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Six Buyer Excuses and How to Respond

Revenue Storm

3: “The decision is going to be made on price.” – Unless you are in a totally transactional sale, this is rarely ever true. In a B2B sales environment, there are always multiple influences that will come into play from people who are not interested in price. 5: “The procurement process will be easy.” – It never is!

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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. Why assessing the degree of complexity of sales correctly matters. Here is why.

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The Four Buying Influences to Identify in Manufacturing Sales

Miller Heiman Group

However, four common buying influences in manufacturing include: Procurement: Also called Purchasing in some organizations, these buying influences are primarily concerned with price. To address these concerns, your sellers can focus on how your reliable supply chain and superior product quality reduces downtime and total cost of ownership.

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Head of Remote Work: A New Role for a New Workforce

Showpad

That means existing types of technology must be magnified or new forms must be procured and scaled — quickly. Integrating virtual tools with your existing sales tech stack. Their job responsibilities, quotas and sales techniques must migrate in parallel with an evolving company tech stack.

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Chief Customer Officer: A Direct Competition to Chief Marketing Officer or a Resourceful Ally

SmartKarrot

A CMO previously focused on procuring leads for the sales team. The CMO need not feel threatened with the CCO but needs to keep changing times and customer as the core value in the post-sales environment. CMO+CCO= Great for the Company. As per Gartner , 81% of marketers expect to compete mostly based on CX.

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Landing Your First Enterprise Client

SmartKarrot

Important enterprise sales terminology that every B2B SaaS company should be aware of. Your new sales environment will only stabilize if specific conceptual pillars are provided. Some sales concepts can show founders are equally clueless, just as catchphrases show a salesperson knows nothing about business or engineering.