If you're in Sales, you might feel like a closed sale is harder to get than ever before. But it’s not necessarily your fault. Chances are, the buying group is also complicating...
read moreIs Your Sales Content Personal But Still Sending Mixed Messages?
by Garin Hess | May 22, 2016 | sales enablement, ceb, sales, b2b sales, consensus
How to Get Customized Content to Buyers Before Sales Can Arrive
by Garin Hess | Mar 14, 2016 | b2b, sales cycle, ceb, sales, b2b sales, technology, sales automation, consensus
By now, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a salesperson who doesn’t extol the virtues of being able to deliver customized content to their prospective buyers.
read moreConsensus Buying is Stalling Solution Selling and Disrupting Go to Market Strategy
by Garin Hess | Feb 15, 2016 | b2b, ceb, sales, b2b sales, challenger sale, challenger customer
"It’s important to note that a majority of B2B sales reps miss a huge opportunity every day. This is usually not based on a lack of intelligence, but on a flaw within many...
read moreThe Truth About Breaking and Building Mental Models
by Garin Hess | Nov 11, 2015 | Business Development, b2b, the challenger customer, b2b marketing, ceb, sales, Marketing, b2b sales
To build B2B buying consensus, you don’t need to continually refine how customers perceive you. What customers need is a significantly more refined view of how they perceive...
read moreCEB: Don't Sell, Coach Instead
by Garin Hess | Oct 29, 2015 | sales enablement, ceb, sales, b2b sales, mobilizer, challenger customer
It’s not enough to just sell when your prospects have already heard the same features and benefits spiel from all of your competitors.
read moreIt Is Not Enough to Have a Sales Champion
by Garin Hess | Oct 15, 2015 | buyer enablement, b2b, ceb global, ceb, sales, b2b sales, mobilizer, challenger sale, buying consensus, challenger customer
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.
read moreIt’s not you, it’s them: 5.4 stakeholders create group buying dysfunction
by Garin Hess | Oct 08, 2015 | b2b, ceb global, ceb, sales, ceb summit, b2b sales, challenger sale, challenger customer
If you had a hunch your B2B sales job was getting more difficult, new research proves you’re right.
read moreCEB's New Book, The Challenger Customer, Unlocks Group Buying Consensus
by Garin Hess | Sep 30, 2015 | b2b, ceb, sales, b2b sales, productivity, 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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