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Sales Targeting Toolbox for Professional Services Firms

Red Star Kim

At the recent Business Development for Professionals – 2024 Virtual Conference – MBL Seminars I presented a session entitled “Supporting Fee-Earners in Sales Targeting”. Here is a summary of the sales targeting toolbox for professional services firms. So targeting is often more important and more challenging.

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How to improve performance and reduce stress, with David Meikle

Account Management Skills

We discuss: why David describes the relationship between the agency, the client and the client’s procurement department as the triangle of doom.

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New Directions for Medical Device Sales Reps: Carpets vs. Clinics (Part 1)

Corporate Visions

She loves being in the clinic talking to doctors, and she dreads talking to procurement staff, or worse, hospital executives. Sarah is a fictitious rep, but she reflects the experiences of many of today’s medical device sales representatives. Centralized Procurement. percent in 2016. It’s not the seller it’s the system.

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Reach beyond: A CX Moment with Mizuno

Zendesk

Since 2016, Mizuno has been the choice of irons for many players out of contract on the PGA Tour. Communication between departments is key Before Zendesk, Mizuno used two standalone CRM platforms for customer support and sales, which did little to provide insight into the customer experience. “It So, they’re their own department.”

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The ultimate guide to solution selling

PandaDoc

Probably the most popular approach to complex B2B sales, solution selling has been around for decades. It is still being taught to many sales reps around the world, and there are compelling reasons to do so. Personalization has a strong effect on sales effectiveness. Ready to fortify your sales pipeline? Simplification.

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12 Smart Strategies to Speed Up Your Sales Cycle

Hubspot Sales

Ahh, the never-ending quest to create the perfect, predictable sales cycle. To figure it out would be like discovering the holy grail of sales. But -- as you know -- the insane number of variables and blockers in each sale makes it near impossible to fool-proof the system entirely. How to Speed Up Your Sales Cycle.

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14 Questions to Ask in a Win-Loss Review to Help You Sell Better

Hubspot Sales

Win-loss review analysis is one of the most difficult parts of the sales process. If you won the deal, it's likely your sales team is at the bar tossing back a few drinks. In a 2016 study by CSO Insights , researchers found teams that regularly used win/loss analysis outperformed those that did not. Now let’s drink.