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    The real reason sales people struggle to close opportunities

    Alec Baldwin has got a lot to answer for. And, no, I’m not talking about his appearance in “Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat”. I am, of course referring to his role as Blake, the alpha dog motivational salesman in the film “Glengarry Glen Ross”. By the way, you can blame the ...

    It’s hard to Cross the Chasm if you don’t know where you plan to land

    Addressing the challenge of how to “Cross the Chasm” that separates early adopters from mainstream markets has become a ...

    How to turn every sales person into a top story-teller

    What sets top sales people apart? What is it that they do better than the rest? There are, of course, a number of factors, ...

    If you're a SaaS-based business, only 3 things matter

    If - like many of the companies I work with - you have a SaaS-based business, then the choice of metrics you use to measure ...

    OpenView’s 22 make-or-break sales and marketing predictions for 2013

    What are the key trends that are likely to impact B2B sales and marketing in 2013? OpenView Labs - one of the best sources ...

    5 proven ways of improving your sales proposal win rates

    Imagine how much effort and resource is wasted every year in creating and submitting sales proposals to prospects that end ...

    B2B Sales: Is your funnel fighting fit or fundamentally flabby?

    The “funnel” is one of the most powerful metaphors in B2B sales and marketing. It describes the passage of prospects through ...

    Is B2B selling art or science - or is it engineering?

    Is sales an art or a science? Traditionalists used to think of sales as a combination of art and heroics. A recent article ...

    You can create brilliant content marketing and still miss the point

    Content marketing is getting a great deal of attention. A number of studies point to it as one of the fastest growth areas ...

    Who should own the funnel: sales or marketing? [includes video]

    Kudos to the team at Econsultancy for an excellent event last week at Funnel 2012. I gave a keynote presentation on the ...