Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Your brand doesn’t live in your blog posts or the followers of your LinkedIn company page. If you look closer, you’ll likely find that most of the people following your company are either job seekers or people trying to sell you something. We can’t judge our success on form fills or other transactional metrics.

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Alice Heiman

DECEMBER 12, 2018

So, we have gone through and found our top 5 blog posts that were published in 2018 and a few of my favorite podcasts I was on this year. Our Best Blogs of 2018. Selling is mostly an interaction between people. Some sales are merely a transaction. We hope you enjoy. 5 Thoughtful Ways to Show Your Customers Love.

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MTD Sales Training

APRIL 15, 2020

Click play for the video version of this blog. Personalisation will help you to build a relationship with your customer and this will build that valuable rapport and trust which will move the transaction forward. Want to improve your customer service and retail selling skills? Happy Selling! Sean McPheat.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In today’s expert insight interview, Amy and John discuss “How to improve your consultative selling skills.” Approach to Consultative Selling. The Influence of the Pandemic on Consultative Selling. Consultative Selling vs. Transactional Selling. Consultative Sales Approach.

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Marc Wayshak

JUNE 27, 2023

Recognize the immense opportunity to secure larger transactions consistently. Trying to sell to prospects without the means to buy from you is like squeezing water from a stone. By pinpointing these triggers, you can effectively target individuals who genuinely need what you’re selling. Target prospects with money.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 11, 2018

The Human Advantage in Account Based Selling. Mark Hunter, in his post “ Why Sales Will Never Be the ‘Science of Selling ,’” explains why we need human interaction more than ever. Sales is the “art of selling.” This blog post was not written by “Watson.” . Just don’t expect referral introductions.

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MTD Sales Training

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Ideas could include sharing content from blogs and newsletters that you’ve written, identifying services you could give without charging, giving of your time when it’s most needed by the client, approaching the buyer even when you’re not just looking for a sale and offering expert advice without being asked. Happy Selling!

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BuzzBoard

JANUARY 8, 2024

Elevating customer engagement within this landscape requires more than just transactions—it demands a personalized touch that resonates deeply with every small business individually and connects back to the local community they serve and thrive in. The heartbeat of small, local businesses thrives on relationships.

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Showpad

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

We very rarely sell directly to a customer, so we have a critical need for education, streamlined communications, and tools that can be given to people that aren’t our direct employees. I’d be like, “People, we don’t even sell this anymore.” . We’re about a $3 billion organization with six business units.

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Smooth Sale

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Commerce APIs Are Transforming The Way We Shop Our guest blog, Commerce APIs Are Transforming the Way We Shop, is provided by Diya Bag, a Senior Content Writer at commercetools. High tech plus creativity sell well Are You Ready to Transform Your Brand on a Budget?

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MTD Sales Training

MARCH 26, 2019

If we were to sell in the same way as the snake-oil salespeople of the Wild West in 19th century America, we would be very quickly out of a job. Here are our thoughts on different selling types: 1) transactional selling. Using this type of sales technique, the intention of the salesperson is to overtly sell their product.

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Apptivo

AUGUST 25, 2023

This blog tries to shed light on these important issues. They work together to enable the chef to create delighted consumers and smooth transactions. When a customer decides to buy something, that’s when a point of sale transaction takes place. It is what allows the transaction to be performed.

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PandaDoc

MARCH 1, 2024

These documents are private and must be kept in a safe place for the duration of the deal, while still allowing appropriate access to all stakeholders involved in the transaction. What is a data room in M&A transactions? Try PandaDoc When is a virtual data room used during M&A transactions?

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Anthony Iannarino

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Even fewer would recognize caring as their competitive advantage and the superpower that it is in an age of commoditization and the conflation of everything to the transaction itself. Caring is the one competitive advantage that is not being commoditized, and by its very nature, cannot be reduced to a transaction. Caring is Expensive.

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Anthony Iannarino

JULY 5, 2020

Let’s describe this belief and the behaviors that follow it as “ transactional ,” recognizing that some businesses benefit from a transactional approach. Transactional sales are “High Frequency – Low Significance” sales. Charlie Green wrote the book Trusted Advisor with David Maester.

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Lead411

MARCH 27, 2024

However, in the middle of the rush and bustle of closing transactions and reaching quotas, the value of empathy cannot be underestimated. Salespeople may prioritize selling items or services over understanding their customers’ specific requirements and issues.

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Smooth Sale

DECEMBER 27, 2021

NOTE: Mikkel Andreassen provides today’s guest Blog, ‘Customer Lifetime Value and Why It Matters. With the success rate of selling to a current customer, you already have reached a staggering 70% (compared to the 5-20% of selling to a new customer). Related Blog Stories: How Do You Groom Your New Connections?

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The Pipeline

JULY 19, 2011

Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , EDGE Selling , Impact Questions , Interactive Selling , Proactive , Proactivity , Sales 2.0 , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Social Selling , Social media , execution. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Death Of Salesman 2.0? in 1916 by Clarence Saunders.”

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MTD Sales Training

AUGUST 22, 2018

Unless you’re working with customers who are purely in transactional mode, the holy grail of sales is gaining repeat business. Happy Selling! MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Big Stock Photo. So, how can you tell if the customer you’re dealing with will return and do more business with you? Sean McPheat.

