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It’s The Consensus, Stupid*

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Buying decisions happen well before buyers consider your solution regardless of their need or the efficacy of your solution, marketing, or content. One of the first things they must do is assemble the complete Buying Decision Team to garner the consensus necessary for change. You just finished reading It''s The Consensus, Stupid* !

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Five Ways Leaders Turns Doubters into Doers

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said, “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus, but a molder of consensus.”. For instance, a business wants to expand its social media marketing. Armed with ready ideas, the lead team can decide who will post what and when, creating a consistent, time-efficient social marketing strategy. As Martin Luther King Jr.

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Content Marketing that Converts

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It's possible to use content to facilitate the non-solution-focused consensus and change issues readers must attend to as they ready themselves to make a purchase. Content marketing can help prospective buyers dispense suitable information 1. I get anywhere from 40-51% conversion with my content marketing. Buyers know this.

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How Sales, Marketing and Social Can Facilitate the Decision Path

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Sales, marketing, and social marketing attempt to place solutions and create relationships by supplying great content, discovering likely prospects, and creating trust. We can add these to the sales, marketing, and social models to truly serve our buyers and followers and close more. Consider leaving a comment!

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Steps Along The Buying Decision Path

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Consensus stage. Buy-in and consensus necessary. Contact Sharon Drew at sharondrew@sharondrewmorgen.com and add her Buying Facilitation  model to your sales or marketing solutions. How Sales, Marketing and Social Can Facilitate the Decision Path. It’s The Consensus, Stupid*. Choice stage.

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Sharon Drew Morgen, NYT Business Bestselling Author, Writes Column for StrategyDriven

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We believe a clear, forward-looking strategy, translatable to the day-to-day activities of all organization members, is critical to realizing success in today’s fast paced market environment. If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter.

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Decision makers vs. Influencers

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Contact Sharon Drew at sharondrew@sharondrewmorgen.com and add her Buying Facilitation ® model to your sales or marketing solutions. If you enjoyed this article, let us keep you up-to-date on other newly published insights by signing up for our complimentary StrategyDriven Newsletter. It’s The Consensus, Stupid*.