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It's The Experience, Stupid!
Take a few minutes and read through all the statements of value on your web site and in your recent proposals. Think about the value propositions you have articulated during customer calls over the last few months. Do they strike you as static statements? Or do they communicate a sense of a living, dynamic, ongoing, integrated, valuable experience?

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Product Packaging The Secret to Selling a Commodity Product
In the world of marketing, perception is reality. You can use that to your advantage if you sell a commodity product. This article gives you a good example of how to package a commodity product for higher profits.

ROI Based Marketing and Sales Strategy
If you are not sure that you need an ROI based marketing and sales strategy, think about the following for a few minutes: • 81% of buyers expect vendors to quantify the business value of their product or service, meaning 60% more projects are likely to be approved (Information Week). • According to an Ernst & Young study, only 2% of the buyers say vendors are exceeding their expectations for ROI justification during the sales cycle. This means 98% of the time sales professionals miss an opportunity to win the deal.

DOING BUSINESS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT – PART III
In many cases, the government and its established vendors require you to have a GSA schedule to respond to a government requirement. The reason for this is the Schedule has pre-negotiated rates and prices, so the government and its vendors know that these rates and prices are fair and reasonable.
The Magic of Social Media and Why Your Organization Can’t Ignore it
The Internet has evolved from a curiosity, to a two-way communication platform dominated by academia, and then to a commerce platform that has threatened to make conventional shopping and “business as usual” obsolete. But with that transformation came an example of the law of unintended consequences: consumers became jaded. Barraged by email, banner ads, pop-ups, pop-unders and multi-media online infomercials, the consumer felt more like a commodity than ever. And they started fighting back. Internet users banded together on primitive discussion boards where they found a voice. They were able to communicate with each other, make recommendations, air complaints, and generally provide instant feedback on the quality of goods and service being provided across the ‘Net as well as by traditional land-based (brick and mortar) vendors.

CREDIT BASED VS NON-CREDIT BASED FINANCING
When it comes to non-credit based small business financing, the benefits are evident. There is a very good chance you will be able to take advantage of great interest rates as long as your established business credit is favorable. Non-credit based small business financing comes in many different forms and is an excellent way to begin building your relationships with vendors. Many vendors will extend credit without a credit check if you have your Tax-ID number and a few other solidifying factors.
Top Salespeople Avoid Commodity Selling
If your pushing products/service you may be turning your product/service into a price driven commodity. With small changes in how you approach, talk and present can take you out of the price driven commodity race.

Move Into China By Emptoris A Bold Act Based On Solid Research, or A Reckless Gamble Based on Global Market Share Aspirations?
Chinese enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors have been able to defend the challenge from global ERP leaders such as SAP and Oracle. This article seeks possible reasons for major international ERP vendors not being able to dominate the Chinese ERP market. Taking an ensemble view of technology, we conceptualize ERP systems as being embedded in complex social contexts, which heavily influence ERP implementation and use. Based on this conceptualization, we contend that a historical perspective and a social-cultural perspective can offer a rich understanding on ERP implementations in China.
Fiat Money vs. Commodity Money
As the world economies have embraced fiat money over commodity money we stand on dangerous ground. United States debt and World debt have reached record proportions. This crippling debt sees no foreseeable end and the roots can be traced to the twentieth century shift of thought between fiat and commodity money.
How the 5 Stages of Change Can Help Buyers Buy
It's a tough economy, no doubt about it. And though the pace of business is accelerating, some businesses are taking longer to make buying decisions. When the people talking with vendors and potential vendors are hesitant, they could be concerned about making a wrong move and losing their job over it. Yet change happens, and prospects do decide to make positive changes and buy. So it's useful for any person in sales to understand the process by which positive change does happen.
Fiat Money Vs Commodity Money-A Raging Debate
Are you looking to become involved in the discussion surrounding fiat money vs. commodity money? Many people are trying to learn more about this discussion as countries around the world are running up debt. America is not exempt from this either as seen by the trillions currently owed by the United States government. Commodity money is currency backed by a tangible object. Up until the mid-20th century, the American dollar was backed by gold.

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