and science of managing a sales organization today. Sales is both an art and a science. Field Sales Revenue Trends.

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