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Nine insights: Sales processes and selling skills for targeting and meetings

Red Star Kim

Behaviour in sales meetings). This article is a reminder of the key points valued by the delegates: Nine insights: Sales processes and selling skills for targeting and meetings. While none of the delegates’ firms were actively using personas to drive targeting, they all recognised their value. Sales meetings.

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Selling challenges in professional services: Sales processes and skills

Red Star Kim

Nervousness – Shyness, modesty, lack of confidence and fear of failure can make fee-earners reluctant to organise meetings to take the next steps in building a potential client relationship. There is rarely a deep understanding of how disparate and disconnected decision-making units are across such large organisations.

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Context and curiosity drive commerciality and pricing

Red Star Kim

Context and curiosity drive commerciality and pricing By exploring key themes in commerciality and entrepreneurship, we saw why risk management and anticipating return on investment (ROI) is critical when making the business case for marketing investment. The crux of marketing is to anticipate (and meet) client needs whilst maximising profit.

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Sales Targeting Toolbox for Professional Services Firms

Red Star Kim

And to evaluate the relative attractiveness of different segments Malcolm McDonald on value propositions – How to develop them (kimtasso.com) In professional service firm (PSF) marketing there is the challenge that we often span both B2B and B2C markets , across multiple sectors and for sometimes hundreds of service lines in different territories.

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What is Buying Intent?

Upland

Buying intent , also known as purchase intent, refers to the likelihood and inclination of a potential customer to make a purchasing decision. For any company to make the most out of its products, it is important to understand and grasp the essence of buying intent.

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Pitching, differentiation and competitor analysis

Red Star Kim

Whilst there are many ways to differentiate (see below) it does imply that you will consider – from the client’s perspective – how your firm’s offering or value proposition is different from the competitors. There’s an introduction to value propositions at: What is a value proposition or USP – and how do I create one?

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3 CRM Models and How They Improve Customer Profitability

Insightly

CRM Models: How They Can Boost Customer Profitability. These strategies underpin the process of managing customer data, helping to ensure you make the most of the information you gather. With carefully segmented customers and a method for appealing to each group, you can attract and retain more lifelong customers and increase profits.