Added on May 29, 2013
John O' Gorman
BANT , Business Case , Buyer Risk , Buying Decision , Buying Process , Buying Rationale , Forecast Accuracy , Prequalification , Procurement , Sales Cycles , Sales Forecasting
Imagine you are asked as a sales manager to evaluate a key deal. How many pieces of information would you need in order to assess the likelihood of the deal closing as forecast?
Added on January 16, 2013
Ray Collis
Buyer Risk , Global Disaster , Globalization , Procurement Best Practice , Resilience
What you own you control, but big corporations no longer own large chunks of their production process, or supply chain. They are increasingly dependent on outside actors for their success and are vulnerable to a new array of risks as a result. Resilience and Risk Management Global supply chains mean that organizations are dependent on […]
Added on August 6, 2010
John O' Gorman
Business Case , Buyer Insights , Buyer Risk , Sales Cycles , Sales Skills , The Buying Revolution
Finding the issue of trust a little difficult to deal with? Well, look at it interms of the buyer’s risk can help. Specifically the risk of making the wrong buying decision and the consequences in terms of; embarrassment, annoyance and cost. Your concern for and efforts to reduce the buyer’s risk are probably the most effective […]
Added on June 22, 2010
Ray Collis
Buyer Insights , Buyer Requirements , Buyer Risk , Customer Relationships , Sales Cycles , The Buying Revolution , Top 10
The straight talking TV psychologist Dr Phil Mc Graw would probably have a lot of say about the typical buyer-seller relationship. He might even go as far as calling some of them dysfunctional. After all, many buyer seller interactions are missing the following key ingredients: · Open communication · High levels of trust · High […]