Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Does this represent a change in buyer behavior? Change in Buyer Behavior - behaviors are always changing and while it may be true that sales cycles are getting longer, there are only four buyer-side behaviors that can really impact sales outcomes: Relationships. Access to Decision Makers. Is it the economy?

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

In the five years between 2010 and 2015, the number of inside sales reps doubled. While control still resides with the buyers, who are still doing 60% or more of their research before reaching out to sales, sellers may be making some inroads. As a result, buying teams are finding it harder to reach a consensus and buying decision.

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Gong.io

JANUARY 5, 2019

That means educating your buyer about a problem they either undervalue or don’t know they have. In other words, they don’t lead with their product, they lead with insight , and that changes how their buyers think about the problem their product solves. In new product categories, buyers often don’t recognize the problem you solve.

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Close.io

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Sales prospecting is the process of searching for prospective customers or clients from your pool of leads, with the goal of identifying qualified potential buyers that can move through your sales process and convert into paying customers for your business. Identify the key decision-maker. Identify the key decision-maker.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Call it “social selling” if you want, but it’s simple: the best sales reps today just understand that they need to be where the buyer is. Buying power is continuing to become less centralized, and in some cases everybody can be their own decision maker. Trend #10: Buyers Have More Power Than Sellers.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 5, 2011

With two recessions over the past 10 years, buyers have become more focused on quantifiable bottom-line proof points for most large investments. Even though a recovery is at hand, there remains significant pressure to do-more-with-less, and the economic buyer is firmly in control, demanding even more financial accountability on each purchase.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

With marketers who seem more focused on gaming the channels themselves than in the value of the dialogue being created, buyers are now inundated with more product related and meaningless offers than ever. As a result, buyers now suffer from Information Overload. For example, the typical B2B prospect receives an average of 20.3

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Close.io

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Sales prospecting is the process of searching for prospective customers or clients from your pool of leads, with the goal of identifying qualified potential buyers that can move through your sales process and convert into paying customers for your business. Identify the key decision-maker. Identify the key decision-maker.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Prospecting 80

SBI

MARCH 4, 2014

In the year 2010 alone, the world generated enough data to be the equivalent of 18 times the amount of information contained in all the books every written up that point. Nancy: What’s the most important thing that today’s business decision-makers should look for (or ask, or consider, or solve)?

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 26, 2012

For the typical IT decision, the average number of stakeholders has risen steadily from five per average decision in 2010, to over 7 in 2012. Sources: · IDC Sales and Marketing Advisory’s 2012 Buyer Experience Study · SiriusDecision SiriusIndex 2011-2012. And the increase shows no signs of abating. You Decide.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 10, 2011

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. Monday, January 10, 2011 Let the Good Times Roll?

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HeavyHitter Sales

JUNE 1, 2010

. | Whats Wrong With Sales Training Today » June 01, 2010. I was recently interviewed by blogger Matthew Schwartz about the C-Level Sales Psychology:   ZoomInfo: When trying to reach C-level buyers, there seems to be an increasing number of gatekeepers in the purchasing process, from “fans” to “champions.”

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 25, 2018

In 2010 -- a mere eight years ago -- 44% of respondents reported an average sales tenure of more than three years. A word cloud in Wayshak's study showed the most common words respondents used to describe their average buyer's perception of them were "pushy," "untrustworthy," "annoying," "Time," and "Greedy."

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Formally defined, Demand Generation is the use of targeted marketing programs to address four key objectives for B2B marketers: Building awareness of a company’s products and services; Establishing relevance to a prospective buyer/end user; Supporting validation for the purchase; and Mitigating customer concerns.

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Fill the Funnel

OCTOBER 13, 2010

The event is on Thursday, October 21, 2010 — 8AM to 1:30PM PT / 11AM to 4:30PM ET. Having a tough time capturing and keeping the attention of today’s stressed-out decision makers? In this session you’ll learn the hidden stages of the buyer’s journey, and how to become part of the Buying Decision Team.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 25, 2011

Internet Fuels IT Buying Cycles According to a recent survey of 500 technology decision makers and influencers, Internet access to content is changing the way IT solutions are purchased, with buyers using on-line research to drive substantial portion of the decision making cycle on their own.

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Customer Centric Selling

MARCH 20, 2013

A recent study by Marketing Leadership Research concluded that buyers on average are 57% of the way through buying cycles before contacting vendors. Despite all this buying activity, I can’t help but wonder how many of these buying cycles wind up in “no decision.” It is likely many do before vendors are contacted.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons.

