4 Steps to Stronger Lead Nurture Campaigns
The education sales and purchasing cycle spans many months. And along that journey, information about your products and services passes through the hands of a number of different educators, from...
View ArticleA Direct Line to Decision Makers: 5 Things to Make Your Telesales More Effective
Marketing to schools, especially for products with a long sales cycle, is a real challenge. Telesales is a great way to warm up leads and start building relationships with educators. Here’s valuable...
View ArticlePrincipal Purchasing: The Ins and Outs
How do schools make purchases? What's the process and who's involved? Principal Jennifer Little shares the ins and outs of how principals make decisions, when they buy, and more! Listen to what the...
View ArticleSales Secrets Revealed: How K-12 School Districts Make Buying Decisions
How, why, and when K-12 district administrators make buying decisions depends on their needs, priorities, local politics, budget impact, the type of product or service being offered and, most...
View ArticleBuilding Relationships of Trust: From the Office to the Classroom
No matter who we are or what we do, trust plays an important role in our relationships with others. When it comes to selling to schools, trust matters even more. Educator Meredith Biesinger shares her...
View Article3 Hot K-12 Trends and Implications for Ed Tech Sales and Marketing
What are the trends in K-12 education you need to be aware of as we head into the new year? Selling To Schools founder, Glen McCandless, takes a look at data from the 2017 K-12 Horizon Report and has...
View ArticleTo Influence the Biggest Decisions, Reach Out to the Ones Not Making Them
It's a natural assumption that the person we need to reach when marketing and selling to schools is the person who signs the PO. While that person obviously wields a lot of power, they are rarely (if...
View ArticleLandmines Every New K-12 Sales Rep Must Avoid
The K-12 education market isn't an easy one to jump in and start selling to. The decision-making process can seem convoluted, who makes decisions is different from district to district, and...
View ArticleConverting Prospects to Loyal Customers: Making the Most of Marketing Automation
As common as it is, marketing automation is often poorly understood, and this means that its power is often under utilized. Automation helps marketers greatly streamline their efforts and realize...
View ArticleTeachers Have the Purchasing Power (More Than You May Realize)
The role teachers play in school purchasing is often overlooked because they aren't usually the ones signing a purchase order. However, teachers inform and influence nearly every major purchase that...
View ArticleHow to Get Ahead Of Your School Market Competition
School administrators are tired of stale and boring sales presentations. What they see and hear from those who have a product or service to sell is much the same. After hearing the same pitch over and...
View ArticleJumpstart Your EdTech Business at EdChannels!
Join leaders from many of the fastest growing companies and startups at EDchannels to learn Edtech trends and strategies and connect with potential distribution channel partners. It's the place to be...
View ArticleHow to Get Ahead Of Your School Market Competition
School administrators are tired of stale and boring sales presentations. What they see and hear from those who have a product or service to sell is much the same. After hearing the same pitch over and...
View ArticleK-12 Sales Manifesto: Good-Bye Transactions. Hello Lifetime Value!
Buyers and sellers alike are experiencing major changes in the K-12 school market. As we shift away from textbooks and software delivered on plastic to cloud-delivered learning services, managers at...
View ArticleContent Marketing: Why It Matters for Your K-12 Sales
Content Marketing is a well-proven strategy for attracting and engaging with educators, yet many managers of companies who want to boost their sales to schools or grab market share don't fully commit....
View ArticleSelling to School Districts: the Unhittable Pinata?
Selling to school districts may seem like the pinata game. You swing wildly hoping to get access to the candy inside. But for newcomers and veterans alike, trying to engage with district decision...
View ArticleK-12 Channel Marketing: A Lost Art and Opportunity
Content marketing is all the rage. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, tried and proven channel marketing programs are out to pasture. K-12 sales and marketing managers don't understand the concept, have not...
View ArticleFive Keys to RFP Success in the K-12 School Market
RFPs (Request for Proposals) are a fact of life for anyone who sells to schools. And, experienced K-12 sales and marketingprofessionals will tell you, chasing RFPs can be a "rat hole" unless you have a...
View ArticleAn Exclusive Agreement: Will It Drive Your Education Sales Goal?
The decision to do an exclusive distribution deal is one of the toughest choices that education-market managers must make. How do you evaluate the pros and cons of a K-12 sales agreement that puts all...
View ArticleSelling to Schools with Independent Reps and Resellers
What's the best way to sell to schools? It's the focus of this web site and it is the topic of most interest for everyone who wants to succeed in the education market. Many newcomers would like to find...
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