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Smooth Sale

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Attract The Right Job Or Clientele: Note: Our collaborative Blog asks, ‘Are you finding success with your e-commerce business?’ Make Transactions Easier. When it comes to improving sales, one of the things you’ll want to focus on is trying to make the transaction process as simple and easy as possible.

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PandaDoc

MARCH 4, 2024

Any complex financial transaction that would be done by the bank in a physical location — raising capital, launching an IPO, mergers and acquisitions, etc. — Use cases for VDRs in investment banking Mergers and Acquisitions Investment banks can be involved with either side of M&A transactions.

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The Sales Hunter

MAY 10, 2017

Sales is the “art of selling.” ” It always has been and it always will be for one very simple reason — sales is about a transaction between two human beings. Newsflash: Artificial intelligence and a bot will not take your sales job from you, unless you let it. You’re reading this post as a […].

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Smooth Sale

OCTOBER 31, 2022

For this reason, our collaborative Blog offers four tips to help grow your business. Marketing is a process of creating and delivering messages that promote and sell products or services. Target markets are groups of people that a company wants to sell. Related Blog Stories: 4 Ways To Attract Customers and Keep Their Attention.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Several things struck me: The approach for most of these, regardless of how politely the suppliers phrase them, tends to be: “Here are the things we do to the customer… ” They focused on our selling activities and less on the customer buying process. Many methodologies actually only address a subset of the selling process.

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criteria for success

MAY 4, 2022

Looking for ways to sell more? Many senior executives in sales and marketing don’t know who their buyers are, and don’t know how to position a selling conversation. They often think of the transaction as a “cost” rather than an “investment.”. So, let’s explore this and discover how to sell more. Tell Stories. Listen Now.

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Crunchbase

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Consultative selling brings us back to a core principle of sales: You’re a human speaking to another human. What is consultative selling, and how does it work? Consultative selling focuses on creating value, building trust with a prospect and exploring their needs before offering a solution. Comprehensive research.

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Crunchbase

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

We are honored to feature and promote their contribution on the Crunchbase blog. And now, due to the zeitgeist of COVID-19, more salespeople than ever are looking for the personal independence and career autonomy to sell what they want, when they want, from where they want. To sell is human.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 1, 2021

And it’s this shift that makes the future of selling, business, and work so exciting, yet, also, so challenging. Over the past 15 plus years, in selling, the pendulum has swung very far in a direction to remove the “humanity” out of sales and selling. Each becomes a “widget” in the process.

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MTD Sales Training

MARCH 5, 2019

People will expect to enjoy more than just a transactional service provider. Happy Selling! MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Big Stock Photo. Their choices will be much wider than now, so just offering the product at the right price will only get you onto the ball-park, not win the game. Sean McPheat.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 25, 2014

The Selling Power Blog has my new article on why consultative selling is so difficult. And over at Top Sales World , my article on the premature announcement that SPIN Selling is dead is one of the top 10 articles for last week. THEY DO NOT TODAY, NOR WILL THEY TOMORROW, BE USED INSTEAD OF SELLING!

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BuzzBoard

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In our previous blog post, we pinpointed the common mistakes B2SMB businesses make during the AI-driven sales solution selection and purchase process. Hopefully, this blog has been able to answer some key questions and clear major dilemmas related to securing the best AI tools to support your business.

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BuzzBoard

JANUARY 24, 2024

The Power of Personalization: What It Means for B2SMB Selling Highly personalized marketing involves tailoring your outreach to the specific characteristics of each SMB. Whether it’s blog posts, social media updates, or email campaigns, tailor your content to address the unique pain points of different industries within the SMB space.

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HeavyHitter Sales

APRIL 17, 2010

Heavy Hitter Sales Blog. Martin: Heavy Hitter Selling: How Successful Salespeople Use Language and Intuition to Persuade Customers to Buy. Sell high or die! Don't be a donut runner Are you selling on carpet or concrete? Good Selling! Favorite Sales Blogs & Web Sites. (My Selling Power Magazine Blog.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 9, 2022

For highly transactional, inbound buying. Prospecting is, probably, the most difficult part of selling. In complex B2B selling we are looking at higher average deal sizes. Based on my experience with organizations selling complex B2B opportunities, I’ve seen AEs manage the whole process effectively.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

And it’s this shift that makes the future of selling, business, and work so exciting, yet, also, so challenging. Over the past 15 plus years, in selling, the pendulum has swung very far in a direction to remove the “humanity” out of sales and selling. Each becomes a “widget” in the process.

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Partners in Excellence

MARCH 7, 2022

It shouldn’t be surprising, but the transactional purchases, with highly knowledgeable customers, can and should be executed with no sales involvement at all. When I first started selling IT hardware and software, every IT person I met with always had a bookshelf full of catalogs. And over time, those catalogs moved on line.

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Anthony Iannarino

MAY 23, 2020

It might sound—and feel—better to be described as a supplier, another word that suggests the transactional relationship, one in which you supply something that your clients or prospects need. If you are easy to do business with and what you sell works well for your client, you might move up a bit to the preferred vendor.

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