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2010 vs. 2020: 9 Sales Strategies That Changed Dramatically in the Last Decade

Hubspot Sales

2010 Sales Strategies. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics , from 2008 to 2010 consumer spending decreased in the areas of food, housing, entertainment, personal insurance, pensions, apparel, and services. In 2010, 7.2% Over the past decade, digital marketing has changed the way consumers make buying decisions.

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28th PM Forum Conference: Organisational culture, mentoring, digital distraction, ESG and client experience (2023)

Red Star Kim

28 th PM Forum Conference: Organisational culture, mentoring, digital distraction, ESG and client experience (2023) Reprinted from PM Magazine With 100+ people enjoying coffee in bright orange TUC mugs, the buzz heightened to good vibrations: Connecting with familiar faces and new friends, both old hands and the next generation.

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Beyond Basic: Meet Customer Needs with Hyper-Personalization

Customer Think

Despite what many brand executives think, most consumers who interact with the digital world would argue with the claim that, in this day and age, most brands have mastered personalization.

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Top Sales Tools of 2020 and the Digital Sales Revolution

SBI

Top Sales Tools of 2020 and the Digital Sales Revolution. At no other time in the history of sales have we seen this magnitude of choice in digital selling technology. Digital, at the time was largely confined to typing and storing word processing documents and creating spreadsheets to keep track of sales forecasts and booked revenue.

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Partner Ecosystems: How Partnerships Can Help You Expand Your Offerings and Retain Business

Hubspot Sales

Consider Huble Digital , our Global Partner of the Year. Huble Digital helped the British Council modernize its fragmented marketing processes by implementing HubSpot. HubSpot is a customer platform of solutions, spanning technical services, creative services, custom AI solutions, and more.

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Selling challenges in professional services: Sales processes and skills

Red Star Kim

Digital environment – Where people buy people, the challenge of forging strong personal relationships becomes more acute when most communications are managed through digital channels. This has changed the sales process fundamentally in many environments.

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Why B2B Marketers Need to Care About “Opportunistic Learning”

Customer Think

When I launched this blog in 2010, my second post was about “The Age of the Self-Directed Buyer.” One of the most profound developments in B2B marketing of the past two decades has been the emergence of empowered and independent buyers.

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