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Under normal circumstances, you may have been lax in your pursuit of opportunities, going through the motions of sales activity without being intentional about the outcome of each interaction in the sales conversation through which you are leading your prospective clients. That won’t do as you sell your way out of a crisis.
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There are over 4,000 posts here at thesalesblog.com, a large percentage of them about selling, particularly B2Bsales, a good many directed towards the complex sales using a consultative sales approach. This post is a very stripped down explanation of how to sell effectively in simple sales.
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Imagine leading and managing that value creation process. That sounds like an awesome job, and we call it B2Bsales! Not all who negotiate do so with the intention of maximizing the value created for all interested parties. But, let’s be honest. Some negotiate only for their own individual advantage.
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