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HeavyHitter Sales

OCTOBER 15, 2010

End the Sales & Marketing War-Harvard Business Review » October 15, 2010. In reality, the most product-knowledgeable salesperson is not necessarily the most persuasive one because it takes more than logic and reason to change buyers' opinions. Posted by: Sales Training | October 20, 2010 at 12:11 PM. »

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The ROI Guy

MAY 3, 2010

Mr. Colony discussed the positive IT spending growth of 2010, and more importantly, that we are at the start of a 4 th innovation wave- a potential 7 to 10 year cycle of technology innovation. With regard to IT spending growth for 2010, Forrester has been the most aggressive in their projections, with a view that IT spend would grow 8.4%

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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Dont miss "5 Ways That Managers Can Impact Sales This Year in the May-June 2010 SalesforceXP magazine! In a B2B world of selling, there are many variables that need to be handled if your sales professionals are going to turn a suspect into a prospect, into a qualified buyer and into a client. Sales and a Fish Story.

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The ROI Guy

MARCH 15, 2011

Today’s buyer is more empowered, skeptical and frugal than ever before, providing a greater than ever challenge to sales professionals, and shaking the very foundations of traditional selling models. This approach relies on the buyer to figure out what pain points the solution can address, and the specific outcomes the solution might deliver.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Two economic downturns over the past decade have made buyers more spendthrift, and more skeptical of vendor claims. Fueled by a wealth of on-line resources and social networks, buyers have seized control of the buying cycle, engaging with sales representatives later and later, and further elongating sales cycles.

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Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Play back to 2011 or 2010, and I think there’s been this ‘we thought things were going to be a little better after we got out of the deepest part of the downturn.’ He adds that inbound hasn’t displaced the need to be proactive, and he talks about a deeper, more important issue in play that is being driven by the new B2B buyer.

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The ROI Guy

MAY 6, 2010

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. Latest Research. Let the Good Times Roll?

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The ROI Guy

JULY 19, 2012

In order to break the bias, you need to show how the costs of change are decisively outweighed by 2 times greater potential gains. Buyers need to clearly know what’s in it for them specifically. Solid Logic In today’s environment, buyers are more overloaded, skeptical and frugal than ever before. You” wording works best.

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HeavyHitter Sales

DECEMBER 27, 2010

How to Hire a VP of Sales » December 27, 2010. It is the first book to fully explain how to master sales linguistics, the study of how the customer's mind uses and interprets language during the decision-making process. Never forget, all buyers are liars and salespeople are paid to persuade.”. October 2011.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

According to the latest Enterprise IT Services Survey by Forrester Research, buyers of IT services are taking a variety of measures to get more value for the money spent on IT services. Quantification of tangible value and return on investment are required. More information about the IT Services research report can be found at: [link].

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ROI Proposal Decision Maker Churn 40

The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. The invitation often coming after key decisions have already been made.

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ROI B2B Social Media Buying Cycle 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. For most buyers it’s easier to do-nothing, than to change.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Unfortunately, that’s happening more and more thanks to the Internet, smartphones and other technologies that are radically changing how buyers behave. attempts to successfully prospect a stranger – a 74 percent increase since 2010 when prospecting required just 4.7 It now takes an average of 8.2

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SalesLoft

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

You want to know if AI is actually making a difference on meetings booked, deals closed, and your conversations with buyers. This means no guesswork, no playing catch up, and ensuring every one of my buyers is given the best experience possible. This is frustrating as a seller. So you could see past the hype and into real outcomes.

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OnePageCRM

MARCH 8, 2017

Let’s imagine some data from 100 potential customers: We can see that the price is elastic : lower prices result in more buyers. As a consumer, it’ll give you a new lens to help you navigate complex buying decisions. Economics assumes that buyers and sellers always act in their own best interests. But that’s not how we think.

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Discount Lead Rank Top of Funnel Enterprise 55

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 9, 2019

Buyers driven by fear. Mediative (formerly Enquiro) published The BuyerSphere Project in 2010, a landmark study supported by Google, Business.com, Marketo, DemandBase and others. When they debriefed with prospects, they began to discover unexpected, unexpressed “fears” among certain members of the group of buyers and influencers.

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Outsourcing Services Harvest Face-to-face Enterprise 75

The ROI Guy

JUNE 29, 2011

When analyzing decision making patterns, buyers make purchasing decisions based on content containing the most valuable information and seek out sources, which are trustworthy and relevant. Understand the differences amongst different potential solutions and services.

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Buyer B2B Comparison Buying Cycle 82

Hyper-Connected Selling

JANUARY 9, 2018

The path to success that worked in 1990 or 2000 (or even 2010) isn’t going to work in 2020, and it’s not going to work today. ” Because the prospect can look for a solution on their own, the Sales Sherpa has to be a resource for the buyer during that buying process. Execute: Look at every major deal in your pipeline.

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