Harvard Business

MARCH 10, 2017

By seeing exactly where and how people spend their time — rather than relying on recollections, anecdotes, or assumptions — executives have a solid basis for taking actions that will raise productivity. The company had experienced lackluster sales growth, especially outside of its core product category. Related Video.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

They pursued a variety of tactics before the recession that were designed to fortify the firm when the downturn hit – moves both within sales and beyond like adding a low-cost channel to serve small accounts or simplifying the product assortment. billion vs. $1.2 Automate account management.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Sales leaders understand that these potentially high-value ideal target customers are looking for more than descriptions of product and service benefits. 3 Ways to Win Over Value Buyers Value buyers want sellers who have solutions to help them achieve key goals, not just products.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2017

To motivate, manage, and reward B2B salespeople, many companies use sales incentive plans that link large commissions or bonuses to individual results metrics, such as territory quota achievement. For simple product purchases such as office supplies, many buyers are self-sufficient. Shifting the pay mix more toward salary.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

If your business is B2C, the train is about to leave the station. If you’re B2B, the train is parked in the station, but it’s leaving soon. One of my favorite business school professors used to say, “If you want to build a great company, your product has got to be ten times better than the competition.”

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 21, 2022

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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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” ” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” Aron Vellekoop Len/Getty Images. Core Competencies.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Several words always come up in practically every discussion, no matter if the company is a large enterprise or a small business, B2B or a B2C, product or service, new or established. Things like organization design, training, improved processes, and new shared metrics and performance standards are.).

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LSA Global

APRIL 26, 2023

Top B2B Sellers How do top B2B sellers do it? Winning Bigger Deals The fundamental answer to the success of top B2B sellers is not that they work harder; it’s that they work smarter. Are your sales leaders motivating your sales team to focus on your clients or your products and quotas? Is there a secret sauce?

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Why B2B Sales Skill Sets Matter The overall commoditization of products combined with the added pressure of shrinking margins and increased customer demands are heightening the need for the right B2B sales skill sets to meet grow targets. This is both a B2B sales skill and a sales mindset.

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Women in Consulting

AUGUST 15, 2013

By: Jennifer LeBlanc In summer 2012, in partnership with our survey partner, The Insight Advantage , we surveyed B2B and B2C leaders about their experiences with launches within their companies over the previous year. Existing customers have increased purchases of existing products (21%). Acquired new clients (46%).

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

Marketers need to master data analytics, customer experience, and product design. Brocade’s Net Promoter Score went from 50 (already a best in class score) to 62 (one of the highest B2B scores on record) within 18 months. But marketing, like other corporate functions, has become more complex and rigorous. The results?

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Makarios Consulting

AUGUST 3, 2022

If you are a B2B company, connecting with your customers is usually as straightforward as getting on the phone or making an in-person visit with your clients to have informal (but informative) conversations. Are product or service choices shifting? You could put certain product offerings on the back burner in order to promote others.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 1, 2018

A Fortune 250 B2B company spent a quarter of a million dollars trying to solve the wrong problem. A new product line had failed, and the company believed the problem was either poor product delivery times or lack of effort by the sales force. Over 150 B2B salespeople were involved in the research.

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1 to 1

AUGUST 30, 2021

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. B2B sellers understand they need to change yet face challenges to creating successful digital-first sales experiences.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2016

” As Walter Friedman documents in Birth of a Salesman , sales wasn’t seen as a function that required specialized training or education until well into the 20 th century. And companies performed the training, not schools. ”In other words, why serve hamburger when you can teach people to cook steak?

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Women in Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

If you’re tempted to say that no one else offers the same product or service that you do, then there’s a good chance that either you’re kidding yourself or there is no market for what you want to sell. It’s a solid approach that has become a cornerstone of B2B technology marketing and messaging strategy because it works.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

For instance, we examined predatory pricing in the airline industry and illegal product tying by Apple, Microsoft, and AT&T. What I found particularly fascinating was the number of variables that needed to be taken into account while making strategic decisions on governance, production or any other function. We love it!

