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The amount of consumer’ attention your business can get goes a long way to determine its sales success or failure. Everyday consumer life is filled with endless sales messages from marketers and salespeople. Traditional salespeople have done the rest of us great harm by embracing a self-centered and interruptive approach to selling products and services. ... Read Post
Selling is a very dynamic process, probably the most dynamic in any organization. It has so many moving parts, so many variables that it often becomes frenetic, chaotic, and reactionary. It doesn’t have to be that way. The key to success (in pretty much any endeavor) is being able to clearly identify the goal, define ... Read Post
To exceed your business expectations aim to bring more and greater value to your clients, do not hold anything back. This is the simplest and most effective way of truly building a solid relationship. Some strategies to create more valuable and long term relationship with clients: Really understand their needs, you got to think like ... Read Post
In this series, we’ve covered why CRM has failed in the past, what is really needed for a CRM today, what we at Pipeliner are doing about it, just how Pipeliner empowers salespeople, and where CRM should be in the future. For our final article in the series, let’s talk about why CRM is so ... Read Post
Everybody’s Talking at Me, I Don’t Hear a Word They’re Saying – Ten Steps to Better Concentration Harry Nilsson’s classic, “Everybody’s Talkin” was released in 1968. That same year I started work at Valley View Farms Country Store and Produce Market in Cockeysville, MD (you can’t make this stuff up). On Saturdays, I worked at ... Read Post
We all know that the business world changed permanently as a result of the recession that began in 2008. We’re all familiar with the enhanced power of purchasing, emboldened strategic procurement practices, and very deliberate attempts to squeeze most, if not all, of the profit from suppliers who compete fiercely and are often desperate. We ... Read Post
If one flat statement could be made about today’s sales environment, “It is really complex” would certainly serve. Going back in time, there were 2 basic sales jobs—a salesperson and a sales manager. Today we have field sales, inside sales, SDR sales, vertical sales, horizontal sales, and more. Sales has become a complex team sport ... Read Post
In this series, we’ve covered why CRM has failed in the past, what is really needed for a CRM today, what we at Pipeliner are doing about it, and just how Pipeliner empowers salespeople. Now, where should CRM be as we move out into the future? And how should CRM relate to the ongoing digital ... Read Post
