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Introducing Sell for Startups program

Today Sell is joining the Zendesk for Startups program offering qualifying startups two free seats of Zendesk Sell enterprise edition.

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Sales rep for a day: Aligning sales, marketing, and support

One way to align sales with marketing and support departments is to create an ongoing, interdepartmental job-shadowing program or "sales rep for a day."

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How to build the ideal virtual sales team for your business

Thinking about hiring a virtual sales team? Learn the challenges and opportunities with outsourcing sales and the steps for building a virtual team.

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What makes good sales data?

How do you determine whether or not the data you have is good? Here are the types and tenets of good sales data you need to make winning decisions.

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Sales pipeline management: a 7-step plan

The basic idea of sales pipeline management is to estimate the upcoming sales you’re aiming to…

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Content marketing for sales: 6 ideas to address the bottom of the funnel

Learn how to create content that turns leads into customers.

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How to cancel your CRM

Ready to break up with your CRM, but not sure how? We've got you covered.

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55 sales pros to follow on Twitter

Connect with some of the brightest minds in sales.

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The 42 best sales books of all time

Whether you’re a sales rep, manager, or executive, these are the best sales books for improving your skills and success rate. Add them to your list now.

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The definitive guide to sales forecasting methodologies

Understand the basics of sales forecasting and master key techniques to improve your decision-making.

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How to get sales and customer service teams working together

Overcoming traditional silos between sales and customer service is difficult. But failing to do so can result in lost sales and a poor customer experience. Learn how to integrate sales with customer service on strategic and tactical levels to improve your sales process.

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Introducing Zendesk Sell: 3 things that are changing and 1 thing that never will

Today, we’re excited to relaunch Base as Zendesk Sell, the newest member of the Zendesk product family.

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Better together: Zendesk welcomes Base

Today we have news: we’re sharing that love with another—related—part of your business: the sales team. Zendesk announced today that we are acquiring Base.

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A new frontier: Zendesk acquires Base

When we started Base in 2009, we set out to transform work for 30 million sales professionals worldwide. We were frustrated with the state of existing Sales Force Automation (SFA) systems and how poorly they were designed.

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Why your business needs the Science of Sales

Sales success has traditionally been considered an art, honed by sales veterans over years of deals…

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SFA software evaluation template

Knowing that not all SFA solutions are created equal, this template is designed to help you select the right SFA for your business

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How successful sales reps start their day

What distinguishes the best salespeople from everyone else? Part of it has to do with how they kick off their day.

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