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    Perhaps there’s no such thing as solution selling - only solution buying

    There’s a multi-million $ industry built up around solution selling. Training companies deliver courses promising to help delegates achieve it. Authors write books promising to reveal the secrets behind it. Consultants (your writer included) charge sales organisations for ...

    6 Critical Foundations of the new “Solution Selling”

    Faced with increasing competition, commoditisation and margin erosion most B2B vendors have chosen to embrace “solution ...

    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. ...

    Marketing Scores Leads, So Why Doesn’t Sales Score Opportunities?

    I'm delighted that Swayne Hill, Co-Founder & SVP of Field Operations at Cloud9 and author of the excellent Data-Driven ...

    A Must Read: Swayne Hill on Creating a Dynamic B2B Selling Process

    I'm delighted that Swayne Hill, Co-Founder & SVP of Field Operations at Cloud9 and author of the excellent Data-Driven ...

    B2B Buying Cycle Alignment: 4 in 5 sales organisations must do better

    CSO Insights have just published their 2012 Sales Management Optimisation study. As always, the conclusions from their ...

    Why it's bad news if your prospect shares your point of view

    We want our prospects to agree with us, right? So why am I suggesting that the last thing you want is for your prospect to ...

    If you’re serious about selling me a “solution”, don’t ask what keeps me up at night

    I had a truly bizarre experience the other day. A senior (and very experienced, by the look of him) sales person actually ...

    Transforming your marketing from a cost centre to a revenue centre

    According to many marketing leaders I speak to, B2B marketing budgets are coming under increasing pressure. These marketing ...

    The 8 Points Your Elevator Pitch MUST Address

    How can you simply and succinctly explain what you do to a potential prospect or other interested party, and make them want ...