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Keep Your 2021 Sales Pipeline Full Using the Selling Lessons of 2020

Sell Integrity

This past year laid bare some critical underlying selling skills and cracks in their sales pipeline that sales leaders were able to ignore or avoid while focusing on more immediate concerns. Now that 2020 is in the rear view mirror, most of us are ready to bid good riddance to an incredibly tumultuous year and do our best to forget it.

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37 Sales Leadership Stats to Know in 2020

Hubspot Sales

Sales leaders who did not invest in remote selling fell behind — 50% of this subgroup did not hit their sales targets this year. After a significant dip in March 2020, American businesses experienced a 45% increase in deals won in September 2020. In the U.S.,

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Adapting Your Sales Enablement Strategy to 2020 Realities

Sell Integrity

When we say ‘sales enablement’, many people immediately think of tools: technology, data, research, marketing content, product information and other elements that help sales get closer to the client. Sales Enablement Strategy: 2020 vs. 2019. Start With Defining Sales Enablement. What a difference a few months makes.

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How to Build a Culture of Effective Sales Coaching

Miller Heiman Group

In part, that’s because sales managers spend less time coaching—14%—than they do on selling, forecasting and administrative tasks, according to our latest study, 2020 Trends in Sales Management. Yet our research shows that it’s not the time spent on coaching that matters; it’s the substance of that coaching.

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3 Ways B2B Buying Behavior Has Changed—Forever

Allego

It was July 2020—the middle of COVID Year 1—and the temperature had hit 95 degrees (F). I fired up my MacBook, launched Google Search, and started researching my purchase. I researched models, features, prices, and dealerships. They perform as much research as they can before having to talk to a seller. Forrester 2.

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The Startling Truth: How Cursing Impacts Sales

Gong.io

According to our research, sales professionals swear on 20% of their calls with buyers. . That’s why I’m f–ing pumped to share our new Master Class Series: Advanced Selling Skills with you. It’s a 3-part video course that dives into advanced selling skills. Don’t believe me? Even more shocking?

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Virtual Selling: 4 Best Practices for Sales Leaders

Allego

4 Virtual Selling Best Practices. Train on New Selling Skills and Processes. Since 2020, the idea of how to adjust selling skills and methodology has been evolving. In 2020, when the pandemic first hit, sellers took their skills, knowledge, and methods and moved them online.