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Taking a Book to Scale | Nick Gray

Peter Winick

Creating diverse products from a book to reach scale. Using Nick’s book as an example, Peter walks through the process of taking a book from shelf to scale. Another component to taking a book to scale is moving the contents to versatile offerings. It’s usually some sort of a sliding scale based on volume and usage.

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LSA Global Delivers Sales Leadership Workshop for an Industrial Technology Company

LSA Global

The cross-selling strategy was part of a strategic sales initiative to grow globally while achieving economies of scale across markets, regions, products, services, and suppliers.

Sales 36
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Companies with a Formal Sales Process Generate More Revenue

Harvard Business Review

How well is your company managing its sales pipeline? Research conducted by Vantage Point Performance and the Sales Management Association revealed that 44% of executives think their organization is ineffective at managing theirs. Train sales managers on pipeline management.

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4 Ways the Best Sales Teams Beat the Market

Harvard Business Review

Digital channels have upended the well-trod ruts of sales and marketing organizations — already, nearly a third of all B2B purchases are done digitally. All of this increased complexity means sales leaders must rethink how they source leads, manage pipelines, and sell more effectively.

Sales 14
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The Growing Power of Inside Sales

Harvard Business Review

We spoke with Mike Moorman, a senior leader in ZS Associates'' B2B sales and marketing practice and a leading authority on sales management, about how inside sales (which refers to sales positions done remotely from headquarters, without face-to-face meetings with clients) is transforming the way that B2B companies interact with their customers.

Sales 11
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How Sales Reps Can Succeed in the Social Era

Harvard Business Review

The personal connection is equally important in B2B as B2C sales — so long as you are not just competing on price and there is risk in the purchase decision, prospects will always be inclined to buy from someone they feel they know, like, and trust. Deliver highly personalized service at scale.

Sales 8
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How a Fast-Growing Startup Built Its Sales Team for Long-Term Success

Harvard Business Review

It’s common for leaders of sales teams to focus almost exclusively on short-term tactics and current operations while failing to think and act in a way that supports the longer-term needs of their businesses — and it’s hard to fault them. Splunk , a San Francisco-based B2B software firm, is a case in point.

Sales 8