LSA Global

APRIL 26, 2023

Top B2B Sellers How do top B2B sellers do it? As a consultative solution seller , you have been working hard and using all the sales tools available. Based upon data from our sales leadership simulation assessment, top solution sellers consistently do a few key things to win bigger deals. Is there a secret sauce?

B2B 36

B2B Sales Tools Training 36

LSA Global

JULY 17, 2020

Meaningful Sales Training Outcomes Require Meaningful Steps. To execute their growth strategies , CEOs and sales leaders often need their sales teams to behave differently by selling differently to different buyers. How B2B Selling Has Changed. Challenge for Sales Training – Live and Remote.

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Sales Training Training B2B 36

1 to 1

AUGUST 30, 2021

The sales world is forever altered, thanks to pandemic-fueled digital transformation across entire enterprises. In the B2B space, where relationships reign supreme, sales organizations found effective and efficient ways to conduct business with a digital-first approach that’s efficient, effective, and won’t go away any time soon.

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B2B Sales ROI B2C 29

LSA Global

MAY 8, 2023

The cross-selling strategy was part of a strategic sales initiative to grow globally while achieving economies of scale across markets, regions, products, services, and suppliers.

Sales 36

Sales Industry Leadership Company 36

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Outbound B2B sales are becoming less and less effective. In fact, a recent survey found that connecting with a prospect now takes 18 or more phone calls, callback rates are below 1%, and only 24% of outbound sales emails are ever opened. Why are more and more buyers avoiding salespeople during the buying process?

B2B 57

B2B Sales Media Guidelines 57

LSA Global

APRIL 1, 2020

Why Social Selling Training Programs Fail to Grow the Sales Pipeline. When done right, curated online relationships should turn into more meaningful and more qualified sales conversations. Recent IDC research found that: 75% of the B2B Buyers use social media to inform and support purchase decisions.

Training 36

Training Training B2B Sales 36

LSA Global

APRIL 10, 2020

We define B2B social selling as the ongoing process of leveraging digital channels to find, engage, and connect with ideal target clients. High performing B2B social sellers build relationships on digital platforms and turn online connections into offline sales conversations and long-term customer relationships.

Sales 36

Sales B2B Metrics Case Study 36

Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

During our chat, I tell J that he needs to identify whether he is a B2B or B2C consultant or coach - this will determine how he positions himself and answers the dreaded "What do you do?" Leading with a sales pitch. Links: Download our FREE guides and training on how to position yourself as an expert consultant and coach: [link].

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B2C Methodologies How To B2B 156

1 to 1

MAY 1, 2024

Strategic Sales, Customer Success and Support Enterprise Sales Strategies: The sales processes for these companies are highly sophisticated, involving direct engagement with several decision-makers, demonstrating potential ROI, and providing assurances about support and customization capabilities.

Enterprise 26

Enterprise Software B2B ROI 26

Harvard Business

JUNE 7, 2018

It traced much of the cause to a mismatch between its sales incentives and pricing strategy. The manufacturer was compensating sales representatives based solely on how much revenue they generated. Like this manufacturer, many business-to-business (B2B) companies have a major opportunity to improve their standing on price.

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B2B Survey Company Sales 33

Harvard Business

MAY 10, 2018

While there’s less buzz around business-to-business markets, these innovations are changing the game in B2B as well, even in old-line industries selling what might be considered commodity products. For a deep dive into the elements, see our related HBR article “ The B2B Elements of Value ”).

B2B 28

B2B Chemicals Engineering Data 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 1, 2018

A Fortune 250 B2B company spent a quarter of a million dollars trying to solve the wrong problem. A new product line had failed, and the company believed the problem was either poor product delivery times or lack of effort by the sales force. Over 150 B2B salespeople were involved in the research. This company isn’t alone.

Sales 28

Sales Marketing B2B Case Interview 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

In the 2001 recession, total sales for the S&P 500 declined by 9% from its pre-recession peak to its trough 18 months later—almost a year after the recession officially ended. We’ll focus here on what the sales organization should be doing now to prepare for the next recession, with an eye toward using new digital tools.

Sales 33

Sales B2B Tools Software 33

Prudent Pedal

JANUARY 21, 2020

Well-intentioned as it was, the result of all this “content” is confusion, indecision, exasperation, and, ironically, a slower sales cycle. According to the Corporate Executive Board (CEB), the number of people involved in B2B solution purchases has climbed from an average of 5.4 two years ago to 6.8 step into the shoes of your client.

B2B 52

B2B Sales Sports Marketing 52

Prudent Pedal

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Staff ineptness, website deficiencies, social media strategies, misallocated marketing budgets, the absence of brochures, lack of sales and marketing integration, CRM, or cross-selling demands are common complaints. Lacks understanding of the complex B2B buying cycle.

Marketing 45

Marketing B2B Film Sales 45

Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2016

For decades, Sales and Academia remained worlds apart and the business world did fine. But Sales is changing, Academia is out of touch, and this is bad for business and the academy. Sales was traditionally seen as a form of service work, with an emphasis primarily on developing moral character.

