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    SaaS means you can never afford to stop selling

    Like mobile operators, the economics of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) vendors are profoundly affected by churn - the rate at ...

    What Matters Now? - and why organisations must be built on values

    I wonder if I’m alone when I look around at the circumstances that have led to the continuing crisis in our economy (is ...

    B2B Marketing’s Revenue Transition Requires Outcome-Based Lead Metrics

    I recently wrote about the need for B2B organisations to transform their marketing from a cost centre to a revenue centre. ...

    Why B2B Marketers Need to Stop Claiming That Their Solution is Better

    “Our Solution is Better”. It’s a claim made by many B2B technology marketers, based on a perceived feature set advantage. ...

    Are we really looking at a 75% reduction in sales heads by 2020?

    Gerhard Gschwandtner, publisher of Selling Power - in a characteristically provocative piece - recently predicted that the ...

    Why Sales doesn’t care about Aligning with Marketing - but ought to

    I admit it. I’ve been guilty of promoting the benefits of sales and marketing alignment as if they were self-evident to ...

    Why Your Sales Process Doesn’t Matter

    Coming from somebody who has consistently sought to promote the value of focus and process in all matters connected with B2B ...

    What can we all learn from Apple’s stunning success?

    Apple has just posted results that far outstrip analyst expectations - nearly doubling their revenue year-on-year and more ...

    B2B Sales: Has SFA Really Reached a Tipping Point?

    Malcolm Gladwell, in his book of the same name, pointed out the power of “The Tipping Point”, and sought to demonstrate with ...

    Understanding the Customer Buying Cycle and Triggers

    Your prospects' concerns, motivations and priorities change - often significantly - as they move from stage to stage in ...