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The Start-to-Finish Guide to Writing a Social Media Proposal

Hubspot

Whether you're providing social media management, marketing, or consulting services, the crucial step in winning a client is sending out a business proposal. A business proposal can help you prove to clients' that you're the most well-suited to meet their needs, and help you stand out from the competition. Let's dive into that, now.

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How to Manage Sales Pipeline: A Step-by-Step Guide | Varicent

Varicent

In sales, the hard reality is that a successful salesperson is also a successful sales pipeline manager, although there’s no award for best pipeline generator at the annual sales kick-off. Best Practices for Sales Pipeline Management. Are these needs sufficiently compelling to justify the costs you may potentially propose?

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B2B Sales Cycle: 4 steps to avoid the wasteful ‘no decision’

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Tweet CSO Insights , which interviews thousands of chief sales officers to benchmark B2B sales best practices, has tracked an alarming trend. Take these steps to ensure your sales cycle is set up so you can either win the deal or achieve the second-best option – getting to “no” fast. No deal = broken sales cycle. warns Dickie.

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The Economic-Focused Buyer Drives Need for New B2B Sales and Marketing Strategies for 2012

The ROI Guy

This condition, termed Frugalnomics, means that buyers are overloaded and forced to do-more-with-less, uncertain about their budgets, and required to financially justify new investments. Advice: Discounts can be used to win business, and low-price providers will have an inherent advantage.

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Selling Software to the C-Suite REQUIRES Quantified Value

The ROI Guy

1) Value Proposition - early in the lifecycle you can guess at customer needs and propose how the solution mught derive value 2) Value Hypothesis - during engagement with the customer you can investigate pain points and how the solution can help customer save, streamline or overcome the issues.

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Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Content Marketing

The ROI Guy

Content and tools that help buyers assess the economic impact of implementing the proposed solutions, or the cost of “doing nothing”, are essential. The consumer is now in charge: researching specifications, configuring and customizing solutions, getting peer reviews and advice, comparing prices, and “buying now”. Death of a Salesman?

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The Ultimate Guide to Freelancing

Hubspot

I was a freelancer before joining HubSpot — AKA the best career decision I’ve ever made. Before moving forward, let’s take a breather and do a little self-analysis. I want to emphasize here that there are no right or wrong answers, simply what’s best for you, your family, and your career goals. Is freelancing right for you?