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Replacing the Sales Funnel with the Sales Flywheel

Harvard Business

I’ve been using the sales funnel for 28 years, my whole career. When I started my career, the most profitable application of force was in sales. Back in the 1990s, sales reps had a lot of information, while customers had relatively little. Sales reps leveraged that information gap to create a lot of trust.

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7 Key Decisions for Starting Your Consulting or Coaching Business Right

Consulting Matters

Your heart won't be in it, and your clients will know that you are trying to land them for the sale and not out of a heart of service. The Difference Between B2B and B2C Business Models. How you keep fear from controlling your destiny is not overcoming it or getting rid of it, but how you engage it compassionately and productively.

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7 Creative Ways to Boost E-commerce Sales

Tom Spencer

Here are 7 e-commerce marketing techniques to boost your online sales. Although 82% of B2C and B2B companies use email marketing strategies, only 28% of consumers actually wish to receive promotional emails more often. Social media is also a great way to spread the word about new promotions and sales, driving more traffic to your site.

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Recruiters You Should Meet to Staff for Success

Harmonious Workplaces

Without a recruitment firm’s assistance, a company’s internal staff must handle these tasks, which can detract from their core responsibilities and reduce overall productivity. Compliance and Legal Challenges: Recruitment firms are typically well-versed in employment laws and regulations. With more than 33 yrs.

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Bud Light’s Declining Sales are About More Than a Boycott!

Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

Lots of comments on this The Wall Street Journal story about the decline in sales of Bud Light , tying the sales decline to a “boycott” I’m skeptical of that line of reasoning. The big lessons from this recent decline in Bud Light sales: * Brand Purpose is mostly BS. It is too simplistic for me.

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B2B sales will never be the same

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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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5 Biggest Differences Between B2B and B2C Sales Strategies

Tom Spencer

To succeed in sales, you must know your customer. One of the simplest distinctions in sales is that between B2C, which stands for business-to-customer, and B2B, which stands for business-to-business. Simply put, a B2C sale takes place when your business sells a product or service directly to an end consumer.

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