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    Blog Category // Outcome-Centric Selling (24)

    It’s time to reverse engineer our concept of “Thought Leadership”

    Let’s face it, most so-called “thought leadership” is actually nothing of the sort. Much of it turns out to be a crude ...

    In complex B2B sales, you face 3 types of competition

    Most B2B sales people have a narrow sense of competition. They usually restrict their thinking to other vendors in the same ...

    Why every sales opportunity needs a regular risk assessment

    If you were working in the health or social services, or in the nuclear, aerospace, oil, rail and military industries, you ...

    Eliminating Valueless Sales Activity

    Selling has the potential to be an incredibly wasteful exercise. The vast majority of cold calls fail to establish any ...

    The best sales presentations are designed from the inside out

    If you, like me, have spent the majority of your working life in the technology sector, you’ve probably sat through more ...

    The Buyer’s Journey: Why Change? > What To? > Why You?

    It’s awfully hard for many sales people to resist the “itch to pitch” when they come across a prospect that seems a perfect ...

    Why it's time to STOP "Adding Value"

    It’s probably the most commonly proposed response to price pressures and commoditisation: if we’re not prepared to cut our ...

    The fundamental principles of value-based selling

    It’s a sad fact that today’s average B2B sales person is still far more comfortable talking about their products than they ...