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B2B sales will never be the same

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Sales teams still relying on “old school” strategies and tactics will only go so far. They are prevalent in the B2C world, but with so much B2B buying and selling happening remotely now, Forrester predicts asynchronous video messages “will be an essential arrow in the seller’s quiver in 2021 and beyond.”

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To Grow Your Business Abroad, Partner with Local Influencers

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Influencers are much more than the “Instafamous”: They are diverse individuals with established expertise, expansive platforms, and refined strategies of engaging target audiences and shaping their behavior. Building an Effective Influencer Strategy. For example, consider Dez Blanchfield , whom I interviewed.

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The Social Cost of Bad Online Marketing

Harvard Business

In the B2C world, it is about sales and customer loyalty: not just getting your customer to click and buy, but getting them so worked up about your product that they’ll never so much as think about buying from your competitor instead.