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10 Biggest Secrets Behind Successful Selling for IT Services

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Cloud computing is compartmentalized into three primary service sectors: Software as a service (SaaS) Platform as a service (PaaS) Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) Each of these models are distinguished by the degree of responsibility and ability to have direct control over available resources.

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Artificial Intelligence and the Future of B2B Sales

Sales and Marketing Management

It’s already available in software and on platforms. Machine learning software can help reveal which customer profiles are hot, decreasing the amount of time salespeople have to spend figuring that out themselves. Still feel fishy about adopting AI? Want proof? God rest their souls.)

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What Is the Cost of An Inefficient RFP Process?

Sales and Marketing Management

Organizations delay investing in new RFP software for a lot of reasons; maybe legacy systems are doing an adequate job or perhaps there’s a belief that manual RFP work and analog processes are saving the company money. Without RFP software, a company limits the collaborative potential of its team. What is the real cost of inefficiency?

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Products vs. Services: The Real Marketing Difference

Sales and Marketing Management

And when services involve something like Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), it can get even murkier. Marketing to people transitioning from on-premises software to SaaS means selling something with components that aren’t tangible. Late adopters won’t be interested; early adopters are often doing their own research.

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How to Craft a Concise and Effective Sales Proposal

Sales and Marketing Management

Research happenings within the customer’s industry and within their specific business. If you tastefully adopt their color scheme, style, and tone throughout the proposal, you will subtly reinforce that your company is a great fit for the project and shares similar values to their brand. Do your homework before writing the proposal.

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5 Smart CRM Hacks That Lead to Faster Selling

Sales and Marketing Management

According to the research, effective sales organizations are 81 percent more likely to be practicing consistent usage of a CRM. This is where CRM software steps in to save the day. A recent study proved that manual data entry is the single biggest CRM adoption challenge. Reduce Data Entry. What does it have to do with CRM?

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Rethink What You Sell – From Product to Transformation

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What we are selling is not the software product – the set of all the features, in their specific implementation – because there are just not many buyers for this software product. The software just happens to be the part we’re able to build and ship (and the means for us to get our cut). Selling the New Normal.