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Makarios Consulting

AUGUST 3, 2022

If you are a B2B company, connecting with your customers is usually as straightforward as getting on the phone or making an in-person visit with your clients to have informal (but informative) conversations. Are product or service choices shifting? You could put certain product offerings on the back burner in order to promote others.

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Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2016

” “Craft brand identities that position products and companies to capture #1 category positions. Attained #1 position in composite rail tie category and became the standard by which all other rail tie manufacturers’ products are measured throughout the U.S., Combine big-picture thinking with rigorous execution.”

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 22, 2015

Did you have any idea of what you might have wanted to do later, that you wanted to get training for, in all these broad areas, or was part of the process just exposing you to things because you didn’t know whether you would like them or not? I had a vague sense – I think that’s the best way to put it. Okay, great.

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LSA Global

MAY 8, 2023

The cross-selling strategy was part of a strategic sales initiative to grow globally while achieving economies of scale across markets, regions, products, services, and suppliers.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Agile Software Development track will be interesting for Scrum masters, Agile coaches, team leaders, project and product managers, and everyone involved in product delivery. The other track, Product Design and Management, will attract product managers, UI/UX designers, and researchers.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 22, 2016

B2B: Stands for “business to business” and indicates that a business is aiming to sell to other businesses rather than to end consumers. Deliverable: Work product that a consultant needs to provide to her manager or the client as part of a client engagement. Core client: A client that has a long-standing relationship with the firm.

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LSA Global

APRIL 10, 2020

We define B2B social selling as the ongoing process of leveraging digital channels to find, engage, and connect with ideal target clients. High performing B2B social sellers build relationships on digital platforms and turn online connections into offline sales conversations and long-term customer relationships. 80% more productive.

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Sales B2B Metrics Case Study 36

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Two-way video on a 4G platform will enable urban patients to avoid traffic and rural patients to consult remote specialists while making providers more productive with their time. This will have a huge impact on foreign consumer product companies such as Colgate and PepsiCo eyeing the market in India as eCommerce reaches scale in India.

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Prudent Pedal

JANUARY 21, 2020

Buyer’s journey mapping has grown in importance for professional services firms as more firm solutions have become productized. According to the Corporate Executive Board (CEB), the number of people involved in B2B solution purchases has climbed from an average of 5.4 So, you ask, how did we ruin buying cycle mapping?

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B2B Sales Sports Marketing 52

Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

B2B: Stands for “business to business” and indicates that a business is aiming to sell to other businesses rather than to end consumers. Deliverable: Work product that a consultant needs to provide to her manager or the client as part of a client engagement. Core client: A client that has a long-standing relationship with the firm.

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Consulting McKinsey Bain B2C 60

LSA Global

MARCH 17, 2025

maximize productivity. This leads to an ineffective emphasis on product features and benefits rather than client value. B2B sales success starts with knowing what matters most to your ideal target clients and why. This includes: Mastering product benefits and differentiators. close more deals.

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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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Sales B2B Research Productivity 36

LSA Global

APRIL 16, 2021

Growing Revenue is a Bit Like Training for a Marathon Defining strategies to grow revenue is a lot like preparing for a grueling race; there are multiple training regimens, but no single training plan works well for everyone. Olympics how they trained hoping to uncover universal themes. Surprisingly, there were not any.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 7, 2016

Alex Mohler admits that when he first started as director of client services at Crubiq, a B2B sales company based in Raleigh, North Carolina, he felt like a fish out of water. “I was still selling a product and selling a concept to people,” he says. If it’s too much, say so. He needed to have faith in his abilities.

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Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 25, 2018

Now, B2B decision makers are actively looking for consultants online, and your digital presence can be a huge part of how you generate new conversations with buyers. Selling productized consulting. Examples: How to Scale a Coaching and Training Firm with Mary Ann Samedi. As a consultant, your product is your advice.

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Consulting Advertising Case Interview Conference 68

Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2017

Despite lower oil prices, currency depreciations, higher taxes, and geopolitical uncertainty, the region is still rich in opportunities, from selling efficiency-enhancing technology to the Saudi government to offering Western products to 100 million Ethiopian consumers. Product adaptation.

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