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Why Buyers Don’t Buy: Sales Mistakes That Cost Consultants New Business

Consulting Success

Whether you’re a solo consultant or running a large firm, you’ll learn about sales mistakes that are costing you new business. In this article, Why Buyers Don’t Buy: Sales Mistakes That Cost Consultants New Business is a post from: Consulting Success And for the business you didn’t win, what made you lose it?

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3 Strategies to Boost Sales and Marketing Productivity

Harvard Business

A study of B2B companies found that just one in 20 was able to consistently grow sales faster than sales and marketing expenses. Research shows the three ways companies can do this are to refine the go-to-market model, turn every rep into an A player, and make sales and marketing support more efficient.

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3 Drivers of China’s Booming Electric Vehicle Market

Harvard Business

In 2022, new EV sales in China grew by 82%, and the country provided 35% of global EV exports. Norway, and other Scandinavian nations were early adopters of EVs, and Germany and Japan have long been automotive powerhouses, their EV markets have lagged in mass market adoption compared to China. While the U.S.,

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A New Way to Compensate Sales Teams

Harvard Business

Although the business environment is completely different than it was 20 years ago, the way most companies structure sales quotas and compensation has not evolved to keep up. To effectively compensate your sales team, follow these five steps. First, companies should determine their go-to-market maturity and set goals accordingly.

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Increasing Online Sales: Leveraging Consulting Services

Business Consulting Agency

In the fast-paced world of e-commerce, businesses are continually striving to enhance online sales, capture a larger market share, and boost profits. Increasing online sales by leveraging consulting services is good business. Work with expert support.

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Why Has the EV Market Stalled?

Harvard Business

Surprisingly, the EV market has stalled in recent years. Because the market has reached a difficult point in the technology-adoption lifecycle. Specifically, automakers and policymakers alike can no longer make plans based on what early adopters of EVs want.

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5 Ways Marketing and Sales Leaders Can Embrace GenAI

Harvard Business

Generative AI holds the promise of transforming marketing in all sorts of remarkable ways, but marketing leaders have been reluctant to embrace it and lag behind their peers in other fields. This and other findings emerged in a survey that the authors recently conducted with 600 business leaders from large U.S.-based based companies.