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Have You Adapted to the Modern Sales Cycle?

Seismic

It’s no secret that the sales cycle has changed a lot over the past few decades. But what about sales reps and leaders who have not recognized the shift in technology and have not yet adapted to today’s sales cycle? Sales used to own the sales cycle. Buyers have grabbed control.

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Sellers Have a New Challenge: To Ease an Increasingly Difficult Buying Journey

Mereo

A multi-national software provider’s sales cycles was running 12-18 months on average. When they engaged Mereo to address this, we conducted a win-loss analysis and discovered that the majority of the sales cycles were really about three to four months. Buyers do not need salespeople.

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Your Buyers Start Their Journey in the Dark Funnel, and You Need to Be There When It Happens

6sense

Having been privy to the lead management processes of hundreds of B2B organizations of every stripe, I would estimate that at least half have internal demand funnel (AKA waterfall) stages that combine stages of their sales process with what are really stages of the buyer journey. Buyer Journeys and Funnels Are Misaligned.

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How buyer behavior has evolved and what it means for sales

Seismic

In this new normal, buyer engagement consists of social selling, Zoom calls, and remote presentations. A buyer in 2021 starts their day at a desk, most likely in their home office. A buyer journey that previously started at an industry conference now begins on LinkedIn and consists of review site searches and case studies.

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Evolving Sellers From Pitch to Purpose

The ROI Guy

The bad news for B2B sales cycles everywhere is that 84% of B2B buyers report that purchase decisions take longer than expected – twice as long for most. One reason for the delay is that modern B2B buyers want help accelerating the decision process and assuring decision success.

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Does B2B Content Marketing Really Help Buyers Buy?

Digital B2B Marketing

In B2B marketing organizations, content marketing aims to help buyers buy. Content marketing provides the information buyers need to determine the type of solution they need, develop internal support for a change, create a short list of providers and address objections , all while positioning your company as a trusted resource.

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When Business Is Slow, It's Time to Work on These 13 Things

Hubspot

As a sales manager, you can use data in your CRM to see how your team is performing. How long is the typical sales cycle for your reps? To help you monitor your team's performance, you can create a dashboard and keep track of metrics including: Activity Sales Metrics. A long sales cycle.