Sales 28

Sales Education Training Training 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 10, 2017

Sales executives with even moderately large, distributed sales forces rely on data to help them understand which activities and behaviors lead to the best outcomes. Refining Sales Team Structure and Roles. At the highest level, Workplace Analytics can provide a factual foundation for decisions on sales structure and roles.

Sales 32

Sales Software Productivity Data 32

Women in Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Disruptive technologies call for a unique marketing strategy. It’s a solid approach that has become a cornerstone of B2B technology marketing and messaging strategy because it works. The top team is KEY: CEO, the VP sales, and VP marketing. The most important opinion in the entire organization is that of the customer.

Marketing 70

Marketing Engineering B2B Guidelines 70

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Though the firm’s background is exclusively in pricing, in more recent years it has been breaking into other practice areas such as strategy, marketing, and sales. In 1996, Simon-Kucher opened an office in Boston and began to put more of a focus on its other three practice areas: strategy, marketing, and sales.

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Interviews Culture Case Interview Automotive 100

The Fearless Marketer

OCTOBER 1, 2018

They are typically titles (Patent Attorney, Management Consultant, Personal Chef) or labels of what people do (tax preparation specialist, training in communication skills). Instead, you want something like John Nemo’s: “I Show B2B Sales Professionals, Business Coaches and Consultants How To Generate Leads + Add Clients using LinkedIn”. __.

Marketing 54

Marketing B2B Media Course 54

Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

Brocade, a data and network solutions provider, created a “customer first” program by identifying their top 200 customers, who account for 80% of their sales. Brocade’s Net Promoter Score went from 50 (already a best in class score) to 62 (one of the highest B2B scores on record) within 18 months. The results?

Marketing 41

Marketing Agile Fashion Sales 41

Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2016

VP, Marketing, Communication, and Strategy 2011 – present. As the 8 th person to join this now 178-person manufacturer of recycled plastic building materials, created—from scratch—brand strategy and fully-functioning commercial infrastructure. Overall Strategy and Success. in revenue and 70 customers.

Resumes 28

Resumes Interviews Cover Letters Recruiting 28

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

New ideas and strategies while working on the projects, finding different ways of doing things more effectively; I started feeling enthralled. ” “I became interested in consulting while doing a PhD investigating regional economic integration in East Asia and Japan’s international trade strategy. .”

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Consulting Case Interview Interviews Engineering 204

LSA Global

APRIL 16, 2021

A Sales Leader’s Dilemma – Top Ways to Grow Revenue There are only so many actions available to a sales leader to profitably grow revenue. The art is identifying, agreeing to, and committing to top ways to grow revenue for you and your sales team. Which sales growth lever should you pull?

Sales 36

Sales B2B Training Training 36

Harvard Business

JUNE 7, 2016

Are there strategies you can use to jolt your confidence? Seek ways to incorporate their strategies and tactics into your leadership repertoire. Alex Mohler admits that when he first started as director of client services at Crubiq, a B2B sales company based in Raleigh, North Carolina, he felt like a fish out of water.

How To 28

How To Case Study Case Studies B2B 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2017

It’s common for leaders of sales teams to focus almost exclusively on short-term tactics and current operations while failing to think and act in a way that supports the longer-term needs of their businesses — and it’s hard to fault them. Splunk , a San Francisco-based B2B software firm, is a case in point.

Sales 28

Sales Case Interview Recruiting Recruitment 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2017

It’s common for leaders of sales teams to focus almost exclusively on short-term tactics and current operations while failing to think and act in a way that supports the longer-term needs of their businesses — and it’s hard to fault them. Splunk , a San Francisco-based B2B software firm, is a case in point.

Sales 28

Sales Case Interview Recruiting Recruitment 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2017

PMs must understand customers’ emotions and concerns about their product as much as they understand the concerns of the sales team on how to sell that product, or the support team on how to support it, or the engineering on how to build it. Cons: PMs have less exposure to company strategy and are just one of many voices of the customer.

Productivity 28

Productivity Management Engineering Case Interview 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 23, 2016

In order to create value in India in the coming decade, companies must have a mobile-first strategy. Recently, a Fortune 100 consumer product giant shifted its sales promotion strategy in India from coupons in newspapers to offers on mobile devices. It is another internet revolution, yet again.

Strategy 28

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Banking 28

Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 25, 2018

Now, B2B decision makers are actively looking for consultants online, and your digital presence can be a huge part of how you generate new conversations with buyers. This list does a good job of giving you a list of marketing tactics and strategies. Have a practical strategy to start implementing these methods today.

Consulting 68

Consulting Advertising Case Interview Conference 68

Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2017

For example, several healthcare multinationals we work with are actively expanding their local teams in Saudi Arabia and investing in improving their staff’s skills in solution sales, value-added services, and government engagement, so they can more effectively bid on tenders to equip new hospitals.

Government 30

Government Efficiency Policies Operations 30