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Why A Rising Win Rate Can Be a Bad Sign

SBI Growth

The software company’s VP of Sales boasted about his win rate. Instead, their buyer was engaging with sales later in their buying cycle. The software company VP of Sales missed the shift in buyer power. The frontline of the buying cycle is research and information gathering. Each year we’ve improved.”.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B.

The ROI Guy

Monday, December 06, 2010 Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B Sales & Marketing as We Know It? At the same time, B2B buyers are taking advantage of the wealth of information available via the Internet and social media to become more empowered, taking charge of the buying cycle. The Death of a Salesman?

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Enabling Virtual Sales Success in 2021: 6 Predictions

Allego

The global average number of learning tools and platforms in use today is 23—double the number that companies were using in 2011, according to industry analyst Josh Bersin. Enterprise training and enablement teams don’t have the time, staff, budget, or resources to manage this growing number of software solutions.

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Heavy Hitter Sales Blog: End the Sales & Marketing War-Harvard.

HeavyHitter Sales

IT Sales Strategy: Software, SaaS & Hardware Sales. Best New Sales Book of 2011. Martin: The Real Story of Informix Software and Phil White: Lessons in Business and Leadership for the Executive Team. December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. Categories.

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Sales Training Article with Why a Rising Win Rate Could be a Bad Sign

Customer Centric Selling

By Drew Zarges, Sales Benchmark Index The software company''s VP of Sales boasted about his win rate. Instead, their buyer was engaging with sales later in their buying cycle. The software company VP of Sales missed the shift in buyer power. The frontline of the buying cycle is research and information gathering.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Diametrically Opposed Forces: Selling.

The ROI Guy

Understanding how to facilitate this buying lifecycle, especially how to connect and engage todays economic-focused executive, is a key to sales success, and establishes a roadmap for sales enablement. The Bottom Line Buyers are clearly in control of the buying cycle and are more frugal than ever before.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload.

The ROI Guy

Thursday, November 04, 2010 IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales Enablement Define Marketing for 2011 I just had the pleasure of presenting a webinar with Randy Perry, VP Business Value at IDC. As a result, sales is being invited later into the decision making process, sales cycles are extending and deals are stalling.

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