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There’s a common myth that every business will slow down over the summer months. School holidays, vacations abroad and increased summer activities are often blamed for the decline. But as a blanket statement, this is simply not true!
In an ideal world every visitor to your website, inbound call or event attendee would be a lead worthy of following up. However, in the real world, you know that leads have to be carefully sifted before you can pass them over to sales.
Many successful brands, leaning on their success in local markets, have taken the brave leap into foreign markets. Unfortunately, some of these brands have stumbled, if not completely fallen on their face. Here are some of the most common global marketing mistakes that companies can make.
Profiling the prospects, leads and customers in your B2B contact database is the best way of making sure you are hitting the right market segments and giving yourself the best chance of real engagement. We've answered some common questions on how to get the most from your profiling projects.
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At the most basic level, your sales team are tasked with a simple goal – to sell your product or service. Easy, right? Unfortunately, that’s far too simplistic to accurately reflect the time and effort that goes into securing a sale.
To the untrained eye, sales is a glamourous world of long lunches, travel and commissions. The perfect salesperson knows exactly which leads will convert into customers, and spends nothing more than half an hour sweet-talking them into a sale with perfect closing techniques. As someone who works i...
