Let’s say you were going to a wedding. You had the gift, decided on the outfit, picked a time to leave to get there on time, decided to use your car rather than you’re spouse’s, because it was more comfortable. Then you had to plug in the directions to your trusty GPS system.
What does your [...]

As sellers, we waste over 90% of our time. We need to find prospects, get them bought-in to the possibility of using our solution, get them what they need to understand our solution and how it might fit, get past gatekeepers, manage objections, get to the right people who will know how to buy us, [...]

These days we all use some form of social networking: it’s delightful to go onto LinkedIn and find colleagues from Europe who might have interest in a program with me for when I travel across the pond – colleagues that ‘know’ me well enough through my various on-line profiles to be eager to

dialogue with me,
discover ways [...]

Sales alone is not as effective as using two poweful models to help buyers buy: Buying Facilitation® , to help buyers figure out how, if, and when  to add a new solution, and sales, to help them actually choose, and purchase, your solution.
Confused? You’re accustomed to just using the sales model to place your solution. But the buying decision process is more [...]

Do you sit and wait for your buyer’s to close? They need your solution. They like you.

In order to sell more when using marketing automation technology, we need to enter the buyer’s decision path far earlier. But because marketing automation uses the sales model as its core thinking, and concentrates on solution placement rather than helping buyers navigate their behind-the-scenes decision path (necessary before they purchase) it’s hard to know when/how/why buyers will close, regardless [...]