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Key B2B Sales Challenges for Supply Chain Companies

Sales and Marketing Management

In 2018, businesses can’t afford to fall behind the market, and they can’t afford not to maximize their operational efficiency. With longer sales cycles, fewer qualified opportunities, and more stakeholders, the basic work of enticing customers – and getting them to stick around – becomes markedly more complicated.

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Hard for you to say you’re sorry?

Sales and Marketing Management

The Service Recovery Paradox has been well documented in consumer settings, but only recently validated for the B2B environment. Often, people in B2B environments argue that emotional content only works in B2C and that just the facts matter in conversations with B2B customers. The importance of a good apology.

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The Not-So-Fab Four

Sales and Marketing Management

B2B and B2C firms are similar in the sense that they are both forms of commercial transactions. Each requires a sales process, marketing and excellent customer service. For example, it’s been speculated that Amazon could acquire the cloud-based internal communication system Slack for $9 billion in 2018.

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3 Facts About B2B Buyer Experience You’re Probably Ignoring

Sales Hacker

How and when do buyers want to engage with providers of goods and services, and are there unique preferences for B2B vs. B2C purchase scenarios? For this specific survey we spoke to more than 300 B2B buyers, representing a cross-section of goods and services, company sizes and vertical markets. Still Thinking B2B vs. B2C?

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How B2B Customer Experience can Influence Sales Growth

LeadFuze

In the last few years, considerable attention has been paid to improving customer experience (CX) in the B2C world, however, research by Accenture Strategy makes it clear that CX is equally, if not more, important for B2B buyers as well. . Talking about expectations, B2B buyers seem to be much more demanding than B2C customers.

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Best Sales Blogs: The Ultimate List of 55+ (Recently Updated!)

LeadFuze

Every link has been tested, every post suggested for you to read is recent to 2018. 16 Things to Change to Get More from Email Outreach in 2018 . This huge blog site yields contributions on a massive list of topics including Sales, Marketing, Customer service, IT and Small Business. 3 Sales Trends to Watch in 2018.

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TSE 1048: Sales Differentiation

Sales Evangelist

No matter what industry you're in, what size company you're in, whether you sell products or service, whether you sell B2B or B2C, and it doesn't even matter what methodology you use in your sales. Customer service vs account management Don't equate the two as the same. We can help you out of your slump.