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The Four Buying Influences to Identify in Manufacturing Sales

Miller Heiman Group

In the past, manufacturing sellers could succeed by working with one or two decision-makers, developing friendships with handshake deals were agreed upon at the ballgame, on the golf course or during extravagant dinners. This statistic is reflected in sellers’ performance, as the World-Class Sales Practices Report revealed only 56.9%

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

KAM With Passion

In the world of B2B sales, the term of complex sales is a well-accepted term but what does it mean exactly? The core definition states that a B2B sale is complex when several people are involved in the purchase decision. Is this sufficient to capture the degree of complexity of a sale situation?