"Hey Alain, ABC inc. made us an absolutely fantastic offer, really hard to turn down. Here are the details. We would love to keep working with you but is there something you can do to match their offer? » Is this the kind of reaction…. Read More
Category: Business Development
You will surely agree that all sales leads from inbound marketing do not have the same priority. Then, how can you differentiate and treat them appropriately, within a sales cycle? A reminder about Inbound Marketing Inbound marketing is a set of tactics, tools and technologies…. Read More
Which Canadian manufacturing, IT or service company has not, at some point in time, had intentions to export to our neighbors down south? Before taking on the US Apart from the regulatory and logistical questions,difficulties often come from a flawed game plan, the choice of tactics that…. Read More
Did you read the last 2 blog articleds on direct marketing written by Nathalie Pilon, our Vice-President of Strategy? "Does direct marketing still work in 2014? " and "B2B Direct Marketing: Measure and follow up with the sales team ", they will give you an excellent starting…. Read More
In recent days, I’ve coached sales teams in order to make the most of their accounts. They were asked to provide me with an action plan to get the most out of each of them. In this test, one submitted a plan that combines strategy,…. Read More
Who has never heard of the sales funnel? Who in sales doesn’t use one? Entrepreneurs should use this tool to preview sales and revenues but how many of them neglect this fantastic tool to generate forecasts? Here are some friendly reminders coming from everyday situations.…. Read More
In B2B sales, it is general knowledge that 80% [1] of leads and qualified prospects that are interested in your offer, are not ready to buy (from you or your competitors) for 24 months, and this after trying between 8 to 12 times to reach…. Read More
Did you know that 17% of medium-sized[1] Canadian companies have shut their doors between 2007 and 2010? That’s one out of six[2]! Apart from macro-economic and cyclical factors that have contributed to this sad statistic, several of them had failed to properly plan strategically. This…. Read More
The concept of virtual community appeared around 1985. This phenomenon became bigger when internet appeared, and even more with “web 2.0”. Nowadays, there are numerous virtual communities in B2B. Let’s take a look at internal virtual communities. The time when companies tried to set up…. Read More
Many manufactures rely on agents to represent them in niche markets or remote geographical territories. Countless complain about the results, but in return, award them with blind trust. You begin to wonder if these agents are actually “secret” agents. The agents Here, B2B manufacturers export…. Read More