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

    Dreamforce 2014: Tradeshow Consensus Team

    Consensus Team @ DreamForce 2014: Consensus sent a contingent of some of our most high powered executives and sales guys to participate in Dreamforce, the mega trade show...

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    The 4 Funniest Mistakes We've Encountered (and Made) This Week

    “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” I promise I’m not giving you an English lesson. In fact, I have made many of these mistakes myself, and without acknowledging...

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    The Benefits of Automation: Can They Apply to Product Demos?

    We generally think of automation as a way to save time. And we often only think about automating tasks that make us want to pull our hair out with frustration or boredom. This...

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    The New Sales Methodology: 3 Key Relationships

    By Hilary Bird, Marketing at Consensus, @Hilbonix Today’s sales world is a lot different than it was 100 years ago. The thing is, salespeople haven’t really updated their sales...

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    How Much Demo Do You Really Need?

    By Peter Cohan, Founder and Principal of The Second Derivative Imagine you’ve decided you need to improve your sales forecast and pipeline management system – you are using...

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    4 Tips to Finding a Useful Reseller Partnership

    Source: Flickr Alfonso Pierantonio, Licensed under CC One of the most frequent preoccupations (and stresses) of SaaS leadership is how to expand reach and sell to more...

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    How Demo Automation is the New Printing Press

    The printing press revolutionized the world by making knowledge easily and quickly accessible to anyone. Before its arrival, all written material had to be hand copied. So how...

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    What are Product Integrations and How Can They Be Useful to You?

    By Scott Rafferty @Scott_Rafferty These days product integrations are one of those buzz terms you hear about on an almost-annoying frequency. Well, there’s a good reason for that...

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    Are Product Demos a Waste of Time?

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    When is the Right Time for a Live Product Demo?

    Source: Flickr, Hiking Artist, licensed under CC There are many different sales methodologies out there in the world and all of them claim to have the most effective sales...

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    How to Demo: 3 Tips for Product Managers

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    Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are — TED Talk

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    Infographic: The History of Selling

    Here at CONSENSUS™, we firmly believe that demo automation is the next big thing. It fills in the gaps between sales and marketing automation and streamlines the way businesses...

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    Delivering Effective Product Demos Tip #1: Don't Demo

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    How to Avoid Bad Sales Demos by Using Old School Wisdom

    Think back to when you were a fourth or fifth grader and assigned your very first solo presentation. You got an adrenaline rush just thinking about doing that presentation due...

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