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The “Competitor” Question

Partners in Excellence

They don’t want the customer to look at competitors, they don’t want to make the customer aware of competition, they are afraid that bringing up the issue of competition might disadvantage them. I was doing a review with a sales person. I asked, what competition are they looking at, what do they think of them?

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How to Address "What's Your Price?" before B2B Sales Discovery

Iannarino

Many of the older, outdated sales approaches forbid salespeople from answering questions about price. These approaches relied on a B2B sales process that directed salespeople to avoid answering a prospective client's questions. This stemmed from fear. This is one reason sales is broken.

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How B2B Sales Professionals Differentiate and Win Deals

Iannarino

B2B salespeople have been taught and trained that their company and their offerings are what make them different from their competitors. This slide deck and the conversation answers the question “Why us?” This conversation ends with a question about the decision maker's pain points.

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A Short Success Plan for B2B Sales and Enterprise-Level Clients

Iannarino

Engage with Enterprise Clients : There was a time when my presence within a company prompted questions about my tenure as one of its employees. Allowing problems to persist creates opportunities for competitors to step in and offer solutions. Your triumph hinges on these relationships. cta_one]]

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7 ways to use the ‘inspect element’ tool for SEO

Search Engine Land

You can use it to diagnose problems, test changes on your site and even spy on your competitors. It helps to know basic HTML and CSS, but you can answer many basic questions just from the Elements tab if you know what kind of code to look for. This is handy for solving questions like: What colors do users prefer?

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Trade Value, Not Intrigue: A Better Approach to Sales Competition

Iannarino

One of the gambits that salespeople are taught to use is to claim that they are working with their prospective client’s competitor , often even naming the competitor. This move is supposed to imply that the competitor has a hidden advantage, motivating the prospective client to hire the salesperson to find out more.

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ChatGPT search feature rumors heating up

Search Engine Land

That remains the big question. Not to mention Google’s alleged monopolistic practices that have hurt advertisers , users and competitors. All signs point to ChatGPT launching a search feature soon. Rumor has it. Why we care. X things we know about ChatGPT search. That would be an example of a cool thing. Dig deeper.

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