The Center for Sales Strategy

APRIL 4, 2024

Sealing the deal is the ultimate goal of any business negotiation, but the path to get there is often fraught with obstacles and delays. Striking while the iron is hot can make all the difference. Closing a lucrative deal within a tight one-month timeline might seem like an impossible feat. However, with the right mindset, preparation, and tactics, it's a challenge that can be conquered.

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Nutshell

APRIL 4, 2024

You know what’s a surefire way to cause problems for your company? Having all your team members be on totally different pages from one another, without any kind of communication or collaboration between them. But assuming you want your business to succeed, we wouldn’t recommend that. Instead, you should make a point of connecting your different team members and encouraging collaboration between them on various projects and aspects of running your business.

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SBI Growth

APRIL 4, 2024

Every quarter, SBI conducts surveys to learn how CEOs and other C-level executives are planning for value creation and about the go-to-market strategies and tactics that will get them there. This year, we found that while many CEOs are confident in their direction, few believe they have the right people in charge, and time to productivity is slowing.

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Nutshell

APRIL 4, 2024

If your business schedules a lot of meetings — either internally or with clients — you might wish you had a way to make that process easier. Thankfully, there are meeting scheduler tools out there to meet that need. These tools allow you to easily schedule meetings and get reminders for them, as well as keep track of when you’re available. The question, though, is this: What’s the best meeting scheduler for you?

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2023's struggles fueled a shift: companies are ditching wasteful strategies in favor of data and AI-powered growth. Enter 2024, the year GTC takes center stage. Discover 5 ways a customer-centric approach unlocks new revenue and delivers lasting success.

Groove HQ

APRIL 4, 2024

It’s tempting to constantly focus on your company’s products and strategy. However, the best results often come from focusing outward on what your customers need and how they want to interact with you. In this piece, we’ll explore just what it means to be customer-centric and how to do it. What Does Customer-Centric Mean? Being […] The post How To Be a Customer-Centric Company appeared first on Groove Blog.

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Nutshell

APRIL 4, 2024

If your business schedules a lot of meetings — either internally or with clients — you might wish you had a way to make that process easier. Thankfully, there are meeting scheduler tools out there to meet that need. These tools allow you to easily schedule meetings and get reminders for them, as well as keep track of when you’re available. The question, though, is this: What’s the best meeting scheduler for you?

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Customer Think

APRIL 4, 2024

Premise: We are leading in a world that is constantly changing and at a pace which is sometimes mind-boggling. New generations coming into the workforce with a different set of expectations from all the other generations that are in our workforce.

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Help Scout

APRIL 4, 2024

There are several approaches to the software development process that prompt us to focus on specific priorities over others. But which one is best? Get our take in this post from the Help Scout engineering team.

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Account Management Skills

APRIL 4, 2024

Michael Farmer, the author of two key books in the agency industry ‘Madison Avenue Manslaughter’ and ‘Madison Avenue Makeover’, has studied creative agencies for over 30 years in his capacity as management consultant. He’s identified patterns and a worrying downward trend. Here are 3 of the trends: Scopes of work (SoWs) are increasing in volume and yet agencies fees are declining – but because agencies aren’t measuring their SoWs they don’t often realise the extent to which this is happeni

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Account Management Skills

APRIL 4, 2024

Michael Farmer, a management consultant who has studied creative agencies for 30 years, said this during our recent interview : “Account managers need to be more like Bain consultants” He was referring to the fact that clients aren’t seeing an ROI from working with agencies. His tip for account managers was to have a critical perspective on the client’s brief and ensuing scope of work and ensure it really addresses the client’s business problem.

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Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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