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What Is Sales? The Career of Champions

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

On the surface, sales seems like a simple concept: One person buys something from another. In this model, a business uses advertising or word-of-mouth to get customers interested in buying their products. That impact can be seen in different ways from cost and time savings to competitive advantage and risk mitigation.

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The Ultimate Smarketing Glossary: 62 Common Sales Terms Explained for Marketers

Hubspot

Another way of saying "the buying process." An acronym used in sales for lead qualification that stands for Budget, Authority, Need, Timeline. B = Budget : Determines whether your prospect has a budget for what you''re selling. T = Timeline : Determines the time frame for implementation.

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What Is Lead Qualification and How Does It Work?

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

For instance, companies on a tight budget may be content to purchase a basic software platform while others that have larger budgets and more complex needs may want to pay for custom implementation that offers customizations. Authority: “Who has the authority to make this buying decision?”