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Prospecting for unicorns

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Business development and media groups regularly put out lists of fast-growing companies based on region, industry, sector, technology, and other factors. 5000, and the Boston Business Journal Fast 50. Scenario Unicorns aren’t always hard to find. For example, the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, Inc.

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Looking For Answers In All The Wrong Places…

Partners in Excellence

There were a few times in my selling career, I’d have to do deep research to begin to understand trends, challenges and issues facing my customers. Another time, I drove an hour outside NYC to spend an afternoon with one of our research scientists. The answers to these questions are unique to that individual or group.

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‘Tag questions’ can boost your sales – don’t you think?

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

But a study suggests that the earlier research was overlooking a key variable – and that under certain circumstances, tag questions can make you mor e persuasive with your buyer. An experiment Researchers asked a group of college students to evaluate an editorial arguing that comprehensive final exams should be a requirement for graduation.

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‘Tag questions’ can boost your sales – don’t you think?

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

But a study suggests that the earlier research was overlooking a key variable – and that under certain circumstances, tag questions can make you mor e persuasive with your buyer. An experiment Researchers asked a group of college students to evaluate an editorial arguing that comprehensive final exams should be a requirement for graduation.

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Research: High stakes can set back learning

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

But the research also sheds some light on what you should do. The research. Researchers from the University of Houston wanted to see how stress plays a role in learning, so they chose learners who are no strangers to pressure — medical students. The second group did surprisingly well. How stress affects memory.

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How to Adapt to the Well-Educated Modern Buyer

Sales and Marketing Management

Today, as many as 88 percent of consumers perform online research ahead of time before they buy a product. Online reviews and company websites are the two primary platforms for research, but other channels such as social media can provide valuable information, too. When customers convert, ask them how they got there.

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How the ‘protégé effect’ can boost employee learning

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

.” Complex problem-solving Behavioral researchers have conducted numerous experimental studies about the “protégé effect,” which describes the way people put in more effort to learn, and learn more effectively, when they know they’ll be teaching others. Journal of Educational Psychology, 108(4), 474–492.

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