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The Pipeline ? Selling to Mr Know-it-all

The Pipeline

December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. January 2011. May 20th, 2011. May 31st, 2011. May 20th, 2011. May 20th, 2011. May 20th, 2011. May 20th, 2011. May 20th, 2011.

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7 Steps to Build Your Lead Gen Machine

SBI Growth

Leads fuel the revenue engine. Don’t skip this step or you’ll build your lead gen engine in the dark. Most complex purchasing decisions are made by a group. The group or Buying Decision Team typically consists of: Ultimate Decision Make r – Final approval of the decision. Step #2 – Build Buyer Personas.

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Number One Sales Priority for 2011: Show Buyers the Money

The ROI Guy

Improving sales’ ability to show benefits / value to prospects is the number one tactic to drive B2B sales performance in 2011, according to a recent survey by CSO Insights. The CSO Insights Sales Management survey for 2011 examined responses from sales executives at 850 firms.

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How BMW Would Have Benefited from Social Selling

SBI Growth

It is a risk mitigator, branding engine and market research mechanism. On April 18 th 2011, BMW CEO Jim O’Donnell told a group of reporters: “Electric Vehicles won’t work for most people. Social Selling is not simply a tool for driving increased revenue, though. BMW Electric Uproar.

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Invest in your Network to Build Sustainable Business

Score More Sales

She gave a wonderful keynote talk on the main stage and then I listened to her talk at the IBM Superwomen’s Group Luncheon where she was a panelist. From 2007 until 2011 Porter was VP of Marketing at Virgin America – which has to be anyone’s favorite airline if you’ve flown on a Virgin flight.

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Culture Always Wins: Closing the Cross-Cultural Sale

Pointclear

Remember the group. This doesn’t just depend on national cultural characteristics—say, Japanese group awareness versus Australian cowboy culture—but also on corporate norms. Hat tip to Anja Langbein Park, who spoke at ITSMA’s Annual Conference in 2011 on Marketing Across Cultures: Building Relationships and Improving Performance."

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Referral Selling Workshop: The No More Cold Calling Workshop.

No More Cold Calling

Wednesday | May 11, 2011. Don’t Miss This Spring 2011 Sales Event: Here’s Why! Wednesday | May 11, 2011. We need to recharge and get our engines running again. Wednesday | May 11, 2011. — Bob Wiesner , Principal Executive Persuasion Group, LLC. Contact Us. Newsletter Signup. Time: 8:30 a.m.