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Streamline Your Sales Process With These Five Proven Techniques

YoungUpstarts

They don’t buy a widget because they like having a widget; they do it because they need it and it fulfills a particular purpose in their personal or professional life. Refine Your Sales Process. Sit down with your team and take a close objective look on your sales process. Hone Your Communication Skills.

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Prevailing Wisdom

Mucker Lab

1996 – “It’s impossible to get to build a billion dollar company selling widgets at $15 and taking $1 commission one at a time”. 1998 – “There is no room for personal productivity software startups – Microsoft will eat your lunch when you get big enough and Symantec will take the crumbs”. Evernote, Dropbox).

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Prevailing Wisdom

Mucker Lab

1996 – “It’s impossible to get to build a billion dollar company selling widgets at $15 and taking $1 commission one at a time”. 1998 – “There is no room for personal productivity software startups – Microsoft will eat your lunch when you get big enough and Symantec will take the crumbs”. Evernote, Dropbox). 2008 – “RIP, Good Times”.

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Hardware-as-a-Service (HaaS)

K9 Ventures

. $20K one-time) from the sale of the robot, but they would end up with a recurring revenue model, which would make for a much better business model for the company rather than selling complex widgets.

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The One-Week Social Selling Action Plan

Duct Tape Marketing

While big ticket products might carry longer and more complex sales cycles, high-end buyers are just as lazy as the rest of us, so they use the same methods: Google, social media, and yes, their inboxes. All things being equal, you may prioritize big data software companies over printing companies, for example.

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270+ Tools for Running a Business Online

mashable.com

Bootstrap – Online bookkeeping software that lets you track sales and expenses, organize your records for tax time, and more. Invoice Place – Online billing software that lets you track invoices, quotes, receipts and more. Gliffy gliffy – Online diagramming and charting software.