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Posted by Anthony Iannarino, Apr 18, 2022

No one wants to live in the Red Ocean, but if you believe the Blue Ocean is somehow better, look at the short time Netflix ...

Posted by Anthony Iannarino, Apr 05, 2022

To create a preference to buy what you sell, you must create some kind of meaningful differentiation. But most salespeople ...

Posted by Anthony Iannarino, May 12, 2021

The Gist Talking about your competition is tricky and can be harmful to your sales results. Any attempt to trash your ...

Posted by Anthony Iannarino, Nov 27, 2020

I rarely write about current affairs. I prefer to write about ideas that I believe will stand the test of time, work that ...

Posted by Anthony Iannarino, Oct 05, 2020

For a very long time, we used a small set of sales weapons to create and win new opportunities. Over time, we developed new ...

Posted by Anthony Iannarino, Sep 05, 2020

Beating out your competitor for a big deal requires creating more value for your client, especially when your price is ...

Posted by Anthony Iannarino, Jun 09, 2020

You have to be careful when and how you talk about your competition in B2B sales. It never pays to speak poorly of your ...

Posted by Anthony Iannarino, Jun 03, 2020

Much of the time, those of us in B2B sales find ourselves competing with a rival for a client. Someone wins, and someone ...

Posted by Anthony Iannarino, Feb 03, 2020

Be Uber. Be AirBNB. Be Facebook. Be a disruptive force and create a scenario and create a scenario where there is no ...

Posted by Anthony Iannarino, Jan 29, 2020

In Eat Their Lunch: Winning Customers Away from Your Competition, I wrote about salespeople who struggle because they try to ...

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