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How Customers Buy…& Why They Don't

Mapping and Managing the Buying Journey DNA

Published by Radius Book Group
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

About The Book

In business, nothing happens until somebody buys something. And most businesses have a very good idea of why a prospective customer should buy their offering but lack critical knowledge about how their customers actually buy and are often blind to why they may not. As a result of extensive research, How Customers Buy…And Why They Don’t offers a formula for understanding any Customer Buying Journey. The book provides the approach to developing a strategy and a sales and marketing approach to successfully navigate and positively impact that buying journey. Whether you are an executive, in management, an entrepreneur, an investor, a marketer, or a sales person, reading what Martyn has to say will radically change what you do and how successful you will be as a result.

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How Customers Buy…and Why They Don’t
Mapping and Managing the Buying Journey

Martyn R. Lewis

RADIUS BOOK GROUP NEW YORK

Contents

Prologue: A Revelation
Chapter 1 From the Outside-In
Chapter 2 Three Generations of Customer Creation

Part 1 Mapping the Customer Buying Journey
Chapter 3 The DNA of the Customer Buying Journey
Chapter 4 DNA.1 Triggers
Chapter 5 DNA.2 Steps
Chapter 6 DNA.3 Key Players
Chapter 7 DNA.4 Buying Style
Chapter 8 DNA.5 Value Drivers
Chapter 9 DNA.6 Buying Concerns
Chapter 10 Case Study 1: DiaNascent: A Buyer’s Tale
Chapter 11 DiaNascent Case Study Analysis
Chapter 12 Case Study 2: CCHN: Does the Glove Fit?
Chapter 13 CCHN Case Study Analysis

Part 2 Developing the Market Engagement Strategy
Chapter 14 What to Do about It
Chapter 15 Crafting the Market Engagement Strategy (MES)
Chapter 16 #1. Harmonizing to the Buying Style
Chapter 17 #2. Into the Customer Buying Journey: Trigger or Engage?
Chapter 18 #3. Ensuring Adequate Motivation
Chapter 19 #4. Staying Engaged and Ensuring Positive Progress
Chapter 20 #5. Overcoming Friction in the Customer Buying Journey
Chapter 21 Engaging the Market with Orion Technologies

Part 3 Managing the Customer Buying Journey
Chapter 22 Translating Strategy into Application
Chapter 23 Outside-In Marketing
Chapter 24 Outside-In Selling
Chapter 25 The Outside-In Revenue Generation System

Epilogue How Customers Buy…and Why They Don’t
Notes

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About The Author

Martyn R. Lewis is an acclaimed business professional with a vast background in all aspects of revenue generation. Born and educated in the UK, he emigrated to Canada in the early 80’s s and now resides in the Napa area of northern California. His beliefs were shaped and honed over two decades in corporate sales and marketing, starting as a front-line sales person and eventually rising to CEO of a multinational, which included hundreds of sales people under his responsibility. In the mid-90s, he started his own company, Market-Partners Inc. (www.market-partners.com) interacting with many clients and most importantly with many of their customers. His consulting work uncovered the disconcerting fact that while most of his clients were doing good work presenting a good product, the results all too often suggested otherwise. After seeing this phenomenon so many times, it was obvious to him that something was missing; there was something more at play and he needed to find out.

Mr. Lewis consults globally and his work been used across 44 countries, in 17 languages, and has impacted over 85,000 sales professionals. He is internationally recognized as an extraordinary speaker, having delivered numerous keynote addresses live, on radio and television and he is a pioneer in utilizing webinar technology to deliver effective training through his sister company, 3GS (www.3gselling.com). Mr. Lewis acts as an advisor to a number of executives in the high technology industry and is active on several advisory boards and Boards of Directors, and has served as the Committee Chair for the Sales Enablement Community of Practice Advisory Board for the American Society for Training and Development, ASTD.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Radius Book Group (August 15, 2018)
  • Length: 352 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781635765236

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“Turns out, it’s not about selling any more. It’s about buying. It is clear that the successful organization is one that learns to help their customers navigate their particular Buyer’s Journey. This book is going to be a seminal work in the evolution of commercial success in the early part of the 21st century.” —Scott Lewis, CEO, CEO Roundtable

“This meticulously researched and well-written book is refreshing and insightful. Simply put, if you want to be more successful in building your business, read this book!” — Tim Hoerr, CEO & Managing Partner, Serra Ventures

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