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84% of B2B Sales Start with a Referral — Not a Salesperson

Harvard Business

Outbound B2B sales are becoming less and less effective. Meanwhile, 84% of B2B buyers are now starting the purchasing process with a referral, and peer recommendations are influencing more than 90% of all B2B buying decisions. First, three out of four B2B buyers rely on social media to engage with peers about buying decisions.

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4 Ways for B2B Businesses to Keep Their Customers

Harvard Business

According to Gallup , only 29% of B2B customers are engaged with the companies they do business with. Companies need a strategy focused on the future growth of the relationship as well as the bottom-line value for both parties. Invite a small group of customers to help you define your success metrics. Let that sink in.

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4 Ways to Improve Your Content Marketing

Harvard Business

With online technologies and targeted lists, this should be a cost-effective tool for separating the suspects from the prospects, accelerating customer conversion through the sales funnel, and, equally important, optimizing “data-driven marketing” by tying each piece of content to metrics like opens, reads, downloads, and so on.

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B2B Sales Hunters vs Sales Farmers

LSA Global

The B2B Sales Hunters vs Farmers Sales Model The role of B2B sales hunter vs sales farmer has been discussed in business sales training workshops for decades. Typically, B2B sales hunters focus on new customer acquisition while B2B sales farmers are responsible for nurturing and growing current accounts.

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How B2B Software Vendors Can Help Their Customers Benchmark

Harvard Business

Mainstream software companies are beginning to hold “ data mirrors ” up to their customers, allowing scoring and benchmarking of their customers’ strategies. Today, the data to answer those questions exists — it’s captured by the software-as-a-service firms whose services companies use to run their businesses.

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You Don’t Need an “India Strategy” — You Need a Strategy for Each State in India

Harvard Business

Already a large domestic market, Frontier Strategy Group’s estimates suggest the country will average growth rates between 7.4% Industry cluster metrics measure the size of the pool of potential customers for B2B or B2C companies, and market stability metrics measure institutional, business, and social stability.)

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It’s 10 AM. Do You Know What Your Sales Reps Are Doing?

Harvard Business

See More Videos > See More Videos > We have worked with several companies in B2B industries to use Microsoft Workplace Analytics as part of a broader effort to improve sales effectiveness. Related Video. The 8 Types of Salespeople. Only three are effective. 50% more likely to have weekly pipeline reviews with their direct managers.

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