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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. Related Video. The campaign has resulted in dramatic increases in marketing leads and sales.

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Black Friday Roundup: Walmart has 10M Transactions in 4 Hrs; Exhausted Shoppers Head Home; Fights Break Out at Walmart; Real Fight is Online

MishTalk

Over all, online sales were up nearly 10 percent over last year by Black Friday afternoon, according to IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark. Link if video does not play: Wal-Mart Black Friday Fight Real Fight Was Online The Wall Street Journal reports On Black Friday, the Real Fight Was Online. On Friday at 8 a.m.

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4 Habits of People Who Are Always Learning New Skills

Harvard Business

If you want to know what sales skills and technologies are becoming most important, talk to some high-level salespeople. For example, I could spend weeks watching videos on how to set up a distributed computing system. Set a golden benchmark. Of course, that benchmark will change as you develop.

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Consulting Interview Questions

CaseInterview.com

If possible, some benchmark data -- either internally (against different stores, regions, plants, etc.) They can also refresh their sales and marketing approaches. Members get access to 6 hours of video tutorials on case interviews , the actual frameworks I used to pass my interviews, and over 500 articles on case interviews.

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Reality Check: How Fast is China Growing? Global Recession at Hand

MishTalk

Reality Check Please consider the following video presentation by Anne Stevenson-Yang. Link if video does not play: Is China Already in a Hard Landing? The video is very lengthy, but there are a number of speakers. Mish note: I question the above slide and corresponding video comment. Yang was the first speaker.

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Why Consulting: The 2019 Ultimate Guide

QEmploy

If you’re in doubt about how much you can earn, look at the benchmarks for your specific title and industry. Marketing and Sales strategy. See Qemploy explained in the video below. What can you expect to earn? Here are the results. Most in-demand projects. Growth Strategy. Opportunity Assessment. Business Processes.