A complete guide to creating a sales plan for your business

Posted on 6:39 am, October 7, 2022 by Sandra

Introduction “If you fail to plan, then you are planning to fail,” said Benjamin Franklin – arguably the leading intellectual of his time. Plans and strategies are vital for the growth and success of any business. Many sales techniques we use are not sales strategies neither can they be construed to be a plan. A…

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What is Consultative selling and How to benefit from it?

Posted on 9:14 pm, October 5, 2022 by Sandra

Introduction It is worth noting that buyers want to be understood. As per reports, 84% of buyers are likely to make a purchase from the salespersons who understand their needs & preferences. At the same time, 57% of buyers state that salespersons lack knowledge regarding business. Buyers relate better with salespersons who can identify business…

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WHAT IS LIFECYCLE MARKETING AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT?

Posted on 7:16 am, October 3, 2022 by Sandra

Introduction Who is a buyer and who is a customer? And, when and how does a buyer become a customer? The difference is, with the first sale, the business has got a buyer, and when the business makes the buyer come back and buy more, they have got themselves a customer. A customer is one…

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Apptivo Product Updates as of October 03, 2022

Posted on 4:05 am, October 3, 2022 by Sravya

Apptivo is back to set up your business on high with some advanced features! Today marks a significant change in our journey as we have introduced modern authentication for all Microsoft users. Now, users have to reauthenticate with Microsoft to enable email Sync and email to case features with modern authentication. And, the Import feature…

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Apptivo Product Updates as of September 20, 2022

Posted on 9:32 pm, September 19, 2022 by Sravya

Find the Solutions of Apptivo relevant to your Business needs! Having the CRM without complexity might be the biggest challenge today, but you have Apptivo for the rescue. We continue to advance our product and integrations to reach the market scale growth in this fastening technology. Having Sync is one of the best ways to…

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10 Characteristics of productive sales calls

Posted on 6:57 am, September 15, 2022 by Sandra

Time is valuable for everyone! Sales calls need to be efficient, effective, and productive for both the seller and the buyer. The seller has the obligation to provide value and must convey it at every opportunity, whereas the buyer invariably undermines the same. Failure to convince the buyer of value will result in the sales…

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A Summary of Challenger Sales Model and Its Impact

Posted on 8:00 pm, August 24, 2022 by Sandra

Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2.What is a challenger sales model? 3. What are the pros and cons of challenger sales model? 4. Steps to adopt challenger sales model 5. How to apply the challenger sales methodology into your business? 6. Final Thoughts Introduction There are many sales philosophies that teach us that building relationships…

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What is the return on sales formula, and how do you calculate it?

Posted on 8:40 am, August 18, 2022 by Sandra

Introduction The best way to understand and determine the growth of the business is by calculating the return on sales ratio(ROS). The return on sales ratio is a financial ratio which presents you with the overall revenue (the profit) and how much is used to pay down the operating expenses. Today the business owners and…

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What is contact management? Differences between contact management software and CRM

Posted on 2:35 am, August 18, 2022 by Sandra

Introduction E-commerce has brought about a radical change in how we do business. In a traditional model, the customers find businesses and contact them. They used to find businesses from directories and word of mouth recommendations from people they know, and reached out to the businesses. So, in order to bring new customers, it was…

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30 Inspirational sales motivation quotes

Posted on 3:30 am, August 17, 2022 by Sandra

Introduction Sales is an important part of business. Even the most successful and motivated salesman needs to be pushed and pumped at times to reach the desired target. In reality, sales people face a lot of tension and negativity in their day to day routine work. Each deal they close is coupled with unanswered calls…

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