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B2B Salespeople Need to Act More Like Travel Agents

Harvard Business

By 2012, our research shows, nearly 60% of a typical B2B purchasing decision — researching solutions, ranking options, benchmarking pricing, and so on — was happening before the buyer even had a conversation with a supplier. The campaign has resulted in dramatic increases in marketing leads and sales.

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4 Ways Leaders Can Get More from Their Company’s Innovation Efforts

Harvard Business

One reason for the paltry performance is that while other business areas, like sales or finance, are considered to be core functions, innovation is often considered to be something that’s “nice to have” rather than essential. And there’s a fundamental conflict between innovation and optimizing an existing operation.

ROI 28
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How One Company Made Its Analytics Investment Pay Off

Harvard Business

Second, the ABU team is paid using variable compensation, based on projects that have been fully implemented and based on their ROI. Finally, the results have been presented at industry forums and recognized in international contests. Rigorous assessment of results. Recruiting this high-demand skill set was not easy.

Company 28
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Track Customer Attitudes to Predict Their Behaviors

Harvard Business

There’s a similar assumption underlying much of the discussion around how to measure the return on marketing investment, where it seems to be tacitly accepted that attitudinal insights are insufficient at senior decision-making levels, and behavioral insights represent today’s benchmarks.

Survey 28
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6 ways to renew (and stick to!) your CX vows

1 to 1

Invest and act on great customer experience Understanding the importance of building an organizational CX competency is a crucial first step, but without an executable strategy, organizations will continue to lag industry leaders. 3 questions to ask during this step: What metrics will you use to benchmark and improve the customer experience?

Metrics 26