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When simplification goes wrong: Why unifying your platform and point solutions makes it harder for customers to buy.

Velocity Partners

But it’s also the hardest to pull off — you need one clear story that wraps its arms around your platform and your point solutions and signals to customers: “the problem we solve is real, clearly defined, and we’re experts in it.” Focus on what both sets of your audiences want and need urgently. Introduce a fresh spin.

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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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How to Solve the Top 5 Challenges of B2B Sales with Marketing

Kaon

Today’s sales teams need a strategy, strong communications and up-to-date technology. With the right strategy, a salesperson can act with a plan: communicating product value and differentiation clearly and concisely. Understanding multi-buyersneeds. Whatever the challenges, there are solutions to solve them.

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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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Your Unique Value: Solution Focused versus Challenge Centric?

The ROI Guy

Many times, when organizations try to articulate the differentiating value of their solutions, they start with a “solutions first approach”, communicating each feature they perceive as a differentiator and the value these features might deliver. Engage too late and price may be the only differentiator there is.

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How should B2B content differ for Business and Technical Decision Maker?

Ambal's Amusings

"Effective content for either technical or business buyers needs to address issues that keep them awake at night" Tom Pick's Bio. Those that manage innovation most effectively not only grow faster than their peers but are also more profitable and have stronger competitive differentiation.

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White Papers are Influence Kings, But Need Personalization to Retain Crown

The ROI Guy

This results in information overload, with low response rates, a slower buying process and lack of competitive differentiation. Based on responses to profile questions the white paper is personalized to analyze the buyer needs and present relevant and personalized results.

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