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    Blog Category // Outcome-Centric Selling (7)

    Profit derives from usage - not initial purchase

    Business customers have become increasingly used to as-a-service models, rather than outright purchase - and many of them ...

    The Secrets of Sales Innovators

    I recently had the pleasure of speaking at length with Jan Ropponen, author of “Secrets of Sales Innovators - how ...

    Contrast is critical to B2B sales success

    I was pleased to be asked to contribute an article to the latest edition of Top Sales Magazine - a regular source of insight ...

    The key issues for B2B sales leaders in 2021

    I was very pleased to be invited by the International Journal of Sales Transformation to contribute an article to their ...

    “Why are you still working that deal?”

    In a recent article (Advance or disqualify!), I proposed that salespeople - rather than clinging on to lifeless sales ...

    Advance or disqualify!

    In his best-selling sales guidebook “SPIN® Selling”, Neil Rackham identified four potential outcomes from every significant ...

    Why being liked should never be your primary motivation

    It might seem strange - in a season when we traditionally wish goodwill to all men and women - to take the position that ...

    Has role specialisation in B2B selling gone too far?

    Largely inspired by the work of Frederick Winslow Taylor, and made real by Henry Ford and others, the age of mass production ...

    A New Year Resolution: eliminating wasteful sales behaviours

    This is the time of year when most of us would benefit from some quiet reflection on what we’ve learned during 2020, and how ...

    Creating collective value through customised value

    I recently made what I hope was a compelling case for creating a customer-specific unique value story for every significant ...