The new year is almost one-month-old. In less than three weeks, the country has experienced a time like no other. Where the degree of uncertainty about our future has intensified. The chaos surrounding the vaccination rollouts and the political climate has altered the degree of hoped-for certainty. Such a turn of events has an impact. …
Future-Enabling Buyers Will Be Key In 2021 And Beyond Read More »
Over time, we can build assumptions about how things work. How things are supposed to be. Or we cement assumptions about what people think. Or how we expect people to behave. Oftentimes, we can create an over-reliance on past data and experiences to shape our assumptions about the present and the future. Due to the …
Will Pre-Pandemic Buyer Assumptions Prevent Recovery And Rebound In 2021? Read More »
Social progress has often been a marker defining history. In the last one hundred years, there are many examples. Women earning the right to vote. The civil rights movement of the 1960s. Legalization of same-sex marriage. These are just a few of many. Each with a narrative arc progressing from resistance to eventual acceptance. …
Buyer-Enabled Selling: The Next Progression In B2B Sales Read More »
Depending on the type of automobile you have, when you hit the gas pedal hard, there can be a slight hesitation. A hesitation that can be sometimes unsettling. Especially when trying to enter onto a highway. That moment of hesitation before the acceleration can feel like more than a mere second. We are in that …
For many leaders in sales and marketing, the year 2020 will go down in history as one of the most challenging in their careers thus far. The impact of the coronavirus pandemic will represent the most significant disruption in B2B commerce in many decades. We are witnessing the greatest digital shift of work and commerce …
The coronavirus pandemic will leave an imprint on B2B commerce for decades to come. In what lasting ways remains to be seen. There will be permanent changes as well as evolutionary changes. What we know now is that traditional buyer-seller interaction is undergoing its most significant change yet in the 21st century. The COVID-19 pandemic …
Why Buyer Interaction Design Matters During The Coronavirus Pandemic Read More »
When she blurted it out, it was so on the mark, I just sat there in silence for a few seconds. We have all had those moments. Those moments when we think – “why haven’t I thought of that before?” I was engaged in a helpful conversation with an Inc. 500 head of sales in …
Does Your Buyer Persona Look Like A Sales Call Plan? Read More »
