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Re:The “$20M to $500M” Question: Adding Top Down Sales by gumby on Thursday December 03, 2020 @01:49PM (#25292832)
I would take a class like the Dale Carnegie sales class. Really excellent fr enterprise sales, but when I took it the students included two guys opening a T shirt stand on Cape Cod (sales cycle less than 2 minutes) and a saleswoman from KLA-Tencor (sales cycle between 18 and 36 months), a salesperson for ADT, etc. One of the most useful courses I've ever taken.

And for enterprise sales there's a whole vocabulary and model to learn: your coach, understanding who has the signoff, when you're talking to someone who will waste your time -- and when someone who seems insignificant but is actually the decision maker, how to structure the deals. And how to hire, manage, and incent (mostly but not exclusively financially) them.

Re:The “$20M to $500M” Question: Adding Top Down Sales by nmfisher on Thursday December 03, 2020 @09:19PM (#25298184)
Link? I'm currently steering well clear of enterprise sales but this sounds like it may be useful for future.
Re:The “$20M to $500M” Question: Adding Top Down Sales by gumby on Thursday December 03, 2020 @10:25PM (#25298537)
Umm, just enter Dale Carnegie sales class into your search engine of choice. They are all over the world.