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    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 latest research make compelling reading - and provide B2B sales leaders with much to think about.

    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 ...

    Why Lead Scoring and Nurturing is Like Teenage Sex

    I hosted three round table discussions at least week’s excellent Econsultancy B2B Digital Cream event on the subject of Lead ...

    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. ...

    Vo-duh!-fone: Why taking customers for granted is never a good idea

    When you’ve been a customer for more than 20 years, you can sometimes get into the comfortable habit of assuming that the ...

    3 proven ways to shorten your average sales cycle

    The length of the average sales cycle is a concern for many B2B sales leaders, and with good reason: successfully shortening ...

    7 Essential Building Blocks to More Effective B2B Marketing

    According to a recent series of articles by Adam Needles, author of “Balancing the Demand Equation”, the current state of ...