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Tech Sales vs Management Consulting

Tom Spencer

As someone currently in management consulting who has previously done tech sales for a major software company, I was amused by Martin Keller’s article championing tech sales (sometimes known as consultative or customer success driven sales) over management consulting. Professional Development. Work-Life Balance.

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“Blue Collar” Sales and Selling

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I find the prejudice against working in sales incredibly ironic. It’s sales too. The VP of Marketing is selling the executive team on a new marketing strategy. 2) Will you decide to improve your sales skills, or not? Check out our privacy policy for details on how we protect and manage your submitted data.

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Bank Profitability: Decoding the Income Statement

Tom Spencer

Bank’s Income Statement It’s important to note that banks have diverse product offerings and client types, and the reporting of business lines such as retail banking, wholesale banking, and wealth management can vary between different banks. Banks typically adjust their lending rates based on the central bank’s policy rate.

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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

All lights were off except a spotlight on the presenting manager and the CEO’s reading light. Among CEO top priorities are sales growth and profit. Customer loyalty generates sales growth and profit. According to management studies, a key reason leaders derail is that they do not communicate well.

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Why I Rejected My Consulting Offers and Went Into Tech

Tom Spencer

For many ambitious university students, management consulting can seem like the ideal industry to start a successful and fulfilling career. Only after I heard from a friend working as a pre-sales consultant at a major software company, I realized that working in technology sales is much more exciting than I presumed.

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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

This might include advice on asset management, tax structuring, or capital structuring to reduce financing costs and sources of risk (e.g. For that reason, management consultants form the vast majority in the advisory branch – more than half of all advisors can be defined as a management consultant.

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Program – Baby Steps

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Generate $1 in sales within 90 days from this new revenue source.” My client thought to himself, “Shoot, even my 8-year-old son can generate $1 in sales from a lemonade stand on a Saturday afternoon. Surely my entire team and I can generate $1 in sales in a quarter.” It took them roughly 75 days to get that first $1 in sales.

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