by Gerald Vanderpuye | Sales Enablement
Gamification may be a bit of a buzzword – my spellcheck doesn’t recognise it so I guess not everyone has caught up with the concept – but in essence sales teams have used gamification since the beginning of time. Contests to hit targets, rewards and SPIFFs have...
by Gerald Vanderpuye | Sales Enablement
Whether you’re a sales rep looking for ammunition to convince your boss you should be allowed to work remotely, or a sales director being asked to consider this option, this article is for you. Remote working is something that comes up a lot in tech companies. Most...
by Gerald Vanderpuye | Sales Enablement
Buyers’ perceptions of the archetypical sales rep don’t do us any favours. Many buyers think we’re going to try and sell them a solution regardless of their actual requirements, using manipulative or strong-arm tactics. From my own experience of working with...
by Gerald Vanderpuye | Sales Enablement
So you’ve got a fantastic product, you’ve identified a customer that could get real value from it, you know they have a genuine need for your product; but they don’t want to disrupt the status quo. They would rather continue to use a competitor’s product than switch...
by Gerald Vanderpuye | Sales Enablement
Many SaaS companies trying to sell to enterprise customers consider initiating a pilot programme in the hope that their solution will become indispensible and will be rolled out across the company. There are several schools of thought about SaaS pilot programmes, the...
by Gerald Vanderpuye | Sales Enablement
Having a fantastic product, designed to save your prospects time and money, improve performance and productivity, make them more agile or competitive, and drive business success is not enough. In fact many enterprise customers would happily turn down the opportunity...
