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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | B2B LEAD GENERATION BLOG JUNE 17, 2012 B2B Sales Cycle: 4 steps to avoid the wasteful ‘no decision’ But, if I’m a VP of Sales, I’ll be really peeved if you lose to ‘no decision,’ because you probably wasted my time as well as a lot of resources around the company in terms of getting help from manufacturing, customer support and finance — all to get to the point where nothing happened.”. If a sales professional says, ‘I submitted a proposal,’ and your customer says, ‘I got a price quote,’ that’s a sign of misaligned perceptions and selling-buying cycles,” says Dickie. When prospects finally call, the sales rep better not say, ‘Do you want to talk about pricing? | TOM PISELLO NOVEMBER 29, 2010  Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Content Marketing 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? this year, an increase from 3.1% | | | | | |
| THE ROI GUY DECEMBER 6, 2011 The Economic-Focused Buyer Drives Need for New B2B Sales and Marketing Strategies for 2012 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. 5) Economic Justification Required – Each proposed solution is subject to more financial scrutiny by senior executives, raising the level of financial justification required. At the same time, don't add to the overload with irrelevant cold calls and marketing messages. | THE ROI GUY APRIL 15, 2010 Selling Software to the C-Suite REQUIRES Quantified Value 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. 3) Formal Value Reviews - post sale, reviewing the value received vs. the value proposed to determine gaps and assure value derivation. We call this change in buying attitude Frugalnomics, and sales and marketing needs to change to address these new market conditions. | THE ROI GUY NOVEMBER 29, 2010  Five Reasons You May Not Be Spending Enough on Content Marketing 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? this year, an increase from 3.1% | TOM PISELLO APRIL 15, 2010 Selling Software to the C-Suite REQUIRES Quantified Value 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. 3) Formal Value Reviews - post sale, reviewing the value received vs. the value proposed to determine gaps and assure value derivation. We call this change in buying attitude Frugalnomics, and sales and marketing needs to change to address these new market conditions. | | | | | | | |
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