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Implications for B2B Selling in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Mike Kunkle

[This article was originally published as part of the Sales Education Foundation 2018 Annual Magazine , co-authored with Robert M. Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Sales, Northern Illinois University Professional Sales Program ]. The new salesperson will need to find the “magic” that makes the next step plausible.

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The Sliding Scale of Sales Transformation

Mike Kunkle

Understanding general buyer personas and buyers’ journey or buying processes, including challenges, opportunities, impacts, needs, objectives, priorities (COIN-OP), decision process, decision criteria, decision roles, desired outcomes with metrics and measures, and consideration of both the decision makers’ business and personal needs.

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Key Account Management (KAM) – Research companies, use KAM technology and maintain momentum

Red Star Kim

42% Yes it’s all agreed 33% Yes but it changes 25% No How well do you understand the DMU and decision-making processes at your key clients?

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The 35 best pieces of sales advice for 2022 from sales experts

Zendesk

Dive in as they share their hard-earned knowledge on the following topics: Sales leadership. Sales careers. Sales performance. Sales technology. Sales leadership. Fix the problems.” — Ben Sardella , co-founder of Datanyze. Get down in the trenches with your sales team. “If Customer experience.

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Account-Based Selling (ABS): Everything you need to know

Arpedio

A strong collaboration between sales and marketing is inevitable, but also customer success, product development and finance, let alone the executive team, need to align and work alongside one another to deliver a tightly integrated experience across all business units during the whole decision buying journey – even after the sale is made.

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Remote Selling Viewpoints: Easy Content Management & Virtual Presentations

SBI

Remote Selling has become an important focus for every sales organization. Digital sales technologies, by default, are what enables remote selling. In this interview series, we ask executives at leading salestech companies to describe how their customers are leveraging technology, what metrics are now possible, and more.

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Seismic Acquires Percolate to Create Exceptional Content Experiences at Every Point in the Customer Journey

SBI

Doug Winter, Seismic co-founder and CEO. Seismic, the market leader for sales enablement platforms, today announced the acquisition of Percolate, a leading marketing campaign orchestration and content management platform. Bigtincan, the global leader in sales enablement automation, announced the acquisition of Xinnovation, Inc.