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    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 ...

    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 ...

    B2B Sales has evolved. Have you?

    The folks at Postwire have come up with a great infographic to summarise the evolution of the salesperson. Did you know:

    If Alignment is such a good thing, why is it so hard to achieve?

    It would be hard to find anyone prepared to argue against the benefits of sales and marketing alignment. It’s a proven fact ...

    Why the COI (Cost of Inaction) always needs to come before the ROI (Return on Investment)

    If you’re selling high-value B2B products or services, you’ve probably been involved in coming up with ROI (return on ...

    Latest Funnel Videos: Sales and Marketing Alignment

    I'm looking forward to speaking at the Funnel 2012 conference at London's Emirates Stadium on 13th November - in front of ...

    Why does sales training have such a poor ROI?

    The statistics certainly make for uncomfortable reading. According to a substantial body of published research - some of it ...

    Why is accurate sales forecasting such a challenge?

    According to the latest research published by CSO Insights, less than half of all forecasted sales opportunities actually ...

    Neil Rackham on the changing face of B2B buying

    Neil Rackham - the inventor of SPIN Selling - offered some of his thoughts on the changing face of B2B buying in a recent ...

    3 key steps to building a stronger Sales Funnel for 2013

    We’re already into the last quarter of 2012. If you’re in a complex sales environment with lengthy decision-making ...