Sales Training Advice

JULY 16, 2012

In 2006 the Harvard Business Review “Customer Value Propositions in Business Markets” discussed how corporations use them in the branding process. The Law of the Decision Maker. 67% of selling professionals spend too much time with those that cannot make a decision. Sales attraction is discovering the true economic buyer.

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Pointclear

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Sales Quotas & Optimistic Expectations for Quicker Economic Recovery.

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The ROI Guy

OCTOBER 22, 2010

A recent survey from Harte-Hanks reveals some vital metrics to marketers seeking insight on technology buyers and purchase decisions. Surveying 500 decision makers, the survey reveals that technology marketers may want to reconsider their investments and strategies for 2011. Powered by Blogger.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 10, 2011

Although Forrester was predicting 8-9% IT budget growth earlier in the year, its latest survey of 2,800 global CIOs and other IT decision-makers, revealed that their predictions, as were others, were overly optimistic, with the vast majority of respondents indicating that their budgets remained the same in 2010 as they were in 2009.

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The ROI Guy

MAY 4, 2006

A Q&A with me on latest IT sales and marketing metrics, trends and best practices Is 2006 shaping up to be a good year for IT spending growth? in 2006, with annual growth in software sales leading the way at 7.0%. However, most IT sales and marketing efforts are heavily focused on mid-level decision makers.

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The ROI Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2010

in 2006, but still much lower on the trust scale than almost all other sources. Buyer survey results from sales and marketing research firm SiriusDecisions indicate that the most trusted sources of marketing content information through the buying lifecycle are industry analysts (cited by 31.4% this year, an increase from 3.1%

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Sales Training Advice

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Florida shares a great anecdote to illustrate this point, recounting how the Rolling Stones decided to add Shanghai, China as a first-ever stop on their 2006 world tour. This is popular among a lot of my clients, especially those responsible for selling to high-level decision-makers (i.e., In “Who’s Your City?”

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The ROI Guy

MAY 6, 2010

CFO is Now Top IT Decision Maker, making Value Sal. Alinean Powers Eight More B2B Assessment, ROI and. Overcoming the fear of Value Where have all my customers gone? Forrester - start of 4th wave of innovation - let. Powered by Blogger.

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The ROI Guy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

email pitches per week, up 32 percent from 2006 according to sales and marketing research firm SiriusDecisions. In a world of information overload we are inundated with useless information, making it harder to break through the noise and find the important content we need to be more successful as decision makers and buyers.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

It is best to look at what tools are needed to address each stage in the buying lifecycle, and have tools specifically designed to help move the decision making from initial engagement to delivery. However, it is getting harder to connect and engage effectively with these overloaded, skeptical and frugal executives. . Powered by Blogger.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

in 2006, but still much lower on the trust scale than almost all other sources. Internet fueled buying decisions rely on creating a credible and meaningful connection to the buyer, overcoming the virtual nature of the medium to create trust. of respondents), and peers (28.7%), especially early in the lifecycle.

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The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

IDC’s most resent customer experience survey of over 200 key IT decision makers reveals that Frugalnomics is indeed in full effect. We call the economic buyer trend Frugalnomics, where buyers seek quantifiable proof of bottom-line impact, significant ROI, fast payback and superior value from each purchase. Powered by Blogger.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 20, 2019

Most sales organizations build their sales development playbook based off of predictable revenue, which is a process that ended in 2006. The real practical applications are actually in the sales process: how you nurture decision makers or influencers in the process, creating an IT stream or an operations team.

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Marc Wayshak

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

This is a really good example of how technical salespeople tend to focus on the tech side of things, even when talking to a decision maker who’s clearly not a technical person. The next movie I’m going to review is 2006’s The Pursuit of Happyness. The prospect Gardner is calling is a high-level decision maker.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 20, 2019

Most sales organizations build their sales development playbook based off of predictable revenue, which is a process that ended in 2006. The real practical applications are actually in the sales process: how you nurture decision makers or influencers in the process, creating an IT stream or an operations team.

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The ROI Guy

JULY 22, 2010

.&# Mark Arman, vice president of business development, ShoreTel - “Economic pressures and other corporate governance requirements mean that decision making is now most often shared with the CFO and other financial decision makers. Powered by Blogger.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

December 29, 2006: Kobe Bryant and the Lakers are playing the Charlotte Bobcats. But you’ll have to call through the switchboard, so you’ll get a gatekeeper whose job is to make sure that you’re not going to waste that decision-maker’s time. ” Why is reliable data important? The whole team will lose.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 4, 2010

Better competitive advantage was gained by helping the customer set the strategy and agenda, versus involvement later in decision process, such as responding to RFPs. Create an urgency to buy - Frugal buyers are looking for reasons to say “no&# to vs. “yes&#. Powered by Blogger.

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The ROI Guy

AUGUST 5, 2010

In an analysis where the costs and benefits have been properly estimated, decision makers typically look for higher percentages for ROI as an indication of risk reduction. For example, if a project has an ROI% of 200%, the expected net benefits of the project are double those of the expected costs for implementing the project.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

And it was exciting to me because at the time, this was 2006, it was to go on the web to get off the web, right? And the way we check on that is, we tell the team, very clearly, hold us accountable to these values if decisions we’re making you don’t think live up to them. Find people in your community to play sports with.

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