David A Fields

JANUARY 18, 2022

The post Could Your Consulting Firm’s Price Increase Tomorrow Help Sales Today? Fields Consulting Group. Let’s discuss whether that technique works or not. Your consulting firm is better at what it does than … Continued. appeared first on David A.

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LSA Global

APRIL 15, 2024

Developing an effective sales strategy requires a deep understanding of market dynamics and the ability to adapt to evolving trends. 5 Steps to Crafting an Effective Sales Strategy We know from our own organizational alignment research that strategic sales clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing sales teams.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 7, 2023

Business development and sales are two of the most critical components of any successful business. They are closely related, with business development focusing on identifying new opportunities and building relationships, and sales being the process of actually closing deals and generating revenue.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Best of Sales Conference Keynote Speakers: Sales 3.0 Las Vegas Nevada Last month, insights from Best of Sales Conference Keynote Speakers representing various industry groups, including CEOs, CROs, business analysts, best-selling authors, and experts in sales technology were shared at the Green Valley Ranch Resort Spa.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

Sales get lower. This filled my inbox with a few questions about why sales teams always want to discount. Incentives : One big reason your sales team wants to discount is incentives. Does the sales team get rewarded on profit? That will incentivize discounts because more sales is better. Profits do too.

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Clarity Consultants

MAY 26, 2023

The B2B sales world has completely changed over the last few years, and businesses all over the world are struggling to keep up. This makes a sales enablement program a vital tool when running a business. What is the Purpose and Goal of a Sales Enablement Program? That’s why a sales enablement program is essential.

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David A Fields

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Then, sales slow and you’re hustling to find more projects. Fields Consulting Group. Alas, as the brains and face of your consulting practice, projects seem to demand the lion’s share of your time. When you hit a winning streak, … Continued.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 14, 2015

SEABURY GROUP CONSULTING. Today, we’re going to be looking at the consulting arm of aviation specialists Seabury Group. As part of a group that’s focused on Aviation, Aerospace and Defence, you won’t be at all surprised to find out that consulting at Seabury Group falls fairly and squarely within the realms of boutique consulting.

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Management Consulted

MAY 10, 2015

HAY GROUP CONSULTING. In this firm profile, we do a deep dive into Philadelphia-based Hay Group, a darling in the boutique organizational consulting realm. KEY STATS FOR HAY GROUP. Hay Group Website: [link]. Hay Group Headquarters: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hay Group Employees: 2800 employees.

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Consulting Success

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Tom is the co-founder of The Sales Conservatory and CEO of The Conservatory Group, a management consulting firm where you help businesses with their management, leadership, and sales. But how does one successfully venture out of corporate? Joining Michael Zipursky is Tom Tonkin. Today he shares how he.

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Management Consulted

MAY 29, 2016

Boston Consulting Group on Strategy is a compilation of 82 valuable articles called Perspectives, 4 Harvard-reviewed business articles and 8 other articles written by various members of The Boston Consulting group between 1968 to 2005. WHY READ IT? QUICK OVERVIEW. INTERESTING BOOK INSIGHTS.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

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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LSA Global

MAY 19, 2022

Almost every business sales training program teaches how to ask effective sales questions. You need to know how sales questions build rapport with customers. One group was told to ask at least nine questions of their partner. The other group had to ask no more than four questions. But be careful.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Product-Oriented versus Customer-Oriented Experienced sales managers know that their team’s sales presentations should orient their messages toward the customer rather than the product. Yet research shows that salespeople regularly stumble headlong into a product-oriented approach when making sales presentations.

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LSA Global

MAY 2, 2022

Redwood Shores, CA – LSA Global, the leading business consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps fast growth life science, technology, and service companies by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with strategy, today announced results for a Consultative Sales Training for High Tech Channel Managers in Europe and Asia.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Value vs. Price Business sales training studies of both buyers and sellers report a recurrent theme — the importance of value. They know when to discuss price on a sales call. Money-Priming Experiment There’s another purely psychological reason to steer clear of monetary considerations in your sales process.

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LSA Global

JULY 17, 2020

Meaningful Sales Training Outcomes Require Meaningful Steps. To execute their growth strategies , CEOs and sales leaders often need their sales teams to behave differently by selling differently to different buyers. A Special Note about How B2B Sales Have Changed during COVID-19.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Here are a few demographic-related charts of the workforce, civilian non-institutional population, and jobs, by age-group, from reader Tim Wallace. Number in Age Group Employed. Percent of Age Group Employed Since 1970. In the 20-24 age group the population has grown by 1,625,000 while the number of jobs has shrunk by 362,000.

