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Sales team management - HBR
Find new ideas and classic advice for global leaders from the world's best business and management experts.
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Research: Smaller, More Precise Discounts Could Increase Your Sales
Retailers might think that bigger discounts attract more customers. But new research suggests that’s not always true. Sometimes, a smaller discount that looks more precise — say 6.8% as ...
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Major Sales: Who Really Does the Buying? - Harvard Business Review
However, the author offers three guidelines—make sure that sales calls are highly productive and informative, listen to the sales force, and reward rigorous fact gathering, analysis, and ...
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The Globalization of Markets - Harvard Business Review
Many companies have become disillusioned with sales in the international marketplace as old markets become saturated and new ones must be found. How can they customize products for the demands of ...
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Lessons from the Bud Light Boycott, One Year Later
Why did the Bud Light boycott affect the beer brand’s sales when many other boycotts have only marginal or short-term impact? An analysis of sales data confirms that Bud Light suffered a ...
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The Short Life of Online Sales Leads - Harvard Business Review
Companies in financial services, automobiles, education, software, health care, professional services, and many other industries have increasingly turned to the internet to generate sales leads.
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How Successful Sales Teams Are Embracing Agentic AI
Agentic AI is revolutionizing sales by enabling autonomous personal agents to work alongside human sales reps, identifying, nurturing, and closing deals across channels. This technology not only ...
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Integrating Digital Tools into Every Stage of Your Sales Strategy
Digital tools powered by relevant data can help to generate customer insights, better allocate sales resources, facilitate channel interactions, and improve brand value. But, like any tool ...
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3 Mistakes to Avoid When Setting Incentives for Sales Teams
Here are three common mistakes leaders make when trying to boost the performance of their sales teams along with ideas for how to produce better results.
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5 Gen AI Myths Holding Sales and Marketing Teams Back
New and disruptive technologies often generate both excitement and anxiety, and generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) is no exception. In marketing and sales, the buzz around gen AI is ...