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The 14 Best Blogs for Small Business Owners

CMOE

There is no shortage of small business blogs out there. The CMOE team is attempting to make the process easier by highlighting the 14 best blogs for small business owners. We encourage you to carve out time to gain valuable insights from these blogs: 1. The blog offers numerous articles on each of those topics.

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“LIQUIDITY,” ORGANIZATIONAL RESILIENCE AND YOU

Strategic Account Management Association

The first thing we did was to classify the organizations, at which point four distinct organizational categories emerged: Hierarchical. Unfortunately, the amount of teamwork expected in matrix structures has not materialized, and rather than focusing on making the best possible decisions, negotiated decision making is the norm.

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How to seal the deal in a matter of days

PandaDoc

Closing a deal is definitely the most challenging and demanding part of sales negotiations with the customer. In our context, it means finalizing the negotiation process by setting an agreement. The first is the multi-level approval process, common for almost any company that has grown past the micro businesses category.

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Soft skills revisited – with a leadership perspective

Red Star Kim

Its four categories were cognitive, digital, self-leadership and interpersonal. The following month, McKinsey research (“Defining the skills citizens will need in the future world of work” ) into 18,000 people in 15 countries identified 56 foundation skills that will help citizens thrive in the future of work.

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Context and curiosity drive commerciality and pricing

Red Star Kim

Leading brands in all categories enjoy larger market share and superior financial performance as a result (see, for example The Financial Power of Brand Preference (forbes.com) ). Often, pricing becomes the focus of these negotiations.

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What Do I do with my Ambassadors?

Deep Insight

Some time ago, we posted a blog called Help! This blog is about the accounts with the best, strongest and deepest relationships. Let’s start with a quick recap of the five B2B client categories that we use at Deep-Insight: Customer Relationship Quality – the Strongest Relationships. We call these clients Ambassadors.

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The 4 Most Common Buyer Types (And How To Sell To Them!)

MTD Sales Training

They are nice people to be around, but find difficulty saying no and in negotiations tend to give everything away. In negotiations they start off strong but get bored and will often make a concession just to get things over with. This is the typical negotiator. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Big Stock Photo.