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Video: Combating Chaos in Channel Sales with CPQ

Cincom Smart Selling

As a channel manager, you know that your indirect sales channel can be an excellent source of revenue. Unfortunately, it can also introduce new elements of chaos into your organization that extend beyond the channel management team. Channel Challenges. Growth is another major channel challenge. Exploring Options.

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More Stakeholders and Business Involvement Driving Longer IT Decision Cycles and Discounting

The ROI Guy

Consulting offered us an early look at the findings, which deserve consideration as you develop your IT sales and marketing strategy for 2014. This has unfortunately resulted in vendors proactively discounting in order to reduce sales cycles and get the deals moving to faster to “yes.” According to Mark Arman of L.E.K. Source: L.E.K.

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10 Sales Tactics Brands Should Avoid This Year, According to Experts

Hubspot Sales

Relying Heavily on Discounts. Ortiz also warns against leaning on discounts when conducting sales efforts in 2021. She says "It’s also important to know that putting the pressure on and relying heavily on discounts will be the least effective strategies. Calling only when a renewal is due is so 2014.

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Frugalnomics – Why the IT spending growth forecasts from Gartner are wrong again!

The ROI Guy

For IT solution providers who may be using these forecasts to invest in a turnaround for 2014 revenues, another flat year could have significant implications for your organizations and your career. Highly empowered – privately controlling the decision making process with ever more competition for each deal and more discounting, b.

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Sales Tips: How to Setup Your 2015 for Success

Customer Centric Selling

By Gary Walker, EVP of Channel Sales & Operations, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. If you were thinking you were going to rely on 2014 carryover, then it''s the end of January and nothing has closed, you are late to the party. This is the final quarter of 2014. Step 5: Tactics.

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Why the Increased IT Spending Growth Forecasts from Gartner are Wrong Again!

The ROI Guy

trillion in 2014, a 3.2% Although the forecast predicts healthy growth for 2014, these same Gartner forecasts have been overly optimistic the past two years. For IT solution providers who may be using these forecasts and expecting a turnaround in 2014 revenues, we urge extreme caution. for the year.

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Frugalnomics in Effect - Gartner predicts low IT spending growth for 2016

The ROI Guy

Financial justification is the new language of IT selling, where CFOs are more involved through all stages of the purchase decision, and procurement is there to demand a discount if you lead with product and price vs. value. Many organizations are relying more and more on channel partners and inside sales to drive growth.

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