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7 Consulting Proposal Tips to Close That Sale

Tom Spencer

Writing a consulting proposal that closes a sale can be challenging, and as a result it may be difficult to figure out why your proposals are getting rejected. Have a Sales Conversation First. If they’re not crazy about the idea, you need to do a better job of selling your company and the ROI you can provide. Keep it Brief.

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B2B Salespeople Need to Act More Like Travel Agents

Harvard Business

Consider what’s happened with travel: With the explosion of internet travel sites in the 2000s, consumers took charge of their own travel, and travel agencies hemorrhaged business. According to the travel and leisure marketing firm MMGY, the use of travel agents increased by 50% from 2014 to 2015.

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Pay your team right: A comprehensive guide to compensation

Asamby Consulting

Example: You have been a travel agent with a business travel agency for 10 years. You now enter a luxury, bespoke travel provider. Very common in sales roles, the commission is a percentage of some form of transaction that the employee gets. For a sales role, the commission might be 0.5% of the transaction volume.

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Attended vs. Unattended RPA: It Doesn’t Need to be an Either-Or

1 to 1

Industries that can particularly benefit from automation run the gamut: retail, healthcare, automotive, government, communications, travel and hospitality, financial services, and insurance. And RPA can help employees across the board in an organization: customer care, sales, finance, HR, supply chain, IT, and procurement.

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To Grow Your Business Abroad, Partner with Local Influencers

Harvard Business

And they can be very expensive — in addition to overseas business travel, local distribution partner relationships require significant up-front investment to get started and to manage effectively. million RMB (nearly $500,000) in sales of a limited-edition handbag in just six minutes. A New Type of Local Partner.

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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. In the public sector, return on basic research has been estimated to be between 30% and 100%.

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Consulting vs. Coaching

Consulting Matters

The easiest way to know the difference between these two models is who will be paying you - the organization or the individual and the expected ROI. As long as you're skilled at sales and negotiations, you can easily land a single a client that could provide a good portion of your annual income.