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Send Your Proposals to the DEA

Sales 2.0

In general, I think “proposals suck!” I was reminded of my (bad) attitude to proposals again a few weeks ago when I was co-opted into developing one. This one was of the typical kind that I have seen over three decades of working in B2B services companies. They are now becoming your co-author of this proposal.

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5 Ways Sales Automation Will Help Your B2B Company Thrive

Sales and Marketing Management

When your sales agents don’t have to spend hours creating proposals or prospecting, they can do more in less time. The post 5 Ways Sales Automation Will Help Your B2B Company Thrive appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management. Automating sales and marketing activities lets you focus your human resources elsewhere.

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5 Key Traits of Winning Sales Proposals

Sales and Marketing Management

Teaser: More than two-thirds of B2B buyers report that the content of a vendor's sales proposal has a significant impact on their buying decision. Here are five key traits of a winning sales proposal. Here are five key traits of a winning sales proposal. Author: Mikita Mikado. read more

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Proposal Time Wasting

Sales 2.0

I had the opportunity to be a buyer of some B2B services a couple of months ago. He kept contacting me and the other decision-makers asking to send us a proposal but there’s one major problem – he did not get us interested in his product in the first place ! Your proposal will have gone to “Neverland”

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10 Sales Leaders Share their Strategies for Writing Winning Proposals

Far too many sales teams treat proposals as little more than glorified information packets. To wield them properly, you must approach writing sales proposals as both an art and a science. Proposals can cement a sale, lead to a larger-than-expected transaction, or even result in more business down the line.

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B2B Lead Generation: The Ultimate Guide

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In the not-so-distant past, a significant portion of a typical business-to-business (B2B) sales professional’s life revolved around in-person meetings with key prospects and high-value clients. Today, as much as 80% of B2B decision-makers prefer remote or even fully self-serve sales interactions. Why Invest in B2B Lead Generation?

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The Future of B2B Sales

Sales and Marketing Management

The B2B market needs to become as customer-centric as the B2C market. B2B companies are under pressure to make their offering more holistic and combine their product hardware with user-friendly software to create end-to-end solutions. Customized responses will become essential. Close management of the sales team will be crucial.

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Togetherness: Achieving Sales and Marketing Alignment

Speaker: Jeff Davis, Founder, jd2 Consulting Group

Studies show failure to align sales and marketing teams around the right processes and technologies costs B2B companies 10% or more of revenue per year. In today’s B2B business environment sales and marketing can no longer operate in silos. In this webinar, we will: Discuss the 5 basic layers of a growth-focused revenue tech stack.

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7 Must-Have Automated Documents for Sales Success

Companies are increasingly implementing technology to bring efficiency to their workforce. Data accessibility aside, teams continuously struggle with manual processes for document generation. Learn why automating your documents is key to sales success.