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How Inside Sales Teams Can Leverage Value Selling
Jul 11, 2017
3 mins

What does it mean to be a successful salesperson, whether inside sales or otherwise? Certainly, the ability to persuade is as important as is the knowledge of the solution for sale. However, the most successful salespeople approach each sale as though it were a battle, in the most positive sense.

How to Manage Consensus Buying Decisions
May 16, 2017
4 mins

No longer can a single executive make buying decisions on behalf of the entire company. According to a survey by CEBGlobal, the average number of people required to make a B2B purchase has risen to 5.4.

How to Quantify the Buyer’s Problem Using an ROI Tool
Dec 6, 2016
4 mins

Ah, the good old days... when you could sell using a list of all the great features in your solution and a few benefits sprinkled here and there. The economy was good and it was easy to get a signature on a purchase contract doing little more than offering “saved effort” or “increased throughput.”

ROI vs. TCO: What’s Best for Your Business?
Jul 12, 2016
2 mins

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and Return On Investment (ROI) seem to be similar methods of proving cost effectiveness, but they perform best in totally different situations. In fact, if you use a TCO tool at the wrong time in the sales process, you are taking a couple of big risks. Let's take a closer look at ROI vs. TCO and which tool is better for your business.

A Smarter Value Selling Process: Flip Your Sales Pitch
Apr 12, 2016
3 mins

Has your sales cycle grown longer and more complex? Are you challenged by new buying behaviors that exclude you in the early stages of discovery? Chances are you’re also faced with more restrictive corporate and financial oversight, which shifts purchasing authority to CFOs and inter-departmental committees. How can you get the attention of buyers and decision makers in such a dynamic sales environment? A proven approach is value selling, a strategy that develops distinct sales messages focused on the bottom line. When all is said and done, prospects want to know how investing in your solution helps save money, increase sales and revenue, and achieve pertinent business goals.

Sharpen Your Sales Tools with Value Selling Models
Mar 22, 2016
3 mins

Your prospect has already visited your website, perused your online content and seen a demonstration of your product or service. What do you do next to convert an active inquiry into a sale? Prospects must understand the short and long term financial benefits of your solution if they are to make a positive purchase decision. This can be a challenge, as many focus on direct acquisition costs and compare them to the cost of what they’re already doing. Such analyses can be short-sighted and inaccurate because they omit the incremental value delivered by a new solution.

Feb 16, 2016
3 mins

How frequently do you use the term “ROI” in front of customers and potential buyers? I frequently hear sales and marketing professionals talk about “ROI” inaccurately. In a casual conversation, people might still give you the benefit of the doubt and have faith that you know your stuff. However, if you’re making a formal presentation or having a serious conversation with a prospect who’s well versed in financial terminology, any misuse of the term could obviously leave a disastrous impression about you and your company.

Aug 6, 2015
3 mins

Each year, sales operations and marketing managers purchase sales enablement tools to help their sales teams increase win rates and close deals faster. So why do so many of these tools gather dust in the salesperson’s toolbox? In my experience, this happens for two main reasons.

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