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Ever wondered why the Segway scooter never took off? Or QR Codes ? Have you ever wondered why the iPad became hot while the Zune Player died a lonely life? Do you look at Google Glass and wonder “huh….is that the future”?
If you’ve ever pondered the question why some technologies stick, and others fade, it would be useful if you had a frame of mind to better understand what works and what doesn’t. If you’re a sales professional in high tech, you NEED a way of ensuring your stuff becomes popular and not the next WebTV.
Today Geoffrey Moore is going to answer these questions. Geoffrey is the author of the book “Crossing the Chasm” and today we’ll talk about how to market and sell disruptive products to mainstream customers.
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In This Sales Episode
In this episode we discuss the following:
- Everybody is at different spot on the Adoption curve, it’s not a moral statement!
- Some people are early adopters for technologies, and late adopters for other. It depends.
- Understand the stakeholders in your deals. Not everyone agrees on where the organization stands on the adoption curve.
- Ask the question, “Where are they on the curve when it comes to your technology?”
- Are they early adopters?
- Laggards
- Pragmatists?
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Items of Interest
Geoffrey Moore’s website is here There is a wealth of information available here
The book Crossing the Chasm can be found here. This is the third addition with all new examples using contemporary technologies.
Contest
Again, would you like to win a copy of Crossing the Chasm?
Enter your name and mailing address(any where in the world, I’ll pick up the postage) below by September 22nd 2014 to place your name in a raffle to be announced on Tuesday September 23rd. This is a great book that any seller in technology must own.
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