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CRM Evaluation Center

Jul 24, 2008
Today's usage of Decision Support Systems (DSS), combined with vetted CRM knowledge bases, allows organizations to save time and money, achieving better and more reliable/fully-documented decisions, a quantum improvement over the widely-used subjective process of selecting complex enterprise software...
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Harness the Power of Your Virtual Sales Team (4 Pages)
by Dave Stein
Jul 1, 2005 Abstract : Early in the campaign, the important thing is to get all your team members on the same page, share available knowledge, and plan ways to gather other required information. The first few meetings should be formal, with a printed agenda, including clear goals and time constraints (showing respect for team members' time). This process, of course, is called 'discovery.'
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Harness the Power of Your Virtual Sales TeamPart 2: Making the Team Work (4 Pages)
by Dave Stein
Mar 19, 2003 Abstract : Early in the campaign, the important thing is to get all your team members on the same page, share available knowledge, and plan ways to gather other required information. The first few meetings should be formal, with a printed agenda, including clear goals and time constraints (showing respect for team members' time). This process, of course, is called 'discovery.'
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Harness the Power of Your Virtual Sales Team (3 Pages)
by Dave Stein
Mar 18, 2003 Abstract : The bigger and more complex our applications become, the less of it even the most articulate, intelligent salesperson can communicate. Explaining and managing that level of information and complexity to the different constituencies within the prospect's organization requires the assistance of application specialists, business consultants, product marketers, corporate executives, developers and other experts. And that demands taking a team approach to selling. If your team sells by the seat of your pants, you aren't driving a sales campaignï¾—you're driving bumper cars.
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Making the Team Work (4 Pages)
by Dave Stein
Jul 2, 2005 Abstract : Early in the campaign, the important thing is to get all your team members on the same page, share available knowledge, and plan ways to gather other required information. The first few meetings should be formal, with a printed agenda, including clear goals and time constraints. This process, of course, is called 'discovery.'
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Focus on Corporate Governance Requires a Business-Oriented Selling Approach (3 Pages)
by Dave Stein
Nov 25, 2002 Abstract : If you are selling products or services that are critical to your prospect’s success or for that matter, their very survival, your proposal will likely be elevated to the board of directors level for final approval. How do you sell at the board level?
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SAP sets up Apparel and Footwear team (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Oct 5, 1999 Abstract : At the end of September, SAP AG's U.S. subsidiary set up a dedicated team of technical consultants to assist apparel and footwear makers installing SAP R/3. The move follows a series of unsuccessful R/3 implementations that forced some SAP apparel and footwear customers to put on hold or completely abandon their R/3 projects.
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Acquisitions Fuel Vendor Growth in the Enterprise Applications Field (7 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
May 1, 2006 Abstract : Infor cites continued organic growth, license revenue from new customers, and install base cross-selling and up-selling as key growth drivers for the group. The acquisition of Formation Systems and Geac can only fuel Infor growth.
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Outcome Sourcing in the Outcome Economy (3 Pages)
by Bill McBeath
Dec 23, 2005 Abstract : The move to an outcome economy encompasses radical changes in the core elements of commerce. It requires a whole new way of thinking on the part of both buyer and seller—from buying and selling things to buying and selling outcomes.
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Differences in Complexity between B2C and B2B E-commerce (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Nov 6, 2004 Abstract : Business-to-business (B2B) selling has proven to be more intricate than business-to-consumer (B2C) selling, as B2B involves dealing with longer-term contracts and complex products with specific requirements that are not needed in the consumer world.
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