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Context and curiosity drive commerciality and pricing

Red Star Kim

The crux of marketing is to anticipate (and meet) client needs whilst maximising profit. Price is a major driver of profit. Often, pricing becomes the focus of these negotiations. To keep things balanced, Ronald J Baker (US accountant) wrote “Implementing value pricing – a radical model for professional firms” in 2010.

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Selling challenges in professional services: Sales processes and skills

Red Star Kim

78% Revenue/profit 78% Pitches/tenders 56% Additional revenue from existing clients 56% Referrals and recommendations 33% New clients/transactions 22% New leads, enquiries or opportunities generated How familiar are you with the concept of the DMU?

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Sales Targeting Toolbox for Professional Services Firms

Red Star Kim

Our target markets span large and small businesses; private, public sector and not for profit sectors; centralised and decentralised buying processes; procurement and user-led purchasing behaviour. Essentially a focus on the most profitable clients. So targeting is often more important and more challenging.

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30 Books Every Entrepreneur Should Have on Their Shelf

Hubspot Sales

Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose " by Tony Hsieh. I think the biggest takeaway is to learn just how close (and how often) Zappos was to failure as it grew to finally turn a profit.". The authors launched their profitable virtual assistant business in just one day.

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Which Type of Sales Job Is Right for You?

Hubspot Sales

The former offers a greater sense of security, but the latter can be incredibly profitable -- assuming you’re good at your job. Since 2010, the number of businesses bringing on board SDRs with less than one year of experience has increased four times. It’s even more important to keep in mind the average and median pay of the role.

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Top 7 enterprise software companies to adopt in 2021

PandaDoc

In 2010, co-founder and CEO of Salesforce, Marc Benioff was quoted as saying. Customers of Atlassian have included organizations like NASA, the Daily Telegraph, and the non-profit Code.org. Automated reminders and real-time in-platform editing for clients and employees alike help keep negotiations running smoothly and quickly.

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Top 7 enterprise software companies to adopt in 2021

PandaDoc

In 2010, co-founder and CEO of Salesforce, Marc Benioff was quoted as saying. Customers of Atlassian have included organizations like NASA, the Daily Telegraph, and the non-profit Code.org. Automated reminders and real-time in-platform editing for clients and employees alike help keep negotiations running smoothly and quickly.