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    B2B Sales: From Always Be Closing to Always Be Qualifying?

    Alec Baldwin’s performance as Blake in the film Glengarry Glen Ross immortalised the “Always Be Closing” attitude that for ...

    There are only 2 reasons why you lose a sale

    I'm happy to share the second in our series of guest blogs from Donal Daly, CEO of the TAS Group. In this article, first ...

    According to McKinsey, too much sales contact can cost you business

    There’s a short article in the latest McKinsey Quarterly on “the basics of business-to-business sales success”. It captures ...

    5 Facts about how b2b sales cycles are changing...

    Inflexion-Point has recently established a partnership with the TAS Group to offer their Dealmaker platform to clients who ...

    McKinsey and the end of the Road Warrior...

    As we emerge from the downturn, it’s clear that we’re going to have to find new and better ways of reaching and satisfying ...

    You can’t offer a complete solution until you understand the whole problem...

    Many B2B-focused organisations to prefer to talk in terms of delivering “solutions” rather than selling products. CEOs speak ...

    Most of your sales efforts are wasted...

    Let’s face it, in almost every b2b sales organisation, there’s far too much valuable selling time going to waste. It’s being ...

    B2B sales: It’s the economics, stupid...

    In Bill Clinton’s successful 1992 presidential election campaign, a sign famously hung in his Little Rock campaign ...

    B2B sales: In the void between pain and ambition

    Is your offering a discretionary purchase for your customer? Do you often find yourself having to create needs? Does your ...

    B2B Sales: Eliminating the barriers to the buying decision journey...

    The past year has provided abundant evidence that driving sales people to "sell harder" and hoping that this will boost ...