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How sellers can become trusted guides to customers

Seismic

The transition to virtual selling has fundamentally changed the way sellers engage buyers. In the digital-first landscape, sellers are engaging with buyers earlier in the sales cycle, most notably, in social media channels. In an era of more informed prospects, buyers are rewriting the rules of engagement.

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

Kaon

The company used augmented reality in conjunction with its interactive 3D product catalog to show products to prospects and customers, without a sales person or product specialist present. Understanding multi-buyers’ needs. Consumers, whether B2C or B2B, are the target of myriad advertisements and sales tactics.

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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. It's a NO PITCH zone.

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Richardson and Alinean Partner to Deliver New Sales Force Effectiveness Tools and Training

The ROI Guy

"According to research by SiriusDecisions, the number one issue preventing sales quota achievement remains the inability for sales to deliver value messages," says Jim Ninivaggi , Sales Enablement Service Director for analyst firm SiriusDecisions.

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28 Tweetable Moments from Sirius Decisions Summit #SDS12

Marketing Insider Group

He said we need to marry the art and science of marketing, to use storytelling to humanize the brand and that marketing can be run like a business. We spend too much time and resources selling ourselves and our products and not enough time meeting customer needs. big, large, glass buildings do not buy software. BrennerMichael.

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How can you Best Prevent Stalled Deals?

The ROI Guy

PPTs are likely used by your sales reps in the middle of the cycle, but prospects can’t stand these presentations – with 1/3 rd having fallen asleep during a PPT presentations, and 1 in 5 rather wanting to go to a dentist than sit through another. So if traditional content is less than effective, what can you do to avoid the stall?

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SiriusDecisions Interview - From Pitching Products to Selling Value

The ROI Guy

The research clearly indicates that the issues are not around sales having enough leads, more sales training, improved social selling ability or increased product knowledge. Although PowerPoint might be comfortable, you have to help your sales reps move beyond these one-size-fits-all decks to be effective with a more empowered buyer.