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The Pipeline ? It's About the Buyer, Stupid! ? Sales eXchange ? 125

The Pipeline

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s It’s About the Buyer, Stupid! Sales eXchange – 125. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Compete , EDGE Sales Process , Interactive Selling , Proactive , Sales 2.0 , Sales eXchange , execution. .” It’s About the Buyer, Stupid! April 2008.

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Should Marketing Have a Sales Quota?

SBI Growth

Over the last 12 months we: Surveyed over 10,000 sales representatives. Surveyed over 4,500 sales managers. Reviewed over 5,000 documents from with some the world’s best B2B sales organizations. B2B companies are assigning their Marketing teams with lead quotas tied directly to a percentage of the corporate sales goal.

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Surviving the Late Release of Your New Quota

SBI Growth

Do you have to increase your demand generation efforts to get new leads? Do you have enough sales people to cover the new quota? Set up a planning session with your sales managers immediately. How many actual opportunities by sales person is that? What/How do I train my sales people to generate more demand?

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The Pipeline ? Flaunt Your Next Steps ? Sales eXchange ? 137

The Pipeline

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Flaunt Your Next Steps – Sales eXchange – 137. By now you would think that there are few if any sales people who do not understand the importance of “next steps” in sales. This why, the next step is the objective of any interaction with a buyer.

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The 6 Worst Decisions Sales Leaders Make

SBI Growth

(Deciding to better understand how your Buyers buy is a GREAT decision!). Failure to Map the Buyer’s Journey. Again and again, we encounter sales leaders who are certain they know their customers. Today’s Buyers are educated. Without researching how customers make a purchase decision, your sales force could be misaligned.

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The Pipeline ? Sales Force (Mis)Alignment

The Pipeline

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Sales Force (Mis)Alignment. Stored in Business Acumen , Coaching , Demand Generation , Hiring Sales Talent , Planning , Sales Force Alignment , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales eXchange , execution.

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The Pipeline ? Reports of the Death of the Salesperson Are Greatly.

The Pipeline

My presentation, “Customer 2.0, ” focused on how the buyer has changed and has more power than ever before. The new buyer interacts with an organization when he or she is ready (not before), does the vast majority of research online without the vendor’s help, is distracted, and so forth. Buyers buy from people they like (and respect).

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