Consensus

The Scaling Presales Blog

Explore original research and thought leadership for Presales, Buyer Enablement, and B2B go-to-market disruption.

    Garin Hess

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    Stories About Passion and Entrepreneurship from CEO Garin Hess

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    CEB: Don't Sell, Coach Instead

    It’s not enough to just sell when your prospects have already heard the same features and benefits spiel from all of your competitors.

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    Kindness in Consensus Wins the Battle

    By Brett Merritt, Director of Content Marketing at Consensus, @brettcmerritt

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    CEB: Show Buyers that the Pain of the Same is Greater than the Pain of Change

    You’ve got your potential customer listening. Now what? It’s time to talk about your amazing solution, right? And tell them how great it’s been for other customers? Sure, you...

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    4 Things I Learned from My Mistakes at Zinch

    By Sid Krommenhoek, Managing Partner at Peak Venture Capital, @krommenhoek

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    It Is Not Enough to Have a Sales Champion

    You did it. You finally found a person in the company who is genuinely excited to talk to you about your solution. But guess what? That’s not enough anymore.

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    3 Factors Driving Group Buying Consensus For B2B Sales

    If your B2B sales process is anything like ours, your account development reps set a call with the first qualified contact they reach at a prospect company, that individual learns...

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    It’s not you, it’s them: 5.4 stakeholders create group buying dysfunction

    If you had a hunch your B2B sales job was getting more difficult, new research proves you’re right.

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    Emotional ROI, Part 2: Selling the Pain of Change

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    CEB's New Book, The Challenger Customer, Unlocks Group Buying Consensus

    Have you ever been in a group trying to decide where to eat or which movie to see? Easy, right? Wrong.

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    Conversations Drive Dreamforce

    Working for an ad agency early in my career gave me the opportunity to dive into a variety of client industries. One client was the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition,...

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    Emotional ROI, Part 1: The Risks of B2B Buying

    What do you sell? Is it a product? A solution?

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    Trish Bertuzzi on Buying Consensus

    CONSENSUS™ is conducting a series of interviews with sales and marketing leaders on the topic of B2B buying consensus. Several analyst firms, including CEB, SiriusDecisions, and ...

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    3 Things Successful Salespeople Always Do

    Guest post summary from Don Cash, SVP of Global Inside Sales at BMC Software

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    Jump Revenue Per Rep 233% in 30 Days

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