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How complex is your complex sale? An analogy with Judo belts

KAM With Passion

Let’s look at a few typical B2B sales situations and match each of them with a judo belt. A procurement person is chartered to buy concrete for a construction site or stainless-steel bolts and screws for a maker of industrial machines. Green belt situation example: Acquisition of a CRM system .

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The importance of follow-up in sales

PandaDoc

Retained customers Sometimes, sales reps perceive retaining customers as less of a priority than attracting new ones. Granted, new business is always welcome, but standard sales training doesn’t always emphasize the fact that customer retention is much cheaper for businesses than customer acquisition.

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The Complete Guide to a Consulting Business

Hubspot Sales

These consultants address operational processes including procurement, outsourcing, supply chain management, and more. Sales Consulting. Sales consultants work to improve the performance of sales teams, regardless of size or industry. Operations Consulting. Environmental Consulting.

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Seismic Acquires Percolate to Create Exceptional Content Experiences at Every Point in the Customer Journey

SBI

Seismic , the market leader for sales enablement platforms, today announced the acquisition of Percolate, a leading marketing campaign orchestration and content management platform. With the acquisition, Seismic boasts a roster of 750 customers. Sales Enablement. San Diego, CA and New York, NY (November 5, 2019) –.

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How to systemise account management in your agency, with Alex Raymond

Account Management Skills

And also the distinction between new business acquisition, so totally net new, and expansion and retention of existing. You know, maybe they came down on them originally from a procurement perspective and kind of squeezed them dry.

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How agencies can use LinkedIn for growth, with James Potter, the LinkedIn Man

Account Management Skills

People traditionally think about LinkedIn as recruitment, which for the record is wrong, sales, which there’s a lot of, but it’s also used for other things now, like credit checks, due diligence for mergers and acquisitions; validation is the biggest use of LinkedIn now by a mile. Jenny 02:54. James 02:57. James 43:21.