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    5 Key Qualities of Today’s Most Successful B2B Salespeople

    I get the chance to observe many B2B sales people in action, and to identify the winning behaviours that seem to separate today’s top performers from their middle of the road peers. I’d like to share 5 qualities that seem to be consistently valuable and to offer some good ...

    B2B Sales Win Rates are in a 5-Year Decline

    According to the latest report from CSO Insights, B2B sales win rates are caught in a 5-year decline, with no evidence of an ...

    Marketo CEO talks about Driving Business Velocity...

    Marketo have pioneered an innovative “revenue cycle management” approach to integrating B2B sales and marketing that is ...

    MarketBridge Charts B2B Channel Cloud Challenge

    I’ve written before - quoting Forrester Research - about how SaaS is blowing storm clouds over the IT channel. Now the ...

    5 Reasons Why B2B Companies Must Think Like Private Equity Investors

    The always thought-provoking SiriusDecisions blog recently considered the impact of private equity investment on B2B ...

    The 10 Key Questions your Business Model Must Address

    It’s becoming obvious that narrowly-focused business models based around the traditional “4Ps” of Product, Price, Place and ...

    5 Questions You Must Ask Before You Create any More Sales Collateral

    Do your sales tools have the desired effect? According to recent research conducted by the Corporate Executive Board and ...

    Two contrasting faces of customer service - Apple and the Clydesdale

    I was chatting the other day to Andy Gannon, an old colleague of mine who is now the chairman of CGA - the customer ...

    3 Situations Where Thinking Negatively can Increase Your Sales

    Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke, Bing Crosby and Perry Como all recorded the Arlen/Mercer classic “You’ve Got to ...

    10 Questions You Must Ask of Your Organisation

    What are the key factors that determine whether your organisation is going to be able to realise its full potential? The ...