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The Challenge of Selling Expertise (Not Product)

Strategic Account Management Association

When we talk about expertise, you could label it as knowledge-intensive business services or expertise-based services that don’t show up in a product catalog. These services are not documented like products, technologies or platforms that have solution sets customers can find online and have at their disposal.

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How to Get Your Startup Up and Running with a Business Incubator

Hubspot Sales

Over the last decade, founders and startups have turned to business incubators and accelerators to scale their business. The concept makes a lot of sense for entrepreneurs or early stage founding teams that want to leverage a defined process for success and transition to a sustainable enterprise.

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The Complete Guide to Sales Contracts: 6 Templates to Shorten Your Sales Cycle

Hubspot Sales

Use Contract Management Software. Implementing contract management software as the basis of your operations will almost certainly save you significant amounts of time, workforce, and money. Some industries have regulations surrounding quality assurance and delivery of service that must be adhered to and specified in the contract.

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Social Selling Applicability by Industry

SBI Growth

For example, Software and IT Infrastructure offer virtual rather than physical products. Buyers can make a purchase decision with little help from a sales rep. This makes these industries highly susceptible to social selling transformation. The onus will be on the companies to act decisively and quickly.

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TechTarget Announces Closing of BrightTALK Acquisition

SBI

Its solution combines access to decision-makers with a technology platform for creating online events. TechTarget was advised in the transaction by BrightTower, a software, information, and business services-focused investment bank. We are excited to join forces with TechTarget. About TechTarget.

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Top sales blogs all sales managers need to follow

PandaDoc

This disparity isn’t surprising, as a number of factors have come together in recent years to make B2B sales more challenging than ever: That same HubSpot report also found that 38% of salespeople say getting a response from prospects is getting more difficult. Adaptive Business Blog. What makes for a top-performing seller?

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Is Your Sales Data Causing Inaccurate Forecasting?

Tenfold

A 2013 study by business services company Experian has found that 91 percent of businesses suffer from data errors. With bad data prevalent, the decisions you make for your business stand on shaky ground. This makes an organization-wide data quality process even more important. Fixing Bad Data.