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1 to 1

AUGUST 30, 2021

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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Kai Davis

JULY 31, 2019

Should you use your CRM to track your sales leads? Should you use it to track non-sales leads? One significant advantage of using a sales CRM (like Pipedrive: [link] , [link] ? Pipedrive’s Activity Based Selling approach ( [link] ) is like a Vitamin B-12 shot for your sales process. The post “How does a Sales CRM fit in?

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Markovitz Consulting

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Recent research from the Boston Consulting Group confirms that employees can do better work when they’re liberated from much of the bureaucratic cruft that passes for daily management. Peter Drucker once quipped that, “Much of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to work.”

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

In the 2001 recession, total sales for the S&P 500 declined by 9% from its pre-recession peak to its trough 18 months later—almost a year after the recession officially ended. Prior to the past recession, both eventual winners and eventual losers in a group of 3,500 companies worldwide experienced double-digit growth rates.

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Chad Barr

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

I just received the new book, Nonstop Sales Boom , written by my dear friend, colleague, and client, Colleen Francis. The post Nonstop Sales Boom by Colleen Francis appeared first on The Chad Barr Group. The post Nonstop Sales Boom by Colleen Francis appeared first on The Chad Barr Group.

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Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

I started to suspect that I was when I was presenting some difficult feedback to a client about their sales practices. I had sat with over 100 focus group participants and heard story after story about the impact of the company's unethical sales practices on their lives. I didn't realize I was an empath for a long time.

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1 to 1

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Marketing and sales teams have traditionally had two separate objectives in most organizations: the marketing team works to get leads and fill the top of the funnel, while the sales team focuses on the bottom of the funnel and closing those leads. Lead prioritization is another people-based way brands can boost sales.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Are Sales and Marketing at Odds? Your ability and commitment to align sales and marketing matters. Misaligned goals, roles, scope, or success metrics between sales and marketing can greatly inhibit revenue growth, profitability, customer satisfaction, and employee engagement. 5 Steps to Better Align Sales and Marketing.

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1 to 1

MAY 4, 2020

However, it has not changed the need for sales teams to produce results. On a recent webinar, “How to readjust and future-proof your sales,” sales growth experts from TTEC addressed prevalent questions about selling in today’s new reality and shared proven tactics, tips, and strategies. This is especially true today.

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Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2017

So how can you improve your sales skills, especially if you don’t pitch people often? And what should you do if you lose a sale? “Many of them tell me that sales is something they never want to do in their careers.” ” And yet, he says, “Sales is the most fundamental skill.”

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Harmonious Workplaces

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

When auditing a sales report, the CRM manager notices the report omits contact information for many company accounts. The sales manager states that he doesn’t trust the other salespeople to not “steal his contacts,” so he does not report contact information, communications, or other data pertaining to his deals. Why allow stinginess?

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

Sales happens because a customer sees a solution that they think will create more value for them than the cost. If you know the answers to these two questions, you can begin to build a business that has a chance to allow you to capture some of the value you’ve created in the form of sales and profits.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

MAY 11, 2023

Improved Sales : This can come in many forms like less sales time, shorter sales cycle, more renewals, or winning new business. Reduced Sales Time: We get here with a whole combination of factors like better pricing, stronger positioning, targeting, branding, and more. Your sales can drive your valuation as well.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

Sales are falling. There’s a sales bump because demand is pulled forward. The bump in sales is less. Dave P.S. I’m doing a FREE ticketing webinar this week to try out some new ideas on sales/marketing/branding. appeared first on Wakeman Consulting Group. Okay…here’s the explanation for the graphic above.

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Action Plan

MARCH 5, 2024

I had published the InfoGuru Manual, and sales were strong. Soon after, I started my high-end group programs, and they were filling to capacity. So, I cut back the group programs along with my income and settled into working with people at a slower pace and enjoying life in my home in the redwoods with a river in my backyard.

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Chad Barr

JUNE 3, 2013

What are some of the challenges sales leaders face today and what do do about them? What are the attributes of the most successful sales leaders? And what are some of the key sales trends? The post Chad Barr Sales Conversation with Colleen Francis appeared first on The Chad Barr Group. © Chad Barr 2013.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 20, 2018

Not long ago, my company was the king of ineffective sales training. We’d hire and onboard reps and then train them in a hurried few weeks dedicated to shadowing sales calls, reading call scripts, and learning how to handle objections. As the company grew, however, I found that individual sales approaches were wildly different.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 10, 2017

Sales executives with even moderately large, distributed sales forces rely on data to help them understand which activities and behaviors lead to the best outcomes. Refining Sales Team Structure and Roles. At the highest level, Workplace Analytics can provide a factual foundation for decisions on sales structure and roles.

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Steve Shu Consulting

JUNE 20, 2012

Over the years, I have had to opportunity to manage different groups and perhaps more importantly observe how different managers and consultants face obstacles. For example, suppose the manager needs someone to serve as the principal consultant to lead a new group of services professionals.

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