50% Of Sales Forecasts Are Undermined By Missing Information
Sellers are not getting all the information that they need. They are being asked to prepare accurate forecasts and close deals while at the same time key information is being withheld. In this insight we will examine the types of information sellers are being denied and how it can be accessed.
Building A Logical Argument For Buying Your Solution
How do you build a logical argument for the purchase of your product or solution? One that can beat the competition, secure the budget and win the deal? As we will examine in this insight the formula is clear.
New Perspectives On Sales Success – Research From RAIN Group
Selling has entered a new more dynamic era. New methodologies are challenging old methodologies with increased levels of research and innovation among sales consulting and training organizations around the world.
Is Relationship Selling Under Attack?
Relationships are an essential ingredient of successful selling. But will your relationship survive a change in the customers strategy, increasing budgetary pressures or the involvement of procurement? In this insight we examine the challenges to relationship selling and how they can be met.
How To Sell To Cold & Reserved Buyers
Increasingly salespeople are reporting the demise of small talk and other social niceties in the buyer encounter. But, what does it mean for your relationship selling strategy?
How High Can You Climb To Communicate Your Value?
You want to be thought of by your organization and more specifically the purchase of your solution to be considered important by the customer. You want it to matter – you want it to be seen as ‘strategic’. But when it comes to buying decisions, what is strategy and how can you connect with it?
The Cost-Saver Menu: 11 Ways To Help Your Buyer Save
Imagine if you could give the buyer a menu of ways to save money, other than cutting your margins. This insight shows you how.
Staple Yourself To Their Order
Are there opportunities to optimize how your customers interact with your solution from the moment of purchase to the point of payment? To find out ‘staple yourself to the order’.
Taking Key Account Reviews Out Of The Dark Ages!
Account management has changed in a way that fundamentally challenges us as sellers. However our account management plans can all to easily take the repeat customer for granted. In this insight we examine the old way of account management and it’s many pitfalls.
10 Commandments of Corporate Buying – The Implications For Sellers
What are the core beliefs or principles of modern procurement? Whether you are a manager running a department or a salesperson selling into an organization you need to know them. They impact on selling as much as buying. In this insight we will share with you the new rules and ethos of buying in large organizations.
Are You Using The IKEA Effect To Help Them Buy?
The IKEA Effect provides a clear warning to sellers – ensure the buyer is involved in the process of defining, building, or tailoring your product, or at least in the process of purchase and justification.
Why BANT Is Not Enough!
The VP of Sales had just taken to the stage. With his opening remark my jaw dropped. ‘BANT is no longer enough’ he proclaimed.