Sales Support Checklist
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This document provides a checklist to improve sales support processes. It lists tasks such as standardizing job descriptions, sales scripts, proposals and presentations. It also includes completing sales skills assessments, training, competitive analyses, objection response tools, and updating marketing collateral to strengthen sales support.
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