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Four Trends in Business-to-Business Sales

Dave Stein

Years ago I heard this aphorism: “The only thing that never changes is that things always change.” This is certainly the case in business-to-business selling. Successful salespeople anticipate changes in the market by watching trends and adapting where appro... More »

The ABCs of Social Selling: Always Be Connecting

Jill Rowley

The modern sales professional is actually not a seller, but is someone who helps people buy. This is someone who helps the buyer understand his problem, helps the buyer understand there's a solution to the problem, and helps the buyer understand why her company is uniqu... More »

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO DEPLOY A POINT OF VIEW SELLING APPROACH? – Part 3 of 3

In our second post, we discussed the five ways to tell if your sales organization is ready to elevate sales and deploy a higher-level selling approach, called Point of View Selling. Forum’s research shows that in today’s market, this approach makes a big dif... More »

2012 State of the Industry Report: Organizations Continue to Invest in Organizational Learning and Development

ASTD Research

Organizational spending on learning and development stayed relatively stable with a slight decrease from last year according to the findings of ASTD's 2012 State of the Industry Report. Organizations in the United States spent $156.2 billion on employee learning in 2011... More »